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Jess Sand @sDesignLabs

East Coast West. Lots and lots of Johnny Cash. People and content and question everything. Current labors of love: michaelsand.com, contentandux.org.

Joined May 2011
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
31 May 2020
Just a reminder: a militarized, exploitative, brutalizing, dehumanizing, disenfranchising capitalist system is far more violent than any smashing of windows.
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Frank O'Hara bot@oharapoems
16 Nov 2022
I have always wanted to be near it though the day is long (and I don’t mean Madison Avenue)
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
15 Nov 2022
More worker organizing in #tech, more worker organizing in #nonprofit, more worker organizing worker organizing worker organizing!
United JustFix Workers@JustfixWorkers
15 Nov 2022
The staff @justfixorg have unanimously voted to unionize under the United JustFix Workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1101 for the purpose of collective bargaining. #weareujw #webuildjustfix #tenantsareworkers #justfixourworkplace
"United JustFix Workers" logo, has the name in white text on a black background.

ALT "United JustFix Workers" logo, has the name in white text on a black background.
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Tech friends, listen to @BootsRiley! What’s happening at Twitter can happen anywhere. Organizing takes motivation, time, trust & persistence. Start now, one-to-one. @techworkersco is a decent place to start off you need help.
Boots Riley
@BootsRiley
4 Nov 2022
Twitter employees could stop all layoffs by having all employees stick together and shut down all operations til they reinstate all. Strike. Form a union. We're in the biggest strike wave in the US since the 40s, w thousands of strikes in last 2yrs. Tech workers- get on board.
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Writers of Color@WritersofColor
11 Aug 2021
if you search for "from:writersofcolor sad trombone" you will find a permanent public historical archive of companies and publications refusing requests for pay transparency from writers of color. deleting the original tweet does not remove this record. x.com/search?q=from:writer…

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This conversation ended up feeling so much more…personal than I expected. Thank you, @LarrySwanson, for being so easy to talk to!❤️
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Yes! Love seeing tech companies embrace worker-ownership.
Bocoup@bocoup
22 Sep 2022
We're happy to announce we've decided to become worker-owned! We'll be rolling out a series of blog posts to share resources and progress reports on our path to worker ownership. Check out part one about what led to this decision here 👇🏾 bocoup.com/blog/co-op-series…
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
28 Oct 2022
FOUR HOURS on the phone w/ @VerizonSupport trying to activate a phone line & access my account. 3 agents (2 of whom disconnect me at the 2-hr mark). Auth emails & texts from their system fail every single time so cannot verify any account action. Not enough curse words for this.
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
22 Oct 2022
"Crip time is time travel..." This essay explains and validates to many things for me: dsq-sds.org/article/view/582…

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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
22 Oct 2022
(so many...)
Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
17 Oct 2022
Fucking gross: vice.com/en/article/g5v53w/g…

‘Girls Who Code’ Team Up With Tomahawk Missile Maker Raytheon

The defense manufacturer has partnered with the STEM oriented nonprofit to provide leadership and technical training to college students.

vice.com
Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
16 Oct 2022
Been making a deliberate effort to NOT keep up lately and mostly been okay with it. But damn, does the world make it hard to just check out for awhile. No hard feelings if you haven’t heard from me in awhile, y’all. You’re still in my heart.
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
14 Oct 2022
OMG @Twitter requires a BUSINESS CARD to prove I'm a company rep? WTAF. #securitytheater
Screenshot of stupid email from Twitter asking me to upload a business card to prove I work for my organization.

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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
23 Sep 2022
Sitemap, who dat…
Actually,@eaton
21 Sep 2022
tag yourself I'm footnote
Image of a D&D style Content Alignment Chart Lists "structure purist, structure neutral, and structure radical" on one axis and "doctrine purist, doctrine neutral, doctrine radical" on the other. A doctrinal purist says "An article is written composition in prose on a specific topic," while the doctrine radical says "An article has words that communicate a message." The structural purist says 'An article contains a headline, byline, publication date, lead, body, and tail' while the structure radical says 'An article is a piece of content.' The Purist/Purist square contains "New York Times news story" while the radical/radical square contains "this meme."

ALT Image of a D&D style Content Alignment Chart Lists "structure purist, structure neutral, and structure radical" on one axis and "doctrine purist, doctrine neutral, doctrine radical" on the other. A doctrinal purist says "An article is written composition in prose on a specific topic," while the doctrine radical says "An article has words that communicate a message." The structural purist says 'An article contains a headline, byline, publication date, lead, body, and tail' while the structure radical says 'An article is a piece of content.' The Purist/Purist square contains "New York Times news story" while the radical/radical square contains "this meme."
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
16 Sep 2022
Someone please point me to the gd tik tok life hack video for washing a gd silpat baking mat without drowning or wearing all the soap. I swear the only reason I haven’t thrown this thing out is because it actually works reallly well for certain things. Like my mah hot nuts…
A tray of cashews and pecans lookin’ sweet ‘n’ hot.

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These dwarves make me laugh but their personalities make me cry.
Julie Meridian@juliemeridian
8 Sep 2022
I give you the Seven Dwarves of a Bad User Experience. Say them with me now! ~Horsey, Shonky, Hinky, Wonky, Kludgey, Dreadful, Redonk~
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Note to self: if someone writes something nice about you, keep it forever. 10 yrs later when life takes a turn sideways (as it does) & yr filled w/ self-doubt, pull out that nice thing, read it & remember who you are & be grateful for the amazing people throughout yr life.
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
29 Aug 2022
Free US gov covid test program is ending on Sept. 2, so get 'em while they're hot: special.usps.com/testkits (h/t @banderlin)
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
15 Aug 2022
This was a blast and I loved how we all brought different backgrounds to the conversation…
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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
11 Aug 2022
FTC seeking public comment on whether new rules are needed to protect people’s privacy and information in the commercial surveillance economy: bit.ly/3Qw3QPi (due early Oct). #DataSecurity #surveillancetech

Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking

Overview Commercial surveillance is the business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people.

ftc.gov
Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
10 Aug 2022
Some days I really miss the back wall of country at Recycled Records in SF.
Old business card with the Recycled Records diamond logo on front and a stamped address on the back with “$15.00” credit handwritten in blue ball point pen on the back.

ALT Old business card with the Recycled Records diamond logo on front and a stamped address on the back with “$15.00” credit handwritten in blue ball point pen on the back.

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Jess Sand@sDesignLabs
11 Aug 2022
Also, how sad that that I let that $15 credit go before they closed. 😥
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