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ErosBlog Bacchus<p>To see how toxic masculinity and weaponized misogyny harms men too, just watch this "joke" video that's circulating virally of a blue-collar man being goaded into licking an electric bug-zapper paddle by his so-called friends:</p><p><a href="https://www.erosblog.com/2025/07/02/dont-be-a-pussy-do-something-painful-instead/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">erosblog.com/2025/07/02/dont-b</span><span class="invisible">e-a-pussy-do-something-painful-instead/</span></a></p><p>He said "I'm scared!" and they goaded him just once with the dread specter of inadequate masculinity, throwing the "pussy" epithet at him. Once was enough. </p><p><a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicMasculinity</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/Pussy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pussy</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/ZapperPaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZapperPaddle</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/ElectricShock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricShock</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/BugZapper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BugZapper</span></a> <a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>For the first time since 1986, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AFSCME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFSCME</span></a> DC 33 is going on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> represents thousands of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bluecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluecollar</span></a> city workers (including street pavers and sanitation workers) and is the city’s largest—and lowest paid— <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/municipalworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>municipalworkers</span></a> union. </p><p>The strike will begin at 12:01am on July 1st.</p>
Miia Mustang<p>🤠 :progresspride_i_flag: 👷 👩‍🏭 👨‍🍳 👩‍🌾 </p><p><a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/bluecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluecollar</span></a> <a href="https://eliitin-some.fi/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a></p>
Scott Aaron Rogers<p>How do we bridge the gap between blue-collar and white-collar workers, building a diverse coalition within the labor movement? <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> can unite different occupations, overcoming tensions to represent the <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClass</span></a>. <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/HoosLeft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoosLeft</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a></p>
CM Thiede<p>Damned Blue‐Collar Tweekers</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/mTUb18VYLjc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/mTUb18VYLjc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Primus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Primus</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sailing</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Cheese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheese</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Tweeker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tweeker</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TheEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheEnd</span></a></p>
Tribunus Plebis Media ✊️<p>Mike Rowe, of "Dirty Jobs" fame, uses a dubiously earned 'credibility' as a '<a href="https://union.place/tags/bluecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluecollar</span></a> guy', to smuggle anti-<a href="https://union.place/tags/worker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worker</span></a>, anti-<a href="https://union.place/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a>, anti-<a href="https://union.place/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a>, and Libertarian-tinged conservative ideas into work which ostensibly glorifies those same groups of people.</p><p>Join us as we talk about how/why he has chosen this path.</p><p>TL;DR - Mike Rowe is making BIG BANK by spreading billionaire and industry lies about the people he supposedly speaks for. <a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/unionstrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unionstrong</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/6wXglYwbnzo?si=Kl0EpCOUCUcyvSCy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/6wXglYwbnzo?si=Kl0EpC</span><span class="invisible">OUCUcyvSCy</span></a></p>
PFT Commenter 🤖<p>20% off <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bluecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluecollar</span></a></p><p><a href="http://Store.barstoolsports.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">Store.barstoolsports.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
PeachMcD<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@servelan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>servelan</span></a></span> </p><p>Important to recognize &amp; never forget to honor the fact that <a href="https://union.place/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> only begins building when <a href="https://union.place/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> is no longer an option, &amp; <a href="https://union.place/tags/BIPOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIPOC</span></a> were expressly excluded from <a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> until Relatively Recently </p><p>I am a yt <a href="https://union.place/tags/UnionMaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnionMaid</span></a> in <a href="https://union.place/tags/AFSCME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFSCME</span></a> &amp; darn grateful for my <a href="https://union.place/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a>. I just want <a href="https://union.place/tags/libertyandjusticeforALL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libertyandjusticeforALL</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://union.place/tags/UnionsForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnionsForAll</span></a> <br> <br> <a href="https://union.place/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> = <a href="https://union.place/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> &amp; Capital is never satisfied paying ANYONE </p><p>Solidarity from Tacoma <br>:BLM: :af: :iww: :better_pride:</p>
sgt1372<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VPOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPOTUS</span></a></p><p>This morning, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TalkingHeads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TalkingHeads</span></a> started saying that <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> only chose <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a> over <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shapiro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapiro</span></a> because it was the "safe" choice. </p><p>Now, they're saying that it was the "smart" choice.</p><p>IMO, it was always the SMARTER choice.</p><p>Shaprio isn't going anywhere &amp; he'll be in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PA</span></a> as governor to support the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HarrisWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz</span></a> ticket. So, Harris didn't need Shapiro to win in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PA</span></a>.</p><p>However, Walz can help Harris with the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/disaffected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disaffected</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>male</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bluecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluecollar</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> voters who are unhappy with <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drumpf</span></a> (but didn't see another choice until now) not only in PA but also in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Midwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Midwest</span></a> (where he's from) &amp; across the country in red &amp; purple districts &amp; states which could also benefit the Dems in Congressional &amp; Senate races, not just the race for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> .</p><p>Note that, Walz was a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Dem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dem</span></a> who represented a rural <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congressional</span></a> district for over a decade.</p><p>Shaprio would have ONLY helped Harris in PA &amp; he would have alienated the type of voters Walz is more likely to attract.</p><p>So, Walz was definitely the SMARTER choice!</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Governor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pick</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governor</span></a> named <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/runningmate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>runningmate</span></a>: Live updates </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> selected a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prounion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prounion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> who can speak to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/concerns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concerns</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bluecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluecollar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Midwestern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Midwestern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a> – and beyond. </p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/06/tim-walz-kamala-harris-vice-president-running-mate/74512447007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/politi</span><span class="invisible">cs/elections/2024/08/06/tim-walz-kamala-harris-vice-president-running-mate/74512447007/</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAW</span></a> members want, among other things, a 32-hour work week. While still getting paid for 40 hours. This is not as far-fetched as it seems at first glance. <br>Basically, it would be the equivalent of a 25% increase in hourly wage, which isn't that far from what the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigThree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigThree</span></a> are already offering.<br>The City of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a> employees went through a similar situation in the '90s. Once the Union demonstrated it resulted in actual savings for the employer, it was adopted.</p>
Y-Love<p>2014: "learn to code"</p><p>2024: "learn to rewire"</p><p>“If you know a young person who wants to do something that’s going to help the world and wants to make a good living at the same time, tell them to go become an electrician.” </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/bluecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluecollar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workplace</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dept-of-energy/the-great-electrician-shortage" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/dept-of-ene</span><span class="invisible">rgy/the-great-electrician-shortage</span></a></p>
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