π§© BND Motif Index Β· M613
Blue flu
Workers who can't or won't strike call in sick en masse, and the outage is read as a protest in disguise.
π PlotsποΈ LaborποΈ Protest
- 1claim filed under it
- 1claim retold online
β οΈ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
πͺ Its family
what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it
π goes with: π§© Staffing shortage
π§Ά Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-06 βWashington State Ferries is experiencing critical crew shortages leading to widespread ferry cancellations and disruptions.β π§Ά people online
M613 Β· first seen 2026-10-07 Β· what this is Β· how the index works