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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 41m

I’ve been very productive today so I suspect I needed the 9 hour nap yesterday. It didn’t actually disrupt my sleep that much

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 45m

Homework that’s due tomorrow just needs to be written up neatly. Drawing that should have been done ages ago is almost finished. Look at me go

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 3h

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 3h

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 3h

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

God @thegodpodcast.com · 5h

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah there are definitely folks were this feels more natural and that’s a probably a sign I should pay attention to

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 3h

I know how to socialize. I understand what people want from me

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 3h

Like I’m trying to avoid the interval of time getting so large we aren’t really friends anymore but somehow that doesn’t come across and instead I’m like bothering people

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 3h

Sometimes I try to offset my own natural completely absorbed in projects tendency by periodically sending out a bunch of how are you doing messages to friends and I have to say I don’t think this strategy works

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 4h

Pls in lieu of completeness, correctness or clarity accept fabulousness

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 6h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 6h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

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may @maysuser.name · 4h

finding yaoi at the art museum

may showing off a white and gold decorated bowl of two very gay men who are totally fucking

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

But after not getting enough orders, the company closed. Managing partner Kenneth Ragland said: “Lots of people talk about Made in the USA as being so necessary, but when the rubber meets the road, most Americans want cheap goods, which do not make it easy for US firms to survive.”

Excerpt reads: Garland Apparel Group is working to find the next occupant for the town’s long-standing Garland Shirt Company after a lack of orders to meet basic costs necessitate furloughs — and ultimately the closure — of the factory.

“The factory was placed on furlough in November. It was our intention to return to work, however, orders needed to keep the factory open and functional, did not materialize,” Kenneth Ragland, managing partner for Garland Apparel Group, told The Independent. “The factory required a minimum number of orders to meet basic costs and wages. The aggregate total of orders we had were simply far too low to support day-to day operations.”

During the period of November through today, company leaders have been working with several parties “who have a desire to acquire the factory,” Ragland noted.

“One transaction is now close to completion. I cannot opine on the buyer nor their plans, but I know they are North Carolina based and they have need for factory capacity, which Garland can provide,” Ragland stated.

Excerpt reads: Despite bringing back a majority of the workforce, and enjoying success for a couple years, the factory was fighting an uphill battle in the long run.

“The factory suffered from Brooks Brothers owning it too long, from Brooks not investing in basic upkeep or in better systems, and ultimately, the lack of interest in Made in the USA,” Ragland stated bluntly. “Lots of people talk about Made in the USA as being so necessary, but when the rubber meets the road, most Americans want cheap goods which does not make it easy for U.S. firms to survive.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

There are, of course, ways to save money in this business. Many US clothing factories run on what's known as a "piece rate" system, where workers are paid per operation, not by the hour. This system allows factories to skirt minimum wage laws.

It's also how we get US sweatshops

A garment worker peeking out behind some sewing equipment.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

As he puts it, a 3x mark-up "barely covers" the new costs he has to take on as an online retailer.

So the $45 shirt now retails for $135 instead of $180 — some savings for the consumer, but not massive.

Jacob Hurwitz in an American Trench shirt.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

Earlier this year, I interviewed Jacob Hurwitz, co-founder of American Trench. They mostly sell directly to consumers. To pay for the marketing, packaging, customer service, and other costs associated with retailing, Hurwitz says direct-to-consumer fashion models have to mark-up at least 3x.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

This is how a $45 shirt becomes $90 and then $180. This 2x multiplying through the chain is called keystone pricing.

So why can't the brand just sell it to a consumer for $90, cutting out the retail markup? Because if they become a retailer, they will need to raise prices to cover their new costs.

A clothing store with suits on the rack and bags on the shelf.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

The store is also in the business to make a profit. Their typical mark-up is 2x (many stores nowadays operate on 2.2x or 2.5x). This covers their cost of rent, utilities, maintenance, packaging, visual merchandising, fixtures, payroll, etc.

That means the consumer will pay $180 for the shirt.

A clothing store. There are some shirts hanging on the wall.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

Of course, you're in a business to make a profit, so you have to sell it for more than you paid. Typical mark-up for a brand is 2x (some can be 2.5x). This will help cover your other costs, such as design, warehousing, worker benefits, etc.

So you sell this shirt to a store for $90.

A bunch of plaid flannel shirts from Gitman Vintage. They were made in the USA.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

Let's say you pay $10 for the shirt fabric. Now your manufacturing cost is $45 per shirt ($35 CMT + $10 fabric). For simplicity, I have not included the cost of trims, grading, samples, or shipping.

Note, all this assumes you're using a factory that pays people fairly (more on this later).

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

The cost of fabric will depend on what you're buying.

— Chinese-made shirt fabric will cost you about $3 or $4 per yard.
— Portuguese fabric will cost about $5 or $6 yard.
— Turkish fabric is $8 or $9.
— Italian fabric can be higher.

To make a shirt, you need 1.75 yards.

Some finish shirt fabric in a swatch book.

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