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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 5d

Graphic from Pete Buttigieg that reads "The job market is getting worse.

Prices and costs are up - not down as Trump promised would happen from "day one."

Americans' everyday lives are very obviously not better than they were a year ago.

And that’s why the President has become so strikingly unpopular."

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julmr.bsky.social @julmr.bsky.social · 4d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

#NYC #NoKings 👑

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11d

The NY state apple harvest season is in full gear. Workers are out in the apple orchards on a daily basis climbing up and down ladders to fill these huge 900 lb bins so we can enjoy this sweet fruit. #WeFeedYou

A bin partly filled with apples and two more bins empty and one more at the end partially filled

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julmr.bsky.social @julmr.bsky.social · 10d

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julmr.bsky.social @julmr.bsky.social · 12d

It's important to read through the entire thread.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

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 · 12d

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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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Steve Conte NYC 💙🌀🔹 @steveconte.bsky.social · 13d

This is what Clapton wishes he could sound like but never did & never will. His 1976 “Keep Britain white” rant is unforgivable. Him being drunk is no excuse - that’s when the truth comes out anyway.

Listen to this TONE!

The master - Freddie King:
Let The Good Times Roll

youtu.be/Cx9LYJwbgUo?...

Freddie King - Let The Good Times Roll

YouTube video by ssurfcity

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 13d

(from the archives)

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 12d

The still-employed man serves no identifiable function, Americans noted.

Americans Mystified Why Nonessential Federal Employee Still Has Job

The still-employed man performs no identifiable function, Americans noted.

www.borowitzreport.com

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 14d

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julmr.bsky.social @julmr.bsky.social · 18d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23d

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Adam Zyglis @adamzyglis.bsky.social · 22d

Hegseth’s Department of War…

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 24d

Jane Goodall was one of a few people to earn a PhD without an undergraduate degree.

It was thought that her lack of formal academic training would allow her to remain unbiased by traditional thought and study the chimps with an open mind.

It worked. ❤️

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NPR @npr.org · 24d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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