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Noah Frank

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Writer. Days doing comms at Virginia Tech, evenings teaching at Loyola Maryland. Musing on baseball and other maddening pastimes. https://pretty-good.ghost.io noahafrank.com

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · Jan 28

This is the dumbest day yet, a record that will only be broken by each ensuing day

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 2h

We used to go spontaneously when it rained, because we knew people would bail on their reservations and we’d be able to sneak in and grab a table in the late seating window. The lechon was a must, and every time I’d eat something new I’d never had before. What a loss.

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 2h

To have something so good, so unique, just a few blocks from our house, felt like one of those little miracles that makes living in a big city worth every bit of annoyance that comes with the territory

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 2h

God I miss Bad Saint www.washingtonpost.com/food/interac...

These restaurants opened 10 years ago — and redefined D.C. dining

Washington’s restaurant class of 2015 introduced new cuisines to the city, helped revive neighborhoods and raised D.C.’s national profile.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

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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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 2h

Too many people in charge of everything. At my old newsroom, the boss was talking about appealing to all the young families moving out to the suburbs while speaking to a room largely filled by people with families who all still live in the city

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 15h

Hell yeah, we’re back baby bsky.app/profile/ferg...

local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 15h

Baseball really is the best sport because all it takes is one little bobble and suddenly a game built on routine and order devolves into panic and chaos

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 15h

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 15h

Look, we don’t know each other, but I lived in San Antonio for a year working in minor league baseball, making $21K, and it was the only place within miles of my house (this was also 16 years ago)

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, not great. I know it was a holiday, but it was still rush hour down on the Mall. Pretty bad!

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 16h

My bike lane on the way home from work today ended into active construction and a giant truck tearing up the asphalt right in front of me. No, the lane hadn’t been closed. No, nobody was there to redirect me. I just had to turn around and go back onto the sidewalk to get through the block

trick van treat @derek.bike · 1d

good morning to the bike lane big finish designers

photo of a bike lane going down a ramp and leading to a concrete wall with a dumpster in front of it

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 17h

Ha, yeah, that works. I’m not entirely sure my schedule yet, but I get in around 2 on Wednesday and leave about the same time Friday. DM/text me and we can figure out details

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 22h

Passed by a bunch of them just wandering the sidewalks this weekend with nothing to do.

Great use of taxpayer money, I’m sure everyone of all political stripes would agree

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutely pointless.

National Guard walk by Black Cat patrolling 14th Street on a federal holiday during a shutdown.

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 22h

Are you inviting me over for dinner? And do you live on the F Line?

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 1d

NY friends: I will be in your city this week (for work). Please give me your weekday lunch/dinner recs, preferably not too terribly far off the F Line

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 1d

Flipped over on the commercial break just in time to see Butker shank an extra point #blessed

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 1d

Just a slightly more aggressive version of exactly what I happened upon a couple months ago here in D.C. bsky.app/profile/roya...

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 2d

Still mad that Sequoyah Stonecipher stalled out in A ball www.baseball-reference.com/register/pla...

Sequoyah Stonecipher Minor Leagues Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com

Sequoyah Stonecipher Minor Leagues Statistics including batting, fielding, prospect rankings and more on Baseball-Reference.com

www.baseball-reference.com

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

Kid’s already got a better message on urbanism than half of elected democrats

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 3d

“I don’t care if it’s actually my birthday today or not; I’m just having such a Great time my in FAVORITE city in the world!!”

our toddler son

in Columbus Ohio

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

Last night was definitely the most fun I’ve had on here during a sports event. More of that in our rare, fleeting moments of calm, please

Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 3d

Folks, Bluesky is having it's First Real Sports Moment

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

Great game. Worth every minute.

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

Gotta say I’m happy, for Flaherty’s sake, that they didn’t run him back out there for another inning

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

Was talking with my wife about this last night during the Phillies game — not sure there’s any sports role more thankless than pitching in a tie game, in extras, on the road, in an elimination game. You cant win the game. Your season can end on any pitch. Best case scenario is, it doesn’t

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

Look, you enlist Etsy witches, you have to live with what you’ve wrought, is all I’m saying

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

ADAM AMIN: ANOTHER INNING, HA
[A crowd of 45,000 corpses, long since dead, rots in the seats]
AMIN: A NEW POSTSEASON RECORD
[Tumbleweeds bounce through the concourse]
AMIN: ALL HAIL SATAN

Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

It’s fun. We’re all having fun.

Noah Frank @noahafrank.bsky.social · 3d

lol that pickoff throw literally hit Rivas in the hip