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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 36m

I walked into a Lids after work today with a jets hat on and the guy behind the counter said "trash teams in green are over there" and pointed at jets and eagles hats.

I couldn't even be mad

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 8h

Justin Fields had -10 net passing yards today! Congratulations Bluesky users, we all have more net passing yards than an actual NFL quarterback!

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 1d

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 48m

Republicans love to make up conspiracy theories of child trafficking to hide the fact that they are the biggest supporters of child trafficking in the country. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

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.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 56m

Trump take money

Chart showing % change in US dollar index for each year from 1991 through Sept 18th. 2025 is at or next to the lowest.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 3h

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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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 5h

Wow, you're fucking dumb

Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 6h

Joe Knew U has high standards? Really?

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 11h

The whole event is up on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj3p...

🔴 Bare Knuckle Fighting ON ICE | Ice Wars | No Puck, No Sticks, No Gloves #boxing

YouTube video by Fubo Sports

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 12h

The good news is this is a joke. The bad news is I had to stop and look it up just to be sure, because that feels like it could be 100% real these days

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 17h

Perfect posting from Tim Heidecker, 24 hours apart.

What an incredible experience, getting to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty's generosity. I'll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

upon further reflection, there is a small part of me that feels I sent the wrong message, regarding the Riyahd Comedy Festival last night. While, I do think it's important for comedy to have the opportunity to thrive in all parts of the globe, there are some aspects of The Royal Highness, King Salmon and his leadership in the region that i don't agree with entirely, but it's a different culture when it comes to freedom and rights and I gotta respect that we are all different and have different values. My manager is now investigating the possibility of donating some of my fee to a charity for Vetrans of War.

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 19h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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By Way of Plymouth @bywayofplymouth.bsky.social · 1d

I'm getting the idea that U.S. Christian nationalists' position on child indoctrination is not so much that it's wrong (which it is); it's that child indoctrination & grooming is THEIR right, that they believe the minds & bodies of children are theirs to do as they please.

Wild Faith

Esquire Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that la...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 20h

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 21h

I will not use ChatGPT to plan a road trip with my bestie.

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 22h

Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski III

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 22h

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 8d

Sad part is he's 45 cosplaying as 25

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 22h

Crema or maybe queso fresco would've been preferred over sour cream, but I don't have either in the fridge, so.

Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 22h

One thing I've been buying more lately is meat for slow cooking. It's cheap, and stuff like beef stew, pulled pork, etc. are always fairly easy and tasty.

A tan, square plate with round corners. On it is pile of pulled pork, a sliced avocado, brown rice, and Salvadoran pickled vegetables (carrots, cabbage, chile peppers) with sour cream.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 23h

This is their third event, I believe

Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 1d

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Live rn from a tiktok user at Broadview, Pritzker still has the Illinois state police out in force protecting 🧊 and brutalizing protesters there

A line of riot gear police with clubs advances on protesters in a “designated free-speech area” near Broadview, Illinois ice facility

Police aggressively clash with protesters, dragging one to the ground

Line of police before they started attacking protesters. Footage is from TikTok live of Amanda protests.

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 1d

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Democratic mayors & governors talk tough & then sit back doing jack shit while their cops brutalize pro-democracy protesters

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.

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Rae Levy @femmeandfauna.bsky.social · Mar 8

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Kermit D @krmtdfrog.bsky.social · 1d

Maga kids vs. Glenn Beck

a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers

ALT: a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers

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