Sarah Giffrow
@sarahgiffrow.bsky.social
Website designer/dev, Benevolent Overlord of @UpsweptCreative.bsky.social
I write about online marketing for bleeding hearts at theradicalmarketer.com.
BIPOC small business owner, costumed weirdo, barbell enthusiast, parent, roller derby ref. She/her.
I write about online marketing for bleeding hearts at theradicalmarketer.com.
BIPOC small business owner, costumed weirdo, barbell enthusiast, parent, roller derby ref. She/her.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
There are multiple factors, but there are also motivations powerful enough to get audiences to switch social platforms…
Why do we stay on the same social media spaces, even when we want to leave?
More here: https://www.theradicalmarketer.com/what-does-it-take-to-grow-a-social-platform/
More here: https://www.theradicalmarketer.com/what-does-it-take-to-grow-a-social-platform/
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
There are multiple factors, but there are also motivations powerful enough to get audiences to switch social platforms…
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REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
Me: "I have never ski-erg-ed that fast in my young life--"
Kiddo: "You're not young."
Kiddo: "You're not young."
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Me: "I have never ski-erg-ed that fast in my young life--"
Kiddo: "You're not young."
Kiddo: "You're not young."
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
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When I say that locking mothers in the suburbs with small children breaks them? This is what I mean.
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
When I say that locking mothers in the suburbs with small children breaks them? This is what I mean.
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
It’s why we need universal daycare, paid parental leave for a full year, with gradual return to work schedules.
Babies do best in groups of peers (siblings are not peers). And adults NEED peers!
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Hey y’all! I am safe but I still need some help reaching my latest goal of 1000 for housing and food costs. If you are able to donate and/or repost, I would truly appreciate it 🧡
Donate to I'm Suing My Negligent Landlord, organized by Clarkisha Kent
If you’ve been following me on Twitter for the last two years in particular, then you k… Clarkisha Kent needs your support for I'm Suing My Negligent Landlord
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hey y’all! I am safe but I still need some help reaching my latest goal of 1000 for housing and food costs. If you are able to donate and/or repost, I would truly appreciate it 🧡
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Hey can you please reshare this?
We are going to need as much help as possible, I am already maxing out my available funds to help get this move done with Charlie, but we still need a little help to get their things out of storage. I am currently at my limit. 😩
We are going to need as much help as possible, I am already maxing out my available funds to help get this move done with Charlie, but we still need a little help to get their things out of storage. I am currently at my limit. 😩
gofund.me/dbd60eb45
Y’all, things are dire since my car has been stolen a week before our move. We were counting on having it. Things have been really rough & being on disability, which I’ve been on since my lymphoma diagnosis, limits my budget drastically. If you can help or share I’d be grateful.
Y’all, things are dire since my car has been stolen a week before our move. We were counting on having it. Things have been really rough & being on disability, which I’ve been on since my lymphoma diagnosis, limits my budget drastically. If you can help or share I’d be grateful.
Donate to Charlie’s Urgent Relocation Fund, organized by Kristen Maloney
My name is Kris, and I have created this GoFundMe on behalf of my partner, Charlie. T… Kristen Maloney needs your support for Charlie’s Urgent Relocation Fund
gofund.me
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hey can you please reshare this?
We are going to need as much help as possible, I am already maxing out my available funds to help get this move done with Charlie, but we still need a little help to get their things out of storage. I am currently at my limit. 😩
We are going to need as much help as possible, I am already maxing out my available funds to help get this move done with Charlie, but we still need a little help to get their things out of storage. I am currently at my limit. 😩
Do I need another hoodie? No.
Do I need a hoodie with Brak on it? Obviously.
Do I need a hoodie with Brak on it? Obviously.
Holiday shopping is coming up, so this thread will be a Ghost Planet gift guide of the best places to get Cartoon Network & Adult Swim merchandise
And to begin, WB Animations' Zazzle page is a great place to get official custom merch for a number of CN series
www.zazzle.com/store/wbcart...
And to begin, WB Animations' Zazzle page is a great place to get official custom merch for a number of CN series
www.zazzle.com/store/wbcart...
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Do I need another hoodie? No.
Do I need a hoodie with Brak on it? Obviously.
Do I need a hoodie with Brak on it? Obviously.
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Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hundreds of Starbucks baristas and labor organizers blockaded Starbucks' largest distribution center in York, Pennsylvania, halting distribution of syrups, coffee beans, and other supplies to the entire northeast.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
This escalation is part of @sbworkersunited.org's ongoing strike.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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I’m not saying it can’t happen.
Or doesn’t happen.
But in the 13+ years I’ve been posting content on social media & someone got so mad they spent hours sending me messages or said some awful stuff to me (in a debate about sport or video games)
It’s NEVER been a woman (or trans person)
Not once.
Or doesn’t happen.
But in the 13+ years I’ve been posting content on social media & someone got so mad they spent hours sending me messages or said some awful stuff to me (in a debate about sport or video games)
It’s NEVER been a woman (or trans person)
Not once.
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I’m not saying it can’t happen.
Or doesn’t happen.
But in the 13+ years I’ve been posting content on social media & someone got so mad they spent hours sending me messages or said some awful stuff to me (in a debate about sport or video games)
It’s NEVER been a woman (or trans person)
Not once.
Or doesn’t happen.
But in the 13+ years I’ve been posting content on social media & someone got so mad they spent hours sending me messages or said some awful stuff to me (in a debate about sport or video games)
It’s NEVER been a woman (or trans person)
Not once.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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I'm just excited for MTG to go back to being about Magic The Gathering again
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I'm just excited for MTG to go back to being about Magic The Gathering again
In case you missed it:
So, for you, dear reader, we ran two tests. Find out what we uncovered, and what you should *actually* do to prep for AI search over on The Radical Marketer.
Here's the write-up: https://www.theradicalmarketer.com/seo-vs-ai-search-a-no
#UpsweptCreative
Here's the write-up: https://www.theradicalmarketer.com/seo-vs-ai-search-a-no
#UpsweptCreative
SEO vs AI Search: a not-so-epic battle
I’m testing AI search against organic search, so you don’t have to.
www.theradicalmarketer.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
In case you missed it:
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imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
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everyone correctly noting that any time you put Trump in a room with someone charismatic he becomes extremely complimentary until someone reminds him he hates that person, take a bow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
everyone correctly noting that any time you put Trump in a room with someone charismatic he becomes extremely complimentary until someone reminds him he hates that person, take a bow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
he’ll be posting unhinged shit about Zohran again by tomorrow
An angel prince
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
An angel prince
On the way home from school today, my kid said to me, “I like running. It’s just one of the exercises I do so I can be strong like a referee.”
I have clearly done my job as an official. 😆
I have clearly done my job as an official. 😆
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
On the way home from school today, my kid said to me, “I like running. It’s just one of the exercises I do so I can be strong like a referee.”
I have clearly done my job as an official. 😆
I have clearly done my job as an official. 😆
We all made it here from Twitter. So how the heck do we get folks to quit other platforms?
Why do we stay on the same social media spaces, even when we want to leave?
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November 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We all made it here from Twitter. So how the heck do we get folks to quit other platforms?
HECK YEAH
Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban — sponsored by @councilormorillo.bsky.social & @councilorgreen.bsky.social — passes with 8 yes votes, 2 no votes, and 2 absences.
We’ll be there to support the Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban and the Detention Fee Ordinance!
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
HECK YEAH
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Like, a dozen or so people have all the money and they constantly complain about everyone else not spending more.
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Like, a dozen or so people have all the money and they constantly complain about everyone else not spending more.
Shein is all of the worst things about fast fashion.
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Shein is all of the worst things about fast fashion.
Y’all, DO IT. It’s my favorite comics shop for so, so many reasons.
If my heart is a place, it’s @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social: one of the most innovative, inclusive, and wonderful comics shops—and communities—that I’ve had the privilege to be a part of.
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
DM me proof of donation, and I’ll match up to $500 TONIGHT!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Y’all, DO IT. It’s my favorite comics shop for so, so many reasons.