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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · 19d

(Ik this evil doofus "apologized" for his comment, but the fact that he thought to say it at all is evidence of what he really believes. Plus, our country's ever-worsening policies already are "euthanizing" the homeless, just slowly and more painfully. anyway here's him and Vladdy together)

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · 19d

Kinda crazy that Vlad the Impaler was so much worse irl than Dracula himself? And yet he was beloved by the pope :) and some said "well it's better to have him than...'crime'"
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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · 19d

Fun fact about the real life Dracula, Vlad the Impaler. One time, he invited all the poor, sick, and homeless under his rule to a lavish feast. He then boarded up the doors and lit the room on fire, burning them all to death. When met with outrage, he simply said: "No one will be poor in my realm."

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · 28d

These are just a few of many breads and plaster models of ritual bread I photographed in Bulgaria!

Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · 28d

Guinness Book of World Records has Bulgaria as one of the top 4 countries in bread eaten per capita - just behind Turkey (who quite likely got bread from the Bulgarians), Serbia, and Montenegro (all in the same geographic region.) Can any historians tell me why? & why it’s so crucial to the culture?

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 25

(Tbc Bulgaria is a stunningly gorgeous country and Burgas is beautiful and so is the cormorant tbf)

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 25

It appears that there’s a spot on Google maps in Burgas, Bulgaria that is titled, “The Cormorant,” but is in fact, just a log that a cormorant sometimes hangs out on. It gets 5 stars🥲

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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · Aug 17

We must preserve the US Postal Service because UPS or FedEx would never do this.

Photo of the USPS commemorative Good Night Moon forever stamps.

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 15

Last gelati of the season 🥲 it’s been real 😭

Thank G-d for South Philly 🩷

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 12

Another writing night where I’m kept safe from predators by Pikachu

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 11

They don’t allow cameras in Cowtown, the oldest weekly rodeo in the United States - which happens to be in New Jersey, just an hour away from my home in Philly. So I tried my best to capture some of the excitement on my iPhone 🐎

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 10

Cowtown Rodeo (the oldest rodeo in America in Salem County, New Jersey) is a machine affair with men riding bulls and bucking broncos. Even the announcer seemed to admit that by far the most talented and fearless performer was this woman riding 4 horses, bareback and barefoot, through rings of fire

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 8

One of these pictures is "Alligator Alcatraz." The other is a data center north of Castroville, Texas. Can you tell which one is which?

And better yet, why they look...almost identical?

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Lostcatdog @lostcatdog.bsky.social · Aug 6

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 6

And if their brickwork looked like this 👀

(Ty, south Philly historic architecture 🔥🚒)

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 6

Idk about you but I’d just feel a lot safer if more fire stations looked like castles

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 3

so coooool

Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Aug 1

A vision of hell, through the foggy window of the M4 bus in Midtown Manhattan

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jul 30

We should have a larger convo about how companies like American Eagle use beautiful people to add glamor to unglamorous products. In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman committed suicide at a factory that made American Eagle clothes bc of abuse. This is the cost of cheap, trendy clothes.

Text says: Suicide and abuse at fashion factory supplying Under Armour and Columbia

INVESTIGATION A young woman allegedly in forced labour at a clothes factory in Jordan killed herself while making products for the global fashion brands, i has discovered

The sportswear giants Under Armour and Columbia have been hit by claims of forced labour in a factory making their clothes, after systemic abuse and exploitation allegedly led to a worker’s death by suicide, i can exclusively reveal.

The two companies have launched urgent inquiries over the death of a young Bangladeshi woman at a major supplier’s facility in Jordan, uncovered by a months-long investigation.

American Eagle, a major retailer with more than 1,000 stores in the US, admitted that it also uses the site and is taking remedial action.

Tureza Akter, 21, died in her dormitory in November last year, just over a month after arriving at the Fine Apparel site in the city of Zarqa, about 10 miles north-east of the capital, Amman. It is run by Needle Craft, a major Jordan-based clothes manufacturing company.

Ms Akter is said to have been fined many times for missing excessive targets. She was abused by a supervisor hours before she died, an official report states.

Sources say that migrant labourers are tricked into “dehumanising” 16-hour days in the factory for less money than promised, while bosses intimidate them and withhold their passports.

Sexual harassment is also said to be common. Members of the largely female workforce are apparently solicited by staff for sex and made to strip in front of managers.

The factory owners have launched an independent review and say they are supporting Ms Akter’s family after her “tragic” death.

i began its investigation after being alerted by Labour Behind the Label. The British campaign group, which lobbies for workers’ rights in the fashion industry, called the findings “horrifying and shameful”.

Confronted with the evidence, the factory and companies it s…

Photo of an American Eagle ad showing Sydney Sweeney. It says "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans."

A screenshot of American Eagle's mens jeans. They retail for $50 but have been discounted to $35. These are cotton-poly blended stretch jeans in various cuts, colors, and washes.

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Jul 28

Today’s collection of gems, back home in South Philly

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Jul 28

This was painful to look at on multiple levels 🫠

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Jul 28

Very uncomfortable vibes in the sale booths at the York County State Fair :/ I love Pennsylvania, but I can’t say I love this part

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 27

Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.

'Hell on Earth': Venezuelans deported to El Salvador mega-prison tell of brutal abuse

Deported under a little-known wartime law, more than 130 Venezuelans were sent from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now released, several tell NPR they endured beatings, sexual abuse, and near-total isolation.

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Jul 27

Finding myself unexpectedly yearning to be scottish just so i can have this cake topper at my wedding

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Isabella Segalovich @isabellasegalovich.bsky.social · Jul 26

This lionhead rabbit at the York State Fair in PA is on his own level

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