Jake Dewitz
@jacobdewitz.bsky.social
Aspiring mad scientist.
Things I post about:
🧠 #neuroscience
💻 #programming
🥧 #raspberryPi
🎨 #design
🪴 #gardening
🍄 #mycology
he/him
Things I post about:
🧠 #neuroscience
💻 #programming
🥧 #raspberryPi
🎨 #design
🪴 #gardening
🍄 #mycology
he/him
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Jake Dewitz
@jacobdewitz.bsky.social
· Jun 27
Three types of poppies at the Atlanta Botanical Garden!
Left to right:
Papaver nudicaule - Iceland Poppy
Papaver somniferum - Breadseed poppy
Papaver dubium - Long-headed poppy
I'm not 100% on the last one, if anyone knows let me know!
#FlowerFriday #Flowers #Gardening #Poppy #Poppies
Left to right:
Papaver nudicaule - Iceland Poppy
Papaver somniferum - Breadseed poppy
Papaver dubium - Long-headed poppy
I'm not 100% on the last one, if anyone knows let me know!
#FlowerFriday #Flowers #Gardening #Poppy #Poppies
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The Chicago Roastery is just the beginning.
Announcing the DOWNTOWN THROWDOWN - striking baristas will be picketing for 48 HOURS STRAIGHT all across Chicago's Loop and River North!
Come out and make some noise with us, and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location while we're on ULP strike!
Announcing the DOWNTOWN THROWDOWN - striking baristas will be picketing for 48 HOURS STRAIGHT all across Chicago's Loop and River North!
Come out and make some noise with us, and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location while we're on ULP strike!
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Chicago Roastery is just the beginning.
Announcing the DOWNTOWN THROWDOWN - striking baristas will be picketing for 48 HOURS STRAIGHT all across Chicago's Loop and River North!
Come out and make some noise with us, and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location while we're on ULP strike!
Announcing the DOWNTOWN THROWDOWN - striking baristas will be picketing for 48 HOURS STRAIGHT all across Chicago's Loop and River North!
Come out and make some noise with us, and remember: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location while we're on ULP strike!
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Reactionary centrists don't believe in anything except staking out the "higher ground." They're really just unserious assholes who treat politics like it's debate team and not something that imperils and impacts millions of people every day
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reactionary centrists don't believe in anything except staking out the "higher ground." They're really just unserious assholes who treat politics like it's debate team and not something that imperils and impacts millions of people every day
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And, the DNC just pushed and pushed the ever loving shit out of this pro life DINO over progressive Jessica Cisneros. There has NEVER been a better opportunity for a 3rd party than today. Fucking FECKLESS.
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
And, the DNC just pushed and pushed the ever loving shit out of this pro life DINO over progressive Jessica Cisneros. There has NEVER been a better opportunity for a 3rd party than today. Fucking FECKLESS.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
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Israeli settler groups entered a Palestinian home in the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Israeli settler groups entered a Palestinian home in the village of Kafr Malik, northeast of Ramallah.
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💥 #WeAintBuyingIt
From Nov. 27–Dec. 1, join the nationwide BOYCOTT of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot!
Let's put our money where our values are and build community power by shopping local this holiday season.
From Nov. 27–Dec. 1, join the nationwide BOYCOTT of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot!
Let's put our money where our values are and build community power by shopping local this holiday season.
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
💥 #WeAintBuyingIt
From Nov. 27–Dec. 1, join the nationwide BOYCOTT of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot!
Let's put our money where our values are and build community power by shopping local this holiday season.
From Nov. 27–Dec. 1, join the nationwide BOYCOTT of Target, Amazon, and Home Depot!
Let's put our money where our values are and build community power by shopping local this holiday season.
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Is Santa Real? We Asked 1000 1st Graders
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Is Santa Real? We Asked 1000 1st Graders
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Say it with us 🗣️: What's disgusting? Union busting!
We're FOURTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike. Thousands of workers in over 65 cities are out on strike, and this is just the beginning. #nocontractnocoffee
We're FOURTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike. Thousands of workers in over 65 cities are out on strike, and this is just the beginning. #nocontractnocoffee
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Say it with us 🗣️: What's disgusting? Union busting!
We're FOURTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike. Thousands of workers in over 65 cities are out on strike, and this is just the beginning. #nocontractnocoffee
We're FOURTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike. Thousands of workers in over 65 cities are out on strike, and this is just the beginning. #nocontractnocoffee
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Sometimes your haters are your biggest fans! Thank you to Canary Mission for making such an awesome recruitment video for Democratic Socialists of America. We couldn't have done it better ourselves.
If you support our electoral work all over the country, join DSA at dsausa.org/join !
If you support our electoral work all over the country, join DSA at dsausa.org/join !
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sometimes your haters are your biggest fans! Thank you to Canary Mission for making such an awesome recruitment video for Democratic Socialists of America. We couldn't have done it better ourselves.
If you support our electoral work all over the country, join DSA at dsausa.org/join !
If you support our electoral work all over the country, join DSA at dsausa.org/join !
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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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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
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My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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The "There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and therefore I am completely absolved of any of my exploitative consumption habits and also I won't do anything to help solve the problem because I have xyz reason"-ing is infuriating. Yes, corporations caused this, but still, we must try.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The "There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and therefore I am completely absolved of any of my exploitative consumption habits and also I won't do anything to help solve the problem because I have xyz reason"-ing is infuriating. Yes, corporations caused this, but still, we must try.
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
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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 12:07 AM
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.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
#Trump is maybe the single best example of how fundamentally stupid #capitalism is. Despite possessing no skills, intellect, or anything of value, inheriting nearly a billion dollars has allowed him to continuously fail upwards.
Just passively reaping the benefits of #capital ownership..
🧵1/3
Just passively reaping the benefits of #capital ownership..
🧵1/3
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#Trump is maybe the single best example of how fundamentally stupid #capitalism is. Despite possessing no skills, intellect, or anything of value, inheriting nearly a billion dollars has allowed him to continuously fail upwards.
Just passively reaping the benefits of #capital ownership..
🧵1/3
Just passively reaping the benefits of #capital ownership..
🧵1/3
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.