Beta Papa
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MDANT
Tuaisceart Éireann.
MDANT
Tuaisceart Éireann.
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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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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This vile man, who has sexually assaulted over 20 women and an unknown (so far) number of girls, *never* had control over himself.
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This vile man, who has sexually assaulted over 20 women and an unknown (so far) number of girls, *never* had control over himself.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Terrible news...
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.
His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Terrible news...
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Shabana Mahmood: immigration is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Shabana Mahmood: immigration is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
Me: the constant politicisation of immigration to appeal to base racist instincts to cover up the constant failures and weakness of central government is tearing Britain apart.
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Murphy: "It's clearly the biggest scandal in presidential history. He wouldn't be acting this way if he wasn't so deeply worried about what's in those files. What we've already seen is immensely incriminating. Clearly Trump was at the center of a child sex ring ... the scandal could bring him down."
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Murphy: "It's clearly the biggest scandal in presidential history. He wouldn't be acting this way if he wasn't so deeply worried about what's in those files. What we've already seen is immensely incriminating. Clearly Trump was at the center of a child sex ring ... the scandal could bring him down."
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Spotify is running ads recruiting more ICE agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities, so we’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Spotify is running ads recruiting more ICE agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities, so we’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
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Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
I use tidal. I find it to be very good.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I use tidal. I find it to be very good.
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Wow.
4 years ago today.
4 years ago today.
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Wow.
4 years ago today.
4 years ago today.
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What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
Imagine the problems you could solve with the wealth he has.
And yet he spews out this.
Not one word of this has any relation to reality
And yet he spews out this.
Not one word of this has any relation to reality
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Imagine the problems you could solve with the wealth he has.
And yet he spews out this.
Not one word of this has any relation to reality
And yet he spews out this.
Not one word of this has any relation to reality
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We had a Primary School TA at our foodbank during half term.
Her partner had left her. She had 3 small children and a mountain of debt. She was living on fresh air to provide for her children.
Spare us shite like this...
Her partner had left her. She had 3 small children and a mountain of debt. She was living on fresh air to provide for her children.
Spare us shite like this...
November 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
We had a Primary School TA at our foodbank during half term.
Her partner had left her. She had 3 small children and a mountain of debt. She was living on fresh air to provide for her children.
Spare us shite like this...
Her partner had left her. She had 3 small children and a mountain of debt. She was living on fresh air to provide for her children.
Spare us shite like this...
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Anyone who will lie unapologetically about mass violent attacks to push their own profile and political cause is beneath contempt.
There’s no need to book such people, to platform them, or to listen to them. That’s not because of their politics, or their views: it’s because of their dishonesty.
There’s no need to book such people, to platform them, or to listen to them. That’s not because of their politics, or their views: it’s because of their dishonesty.
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Anyone who will lie unapologetically about mass violent attacks to push their own profile and political cause is beneath contempt.
There’s no need to book such people, to platform them, or to listen to them. That’s not because of their politics, or their views: it’s because of their dishonesty.
There’s no need to book such people, to platform them, or to listen to them. That’s not because of their politics, or their views: it’s because of their dishonesty.
Here are 2 questions for this person:
Why are people who were employed by the state to defend the state now relying on donations to a charity for their wellbeing?
Is the state not looking after veterans?
Also- donations to the charity are of course voluntary.
Why are people who were employed by the state to defend the state now relying on donations to a charity for their wellbeing?
Is the state not looking after veterans?
Also- donations to the charity are of course voluntary.
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here are 2 questions for this person:
Why are people who were employed by the state to defend the state now relying on donations to a charity for their wellbeing?
Is the state not looking after veterans?
Also- donations to the charity are of course voluntary.
Why are people who were employed by the state to defend the state now relying on donations to a charity for their wellbeing?
Is the state not looking after veterans?
Also- donations to the charity are of course voluntary.
'We need to know..' whether or not a tragedy can be exploited for political reasons.
Or we could let the authorities investigate and stop trying to incite people.
Or we could let the authorities investigate and stop trying to incite people.
November 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
'We need to know..' whether or not a tragedy can be exploited for political reasons.
Or we could let the authorities investigate and stop trying to incite people.
Or we could let the authorities investigate and stop trying to incite people.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
America is such a dumb country.
Millions voting to make rich people richer and harming themselves.
Millions voting to make rich people richer and harming themselves.
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
America is such a dumb country.
Millions voting to make rich people richer and harming themselves.
Millions voting to make rich people richer and harming themselves.
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The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.
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Happy Samhain 🔥
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy Samhain 🔥