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she/her | 30+ | chemist | I watch too much tv: hotd, trop, succession, buffy, peaky blinders, bcs, sandman, acolyte, fallout, the boys, spn... can't put them all here
I'm shy, I mostly rt | also some stuff that isn't tv |
I'm shy, I mostly rt | also some stuff that isn't tv |
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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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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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I painted a scene for my personal project. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache on Arches watercolour paper
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I painted a scene for my personal project. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache on Arches watercolour paper
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Happy Wednesday everyone. I’ve been painting like crazy the last couple weeks. Thought I’d start sharing some of the recent work.
“Sailboats At Sundown”
oil on linen
#curtisclarkpaintings
@fineartgallery.bsky.social
@sdcushing.bsky.social
#artyear
“Sailboats At Sundown”
oil on linen
#curtisclarkpaintings
@fineartgallery.bsky.social
@sdcushing.bsky.social
#artyear
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy Wednesday everyone. I’ve been painting like crazy the last couple weeks. Thought I’d start sharing some of the recent work.
“Sailboats At Sundown”
oil on linen
#curtisclarkpaintings
@fineartgallery.bsky.social
@sdcushing.bsky.social
#artyear
“Sailboats At Sundown”
oil on linen
#curtisclarkpaintings
@fineartgallery.bsky.social
@sdcushing.bsky.social
#artyear
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One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
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🚨 EXPOSED: Parents are being threatened for recording their own kids’ hockey games. Private equity bought the rinks, banned filming, and now charges up to $50 a month to watch youth sports.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨 EXPOSED: Parents are being threatened for recording their own kids’ hockey games. Private equity bought the rinks, banned filming, and now charges up to $50 a month to watch youth sports.
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
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saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
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November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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This is a really important thread and I don't think enough men understand how pervasive this is in our culture.
I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is a really important thread and I don't think enough men understand how pervasive this is in our culture.
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I am well versed in American racism and I can tell you that Greene, Mace, and Boebert have neither tired of white supremacy nor the patriarchy and are simply bitter that they are no longer young enough, white enough, attractive enough or useful enough to reap the rewards of Bondi, Noem, and Kirk.
I'd be really curious if someone better versed in feminist theory wrote about what's happening on the right. Because between Greene, Mace, and Bobert, we've got this bloc forming of women who seem tired of serving a patriarchy of sex criminals. And their rhetoric is starting to lean that direction.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I am well versed in American racism and I can tell you that Greene, Mace, and Boebert have neither tired of white supremacy nor the patriarchy and are simply bitter that they are no longer young enough, white enough, attractive enough or useful enough to reap the rewards of Bondi, Noem, and Kirk.
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not gonna say "internet is officially dead" because much like a beached whale, even though the corpus is itself deceased it is fizzling with bacterial life.
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
not gonna say "internet is officially dead" because much like a beached whale, even though the corpus is itself deceased it is fizzling with bacterial life.
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Hope you find some joy today, or joy finds you... either works 🩷
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hope you find some joy today, or joy finds you... either works 🩷
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Dream of the Endless doing his own taxes because TurboTax isn't masochistic enough
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dream of the Endless doing his own taxes because TurboTax isn't masochistic enough
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
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Verdigris Agaric is a blue green mushroom found on lawns, mulch and woodland from spring to autumn.
My new drawing of this mushroom is available on Folksy...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#VerdigrisAgaric #Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts
My new drawing of this mushroom is available on Folksy...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#VerdigrisAgaric #Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Verdigris Agaric is a blue green mushroom found on lawns, mulch and woodland from spring to autumn.
My new drawing of this mushroom is available on Folksy...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#VerdigrisAgaric #Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts
My new drawing of this mushroom is available on Folksy...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#VerdigrisAgaric #Mushrooms #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #ChristmasGifts
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#frankenstein
would you love a creature
would you love a creature
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#frankenstein
would you love a creature
would you love a creature
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🍃🐦🌿🪶
Sneaking a peak 👀
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhoto #NatureLovers #Hummingbird #FeatheredFriends #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfBsky #WingInFlight
Sneaking a peak 👀
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhoto #NatureLovers #Hummingbird #FeatheredFriends #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfBsky #WingInFlight
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🍃🐦🌿🪶
Sneaking a peak 👀
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhoto #NatureLovers #Hummingbird #FeatheredFriends #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfBsky #WingInFlight
Sneaking a peak 👀
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhoto #NatureLovers #Hummingbird #FeatheredFriends #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfBsky #WingInFlight
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'The Land Before Time' was released 37 years ago today 🦖
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
'The Land Before Time' was released 37 years ago today 🦖
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Watching the Epstein survivor admit that she voted for Trump really fucked with my head. The brainwashing against the left that apparently people endure from birth, must be way deeper than I ever imagined. A victim voting for a rapist, who has also been accused by 26 other women? Over a woman? WTAF?
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Watching the Epstein survivor admit that she voted for Trump really fucked with my head. The brainwashing against the left that apparently people endure from birth, must be way deeper than I ever imagined. A victim voting for a rapist, who has also been accused by 26 other women? Over a woman? WTAF?
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.