Sam Taylor
@thegoodfactory.bsky.social
Sustainable fashion and just supply chains.
Product innovator.
Writer.
(She / Her).
Product innovator.
Writer.
(She / Her).
Wondering if it’s too optimistic for the future if I start journaling the American coup and the start of a European war with Russia? In case my fictional grandkids need a first hand account of this batshittery for a school project.
February 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wondering if it’s too optimistic for the future if I start journaling the American coup and the start of a European war with Russia? In case my fictional grandkids need a first hand account of this batshittery for a school project.
Tariffs are taxes.
February 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Tariffs are taxes.
Has anyone noticed that, when it comes to BBC reporting, they don’t call Trump; President Trump? He’s either Trump, or the US President.
They did not do this with Biden, who was referred to as “President Biden”.
Intentional? Or just hoping it’s bad dream?
They did not do this with Biden, who was referred to as “President Biden”.
Intentional? Or just hoping it’s bad dream?
January 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Has anyone noticed that, when it comes to BBC reporting, they don’t call Trump; President Trump? He’s either Trump, or the US President.
They did not do this with Biden, who was referred to as “President Biden”.
Intentional? Or just hoping it’s bad dream?
They did not do this with Biden, who was referred to as “President Biden”.
Intentional? Or just hoping it’s bad dream?
Kantamanto market, the largest second hand clothing market in the world, has been destroyed by fire.
Please consider donating to the OR Foundation appeal.
donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
Please consider donating to the OR Foundation appeal.
donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
January 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Kantamanto market, the largest second hand clothing market in the world, has been destroyed by fire.
Please consider donating to the OR Foundation appeal.
donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
Please consider donating to the OR Foundation appeal.
donorbox.org/kantamanto-f...
Pre Christmas me - did I buy enough gifts / food / alcohol?
Post Christmas me - I did not need that much cheese and wine.
Post Christmas me - I did not need that much cheese and wine.
December 28, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Pre Christmas me - did I buy enough gifts / food / alcohol?
Post Christmas me - I did not need that much cheese and wine.
Post Christmas me - I did not need that much cheese and wine.
Out of office is set. Family arrive in 2 hours. House looks like a bomb has gone off, no food in and presents aren’t wrapped yet.
Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas 🎄
December 20, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Out of office is set. Family arrive in 2 hours. House looks like a bomb has gone off, no food in and presents aren’t wrapped yet.
Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas 🎄
I’m now older than Kate McAllister in Home Alone. And now I understand how she managed to leave a kid at home.
*For the record, I only have 1 😳
*For the record, I only have 1 😳
December 14, 2024 at 8:43 AM
I’m now older than Kate McAllister in Home Alone. And now I understand how she managed to leave a kid at home.
*For the record, I only have 1 😳
*For the record, I only have 1 😳
White woman eco warrior: “we have a no cost way to collect data.”
Me: “so it requires no human to input it and it generates the data itself?”
WW: “…well, no.”
Me: “so it has a cost then.”
🤦♀️
Me: “so it requires no human to input it and it generates the data itself?”
WW: “…well, no.”
Me: “so it has a cost then.”
🤦♀️
December 7, 2024 at 9:59 AM
White woman eco warrior: “we have a no cost way to collect data.”
Me: “so it requires no human to input it and it generates the data itself?”
WW: “…well, no.”
Me: “so it has a cost then.”
🤦♀️
Me: “so it requires no human to input it and it generates the data itself?”
WW: “…well, no.”
Me: “so it has a cost then.”
🤦♀️
Me: “you can’t blackmail factories for free data you, not they, need.”
White women in fashion: “But what if they say they’re too busy to help or don’t reply?”
Me: “still no.”
Maybe ask how much it will cost instead.
White women in fashion: “But what if they say they’re too busy to help or don’t reply?”
Me: “still no.”
Maybe ask how much it will cost instead.
December 6, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Me: “you can’t blackmail factories for free data you, not they, need.”
White women in fashion: “But what if they say they’re too busy to help or don’t reply?”
Me: “still no.”
Maybe ask how much it will cost instead.
White women in fashion: “But what if they say they’re too busy to help or don’t reply?”
Me: “still no.”
Maybe ask how much it will cost instead.
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Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
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So much culture is missing because of the decline of magazines
November 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
So much culture is missing because of the decline of magazines
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If we want better fashion culture in the US, we have to lower the cost of housing and commercial real estate, support independent craftspeople, build denser neighborhoods, improve walkability, and get rid of overly restrictive zoning laws. Let kook culture thrive.
November 27, 2024 at 6:44 AM
If we want better fashion culture in the US, we have to lower the cost of housing and commercial real estate, support independent craftspeople, build denser neighborhoods, improve walkability, and get rid of overly restrictive zoning laws. Let kook culture thrive.
🎵It’s just another mansplain Monday….🎵
(Sung to the tune of Manic Monday, obviously).
(Sung to the tune of Manic Monday, obviously).
November 25, 2024 at 6:41 PM
🎵It’s just another mansplain Monday….🎵
(Sung to the tune of Manic Monday, obviously).
(Sung to the tune of Manic Monday, obviously).
There’s something foreboding about the weekend before Black Friday when you work in sustainability and circularity 😳 buckle up….
November 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM
There’s something foreboding about the weekend before Black Friday when you work in sustainability and circularity 😳 buckle up….
Always got to ask what a business has to hide when they artificially inflate their stock prices with buybacks.
Don’t believe me? Just look at Burberry.
Don’t believe me? Just look at Burberry.
Tapestry —owner of Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman— just announced a $2 billion share repurchase. Remember all that money when they blame tariffs for price increases next year.
November 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Always got to ask what a business has to hide when they artificially inflate their stock prices with buybacks.
Don’t believe me? Just look at Burberry.
Don’t believe me? Just look at Burberry.
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The international criminal court has finally issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant.
There are reasonable grounds to suspect war crimes.
About bloody time.
There are reasonable grounds to suspect war crimes.
About bloody time.
November 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM
The international criminal court has finally issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Gallant.
There are reasonable grounds to suspect war crimes.
About bloody time.
There are reasonable grounds to suspect war crimes.
About bloody time.
And the second innovation is AI for production planning, which can reduce MOQs.
MOQs of course, are based on maximum efficiency of a line. AI gets us to that peak efficiency faster.
MannyAI (formerly Pattern Projects) have raised more than £1.2mil in their pre seed!
MOQs of course, are based on maximum efficiency of a line. AI gets us to that peak efficiency faster.
MannyAI (formerly Pattern Projects) have raised more than £1.2mil in their pre seed!
November 21, 2024 at 8:42 AM
And the second innovation is AI for production planning, which can reduce MOQs.
MOQs of course, are based on maximum efficiency of a line. AI gets us to that peak efficiency faster.
MannyAI (formerly Pattern Projects) have raised more than £1.2mil in their pre seed!
MOQs of course, are based on maximum efficiency of a line. AI gets us to that peak efficiency faster.
MannyAI (formerly Pattern Projects) have raised more than £1.2mil in their pre seed!
There are 2 areas of innovation we’re seeing that have the ability to really impact the fashion industry.
The first is nano chemistry.
Where naturally derived dyes can be altered to also have properties such as DWR or wicking.
Requiring only 1 process for dyeing and finishing.
The first is nano chemistry.
Where naturally derived dyes can be altered to also have properties such as DWR or wicking.
Requiring only 1 process for dyeing and finishing.
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 AM
There are 2 areas of innovation we’re seeing that have the ability to really impact the fashion industry.
The first is nano chemistry.
Where naturally derived dyes can be altered to also have properties such as DWR or wicking.
Requiring only 1 process for dyeing and finishing.
The first is nano chemistry.
Where naturally derived dyes can be altered to also have properties such as DWR or wicking.
Requiring only 1 process for dyeing and finishing.
You just know that the impacts of climate change are making my hot flushes hotter 🙄
In all seriousness though, it’s probably the plastics. The amount of women with early and severe perimenopause is not normal.
In all seriousness though, it’s probably the plastics. The amount of women with early and severe perimenopause is not normal.
It's coming up to a year since we published the Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK (HECC) report, highlighting risks to our health from climate change, and also potential co-benefits to health of climate action.
You can read all 15 chapters of the report here: www.gov.uk/government/p...
You can read all 15 chapters of the report here: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Climate change: health effects in the UK
This is the fourth Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK report, which provides evidence, analysis and recommendations based on climate change projections for the UK.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
You just know that the impacts of climate change are making my hot flushes hotter 🙄
In all seriousness though, it’s probably the plastics. The amount of women with early and severe perimenopause is not normal.
In all seriousness though, it’s probably the plastics. The amount of women with early and severe perimenopause is not normal.
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NEW RESEARCH: 22 pesticides are linked to prostate cancer risk and four are linked to prostate cancer death. One (thiamethoxam) is an insecticide. Three (trifluralin, chloransulam-methyl, diflufenzopyr) are weedkillers.
Brand name of trifluralin is…Trust.
www.sciencenews.org/article/pest...
Brand name of trifluralin is…Trust.
www.sciencenews.org/article/pest...
22 pesticides show links to prostate cancer
The new finding comes from an analysis of pesticide use and prostate cancer incidence in over 3,100 U.S. counties.
www.sciencenews.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
NEW RESEARCH: 22 pesticides are linked to prostate cancer risk and four are linked to prostate cancer death. One (thiamethoxam) is an insecticide. Three (trifluralin, chloransulam-methyl, diflufenzopyr) are weedkillers.
Brand name of trifluralin is…Trust.
www.sciencenews.org/article/pest...
Brand name of trifluralin is…Trust.
www.sciencenews.org/article/pest...
Climate targets from listed companies are going to push us to a 2.8 degree world according to Edie.com.
Doesn’t bode well when most fashion brands don’t know how they’re going to hit the targets they’ve set 😔
Doesn’t bode well when most fashion brands don’t know how they’re going to hit the targets they’ve set 😔
November 18, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Climate targets from listed companies are going to push us to a 2.8 degree world according to Edie.com.
Doesn’t bode well when most fashion brands don’t know how they’re going to hit the targets they’ve set 😔
Doesn’t bode well when most fashion brands don’t know how they’re going to hit the targets they’ve set 😔
Remember when we were told polyester was an endocrine disrupter?
How many women in their late 30s / early 40s do you know with severe perimenopause symptoms who are in close contact with polyester?
I’m think garment workers and nurses.
Because I know a lot 😳
How many women in their late 30s / early 40s do you know with severe perimenopause symptoms who are in close contact with polyester?
I’m think garment workers and nurses.
Because I know a lot 😳
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Remember when we were told polyester was an endocrine disrupter?
How many women in their late 30s / early 40s do you know with severe perimenopause symptoms who are in close contact with polyester?
I’m think garment workers and nurses.
Because I know a lot 😳
How many women in their late 30s / early 40s do you know with severe perimenopause symptoms who are in close contact with polyester?
I’m think garment workers and nurses.
Because I know a lot 😳
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Andrew Bailey is right. Most people don't realise how shockingly *bad* is the UK's goods trade performance after Brexit and the pandemic. UK exports are 23% lower than the pre-2020 trend and imports are 16% below the trend.
November 15, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Andrew Bailey is right. Most people don't realise how shockingly *bad* is the UK's goods trade performance after Brexit and the pandemic. UK exports are 23% lower than the pre-2020 trend and imports are 16% below the trend.
Global warming is such false advertising! Excess carbon could make the AMOC (Atlantic Meriditional Overturning Circulation) fail, which would plunge the U.K. into an average temperature drop of -14C!
The mini ice age 200 years ago was a drop of -1C!
The mini ice age 200 years ago was a drop of -1C!
November 16, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Global warming is such false advertising! Excess carbon could make the AMOC (Atlantic Meriditional Overturning Circulation) fail, which would plunge the U.K. into an average temperature drop of -14C!
The mini ice age 200 years ago was a drop of -1C!
The mini ice age 200 years ago was a drop of -1C!
Sandra Steingraber details why the carbon sequestration plans of the U.K. government are somewhat whacky.
Are we better making the CO2 into plastics?
#Climate #CarbonCapture #CircularEconomy
Are we better making the CO2 into plastics?
#Climate #CarbonCapture #CircularEconomy
I wrote a short history of supercritical CO2, posted it just before the election and didn’t tell anyone bc I didn’t want to distract you from canvassing and phonebanking. But now I think you should all read it. I made it as fun and writerly as possible. No PhD required!
www.sehn.org/sehn/2024/10...
www.sehn.org/sehn/2024/10...
RePercussion Section: Effusing the Oil Fields—A Short History of Supercritical CO2 — The Science and Environmental Health Network
by Sandra Steingraber, SEHN senior scientist and writer in residence In 1822, a free Black man in South Carolina, Denmark Vesey, attempted to lead a revolution. The plot included the mass execution ...
www.sehn.org
November 15, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Sandra Steingraber details why the carbon sequestration plans of the U.K. government are somewhat whacky.
Are we better making the CO2 into plastics?
#Climate #CarbonCapture #CircularEconomy
Are we better making the CO2 into plastics?
#Climate #CarbonCapture #CircularEconomy