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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 6h

I was managed for many years. I was offered a chance to run a new coffee shop in Atlanta one of my customers was opening and I declined because I knew how hard it was to make money.

People have no idea how much it really costs for quality and good service, let alone ethically produced goods.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 6h

Are you sure this was meant for me?

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 20h

I could never. How could I face my family, let alone myself? What would my ancestors say when I join them?

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 21h

I too, hated that film. I've been feeling like we have moved past some of the old monster archetypes. We have so many brand new monsters of whom to tell.

Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 21h

We are living in a time of such craven evils. When lies come as easily as air to the people with all the power. When cruelty is celebrated, codified and written into every budget.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 1d

"Noncitizens get free healthcare" is brought to you by the authors of "Black and Indigenous people get free college."

It's amazing how easy it is to sell people a lie when it's racist.

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

I hope you got what you wanted.

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

Why does Kash Patel always look like he's trying to hold in diarrhea?

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

Heartbreaking

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine being angry about fajitas, lol

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

I have really enjoyed digging into thoughts about Janteloven and frameworks for academic librarianship, and the ways they might have commonalities despite the seemingly disparate places they inhabit in practice and intent. How do they intersect in places where both have an influence?

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

I am convinced by the oodles of evidence in existence, that most cops are not very smart.

Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 3d

I uttered “what the actual fuck” after nearly every paragraph of this insanity www.dailynews.com/2024/09/28/l...

LAPD officer lost rifle to MRI device during bungled raid, lawsuit alleges

Van Nuys medical imaging company alleges its constitutional rights were violated by officers who mistargeted the business for an illegal pot operation.

www.dailynews.com

Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

Is someone actually arguing that this legend is somehow underrated?

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 2d

English bulldogs are so sweet but Lord knows, they are not smart. 🤣🤣🤣

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 3d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 3d

My idea of a good time these days is going to Mancini's Sleep World and lying on all the mattresses.

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 3d

I am so sorry. ❤️

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 3d

I've never understood why characters tell their nemeses what they intend to do to defeat them.

Why give them time to prepare? Why give away the strategy?

I feel this same way about any conflict. Be smart, people.

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 3d

If she treated her people better she might have had good lighting.

Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 4d

Of course he's a creep with a gf not even old enough to drink.

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 4d

Ah yes, we all know Black people with the last name 'Rinderknecht'

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 5d

Well, let's hope it all collapses.

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 5d

Ouch!

Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 5d

ICE salaries and budgets are proof that we do have enough money to pay educators and social workers what they deserve. They just don't want to.

Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 6d

If they have $50k signing bonuses for ICE in 2025 then we have $60k bonuses for teachers in 2029.

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 5d

I have one message for all the reactionaries losing it over Bad Bunny playing the Super Bowl.

a cartoon of donald trump sitting at a desk with his mouth taped

Alt: a cartoon of donald trump sitting at a desk with his mouth taped

media.tenor.com

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Chanda B @chandab.bsky.social · 6d

Surprise! ICE are liars.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 6d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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