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Joe Vilas
@jhv.bsky.social
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Geek. @jhvilas on birdsite. @[email protected]. Durham NC. Likes food & drink. Good at sitting on butt & wasting time on the net.
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Resident Bills Homer @bonescrosby.bsky.social · Feb 11
It’s stuff like this that made me pro solar/nuclear/wind energy over a decade ago. The KSA has a population the size of Texas and executes close 100 times more people a year.

I will get off my soapbox.
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · Feb 11
Ah, this is what I was referring to.
Lawyer in Saudi trans student's suicide note had embassy links
Eden Knight had wanted a new life in the US but was persuaded home, according to her final X post.
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Ed @ed3d.net · 3h
I am well-established as asking questions about why people I know personally have taken money from companies directly tied to the guy who asked to have a journalist hacked apart in an embassy

that's kinda different from this sort of thing though, just a smidge
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giulio rospigliosi @clementix.bsky.social · 7h
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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 7h
ok i'm bored so i'm gonna post some small high-utility kitchen stuff i think more people should have. starting with likely the most common: please get a plane grater. garlic, ginger, citrus, cheese, i use it 90% of the time i cook. needs replacing after 9-12 months so no need to splurge, $13 is fine
Black Classic Stainless Steel Zester and Cheese Grater (hard handle)
Discover the secret to perfuming your culinary creations with unmatched ease – the Microplane Classic Zester/Grater. A transformative tool originally developed for precision woodworking, this culinary...
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Joe Vilas @jhv.bsky.social · 3h
The first time I got a Microplane specifically for food, I was late to a friend's house from spending way too much time grating foods I had just to see how well it worked. 🤣

I'd done a lot of woodworking & used Microplanes then, but they didn't even have a specifically food-oriented tool yet.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 3h
i have a, uh, complex relationship to the idea that a general disdain for the citizens of the gulf monarchies is precisely racism, mostly resulting from the disappearance of every Saudi rape suspect i ever worked with (3) from the country before charges were brought
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Joe Vilas @jhv.bsky.social · 3h
Wow, fuck that guy with a large oil production rig.
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Joe Vilas @jhv.bsky.social · 7h
Laugh while you can, monkey-boy Vance.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 11h
The vice president had a fiery encounter with ABC mainstay George Stephanopoulos.
JD Vance Rages After Interview Goes Sideways
The vice president had a fiery encounter with ABC mainstay George Stephanopoulos.
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indybl0708.bsky.social @indybl0708.bsky.social · 8h
J. D. Vance

stated intent

"to create stories"
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Arabella @arabellaspireship.bsky.social · 13h
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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 8h
Eat shit, JD Vance.
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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 9h
Did ABC give George the go ahead to shut him down? Did they learn their lesson from giving in? Cos you know this isn't gonna go unnoticed...

JD Vance Rages After Interview Goes Sideways
JD Vance Rages After Interview Goes Sideways
The vice president had a fiery encounter with ABC mainstay George Stephanopoulos.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Joseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · 8h
Can't be leaving your DNA around in 2025.
Me with a trash grabber reaching for a big Mac container.
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Evey 💀 Swamp Hag Trainee 🐸|🏳️‍⚧️ @violentmedia.itch.io · 1d
4 Community Copies left on Pony Noir: Molasses Burn, if you're interested but broke.
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Evey 💀 Swamp Hag Trainee 🐸|🏳️‍⚧️ @violentmedia.itch.io · Jul 19
BOOK RELEASE!
Pony Noir: Molasses Burn, a novelette of addiction, exploitation, & blunt force trauma set in the shadows of a magic pony kingdom.

Can Stony Twinkle find the terrible connection between old magic, a missing colt, & a strange new street drug?

#booksky #pony #noir #transbooks #indie
Pony Noir: Molasses Burn by Evey Lockhart
A novelette of addiction, exploitation, and blunt force trauma set in the shadows of a magical pony kingdom.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 8h
It is wrong and so freaking stupid. It's impacting hospital care (causing helicopters to have to land an hour away instead of at hospital which is near ICE facility) and the type of thing which will turn people against the protestors. www.kgw.com/article/news...
OHSU says emergency flights will be diverted amid 'laser party' aimed at helicopters circling over Portland ICE facility
A "laser party" for those frustrated with helicopters' nightly flights over the South Portland area can have dangerous consequences for patients, OHSU warned.
www.kgw.com
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h
But a year later, hope emerged. The Garland Apparel Group acquired the company in 2021 and brought back 100 of its former 150 workers. Garland's mayor said: "After the pandemic and the many gloomy challenges that the town has faced, we finally feel a ray of sunshine and see a beautiful rainbow."
A screencap of a TV news segment. It shows the factory. Text at the bottom reads: Garland Shirt Factory to Reopen.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h
As he puts it, a 3x mark-up "barely covers" the new costs he has to take on as an online retailer.

So the $45 shirt now retails for $135 instead of $180 — some savings for the consumer, but not massive.
An American Trench button-up shirt. Jacob Hurwitz in an American Trench shirt.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h
There are, of course, ways to save money in this business. Many US clothing factories run on what's known as a "piece rate" system, where workers are paid per operation, not by the hour. This system allows factories to skirt minimum wage laws.

It's also how we get US sweatshops
A garment worker peeking out behind some sewing equipment.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h
When Brooks Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020, it shuttered its US factories. Among them was the Garland Shirt Factory in Garland, North Carolina. Brooks Brothers acquired them in 1982, making it the center for their USA shirt production. For a while, it seemed all was lost.
Outside the Garland Shirt Company factory. There's a wall with the company name. A shelf full of button-up Brooks Brothers shirts.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h
I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25
"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor." "This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 8h
I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month. It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...
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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 14h
Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 15h
bitch what
Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 15h
"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"
Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot
I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 1d
A mother is accused of having people kidnap her son, handcuff him, and drive for more than 24 hours across the country to a boarding school. His father found out and rescued him. The person prosecuting her happened to see her in a bar and hit on her. amp.fresnobee.com/news/local/a...
US attorney admonished for Fresno bar encounter with defendant. Trial venue changed
“The conduct strikes the very core of this Court’s integrity,” the judge said.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9h
Work harder and die
Rolling stone headline
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Eric the Red 🌹✝️ @eric13red.bsky.social · 9h
The official Antifa equipment is gonna be an inflatable frog suit and an Aztec death whistle lol
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h
If you have a 3D printer, you can make SO MANY Aztec death whistles

www.thingiverse.com/thing:2662731
Maya Death Whistle (Easy Print, Very Loud) by Tacblades
PLEASE DO NOT ASK TO SELL THIS ITEM, I WANT IT TO ALWAYS BE FREE FOR ALL AND NOT TO BE PROFIT FOR ANYONE.This is a remix of the awesome Maya Skull designhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1755540Adapte...
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