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Just Kevin
@kevinleecaster.bsky.social
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A climate action advocate running on a drained battery. I tried to convince y'all that the constant criticism of Democrats was going to put the GOP back in charge, but oh well here we are. Supporting Democrats is a lot better than living under GOP rule.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · Jun 5
The quickest way to "judge" whether to follow my account would be to read this thread of the posts I've pinned to my profile since joining the #BlueSky community of blockers. Not you. You haven't blocked me yet. Before you do feel free to read these though.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · Jun 5
Whether or not Israel was committing genocide last year or this year is for the courts to decide. That's just the way I am.

If you accuse Democrats of having supported a genocide, you are a lying Kremlin useful idiot imso.

You've been gaslit into believing lies like these.
Rich Dools Jr. (Rocky) @richdoolsjr.bsky.social Well sir, what they did didn't work out for them or us? They funded genocide for 4 years & lost 6 million voters! What they didn't do, they didn't even try to codify roe, increase minimum wage, stop price gouging, expand the Supreme Court, universal healthcare, get homeless veterans off the streets! June 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 6h
Unfortunately, I consider your form of cynicism to be pathetic. Project 2025 is most definitely trying to be the catalyst to be the end of our constitutional republic, but that will only happen if a majority of Americans ally themselves with the fascists.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 8h
There is pretty much nothing so easy to game than there is "the number of google searches".
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h
Fox News is eating this up.

Have you ever seen anyone torch their own governor chances as fast as Katie Porter did last week?

Google searches for “Katie Porter interview” are up 10,000% and her odds of becoming the next California governor just cratered from 40% to under 16%.
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Oldfatuglynbroke @oldfatuglynbroke.bsky.social · 9h
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NEW HIT SONG - From Portland to Chicago
YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies
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KatOtis! @kat-otis.bsky.social · 20h
He IS a domestic terrorist, a kiddie raper, a traitor...
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 8h
Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid
Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid
A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK first
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raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social · 8h
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Active Measures (2018)
This documentary chronicles the 2016 election. Unraveling "the Russia story," this film is a reminder that some conspiracies hide in plain sight.
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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 9h
My opponent voted against protecting the right to buy birth control.

Virginia, as Governor, I will sign the Right to Contraception Act into law.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 8h
Believing it's possible is half the battle.

I still believe that Americans will step up and choose to decarbonize their lives.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 8h
It's simple.

When your base of support is dumb as rocks, you have every incentive to make them believe lies.
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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 9h
Trump: senile, lying, or both?
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🦄)))🕊️🎗️✡️🐇 #VoteYesOnCAProp50 @melisandra01.bsky.social · 9h
The Jewish people told you this would happen
Your majority did not want to hear it
Your majority moved too slow for too long
Now look who is paying
If this is the world’s ”love” I’ll stick with being Jewish, thanks.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h
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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h
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 · 10h
Earlier this year, I interviewed Jacob Hurwitz, co-founder of American Trench. They mostly sell directly to consumers. To pay for the marketing, packaging, customer service, and other costs associated with retailing, Hurwitz says direct-to-consumer fashion models have to mark-up at least 3x.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h
In the clothing industry, the term CMT stands for "cut, make, trim." It means you are paying someone to cut, make, and trim the garment. Essentially, it's your manufacturing labor cost without taking into account the cost of material.

The CMT price for making a shirt in the US is about $35.
A US shirt factory. A worker measuring a part of a shirt on a work table.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h
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."
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 9h
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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 12h
Reading Thiel, Yarvin, Peterson et al. makes you realise what passes for intellectual iconoclasm these days is all absolute bollocks. Why anyone gives any of these people the time of day let alone credibility is baffling.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Dasha Burns said she talked with Trump on the phone 4 days ago. But now he doesn’t know who she is 🤔
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 9h
Santiago, how much do you think what happened on Putin's birthday in 2023 and the way that leftists treated Democrats in 2024 related to what the Likud Party et al were doing have on the 2024 election outcome in your opinion?
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Humble Novice @humblenovice.bsky.social · 14h
It seems that protest voters refuse to learn their lesson no matter what. For them, it's easier to target Kamala Harris than Trump himself. Let it be known that Gaza's destruction will be THEIR legacy, not hers.
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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 16h
I saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER at the Alamo Drafthouse last night,, which is probably the most dads who've ever been at a PTA meeting.
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WKRN News 2 @wkrnnews2.bsky.social · 9h
4 dead, 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar: authorities
4 dead, 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar: authorities
At least 100 people were gathered at the island bar when the shooting occurred, authorities said.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 9h
As a long time climate activist and Black Lives Matter protester, it is the anarchists who I've seen cause the most mayhem. The ones I've interacted with are accelerationists who do not seem to care about the harm they cause to causes they purport to support.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 10h
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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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 9h
Exactly right, people like Christian Pulisic chose the Kremlin over America. They've proven they don't care about the United States of America.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 9h
As a lifelong American soccer fan, nothing brings me more joy than to see our soccer teams getting crushed on the international stage while Republicans are in power.
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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 9h
A 3-1 defeat in the quarter-finals 🇺🇸😢

Nice to dream while it lasted, USA. Morocco are surging in every level of the Men's Game. May we one day experience the joy that nation has experienced at World Cups to come 😢🇺🇸😢🇺🇸
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fritzzz.bsky.social @fritzzz.bsky.social · 9h
What’s their record since
Pulisic did the Trump dance?
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