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Kim Kelly
@kimkelly.bsky.social
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labor journalist & author. big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴 my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com my reporting: @inthesetimes.com + more my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 22m
So happy to hear that!
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 22m
? Populism in America goes back to 1892 if not earlier
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 49m
this is worth a read newrepublic.com/article/2011...
How I Became a Populist
My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1h
Middle grade, so like 8ish to young teens!
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1h
finally all caught up on book orders from my webstore :) if there’s a kid in your life who could use a lesson on worker power and labor history, take a peep! www.kim-kelly.com
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 6h
Appalachian coal workers suffer from black lung, an incurable respiratory disease killing its victims slowly & painfully.

@kimkelly.bsky.social reports on how the Trump administration is delaying a life-saving safety rule, while claiming to stand with miners.
Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead
The administration keeps delaying a life-saving safety rule—while claiming to love coal miners.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 17h
we know what happened to her! she crashed and either died that way or drowned!
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1d
was gonna judge this person until I remembered that my phone is named “Torture Portal”
Screenshot of a phone screen showing several WiFi network names including “Fartfuck McNasty”
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1d
It’s a church basement they don’t have fancy lighting
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve written a couple weird things for their style section before years ago, that was fun! The labor stuff they want nothing to do with, it seems
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1d
In fairness I didn’t go to an Ivy League journalism school and my parents worked with their hands so I am at best a mirage to them
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1d
The NYT simply loves publishing new articles on the same very specific things I wrote about for @inthesetimes.com several months prior. I like it, it’s very good to me
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1d
What
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 1d
Who’s “the left” you’re describing here, exactly? In every leftist space I’m in, it’s absolutely on sight for that little Nazi fuck
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
It ended at 10:45pm!
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
Yessss
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
It never went anywhere! A crust punk band opened this show
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
I really need to! But where…
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
Mine too!! And you might just have to make em—never too late (or too early!) to start booking
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
the sweeties themselves
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
Thou! My favorites for almost twenty years noladiy.org/thoudiscogra...
Thou
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
In this essay I will
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
They’re back, baby! I bet they’ll make it to Europe next year, too. Really fantastic energy, and the new songs rip
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
I truly believe that all-ages DIY metal/hardcore shows are the answer to so many of society’s current problems
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 2d
It ruled, I loved seeing the kiddos who came out too - all-ages shows are truly the backbone of the multigenerational scene
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