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Suw

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Writer, creative ecologist, owned by Grabbity & Copurrnicus. Currently writing an eco-sitcom podcast, Fieldwork, about four ecologists studying a rewilding project. https://fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 13m

Vodafone internet's died, and so has their status checker.

How much of my work can I do via a creaky 1 bar of 5G on my phone?

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 43m

Yes, that's definitely Lovelace!

The date was chosen to try to be as convenient for as many people as possible, so within term time but not near exams. Her birthday is too close to Christmas for us to get support from venues, and her death date seemed too morbid.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 1h

100% yes. It's way too hard to access, it's ridiculous.

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely. Decriminalisation, and made much easier to access. Atm, there are too many barriers which result in actual termination being put off far too long.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 3h

I do believe there is a public discourse that we still need to have around abortion, because it's actually a lot less easy to access than people assume it to be. But that's going in the very opposite direction to Farage and his grifting friends.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 3h

Brexit was way too nebulous for most people to have any real opinion on it, cf all the "But this isn't the Brexit I voted for" responses afterwards.

Abortion is generally well understood as a concept, and relevant to a very large chunk of the population.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 3h

Awesome!! ❤️

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 4h

This is the first time in 15 years that I'm running Ada Lovelace Day without also putting on a big event in London, and I have to admit, it feels kinda weird.

If you have a minute, please share a story of your favourite woman in STEM with the hashtag #ALD25.

Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 4h

Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 4h

"Such a beautiful, colorful book with so much information! I was surprised at how many words I recognized as a beginning Welsh learner."

Learn about garden birds with Adar yr Ardd, my illustrated ebook for Welsh learners, just £1.99 from seidrpress.com #DysguCymraeg

An illustration of a male greater spotted woodpecker, which has been labelled in Welsh.

The ebook cover, featuring illustrations of trees with a blue tit, robin and great tit. The text says: Adar yr Ardd, Suw Charman-Anderson, Llyfr Bach ar gyfer Dysgwyr.

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 5h

Ah, it's SAD light season now. Can't abide these dull grey days.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 6h

Related: "You'll get some exposure!"

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 6h

It's endemic. Apparently we can all live on air alone.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 6h

"But there's no budget."

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 6h

Doing time would mean they'd be free of all family responsibilities, so absolutely yes they'd do time for their family and by god, they'd feel good about it.

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 6h

Headline should read: "Rylan slams 'misogyny' but is perfectly happy with xenophobia and racism."

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 7h

and then exploits fast changing trends to persuade women to buy more clothes than they need, then excuses the shoddy fabrics and manufacturing by implying that the clothes only need to last a season. It's horribly anti-environment, and it's *more expensive* for women in the long run.

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 7h

women - to buy the reasonably priced, well-made and long-lasting clothing with decent pockets which men have easy access to. Fast fashion is about ordering loads of cheap clothes online, sending back the ones you don't want, and then those clothes go straight to landfill. Fast fashion creates...

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 7h

That's not what fast fashion means. Fast fashion is cheap, often made by exploited workers, and uses cheap fabrics that don't last very long. Women are expected to change their wardrobe so often that the cheapness doesn't matter. It makes it nigh on impossible for women - including working class

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 14h

Piecework is how a woman working 12 hour shifts, six days a week, only earns $300. Workers should be paid for their time.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16h

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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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14h

Watch with sound (if you can)

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Parkin @parkinkatt.bsky.social · 17h

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 17h

Ydy, mae'n ddefnyddiol iawn! Ac ydw, dw i'n ail-wrando. Dw i'n deall y mwyafrif, mwy rŵan na pan nes i ddechrau gwrando!

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 20h

Mamaliaid Prydain, efo cymorth golygydd professional. Dw i'n ailadrodd geirfa pwysig, defnyddio gramadeg syml, a lluniau wedi'u hanodio. Mae'r holl peth wedi cael ei gynllunio'n ofalus, i helpu pobl dysgu mewn ffordd hwyliog.

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 20h

Mae 'na lyfrau, yn amlwg, ond nid yn fy llyfrgell fi. Ond, dw i eisiau pethau sy' wedi cael ei greu yn benodol ar gyfer dysgwyr canolradd. Pethau sy' wedi cael ei gynllunio i fy helpu fi dysgu geirfa newydd, a.y.y.b. Dyma pam dw i wedi dechrau sgwennu llyfrau fy hun - Adar yr Ardd ac, yn fuan...

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 20h

Dw i'n caru Hefyd! Mae'n ardderchog! Dw i'n gwrando ar Sgwrsio hefyd, ac yn trio gwrando ar podlediadau eraill. Dw i'n gwylio S4C yn aml ond mae rhaid imi ddefnyddio'r isdeitlau, felly wedyn dw i'n darllen, nid gwrando. Mae PwySutPam yn dda iawn, a rhaglenni fel 'na.

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