🟣 Privacy and censorship should not be the only concern. It is disturbing how these apps are so dependent on pushing overconsumption.
Like Etsy, what may start out as offering handcrafts will become yet another haven for unaccountable dropshippers to distribute plastic garbage around the world.
🟣 “What could an AI do if you told it to open a brick-and-mortar store with $100,00? Quite a bit, it turns out, like making inconsistent logos and forgetting to tell employees their hours.”
lol, losers.
The pattern is beautiful! 🌸
Well done!
🟣 “The U.S. Department of State leads an informal interagency group focused on extending the life of products and materials; this group held a March 2024 meeting focused on textiles.”
Bet that meeting hasn’t happened since.
🟣 Is this… the U.S. federal government actually seeking to prevent pollution?
Ah, the recommendations are from a previous life:
www.gao.gov/products/gao...
🟣 “Several workers said they found their bosses’ response too callous; they seemed more concerned with keeping packages moving than with an employee dying in front of them.”
Good work.
🟣 “For all the company’s investments and emissions reductions, the core contradiction remains that H&M is still producing and selling huge volumes of clothing… “They’re not addressing the overconsumption and overproduction problem in fashion.””
That is the primary problem…
👏👏👏
Be safe crew!
🟣 “When Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, transitioned the company to a purpose trust in 2022, it made headlines around the world and brought attention to an emerging form of corporate ownership.”
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Of course, maybe not on Twitter if you don’t mind. It’s up on Instagram too right here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DW5RKSu...
🟣 “…everywhere the bourgeoisie had thrown in its lot with governments… and feasted the military moving against insurrection.“
Sounds familiar. ⬇️
“A PAGE OF HISTORY: THE 1834 CANUT REVOLT IN LYON”:
www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sociali...
Devastating.
NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, @juliesulabor.bsky.social, speaking at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Commemoration. Garment workers have been at the forefront of the fight for economic justice.
#documentaryphotography
Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York.
March 25, 2026.
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A photo from a vehicle in the middle of the road looking downtown at Lower Manhattan. The Freedom Tower is visible in the distance with shorter brick buildings in the foreground. A car just in front has its red break lights on while waiting at the traffic light.
City, city.
#photography #cityscape
Lower Manhattan, New York.
September, 2019.
🟣 Amazing!
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A photo of a large, metal industrial shredding machine. Different-colored fabric scraps can be seen on the conveyor belt and shredded fibers are rolling off the machine in a blur.
A textile shredding machine at work. At the time, shredding was the primary recourse for diverting small fabric scraps and proprietary materials from landfills. Slowly, fiber-to-fiber recycling methods have developed.
#industrial #textiles #downcycling
Somewhere in New Jersey.
September, 2019.
A photo taken from a moving vehicle on a highway and so there is some motion blur along the bottom of the image. The photo shows an industrial facility in the distance with a smokestack and the tops of trees in foreground. The sky is very blue.
View from a U-Haul.
#travel
Somewhere in New Jersey.
September, 2019.
A photo of a young woman with long black hair and dark sunglasses driving a vehicle. The photo is taken from inside the vehicle from the passenger seat.
Adventures in textiles — a trip to the fabric shredder with Camille Tagle of FABSCRAP.
#photography
Somewhere in New Jersey.
September, 2019.
🟣 Good advice!
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A photo of a young woman with long black hair dressed in sneakers, black leggings, a black tank top and work gloves pushing a red platform dolly with a large bale of shredded textile fiber or “shoddy” on the street outside of a large industrial facility. The bale is half her height in size and she is using all of her strength to move the bale up a slight incline.
Camille Tagle, FABSCRAP Co-Founder, pushes a large bale of shredded fabric to the warehouse entrance.
Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York.
September, 2019.
Busy day 😊:
youtube.com/shorts/LuoA4...
For sure. The challenge is that the fast fashion model has its ardent supporters in the consumer population — once you give people something cheap and fast, it’s very hard to take it away.
🟣 “WORN shows how clothing can lead a life of its own… Look closely and you’ll see traces of use: mending, soft wear and even sweat. Each detail reveals how garments were cherished and worn again across generations.”
