Notices by Tansy Hoskins 🍉 🍉 (tansy@wandering.shop)

@afewbugs Just saw this but I am glad the BBC wrote about it! shocking stuff.

Fashion is so good at showing what a f*cked up system capitalism is.

At 09:06:02 AM this morning the CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy had already made the annual salary of a Bangladeshi garment worker. 10 minutes later, Zara’s Oscar García Maceiras had done the same.

Why do women wear flowers in their hair to work in the hell of a Tamil Nadu garment factory?
Why do unions know to check on a woman who stops wearing flowers?

You don't get to write this kind of piece (or even know it needs writing) without doing the long, hard work of grassroots union solidarity, so thank you Nandita and Nikita for such an insightful article.

https://tansyhoskins.org/factory-flowers-beauty-and-survival-in-indias-garment-factories/

Guardian and Observer journos on strike today - don't visit those sites.

Digital picket lines!

[Source: National Union Of Journalists bulletin]

Hmmmm, I have read enough SciFi to know that this is not necessarily true 😆

Black Friday protest outside Amazon HQ in London. Protests around the world are calling for an end to Amazon’s worker exploitation, union busting, tax dodging and environmental destruction. And an end to Amazon’s role as a supplier in the war on Gaza. #MakeAmazonPay

A thread on Palestine and Journalism: 'Sometimes you speak to people trapped under rubble who have posted their phone number'

This time last week I was at the ‘War in Gaza’ panel at a conference held by the Centre For Investigative Journalism.

Full post here: https://tansyhoskins.micro.blog/2024/11/21/palestine-sometimes-you.html

Eeeeek - these just arrived. My laptop just got at least 36% cooler.

Thanks @molly0xfff and thanks for also being so kind and encouraging when I reached out about sticker advice. http://mollywhite.net

@aral thank you!

At times like these I am very glad I am not looking for a job at a shoe/fashion brand - stressful AF and I don't l know what will happen with the planet but at least I never lied about it for corporations!

Audio and text versions of my speech yesterday to the Global Footwear Future Coalition

https://tansyhoskins.org/what-price-on-having-a-liveable-planet/

Working hard in Islington North for Jeremy Corbyn!

Final days of canvassing before the UK General Election. Really want Jeremy to be re-elected 🤞

(That's me at the back in the pale blue cap 🧢)

#JeremyCorbyn #GeneralElection

See, I am just way more alarmed and angry at this than at some orange paint

https://mastodon.green/@peterdutoit/112647807158285181

@aral "always has Bing" 😅

This is the demonstration walking through Oxford Circus and down Regents Street towards Westminster and the centre of government in the UK. #FreePalestine #London

Favourite moment amongst the seriousness of the day - crowds taking over Whitehall (outside the Prime Minister's residence) to dance to 'Dammi Falastini' by Mohammed Assaf.

#FreePalestine #London

The #FreePalestine demonstration in #London this weekend was enormous. Organisers estimated 250,000 people marching for peace.

@aral thank you!

Today, Wednesday 24th April 2024, marks the 11th anniversary of the Rana Plaza clothing factory collapse in Bangladesh which killed over 1,138 people and injured many thousands more.

Here is a thread of resources for more information:

The best film ever made about #RanaPlaza - 'Tears In The Fabric' by Rainbow Collective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiPm0tfdZ6w

See, now I've had an offensive reply to my Signal post and it annoys me @Mastodon that while I can block this person their post will forever be stuck to my post and I can't shield anyone who looks at my post from seeing their offensive words. There has to be a better block system.

I am very pleased with the update from @signalapp which means that you can now generate a username and not have to publish or give out your phone number.

This is a big step forward for allowing journalists to make un/less traceable first contact with sources without compromising either party.

In the (basic) infosec for journalists class that I teach, this has always been a sticking point and now there is a (not perfect but really great) solution. 👍