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Ted Talk on hypocritical activists on SoMe and selfcare/decision autonomy
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Something that rubs me the wrong way is, that often the same group of people, who white-knightely advocate for support of small businesses, local stuff, going away from corporate social media into the fediverse and more individualism
is also the group to most often complain when small businesses, artists writers and local companies acutally move into the fediverse and promote their

Trump backed down yesterday on some of his more dramatic tariffs, but that's no comfort to the many small business owners who are already being affected. Jeff Logan runs a tattoo supply business in Philadelphia and says it's now at risk of closing after more than 30 years because the price of needles, which are made in China, has skyrocketed. Ido Tuchman runs a company in San Diego that makes optical scanning equipment. His latest shipment of aluminum parts had a tariff fee of $2,483 added to a $3,380 order. “The end result is real small businesses, mom and pop shops, we're the ones that get put under,” Logan told @Independent. “Amazon doesn't feel the hurt, Walmart doesn’t feel it. We do."

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The Independent · Trump’s tariff chaos is already hammering these small businessesBy Richard Hall

I am working on the upcoming release of my insect magnets! 🦋
Today, I finished 5 purple moths (I put the finished ones on my girls’ cage hehe), I will get started on the beetles tomorrow!

There will be 5 of each model available for the first drop. I’m hoping to release them on Sunday. I will keep you updated!

#handmade#new#moth

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