@kimkelly.bsky.social
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
My train has been delayed for the last half hour, I think she hexed me
I’ve spent too much time reporting in the South to not reflexively be polite to old ladies but man this one was pushing it
A Jesus lady tried to proselytize to me at the train station today and like honestly ma’am the status of my immortal soul is the least of my concerns right now
Idk who hurt you but this analysis is not correct
"While Hegseth is perhaps the most underqualified secretary of defense in the nation’s history, when it comes to waging war on one’s own physical flaws, he can at least boast of some genuine experience in the church of iron."
@kimkelly.bsky.social on Pete Hegseth
inthesetimes.com/article/amer...
More people losing their livelihoods is a good thing? That’s your takeaway here?
So tired of this Christian extremist bullshit infecting every corner of society and being forced down our throats at every conceivable turn
“We at the Office of the Solicitor put the American worker first by shoring up the social contract that affirms work as service to God, to family, to community and to the nation.”
Tough luck if you aren’t a white Christian man or want to make it through the workday without losing a limb, though
Trump appointee Jonathan Berry—a Chrisofascist misogynist, current Department of Labor Solicitor, and the architect of Project 2025’s “labor” section—is trying to destroy OSHA from the inside jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Oh hello lovely!!
Yeah! Good stuff
I’ve been researching this jawn for the past five years and am pouring so much time and love into these stories, I hope yas like niche disability/labor/women’s history books!!!
a bright spot for today: through my book research, I’ve managed to piece together more accurate information about several specific Black women circus performers’ lives than exists on their Wikipedia pages or anywhere else online
Il y a beaucoup de discussions, mais peu de solutions…
How are other folks in your profession thinking about this stuff?
Horrible!
If you read through the article, it outlines exactly how and why this system makes it so difficult for workers and their unions to organize here
AI is an existential threat to all that is good about humanity
AI companies are paying screenwriters, lawyers, and other white-collar professionals to produce the training data needed to automate their jobs. I spoke with more than 30 workers about conditions inside this fast-growing and extremely secretive new gig economy.
This was such an extraordinary piece, thank you for writing it
My man you live in the actual desert
79 degrees in early March is a sin. release me from this sun-dappled hell
Happy International Women's Day!
From @kimkelly.bsky.social's great book "Fight Like Hell"
My thing is that I have a bunch of metal sticking out of mine to navigate around!
Ooh, I don’t know if they would work with my ears but I’m gonna investigate
Is loops a specific brand or type or something?
I don’t use listen to media when I’m out in the world so at some point I guess I’ll have to either buy headphones (no) or accept that the uptick in antisocial noise is a me problem
why would anyone want to do that
