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Cool Stuff Daily

Fri. 09/25 - Making Millions on Face Masks

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The face mask economy––how everyone from high fashion designers to mom and pop shops on Etsy met the demand, and where they go from here. The origins of the phrase “jack of all trades.” Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to fund polling locations. And Vin Diesel pivots to singer-songwriter. Sponsor: Indeed, Get a $75 credit at Indeed.com/GOODNEWS Links: How a couple of mom-and-pop Etsy shops made millions off masks (The Verge)  The Real Reason Every Fashion Company Is Now Making Face Masks (Marker) Vistaprint, Gap, and Etsy Sellers Pivoted to Making Masks. What Happens When the Bubble Pops? (Marker) Jack of All Trades meaning (The Idioms) "Jack of all trades, n." (Oxford English Dictionary) Essayes and Characters of a Prison and Prisoners by Geffray Mynshul Arnold Schwarzenegger says he'll pay to reopen polling centers across America so everyone can vote (Upworthy) Vin Diesel Is a Sensitive Club King on Debut Single 'Feel Like I Do' (Rolling Stone) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.5

Welcome to the cocky ride home for Friday, September 25th, 2020. I'm Jackson Bird.

0:42.3

The Face Mask Economy. How everyone from high fashion designers to mom and pop shops on Etsy

0:48.8

met the demand and where they go from here. The origins of the phrase, Jack of All Trades,

0:56.4

Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to fund polling locations,

1:00.7

and Vin Diesel pivots to singer-songwriter.

1:04.4

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:09.6

All right, starting today with a bit of a deep dive, let's talk about face masks.

1:15.5

If you're like most people, you probably have a few of them by this point.

1:19.7

I started with one my roommate sewed for me from an old shirt.

1:22.8

I managed to get a box of standard surgical masks at the startup, the pandemic.

1:26.5

I use those as backups,

1:27.9

and I bought a couple from a friend who has been cranking them out with astonishing speed.

1:32.7

In particular, she was offering some really cool Halloween-themed fabrics, so I've got a skeleton

1:37.5

mask just waiting for October 1st. I've also been considering picking up a pack of sturdy yet

1:43.0

affordable masks from Old Navy, and I

1:45.7

allowed myself one novelty face mask from an Etsy store, a Val Kilmer Doc Holiday mask that says

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