Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026As once-extinct diseases sweep through America, sickening, maiming and killing, the wild lunacy of anti-vax superstition grows ever more difficult to excuse. 1309124
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I knew that Carney Davos speech was too good to be true. Doctorow explains why 000
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Llavors microscòpiques i la regla 80/20 gardensharing.aixeta.cat/ca/posts/lla... 100
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Convicted drug dealing Honduran expresident, pardoned by Trump, caught on tape saying “The pardon money didn’t even come from you. It came from a group of rabbis and people who supported Israel.” Now attempting to destabilize progressive governments in Latin America 010
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Mamdani is the best exampje of this right now. Fixing potholes, listening to constituents, fulfilling promises so that we can believe in promises. This would get people to go out and vote and protect other people voting. 1466
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 29/04/2026“Musk can’t buy email or podcasts. But if you’re locked into Substack, they can buy you.” @anildash.com @pastduepodcast.com 04819
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 26/04/2026I'm rewatching the Chernobyl series on HBO, and the opening voiceover from Legasov resonates: "What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all." 12262181362
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Saturday was the one-year anniversary of Virginia Guiffre’s death. The Epstein survivors aren’t done fighting, but it takes public support to fuel their work. Don’t let the effort to distract work on you. Read & share: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... 10382172856
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I love how Trump’s stupidity is backfiring on him and benefiting the rest of us 1122
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I compost almost everything, but not squash seeds: those I save for the birds, who really like them Poso pràcticament tot al compost, menys la grana de la carabassa, que guardo per les mallerengues! gardensharing.aixeta.cat/posts/restes... #birds #zerowaste #compost #mallerengues #ocells 010
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Thank you, @bencollins.bsky.social , I don't need your totebag and you probably won't deliver it to me here in Catalonia anyway, but I totally needed you to buy Inf🧅Wars and especially, draw that line. 000
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Friki, and proud of it, in English and Catalan Salvar el planeta amb compostatge i biochar (i més coses) Saving the planet with composting and biochar gardensharing.aixeta.cat/posts/frikigardensharing.aixeta.catFriki i orgullosa de ser-hoPlataforma de micromecenatge continu en català. Crear, compartir, sostenir. 000
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 18/04/2026App per demanar cites d’estrangeria: Holiiii , unes compis se han currado esta maravilla, hacer lo llegar a todxs que lo necesitan 🫂🔥 👇👇👇 lamardecitas.net hola hemos desarollado una app para pedir cita previa en extranjería, nos ayudas con la difusion?lamardecitas.netLa Mar de CitasLa Mar de Citas — Get alerted when a cita becomes available 000
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Read this (“We live in the stupidest timeline”) 042
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/04/2026Despite promising to tell users before giving their data to law enforcement, Google handed Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE in 2025 without giving him the chance to challenge the government's invalid subpoena. We're urging the AGs of CA and NY to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices.eff.orgEFF to State AGs: Investigate Google's Broken Promise to Users Targeted by the GovernmentGoogle's Failure to Warn Users About Law Enforcement Demands for Data Is Deceptive 3321129
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2026If Trump thinks the pope is too woke and soft on crime wait til he hears about Jesus 1084075733
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Finally. But don’t close the account. We need the history even if we’re not there anymore. 000
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 09/04/2026It’s not a ceasefire if the killing continues on one side. Mass atrocities are being carried out by Netanyahu in Lebanon with U.S. backing. (1/3) 17061861734
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The Pope has cancelled his visit to the US. The state visit by King Charles must be cancelled too. Anything else is an endorsement of Trump. Your move, UK government. #nostatevisit # 471404346
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026My friend @rokhanna.bsky.social is absolutely right. When the President of the United States threatens genocide against millions of innocent people, Democratic leadership should stand in clear moral opposition — not hide behind procedure. 25367931941
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social to Democratic leadership: “Get out. Let a new generation lead. You’ve been ineffective. The base doesn’t like you. The base wants fighters.” 1042177344732
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialRoblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Every member of Congress should be in DC right now it doesn't matter if Mike Johnson wont call the house back raise some hell 31977202
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialMaggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 07/04/2026So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right? 622274617734
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off. 278150205346
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialMs. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 07/04/2026In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go. 2268392536
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.social☀️Sunny☀️ @sunny2u.bsky.social · 06/04/2026The people of the US should be able to vote for impeachment, especially when Congress is full of sycophantic idiots. 22150511001
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/04/2026Crises precipitate change. That's no reason to induce a crisis, but you'd be a fool to let a crisis go to waste. Donald Trump is the greatest crisis of our young century, and the EU looks set to squander the opportunity, to its own terrible detriment. 1/ 312361
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialRoblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Why should any state have to pay federal taxes when the federal government refuses to fund anything in their state? 22167571285
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/04/2026Nobody knows more about Epstein than @jkbjournalist.bsky.social. She’s absolutely right: the American people can’t lose sight of the fact that the Trump administration is covering up for pedophiles. Keep the pressure up. Follow the money. 25886397
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialMack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 31/03/2026In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight. 771132264397
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Phang: But here’s what really did in Meta and Google: the disclosure of internal documents from these companies, which were presented as evidence during the trial. The jury heard the following—and when you hear this, you’ll understand. 542375733
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Senator Chris Murphy, "The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war began" "We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created" "This is insanity" 672277857459
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Gupta: If we’re making choices, we’re making a clear choice right now about how to spend $200 billion over three months. That money could very easily be repurposed to fund a public option and provide healthcare to everyone in the United States who needs it for years. 16792233042
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialAlexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 18/03/2026@icpsr.bsky.social is an international consortium of 800+ academic & research bodies that collects & publishes scads of social science data for public access: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/icpsr/... DataLumos crowdsources deposits of valuable government data: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/datalu... #OpenGov 052
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/03/2026Meta spent seven years telling us they were working on true end-to-end encryption across all their various messaging apps... and finally rolled it out in 2024. And then less than three years later, they're shutting it off for Instagram? What? www.androidpolice.com/instagram-is...androidpolice.comInstagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]Pulling the plug on privacy? 1224193
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialL.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Jax and Alex, the business owners behind the Barrio Drive x Dstroy LA collab, say its important to offer a safe space for those looking for community and support, while providing aid to those impacted by ICE. 🎥: Lizbeth Solorzano 026189
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/03/2026"Any method that can be misused to surreptitiously track people's movements without their knowledge is concerning," EFF’s @cooperq.com told @CNET.com. "But so are all of the technologies in modern cars that intentionally violate drivers' privacy.” www.cnet.com/roadshow/ne...cnet.comCould Your Tire Sensors Be Used to Hack Your Car? What to Look Out ForIt turns out your car's tire pressure monitoring system might be a gold mine for hackers. 19236
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialSome kind of invasive ape 🏳️⚧️ @wargonopsid.bsky.social · 03/03/2026morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.morethanjustparks.substack.comBLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great ForestsOne billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard. 20826092008
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/03/2026A thorn in Trump's side his first term were senators at the end of their careers who couldn't be pressured -- McCain, Corker, even Flake. I think we're about to see a new wave of those folks, and whatever the motive -- true repentance or shameless ass-covering -- they'll help erode his standing 1053990688
lizcastro9.bsky.social @lizcastro9.bsky.social · 04/03/2026300 Days for speaking out for peace in Gaza despite having never committed a crime and judges saying she should be released. #NotmyAmerica! Free Leqaa Kordia! chuffed.org/project/free...chuffed.orgFree Leqaa Kordia!Leqaa Kordia has now spent over 300 days locked away in a Texas immigration detention center — 1,500 miles from her home in New Jersey. She is a kind, peaceful Palestinian woman who has never committe... 000
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialJules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Remember this? “If you take out Saddam, I guarantee you it will have enormously positive impact in the region" A million people died, an entire society was destroyed in a War based on a complete lie. 25537311364
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you. 372182013441
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 28/02/2026Donald Trump is unilaterally dragging us into another costly and deadly war in the Middle East that the American people don't want. Trump and Hegseth are putting American lives on the line to make themselves feel powerful, while our military families pay the real price. 105955248
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialRonan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post offering “financial runway." This month it gutted its newsroom—more than 300 layoffs. Whatever you think of legacy news, the hard data shows us that newspaper closures hurt Americans. Here's how: 🧵 15835293
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialJoshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 28/02/2026Wars can only be declared by Congress. Taxes can only be levied by Congress. Spending can only be appropriated by Congress. Laws can only be passed by Congress. Any President who refuses to work with Congress is an enemy of the Constitution and the rule of law. 49462291482
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 01/03/2026Apple is adding video support to its podcasting apps — that’s great. But the way it’s doing so might jeopardize the openness that’s kept podcasting from getting enshittified like every other form of media. It’s not too late for them to fix this. anildash.com/2026/02/28/a...anildash.comWhy Apple’s move to video could endanger podcasting's greatest power - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 920952
Reposted by @lizcastro9.bsky.socialThomas Germain @thomasgermain.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point. I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it 8748162123
