Liz Whitmere
@lizwhitmere.bsky.social
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I like making movies, I like taking pictures. You can find my photography/videography on instagram @LizWhitmere
www.lizwhitmere.com
Signal: @lizw.85
I like making movies, I like taking pictures. You can find my photography/videography on instagram @LizWhitmere
www.lizwhitmere.com
Signal: @lizw.85
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Liz Whitmere
@lizwhitmere.bsky.social
· Feb 27
youtu.be/skNO_IcRUXM
Starring @melaniescrofano.bsky.social (Wynonna Earp, Surreal Estate) @seanbaek.bsky.social (The Expanse, Killjoys) @stephbelding.bsky.social (Shadowhunter, Ghosts) Peter Keleghan (Workin Moms, one million other things), Rayisa Kondracki (Wynonna Earp), Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior)
Starring @melaniescrofano.bsky.social (Wynonna Earp, Surreal Estate) @seanbaek.bsky.social (The Expanse, Killjoys) @stephbelding.bsky.social (Shadowhunter, Ghosts) Peter Keleghan (Workin Moms, one million other things), Rayisa Kondracki (Wynonna Earp), Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior)
It’s finally out!
Dark comedy, body horror, menopause, cult of wellness, medical gaslighting and so much more.
Dark comedy, body horror, menopause, cult of wellness, medical gaslighting and so much more.
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Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
tinyurl.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
Bruce Fanjoy - who beat Pierre Poilievre in the riding of Carleton - has officially sponsored a petition which calls on all party leaders to have a security clearance.
Sign here: tinyurl.com/yhu4hbth
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Oh she’s phenomenal. This is Sophia Chang.
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Oh she’s phenomenal. This is Sophia Chang.
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I've seen some discourse about how it seems like everyone in the elite circles knew about Epstein. I'm reminded of the piece of information about the Tuskegee Syphillis Study that I end classes with: Congress had hearings about the study and re-confirmed funding Every. Year. For. Forty. Years.
February 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I've seen some discourse about how it seems like everyone in the elite circles knew about Epstein. I'm reminded of the piece of information about the Tuskegee Syphillis Study that I end classes with: Congress had hearings about the study and re-confirmed funding Every. Year. For. Forty. Years.
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how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
Canadians! Sign this!
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months. Please SIGN! #cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months. Please SIGN! #cdnpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Canadians! Sign this!
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
Party leaders should absolutely have & maintain top security clearance it’s such a basic, obvious step.
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"After a report highlighting concerns about sexual exploitation on X, the New Brunswick government will stop using the social media platform." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.B. government to stop using social media platform X after request from advocate | CBC News
Following a report highlighting concerns about sexualization and exploitation on X, formerly Twitter, the New Brunswick government will stop using the social media platform.
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
"After a report highlighting concerns about sexual exploitation on X, the New Brunswick government will stop using the social media platform." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
A GOOD THING!!! Look!!
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
A GOOD THING!!! Look!!
I can't just be reposting calls to action and terrible news all day every day so:
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I can't just be reposting calls to action and terrible news all day every day so:
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
I get to go do a small little proof-of-concept movie directing thing with @tonyadodds.bsky.social in a couple of weeks and I'm delighted. Delight, as a feeling, still exists!
What are you delighted about?
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🔔 Join us and the U.S. Journalist Assistance Network for a discussion on best practices for protecting data and devices for journalists, featuring Jen Nelson and FPF's Harlo Holmes, Martin Shelton, and @abigail-lp.bsky.social.
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
🔔 Join us and the U.S. Journalist Assistance Network for a discussion on best practices for protecting data and devices for journalists, featuring Jen Nelson and FPF's Harlo Holmes, Martin Shelton, and @abigail-lp.bsky.social.
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
🗓️ Feb. 10, 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT
RSVP: cpj.org/usjanpaneldata
I'm spending a lot of time editing a documentary about the month I spent in the woods with 30 strangers via Outward Bound and it is the best escape I can imagine.
It will be too long and I don't care.
It will be too long and I don't care.
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'm spending a lot of time editing a documentary about the month I spent in the woods with 30 strangers via Outward Bound and it is the best escape I can imagine.
It will be too long and I don't care.
It will be too long and I don't care.
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Today we honor Vivien Thomas, an African American who worked as a lab assistant because he couldn't afford medical school. He helped develop a life-saving surgical procedure for babies with a congenital heart defects. In 1976 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Today we honor Vivien Thomas, an African American who worked as a lab assistant because he couldn't afford medical school. He helped develop a life-saving surgical procedure for babies with a congenital heart defects. In 1976 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
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Friends!
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Friends!
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
I spend a fairly consistent percentage of my solo time (driving, walking, showering, doing dishes) reliving Horrible Embarrassments I Have Visited Upon Myself by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time or what have you. Often there are pained sound effects.
The Epstein Files reaction has been...
The Epstein Files reaction has been...
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I spend a fairly consistent percentage of my solo time (driving, walking, showering, doing dishes) reliving Horrible Embarrassments I Have Visited Upon Myself by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time or what have you. Often there are pained sound effects.
The Epstein Files reaction has been...
The Epstein Files reaction has been...
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"What did I mean when I texted him that I 'loved' the jerky made of human flesh that he sent me for Christmas? An inside joke. You wouldn’t get it. You people have no sense of humor."
Just Because I Hung Out in the Cannibal King’s Murder Basement, It Does Not Make Me a Murderous Cannibal
“If I actually wanted to spend my time partying with young women, it would be trivial for me to do so without the help of a creepy loser like Epste...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"What did I mean when I texted him that I 'loved' the jerky made of human flesh that he sent me for Christmas? An inside joke. You wouldn’t get it. You people have no sense of humor."
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If you'd like to help support the fundraiser and don't need a shirt: www.givemn.org/story/arpbcg
Support Rent Assistance for families affected by ICE on GiveMN
Help us raise funds to assist impacted families in East Saint Paul.
www.givemn.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
If you'd like to help support the fundraiser and don't need a shirt: www.givemn.org/story/arpbcg
This is excellent and wonderful
Working link: www.typotheque.com/blog/cheroke...
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This is excellent and wonderful
Just… it’s so easy to be normal and joyful. Just so easy!
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Just… it’s so easy to be normal and joyful. Just so easy!
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I'm really convinced by this. Ashley's been pushing all kinds of ways to help folks in Minnesota affected by ICE. If she says this is THE BEST WAY to help folks pay rent, I BELIEVE. bsky.app/profile/ziib...
today's report:
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
February 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I'm really convinced by this. Ashley's been pushing all kinds of ways to help folks in Minnesota affected by ICE. If she says this is THE BEST WAY to help folks pay rent, I BELIEVE. bsky.app/profile/ziib...
No venmo in Canada, as far as I know, so I’m signal boosting this excellent adopt-a-rent system to keep vulnerable people housed
tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
today's report:
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
February 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
No venmo in Canada, as far as I know, so I’m signal boosting this excellent adopt-a-rent system to keep vulnerable people housed
Squirrel-proof, you say?
February 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Squirrel-proof, you say?
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If you were a journalist or creative that was laid off by the Washington Post and you want to work for an independent, pro democracy news outlet, Democracy Docket is hiring. bit.ly/45Qaw4K
Talent Community – Future Opportunities at Democracy Docket | Work With Us
Join Our Talent Community Future Opportunities at Democracy Docket Democracy Docket is growing — and while we may not have the exact role f...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
If you were a journalist or creative that was laid off by the Washington Post and you want to work for an independent, pro democracy news outlet, Democracy Docket is hiring. bit.ly/45Qaw4K
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He cancelled the census long form. He dismantled the women’s state. WTF are we celebrating
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
He cancelled the census long form. He dismantled the women’s state. WTF are we celebrating
When a former boss said "I think AI will save us", I experienced a real-life Hitchcock zoom. I had just pitched a story about kids using ChatGPT as a search engine in school (it had been shot down), I didn't have standing to challenge without losing my job, and the immediate vertigo was a lot.
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
When a former boss said "I think AI will save us", I experienced a real-life Hitchcock zoom. I had just pitched a story about kids using ChatGPT as a search engine in school (it had been shot down), I didn't have standing to challenge without losing my job, and the immediate vertigo was a lot.