@lucindacatchlove.bsky.social
Writer and culture worker. Lapsed visual artist and performer. FKA Miss de Meaner, Cardinal Sin. Flâneur. Dollar store intellectual. Garden fairy. House goblin. Creature lover. Queer witch. Culture crone. Science nerd. Kindness afficiando.
Canada needs to step up to help Cuba.
February 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Canada needs to step up to help Cuba.
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It's a bit wild to me that everyone has been so incredibly indoctrinated by techbros (and just the fomo created by advertising) to think the goal of social media is some kind of monopoly on everyone's attention by one big corporation. I mean, plenty of people just don't use social media at all 🙅♀️
95.000 visiteurs uniques par jour pour Bluesky en France, contre 4.2 millions pour X et 1.2 million pour Threads...
(Chiffres Médiamétrie)
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February 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It's a bit wild to me that everyone has been so incredibly indoctrinated by techbros (and just the fomo created by advertising) to think the goal of social media is some kind of monopoly on everyone's attention by one big corporation. I mean, plenty of people just don't use social media at all 🙅♀️
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Under Trump, the USDA *wildly* underestimated the amount of corn that was harvested by US farmers in 2025.
This has been attributed by experts to be a direct result of massive staffing cuts.
Now, nobody in agriculture trusts USDA estimates and this could have disastrous effects.
This has been attributed by experts to be a direct result of massive staffing cuts.
Now, nobody in agriculture trusts USDA estimates and this could have disastrous effects.
USDA's reputation suffers after massive revisions in US corn acres
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, long the world's gold standard for crop estimates, faces mounting doubts about the reliability of its data from farmers, grain traders and economists following deep...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Under Trump, the USDA *wildly* underestimated the amount of corn that was harvested by US farmers in 2025.
This has been attributed by experts to be a direct result of massive staffing cuts.
Now, nobody in agriculture trusts USDA estimates and this could have disastrous effects.
This has been attributed by experts to be a direct result of massive staffing cuts.
Now, nobody in agriculture trusts USDA estimates and this could have disastrous effects.
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🧵 No one in their right mind would have ever taken a decision to disqualify the top Olympics medal contender Vladyslav Heraskevych for a helmet design that honored fallen Ukrainian athletes.
If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. The decision was made in the Kremlin.
If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. The decision was made in the Kremlin.
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
🧵 No one in their right mind would have ever taken a decision to disqualify the top Olympics medal contender Vladyslav Heraskevych for a helmet design that honored fallen Ukrainian athletes.
If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. The decision was made in the Kremlin.
If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. The decision was made in the Kremlin.
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“Orville Peck became the first country artist to publicly exit the sports, music and entertainment agency on Feb. 10, joining Chappell Roan, Chelsea Cutler, Wednesday and a handful of other musicians.” www.tennessean.com/story/entert...
Orville Peck 1st country singer to leave Wasserman over Epstein
After Casey Wasserman, the CEO of a major talent agency, was named in the Epstein files, artists are leaving the agency.
www.tennessean.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
“Orville Peck became the first country artist to publicly exit the sports, music and entertainment agency on Feb. 10, joining Chappell Roan, Chelsea Cutler, Wednesday and a handful of other musicians.” www.tennessean.com/story/entert...
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"We urgently need to overcome the capitalist law of value and democratise our economy... It is our labour and our planet’s resources that are at stake. And so we must claim the right to decide what is produced, how, and for what purpose."
We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
"We urgently need to overcome the capitalist law of value and democratise our economy... It is our labour and our planet’s resources that are at stake. And so we must claim the right to decide what is produced, how, and for what purpose."
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Also, I'm in court fighting for police transparency in Massachusetts, and anything you can do to support my work would be super rad!
NEW: On Monday, I asked a judge to order Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan's office to disclose the names of police officers who have been charged with crimes like possession of child pornography, assault and battery, and driving under the influence.
#Massachusetts #mapoli
#Massachusetts #mapoli
Mass Dump seeks ruling that Northwestern DA can’t hide names of cops charged with crimes
Northwestern DA David Sullivan spent tax dollars on private law firm to fight against police transparency in Massachusetts
andrewqmr.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Also, I'm in court fighting for police transparency in Massachusetts, and anything you can do to support my work would be super rad!
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onion a year ago
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
onion a year ago
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"Many rely on anonymity to speak freely. LGBTQ+ youth, survivors of abuse, political dissidents, and countless others use aliases to explore identity, find support, and build community. When you’re worried that what you say can be traced back to your govt ID, you speak differently—or not at all."
Age verification is here, and it's reshaping the internet -- now it's hit Discord. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent
Discord has begun rolling out mandatory age verification and the internet is, understandably, freaking out. We’ve written extensively about why age verification mandates are a censorship and
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
"Many rely on anonymity to speak freely. LGBTQ+ youth, survivors of abuse, political dissidents, and countless others use aliases to explore identity, find support, and build community. When you’re worried that what you say can be traced back to your govt ID, you speak differently—or not at all."
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Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
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“Scholarly attention has rightly focused on the forced reproduction of enslaved Black women, but that focus need not come at the expense of understanding the position of enslaved Black men, who were also denied sexual autonomy, including the ability to choose with whom they would have children.”
Black Men Endured Sexual Exploitation Under Slavery. Their Story Is Rarely Told.
Historian Thomas A. Foster discusses his new book Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men.
truthout.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“Scholarly attention has rightly focused on the forced reproduction of enslaved Black women, but that focus need not come at the expense of understanding the position of enslaved Black men, who were also denied sexual autonomy, including the ability to choose with whom they would have children.”
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New York City leaders rehung the Pride flag in front of the Stonewall National Monument in a chaotic scene that included an American flag briefly being removed, a rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to remove the symbol from federal property.
New York leaders, defying Trump, rehang Stonewall Inn Pride flag in chaotic scene
The Trump administration had removed the LGBTQ+ symbol, citing a policy limiting what can be displayed on federal property.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
New York City leaders rehung the Pride flag in front of the Stonewall National Monument in a chaotic scene that included an American flag briefly being removed, a rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to remove the symbol from federal property.
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Good to see @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social getting coverage for their excellent paper, “How AI Destroys Institutions.”
Researchers: How AI undermining democracy
Paper argues tech threatens democratic foundations.
www.sfexaminer.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Good to see @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social getting coverage for their excellent paper, “How AI Destroys Institutions.”
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I've always said hate needs to be taught.
How do you get cis people to start caring about a group that doesn't oppress them and think that it's not about having equal human rights but is actually about a war on gender itself?
How do you get cis people to start caring about a group that doesn't oppress them and think that it's not about having equal human rights but is actually about a war on gender itself?
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I've always said hate needs to be taught.
How do you get cis people to start caring about a group that doesn't oppress them and think that it's not about having equal human rights but is actually about a war on gender itself?
How do you get cis people to start caring about a group that doesn't oppress them and think that it's not about having equal human rights but is actually about a war on gender itself?
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What they're drunk on is 1. conflating writing a check with actually *creating things and 2. being enamored with brutally predatory guys who are very loud. Their list has *multiple* repeat sexual predators. Multiple genocide enablers & advocates of fascism. These people PREVENT innovation.
February 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
What they're drunk on is 1. conflating writing a check with actually *creating things and 2. being enamored with brutally predatory guys who are very loud. Their list has *multiple* repeat sexual predators. Multiple genocide enablers & advocates of fascism. These people PREVENT innovation.
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Our tiny team also did a giant timeline update this week—48 new entries, each involving an unhinged level of rereading and arguing about how to explain about things that are so cruel and evil and also so abidingly dumb in a way that makes sense to normal people.
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
Immigration — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Our tiny team also did a giant timeline update this week—48 new entries, each involving an unhinged level of rereading and arguing about how to explain about things that are so cruel and evil and also so abidingly dumb in a way that makes sense to normal people.
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
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“Today we are proving that we’re not going anywhere: that the Jewish community always has and always will advocate for our neighbors, our community.”
https://religionnews.com/2026/02/11/jews-against-ice-rabbis-lead-hundreds-in-mass-jewish-protest-outside-ice-headquarters/
https://religionnews.com/2026/02/11/jews-against-ice-rabbis-lead-hundreds-in-mass-jewish-protest-outside-ice-headquarters/
'Jews against ICE': Rabbis lead hundreds in mass Jewish protest outside ICE headquarters
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We know it from history, and we know it from God, what is demanded of us in this moment,’ Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum told the crowd.
religionnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“Today we are proving that we’re not going anywhere: that the Jewish community always has and always will advocate for our neighbors, our community.”
https://religionnews.com/2026/02/11/jews-against-ice-rabbis-lead-hundreds-in-mass-jewish-protest-outside-ice-headquarters/
https://religionnews.com/2026/02/11/jews-against-ice-rabbis-lead-hundreds-in-mass-jewish-protest-outside-ice-headquarters/
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Successfully selling the fantasy of sex is at once performance art and business transaction. baltimorebeat.com/the-life-of-...
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Successfully selling the fantasy of sex is at once performance art and business transaction. baltimorebeat.com/the-life-of-...
Personally I find Bsky a great resource for people who think critically and rationally about AI (though I followed many of these people elsewhere before) because there are lots of academics here, not just company men. Also, corporate culture is never about what's useful, it's about what's profitable
February 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Personally I find Bsky a great resource for people who think critically and rationally about AI (though I followed many of these people elsewhere before) because there are lots of academics here, not just company men. Also, corporate culture is never about what's useful, it's about what's profitable
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Leqaa Kordia, a New Jersey woman who was detained by federal immigration agents during a 2024 protest at Columbia University, suffered a seizure after she fell and hit her head in a Texas detention center, her lawyers and federal officials said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4asLPg1
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Leqaa Kordia, a New Jersey woman who was detained by federal immigration agents during a 2024 protest at Columbia University, suffered a seizure after she fell and hit her head in a Texas detention center, her lawyers and federal officials said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4asLPg1
lol Pretty sure AI isn't going to fix any of these problems...
The city of Montreal is building an artificial intelligence (AI) hub downtown for “urban innovation” and “testing solutions” to city issues like construction site management and mobility.
Montreal to open downtown AI hub to monitor construction
The city of Montreal is building an artificial intelligence (AI) hub downtown for “urban innovation” and “testing solutions” to city issues like construction site management and mobility.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
lol Pretty sure AI isn't going to fix any of these problems...
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at least they still have their DHS contracts
Some back-of-the-napkin math: the Thomson family, Canada's richest family whose wealth mainly comes from owning 70% of Thomson Reuters, have lost about 21 billion dollars on paper in the past 7 months after TRI stock tanked 60% over fear of AI replacing journalism and legal databases
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
at least they still have their DHS contracts
Gender as a commodity is just so problematic, not just because of stupidity like the pink tax or rolling coal, but because it makes people into objects. This is why we live in a culture where nobody is really surprised by the depravity of Epstein, Trump, etc because they really are the cultural norm
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Gender as a commodity is just so problematic, not just because of stupidity like the pink tax or rolling coal, but because it makes people into objects. This is why we live in a culture where nobody is really surprised by the depravity of Epstein, Trump, etc because they really are the cultural norm