I knew that Carney Davos speech was too good to be true. Doctorow explains why

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3mo ago

"Third Way" liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love. It works ...right up until voters notice that you're not *doing* the things. That realisation breeds cynicism and fury and paves the way for fascist strongmen. 2/

Llavors microscòpiques i la regla 80/20 gardensharing.aixeta.cat/ca/posts/lla...

Convicted 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

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

Queen Khan

Mamdani 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.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4mo ago

> They want an electoral *choice*, something better than a return to the pre-Trump status quo. If you want giant crowds at every polling place, rising up against ICE and DHS voter-suppression, then you have to promise people that their vote will *mean* something. eof/

“Musk can’t buy email or podcasts. But if you’re locked into Substack, they can buy you.” @anildash.com @pastduepodcast.com

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 4mo ago

If your friends on Substack don't want to read any of the long essays and articles about The Substack Problem, send them this @anildash.com explainer video. (From his @pastduepodcast.com interview.) It's not just Nazis, it really isn't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWdS...

I'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."

Saturday 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...

I love how Trump’s stupidity is backfiring on him and benefiting the rest of us

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4mo ago

There aren't a lot of things I agree with Mark Carney about, but there's one area where he and I are in *total* accord: the old, US-dominated, "rules-based international order" was total bullshit: www.weforum.org/stories/2026... 1/

I 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

Thank 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.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

Friki, 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/friki

Friki i orgullosa de ser-ho

Plataforma de micromecenatge continu en català. Crear, compartir, sostenir.

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App 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?

Read this (“We live in the stupidest timeline”)

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 4mo ago

After Bush v Gore, I got involved in a bunch of ugly tech policy fights over voting machines. The hanging chad debacle prompted Congress to appropriate funds for states to purchase new touchscreen voting machines based on a robust, open standard. Problem was, those machines didn't exist. 1/

Despite 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 to State AGs: Investigate Google's Broken Promise to Users Targeted by the Government

Google's Failure to Warn Users About Law Enforcement Demands for Data Is Deceptive

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If Trump thinks the pope is too woke and soft on crime wait til he hears about Jesus

So important!

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 4mo ago

Many of the internet’s ills are based on widespread corporate surveillance online. This pervasive system, ran by corporations and governments, stifles our speech, and erodes our privacy. But together, we can dismantle it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Finally. But don’t close the account. We need the history even if we’re not there anymore.

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 4mo ago

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

It’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)

The 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 #

My 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.

🔥 @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.”

Every member of Congress should be in DC right now it doesn't matter if Mike Johnson wont call the house back raise some hell

So 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?

Kim: 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.

In 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.

The people of the US should be able to vote for impeachment, especially when Congress is full of sycophantic idiots.

Crises 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/

Why should any state have to pay federal taxes when the federal government refuses to fund anything in their state?

Nobody 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.

Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 5mo ago

⚖️ Julie K. Brown: Scott Bessent is blocking Sen. Wyden’s effort to look at Epstein’s taxes and financial records. They claim to be transparent. Why aren’t they letting investigators with the House Oversight Committee look at the money piece of Epstein’s crime? #Epstein @marcofoster.bsky.social