Curt Castle
@curtcastle.bsky.social
A musician, songwriter and producer based outside of Athens, GA; trying to be a good person (he / him)
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
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As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:
This sucks so hard.
This sucks so hard.
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:
This sucks so hard.
This sucks so hard.
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It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
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Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
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It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack
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hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
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Immigrants are a social good, anti-immigrant propaganda is basically all lies, and any approach to the "problem" that doesn't start form those two points is worthless
September 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants are a social good, anti-immigrant propaganda is basically all lies, and any approach to the "problem" that doesn't start form those two points is worthless
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Was rummaging through old articles and found this one of Demetre Daskalakis. Apparently, back in 2013, he went to New York City's gay sex clubs and bathhouses and administered meningitis vaccines and helped beat an outbreak.
August 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Was rummaging through old articles and found this one of Demetre Daskalakis. Apparently, back in 2013, he went to New York City's gay sex clubs and bathhouses and administered meningitis vaccines and helped beat an outbreak.
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This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …
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my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)
Woke is when corporate logos are boring
MAGA with its finger on the pulse of what truly matters to Americans:
August 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Woke is when corporate logos are boring
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A song written by AI isn't a song any more than dust is skin
August 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A song written by AI isn't a song any more than dust is skin
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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🚨🚨🚨Blockbuster paper out today! Bear with me as I explain why this one is so important.
🤔 The *economic* anger about immigration is based on the false notion that immigrants take jobs or lower wages. A major misunderstanding behind this view is that immigrants only increase the supply of labor.
🤔 The *economic* anger about immigration is based on the false notion that immigrants take jobs or lower wages. A major misunderstanding behind this view is that immigrants only increase the supply of labor.
June 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🚨🚨🚨Blockbuster paper out today! Bear with me as I explain why this one is so important.
🤔 The *economic* anger about immigration is based on the false notion that immigrants take jobs or lower wages. A major misunderstanding behind this view is that immigrants only increase the supply of labor.
🤔 The *economic* anger about immigration is based on the false notion that immigrants take jobs or lower wages. A major misunderstanding behind this view is that immigrants only increase the supply of labor.
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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L.A. TACO has confirmed with Brian Gavidia who filmed this troubling footage, that federal agents abducted his U.S.-born Mexican American friend, Javier Ramirez yesterday at 4 PM in Montebello. ~ @theglutster.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
L.A. TACO has confirmed with Brian Gavidia who filmed this troubling footage, that federal agents abducted his U.S.-born Mexican American friend, Javier Ramirez yesterday at 4 PM in Montebello. ~ @theglutster.bsky.social
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Accounts are circulating protest advice that’s going to get people maimed or killed
I made a primer going over what to expect, how to navigate the environment safely, your rights, what to bring / not bring, and how to be prepared should things get ugly
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/protest-pr...
I made a primer going over what to expect, how to navigate the environment safely, your rights, what to bring / not bring, and how to be prepared should things get ugly
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/protest-pr...
Protest Prep: Audio From A Collapsing State
As we prepare to collectively protest, we need to be prepared for anything.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Accounts are circulating protest advice that’s going to get people maimed or killed
I made a primer going over what to expect, how to navigate the environment safely, your rights, what to bring / not bring, and how to be prepared should things get ugly
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/protest-pr...
I made a primer going over what to expect, how to navigate the environment safely, your rights, what to bring / not bring, and how to be prepared should things get ugly
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/protest-pr...
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This is a genocide man. An obvious, in your face attempt to wipe a people from the face of the Earth. The United States and everyone who supported it or ran interference is complicit. Don't ever forget or let anyone else forget.
June 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is a genocide man. An obvious, in your face attempt to wipe a people from the face of the Earth. The United States and everyone who supported it or ran interference is complicit. Don't ever forget or let anyone else forget.
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"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again
The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.
prospect.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
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In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
www.mysanantonio.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
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Without due process, there is no way to prove if you are a citizen or not. So it was just a matter of time before a citizen got deported.
April 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Without due process, there is no way to prove if you are a citizen or not. So it was just a matter of time before a citizen got deported.