Lucia (Lucy) Costa
@lucycosta2024.bsky.social
Azorean/ Bermudian; Advocate/Human Rights.
Pinned
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"The parts of our lives that are not being surveilled and turned into data diminish each day. We are able to configure privacy settings on our devices and social media platforms, but we know our efforts pale in comparison to the scale of surveillance"
"The parts of our lives that are not being surveilled and turned into data diminish each day. We are able to configure privacy settings on our devices and social media platforms, but we know our efforts pale in comparison to the scale of surveillance"
The Right to Oblivion — Harvard University Press
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
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October 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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"The parts of our lives that are not being surveilled and turned into data diminish each day. We are able to configure privacy settings on our devices and social media platforms, but we know our efforts pale in comparison to the scale of surveillance"
"The parts of our lives that are not being surveilled and turned into data diminish each day. We are able to configure privacy settings on our devices and social media platforms, but we know our efforts pale in comparison to the scale of surveillance"
How Radical Activism Transformed Mental Health in Brazil - Mad In America % www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/radi...
How Radical Activism Transformed Mental Health in Brazil
Anti-asylum movement in Brazil led to creation of a national network of community centers, which stands in contrast to the failed mental health system in the United States. Anti-asylum movement in Bra...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
How Radical Activism Transformed Mental Health in Brazil - Mad In America % www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/radi...
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World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown.
In its latest annual assessment, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said ocean acidity had crossed a critical threshold for marine life. Continue reading...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
OWN A PIECE OF MAD PEOPLE’S HISTORY
Psychiatric Survivor Archives is now offering a set of the powerful historical & influential zine Phoenix Rising
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 or more ior PWYC
contact PSAT at: [email protected] for deets
Proceeds go directly to PSAT
Psychiatric Survivor Archives is now offering a set of the powerful historical & influential zine Phoenix Rising
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 or more ior PWYC
contact PSAT at: [email protected] for deets
Proceeds go directly to PSAT
August 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
OWN A PIECE OF MAD PEOPLE’S HISTORY
Psychiatric Survivor Archives is now offering a set of the powerful historical & influential zine Phoenix Rising
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 or more ior PWYC
contact PSAT at: [email protected] for deets
Proceeds go directly to PSAT
Psychiatric Survivor Archives is now offering a set of the powerful historical & influential zine Phoenix Rising
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 or more ior PWYC
contact PSAT at: [email protected] for deets
Proceeds go directly to PSAT
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Out now: “Complaining is futile? Feasibility of using complaints in the regulation of social care” in Social Policy Review 37 eds Stephan Köppe, Andrea Parma & Bożena Sojka @brisunipress.bsky.social. Many thx to the research participants & Thx SSHRC. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...
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July 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Out now: “Complaining is futile? Feasibility of using complaints in the regulation of social care” in Social Policy Review 37 eds Stephan Köppe, Andrea Parma & Bożena Sojka @brisunipress.bsky.social. Many thx to the research participants & Thx SSHRC. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...
Bursting the bubble (zone): Resisting Toronto’s anti-protest bylaw
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Bursting the bubble (zone): Resisting Toronto’s anti-protest bylaw
Toronto’s new bubble zone anti-protest bylaw is both more and less dangerous than it may appear at first glance. Less because the bylaw’s enforceability and constitutionality are shaky, more because t...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bursting the bubble (zone): Resisting Toronto’s anti-protest bylaw
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Palestinian photojournalist Abdel Rahim Khudr breaks down after discovering the loss of 48 family members in an Israeli air attack that hit his home in northern Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
June 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Palestinian photojournalist Abdel Rahim Khudr breaks down after discovering the loss of 48 family members in an Israeli air attack that hit his home in northern Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
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Reposted by Lucia (Lucy) Costa
Reposted by Lucia (Lucy) Costa
Trump's Hammer, Our Hope 🌱
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the cascading crisis and how we can fight back.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
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Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the cascading crisis and how we can fight back.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
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April 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump's Hammer, Our Hope 🌱
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the cascading crisis and how we can fight back.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, & @astra.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the cascading crisis and how we can fight back.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:00 pm ET
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RIP Sandra Harding 😔
March 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
RIP Sandra Harding 😔
“ There is no material difference between having someone beat you up and insult you versus having someone beat you up and apologise. ”
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A Carney in charge of the circus
Canadians in the bottom 50% income bracket should buckle up
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March 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“ There is no material difference between having someone beat you up and insult you versus having someone beat you up and apologise. ”
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2025 Word of the year: " GUARDRAILS "
March 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
2025 Word of the year: " GUARDRAILS "
Dear Corporations leaving Pride Toronto : We always knew it was about Pink Washing @pridetoronto.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Dear Corporations leaving Pride Toronto : We always knew it was about Pink Washing @pridetoronto.bsky.social
I cast my vote against Doug Ford and the Ontario Conservative Party in the advanced polls.
February 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I cast my vote against Doug Ford and the Ontario Conservative Party in the advanced polls.
It shouldn't shock me at this point but Trump's latest remarks about taking over Gaza is unconscionable.
February 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It shouldn't shock me at this point but Trump's latest remarks about taking over Gaza is unconscionable.
Directed by Sook-Yin Lee, this film delves into the complexities of modern relationships, exploring themes of sex work and polyamory in 1990s Toronto.
January 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Directed by Sook-Yin Lee, this film delves into the complexities of modern relationships, exploring themes of sex work and polyamory in 1990s Toronto.
Ironic and sharp life punchline as Trump takes office this week: It was 13 years ago today on January 22 1973 that the USA Supreme Court handed down Roe v Wade decision which legalized abortion .
January 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ironic and sharp life punchline as Trump takes office this week: It was 13 years ago today on January 22 1973 that the USA Supreme Court handed down Roe v Wade decision which legalized abortion .
Bisan Owda is a Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker, renowned for her videos documenting her experiences during the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. Please take a moment (away from LA) to check out this incredible work discussing housing situation in Gaza
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60mW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60mW...
It’s Bisan From Gaza, And The Rubble Is Still Home
YouTube video by AJ+
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January 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Bisan Owda is a Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker, renowned for her videos documenting her experiences during the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. Please take a moment (away from LA) to check out this incredible work discussing housing situation in Gaza
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60mW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=60mW...
A single stamp is now $1.44 🫤
January 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A single stamp is now $1.44 🫤