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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 1d

900 Miles apart.
Together in values, mind and heart.

I love you Randy! Happy #NoKings Day
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Note that I especially love that Randy fully committed to the principle of "Tactical Frivolity" that has been gracing protests from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine.

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 2d

Spartanburg South Carolina!

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my god! Thank you!!! I’m helping my 91 year old mom move this week and it’s both exhausting and stressful. Every night when I am falling asleep my brain is suddenly channeling Mark Owen singing 🎶“December 24th. 9PM .Eastern Standard Time.”🎶 over and over and over.
#Rent
#earworm
#iwanttosleep

Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 2d

Ah. I’m an old white lady and all my old white lady friends are gonna be right there too!

Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite thing about the #FrogResistance is that we’ve reclaimed amphibians from that ugly incel-groyper-pepe thing. Hurray Portland and the world of tactical frivolity!

bsky.app/profile/thet...

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 2d

I’m 900 miles away helping my mom move to a retirement community and he texted he’s got a new interview and that his last one a month ago is now finally checking references. Cross fingers!

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 4d

“It is fashionable among elites now to frame the majority of people as “NPCs,” or non-player characters, in the parlance of video games: unthinking, sheeplike, atomized automatons. “

A gut punch because it is true in all aspects of our lives now, not just jobs.

www.thecut.com/article/job-...

The Job Search Has Become a Humiliation Ritual

“It feels like I’m trying to make my robots talk to their robots.”

www.thecut.com

Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been watching my husband go through this for the past 10 months. It’s demoralizing and scary.

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 21d

FYI- thx for speaking out about the SA comedy “festival”. I am disgusted that anyone would choose to participate.

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 21d

They already are. Posing it as part of an “anti-Christian “ wave of violence and tying it to Kirk’s assassination as evidence that Christianity is the underdog.

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 22d

Oh that’s awesome

Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 23d

Thought for the day.
(Ps- I used google translate. Please let me know if you see any errors to fix.thx!)

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 24d

Can someone identity this incident though? It’s more powerful to share when we can name the community and people who live there can become vocal and put pressure. That’s how some detainees have gotten released.

Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 25d

Love this movie. This often puzzles my friends. I cannot really explain it. I really am not into violence and generally bored by mob or crime or action involving 3 letter agencies. Yet I love this movie. And awesome soundtrack!

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 25d

Ouch!!!

Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 25d

I listen to her through pocket casts (podcast) and don’t watch msnbc at all.

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 25d

We have an obligation here. Institutionalized racism in the media industry doesn’t excuse us. The black journalists and entertainers are not as well known because we are cooperative in systems that promote white men over other voices.

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 25d

Think though about WHY you don’t know? Systemic racism doesn’t excuse us. We clearly have power with our spending and could have been effective with WAPO or MSNBC etc. but it’s a vicious circle- white dominated media doesn’t promote or highlight black journalists or stay with their stories.

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Deirdre Bergeron @deedeberg.bsky.social · 25d

Uhm I think you’re on the wrong platform. This ugliness belongs on X not Bluesky. also you need to do some real research. For example a man who says executions should be public and that he would enjoy watching them is definitely promoting violence. No one should enjoy watching another human die.