Sam Bergman
@violanorth.bsky.social
musician, arts administrator, Quaker, baker, Granite Stater; he/him
"A curmudgeonly joy" — @doodlyroses.com
"Fancy with an element of surprise" — @dalanie.bsky.social
"A curmudgeonly joy" — @doodlyroses.com
"Fancy with an element of surprise" — @dalanie.bsky.social
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Sam Bergman
@violanorth.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Almost my only life goal at this point is to slowly age into the guy who shows up at the general store every morning for black coffee and then sits at one of the two tables making uninvited conversation with anyone who walks in for three hours.
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I was talking about this with some of my org's staff a while back - it's easy for things to get overly fraught right now in even low-stakes situations, because just existing in America and the world is terrifying and exhausting now.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I was talking about this with some of my org's staff a while back - it's easy for things to get overly fraught right now in even low-stakes situations, because just existing in America and the world is terrifying and exhausting now.
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The Victoire DJ has played both Latin music and Afrobeats thus far, the NHL could never
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Victoire DJ has played both Latin music and Afrobeats thus far, the NHL could never
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
There are a number of really good play-by-play voices working for the PWHL, but unfortunately, Daniella Ponticelli is still not one of them. The call of this Victoire-Sirens game is really poor; Ponticelli is incapable of describing the action in real time, and frequently gets plays flat wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There are a number of really good play-by-play voices working for the PWHL, but unfortunately, Daniella Ponticelli is still not one of them. The call of this Victoire-Sirens game is really poor; Ponticelli is incapable of describing the action in real time, and frequently gets plays flat wrong.
post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
It's a whole new era in the PWHL, but the New York Sirens remain comfortably terrible at hockey.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's a whole new era in the PWHL, but the New York Sirens remain comfortably terrible at hockey.
I'm looking forward to hearing how it's evolved in the third film, because my theories have always been that either a) Craig started Knives Out without really thinking about how hard the accent would be to replicate consistently, or b) he's intentionally playing Blanc as a compulsive accent fraud
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'm looking forward to hearing how it's evolved in the third film, because my theories have always been that either a) Craig started Knives Out without really thinking about how hard the accent would be to replicate consistently, or b) he's intentionally playing Blanc as a compulsive accent fraud
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Rian Johnson directs a Hitchhiker's Guide movie
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Rian Johnson directs a Hitchhiker's Guide movie
This is insane. If I learned anything from Rumpole of the Bailey, it's that you can in no way trust English judges with important legal decisions like guilt or innocence.
an underrated part of the British crisis is that the justice system is under massive strain, not least because criminal barristers are often being paid *less for taking a case than their costs in doing so.*.
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David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is insane. If I learned anything from Rumpole of the Bailey, it's that you can in no way trust English judges with important legal decisions like guilt or innocence.
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"Hello? Mom? What? No that's not what two way means. Yes I'm coming home for Christmas."
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Hello? Mom? What? No that's not what two way means. Yes I'm coming home for Christmas."
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Look, pretty much everything you need to know about Greg Bovino can be seen in his deliberate choices in uniform and appearance.
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Look, pretty much everything you need to know about Greg Bovino can be seen in his deliberate choices in uniform and appearance.
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Human rights are human rights abuses, United States says.
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom!
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Human rights are human rights abuses, United States says.
You ever proofread a budget spreadsheet for long enough that your eyes cross and you start inserting new mistakes that weren't even there before?
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You ever proofread a budget spreadsheet for long enough that your eyes cross and you start inserting new mistakes that weren't even there before?
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I am stuck between how much I hate all this for the people who have their work stolen and how much I am frustrated by people who believe they should be able to do absolutely nothing to verify where something is coming from and still be confident it’s going to work.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I am stuck between how much I hate all this for the people who have their work stolen and how much I am frustrated by people who believe they should be able to do absolutely nothing to verify where something is coming from and still be confident it’s going to work.
"Grok, would Elon put the turkey and sides all on one plate? Or would he keep them... segregated?"
I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Grok, would Elon put the turkey and sides all on one plate? Or would he keep them... segregated?"
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if you're okay with muting a thread the second people unwilling and incapable of accepting a joke show up this place isn't half bad
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
if you're okay with muting a thread the second people unwilling and incapable of accepting a joke show up this place isn't half bad
Beside the point, but I am constitutionally incapable of not pronouncing Binance like Beyoncé
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Beside the point, but I am constitutionally incapable of not pronouncing Binance like Beyoncé
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I'm going insane because people constantly recommend using AI for things and it is always, ALWAYS worse than repeatedly bashing my head on a brick.
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm going insane because people constantly recommend using AI for things and it is always, ALWAYS worse than repeatedly bashing my head on a brick.
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
It's like you have an actual problem & all anyone recommends is "have you tried talking to my cousin? He drinks bleach & doesn't wash his pants"
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The #1 way that I've never fit into the music world is my total inability to stay up late. I always bailed on post-concert gatherings, and now I run a music camp that has dance parties that end at 2am with something called "kissing the moose" and I will never really know what that is.
I have friends coming into town today and I’ve been trying to practice staying up late.
I made it to 9 pm last night. 😭
I made it to 9 pm last night. 😭
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The #1 way that I've never fit into the music world is my total inability to stay up late. I always bailed on post-concert gatherings, and now I run a music camp that has dance parties that end at 2am with something called "kissing the moose" and I will never really know what that is.