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Bergstrom Press and Books
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A foreign-language bookstore in Kensington Maryland with a focus on Central Europe: Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, German, and other languages. Jayhawk. Hockey fan. St. Pauli FC
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · Nov 16
Read. Encourage others to read. Support your local indie bookstore. Support your local library. Fight book banning.
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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 3d
One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.
-Omar El Akkad

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#photography
On a backbone trail in Bryce Canyon
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d
Some of you are saying that because of NSPM-7, you're blanking out your social media accounts and going to ground.

Has it occurred to you that \the intent behind issuing this gigantic, unconstitutional, and unenforceable thing was to get you to do exactly that?
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 2d
🔴🇺🇦 Russia targets the city of Kharkiv tonight, for the past half hour we have been under attack, over twenty explosions have already been heard.

Authorities say several fires already broke out in the city, with more drones approaching.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 4d
The More Loving One by W. H. Auden
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The More Loving One by W. H. Auden
The More Loving One   Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on ear...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d
One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.
Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 4d
Totally not related to anything, anyone in the current administration is sharing on social media. Just highlighting a very good book in the bookstore!

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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 4d
What's another book we can't put down? This title is nominated for the #ÖsterreichischerBuchpreis2025. Zeit der Mutigen by Dimitré Dinev. Starting shortly before the outbreak of WWI in Austria, the author ties together 3 narratives that then stretch to our times. #NetGalleyDE
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 4d
Cannot stop reading this, a little outside of our area of focus, but good literature is good literature. Will have to at least stock this translation for the shop. @newvesselpress.bsky.social Amazing book! #booksworthreading #translations
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 4d
The Frankfurt @buchmesse.de is just around the corner. This year, Karl Schlögel is going to receive the 2025 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Swing by the bookstore and explore this masterwork.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 4d
Today, we had someone in the bookstore looking for something very specific; they had visited the other 2 indie bookstores here in Kensington. They said "please don't make me order from that place." Since we did not have the title in stock, I happily introduced them to @bookshop.org!
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 5d
Turn off the news for a while. It's a beautiful Saturday morning here in the DMV. Kensington VFD is celebrating its anniversary, the farmer's market is open, and all three bookstores are open! Escape for a few hours. Breathe.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5d
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
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French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d
"We murdered four guys in international waters, but it's OK* because they definitely absolutely were 'narco-terrorists'"

* Even then, it's not OK. It's a crime.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5d
Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
For more than five decades, the Stonewall National Museum, Archives and Library in Florida has chronicled the LGBTQ community by collecting and sharing its history. But the museum is facing a hostile political environment and a financial crisis that may force it to find another home.
Stonewall National Museum Chronicling L.G.B.T.Q. History Faces Deep Cuts
The Fort Lauderdale museum, one of the country’s oldest L.G.B.T.Q. institutions, is looking to its rich archives for lessons in how to survive a crisis. Here’s a look inside its collection.
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 6d
35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 6d
An excerpt from the transcript of CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow's broadcast from Buchenwald, April 15, 1945

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In another part of the camp they showed me the children, hundreds of them. Some were only six. One rolled up his sleeve, showed me his number. It was tattooed on his arm. B-6030, it was. The others showed me their numbers. They will carry them till they die. An elderly man standing beside me said, 'The children–enemies of the state!' I could see their ribs through their thin shirts. The old man said, 'I am Professor Charles Richer of the Sorbonne.' The children clung to my hands and stared. We crossed to the courtyard. Men kept coming up to me to speak to me and touch me, professors from Poland, doctors from Vienna, men from all of Europe. Men from the countries that made America.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 6d
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 6d
Today is a holiday in Germany, the Day of German Unity, Tag der Deutschen Einheit. A selection of books from the bookstore that you might find interesting. Walls do fall. #ddr #tagderdeutscheneinheit #germanlanguagelearning #germanhistory #indiebookstore
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 7d
Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7d
Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional crimes happening in front of us daily. Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, &, well, here we are:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d
All blue states. What a surprise. I guess all we can do is vote out every single Republican candidate for every office in those states since none of them will speak up or do anything. And the Appropriations Chair Susan Collins.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d
If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response.

If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.

If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?

JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.

S: Those are quotes
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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 8d
And now we have a US cover, with thanks to @harpercollins.bsky.social!
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Capitol Hill Books @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social · 8d
Thus bad begins…
But, as always, those furloughed due to the government shutdown get 10% off books for as long as the shutdown lasts.
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Bergstrom Press and Books @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social · 8d
It's a beautiful morning - but filled with anxiety for some. If you are a government employee affected by the shutdown, we are offering a 10% discount on books. Plus, we also have some free advanced copies of forthcoming novels (in English!), you are welcome to grab a copy & discover a new author.
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