Steve B.
@sberkz5.bsky.social
From Minnesota to Missouri and several other places along the way. Traveler, Professor, Father, and Friend. Likes birds, books, films, sports, and doing things to make my community a more just and caring place.
Abortion bans and restrictions kill women. The people that advocate for and pass those laws simply don't care.
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Abortion bans and restrictions kill women. The people that advocate for and pass those laws simply don't care.
Public art in NYC is at a whole other level.
December 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Public art in NYC is at a whole other level.
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Only Trump would order an investigation into someone who told people NOT to break the law.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Only Trump would order an investigation into someone who told people NOT to break the law.
What brave reporter will ask a Republican Senator about the fact that the President cannot deliver election victories to the GOP? Maybe it's time for the Republicans to end the shutdown.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
What brave reporter will ask a Republican Senator about the fact that the President cannot deliver election victories to the GOP? Maybe it's time for the Republicans to end the shutdown.
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
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A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Famine Confirmed in Gaza
UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and safe, sustained humanitarian access to deliver urgently needed supplies.
www.unicefusa.org
August 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
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one last thing, hopefully not for you, but nevertheless:
keep doing the work, humanists. keep writing the stuff that pisses all the right people off, keep teaching your students to imagine better futures, keep learning all kinds of nerdy stuff.
we’ll need that knowledge. and that heart. 💜
keep doing the work, humanists. keep writing the stuff that pisses all the right people off, keep teaching your students to imagine better futures, keep learning all kinds of nerdy stuff.
we’ll need that knowledge. and that heart. 💜
August 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
one last thing, hopefully not for you, but nevertheless:
keep doing the work, humanists. keep writing the stuff that pisses all the right people off, keep teaching your students to imagine better futures, keep learning all kinds of nerdy stuff.
we’ll need that knowledge. and that heart. 💜
keep doing the work, humanists. keep writing the stuff that pisses all the right people off, keep teaching your students to imagine better futures, keep learning all kinds of nerdy stuff.
we’ll need that knowledge. and that heart. 💜
I cannot wait for the next administration to fire all of Trump's ICE agents.
July 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I cannot wait for the next administration to fire all of Trump's ICE agents.
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I saw today a German publication referred to Trump as a sadist. It's true. It's a strong word. And we should use it more. He's a sadistic monster. Millions upon millions will die and suffer because of policies that he and those around him gleefully celebrate.
This is what Trump is turning the country into: a spectacle for brutality.
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I saw today a German publication referred to Trump as a sadist. It's true. It's a strong word. And we should use it more. He's a sadistic monster. Millions upon millions will die and suffer because of policies that he and those around him gleefully celebrate.
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Republicans are trying to jam a bill through the Senate that:
-Cuts $900B from Medicaid
-Kicks millions off their health care
-Raises grocery costs for 40 million Americans
-Adds $4.2T to the deficit
All to cut taxes for billionaires. Rotten to its core.
-Cuts $900B from Medicaid
-Kicks millions off their health care
-Raises grocery costs for 40 million Americans
-Adds $4.2T to the deficit
All to cut taxes for billionaires. Rotten to its core.
June 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Republicans are trying to jam a bill through the Senate that:
-Cuts $900B from Medicaid
-Kicks millions off their health care
-Raises grocery costs for 40 million Americans
-Adds $4.2T to the deficit
All to cut taxes for billionaires. Rotten to its core.
-Cuts $900B from Medicaid
-Kicks millions off their health care
-Raises grocery costs for 40 million Americans
-Adds $4.2T to the deficit
All to cut taxes for billionaires. Rotten to its core.
This is what you get when you empower fascists.
De-naturalizing U.S. citizens in order to deport them would have been unthinkable just one year ago.
De-naturalizing U.S. citizens in order to deport them would have been unthinkable just one year ago.
Republican Congressman Andy Ogles has penned a letter to AG Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be denaturalized and deported.
![A tweet from Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) dated June 26, 2025, calls for Zohra Mamdani to be deported, describing him as "antisemitic, socialist, [and] communist" and claiming he will destroy New York City. The tweet states that Mamdani should be subject to denaturalization proceedings and includes a letter addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi. The letter, on official congressional letterhead, outlines Ogles' request for an investigation into Mamdani's conduct and alleged misrepresentation during his naturalization process, citing concerns about national security and supposed affiliations with extremists.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreid7c4uuk6xulgjlcujul7pav2qybs4yea5gkbz5fjzwxzinaajvju@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is what you get when you empower fascists.
De-naturalizing U.S. citizens in order to deport them would have been unthinkable just one year ago.
De-naturalizing U.S. citizens in order to deport them would have been unthinkable just one year ago.
Trump's war against universities will wreak the greatest economic damage of all of his self-sabotaging policies.
there is more demand for college than ever; higher ed is one of the US’s most significant and most $$ exports; universities ARE healthcare; and yet the demolition continues www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...
Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trump's war against universities will wreak the greatest economic damage of all of his self-sabotaging policies.
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Knowledge is power, so when people are trying to reduce access to education & telling you it's worthless, it's because they want you weak & ignorant.
www.publicnotice.co/p/adam-serwe...
www.publicnotice.co/p/adam-serwe...
Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control."
www.publicnotice.co
June 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Knowledge is power, so when people are trying to reduce access to education & telling you it's worthless, it's because they want you weak & ignorant.
www.publicnotice.co/p/adam-serwe...
www.publicnotice.co/p/adam-serwe...
It's not enough to argue the L.A. protests are largely peaceful and not an 'insurrection", now matter how true this is.
Instead, we need to repeatedly claim that deploying troops on American streets against American citizens is simply tyranny and the first step toward martial law.
Instead, we need to repeatedly claim that deploying troops on American streets against American citizens is simply tyranny and the first step toward martial law.
June 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It's not enough to argue the L.A. protests are largely peaceful and not an 'insurrection", now matter how true this is.
Instead, we need to repeatedly claim that deploying troops on American streets against American citizens is simply tyranny and the first step toward martial law.
Instead, we need to repeatedly claim that deploying troops on American streets against American citizens is simply tyranny and the first step toward martial law.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
When bigotry gets in the way of gratitude, it looks a lot like what the Trump administration is doing to our Afghan partners.
They risked their lives to help us in Afghanistan. What a betrayal. This is shameful.👇
May 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
When bigotry gets in the way of gratitude, it looks a lot like what the Trump administration is doing to our Afghan partners.
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The only strategy known to work against a fascist power grab is widespread and diverse pro-democracy organizing. We win by showing up for each other and with each other.
May 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The only strategy known to work against a fascist power grab is widespread and diverse pro-democracy organizing. We win by showing up for each other and with each other.
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They used fear to get the media, the law firms, the universities and the private sector to comply.
Fear of retribution.
Retaliation.
Revenge.
Now, it’s the judiciary’s turn.
This is what Fascism looks like.
Fear of retribution.
Retaliation.
Revenge.
Now, it’s the judiciary’s turn.
This is what Fascism looks like.
April 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
They used fear to get the media, the law firms, the universities and the private sector to comply.
Fear of retribution.
Retaliation.
Revenge.
Now, it’s the judiciary’s turn.
This is what Fascism looks like.
Fear of retribution.
Retaliation.
Revenge.
Now, it’s the judiciary’s turn.
This is what Fascism looks like.
I guess the ADL is run by a Trump apologist who doesn't understand how federal research funding actually works.
The ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt on CNN: "The federal government, which is pumping billions of dollars into higher education, has the right to expect some degree of accountability from them."
April 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I guess the ADL is run by a Trump apologist who doesn't understand how federal research funding actually works.
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We have updated our list of Trump's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes. It's up to 158 entries (and counting). #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We have updated our list of Trump's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes. It's up to 158 entries (and counting). #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
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Republicans in Congress just hit the American people with a one-two punch.
First, they voted to take away families' health care and food assistance. Then they passed a bill to strip 69 million Americans of their right to vote. What a disgrace.
This fight is far from over.
First, they voted to take away families' health care and food assistance. Then they passed a bill to strip 69 million Americans of their right to vote. What a disgrace.
This fight is far from over.
April 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Republicans in Congress just hit the American people with a one-two punch.
First, they voted to take away families' health care and food assistance. Then they passed a bill to strip 69 million Americans of their right to vote. What a disgrace.
This fight is far from over.
First, they voted to take away families' health care and food assistance. Then they passed a bill to strip 69 million Americans of their right to vote. What a disgrace.
This fight is far from over.
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All over the country people are protesting this means two things-
What Trump‘s doing is getting noticed
What trumps doing is unpopular
What Trump‘s doing is getting noticed
What trumps doing is unpopular
April 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
All over the country people are protesting this means two things-
What Trump‘s doing is getting noticed
What trumps doing is unpopular
What Trump‘s doing is getting noticed
What trumps doing is unpopular
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Yes--Germany invented the modern university. In the 1930s its universities were the best in the world until the Nazis destroyed them. German universities have never recovered their preeminence. We risk repeating this history here in the US.
Germany still hasn’t fully recovered from expelling and killing so many of its top researchers back in 1933. A lot of brilliant minds were forced to leave—people who went on to do groundbreaking work in other countries, especially the U.S.
March 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yes--Germany invented the modern university. In the 1930s its universities were the best in the world until the Nazis destroyed them. German universities have never recovered their preeminence. We risk repeating this history here in the US.
I am honestly embarrassed for my SW Missouri congressional delegation who 1) voted to confirm the appountment of this Secretay of Defense., and 2) are pretending he's still qualified to serve in this office.
March 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I am honestly embarrassed for my SW Missouri congressional delegation who 1) voted to confirm the appountment of this Secretay of Defense., and 2) are pretending he's still qualified to serve in this office.