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Liz Bergstrom

@lizbergstrom.bsky.social

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Writer in Passages North, Bennington Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Indiana Review, NYT... Queer & chronically ill. (they/them) lizbergstrom.com PFP: Author w/ long purple hair & light skin smiling & wearing a teal jacket. Header: Cemetery by ocean

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Liz Bergstrom @lizbergstrom.bsky.social · Aug 23

Honored to have a short story in the new issue of Bennington Review alongside stellar writers! Order a copy or check it out at a library to read my story "Tempting Fate" about a strange woman who lives on the edge of town (and possibly a giant coywolf).
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Current — Bennington Review

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 4d

Just tired 💔

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 18d

I survived gaza gencide, but I came out to find that everything I knew my home, my work, my city is gone.
Starting again feels impossible, but I’m trying.

If you can, please help me rebuild my life even the smallest support means the world to me.
repost = rebuild

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Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

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sustainable stationery & queer art ☘︎✧⁠*⁠｡⁠. @magikbeanshop.bsky.social · 4d

📣 please share & spread!
so our housing situation has gotten worse & we were told yesterday we have until Nov. 9th to leave.
We need help w/a security deposit to get a new place & any leads in the Baltimore! we have hope for one spot so far!

two gays + our senior cat!

#BIPOCMA #mutualaid #helpsky

mutualaid flyer of me in and my partner in a heart shaped image. text reads: "black trans couple ask!
400$ ask for help with our security deposit! we've got until Nov. 9th to secure a new space & need help with a deposit & any leads for housing for two gays & a senior cat!

any help is greatly appreciated, thanks for all the support & help we've received so far!

ca: $magikbeanshop
vm: @magikbeanshop
dm for zelle!'.

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 10d

The vibe I bring to the function

Guillermo del Toro at a Frankenstein screening with a mic in hand
Subtitles „thank you very much“ „and fuck AI“

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Liz Bergstrom @lizbergstrom.bsky.social · 5d

Looks great, and would be even better if you add alt text for all images so blind and low-vision users can access your posts

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5d

40% of SNAP recipients are kids, 18% are elderly, 11% are disabled and of the rest, ~70% already have jobs. So unless your company’s hiring Junior Juice Box Interns, grandma and her walker, or knows how to fit more hours in a day, maybe cool it with the “just get a job” takes.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 6d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sahar. Sahar is a 23 year recent graduate in English translation. She has been displaced nine times with her family and is currently living in a tent with her parents and siblings Yasmeen, 20, Mohammad, 18, Abood, 16 and Omar, 14.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 6d

You can find your local food bank here!

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

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Liz Bergstrom @lizbergstrom.bsky.social · 6d

Become ungovernable/unpruneable

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 6d

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 6d

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

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Indrapramit Das (Offline, travelling) @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 7d

Palestinian children like Lubna's son Nasser, who has chronic health problems, have been starved & sickened with their families for 2 yrs of Israel's genocidal famine & destruction. Please help by sharing & donating so Lubna can afford healthcare, food, shelter, they've been left with nothing:

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Absolutely Petrify Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 7d

Following Ada's lead, I'd like to do the same.

Reply to me w/ a receipt of a donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll also match your donations, up to $500. 🍎🍌🥬🍞🥩❤️

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 9d

Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.

I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 7d

can someone please just run this as an ad?

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 10d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maram. Maram is just 20 years old and was in secretarial school before this started. She is mainly trying to help her sister Sabreen who has four children, 7 year old twins Osama and Jana, Khetam (Tota), 5 and a baby boy born today!

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 10d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 13d

Support me and give me hope ❤️‍🩹

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 15d

We survived the genocide in Gaza, but our dreams and ambitions did not. Everything was destroyed, but we still dream. Support us here to rebuild everything we lost and protect ourselves from the effects of this genocide.

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Liz Bergstrom @lizbergstrom.bsky.social · 13d

I definitely didn't absentmindedly put it in my sock drawer under several layers of socks, then close the drawer and forget everything, or lose it in a snowbank without realizing, definitely not

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 14d

after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism

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“Resistance can be joyful” • Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland protest artists on creativity, resilience, inflatable frogs, and protecting the soul of the city.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 13d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Abeer. Abeer lost her husband (along with his entire family) in a bombing two years ago. She also recently lost both her brother and sister. She is trying to rebuild and take care of her two children, Makeen, 4 and Masa, 2 on her own.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 13d

19 hours left, please share ❤️‍🔥 Maybe you’re fatiguing of these hourly posts, but what are a few posts, a clicked share, in contrast with being able to help six families & a camp survive death every day?

Fight against this slow genocide. Food & shelter. Last check, we’re at 39/1000

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 14d

Reminder to disable biometrics on your phone before attending any protests. If police ask for the passcode, you do not have to provide it.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 14d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Yacoub. Yacoub was a tailor before the war but he lost his shop and home. He’s trying to return to the North with his large family including Aida, 16, Anas, 14, Suhaib, 12, Batoul, 10, Yahya, 5, Zakaria, 2 and his wife who is pregnant.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 14d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 14d

Refaat Alareer’s family is struggling. They returned to find their home demolished. If you have quoted a line from his poetry, retweeted something, or mourned his death, please support his family today. chuffed.org/project/1093...

Helping the Al-Areer family survive atrocities

Dear compassionate souls,

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