Stacey Berg
@staceyberg.bsky.social
Democracy, science, writing, and whatever else is on my mind. Author of SF novels DISSENSION & REGENERATION. Opinions my own. She/her.
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Flyer by John Giorno published by Visual AIDS in 1993 for Day Without Art.
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Flyer by John Giorno published by Visual AIDS in 1993 for Day Without Art.
Tadej Pogacar gets it: “I was born under a lucky star to get this chance, this opportunity I have to train hard, work hard and be good. There is a lot of hard work, but without good education, how they raise you at home, you cannot reach far.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tadej Pogacar gets it: “I was born under a lucky star to get this chance, this opportunity I have to train hard, work hard and be good. There is a lot of hard work, but without good education, how they raise you at home, you cannot reach far.”
So much wrong w/this take on the superiority of Republicans’ love for America that I don’t know where to start.
“[T]he same cultural winds that propel the noble aspirations of an Abraham Lincoln, also propel the gaudy display of a Donald Trump and the occasionally recklessness of an Elon Musk.”
“[T]he same cultural winds that propel the noble aspirations of an Abraham Lincoln, also propel the gaudy display of a Donald Trump and the occasionally recklessness of an Elon Musk.”
Opinion | What I Love When I Love America
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
So much wrong w/this take on the superiority of Republicans’ love for America that I don’t know where to start.
“[T]he same cultural winds that propel the noble aspirations of an Abraham Lincoln, also propel the gaudy display of a Donald Trump and the occasionally recklessness of an Elon Musk.”
“[T]he same cultural winds that propel the noble aspirations of an Abraham Lincoln, also propel the gaudy display of a Donald Trump and the occasionally recklessness of an Elon Musk.”
Public service announcement: don’t rely on AI for the cooking temperatures of your Thanksgiving foods.
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Public service announcement: don’t rely on AI for the cooking temperatures of your Thanksgiving foods.
Investigations like this one into infant botulism possibly related to contaminated infant formula show yet again how critical it is to have a fully staffed, fully functional CDC.
Investigators race to find the cause of botulism contamination in ByHeart infant formula | CNN
Thirty-one infants have developed botulism after consuming powdered formula from the company ByHeart.
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Investigations like this one into infant botulism possibly related to contaminated infant formula show yet again how critical it is to have a fully staffed, fully functional CDC.
Now the tech bros are misunderstanding Star Trek like they misunderstand Lord of the Rings.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the tech bros are misunderstanding Star Trek like they misunderstand Lord of the Rings.
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social you might need to up your game www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bn8...
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social you might need to up your game www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bn8...
So Trump says he can afford $50,000 bonuses for ICE recruits—but can’t afford loan repayment programs for nurses, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and audiologists?
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So Trump says he can afford $50,000 bonuses for ICE recruits—but can’t afford loan repayment programs for nurses, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and audiologists?
Cancel culture at the Alamo: “She said [Dan] Patrick demanded her resignation as head of the Alamo Trust, but he didn’t want anyone to know he was behind it. He said a handful of sentences she’d written two years earlier in… her doctoral dissertation were “troubling,” & he expected her to quit…”
How the Alamo's former boss is fighting Dan Patrick for free speech
Former Alamo CEO Kate Rogers describes how Patrick tried to silence her and promises to fight for free speech rights.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cancel culture at the Alamo: “She said [Dan] Patrick demanded her resignation as head of the Alamo Trust, but he didn’t want anyone to know he was behind it. He said a handful of sentences she’d written two years earlier in… her doctoral dissertation were “troubling,” & he expected her to quit…”
“Why do you lie?” advocates & @houstonchronicle.com ask they mayor who bragged to the New York Times about leading a model immigration policy, then turned a lost autistic boy over to ICE.
Houston police broke a family. Whitmire calls it a national model. | Editorial
At the end of the day, a mother is still without her son tonight. A scared teen is still without his mom. For no good reason. Shouldn’t that be of concern to Houston's leaders?
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“Why do you lie?” advocates & @houstonchronicle.com ask they mayor who bragged to the New York Times about leading a model immigration policy, then turned a lost autistic boy over to ICE.
The history our government doesn’t want us to remember:
“And here we all were - this group of Black Americans having to deal with these bodies of White Americans. The stark reality was we had to bury those soldiers although we couldn’t sit in the same room with them when they were alive.”
“And here we all were - this group of Black Americans having to deal with these bodies of White Americans. The stark reality was we had to bury those soldiers although we couldn’t sit in the same room with them when they were alive.”
Display about Black soldiers in World War II removed from US military cemetery | CNN Politics
Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the...
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The history our government doesn’t want us to remember:
“And here we all were - this group of Black Americans having to deal with these bodies of White Americans. The stark reality was we had to bury those soldiers although we couldn’t sit in the same room with them when they were alive.”
“And here we all were - this group of Black Americans having to deal with these bodies of White Americans. The stark reality was we had to bury those soldiers although we couldn’t sit in the same room with them when they were alive.”
Not just climate change: “Last year, a 100-foot-high tower of oily saltwater exploded from the West Texas desert like Old Faithful. Poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas billowed from the geyser in plumes so powerful that workers trying to fix the malfunctioning oil well had to evacuate multiple times.”
State regulators’ emails reveal serious dangers in battling toxic Texas geyser
A West Texas oil well blowout shot a 100-foot-high plume of poisoned water into the air last fall, prompting reforms at the Texas Railroad Commission. Are they enough?
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Not just climate change: “Last year, a 100-foot-high tower of oily saltwater exploded from the West Texas desert like Old Faithful. Poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas billowed from the geyser in plumes so powerful that workers trying to fix the malfunctioning oil well had to evacuate multiple times.”
Science is so fucking cool.
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Science is so fucking cool.
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
“The hate is coming from inside the house.” Preferring bigotry a la carte, “right-wingers such as Shapiro who seemed comfortable with intolerance when it was directed at Blacks, immigrants, trans people and other marginalized groups, are shocked (shocked!) that their former friends also hate Jews.”
Opinion | Megyn Kelly’s xenophobic rant against Zohran Mamdani is as MAGA as it gets
Amid an ideological civil war over antisemites in the MAGA movement, the right-wing podcast superstar says Muslims shouldn't hold office in the U.S.
www.msnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“The hate is coming from inside the house.” Preferring bigotry a la carte, “right-wingers such as Shapiro who seemed comfortable with intolerance when it was directed at Blacks, immigrants, trans people and other marginalized groups, are shocked (shocked!) that their former friends also hate Jews.”
Remember that the same people who brought you Project 2025 brought you Nick Fuentes. It’s two sides of the same coin.
How Nick Fuentes ignited a civil war within the Republican Party- and DC’s most prominent conservative think tank | CNN Politics
Nick Fuentes, the well-known White nationalist and Holocaust denier, has ignited a civil war within the Republican Party — and inside one of Washington’s most prominent conservative think tanks.
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Remember that the same people who brought you Project 2025 brought you Nick Fuentes. It’s two sides of the same coin.
I can’t understand why there are problems with gambling and corruption in sports.
ESPN names DraftKings official odds provider
In a deal starting Dec. 1, ESPN has named DraftKings its Official Sportsbook and Odds Provider, it was announced Thursday.
www.espn.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I can’t understand why there are problems with gambling and corruption in sports.
Very excited to be going to see “Porgy and Bess” at Houston Grand Opera tonight and hoping I can remember it’s not a singalong.
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Very excited to be going to see “Porgy and Bess” at Houston Grand Opera tonight and hoping I can remember it’s not a singalong.
Got a letter from Sen. Cornyn: “When we look for a solution to rising healthcare cost we should not listen to the same people who sold us Obamacare on false premises…& prefer we continue to prop up a failed system… the failing system of Obamacare.” So the GOP plan on ACA subsidies is to repeal it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Got a letter from Sen. Cornyn: “When we look for a solution to rising healthcare cost we should not listen to the same people who sold us Obamacare on false premises…& prefer we continue to prop up a failed system… the failing system of Obamacare.” So the GOP plan on ACA subsidies is to repeal it.
TLDR; No.
Kids in MAGA country are hungry. Does Trump care? Does Abbott? | Editorial
As SNAP funding stalls during the government shutdown, Texas food banks are struggling to feed rising numbers of families. Trump and Abbott could step in, says the Houston Chronicle editorial...
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
TLDR; No.
The problem of non-representation of 49% of the voters in a state due to partisan House districting is straightforward: eliminate partisan districting.
Analysis: Tuesday’s elections may leave America more divided than ever. Here’s why | CNN Politics
This week’s election will likely mark another milestone in the partitioning of America into divergent and increasingly hostile blocs of red and blue states.
www.cnn.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The problem of non-representation of 49% of the voters in a state due to partisan House districting is straightforward: eliminate partisan districting.
Whoever is picking the between-inning music is a genius.
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Whoever is picking the between-inning music is a genius.
#HalloweenWisdom I just asked a little girl why she picked a banana costume and she said, "Because they didn't have a Lorax costume."
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#HalloweenWisdom I just asked a little girl why she picked a banana costume and she said, "Because they didn't have a Lorax costume."
Tonight’s recipe contains a logic puzzle. “Cool pasta until al dente, about 8-10 minutes. Add kale for the last 2 minutes.”
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Tonight’s recipe contains a logic puzzle. “Cool pasta until al dente, about 8-10 minutes. Add kale for the last 2 minutes.”
Just catching up on Wednesday to get into Halloween spirit. “If you’re not here to help, feel free
to dissipate” is going to be my new slogan.
to dissipate” is going to be my new slogan.
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just catching up on Wednesday to get into Halloween spirit. “If you’re not here to help, feel free
to dissipate” is going to be my new slogan.
to dissipate” is going to be my new slogan.