Alison Bergblom Johnson
@alisonbergblom.bsky.social
Multidisciplary Artist. Collage. Stories. Essays. Organizing. All work centers disability, joy, or gender as lived & imagined.
born MN, Dec 8, 1980
named after the Elvis Costello song, but not like that
Mpls | she/her
born MN, Dec 8, 1980
named after the Elvis Costello song, but not like that
Mpls | she/her
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They are trying to whip people into a frenzy, in the hopes that someone will do something violent, or we’ll riot, and give them an excuse. It’s not a coincidence that JD Vance is coming tomorrow. Again, every journalist on the ground knows this, but we’ll see if their editors will let them say it.
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
They are trying to whip people into a frenzy, in the hopes that someone will do something violent, or we’ll riot, and give them an excuse. It’s not a coincidence that JD Vance is coming tomorrow. Again, every journalist on the ground knows this, but we’ll see if their editors will let them say it.
I wish, I hope upon all the stars that we live. I pray (from the psalms, from revelation, from the words Robert Oppenheimer quoted of the Bhagavad Gita upon the test of the atom bomb, from poets whispering of filled hearts and screaming of old injuries) that we live.
We tried.
I'd like to live, if possible.
I'd like to live, if possible.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
I wish, I hope upon all the stars that we live. I pray (from the psalms, from revelation, from the words Robert Oppenheimer quoted of the Bhagavad Gita upon the test of the atom bomb, from poets whispering of filled hearts and screaming of old injuries) that we live.
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Empires rise and fall. America should, too, and it will, but maybe I'm selfish for hoping it can be done without a heaped up pile of Black, Brown, Queer, Jewish, Muslim, Native, Asian, Disabled people who always did the work to try to fix the broken parts.
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Empires rise and fall. America should, too, and it will, but maybe I'm selfish for hoping it can be done without a heaped up pile of Black, Brown, Queer, Jewish, Muslim, Native, Asian, Disabled people who always did the work to try to fix the broken parts.
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When you blame "The South" you're also laying blame on the doorsteps of MANY gerrymandered Black Americans who have shown up for democrats in droves. And are being thrown in ICE vans because they have melanin.
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
When you blame "The South" you're also laying blame on the doorsteps of MANY gerrymandered Black Americans who have shown up for democrats in droves. And are being thrown in ICE vans because they have melanin.
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People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
January 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
This article shows a trend with data that seems typical and problematic.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
www.mprnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This article shows a trend with data that seems typical and problematic.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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like i know this is not new, but in the current geopolitical moment I cant think of anything more important to our collective safety than the integrity of the current vp, a man whom writes tall taleish memoirs about his ancestral home town for people from away to pity.
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and on Vance someone said they thought he said something treasonous during the campaign.
Surely they cant be talking about this bit on a podcast about certifying the 2020 election because everybody heard that. Everybody talked about it. Anybody got any guesses.
www.politico.com/news/2024/09...
and on Vance someone said they thought he said something treasonous during the campaign.
Surely they cant be talking about this bit on a podcast about certifying the 2020 election because everybody heard that. Everybody talked about it. Anybody got any guesses.
www.politico.com/news/2024/09...
Vance would have asked for new electors instead of certifying 2020 election results
Trump’s current running mate said Pence “could have done more.”
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
like i know this is not new, but in the current geopolitical moment I cant think of anything more important to our collective safety than the integrity of the current vp, a man whom writes tall taleish memoirs about his ancestral home town for people from away to pity.
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BALLS Cabaret THIS Sunday
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
February 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
BALLS Cabaret THIS Sunday
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
(and every Sunday)
2:00
STRIKE Theater
Minneapolis NE Arts District
824 NE 18th Ave
Come, bring us your 7 minutes of weird, wonderful, thoughtful, daring, confusing, or kind. We're making art, goddammit, and we will not be stopped!
$5-15 PWYC
Performers never pay
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Do not donate to the DFL. Donate to a GoFundMe for rent or immigration fees, donate to a food shelf — use your dollars to help the community, not the state party apparatus. The DFL isn’t gonna save us from ICE. We are all we have
So friends, I launched a campaign to raise money for the Democratic Party of Minnesota (@dfl.org) to help them combat ICE's lawless assault. MN Dem Party Chair Richard Carlbom joined me for the kickoff. Learn more, donate, and let's rally for the courageous people of Minnesota, together! 👇
We launched a new campaign to help the courageous people of Minnesota. Learn more and join us 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
January 17, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Do not donate to the DFL. Donate to a GoFundMe for rent or immigration fees, donate to a food shelf — use your dollars to help the community, not the state party apparatus. The DFL isn’t gonna save us from ICE. We are all we have
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With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
Haven’t vetted yet, being shared by trustworthy folks, please check it out and use your own best judgement.
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Haven’t vetted yet, being shared by trustworthy folks, please check it out and use your own best judgement.
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Apparently white supremacists aren’t willing to actually show their faces in the streets.
Fewer people turned out for the chudfesr than kids per house trick-or-treating in Mpls in ‘91?
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Apparently white supremacists aren’t willing to actually show their faces in the streets.
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The general public is not nearly angry enough about the North Minneapolis family - parents and six little kids - that was FLASH BANGED and TEAR GASSED inside their closed vehicle last night.
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
The general public is not nearly angry enough about the North Minneapolis family - parents and six little kids - that was FLASH BANGED and TEAR GASSED inside their closed vehicle last night.
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This is just the beginning of something beyond us. What we do here in Minneapolis in this moment will shape the course of our resistance.
We, ourselves, may not get to see the other side of what’s to come. But I do know it ends with us winning.
We are giving life to a brighter future here tonite
We, ourselves, may not get to see the other side of what’s to come. But I do know it ends with us winning.
We are giving life to a brighter future here tonite
January 15, 2026 at 6:16 AM
This is just the beginning of something beyond us. What we do here in Minneapolis in this moment will shape the course of our resistance.
We, ourselves, may not get to see the other side of what’s to come. But I do know it ends with us winning.
We are giving life to a brighter future here tonite
We, ourselves, may not get to see the other side of what’s to come. But I do know it ends with us winning.
We are giving life to a brighter future here tonite
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also: pace yourselves. no one of us can do everything. just do SOMETHING with some consistency and trust that others are doing what they can in their own lanes and we will collectively get it done.
December 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
also: pace yourselves. no one of us can do everything. just do SOMETHING with some consistency and trust that others are doing what they can in their own lanes and we will collectively get it done.
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On December 30, 1975, Minneapolis became the first city to adopt a trans-inclusive LGBTQ+ non-discrimination ordinance. Fifty years later, the U.S. still lacks similar protections on a federal level. https://bit.ly/4aAEWLF
50 years ago, Minneapolis redefined LGBTQ+ rights
On December 30, 1975, just before the New Year, the city council passed trans-inclusive protections unlike anything the U.S. has been able to achieve.
19thnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On December 30, 1975, Minneapolis became the first city to adopt a trans-inclusive LGBTQ+ non-discrimination ordinance. Fifty years later, the U.S. still lacks similar protections on a federal level. https://bit.ly/4aAEWLF
Hmmmmmm. 🫂
the oppression of children runs so deep in our society that one of the primary ways that we disempower people is by assigning them child-adjacent status as adults. license to abuse flows from that
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Hmmmmmm. 🫂
Thought: I launch a new video project. In it I’ll lounge in bed wearing red and pink socks and ruffly pink underwear. The title card reads Alison Draws Dick. And I do, analog style, using a reference image from oughts blogosphere era Dick Cheny baiting. Dick Cheney, dead man, Dick Cheney, savior of…
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Thought: I launch a new video project. In it I’ll lounge in bed wearing red and pink socks and ruffly pink underwear. The title card reads Alison Draws Dick. And I do, analog style, using a reference image from oughts blogosphere era Dick Cheny baiting. Dick Cheney, dead man, Dick Cheney, savior of…
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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Elon Musk is getting a $1 TRILLION pay package from Tesla.
If he worked 40 hr/week, he'd be making $50 million PER HOUR.
That is a truly unfathomable amount of money -- it could end hunger, fund life-changing research, & save countless lives.
Instead, it's going to Elon Musk.
If he worked 40 hr/week, he'd be making $50 million PER HOUR.
That is a truly unfathomable amount of money -- it could end hunger, fund life-changing research, & save countless lives.
Instead, it's going to Elon Musk.
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Elon Musk is getting a $1 TRILLION pay package from Tesla.
If he worked 40 hr/week, he'd be making $50 million PER HOUR.
That is a truly unfathomable amount of money -- it could end hunger, fund life-changing research, & save countless lives.
Instead, it's going to Elon Musk.
If he worked 40 hr/week, he'd be making $50 million PER HOUR.
That is a truly unfathomable amount of money -- it could end hunger, fund life-changing research, & save countless lives.
Instead, it's going to Elon Musk.
typical human problems. I have been waking up human, with a left foot that still hurts, and resolved, I hope I’ll never wake up again wondering if I am dead.
Being human is hard. And no matter how much chamomile tea I drink this remains ever true.
Being human is hard. And no matter how much chamomile tea I drink this remains ever true.
It is almost 6 o’clock in the morning here and I just woke up angry.
But I don’t know why I’m angry and I don’t know what I’m angry about. It must have been something that I had dreamt, but I don’t remember.
Have you ever tried that?
I better brew some great coffee before making contact with anyone
But I don’t know why I’m angry and I don’t know what I’m angry about. It must have been something that I had dreamt, but I don’t remember.
Have you ever tried that?
I better brew some great coffee before making contact with anyone
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
typical human problems. I have been waking up human, with a left foot that still hurts, and resolved, I hope I’ll never wake up again wondering if I am dead.
Being human is hard. And no matter how much chamomile tea I drink this remains ever true.
Being human is hard. And no matter how much chamomile tea I drink this remains ever true.
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It is now publicly documented that Trump is a sex offender. Epstein confirms in the mail that Trump spent hours with one of the victims.
#sexoffender #trump #epstein
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
#sexoffender #trump #epstein
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It is now publicly documented that Trump is a sex offender. Epstein confirms in the mail that Trump spent hours with one of the victims.
#sexoffender #trump #epstein
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
#sexoffender #trump #epstein
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...