Laurie Bergren
@afinestory.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, now an artist like I wanted to be in the first place. Painting, collage, and handmade books. Fiercely liberal, stubbornly optimistic, working to win hearts & minds one conversation at a time.
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This is definitely the best way to get people to stop talking about Epstein
July 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is definitely the best way to get people to stop talking about Epstein
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It truly is incredible how many people learned to tune out Trump's nonsense and just assume "nahhhh, he couldn't actually mean that..."
You know, I had a conversation with multiple former clients yesterday (3x called me out of the blue after the tariffs announcement!), and to a man their DC teams had been telling them that Trump was not going to do tariffs.
I just got a wonder how they got so off base ?
I just got a wonder how they got so off base ?
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It truly is incredible how many people learned to tune out Trump's nonsense and just assume "nahhhh, he couldn't actually mean that..."
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My first Substack post. Please share; I can't be an advocate for my community if no one knows that I exist. Thank you!
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Inbox | Substack
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January 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My first Substack post. Please share; I can't be an advocate for my community if no one knows that I exist. Thank you!
open.substack.com/pub/elliekru...
open.substack.com/pub/elliekru...
Can’t stop cruising through this guy’s profile. Everything he does is just amazing. Such painstaking craftsmanship and fantastic results. #photography #daguerreotype #cameras
Me and my homemade 20x24 camera. I build cameras from time to time but this is the first giant camera I built a few years ago. I designed it around the existing spring back and matching film holder which I had leftover from a restoration project from years back.
#camera #cameraporn #photography
#camera #cameraporn #photography
November 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Can’t stop cruising through this guy’s profile. Everything he does is just amazing. Such painstaking craftsmanship and fantastic results. #photography #daguerreotype #cameras
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Know 👏🏽 your 👏🏽 worth! 👏🏽
finally a reasonable take
November 24, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Know 👏🏽 your 👏🏽 worth! 👏🏽
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Dorothy Parker wrote this in 1939.
November 13, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Dorothy Parker wrote this in 1939.
“Pundit,” a work of conceptual art consisting of multiple martinis duct taped to panel. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Inspired by that stupid banana, the official title of which is “Comedian.” Call me, Sothebys. I can make one for you as soon as I’m done drinking this one. #AYearForArt
November 24, 2024 at 8:33 PM
“Pundit,” a work of conceptual art consisting of multiple martinis duct taped to panel. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Inspired by that stupid banana, the official title of which is “Comedian.” Call me, Sothebys. I can make one for you as soon as I’m done drinking this one. #AYearForArt
This is genius. I like the idea of outsourcing some of the woe we'll all be feeling over the next two years so we can use our energy to concentrate on winning back the House and Senate in the midterms. And then the two remaining years to 2028. You've got your work cut out for you, Woe Agent.
November 23, 2024 at 5:00 AM
This is genius. I like the idea of outsourcing some of the woe we'll all be feeling over the next two years so we can use our energy to concentrate on winning back the House and Senate in the midterms. And then the two remaining years to 2028. You've got your work cut out for you, Woe Agent.
“Redefining Gotcha Journalism,” 13x19 inches (33x48 cm) #mixedmedia #collage on paper. #artoftheday #AYearForArt
November 22, 2024 at 7:57 PM
“Redefining Gotcha Journalism,” 13x19 inches (33x48 cm) #mixedmedia #collage on paper. #artoftheday #AYearForArt
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Heads up everyone - this means they hate how well the blocklists work, which is amazing. But also time to be discerning about which lists you subscribe to.
This is the next phase that Kiwi Farms members have stated they will do - constructing look-alike blocklists and then adding popular trans people to them after the fact, once the blocklist is seeded in the community. Make sure any block list you use says who runs it.
Do you know who is running this list? Reason for asking is they copied this account's lists verbatim, but do not say who is running their account.
November 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Heads up everyone - this means they hate how well the blocklists work, which is amazing. But also time to be discerning about which lists you subscribe to.
#mixedmedia #alteredbook #collage titled “In the Dawn, Armed with a Burning Patience, We Shall Enter the Splendid Cities (Artur Rimbaud Calls the 2020 Election),” joyfully created the day after Election Day four years. Now it’s aspirational. #resist
November 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
#mixedmedia #alteredbook #collage titled “In the Dawn, Armed with a Burning Patience, We Shall Enter the Splendid Cities (Artur Rimbaud Calls the 2020 Election),” joyfully created the day after Election Day four years. Now it’s aspirational. #resist
Looking for information on how to #resist effectively? This entire thread is fantastic.
A short thread on what refusal to comply can look like, with specifics, examples, and ideas for what the future may hold.
Actually IDK if it's gonna be short, but it's gonna be specific, so read on if you're curious.
Actually IDK if it's gonna be short, but it's gonna be specific, so read on if you're curious.
November 20, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Looking for information on how to #resist effectively? This entire thread is fantastic.
"The Chief Feature of My Entertainment," a mixed media collage work in the form of an accordion book. The text reads: "The chief feature of my entertainment is that it contains so many things that have nothing to do with it. —Artemus Ward" #AYearForArt #Bookbinding #MixedMedia #Collage
November 19, 2024 at 11:34 PM
"The Chief Feature of My Entertainment," a mixed media collage work in the form of an accordion book. The text reads: "The chief feature of my entertainment is that it contains so many things that have nothing to do with it. —Artemus Ward" #AYearForArt #Bookbinding #MixedMedia #Collage
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Anyone surprised by Joe Scarborough going to Mar-a-Lago to lick Trump's boots has clearly forgotten the Joe Scarborough who, during his three terms as a Member of Congress, functioned primarily as Newt Gingrich's vile little lapdog.
November 19, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Anyone surprised by Joe Scarborough going to Mar-a-Lago to lick Trump's boots has clearly forgotten the Joe Scarborough who, during his three terms as a Member of Congress, functioned primarily as Newt Gingrich's vile little lapdog.
Pretty much.
November 18, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Pretty much.
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This is a shocking bill designed to crush Democracy and dissent. It will give Trump the ability to declare any non profit a terror supporting organization and shut them down. If you missed this, now you know. This must be stopped now!
theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...
theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...
Congress Is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush His Political Enemies
A bill that would let Donald Trump unilaterally revoke tax-exempt status from nonprofits is being fast-tracked through Congress.
theintercept.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:52 PM
This is a shocking bill designed to crush Democracy and dissent. It will give Trump the ability to declare any non profit a terror supporting organization and shut them down. If you missed this, now you know. This must be stopped now!
theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...
theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...
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The idea that Bluesky is insular and X is a place for diverse views is a fallacy.
X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.
Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.
X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.
Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.
November 18, 2024 at 1:22 AM
The idea that Bluesky is insular and X is a place for diverse views is a fallacy.
X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.
Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.
X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.
Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.
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