Alison Bergblom Johnson
@alisonbergblom.bsky.social
Multidisciplary Artist. Collage. Stories. Essays. All work centers disability, joy, or gender as lived & imagined.
born MN, live MN, intend to die MN (future)
Love to travel
named after a song, but isn’t everyone
https://www.alisonbergblomjohnson.com/
born MN, live MN, intend to die MN (future)
Love to travel
named after a song, but isn’t everyone
https://www.alisonbergblomjohnson.com/
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Some reminders:
- I have made journalism. This isn’t what I’m doing here. This account is my ideas, thoughts, and an enormous number of signal boosts. Please keep your thinking caps on, not all posts explicable (understandable).
This is a thread, it won’t be long, but you might not like it.
- I have made journalism. This isn’t what I’m doing here. This account is my ideas, thoughts, and an enormous number of signal boosts. Please keep your thinking caps on, not all posts explicable (understandable).
This is a thread, it won’t be long, but you might not like it.
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"Bruce Springsteen Becomes Latest Billionaire Blasting ICE And Pretti Killing"
Mike Stuson for @forbes.com
Mike Stuson for @forbes.com
These Billionaires Are Speaking Out Against ICE, Minnesota Killings
Some billionaires are beginning to speak out against ICE days after Alex Pretti became the second person this month to be killed by the federal agency.
www.forbes.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
"Bruce Springsteen Becomes Latest Billionaire Blasting ICE And Pretti Killing"
Mike Stuson for @forbes.com
Mike Stuson for @forbes.com
I wonder what happens if Elon has to focus on providing value to his shareholders only?
He knows exactly what he did. Down to the numbers.
Don't Let this disappear. EVER 🤬
Don't Let this disappear. EVER 🤬
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I wonder what happens if Elon has to focus on providing value to his shareholders only?
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NEW: Jaylen Brown and the NBPA condemned the killings in Minneapolis this past week.
“Our players, we don’t stand for it. We demand accountability."
“Something needs to be said.”
www.celticsblog.com/articles/130...
“Our players, we don’t stand for it. We demand accountability."
“Something needs to be said.”
www.celticsblog.com/articles/130...
Jaylen Brown, NBA players condemn Minneapolis shootings: “We demand accountability”
Jaylen Brown, who has served as an NBPA Vice President since 2019, spoke out about recent killings in Minneapolis perpetrated by ICE.
www.celticsblog.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
NEW: Jaylen Brown and the NBPA condemned the killings in Minneapolis this past week.
“Our players, we don’t stand for it. We demand accountability."
“Something needs to be said.”
www.celticsblog.com/articles/130...
“Our players, we don’t stand for it. We demand accountability."
“Something needs to be said.”
www.celticsblog.com/articles/130...
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More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
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OK but I need to do quality control on my quality control
I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 AM
OK but I need to do quality control on my quality control
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“What it boils down to is that, for all its transformative power, the production and consumption of art is not a substitute for material action, if what you’re concerned with is seeing your moral and political will expressed in the world.”
A really good piece from @seizethepress.bsky.social
A really good piece from @seizethepress.bsky.social
005: The Author as Misguided Activist: Why We Don't Publish Moralising Stories
Sign up to the STP newsletterI’m semi-frequently asked what I mean when I say we publish stories that don’t moralise. After all, making space for more...
buttondown.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“What it boils down to is that, for all its transformative power, the production and consumption of art is not a substitute for material action, if what you’re concerned with is seeing your moral and political will expressed in the world.”
A really good piece from @seizethepress.bsky.social
A really good piece from @seizethepress.bsky.social
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Funny that the right's preferred propaganda for Trump's second term has been a perverted Norman Rockwellian vision of mid-century America, but Minnesota really said "Fuck that, we'll build our own Mayberry with racial and cultural diversity based on communal care and compassion."
By the time this is over, I might be able to just let Talmage spend his summer wandering around the neighborhood all day secure in the knowledge that I know all my neighbors and that they will come protect him if he’s in danger.
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Funny that the right's preferred propaganda for Trump's second term has been a perverted Norman Rockwellian vision of mid-century America, but Minnesota really said "Fuck that, we'll build our own Mayberry with racial and cultural diversity based on communal care and compassion."
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I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that we get rid of Miller. His race war fantasies have informed the vision behind the federal assaults on US cities, as I discussed here.
My latest: How Renee Good's murder and paramilitary assaults on US cities reflect longstanding right-wing race war fantasies and Stephen Miller's fixation with a novel about white genocide. I also talk about the stories we tell and live in opposition to these narratives and share a must-reads list.
Choosing Each Other in a Time of Terror
Rather than being disbanded or intimidated by Good’s murder, the people of Minneapolis have been galvanized, escalating their resistance and refusing to retreat from the work of protecting one another...
organizingmythoughts.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that we get rid of Miller. His race war fantasies have informed the vision behind the federal assaults on US cities, as I discussed here.
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where are the Epstein documents?
Amazing how long ago Venezuela invasion and Greenland threats seem. Cycles of manmade chaos.
January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
where are the Epstein documents?
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We still don't know the names of the ICE agents who killed Gonzàlez behind the wheel of his car outside Chicago in September.
They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.
If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.
If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
We still don't know the names of the ICE agents who killed Gonzàlez behind the wheel of his car outside Chicago in September.
They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.
If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.
If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
Photos of eagles, commodores, birds of all sorts, small animals, sounds in the dark.
People I’ve never met, never loved dont need anything. They’re spirit or gone and are a blessing or not.
My loved dead deserve that I remember them but not every hour. They all deserve the peace of rest.
People I’ve never met, never loved dont need anything. They’re spirit or gone and are a blessing or not.
My loved dead deserve that I remember them but not every hour. They all deserve the peace of rest.
if you were building some sort of altar-like place/installation where you were going to include small pictures of people we’ve collectively lost even if you never knew them personally, who would you include?
January 27, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Photos of eagles, commodores, birds of all sorts, small animals, sounds in the dark.
People I’ve never met, never loved dont need anything. They’re spirit or gone and are a blessing or not.
My loved dead deserve that I remember them but not every hour. They all deserve the peace of rest.
People I’ve never met, never loved dont need anything. They’re spirit or gone and are a blessing or not.
My loved dead deserve that I remember them but not every hour. They all deserve the peace of rest.
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if you were building some sort of altar-like place/installation where you were going to include small pictures of people we’ve collectively lost even if you never knew them personally, who would you include?
January 27, 2026 at 7:18 AM
if you were building some sort of altar-like place/installation where you were going to include small pictures of people we’ve collectively lost even if you never knew them personally, who would you include?
Most people care that about victims only so that their peace and calm can return. People luv to say how much they care about victims. Yet, also luv to do nothing helpful. All those with such care should be handed mirrors and a card for a therapist accepting patients, or yarn for a new hobby.
You don’t need to respond to the last post with a “joke” about Noem getting “promoted” to secure kids for sex trafficking because I mentioned reporting that’s existed for over a month about people close to the admin wanting her out anyway. Y’all don’t care about victims. Auto-blocking that garbage.
January 27, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Most people care that about victims only so that their peace and calm can return. People luv to say how much they care about victims. Yet, also luv to do nothing helpful. All those with such care should be handed mirrors and a card for a therapist accepting patients, or yarn for a new hobby.
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The Trump administration and Trumpers are trying to make our lives feel untenable and chaotic. The backlash from 2020 will not be complete until they force you to submit. Never ever submit. Never surrender your values, your love, what you know to be true, you cannot submit...
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The Trump administration and Trumpers are trying to make our lives feel untenable and chaotic. The backlash from 2020 will not be complete until they force you to submit. Never ever submit. Never surrender your values, your love, what you know to be true, you cannot submit...
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Genuinely beware of people who think the work requires you to be fucking dour all the time, intentionally or not they are promoting a strategy that will leave you without the energy you need
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Genuinely beware of people who think the work requires you to be fucking dour all the time, intentionally or not they are promoting a strategy that will leave you without the energy you need
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Please stop stereotyping mentally ill people as violent and dangerous.
We’re FAR more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it.
We’re FAR more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it.
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Please stop stereotyping mentally ill people as violent and dangerous.
We’re FAR more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it.
We’re FAR more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it.
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Anyway, it's clear that for some "being disliked" is the worst thing that could ever happen to you even after you inflicted worse things on people
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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And also, we are going to have to sit down and have an honest discussion about and with those people later on when we put the fire out (I am Minnesotan)
People want the progress but they don't want to deal with the the truth and reconciliation part and, well, here we are again
People want the progress but they don't want to deal with the the truth and reconciliation part and, well, here we are again
statistically speaking (and based off the articles) it is a near certainty that thousands of people currently patrolling the streets in Minnesota are people who did not immediately believe the warnings of the left 10 years ago. I see very little criticism of *them* on here
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
And also, we are going to have to sit down and have an honest discussion about and with those people later on when we put the fire out (I am Minnesotan)
People want the progress but they don't want to deal with the the truth and reconciliation part and, well, here we are again
People want the progress but they don't want to deal with the the truth and reconciliation part and, well, here we are again
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We need to shut it down. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is an accomplice to the murder of Americans.
This is about right and wrong, and murder is just plain wrong.
No funding for DHS. No funding for ICE. We can stop this.
This is about right and wrong, and murder is just plain wrong.
No funding for DHS. No funding for ICE. We can stop this.
January 25, 2026 at 8:22 PM
We need to shut it down. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is an accomplice to the murder of Americans.
This is about right and wrong, and murder is just plain wrong.
No funding for DHS. No funding for ICE. We can stop this.
This is about right and wrong, and murder is just plain wrong.
No funding for DHS. No funding for ICE. We can stop this.
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They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
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Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism - Open Culture
#propaganda#history#politics#world
#propaganda#history#politics#world
Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism
Image by Bernd Schwabe, via Wikimedia Commons At least when I was in grade school, we learned the very basics of how the Third Reich came to power in the early 1930s. Paramilitary gangs terrorizing the opposition, the incompetence and opportunism of German conservatives, the Reichstag Fire. And we learned about the critical importance of propaganda, […]
www.openculture.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism - Open Culture
#propaganda#history#politics#world
#propaganda#history#politics#world