Zackary Berger שלום בערגער
@drberger.bsky.social
Doctor, researcher, poet, translator. #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter prons: he él ער הוא 他
https://linktr.ee/zackarysholemberger
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I’m a Primary Care Doctor. My Patients Are Scared to Show Up Due to ICE.
How am I supposed to adequately care for patients who are being constantly terrorized by immigration police?
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I’m a Primary Care Doctor. My Patients Are Scared to Show Up Due to ICE. truthout.org/articles/im-...
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
(I wrote a thing in @truthout.org about what it's like to be a primary care doctor when ICE is attacking my patients. )
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Key question by my lights is whether these newsrooms knew Congress wasn’t being notified of the attack
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
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January 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Key question by my lights is whether these newsrooms knew Congress wasn’t being notified of the attack
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Mayor Zohran Mandami’s crime reduction strategy notches early win.
January 2, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Mayor Zohran Mandami’s crime reduction strategy notches early win.
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If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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don't bring a calculator to an abacus fight
don't bring a piano to a harpsichord fight
don't bring a car to a boat fight
January 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
don't bring a calculator to an abacus fight
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The Trump/Hegseth homicide count for December:
January 1, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The Trump/Hegseth homicide count for December:
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obviously not the biggest issue here, but an AI cannot feel regret or be sincere so this “apology” is utterly worthless
January 1, 2026 at 11:28 PM
obviously not the biggest issue here, but an AI cannot feel regret or be sincere so this “apology” is utterly worthless
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just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
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Don’t bring a typewriter to a cuneiform fight.
don't bring a piano to a harpsichord fight
don't bring a car to a boat fight
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Don’t bring a typewriter to a cuneiform fight.
don't bring a piano to a harpsichord fight
don't bring a car to a boat fight
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
don't bring a piano to a harpsichord fight
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New Years come off the line a little iffier than they used to. Shoddy American manufacturing, s'what it is
January 1, 2026 at 2:48 AM
New Years come off the line a little iffier than they used to. Shoddy American manufacturing, s'what it is
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Y’all ever walk into a public restroom and immediately whisper “Jesus Christ”
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Y’all ever walk into a public restroom and immediately whisper “Jesus Christ”
happy holidays!
2 hr 20 min till #ExpressScripts is no longer my mandated pharmacy provider.
January 1, 2026 at 2:44 AM
happy holidays!
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reading emily dickinson's complete poems, and sort of surprised that there's periodic antisemitism?
I guess I shouldn't be; it's less that I figured she would be thoughtful about Jewish people and more I'm surprised she mentions them at all, I guess.
I guess I shouldn't be; it's less that I figured she would be thoughtful about Jewish people and more I'm surprised she mentions them at all, I guess.
January 1, 2026 at 2:36 AM
reading emily dickinson's complete poems, and sort of surprised that there's periodic antisemitism?
I guess I shouldn't be; it's less that I figured she would be thoughtful about Jewish people and more I'm surprised she mentions them at all, I guess.
I guess I shouldn't be; it's less that I figured she would be thoughtful about Jewish people and more I'm surprised she mentions them at all, I guess.
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Good story telling because he establishes who Larry is before just before using Larry as shorthand for the guy who walked in. Let Johnny review more things. He's seen some shit if he's a long haul truck driver. "Seen a horse kick a man at this mini golf course once. But the fountain soda was flat"
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Good story telling because he establishes who Larry is before just before using Larry as shorthand for the guy who walked in. Let Johnny review more things. He's seen some shit if he's a long haul truck driver. "Seen a horse kick a man at this mini golf course once. But the fountain soda was flat"
this $TIMEUNIT I'll finish that thing I've been writing
*repeat;
*repeat;
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
this $TIMEUNIT I'll finish that thing I've been writing
*repeat;
*repeat;
top ten amendments fucked with in 2025
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
top ten amendments fucked with in 2025
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LOLOLOL
Fuck John Roberts.
Fuck John Roberts.
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
LOLOLOL
Fuck John Roberts.
Fuck John Roberts.
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the only television programming that should be available is high-fidelity recordings of university lectures on a broad range of topics, as well as some channels that broadcast 24/7 guided meditation content, and of course the extremely graphic war footage channel
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 AM
the only television programming that should be available is high-fidelity recordings of university lectures on a broad range of topics, as well as some channels that broadcast 24/7 guided meditation content, and of course the extremely graphic war footage channel
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Berühmte Gramsci-Zitate zum Jahreswechsel 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Berühmte Gramsci-Zitate zum Jahreswechsel 🧵
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My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.
The Impossible Patient www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
What has returned of late is not the unconscious itself, but the felt need, in some quarters, for the unconscious and...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The Impossible Patient www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true.
It could be a lie from social media, or a conflation of other stories. Either way, Americans need to know.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:
was explaining to my daughter that tomorrow's fast day commemorates the translation of the Torah into Greek. She said, maybe @panagis.bsky.social's daughter knows about it
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
was explaining to my daughter that tomorrow's fast day commemorates the translation of the Torah into Greek. She said, maybe @panagis.bsky.social's daughter knows about it
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This is about elections.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is about elections.