Emily Berge
@emilyberge.bsky.social
writer, filmmaker, midwesterner 🔮
author of THE LAST MERMAID OF THE MISSISSIPPI (Simon & Schuster spring 2027)
bennington MFA '26
literary rep by Amy Bishop-Wycisk @ Trellis
she/they
author of THE LAST MERMAID OF THE MISSISSIPPI (Simon & Schuster spring 2027)
bennington MFA '26
literary rep by Amy Bishop-Wycisk @ Trellis
she/they
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Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again
February 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
okay, it’s time for me to finally weigh in: it’s probably a bad sign that guys are just doing sieg heils in public again
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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
February 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
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“I used to be so addicted to ibuprofen and god fixed me” is so fucking 7th Heaven it’s insane.
Love Is Blind is so unserious it’s perfect.
Love Is Blind is so unserious it’s perfect.
February 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“I used to be so addicted to ibuprofen and god fixed me” is so fucking 7th Heaven it’s insane.
Love Is Blind is so unserious it’s perfect.
Love Is Blind is so unserious it’s perfect.
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Hope RFK doesn’t watch Love is Blind; he’s gonna want to get rid of Ibuprofen asap
February 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Hope RFK doesn’t watch Love is Blind; he’s gonna want to get rid of Ibuprofen asap
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It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.
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“Desperate times call for incremental measures.”
My piece in @mcsweeneys.net
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
My piece in @mcsweeneys.net
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
I Vow to Fight Autocracy with Unprecedented Levels of Finger Wagging
“Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, has reportedly been criticized by some of the party’s state governors for not resisting Donald...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“Desperate times call for incremental measures.”
My piece in @mcsweeneys.net
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
My piece in @mcsweeneys.net
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
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Dear NSF scientists and staff:
If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal @jonlambert.12
If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal @jonlambert.12
February 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Dear NSF scientists and staff:
If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal @jonlambert.12
If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal @jonlambert.12
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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
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When RFK Jr starts killing kids (which we won’t have to wait long since the TX Measles Outbreak has already doubled in size) thank PA Senator @davemccormick.bsky.social www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/p...
Protesters call out Senator McCormick
This afternoon, people gathered outside of 310 Grant St. for a national day of resistance. Protesters called on Senator McCormick to heed his constitutional oath and represent the people. One proteste...
www.pghcitypaper.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When RFK Jr starts killing kids (which we won’t have to wait long since the TX Measles Outbreak has already doubled in size) thank PA Senator @davemccormick.bsky.social www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/p...
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Women only want one thing
February 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Women only want one thing
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one party is trying to kill us and the other doesn't want to be rude and interrupt them
February 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
one party is trying to kill us and the other doesn't want to be rude and interrupt them
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If you support any of this, you’re honestly just a terrible person. People’s lives are being upended and destroyed. For every 1% increase in unemployment, 40,000 people die—yet some are celebrating.
February 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you support any of this, you’re honestly just a terrible person. People’s lives are being upended and destroyed. For every 1% increase in unemployment, 40,000 people die—yet some are celebrating.
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We’re living in the golden age of press conferences where a weird guy on pills babbles incoherently
February 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We’re living in the golden age of press conferences where a weird guy on pills babbles incoherently
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There’s no reason any of you should be on “X” at all. None. Literally no excuse.
February 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There’s no reason any of you should be on “X” at all. None. Literally no excuse.
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Being (or pretending to be) this stupid should bar you from ever doing political analysis again
February 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Being (or pretending to be) this stupid should bar you from ever doing political analysis again