Michael Copperman
@michaelcopperman.bsky.social
Writer (Teacher UPM 2017), Educator (MSU), gardener, boulderer, runner, wrestler, Aikidoka. https://gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Today, my Kentucky Wonders joined the tomato party— along with some VERY hot peppers
August 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today, my Kentucky Wonders joined the tomato party— along with some VERY hot peppers
Now it all comes in, all at once
August 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Now it all comes in, all at once
Friends, keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I am about to attempt the doomed and harrowing passage known as Costco on a Sunday Afternoon. Alone. I know it is a brave and foolhardy quest from which return is not assured, so hold me in your hearts.
August 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Friends, keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I am about to attempt the doomed and harrowing passage known as Costco on a Sunday Afternoon. Alone. I know it is a brave and foolhardy quest from which return is not assured, so hold me in your hearts.
Make a concrete difference in my wife’s refugee family’s future and survival. Thank you for helping— it truly means everything. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #AfghanRefugees #Afghanistan
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
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July 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Make a concrete difference in my wife’s refugee family’s future and survival. Thank you for helping— it truly means everything. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #AfghanRefugees #Afghanistan
All the bounty of summer. Wish I could share it with Mashal’s Afghan refugee family facing deportation back under the Taliban— who need resources more practical to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #Afghanistan #Resist
July 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
All the bounty of summer. Wish I could share it with Mashal’s Afghan refugee family facing deportation back under the Taliban— who need resources more practical to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #Afghanistan #Resist
Mashal’s Afghan refugee family are ten deep— three generations, including Aliyah, the grandmother, and her three children and three grandchildren. They are in danger of being sent back under the Taliban. Help us help them survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd#Mut... #Refugees #Afghanistan
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
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July 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Mashal’s Afghan refugee family are ten deep— three generations, including Aliyah, the grandmother, and her three children and three grandchildren. They are in danger of being sent back under the Taliban. Help us help them survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd#Mut... #Refugees #Afghanistan
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Make a difference for my wife’s refugee family. We are so close! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Blessed to have my aunty’s visit the mainland from Oahu, and to be treated to a deluxe chirashi bowl. But I am thinking of what my wife’s Afghan refugee family has to eat. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Blessed to have my aunty’s visit the mainland from Oahu, and to be treated to a deluxe chirashi bowl. But I am thinking of what my wife’s Afghan refugee family has to eat. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Fresh from my garden. Wishing I could share this with my wife’s refugee family, who cannot get fresh food. Please help them survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #mutualaid #refugees
July 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Fresh from my garden. Wishing I could share this with my wife’s refugee family, who cannot get fresh food. Please help them survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #mutualaid #refugees
Please help us meet our goal— help this refugee family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd . #mutualaid #refugees #refugeeswelcome
July 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Please help us meet our goal— help this refugee family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd . #mutualaid #refugees #refugeeswelcome
Please help Mashal’s Afghan refugee family— now in peril— survive. You CAN make a tangible impact— guaranteed. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #fundraisers #LiveAid
July 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Please help Mashal’s Afghan refugee family— now in peril— survive. You CAN make a tangible impact— guaranteed. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #Refugees #fundraisers #LiveAid
This is the logic of the fascist: some lives matter more, some people— because of ethnic, cultural, national, regional, or religious background, matter less. Help this refugee family survive— refute/resist. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAidRequest #Refugees #AfghanRefugees
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
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July 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is the logic of the fascist: some lives matter more, some people— because of ethnic, cultural, national, regional, or religious background, matter less. Help this refugee family survive— refute/resist. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAidRequest #Refugees #AfghanRefugees
Every child, refugee or not, deserves a future. Melika, Kawsar, and Mo need help to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #MutualAidBoost #Refugees #Afghanistan #AfghanRefugees
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
gofund.me
July 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Every child, refugee or not, deserves a future. Melika, Kawsar, and Mo need help to survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #MutualAid #MutualAidBoost #Refugees #Afghanistan #AfghanRefugees
How do we measure the value of a life— how do we decide some lives matter, but others are expendable? Please help my wife Mashal’s Afghan refugee family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd. #mutualaid #Refugees #Afghanistan #StopHazaraGenocide
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
gofund.me
July 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
How do we measure the value of a life— how do we decide some lives matter, but others are expendable? Please help my wife Mashal’s Afghan refugee family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd. #mutualaid #Refugees #Afghanistan #StopHazaraGenocide
Help us reach our goal— and ensure a future for three Afghan refugee children and their parents! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
gofund.me
July 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Help us reach our goal— and ensure a future for three Afghan refugee children and their parents! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
My wife’s refugee family’s asylum case was canceled by Trump. Now they are in peril. We are SO close to our goal— please help them survive!
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
gofund.me
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My wife’s refugee family’s asylum case was canceled by Trump. Now they are in peril. We are SO close to our goal— please help them survive!
We are SO close. Please help my wife’s Afghan refugee family survive! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #refugee #humanitarianaid #fundraising
July 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We are SO close. Please help my wife’s Afghan refugee family survive! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd #refugee #humanitarianaid #fundraising
Help is make a future for these children! #fundraising#humanitarian #charity #stopthehazaragenocide gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Help is make a future for these children! #fundraising#humanitarian #charity #stopthehazaragenocide gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
We are asked to accept the logic that some lives don’t matter, in some places, for people of certain backgrounds. Help refute that logic; help this family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
gofund.me
July 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We are asked to accept the logic that some lives don’t matter, in some places, for people of certain backgrounds. Help refute that logic; help this family survive. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
We’re so close! Please help these children have a future! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We’re so close! Please help these children have a future! gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Kawsar and Melika, the two girls, dream of being able to go to school (they cannot, as refugees in Pakistan; they cannot if deported to Afghanistan). Little Mo doesn’t yet know what he wants, beyond a better place to play. Help them find a future. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Kawsar and Melika, the two girls, dream of being able to go to school (they cannot, as refugees in Pakistan; they cannot if deported to Afghanistan). Little Mo doesn’t yet know what he wants, beyond a better place to play. Help them find a future. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
It’s the 4th of July, when Tommy J declared independence. Help this family pursue the dream of survival in Pakistan, where they are Afghan refugees from the Taliban. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Donate to Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger, organized by Mike Copperman
You awaken to police officers pounding on your door, demand… Mike Copperman needs your support for Help Save My Afghan Family from Deportation and Danger
gofund.me
July 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It’s the 4th of July, when Tommy J declared independence. Help this family pursue the dream of survival in Pakistan, where they are Afghan refugees from the Taliban. gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
Reposted by Michael Copperman
This spicy @short-reads.org essay by @michaelcopperman.bsky.social will make you chuckle, and make you hungry, and make you sigh.
It's a balm, and if you've read any news at all today, you need it.
www.short-reads.org/hot-chips/
#WritingCommunity #foodsky
It's a balm, and if you've read any news at all today, you need it.
www.short-reads.org/hot-chips/
#WritingCommunity #foodsky
Hot Chips
by Michael Copperman | Land of the Hot Cheeto, Home of the Brave.
www.short-reads.org
July 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This spicy @short-reads.org essay by @michaelcopperman.bsky.social will make you chuckle, and make you hungry, and make you sigh.
It's a balm, and if you've read any news at all today, you need it.
www.short-reads.org/hot-chips/
#WritingCommunity #foodsky
It's a balm, and if you've read any news at all today, you need it.
www.short-reads.org/hot-chips/
#WritingCommunity #foodsky
I spent all night beseiged by MAGA keyboard warriors who mostly mistook my post to be about the US, and came with “joyful” deport memes. Others wrote, “Assimilate or die!” And still others wrote, “This is money going to the Taliban?” Thank you for helping: gofund.me/d9e0b3cd
July 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I spent all night beseiged by MAGA keyboard warriors who mostly mistook my post to be about the US, and came with “joyful” deport memes. Others wrote, “Assimilate or die!” And still others wrote, “This is money going to the Taliban?” Thank you for helping: gofund.me/d9e0b3cd