Jessica Berg
@msberg.bsky.social
Aspiring writer, current proofreader, former teacher. All views are my own.
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Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
Now that I don’t have insta, I don’t know where to post my garden photos! I’m about to do so much gardening…maybe I’ll make tiktoks or something. In any case, my tomatoes are coming up, and so are some of my daffodils!
March 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Now that I don’t have insta, I don’t know where to post my garden photos! I’m about to do so much gardening…maybe I’ll make tiktoks or something. In any case, my tomatoes are coming up, and so are some of my daffodils!
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Turns out, a lot of people disagree on the definition of Fantasy when they have to apply it to actual works of fiction
What is Fantasy? Part 1
Or "How to start an argument about Disney's Cars"
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Turns out, a lot of people disagree on the definition of Fantasy when they have to apply it to actual works of fiction
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Trying to remain professional at work when I really wanna say Something Else: “I have to take my dang cat to the goshdarn vet because she’s licking her fur away on her back end…I’m somewhat peeved”
February 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trying to remain professional at work when I really wanna say Something Else: “I have to take my dang cat to the goshdarn vet because she’s licking her fur away on her back end…I’m somewhat peeved”
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A critical point.
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A critical point.
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I absolutely love this idea.
February 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I absolutely love this idea.
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#Resisters .....these are the rules
February 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
#Resisters .....these are the rules
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I haven’t had color pencils around for a long time, but the sketch kit thing I got recently came with colored graphite…and I’m so shocked I haven’t thought to use them sooner for pencil sketches, esp bc I prefer colored roughs digitally
Anyway, Kanin with his cloak and lilypad cape combo
Anyway, Kanin with his cloak and lilypad cape combo
February 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I haven’t had color pencils around for a long time, but the sketch kit thing I got recently came with colored graphite…and I’m so shocked I haven’t thought to use them sooner for pencil sketches, esp bc I prefer colored roughs digitally
Anyway, Kanin with his cloak and lilypad cape combo
Anyway, Kanin with his cloak and lilypad cape combo
Man, the migraines this winter have been brutal!
February 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Man, the migraines this winter have been brutal!
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USAID matters. I've often disagreed with their strategy and choices, but their work saves more lives than any philanthropy can. It's a rounding error in the federal budget, and one of the best things we do as a country. To see it destroyed overnight by one unelected man is an unmitigated horror.
February 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
USAID matters. I've often disagreed with their strategy and choices, but their work saves more lives than any philanthropy can. It's a rounding error in the federal budget, and one of the best things we do as a country. To see it destroyed overnight by one unelected man is an unmitigated horror.
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If you can’t make it downtown, this form sends a letter to both. Do it now! indivisiblechicago.com/shut-it-down...
February 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you can’t make it downtown, this form sends a letter to both. Do it now! indivisiblechicago.com/shut-it-down...
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Everyone can organize.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Everyone can organize.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
Everyone can contribute to social movements.
Everyone can do something, from somewhere.
None of this is about "professionalism" or policy"expertise. That is counterinsurgency, demobilizing logic.
Everyone can organize and has something to offer.
It sucks that AI is doing things like stealing from artists instead of idk helping Word figure out what tf you want when you move any non-text element so it doesn’t completely destroy the layout of the entire document
February 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It sucks that AI is doing things like stealing from artists instead of idk helping Word figure out what tf you want when you move any non-text element so it doesn’t completely destroy the layout of the entire document
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I’m moody lately so distracting by sorting thru old art, have some landscapes/environments from the Past
February 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m moody lately so distracting by sorting thru old art, have some landscapes/environments from the Past
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Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
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Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
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The Holocaust was legal. We had a law prof teach a whole course on this. Ppl who conflate what is lawful with what is right are easy to manipulate and control.
January 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Holocaust was legal. We had a law prof teach a whole course on this. Ppl who conflate what is lawful with what is right are easy to manipulate and control.
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If you’re in Indiana, mark your calendar for March 1st! Guggman Haus Brewing Co. will be hosting a Grown-Up Book Fair in their gorgeous event space and taproom. Visit www.guggmanhausbrewing.com/bookfair for $10 early tickets! #booksky 📚💙 #indianapolis #craftbeer #bookfair #beer #books
January 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you’re in Indiana, mark your calendar for March 1st! Guggman Haus Brewing Co. will be hosting a Grown-Up Book Fair in their gorgeous event space and taproom. Visit www.guggmanhausbrewing.com/bookfair for $10 early tickets! #booksky 📚💙 #indianapolis #craftbeer #bookfair #beer #books
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Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
January 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
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Let's Chicagooooooooooooo
Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.
January 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Let's Chicagooooooooooooo
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If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
January 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/