Erin Bergren
@disasterin.bsky.social
She/her, PhD in When Things go Horribly Wrong.
Work: climate resilience.
Likes: whales. disaster preparedness. community based research. moorlands and chaparrals. interspecies friendships.
(Absolutely not representative of any employers, ever.)
Work: climate resilience.
Likes: whales. disaster preparedness. community based research. moorlands and chaparrals. interspecies friendships.
(Absolutely not representative of any employers, ever.)
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Erin Bergren
@disasterin.bsky.social
· Feb 24
2025 February by Erin Bergren on Apple Music
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Restarted an old habit- monthly playlists for going to the gym and/or surviving ongoing disasters music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Now THAT’s what I call a Thanksgiving treat.
That’s a real sentence
BREAKING Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of attempting a military coup and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, is ordered today to begin his 27-year sentence
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November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Now THAT’s what I call a Thanksgiving treat.
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I can’t stop watching this. Paging @neolithicsheep.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I can’t stop watching this. Paging @neolithicsheep.bsky.social.
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Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
I don't think that word means what you think it means, Google
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I don't think that word means what you think it means, Google
Based on the ads I get, Instagram clearly thinks I’m a fat childless black woman and frankly, that’s two outta three and a compliment.
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Based on the ads I get, Instagram clearly thinks I’m a fat childless black woman and frankly, that’s two outta three and a compliment.
Listening to the news in French- of course they’re talking about ICE raids- and I’m reminded that in French it’s l’ICE, and I’m never going to be able to refer to them as anything else.
If only there was a special shampoo for fascists.
If only there was a special shampoo for fascists.
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Listening to the news in French- of course they’re talking about ICE raids- and I’m reminded that in French it’s l’ICE, and I’m never going to be able to refer to them as anything else.
If only there was a special shampoo for fascists.
If only there was a special shampoo for fascists.
If the New York Post knew about all the kids who call me auntie they’d implode
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If the New York Post knew about all the kids who call me auntie they’d implode
Great, short read by Jonathan Zasloff on how "passive virtues" undermine both the constitution and democracy: legal-planet.org/2025/10/24/h...
How "Passive Virtues" Destroy the Constitution - Legal Planet
Never has the adage that A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words been more appropriate. Donald Trump has destroyed much of the federal government and much of the Constitution, so now he is destroying the ...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great, short read by Jonathan Zasloff on how "passive virtues" undermine both the constitution and democracy: legal-planet.org/2025/10/24/h...
I know it’s not completely his fault, but wow, does that kid look like what ChatGPT spits out when you say “make me an image of an 16 year old who wants to be Mussolini when he grows up”.
blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada
October 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I know it’s not completely his fault, but wow, does that kid look like what ChatGPT spits out when you say “make me an image of an 16 year old who wants to be Mussolini when he grows up”.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
August 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Me: (doomscrolling, muttering) that’s not how this works. That’s now how any of this works.
My niece, 7: not how any of what works?
Me: um. I was just reading about… someone…being wrong about… laws… (closes news)
My niece, 7: not how any of what works?
Me: um. I was just reading about… someone…being wrong about… laws… (closes news)
July 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Me: (doomscrolling, muttering) that’s not how this works. That’s now how any of this works.
My niece, 7: not how any of what works?
Me: um. I was just reading about… someone…being wrong about… laws… (closes news)
My niece, 7: not how any of what works?
Me: um. I was just reading about… someone…being wrong about… laws… (closes news)
Nesiamun speaks for us all
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
July 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Nesiamun speaks for us all
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This Yougov survey contains an important finding: people who rely heavily on ChatGPT rate it as being "good" at tasks that we ABSOLUTELY know for sure it is very bad at
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This Yougov survey contains an important finding: people who rely heavily on ChatGPT rate it as being "good" at tasks that we ABSOLUTELY know for sure it is very bad at
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in ... Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password"
Backing the truck holding all Americans' private info up to the dock for pillaging...
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Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
April 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in ... Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password"
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
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Alternative headline: Acting Head of IRS Resigns Rather Than Break the Law
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to resign, the Treasury Department said, a move that comes after the agency struck a controversial deal to share tax data on undocumented immigrants with federal agents reut.rs/3REmczY
US IRS chief quits after immigration data-sharing deal
The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to resign, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday, a move that comes after the agency struck a controversial deal to share tax data on undocumented immigrants with federal agents.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Alternative headline: Acting Head of IRS Resigns Rather Than Break the Law
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LTO-9 tapes are 18TB, cost under $100 each, and last for 30+ years making them the most efficient cold storage solution on the market, which every competent IT professional knows, but no im sure you can just dump all of that essential data in some shitty budget cloud storage service lmao
April 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
LTO-9 tapes are 18TB, cost under $100 each, and last for 30+ years making them the most efficient cold storage solution on the market, which every competent IT professional knows, but no im sure you can just dump all of that essential data in some shitty budget cloud storage service lmao
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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I guess I just don’t know what the argument for keeping FEMA is if you don’t care about saving lives, the economy, or national security.
April 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I guess I just don’t know what the argument for keeping FEMA is if you don’t care about saving lives, the economy, or national security.
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“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.
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April 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Every country should structure its legal and regulatory systems as a series of traps that guarantee someone like Elon Musk would end up in prison before he ever got rich
March 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Every country should structure its legal and regulatory systems as a series of traps that guarantee someone like Elon Musk would end up in prison before he ever got rich
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/9 This is my point: someone who thinks the First Amendment should protect speech they like is not a free speech hero. The Nazis who marched at Skokie were not free speech heroes: given power they would have radically repressed speech. The same goes for the Right bewailing censorship on campus.
March 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
/9 This is my point: someone who thinks the First Amendment should protect speech they like is not a free speech hero. The Nazis who marched at Skokie were not free speech heroes: given power they would have radically repressed speech. The same goes for the Right bewailing censorship on campus.
And THIS is why it matters. The whole “campus free speech” debate has never been about speech, it’s been about the way that students and professors say things that the Right doesn’t like, and when the Right says horrifying shit protestors will show up and keep them accountable.
/5 That has led many free speech orgs to accept the narrative that universities are somehow uniquely censorious in a way that is uniquely dangerous —- with Trump is now cheerfully using as part of the justification to regulate university speech.
March 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And THIS is why it matters. The whole “campus free speech” debate has never been about speech, it’s been about the way that students and professors say things that the Right doesn’t like, and when the Right says horrifying shit protestors will show up and keep them accountable.