Alison Bergblom Johnson

Vance would have asked for new electors instead of certifying 2020 election results Trump’s current running mate said Pence “could have done more.”

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and on Vance someone said they thought he said something treasonous during the campaign.

Surely they cant be talking about this bit on a podcast about certifying the 2020 election because everybody heard that. Everybody talked about it. Anybody got any guesses.

www.politico.com/news/2024/09...

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and as an aside this is part of why I like @aoc.bsky.social because she clearly likes the people in her district. I wish more bartenders would run for office.

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I’ve been meditating on lots of things including J.d. Vance.

….and before the leap I said I really thought Vance’s book is for those who say things like rural folks vote against their own interests.

And i dont know anybody who votes for candidates that think their constituents are stupid.

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I’ve been meditating on lots of things including J.d. Vance.

I havent read his book, but I know lots of folks really like it. However it feels for me like feel good pablum about rural America for the people who left and didnt come back or for those in Ivory Towers who wonder why rural folks ….

I’ve been meditating on lots of things including J.d. Vance.

Its possible for a human to have authentic vibes and not feel authentic. This is how I feel our vice president (from a great distance, have never touched him nor eaten with him).

What I learned from Miss Major was persistence and also keeping a sense of humor. I was lucky to see her work in various organizing meetings over the years. She was a model of how to be a good elder. Truly grateful for everything she did to make the world better. Time for the rest of us to continue.

A meme based on the movie Mean Girls where one of the popular kids says “on Wednesdays we wear pink”, this image shows two characters from the movie at a lunch table with the text “on Wednesdays we demand %.5 of the city budget for library funding”

Every Wednesday we’re calling our city council members to demand a baseline of at least %.5 of the city budget be used to fund NYC libraries.

Join us in calling!

Here’s a script with instructions bit.ly/3KM9Eq9 , and you can look up your city council member here : council.nyc.gov/districts/

We believe in a city budget that fully funds our public libraries and parks!! YES.

A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…

Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔

On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.”
truthout.org/articles/a-m...

Rest in Power Miss Major.

I was so fortunate to profile Miss Major for SF Weekly.

From her political education from the leaders of the Attica prison uprising and getting knocked out by a cop at Stonewall to performing in the Jewel Box Revue and founding TGIJP, she led an extraordinary life.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

you have to tell people what you want them to do. stop whining that "no one cares" about x, y, z.

Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide Thursday, October 16th at 10:30 am ET RSVP to attend:

Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide

Thursday, October 16th at 10:30 am ET

RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

14 of my husband’s employees didn’t show up today. One was detained over the weekend. He spends more time now discussing ICE than he does the business he’s running. Donald Trump has ruined American businesses.

A [short] History of U.S. Police & Tear Gas This is the 6th issue in Mariame Kaba's archival activations series. It was designed by Cindy Lau (October 2024).

I have a zine I published this year that focuses on US policing and tear gas: issuu.com/projectnia/d...

Devastated and undone but celebrating that we got to be on the planet at the same time as our beloved Major.

May we all be as unwavering In the face of fascism as she remained.

Sending love to the rest of the family.

probably will do this someday, but dont you wanna know what I’m thinking about?

Perhaps you don't feel ready for this step... Well there are Friends of the Library groups that can use volunteers. Check out this new zine about FOLs: www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...

FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort Hello! You're filling out this form because you've expressed interest in running for or seeking appointment to a local library board seat in your community (or because you're a serving trustee who'd l...

Are you considering seeking appointment or running for a seat on your local library board? Are you on the Left(s)? Apply to join FTP's Library Board Candidate cohort which will launch in Feb 2026: forms.gle/RuTxVLjvnX8K...

I love hearing from those of you who are attending library board meetings, joining your Friends of the Library boards, and running for/seeking appointment to your library boards. Holler at me especially if you also want to write something for FTP's newsletter!

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

Please watch as you are able.

I sometimes say its been a horrible hard year, hard for my partner, hard on everybody close. Hard in that i might have had more than half a dozen er visits, hard because i still dont feel great.

And also I just made my own avocado toast in my own home. Its been so much worse for so many others.

I've been told that this 2019 fundraiser for Miss Major started after her stroke is where anyone who might want to contribute to the expenses of her family in the immediate future should contribute: fundly.com/missmajor - It will stay open for the time being.

The Pittsburgh Zine Fair will take place at The Kingsley Association on Sunday, October 19th, 2025... 🎉

More info: www.pghzinefair.com

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

How would a speculative essay wondering what would happen to an Elon Musk if he were she go over? I guess I can only attempt and see.

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

"They've warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic's AI training now threatens to "financially ruin" the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement."

Good. Let them.

I've said it before but people in the future are going to have a better understanding of the 17th-19th centuries than the 20th-21st centuries. Why? PAPER [the most durable technology invented by humans]

a good kitty, who isnt mine