Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I was playing a game with my almost four year old where we were imagining people coming to a party at our house, and she told me about John Fuzzman, who would be bringing burritos because he’s a burrito cooker. “He’s real,” she assured me. This is the first time she’s invented a last name. 020
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I’m so bad at bluesky but YES the collab poetry workshop on 8/29 is going to be a lot of fun (no poetry experience required!), and I’m excited for Matt’s reverb talk on 8/27. Why not buy a pass to the Symposium and go to everything? 👀https://batherslibrary.cargo.site/summer-symposium-schedule-2026batherslibrary.cargo.siteSummer Symposium Schedule 2026 — Bathers Librarycargo.site 010
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzAlec Hamilton @alecchamilton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I am so excited about our event Weds! Come hang w/ @michael-hill.bsky.social, @kctrommer.bsky.social of QUEENSBOUND, @meralagish.bsky.social & some of our fave poets at @wnyc.org. The awesome @amyberko.bsky.social even made a zine for it! 🩵📻🩵 Register here (it's free!): wnyc.org/poetrymonth 075
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 29/03/2026it’s almost passover and that means it’s time for me to share this silly Haggadah insert I made of the four children as sesame street characters as a printable PDF static1.squarespace.com/static/64418... 021
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This piece from @charlespulliam.bsky.social interviewing Valerie Veatch is fascinating and also opens up a horrifying angle to the foundations of genAI I hadn’t quite put together so directlytheverge.comThe gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenicsGhost in the Machine director Valerie Veatch wants you to understand gen AI’s roots in race science. 27832
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzGlen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 13/02/2026There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.nbcnews.comEPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissionsThe agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being. 76398923956
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 09/02/2026When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured” www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.comAs AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body partsMedical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ... 11337292055
Reposted by Amy Berkowitzdeptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Perfect Tides: Station to Station comes out this Thursday m.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_r...m.youtube.comcub - New York City (Official Video)YouTube video by Mintrecs 1157
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzEmily Pinkerton ♿️ @poetryfriend.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Because @amyberko.bsky.social is a friend that truly sees me, she made me a Christmas ornament of this cover. It cannot be topped. 041
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 21/12/2025There's something so perverse in the way that Waymo uses San Francisco--and more generally, public space--as their hype ground for a technology that is not ready for primetime, has had multiple high-profile failures, and is poorly supported when infrastructure goes down. 35315
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Matt (@deptofmeteors.bsky.social) made a dreamy poetic board game called 'air light water moon shadow sky' and you can order it from Bathers Library today! And in a very Matt move he recorded drone music for players to listen to while playing (lap steel!). bathers-library.square.site/product/air-...bathers-library.square.siteBathers Library 010
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I'm making final (?) edits to a novel and it feels like being inside a sock that I'm darning various holes in / also kind of feels like being inside a cocoon. I guess the thing about sewing is that it doesn't matter how messy the inside is. Trying to figure out how I feel about being in the cocoon. 120
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzHope @hopeamico.com · 08/09/2025make a zine with me! online! pay what you can! in two weeks! register now. hopeamico.com/classes #zine #zinesky #collage #artclasshopeamico.comONLINE: Instant Zine (Pay What You Can) Sept 2025 — hope amicoSunday September 21 2-4 pm PST Online & recorded for participants. Introducing a monthly series for the rest of 2025: Pay What You Can Classes! Register here to save your spot, choose your ... 062
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 06/09/2025As you may know I love learning about what the other Amy Berkowitzs of the world are up to and this is a new plot twist for us! 020
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Destroying the planet in search of a computer program powerful enough to count the 'b's in blueberry 09631
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 20/08/2025There are still spots available in my virtual collaborative poetry writing workshop :) Writing collaboratively is a way to resist alienation, embrace interdependence, & reconnect with the pure pleasure of writing — I'm obsessed with it & you can be too! No poetry or collaboration experience needed. 062
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Writing about the importance of hijinks in cinema and song — post includes a link to my long awaited hijinks song playlist! open.substack.com/pub/writingg...open.substack.comIn praise of hijinks, part 1Death to gravitas, long live goofin' — celebrating Gravitas's second anniversary by appreciating its opposite. In part 1 of our hijinks deep dive, we're looking at hijinks movies and hijinks music. 010
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 23/07/2025What happens when we “animate [our] privacy with another person’s magic”? I'm leading a virtual collaborative poem writing workshop via @poetshouse.bsky.social on September 20 and I hope you'll join / spread the word! There are need-based scholarships available. poetshouse.org/event/magic-...poetshouse.orgRemote 3-Hour Workshop: Amy Berkowitz: The Magic of Collaborative Poetry9/20: We’ll experience the joy, play, and intimacy of collaborative writing and consider what is gained when we embrace interdependence. 032
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 10/07/2025A great song (that in my personal opinion could be one minute shorter), I hadn't thought of it in a long time and then my toddler fell down and wasn't really phased by it and a friend said "she's so tough!"youtube.comThe Demons, "She's So Tuff" - The Demons (1977)YouTube video by ShakinAllOver1 010
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzFlux 🤍🩶💜🖤 @fluxandflow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Need a reason to mask up? Here you go: whn.global/want-to-redu... Who are the World Health Network? The Lancet has info for you. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...whn.globalWant to Reduce Your Risk of Cancer? Heart Disease? Diabetes? Dementia? And More? Here's How. - WHNWhat if simple changes could significantly reduce your risk for serious illnesses, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and more? We all want to protect our health: eat better, move more... 145
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I'm excited to be hosting this workshop at Winslow House in Vallejo on 6/29! Read the description & sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... & please repost / share I personally think collaborative writing is the perfect antidote to the doom & isolation many of us are trying hard not to feel 💜 020
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Just realized that the reason I didn't get a grant 2 years ago is that I never submitted the application 😂 010
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 30/05/2025This is more of a blogpost post but have you ever noticed how much these songs sound the same? www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_0H... and ...youtube.comThe Feelies - Dancing BarefootYouTube video by Rachel Kaye 100
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Just reread the review a doctor wrote of Tender Points years ago and am cracking up at the line "Yet for all her truth telling, Berkowitz reaches some questionable conclusions about physicians and the field of medicine" 040
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzTerra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · 27/05/2025I recently received the proof copy of my latest poetry book, Itinerant Songs, and it was such an incredible feeling to hold this complete work in my hands after 8 years of slowly chipping away at it. Itinerant Songs is available to preorder here: www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it... 021
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Hi I really enjoyed writing this (my first substack post) and I hope you'll subscribe / check it out because I plan to enjoy writing more!writinggroup.substack.comWelcome to Writing GroupHave some hummus! 030
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Please tell me about your favorite collaboratively written poems! 020
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I don’t get the commotion about the new press that plans to focus on male writers. It’s unsurprising, inevitable, and frankly boring. Men have been doing stuff like this for years. No judgement if you wanna share the article online but may I suggest - we don’t have to give these guys more attention. 130
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Having a very charoset is basically a Luna bar Wednesday how about you 010
Reposted by Amy BerkowitzJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever: www.404media.co/nih-archives...404media.coMassive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost ForeverDays before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review." 18843492759
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 31/03/2025As long as we're talking about passover, we cook the same things almost every year - brisket*, asparagus, mashed potatoes, farfel. I yearn for change but also I love these things. Tell me your suggestions. 100
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I finally did it. I made a version of the four children with Sesame Street characters. Here's a PDF if you want to include it in your haggadah this year! static1.squarespace.com/static/64418... 519758
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 26/03/2025If your writing, like mine, was used to train Meta’s AI without your consent, you can fill out this form to let them know how you feel about it. I did it, it took less than 5 minutes. actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...actionnetwork.orgTell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your WorkI just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own. 031
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I was at a bookstore today and someone was roaming the aisles while talking very loudly on the phone about how they wanted a haircut but haircuts were too expensive and how their nonbinary friends don't get along with their trans friends. And I wouldn't be telling you this except they were SO LOUD! 3220
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Come see me read in Oakland on Saturday afternoon! I’m going to read the art gallery scene from my novel, which I don’t think I’ve ever read before, and I get to read it in an actual art gallery! 030
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 03/03/2025There's a huge audience eager for more accessible mass acts of protest (evidenced by the one-day boycott) and I feel like we could be doing more to serve this audience and on-ramp them into getting more involved. 1/ 250
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Every time I drive across the bridge I become more and more convinced that fastrak or invoice is a great band name 120
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 01/03/2025I can't believe how many people are patting themselves on the back for participating in a fake one-day "boycott" when they could be doing something really USEFUL AND RADICAL like criticizing this boycott on social media without providing any alternative suggestions for taking action!!! 040
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I read that essay about “bad poetry” and I feel like Lester Bangs here but let’s pay attention what we’re losing when we equate “emotional directness” with “cringe.” I really do believe that there are some things you just have to SAY and there is no inherent superiority to “self-aware restraint.” 060
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Aww it's an honor. It felt good to put these complicated feelings into words and I'm glad they're resonating with you and your group. 040
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Poets! I want to hear about the methods you've used for writing collaboratively. 90% of my collaborative writing has been in the form of exquisite corpse sonnets but I know there are so many other ways. Tell me! 481
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Reposting this article the great @sahotchkiss.bsky.social wrote about Light Jacket if you want a little more context about what we’re about. 1141
Amy Berkowitz @amyberko.bsky.social · 25/01/2025First Light Jacket event flyer on bsky, bb! @lucidtraversal.bsky.social and I have been hosting this outdoor reading series in SF for almost 2 years and it’s a lot of fun. I’ll post again closer to the event to announce the location. See you there! 0130