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Barry Bergman

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Debut novel, Proles, out now from Serving House Books. More here: barryjbergman.com

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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just posted: a fantastic review of my debut novel, Proles, in the Hollywood Progressive. (And yes, I'm willing to discuss movie deals ...) hollywoodprogressive.com/literature/s...
screenshot of Hollywood Progressive review of Proles
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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Renewable fuel refinery workers aren't covered by CA safety rules for petroleum refineries. But making biofuels is just as dangerous and nearly killed a man at the plant where workers have been striking to get more staff and safer working conditions, so another worker doesn't nearly burn to death.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
So I haven't finished my novel-in-progress, I'm not yet fluent in Spanish, and I still can't fold a fitted sheet. But it's nice to know the past year hasn't been a total waste
notification of 365-day streak in Wordle
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Trump's takeaway: From this day forward, all statues to honor my greatness shall show off my beautiful pecs
nytimes.com
Xi Warned of the ‘Thucydides Trap.’ What Is It?
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Relatedly, almost every day I get an AI-generated marketing pitch for my novel that totally nails it. Question: If we can teach AI to read and write books, why can't we teach it to buy them? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Who’s a Better Writer: A.I. or Humans? Take Our Quiz. (Gift Article)
A.I. chatbots contain the sum of all human knowledge. That can make them pretty good writers.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Down to one, and counting...
The Bill of Rights, with every amendment but the third X'd out
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror." --M. Gessen
nytimes.com
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Amazon nixed a video of me reading from my book on the grounds that it violated community standards. I'm assuming this was in reaction to a line that refers to the protagonist as "a white man, more or less, in America"--an expression not of hatred, but of privilege. Buy books from real booksellers.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
history rhymes, sometimes
headline: Trump says he's asking Justice Dept. to investigate Epstein's ties to slee of high-profile figures 

headline: Simpson offers reward to finder of the 'resl killer"
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
my bad, forgot to attach a cat pic...
two cats, seemingly joined at the hip
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Pretty much over Bluesky, thinking about starting a free Substack to, y'know, actually connect with other humans. Any #authors out there who've tried it: Pros? Cons? Success/horror stories? #WritingCommunity (such as it is)
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
in which MAGA gets schooled on the Streisand effect... wapo.st/3JAzLjz
wapo.st
N.C. GOP spokesman urges reporter to drop news story, citing Trump ties
Communications director Matt Mercer later said in a social media post that Trump should “feed ProPublica to the USAID wood chipper.”
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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
spjnorcal.org
SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners « SPJ NorCal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This just in: an interview with myself about my new novel, Proles. Tough, but fair. Enjoy! #WritingCommunity (such as it is) www.barryjbergman.com/interviewwit...
barryjbergman.com
interview with myself — proles
interview Proles Bergman
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
John Smoltz is the Pete Hegseth of baseball announcing.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
What are the odds he invites her to the White House, asks to fondle her 18-karat gold medal, and NEVER GIVES IT BACK? www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/t...
cnbc.com
Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado praises Trump after White House criticizes snub
Some of Trump's Republican allies have called for him to get the Nobel Peace Prize, though the nomination deadline passed early in his current term.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The post below got 63 likes and 3 reposts. Have I mentioned that my novel features a cat?
2 kittens sitting on a pillow under a window
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It's come to my attention that the #writingcommunity hashtag is good for exactly zero (0) likes, comments, and reposts on #BlueSky (research shows it's not just me) #cats
two cats lounging in a bay window, one of them on an upper shelf
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
My comments with @lizagross.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...
insideclimatenews.org
RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases - Inside Climate News
Trump administration cuts to programs that study, track and prevent infectious diseases many Americans have never heard of could spell disaster, experts say.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Why JD Vance probably thinks he's a good person
nytimes.com
Opinion | Totalitarianism Can Be Terrifying. It Can Also Be Thrilling. He Taught Us Why.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
simultaneously enchanted and repelled
nytimes.com
‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow-Up. Cue the Pitchforks.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
delivery day
photo of the author with his book, Proles, in the foreground
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
It's out... #writingcommunity
Today in prehistory:
his nibs get snookered (again) by vlad
PROLES gets released by Serving House Books
A steal at $14.95
(or let's make a deal)
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Totally agree. This story linking Malaria to Jeffrey Epstein MUST NOT be dissseminated any further. bit.ly/45lLBq0
bit.ly
Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein
First lady threatens to sue Joe Biden’s son after he said sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Starting a GoFundMe campaign to airdrop copies of Slaughterhouse 5 into this arrogant prick's crucifix-shaped swimming pool. (Not my first choice of location, for the record.) Who's with me? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing
Mike Huckabee launches undiplomatic harangue after UK prime minister calls for immediate ceasefire
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The world's blowing up, the country's on the brink, and Bluesky's all but useless for promoting books. And yet, I persist. Coming next week, like it or not...
He signaled his boredom by using his T-shirt to polish his pie-shaped lenses, a style of eyewear the masses associated less with Lenin's man Trotsky than Lennon of Liverpool...
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
2 weeks from today, barring an industrial accident... #booksky #writingcommunity #postingintothevoid
Coming soon from
Serving House Books

The smelter... was a cavernous, ramshackle Big Top featuring spark-spewing furnaces, splashing cauldrons dangled from cranes like murderous marionettes, rapids of liquid fire tumbling down in harrowing dayglo ribbons. Danger was everywhere, lurking beneath the dull roar and the rotten-eggs stench. Everything black and orange, darkness and firelight, a waking nightmare Halloween.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Assuming books are still legal in August... #booksky #writingcommunity
Book cover reads "Proles, a novel. Barry Bergman." Text: Proles is set in the days of Watergate--days of social tensions, cultural turmoil, and conspiracies and scandal in high places.

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." --Mark Twain (perhaps)
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 17/07/2025
It looks like we have some new friends, which means it’s time to reintroduce ourselves. 🥳 Hi! We’re Bookshop.org, an alternative to Amazon for buying books online where every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
wonder if it's too late for me to start learning to play the spoons #badcareerchoices
youtu.be
Union Maid (Red Wing) - Spoon Lady and the Tater Boys ft. Lyle Rickards - Union Songs
YouTube video by Abby the Spoon Lady
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
My latest unscientific survey suggests that #writingcommunity, #amwriting, #amquerying, #books, and other such #author- related hashtags are the kiss of death for Bluesky posts. Watch this space for updates.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
probably should have mentioned upfront that the main character has a #cat
black cat and gray cat sharing a pillow under a window
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Before I started writing for a living I worked for two years (and two months, but who's counting) in an Arizona copper smelter. And now this, coming soon from Serving House Books:
"Proles, a novel. Barry Bergman" in all-caps red letters on a black banner being held against a red background. The yellow rays of a stylized sun on the horizon poke through the background.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“He never published anyone because they would sell,” Ms. Martin, his wife, said. “He published them because he liked their work.”
nytimes.com
John Martin, Devoted Publisher of Literary Rebels, Dies at 94
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The "hero" of PROLES, my upcoming NOVEL, works in this Important Industry in an era when AMERICA was ruled by a CORRUPT "Leader" named Nixon. Total coincidence! Enjoy!
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Let it be known that owing to consistently anemic engagement on this platform, I hereby renounce all thoughts, hopes and dreams of ever becoming a social media influencer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. [gratuitous cat pic attached]
gratuitous cat pic
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
If my math is correct, the 10 most recent posts in my #writingcommunity timeline have a total of 6 likes. [gratuitous cat pic attached to boost engagement]
two cats seen through a screen window
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The Gulf of America
Mike Johnson and other Republicans with a sign that says "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Happy to report that my upcoming 70,000-word novel, Proles, doesn't contain a single semi-colon. (Fans of em-dashes, OTOH--I know you're out there--will not be disappointed.)
wapo.st
Opinion | This punctuation mark is semi-dead. People have thoughts.
No other bit of punctuation causes such a fuss.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
US ECONOMY OBLITERATED!
eedition.sfchronicle.com
Economy in first quarter contracts amid trade wars
Economy in first quarter contracts amid trade wars
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Fiction lovers of every gender: Keep an eye out for my upcoming novel, Proles. THE FUTURE OF MEN IS IN YOUR HANDS
nytimes.com
Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Reupping: It's getting closer (and hotter)
KC Green meme of dog in burning house: "So I have a book coming out"
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Haven't tried it yet myself but I have the distinct impression that social media is a lousy way to sell books. Thoughts? #booksky
gratuitous photo of a black kitten and a gray kitten parked on a blanket by a window
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Santa Monica
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"We are staying here to liberate the city from ... this mayor" is how you announce a coup
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
totally normal
nbclosangeles.com
Video: Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem news conference
Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference Thursday morning with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
“Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy.. sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while.” --DJ $trump
theguardian.com
Musk calls for Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalates
Former adviser taunts president over links to Epstein while Trump threatens to cancel contracts for Musk companies
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
My comments with @lizagross.bsky.social in @insideclimatenews.org on a recent paper in @plosclimate.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0406202...
insideclimatenews.org
Heat Waves Are Changing Disease Dynamics in Unpredictable Ways, New Research Finds - Inside Climate News
Scientists are just beginning to understand how extreme weather can give pathogens an upper hand, underscoring the urgent need for the type of research canceled by the Trump administration.
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Dissenting opinion: "Mountainhead" is NOT "savagely funny." It's not savage. And it's not funny. It's boring. And disappointing.
nytimes.com
‘Mountainhead’ Review: While We Go Down, They Bro Down
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Barry Bergman @barrybergman.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I assume from this that $trump was executed and replaced by a robot clone
Screenshot of Rolling Stone article headlined BIZARRE CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT BIDEN WAS EXECUTED AND REPLACED BY A ROBOT CLONE: "Democrats don't know the difference," claimed a Truth Social post that the president shared
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