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Rachael Berkey

@bookoisseur.bsky.social
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I know the machines aren’t yet *that* smart because my phone would have started autocorrecting duck to fuck just to mess with me by now if they were.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It happened to me. No one could find a birthday card at the last second and my dragon-style hoard of cards yielded a perfect corgi butt birthday card for the occasion. Don’t tell me I have impulse control problems.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I built my first web tool today. I used to just know enough to be a problem for IT (thanks LiveJournal!) but now I will be a menace!
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Yzma's Evil Laugh in The Emperor's New Groove
ALT: Yzma's Evil Laugh in The Emperor's New Groove
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Wow this sucks www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
publishersweekly.com
HarperCollins Partners with ‘AI-Powered’ Animation House Toonstar
The publisher will co-produce animated YouTube series based on select titles through a “creator-led” process that employs Toonstar’s proprietary AI production technology, beginning with Lisa Greenwald...
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Is there a way to tell Apple Music I like dancey music but not the heavy synth beat that sets my teeth on edge and feels like it's going to give me a panic attack? Like how do I teach the algorithm that?
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I'm just a girl standing in front of the bakery in her hometown, writing cloying emails, begging them to give her a recipe for her favorite cookie please.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
in my heart I know that Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to play Zohran Mamdani on SNL so bad it physically hurts him
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
TIME
FOR A LITTLE TREAT
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Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
They were all good people who brought so much light to our lives. The world is a much dimmer place without them.
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Alexa Heinrich (she/her) @alexaheinrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I don't typically mourn celebrities or famous people. They're strangers that I don't actually know. But like with Mr. Rogers, Steve Irwin, and Robin Williams, I feel a genuine sadness over Jane Goodall's passing.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 01/10/2025
RT if you agree that the deli should let me take a bath in the everything seasoning at the bottom of the bagel rack
Big rack of bagels at the deli, the bottom shelf contains a massive pile of everything seasoning
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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 30/09/2025
Earlier this month, U.S. House candidate @katmabu.bsky.social, 26, was involved in a confrontation at an ICE rally that went viral. “If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.” Read more ⤵️
teenvogue.com
Inside Gen Z Candidate Kat Abughazaleh's Viral ICE Rally Tear-Gassing: "Fascism 101"
“If they are willing to do this to a congressional candidate in front of a bunch of press, imagine what they're doing behind boarded-up windows.”
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
PBS bringing back Reading Rainbow is THE BEST NEWS ALL YEAR.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 16/09/2025
Tech giants have spent more than $100 billion on data center construction just this summer in the name of “progress”- but this new report from @mediajustice.bsky.social reveals just how much the opposite of that is happening in Southern communities: mediajustice.org/resource/the...
mediajustice.org
The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South - MediaJustice
Tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta have spent more than $100 billion on data center construction just this summer, and data centers are expected to pass total US consumer spending as...
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Look I know sometimes the internet is dumb, and yes, AI drains resources, but I also love that I can now wonder "Hmmmm can I get a soda I like at the game tonight?" and Google can tell me without scrolling that yes, Citifield has Coke products, not Pepsi. The fountain Diet Coke better be delicious.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 14/09/2025
“The BBC has documented at least half a dozen first-hand, devastating accounts in areas where USAID-supported clinics have shut down.” www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
BBC investigates Afghan maternal deaths after US aid cuts
The BBC hears devastating accounts of Afghan mothers and babies dying after US-backed clinics shut.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
chocolate covered pretzels are the best afternoon snack
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"No bookstore that PW has reached out to has been as adversely impacted as @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, which specializes in diverse and intersectional literature ... Sales are down 65% since August 11." you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty
publishersweekly.com
Washington D.C. Indies Contend With Police and Military Presence
The Trump administration’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., last month is impacting sales and foot traffic to various degrees at indie bookstores across the city.
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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
huffpost.com
They Spent Years Covering L.A.'s Taco Scene. When ICE Raids Began, They Were Ready.
"It's very personal to me," Memo Torres told HuffPost. "L.A. is home. So you attack my home, you’re attacking my people."
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I just love capitalism.* * The government paying private companies to perform a government function and then on top of that giving them a financial incentive to perform it maliciously and harm people.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 27/08/2025
~this week in security~ is my weekly cybersecurity newsletter, featuring: 🗞️ all the news you need to know 😁 the happy corner of good news 🐈 a reader-submitted cyber cat (or friend) 👀 no email open/link trackers 🌏 read by email, online, or RSS 🔐 plus exclusive analysis & more for premium subscribers
this.weekinsecurity.com
~this week in security~
a weekly cybersecurity newsletter by Zack Whittaker, plus articles and more.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Really missing Google Reader in this age of Substack.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I made this today, and it was so good, I’ve now texted it or messaged it to at least a dozen friends. munchingwithmariyah.com/roast-pepper...
munchingwithmariyah.com
Roast Pepper Pasta Salad | Munching with Mariyah
This roast pepper pasta salad is a classic pasta salad that takes full advantage of summer produce like sweet peppers and cherry tomatoes.
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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Flame and I are sooo excited to share a first peek at The Day Leap Soared, featuring breathtaking gouache paintings by @oliviawhen.com!!
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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 21/08/2025
This is an interesting use of AI that could actually make life a little easier for people who have difficult jobs. But we’ll see how it plays out.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Someone stole my umbrella during intermission at Wicked tonight. Which was truly wicked. And incredibly annoying. It was a really good umbrella.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Head colds in August should be taken out back and shot.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I wonder what threats Taylor writes into the NDAs for pretty much her whole team. 🤔
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 13/08/2025
Wyoming newspaper executives Robb and Jen Hicks and Rob Mortimore announced Tuesday they’ve reached an agreement to purchase eight local newspapers and will keep them running after an out-of-state corporate owner shuttered them without warning last week. wyofile.com/longtime-wyo...
wyofile.com
Longtime Wyoming newspaper executives to buy, reopen eight shuttered newspapers - WyoFile
Overjoyed newsroom staff in communities across Wyoming are back on the job with pay after corporate closure laid off 30 employees.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/08/2025
The Chelmsford, Mass., court has hemorrhaged judges, a consequence of the Trump administration's seemingly contradictory efforts to downsize the federal government and increase immigration arrests.
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Inside one of the most understaffed immigration courts in the country
The Chelmsford, Mass., court has hemorrhaged judges, a consequence of the Trump administration's seemingly contradictory efforts to downsize the federal government and increase immigration arrests.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
My neighborhood sandwich spot is closing and my level of depression about it is what some might call worrisome. THINGS CHANGE. But not *MY* things. My things should stay the same.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I can hardly handle how many books I've read this year. It's not anymore than I've read *in a year* in the past. But it's only July.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well. forward.com/opinion/7575...
forward.com
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
primary every democrat
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Being my friend means you signed up for text messages at 9am on a Sunday. I won’t apologize.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 11/07/2025
Oh fuck this
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NPR @npr.org · 08/07/2025
The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.
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Migrants deported from U.S. to Salvadoran prison remain under U.S. control
The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process." My latest:
thehandbasket.co
FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
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The Cavalcade Of Asshats Murders Civilians For Sport @mers0274.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
YOU CANNOT SEND EMERGENCY MESSAGES ON PLATFORMS WITH ALGORITHMS DESIGNED TO FILTER THINGS OUT
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Faff (Fawful’s Wife) @faffreux.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
My sister got a new kitten and it immediately decided to loaf on a watermelon and bless us with this picture.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 30/06/2025
Netflix teams up with NASA to boost its live TV offering
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Netflix teams up with NASA to boost its live TV offering | TechCrunch
Netflix and NASA announced a new partnership that will bring live space programming to the streamer later this summer. 
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
In Tommy Tuberville's home state of Alabama, 23% of all personal income comes from transfer payments from the federal government. Alabama is the tenth most dependent on federal funding, getting $1.80 in spending back for every $1 its citizens pay in taxes. www.al.com/politics/202...
al.com
Tuberville says ‘inner city rats’ live off the American taxpayers: Trump should send them ‘back home’
"These inner city rats, they live on the federal government," Tuberville said in the interview.
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I know this analogy isn't perfect, but I can't help wondering when, in the 1932/33 timeframe, average Germans started looking around and saying, "Ooooooo, we screwed up." And then when it finally dawned on them they should've acted long before that moment.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 27/06/2025
Sotomayor: Trump knew his birthright citizenship order was unconstitutional, so he went after the universal injunctions. "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
The Government does not ask for complete stays of the injunctions, as it ordinarily does before this Court. Why? The answer is obvious: To get such relief, the Government would have to show that the Order is likely constitutional, an impossible task in light of the Constitution’s text, history, this Court’s precedents, federal law, and Executive Branch practice. ...
The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. A majority of this Court decides that these applications, of all cases, provide the appropriate occasion to resolve the question of universal injunctions and end the centuries-old practice once and for all. In its rush to do so the Court disregards basic principles of equity as well as the long history of injunctive relief granted to non-parties.
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NPR @npr.org · 27/06/2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court limits universal injunctions issued by federal courts in birthright citizenship case decision
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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order
At issue was how the lower courts should handle President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, which limited citizenship only to children born of parents with permanent status to be in the U.S.
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Not me over here forwarding @alexanderchee.bsky.social’s newsletter to every single member of my family with a simple “thought you’d enjoy this one!” Readers forever!
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I feel like instead of cellphone lots, airports should have food truck lots like old school drive in diners so you can get snacks brought to your car while you wait. This idea brought to you from LGA and me saying out loud in an empty car “god I’d kill for some Dairy Queen right now.”
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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
These are concentration camps. They are hunting immigrants and anyone that looks vaguely Latiné and not meeting the most basic human rights protections.
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Today is the Dobbs anniversary. and relatedly here is a forthcoming project from me coming out on July 20 if that's of interest :)
plutobooks.com
Coercion
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the horrors inflicted by abortion bans began immediately and haven't stopped. These laws have become ...
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Rachael Berkey @bookoisseur.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I’ll turn my AC off when Vornado Realty Trust and Clear Channel turn off their ads in Times Square. ✌🏻
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