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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli

@banditelli.org

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Professional labor photographer. Unions for all. Birds. Whales. Cats. Hydration. Maybe a dash of democratic socialism. Not necessarily in that order. Too much optimism for the current moment. Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 25d

Our enemies are cowards and we're going to defeat them.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25d

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 21m

I'm at a rest stop and there are abunch of ravens zipping, as much as ravens can zip, but I'm top tired and need to actually rest. 🪶

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 30m

Better than nothing, thanks!

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 46m

Ya that's not how rats run

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 47m

Given the lack of comet roll, here's some moon roll.

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 52m

I don't think ill chase this one. I got too much stuff going on and not enough energy, best shots will be in full scenes and I don't have the skys.

An out of focus noisy picture of a comment , I got a couple dozen shots that I'll stack when I get home but nothing nearly as good as what other people have been getting

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 17h

I hope this little dude never outgrows the part of his personality that says “if you see an open human hand, that’s where your tiny face should go”. He does it literally all the time. If I present my hand to him and he’s not super hyper (even if he is sometimes), he just puts his head there.

A little ferret with his little head in my hand

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1h

Doing some bad roadside comet photography. Definitely don't have the lens for this one!

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Randy Bryce @ironstache.bsky.social · 10h

Appreciate some beauty today.

Thank you @banditelli.org

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 11h

It's easy to be a doomer tonight.

So I won't be. 🪶

A western goal watching the sunset from Shore . Image taken, I don't know, 9 months ago?

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 11h

Man you've been night posting hard lately.

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 11h

It's easy to be a doomer tonight.

So I won't be. 🪶

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 17h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 11h

Oh yall didn't even text me we were doing this again 😭

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 19h

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 11h

Dave missing out on some prime airplane in front of sun content with all them clouds.

Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 15h

Air traffic controllers across the nation will soon miss their first paycheck because of the Republican shutdown. Many of these families live paycheck to paycheck. They can’t afford to be pawns in Republicans’ political games.

It’s time the GOP finished their vacations and reopened the government.

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The Witch in the Woods @pinkleryu28.bsky.social · Aug 13

Reasons why I type slow: birb

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Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 13h

Thank you. And here's your change.

Two red-crested cardinals on a patch of grass, with two zebra doves behind them

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Tracy for Kenmore @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 14h

Duckling joy 🐥😍

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

Alright I'm offline for a couple of hours. Please accept this duckling as compensation. 🪶

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14h

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14h

Plenty more to come!

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · May 1

My favorite vermillion flycatchers put their nest in a location I could film from a distance.

I have 2.74 TBs, 452 videos, and 16,919 stills to edit.

I won't for months, but as a Bluesky exclusive and to show my appreciation for everyone showing up on #MayDay, here's my 2nd favorite moment🪶

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 14h

Plenty more to come!

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h

It's true

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h

Haha

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h

Oh the first couple days out of the nest are WEIRD, but also it creates some of the cutest bird photography ever. Sadly I didn't have much time this year to capture it. I spent 40 hours during my work week with them in the nest so didn't have time for buddy flycatcher season

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · May 1

We're in my favorite era of a vermilion flycatchers life which I call "buddy flycatcher season" - these are the days following leaving the nest where they juveniles CAN fly, but CAN NOT catch, so their pudgy little selves just sit in trees begging, often nudging against their sibling 🥰😭🪶🐣

An adult male feeding a juvenile with its mouth open

A juvenile with its mouth opening leans on top of its sibling

To juveniles scrunch next to each other with their mouth open begging for food that will never come or at least not from the next couple minutes

A juvenile with its mouth still open even though the mother already fed it as the mother flies away

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17h

Both parents feed the chicks tho

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