Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli
@banditelli.org
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
Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
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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.
Our enemies are cowards and we're going to defeat them.
It's a beautiful day to organize the working class 🥰
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's a beautiful day to organize the working class 🥰
Another last minute sunrise for Brett Banditelli DON'T FUCK WITH ME RED LIGHTS
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another last minute sunrise for Brett Banditelli DON'T FUCK WITH ME RED LIGHTS
Get out your morning squees
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Get out your morning squees
There's a simple way to not separate a mother from her child when she shows up to a government meeting.
ICE agents chose otherwise.
ICE agents chose otherwise.
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
There's a simple way to not separate a mother from her child when she shows up to a government meeting.
ICE agents chose otherwise.
ICE agents chose otherwise.
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Good morning, Bluesky.
To whom it may concern:
Please excuse [name redacted]’s tardiness today. Her obsessive mother could not tear herself away from the sunrise.
Yours,
The Obsessive Mother
To whom it may concern:
Please excuse [name redacted]’s tardiness today. Her obsessive mother could not tear herself away from the sunrise.
Yours,
The Obsessive Mother
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good morning, Bluesky.
To whom it may concern:
Please excuse [name redacted]’s tardiness today. Her obsessive mother could not tear herself away from the sunrise.
Yours,
The Obsessive Mother
To whom it may concern:
Please excuse [name redacted]’s tardiness today. Her obsessive mother could not tear herself away from the sunrise.
Yours,
The Obsessive Mother
Dumb question: do rats crawl? Or better, do people THINK rats crawl? Or are they more a scamper? General rat based narrative question.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Dumb question: do rats crawl? Or better, do people THINK rats crawl? Or are they more a scamper? General rat based narrative question.
"Too tired to be working at 3:30am,but great time for breakfast" - cats/me
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Too tired to be working at 3:30am,but great time for breakfast" - cats/me
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
Case in point.
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Case in point.
Pretty wild I've captured 2 of the prettiest scenes in my life the past 2 weeks
Earlier in the year I drove 9600 miles to do Milky Way photography.
Between that, work, my health, and the terrors, I'm exhausted.
I promised myself no more trips over 100 miles from home for the year, unless critical for the union.
I broke that promise Saturday.
Worth it.
Final version. 🪶
Between that, work, my health, and the terrors, I'm exhausted.
I promised myself no more trips over 100 miles from home for the year, unless critical for the union.
I broke that promise Saturday.
Worth it.
Final version. 🪶
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Pretty wild I've captured 2 of the prettiest scenes in my life the past 2 weeks
We think about what dinosaurs might have looked like but what if half of them looked like this?
From last June: for a week or so a group of surf scoters were chilling on the sand in Moss Landing, CA. It's a rarity for surf scoters, but they seemed perfectly fine. And hilarious. Look at those clown ass feet and faces! #birds
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
We think about what dinosaurs might have looked like but what if half of them looked like this?
I still can't believe the coloration of the water I wanna cry watching this 😭
Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I still can't believe the coloration of the water I wanna cry watching this 😭
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Took a detour on my way home from the city today to look for snowy owls and lucked into one just before sunset. They're such beautiful birds. #birds 🌿
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Took a detour on my way home from the city today to look for snowy owls and lucked into one just before sunset. They're such beautiful birds. #birds 🌿
From last June: for a week or so a group of surf scoters were chilling on the sand in Moss Landing, CA. It's a rarity for surf scoters, but they seemed perfectly fine. And hilarious. Look at those clown ass feet and faces! #birds
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
From last June: for a week or so a group of surf scoters were chilling on the sand in Moss Landing, CA. It's a rarity for surf scoters, but they seemed perfectly fine. And hilarious. Look at those clown ass feet and faces! #birds
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Baristas at Starbucks aren’t getting enough hours to pay the bills or qualify for benefits. It’s time for Starbucks executives to bring forth new proposals that address
@sbworkersunited.org demands so unionized baristas can all move forward. #NoContractNoCoffee
@sbworkersunited.org demands so unionized baristas can all move forward. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Baristas at Starbucks aren’t getting enough hours to pay the bills or qualify for benefits. It’s time for Starbucks executives to bring forth new proposals that address
@sbworkersunited.org demands so unionized baristas can all move forward. #NoContractNoCoffee
@sbworkersunited.org demands so unionized baristas can all move forward. #NoContractNoCoffee
not happy to end my day posting about chuck schumer. gotta find up an unpublished bird.
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
not happy to end my day posting about chuck schumer. gotta find up an unpublished bird.
Well I'll be damned. Guess we're posting good tonight!
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Well I'll be damned. Guess we're posting good tonight!
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Some beauts in this thread
Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Some beauts in this thread
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Scene: Thanksgiving at Grandma's, entire family present (70+ppl), all us cousins are playing outside. My cousin Robbie throws a football, it goes wild, and smacks Aunt Sue straight in the face. Breaks her nose. An important fact about Aunt Sue is she is the most miserable, horrible, awful, 🧵
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Scene: Thanksgiving at Grandma's, entire family present (70+ppl), all us cousins are playing outside. My cousin Robbie throws a football, it goes wild, and smacks Aunt Sue straight in the face. Breaks her nose. An important fact about Aunt Sue is she is the most miserable, horrible, awful, 🧵
This is even bigger than when the AARP held a town hall with Bernie Sanders and it turned out all their members wanted to end private health insurance.
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This is even bigger than when the AARP held a town hall with Bernie Sanders and it turned out all their members wanted to end private health insurance.
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Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Parks Service Union Movement Spreads to Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree
Employees in dozens of park units are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Favorite .8 seconds today.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Favorite .8 seconds today.
My name is Brett Banditelli and I utterly failed to feed and hydrate myself today. 80% goode.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My name is Brett Banditelli and I utterly failed to feed and hydrate myself today. 80% goode.
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In the running for "Overreaction of the Year Award," CEO Brian Niccol has barricaded his office to avoid striking baristas getting anywhere near him.
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In the running for "Overreaction of the Year Award," CEO Brian Niccol has barricaded his office to avoid striking baristas getting anywhere near him.
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
No matter. We'll be waiting right out front when you're ready to talk, Brian!
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If you don’t follow Banditelli you are missing the most amazing content. It’s a shame he doesn’t have more reach.
Ok one more video. the most beautiful fluke I've seen. edited for EXTRA BEAUTY!!!
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If you don’t follow Banditelli you are missing the most amazing content. It’s a shame he doesn’t have more reach.