Don Brown
@gettheflick.bsky.social
Retired ATC (ZTL) -- NATCA founding member
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
Amateur Photographer
Joe Biden Democrat
Should have been a cowboy.
Ask an ATC question (or about a Photography Park) at your peril.
The man is an inspiration.
Find the smart people of your generation. Pay attention. Figure out which ones are right and which ones aren't. Not perfect. The ones that admit when they're wrong. They are the ones you want to listen to. They have the opinions you can trust.
Then, BELIEVE THEM.
Find the smart people of your generation. Pay attention. Figure out which ones are right and which ones aren't. Not perfect. The ones that admit when they're wrong. They are the ones you want to listen to. They have the opinions you can trust.
Then, BELIEVE THEM.
Chief Justice John Roberts turns 71 today.
Two decades ago, I warned the Senate that confirming Roberts to the Supreme Court would be a disaster for working people.
I'm sad to say I was proven right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5kmPdRJLw
Two decades ago, I warned the Senate that confirming Roberts to the Supreme Court would be a disaster for working people.
I'm sad to say I was proven right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir5kmPdRJLw
How SCOTUS shapes economic rights for the little guy with Robert Reich
My testimony at John Roberts’ confirmation hearing.
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The man is an inspiration.
Find the smart people of your generation. Pay attention. Figure out which ones are right and which ones aren't. Not perfect. The ones that admit when they're wrong. They are the ones you want to listen to. They have the opinions you can trust.
Then, BELIEVE THEM.
Find the smart people of your generation. Pay attention. Figure out which ones are right and which ones aren't. Not perfect. The ones that admit when they're wrong. They are the ones you want to listen to. They have the opinions you can trust.
Then, BELIEVE THEM.
Always worth your time. Read.
Minnesota's leaders rise to the level of the state's people.
By me. (Most before paywall.)
fallows.substack.com/p/were-no-lo...
By me. (Most before paywall.)
fallows.substack.com/p/were-no-lo...
“We’re No Longer Having a Political Debate. We’re Having a Moral Debate.”
The federal killings in Minneapolis have revealed some people in authority as cruel, lying cowards. The crisis has proven many other people to be generous, compassionate, and brave. Some examples.
fallows.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Always worth your time. Read.
I signed it. Indivisible is getting the job done, even here in #Alabama.
Yes, I know Tuberville and Brit (and Dale Strong) will never go for it. But they'll know we're out here. And getting stronger.
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Yes, I know Tuberville and Brit (and Dale Strong) will never go for it. But they'll know we're out here. And getting stronger.
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good. These killings are a dire...
act.indivisible.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I signed it. Indivisible is getting the job done, even here in #Alabama.
Yes, I know Tuberville and Brit (and Dale Strong) will never go for it. But they'll know we're out here. And getting stronger.
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Yes, I know Tuberville and Brit (and Dale Strong) will never go for it. But they'll know we're out here. And getting stronger.
Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
Two Black guys pressure-washing my house. Great guys. Did a great job. They were packing up and we were just talking. I don't know how it came up but they were both ex-military and both owned AR-15s.
"How about you? Do you have one?"
"Nope. I have a camera."
They thought that was funny.
"How about you? Do you have one?"
"Nope. I have a camera."
They thought that was funny.
“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Two Black guys pressure-washing my house. Great guys. Did a great job. They were packing up and we were just talking. I don't know how it came up but they were both ex-military and both owned AR-15s.
"How about you? Do you have one?"
"Nope. I have a camera."
They thought that was funny.
"How about you? Do you have one?"
"Nope. I have a camera."
They thought that was funny.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Thank God some folks in the U.K. have The Flick.
And I'd bet my bottom dollar, Putin's fingerprints are all over the world's flirtation with the right wing.
Troll farms, Cambridge Analytica, Orban, Golden Dawn, Brexit, etc.
"Cambridge Analytica...was a British political consulting firm...
And I'd bet my bottom dollar, Putin's fingerprints are all over the world's flirtation with the right wing.
Troll farms, Cambridge Analytica, Orban, Golden Dawn, Brexit, etc.
"Cambridge Analytica...was a British political consulting firm...
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Thank God some folks in the U.K. have The Flick.
And I'd bet my bottom dollar, Putin's fingerprints are all over the world's flirtation with the right wing.
Troll farms, Cambridge Analytica, Orban, Golden Dawn, Brexit, etc.
"Cambridge Analytica...was a British political consulting firm...
And I'd bet my bottom dollar, Putin's fingerprints are all over the world's flirtation with the right wing.
Troll farms, Cambridge Analytica, Orban, Golden Dawn, Brexit, etc.
"Cambridge Analytica...was a British political consulting firm...
"Take Your Dragon"
Please remember to take your dragon when you leave the park. A kid in a costume figures out he’s being left behind in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
195mm
F6.3@1/80th
ISO 6,400
DSB_4906.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Please remember to take your dragon when you leave the park. A kid in a costume figures out he’s being left behind in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
195mm
F6.3@1/80th
ISO 6,400
DSB_4906.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
"Take Your Dragon"
Please remember to take your dragon when you leave the park. A kid in a costume figures out he’s being left behind in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
195mm
F6.3@1/80th
ISO 6,400
DSB_4906.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Please remember to take your dragon when you leave the park. A kid in a costume figures out he’s being left behind in Big Spring Park, Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
195mm
F6.3@1/80th
ISO 6,400
DSB_4906.JPG
©Don Brown 2026
#photography
Reposted by Don Brown
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
Attention #Huntsville #Alabama
The 2026 slate is HERE! 🚨
From @jasmineforus.bsky.social to @padoraforco.bsky.social, we’re backing the builders, the fighters, and the truth-tellers. 🏛️✊
It’s time for a government that works as hard as you do.
From @jasmineforus.bsky.social to @padoraforco.bsky.social, we’re backing the builders, the fighters, and the truth-tellers. 🏛️✊
It’s time for a government that works as hard as you do.
January 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Attention #Huntsville #Alabama
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Reposted by Don Brown
🛑 CDC, we are all acutely aware how easily our workers’ rights can be stripped away. One of the best tools to fight this is our union, AFGE2883
Join to protect yourself & future CDC workers 💪 Help us form bargaining units asap.
More info 👉 www.afge2883ga.org
Join here 👉 join.afge.org/L2883
Join to protect yourself & future CDC workers 💪 Help us form bargaining units asap.
More info 👉 www.afge2883ga.org
Join here 👉 join.afge.org/L2883
Home | AFGE Local 2883
🚨BREAKING NEWS: On October 28, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston (Northern District of California) granted a Preliminary Injunction (PI) in AFGE v. OMB, which continues halting all Federal Reduction-in-Force (RIF) actions initiated or approved by OMB during the current government shutdown. The ruling applies nationwide to any agencies--including CDC/HHS--with at least 1 AFGE Member or BUE that applied the new OMB RIF framework.🚨
www.afge2883ga.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🛑 CDC, we are all acutely aware how easily our workers’ rights can be stripped away. One of the best tools to fight this is our union, AFGE2883
Join to protect yourself & future CDC workers 💪 Help us form bargaining units asap.
More info 👉 www.afge2883ga.org
Join here 👉 join.afge.org/L2883
Join to protect yourself & future CDC workers 💪 Help us form bargaining units asap.
More info 👉 www.afge2883ga.org
Join here 👉 join.afge.org/L2883
Hey kids. I'm been doing this for 20 years.
From the @nytimes.com
"Mr. Trump met...with Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Corey Lewandowski, her top aide..."
Corey who?
"Lewandowski worked...for the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity...".
Americans for...
From the @nytimes.com
"Mr. Trump met...with Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Corey Lewandowski, her top aide..."
Corey who?
"Lewandowski worked...for the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity...".
Americans for...
Corey Lewandowski - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Hey kids. I'm been doing this for 20 years.
From the @nytimes.com
"Mr. Trump met...with Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Corey Lewandowski, her top aide..."
Corey who?
"Lewandowski worked...for the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity...".
Americans for...
From the @nytimes.com
"Mr. Trump met...with Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Corey Lewandowski, her top aide..."
Corey who?
"Lewandowski worked...for the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity...".
Americans for...
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Reposted by Don Brown
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Reposted by Don Brown
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
We honor the millions of lives stolen in one of history’s greatest atrocities.
We remember what happens when lies, fear, and dehumanization are allowed to harden into policy.
“Never again” means staying awake to the warning signs.
We honor the millions of lives stolen in one of history’s greatest atrocities.
We remember what happens when lies, fear, and dehumanization are allowed to harden into policy.
“Never again” means staying awake to the warning signs.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
We honor the millions of lives stolen in one of history’s greatest atrocities.
We remember what happens when lies, fear, and dehumanization are allowed to harden into policy.
“Never again” means staying awake to the warning signs.
We honor the millions of lives stolen in one of history’s greatest atrocities.
We remember what happens when lies, fear, and dehumanization are allowed to harden into policy.
“Never again” means staying awake to the warning signs.
Reposted by Don Brown
Cartoonist: Paul Duginski
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Cartoonist: Paul Duginski
There's another layer to this that many might not realize. Once an agency (or even a subgroup of it) earns a bad reputation, it has a stickiness too it.
Nobody wants to go there. Nobody else wants to take a transfer from the "problem" entity. Folks there get stuck. The bad mojo feeds on itself.
Nobody wants to go there. Nobody else wants to take a transfer from the "problem" entity. Folks there get stuck. The bad mojo feeds on itself.
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
There's another layer to this that many might not realize. Once an agency (or even a subgroup of it) earns a bad reputation, it has a stickiness too it.
Nobody wants to go there. Nobody else wants to take a transfer from the "problem" entity. Folks there get stuck. The bad mojo feeds on itself.
Nobody wants to go there. Nobody else wants to take a transfer from the "problem" entity. Folks there get stuck. The bad mojo feeds on itself.
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I’m Alex Vindman and I’m running for the U.S. Senate. Chaos, corruption and sky-rocketing costs are crushing ordinary people, while the billionaires and career politicians profit.
I stepped up when my country needed a soldier and now I’m stepping up again to fight for Floridians.
I stepped up when my country needed a soldier and now I’m stepping up again to fight for Floridians.
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I’m Alex Vindman and I’m running for the U.S. Senate. Chaos, corruption and sky-rocketing costs are crushing ordinary people, while the billionaires and career politicians profit.
I stepped up when my country needed a soldier and now I’m stepping up again to fight for Floridians.
I stepped up when my country needed a soldier and now I’m stepping up again to fight for Floridians.
Reposted by Don Brown
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
Reposted by Don Brown
Cartoonist: Nick Anderson
January 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Cartoonist: Nick Anderson
Well, it’s better than single digits I reckon. 🤠
(that’s -11°C to you fureigners.)
(that’s -11°C to you fureigners.)
January 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Well, it’s better than single digits I reckon. 🤠
(that’s -11°C to you fureigners.)
(that’s -11°C to you fureigners.)
Imagine #Alabama with a Democratic Governor (if you can).
"The reason this is the most serious challenge that Tuberville will face is because it is not one that will be heard by a partisan committee or a legislative body with a Republican supermajority. This one will be heard by a court."
"The reason this is the most serious challenge that Tuberville will face is because it is not one that will be heard by a partisan committee or a legislative body with a Republican supermajority. This one will be heard by a court."
"A court challenge to Tuberville being on the November ballot will be the most dangerous for him and the Alabama Republican Party."
Analysis | The lawsuit that could knock Tuberville off the ballot pre-election
A court challenge to Tuberville being on the November ballot will be the most dangerous for him and the Alabama Republican Party.
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Imagine #Alabama with a Democratic Governor (if you can).
"The reason this is the most serious challenge that Tuberville will face is because it is not one that will be heard by a partisan committee or a legislative body with a Republican supermajority. This one will be heard by a court."
"The reason this is the most serious challenge that Tuberville will face is because it is not one that will be heard by a partisan committee or a legislative body with a Republican supermajority. This one will be heard by a court."