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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis
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Former medic, former prison counselor, former criminal defense investigator, former almost academic, photographer, writer of detective fiction, Edgar Award winner.
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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · Nov 7
Remember, in totalitarian states, among the first people to be silenced are the artists, the poets, the writers. There's a reason for that.

Be that reason.

If you do art, keep doing art. Do it with as much passion as you can muster. Express yourself.
maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · Nov 7
This is your reminder that writing is a political action.
gregfallis.com
Guy walking on the Gay Lee Wilson bicycle trail on a cold day.

#FujifilmX10 #WeeFuji #photography #DemocraticCamera
The distant figure of a man walking along a paved bicycle trail, lined by winter trees.
February 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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If we could get the average American billionaire to start paying their fair share of taxes...but no, let's force the 'average American' to work harder and longer.

Fuck you, Oz. Fuck you and the billionaire you rode in on.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
gregfallis.com
Trump, in an escalation, calls for Republicans to introduce democracy to the 'wood chipper'.
February 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Bit of sunlight wandered into the alley, got turned around, couldn't find its way out again.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #monochrome #LarkingAboutInAlleys
A black-and-white photograph of sunlight in an alleyway.
February 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Chief Justice Roberts -- "an errand boy sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill."
katelynburns.com Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 1d
people make the mistake of assuming the Roberts is some great man concerned about his legacy on the court when in reality, he's never been more than a glorified Republican party clerk.
February 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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"You hear that, Mr. Trump? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound of your bowels. Goodbye, Mr. Trump."
thefarce.org 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d
I cannot say for sure the president pooped himself in public, but it's generally odd for the president to be acting as if he's pooped himself in public.

The good news is Bobby Jr. certified it organic.
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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diabsoule.bsky.social
This is an important watch. If you’re from Louisiana you should already know this and why you should be mad as hell about what’s happening.

youtu.be/AJJKttmFedc?...
Cajun History Reminder
YouTube video by Jourdan Thibodeaux
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February 2, 2026 at 1:42 AM
gregfallis.com
It makes me ridiculously happy to know there was an actual thought process involved in the choice between Dangerbot9000 and Dangerbot900.
tomgauld.bsky.social Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d
Funnily enough, I did call him 9000 to begin with, then decided 900 would probably be less reliable/ more dangerous.
February 2, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Where is Charlie Kirk when you nee...oh. Right.

(It was not my intent to say anything re: Charlie Kirk that might make MAGA/ICE/CPB agents feel the teensiest bit unloved; we must respect the feelings of those with whom we disagre...oh. Right.)
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Me, I'm done with winter. If I even SEE a groundhog today, I'll wrestle it to the ground and slowly choke the life out of it.

(Okay, I know marmotcide is wrong, & I know that it takes no skill to wrestle one to the ground; I mean they're GROUNDhogs. But don't start nothin', won't be nothin'.)
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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As always, Beckett's monthly calendar makes me happy.
jerseystylephoto.bsky.social Mark Krajnak @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social · 2d
Love this art notebook.
beckettgladney.bsky.social Beckett Gladney @beckettgladney.bsky.social · 2d
January has flown. It’s been filled with good news for our family, along with lots of protesting the horrific news in the country. Here’s hoping February brings better news nationally. #artbeco #gratitude #uplift
February 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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Excellent advice here if you're filming video of ICE or CBP agents.

www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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evilgalprods.bsky.social
It’s February 1, 2026, and Donald Trump can go fuck himself.
February 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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I used to write the Sunday Salon essays about photographers as a prompt for #photography discussions.

This piece from 2008 is about Eugène Atget, whose photographs of 'Old Paris' were intended as models for stage design but became a definitive document of the city.
salon.utata.org/2008/06/08/e...
A photograph by Eugène Atget of chairs and tables stacked outside a closed Parisian restaurant.
February 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Everybody who has a) worked from a home shared with b) one or more separate species is familiar with this. It's an odd sort of help.
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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mplsmndani.bsky.social
Just moments ago the parkway was TAKEN OVER by winter cyclists. At first I thought hundreds, but they just kept coming. Thousands and thousands! I almost cried. I’m so dang proud of MN right now.
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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"Where were you 10 year ago?"

I was apparently doing the same thing I do now; noodling around, looking at stuff, shooting photos.

#FujifilmX10 #WeeFuji #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #HumansOfBlueSky
A photograph of a long-haired white guy with a small camera taking a selfie in a window. A sign in the window reads "Stand Clear."
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
UTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??”

Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔

Rights are gone under this regime.

(From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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matociquala.bsky.social
A little essay about why I think The Pitt is a kind of cultural touchstone right now.

www.patreon.com/posts/its-ju...
It's just grief leaving the body. | Elizabeth Bear
Get more from Elizabeth Bear on Patreon
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January 31, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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I'm more hopeful we'll win because of the courage of Minnesotans like this woman. She's legally following ICE agents, they stop her, draw & point weapons at her, she remains remarkably calm as she's being dragged from her car. 3 armed ICE assholes, terrified of a lone woman with a camera.
Federal agents drew weapons on unarmed woman in St. Peter, Minnesota
YouTube video by MPR News
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January 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Being "fatally injured" is far more pleasant than getting "killed."
tvrr.bsky.social Traffic Violence Rapid Response @tvrr.bsky.social · 4d
Last December a driver hit and injured a 65 year old man while he was biking in Chinatown

We just learned he passed away from his injuries

Our hearts go out to our neighbor whose life was cut short and we extend our sympathies to his family and friends

www.oakrapidresponse.org/posts/fatali...
A Driver Fatally Injured A Cyclist in Chinatown last December
In the afternoon of December 27th, 2025 at 5:08pm a driver hit and severely injured a 65 year old man while he was biking in the bike lane on Webster St crossing 12th St. We just learned he passed awa...
www.oakrapidresponse.org
January 31, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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These are textbook concentration camps. The inmates are a politically targeted demographic and they're generally held outside the reach and rule of the law. It's VERY uncomfortable to say our gov't has created a large-scale concentration camp system, but facts is facts.
andreapitzer.bsky.social Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 4d
I sometimes forget that not everyone has read my work. I am not saying don't call them concentration camps. I'm saying that I understand why the term makes some people uncomfortable, but that we need to realize where we're at. Anyway, attaching a recent piece to this thread, to help limit confusion.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:46 AM
gregfallis.com
I've admired Mark's photos for years, especially his noir series and his more personal images (like the ones posted here). There are two here I particularly like: Joyce & Bill's tavern & a delicious photo of an old sinfully red AMF Roadmaster #bicycle.
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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Outside a big box store, a contradiction in shape and form.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #SurfaceMapping #monochrome
I was taken by the hard geometric shapes of the big box store and the irregular, snaggy, organic shapes of the bushes and tree.
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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I try not to feel envy or jealousy, but damn. I mean, those are completely unworthy emotions, but...but damn.
modacitylife.com Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 4d
A reminder the work of a cycling city is never "done": after a decade of intensive usage, the bike parking facility beneath Delft Station has been thoughtfully renewed. All 5,000 spaces were replaced, and the building reimagined to reflect the latest insights and best practices from Dutch Railways.🧵
Photographs of a recently renovated, beautifully designed and brightly-lit bike parking facility underneath Delft railway station that contains about 5,000 spaces organised in two-tiered racks. Photographs of a recently renovated, beautifully designed and brightly-lit bike parking facility underneath Delft railway station that contains about 5,000 spaces organised in two-tiered racks. Photographs of a recently renovated, beautifully designed and brightly-lit bike parking facility underneath Delft railway station that contains about 5,000 spaces organised in two-tiered racks. Photographs of a recently renovated, beautifully designed and brightly-lit bike parking facility underneath Delft railway station that contains about 5,000 spaces organised in two-tiered racks.
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM