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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.

Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · Nov 7

This is your reminder that writing is a political action.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 13h

I made a point of watching network news tonight. Nothing about this. Nothing.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 14h

What are the odds of this being shown on national news this evening? This is so completely disturbed that it ought to be leading the evening news...but I've no confidence they'll even report it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 15h

Jesus suffering fuck... Dude, there are NO nuanced war crimes. Also? You can't nuance yourself out of misogyny and racism. Also too? Hegseth should be sitting on a stool in a corner wearing a dunce cap.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Despite a raw vocabulary and some rude provocations,” Pete Hegseth “outlined a nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society,” writes Christopher Caldwell.

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech on D.E.I. in the Military Was Actually Pretty Good

Despite some rude provocations, he outlined a nuanced vision of the military.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 15h

@katmabu.bsky.social and @raygunsite.com are a match made in (my version of) heaven. Raygun, are you doing something similar in your DSM store?

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

Join me and Demi Palecek this Sunday at @raygunsite.com for a sign-making event in Andersonville on October 12, just before No Kings Day!

We'll provide crafting supplies, food, and drinks—just bring your favorite tagline to make some posters with us!

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 15h

That's pretty common for urban parking lots on one-way streets. It's so cars can turn left (from the left lane) into the lot and can turn left (into the left lane) exiting the lot. It's less disruptive.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 20h

You're using this to try to sell me t-shirts? Insta-block.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 20h

Publicly announcing the formation of an undercover operation and identifying the targets of that operation is classic Trump-level opsec.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 21h

I love looking out a window and being mildly disoriented.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography

A somewhat disorienting view out a window of an interstitial urban area in which a truck is parked.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 21h

Some folks see Newsom effectively pummeling Trump & think "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Nope. The enemy of my enemy is just my enemy's enemy. If he's also the enemy of my friend(s), then he's still an enemy.

My friends stand up for my friends.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 22h

Ebikes are the future. Well, okay, they're the present too. In fact, they're also the very recent past for a lot of us. My point, if you can call it that, is that ebikes are tectonic-shift gamechangers.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 23h

THIS is the military I was taught to respect as a kid.

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland is burning to the ground. It's insurrection all over the place. It's Antifa...the politicians are afraid for their lives. That's the only reason that they say there's nothing happening. And you've seen it. The place is burning down, and they pretend like there's nothing happening."

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 1d

Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Whole Lotta Red Going On edition.

#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography

A red Coca Cola delivery truck and two red signs on a cloudy urban day.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 1d

"What is the Insurrection Act?"

Good question. Here's another good question. "Why is CNN using a photo from the 1992 Rodney King riots in LA to illustrate an article about non-violent 2025 anti-ICE protests in Portland, Oregon?"

Another good question: "Why trust CNN to tell us the truth?"

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 1d

Lighting is a weird talent. Many years ago I bought some studio lights with the idea of shooting formal portraits. I did the research, had fun creating various lighting scenarios, shot a bunch of portraits, then realized it was a LOT more work than I was interested in doing. Got rid of it all.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

I wrote something similar back in July.

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a modest ebike proposal

Okay, first, this is NOT a Jonathan Swift-style modest proposal (see Endnote). This isn’t satire. Second, yes, okay, maybe I’m focusing on this relatively minor problem in an attempt to…

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

The portrait of Kate Hepburn is classic. Avedon developed a lighting process that bleached out details on the skin while revealing bone structure. Gave him great high-contrast images.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

What...no spurs?

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

Over 50, won an Edgar Allan Poe award for Best Short Story in 2023.

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

Classic.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown

the doj was like "idk"

the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 2d

I keep forgetting the government is shut down bc Trump admin is so focused on sending troops to US cities

gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

Guy at the flea market, shielding his eyes against the glare from the window, trying to look at a toy vehicle.

#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera

A man at a flea market, illuminated by a shaft of sunlight, shielding his eyes from the bright light in an effort to look at a toy vehicle.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

"[T]he leftmost acceptable position within the new right-wing paradigm."

So, we're talking about the most liberal transphobic & racist fascists? There must be at least dozens of people who are eager for that.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 3d

I guess now we're just the States of America.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 2d

His portrait of Oscar Levant is completely fucking horrifying. My only real frame of reference was Levant in "An American in Paris," and it's painful to consider the connection between those two Oscar Levants.

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gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis @gregfallis.com · 3d

It's astonishing to me that this isn't getting national news attention. Clearly, this is NOT a normal house fire.

donnadeka.bsky.social @donnadeka.bsky.social · 4d

“Judge Diane Goodstein is known for her recent ruling that blocked the Trump regime from accessing all sensitive information about South Carolina voters.”

www.live5news.com/2025/10/05/3...

3 hospitalized following reported Edisto Beach fire, SLED investigating

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a house fire that hospitalized three people Saturday afternoon.

www.live5news.com

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