Rusty Zimmerman
@rustyzimmerman.bsky.social
Founder/Artist: www.freeportraitproject.org
Exec. Director: Community Arts Brooklyn, Inc.
Portrait painter, unlicensed oral historian. Bikes all day / err' day. ♥️ Dogs and 🐻.
He/him/them/y'all
IG: @ wearesouthbrooklyn ; @rusty.zimm, @ communityartsbk
Exec. Director: Community Arts Brooklyn, Inc.
Portrait painter, unlicensed oral historian. Bikes all day / err' day. ♥️ Dogs and 🐻.
He/him/them/y'all
IG: @ wearesouthbrooklyn ; @rusty.zimm, @ communityartsbk
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December 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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it gets notably quieter on here around the holidays which is a shame bc I would love to see how people post from their parents' house as their regressed 17-year-old self
December 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
it gets notably quieter on here around the holidays which is a shame bc I would love to see how people post from their parents' house as their regressed 17-year-old self
We're not "intercepting" oil tankers in #Venezuela. We're taking other people's things without permission.
That's what a bully does.
The United States is behaving like a bully. And it's not cool.
That's what a bully does.
The United States is behaving like a bully. And it's not cool.
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
We're not "intercepting" oil tankers in #Venezuela. We're taking other people's things without permission.
That's what a bully does.
The United States is behaving like a bully. And it's not cool.
That's what a bully does.
The United States is behaving like a bully. And it's not cool.
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"The League of American Bicyclists, working with the mircromobility outfit Lime, recently reported a whopping 207-percent increase in shared bike and scooter trips along corridors where the city of Baltimore had installed new protected bike lanes."
Study: More Protected Bike Lanes = More Micromobility Users — Streetsblog USA
This ought to silence doubters who claim that no one's using that shiny new cycle track.
usa.streetsblog.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"The League of American Bicyclists, working with the mircromobility outfit Lime, recently reported a whopping 207-percent increase in shared bike and scooter trips along corridors where the city of Baltimore had installed new protected bike lanes."
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Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w...
Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down
Mayor Michelle Wu's ran on more protected bike lanes around the city to satisfy a perceived demand for better cycling infrastructure.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w...
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He brought over 600 water bodies back to life.
His next mission: saving India’s vanishing stepwells | CNN share.google/5sTg97BCbOOD...
His next mission: saving India’s vanishing stepwells | CNN share.google/5sTg97BCbOOD...
He brought over 600 water bodies back to life. His next mission: saving India’s vanishing stepwells | CNN
Amid India’s growing water crisis, ancient subterranean stepwells are re-emerging as a way to help alleviate the situation. Environmentalist Arun Krishnamurthy, known for reviving the country’s freshw...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
He brought over 600 water bodies back to life.
His next mission: saving India’s vanishing stepwells | CNN share.google/5sTg97BCbOOD...
His next mission: saving India’s vanishing stepwells | CNN share.google/5sTg97BCbOOD...
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today a gigantic moose slept then snacked in our front yard in Anchorage Alaska for 5.5 hours. what an amazing animal - & so magnificent. our dog Johannes was curious but quiet. what an honor. We all need a dose of goodness these days. keep speaking out against cruelty & tyranny.
December 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
today a gigantic moose slept then snacked in our front yard in Anchorage Alaska for 5.5 hours. what an amazing animal - & so magnificent. our dog Johannes was curious but quiet. what an honor. We all need a dose of goodness these days. keep speaking out against cruelty & tyranny.
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As 2025 ends, consider the legacy we leave for Alaska’s wild places. The Johnson Tract Mine threatens Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu’s wildlife, belugas, salmon, and communities.
Start 2026 by standing up for wild Alaska: www.inletkeeper.org/donate
#YearEndGiving #ProtectCookInlet #JohnsonTract #AKWild
Start 2026 by standing up for wild Alaska: www.inletkeeper.org/donate
#YearEndGiving #ProtectCookInlet #JohnsonTract #AKWild
The Story of the Johnson Tract Mine — and What it Threatens — is Bigger Than a Single Project - Inletkeeper
The Johnson Tract Mine, spearheaded by Contago Ore, is a proposed gold, zinc, lead, copper, and silver mine at the base of Mt. Iliamna (a gigantic volcano perched on one of the most seismically active...
inletkeeper.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
As 2025 ends, consider the legacy we leave for Alaska’s wild places. The Johnson Tract Mine threatens Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu’s wildlife, belugas, salmon, and communities.
Start 2026 by standing up for wild Alaska: www.inletkeeper.org/donate
#YearEndGiving #ProtectCookInlet #JohnsonTract #AKWild
Start 2026 by standing up for wild Alaska: www.inletkeeper.org/donate
#YearEndGiving #ProtectCookInlet #JohnsonTract #AKWild
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I would just like to let everyone here know I put kimchi on a hotdog and I’m never going back.
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I would just like to let everyone here know I put kimchi on a hotdog and I’m never going back.
This is me everyday in New York City on my bicycle.
“Okay, but what if you’re two senior citizens w a bunch of holiday packages to mail?! How do you think you get them to the post office without a car?!”
Actually, easier than driving, parking no problem
Actually, easier than driving, parking no problem
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This is me everyday in New York City on my bicycle.
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In a world that asks us to move faster, I create art inviting us to slow down. My work is rooted in nature, hope & healing, meant to bring calm, connection & quiet joy into your home. If you believe beauty matters, if nature feels like home, if you’re craving a little more peace in your life…
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
In a world that asks us to move faster, I create art inviting us to slow down. My work is rooted in nature, hope & healing, meant to bring calm, connection & quiet joy into your home. If you believe beauty matters, if nature feels like home, if you’re craving a little more peace in your life…
And that's how you do it.
Get rid of the guns.
Get rid of the guns.
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
And that's how you do it.
Get rid of the guns.
Get rid of the guns.
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Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
This is a very good bear. I choose this bear.
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
December 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is a very good bear. I choose this bear.
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I've been renting four free DVDs per week from the Brooklyn Public library like it's 1997.
And I make popcorn on the stove top.
And I will. Not. Stop.
And I make popcorn on the stove top.
And I will. Not. Stop.
December 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I've been renting four free DVDs per week from the Brooklyn Public library like it's 1997.
And I make popcorn on the stove top.
And I will. Not. Stop.
And I make popcorn on the stove top.
And I will. Not. Stop.
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My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
Look at this snug bundle of flare:
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Look at this snug bundle of flare:
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from immigration detention
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December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from immigration detention
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Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
This is a lovely little painting.
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is a lovely little painting.
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Predator Badlands is based on a ridiculous concept that's PG-13, the predators talk it out, and for some sections of the movie it's almost a buddy comedy.
It also rules. I saw it last night with one of my kids and we had an absolute blast. I'm excited to be skeptical about and then love the sequel
It also rules. I saw it last night with one of my kids and we had an absolute blast. I'm excited to be skeptical about and then love the sequel
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Predator Badlands is based on a ridiculous concept that's PG-13, the predators talk it out, and for some sections of the movie it's almost a buddy comedy.
It also rules. I saw it last night with one of my kids and we had an absolute blast. I'm excited to be skeptical about and then love the sequel
It also rules. I saw it last night with one of my kids and we had an absolute blast. I'm excited to be skeptical about and then love the sequel
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea