Flatiron

As sure as the sun rises.

We always had a rule that everything is either fun or it’s funny. So things have been hilarious lately.

I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

It's annoying that we already had so many existing problems to solve before these assholes created a bunch of new ones for no reason

Congressman Jared Huffman Launches Fierce Attack on Trump "if we're real, if we're honest about what's going on, we have a madman in the White House who is running roughshod, who is running the biggest, most corrupt criminal grift in American history out of the White House..."

Yep.

ok i think we got the oppressive moves from Andor down now let’s try some of the rebel stuff

The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.

(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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Mumbling dumbass under my breath as I walk past another dumbass.

@mondomascots.bsky.social can help with your list

the worst thing about a new year is all the blood

Sorry?

the esophagus is a sort of chimney

Dude getting into a wetsuit on Venice Beach

Point Break audition 2005

For any headline that ends with a question mark, the answer is no.

A pretty snail from New Zealand.

Three snails in a line, looking like they are racing across the ground.

I caught these guys mid-race a while back. Never did see who won.

Image from 1980’s He-Man cartoon showing Skeletor sitting in a throne-like chair as a small elf-like person brings him a bowl of hot soup.

WHERE THE SHIT IS MY SOUP okay it's here

Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News Jane Goodall, the British conservationist and researcher renowned for her work with chimpanzees, has died at age 91.

I hope she continues to inspire people for generations to come, just as she did for me. ❤️

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

I expected the tyranny and the blustering and the mockery of everything they’ve ever claimed America was supposed to stand for

what I didn’t expect was the depth and speed of the capitulation at every level

what does the money machine eat? it eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. it eats quality and shits out quantity.

William S Burroughs on Capitalism

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

The only government regulation of a persons body should be on how much cologne/perfume they are allowed to wear on a given day.

I don’t need a self driving car. I need a vehicle that runs between major areas and can transport large numbers of people at once to reduce environmental impact…wait it’s a train. I’m describing trains.
Build more goddamned TRAINS, America.

I don't have time for wallabies. You're either a kangaroo or you're not.

That’s _Doctor_ Emilio Lizardo