gregor (defenestrate billionaires, ride bikes) fallis
@gregfallis.com
Former medic, former prison counselor, former criminal defense investigator, former almost academic, photographer, writer of detective fiction, Edgar Award winner.
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This is your reminder that writing is a political action.
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.
Be that reason.
If you do art, keep doing art. Do it with as much passion as you can muster. Express yourself.
I'm just going to repeat the beating heart of this argument.
"We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it."
"We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it."
Instead of telling pedestrians what to do if there's no crosswalk, push the city to improve infrastructure.
We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it.
We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm just going to repeat the beating heart of this argument.
"We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it."
"We design unsafe streets and then tell anyone not in a car to just deal with it."
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I’m probably biking about 40 miles or more a week on dirt trails and hills on my ebike - thanks to the pedal assist.
I couldn’t do that on a regular bike now because I have some muscle weakness/nerve damage on my right side
And its absolutely been amazing rehab for strength, cardio & balance
I couldn’t do that on a regular bike now because I have some muscle weakness/nerve damage on my right side
And its absolutely been amazing rehab for strength, cardio & balance
“The researchers describe the bicycle as a kind of “lifestyle companion” for older adults—a tool that keeps them physically active, mentally sharp, socially connected, & confidently mobile. That combination appears to delay the need for long-term care, preserve independence,& ultimately extend life”
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m probably biking about 40 miles or more a week on dirt trails and hills on my ebike - thanks to the pedal assist.
I couldn’t do that on a regular bike now because I have some muscle weakness/nerve damage on my right side
And its absolutely been amazing rehab for strength, cardio & balance
I couldn’t do that on a regular bike now because I have some muscle weakness/nerve damage on my right side
And its absolutely been amazing rehab for strength, cardio & balance
Started snowing last night & it's supposed to continue until sometime tomorrow. It's very pretty. I may take a walk in it later. Or I may just stay inside & try to make sense of all the notes I've amassed playing #BluePrince.
I suspect both will benefit from a wee dram of the Irish.
I suspect both will benefit from a wee dram of the Irish.
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Started snowing last night & it's supposed to continue until sometime tomorrow. It's very pretty. I may take a walk in it later. Or I may just stay inside & try to make sense of all the notes I've amassed playing #BluePrince.
I suspect both will benefit from a wee dram of the Irish.
I suspect both will benefit from a wee dram of the Irish.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Porcupine
Alligator
Moose
Rattlesnake
Shark
Porcupine
Alligator
Moose
Rattlesnake
Shark
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Alligator
Coyote
Opossum
Dolphin
Bald Eagle
Alligator
Coyote
Opossum
Dolphin
Bald Eagle
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild.
Mink
Otter
Whale
Moose
Fisher
That's just in Maine. I want to keep going and brag. Elsewhere I've seen wolves, bighorn sheep, elk, peccary, marmots, seals, sea lions and porpoise. And whales in the Atlantic and Pacific. Braggy.
Mink
Otter
Whale
Moose
Fisher
That's just in Maine. I want to keep going and brag. Elsewhere I've seen wolves, bighorn sheep, elk, peccary, marmots, seals, sea lions and porpoise. And whales in the Atlantic and Pacific. Braggy.
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Porcupine
Alligator
Moose
Rattlesnake
Shark
Porcupine
Alligator
Moose
Rattlesnake
Shark
This is the plant you'd find in the window of the office of a 1940s hard-boiled detective. In 3 weeks it'll be dead. Suspiciously.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #Noirvember
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #Noirvember
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is the plant you'd find in the window of the office of a 1940s hard-boiled detective. In 3 weeks it'll be dead. Suspiciously.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #Noirvember
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #Noirvember
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bonnie Raitt
Lyle Lovett
Jesse Winchester
Holly Near
John Prine
Bonnie Raitt
Lyle Lovett
Jesse Winchester
Holly Near
John Prine
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
James Taylor (4 or 5 times?)
Three girls and their Buddy*
Rickie Lee Jones (twice)
Red Molly
Bonnie Raitt
*Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Buddy Miller
James Taylor (4 or 5 times?)
Three girls and their Buddy*
Rickie Lee Jones (twice)
Red Molly
Bonnie Raitt
*Shawn Colvin, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Buddy Miller
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Stevie Wonder
Platinum Blonde
INXS
Janet Jackson
Paula Abdul
(I stopped concert-going bc of disability-related reasons so these are decades ago lol)
From Edmonton Folk Fest:
Alex Cuba
Of Monsters and Men
Lucius
Brandi Carlile
Tracy Chapman
Stevie Wonder
Platinum Blonde
INXS
Janet Jackson
Paula Abdul
(I stopped concert-going bc of disability-related reasons so these are decades ago lol)
From Edmonton Folk Fest:
Alex Cuba
Of Monsters and Men
Lucius
Brandi Carlile
Tracy Chapman
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bonnie Raitt
Lyle Lovett
Jesse Winchester
Holly Near
John Prine
Bonnie Raitt
Lyle Lovett
Jesse Winchester
Holly Near
John Prine
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November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In which I speculate that we can draw a fairly straight line from Trump’s 2020 deal to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan to yesterday’s shooting of National Guard troops in DC.
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Trumpsgiving
Two National Guard troops from West Virginia were ambushed yesterday in Washington, DC by an Afghan immigrant. WHY did this happen? I’m going to speculate here. (Okay, quick tangent: the term…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In which I speculate that we can draw a fairly straight line from Trump’s 2020 deal to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan to yesterday’s shooting of National Guard troops in DC.
gregfallis.com/2025/11/27/t...
gregfallis.com/2025/11/27/t...
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The shooting of two National Guard soldiers.
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The shooting of two National Guard soldiers.
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
Trump: “Monstrous”
The murder of American journalist Jamāl Khāshqujī.
Trump: “Things happen”
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nancy pelosi, backwards, in heels, etc etc etc
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
nancy pelosi, backwards, in heels, etc etc etc
Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Larking About on Railroad Tracks edition.
#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Larking About on Railroad Tracks edition.
#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
#ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography
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« Ui, bonjour, prends ma monnaie »
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
« Ui, bonjour, prends ma monnaie »
It's illegal for the US military--or any nation's military--to kill non-combatant civilians UNLESS they pose an imminent threat. Even IF these boats posed a threat (& there's no evidence they did), it certainly wasn't imminent.
This is straight up murder.
This is straight up murder.
Boats already stopped in the water. People about to die. Clues to drone and manned aircraft fighting systems.
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
—Findings of our freeze-frame study of the Trump administration’s promotional videos of its bombing campaign on suspected drug smuggling boats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It's illegal for the US military--or any nation's military--to kill non-combatant civilians UNLESS they pose an imminent threat. Even IF these boats posed a threat (& there's no evidence they did), it certainly wasn't imminent.
This is straight up murder.
This is straight up murder.
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits
The three spirits
An old tree in an oxbow. It's like a lesson in How To Hold On.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #landscape
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #landscape
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
An old tree in an oxbow. It's like a lesson in How To Hold On.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #landscape
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #landscape
The most openly corrupt POTUS in history doesn't want anybody to remind the troops that it's illegal for the US military--or any nation's military--to execute non-combatant civilians UNLESS they pose an imminent threat.
🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The most openly corrupt POTUS in history doesn't want anybody to remind the troops that it's illegal for the US military--or any nation's military--to execute non-combatant civilians UNLESS they pose an imminent threat.
Jesus suffering fuck...
Everybody who works for ICE should be deported to Ghana.
Everybody who works for ICE should be deported to Ghana.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Jesus suffering fuck...
Everybody who works for ICE should be deported to Ghana.
Everybody who works for ICE should be deported to Ghana.
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Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Forget Secretary of Defense. Double forget Secretary of War.
This is the Secretary of Dense, only partly because we think he should get the F out of here.
This is the Secretary of Dense, only partly because we think he should get the F out of here.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Forget Secretary of Defense. Double forget Secretary of War.
This is the Secretary of Dense, only partly because we think he should get the F out of here.
This is the Secretary of Dense, only partly because we think he should get the F out of here.
I like to think I'm a fairly hard-boiled guy, but this made me all weepy. River Song and Donna Noble, two of the best and most emotional character arcs in all of television.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
A fan-made edit assembling River Song's timeline in chronological order, with added scenes and FX shots.
youtu.be/GPdWvhUQgHc
youtu.be/GPdWvhUQgHc
Doctor Who | The Diary of River Song
YouTube video by The Confession Dial
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November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I like to think I'm a fairly hard-boiled guy, but this made me all weepy. River Song and Donna Noble, two of the best and most emotional character arcs in all of television.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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When Car Talk wanted to re-launch their world famous "Shameless Commerce Division," who else would they call?!
Official merch is online now: www.rayguncustom.com/collections/...
Official merch is online now: www.rayguncustom.com/collections/...
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
When Car Talk wanted to re-launch their world famous "Shameless Commerce Division," who else would they call?!
Official merch is online now: www.rayguncustom.com/collections/...
Official merch is online now: www.rayguncustom.com/collections/...
Yesterday's bike ride along the railroad tracks, through the Valley of Warehouses, chilly but so pleasant.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #bikesky
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #bikesky
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yesterday's bike ride along the railroad tracks, through the Valley of Warehouses, chilly but so pleasant.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #bikesky
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #bikesky
Or...maybe not.
Here's another option: Burn patriarchy to the ground. Burn it, gather the ashes, douse them in oil, burn them again. Then drive a stake directly through the ashes where its heart used to be. Then burn the stake. Burn it for generations. Then nuke it from orbit.
Here's another option: Burn patriarchy to the ground. Burn it, gather the ashes, douse them in oil, burn them again. Then drive a stake directly through the ashes where its heart used to be. Then burn the stake. Burn it for generations. Then nuke it from orbit.
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Or...maybe not.
Here's another option: Burn patriarchy to the ground. Burn it, gather the ashes, douse them in oil, burn them again. Then drive a stake directly through the ashes where its heart used to be. Then burn the stake. Burn it for generations. Then nuke it from orbit.
Here's another option: Burn patriarchy to the ground. Burn it, gather the ashes, douse them in oil, burn them again. Then drive a stake directly through the ashes where its heart used to be. Then burn the stake. Burn it for generations. Then nuke it from orbit.
Not far from where I live is an area I call the Valley of Warehouses. I'm told it used to be farmland; now it's massive warehouses and data centers. An intercity bike trail threads through the area.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #newtopographics
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #newtopographics
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Not far from where I live is an area I call the Valley of Warehouses. I'm told it used to be farmland; now it's massive warehouses and data centers. An intercity bike trail threads through the area.
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #newtopographics
#ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #newtopographics
I used to write the Sunday Salons--essays about photographers as a prompt for #photography discussions.
This piece, from 2007, is on Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu, one of those "who knows more than they care to about things they cannot afford to believe in."
salon.utata.org/2007/06/17/s...
This piece, from 2007, is on Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu, one of those "who knows more than they care to about things they cannot afford to believe in."
salon.utata.org/2007/06/17/s...
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I used to write the Sunday Salons--essays about photographers as a prompt for #photography discussions.
This piece, from 2007, is on Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu, one of those "who knows more than they care to about things they cannot afford to believe in."
salon.utata.org/2007/06/17/s...
This piece, from 2007, is on Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu, one of those "who knows more than they care to about things they cannot afford to believe in."
salon.utata.org/2007/06/17/s...