pietro spina
@pietrospina.bsky.social
filmmaker - broadcast journalist - writer/director/dp - decent cook
... it is difficult for me to not follow the daily stories punctuated by memories of the twin cities in the eighties. an inviolable sanctuary city, very active solidarity ctte's, etc.; but also a westside dentist who's medical relief non profit was a part of the contra support network.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
... it is difficult for me to not follow the daily stories punctuated by memories of the twin cities in the eighties. an inviolable sanctuary city, very active solidarity ctte's, etc.; but also a westside dentist who's medical relief non profit was a part of the contra support network.
grrrrr. the 1,600 bed prairie correctional facility –mn's only private prison, owned and operated by core civic– was built by the city of appleton, but has sat vacant for more than a decade.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
grrrrr. the 1,600 bed prairie correctional facility –mn's only private prison, owned and operated by core civic– was built by the city of appleton, but has sat vacant for more than a decade.
used to haunt wilebski's on the regular back in the early nineties; fave acts were otis clay, and lonnie brooks during the period when he transitioned from delta blues to 'voodoo blues'. glad it's still poundin' out the blues!
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
used to haunt wilebski's on the regular back in the early nineties; fave acts were otis clay, and lonnie brooks during the period when he transitioned from delta blues to 'voodoo blues'. glad it's still poundin' out the blues!
yes. yet i think the real judicial culprit iss baker v carr, 369 u.s. 186 (1962); without which the civil rights act and voting rights act would not exist. baker v carr was the lynchpin [intended] dismantling jim crow.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
yes. yet i think the real judicial culprit iss baker v carr, 369 u.s. 186 (1962); without which the civil rights act and voting rights act would not exist. baker v carr was the lynchpin [intended] dismantling jim crow.
magnificent amberson-esque
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
magnificent amberson-esque
van orden is known as the 'drunk unc' in his district
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
van orden is known as the 'drunk unc' in his district
if partisans oppose an achievable single payer system and smear it as socialist we should offer to honor tradition and true conservatism by returning to statutory non profit status for health insurance companies.
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
if partisans oppose an achievable single payer system and smear it as socialist we should offer to honor tradition and true conservatism by returning to statutory non profit status for health insurance companies.
white house:
to counter coverage of ghislaine maxwell's deferential treatment we are dispatching noem to texas to shoot maxwell's puppy.
to counter coverage of ghislaine maxwell's deferential treatment we are dispatching noem to texas to shoot maxwell's puppy.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
white house:
to counter coverage of ghislaine maxwell's deferential treatment we are dispatching noem to texas to shoot maxwell's puppy.
to counter coverage of ghislaine maxwell's deferential treatment we are dispatching noem to texas to shoot maxwell's puppy.
it looks like a game piece.
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it looks like a game piece.
the ongoing 'process' has become a laughable circle jerk. we keep arriving at consensus to tear it down which triggers an oh-people-are-serious-we-should-take-a-deeper-look response. the 'process' has become an apt metaphor for itz continued existence. year 2067: MKE/STATE TO CONSIDER 794 REMOVAL.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
the ongoing 'process' has become a laughable circle jerk. we keep arriving at consensus to tear it down which triggers an oh-people-are-serious-we-should-take-a-deeper-look response. the 'process' has become an apt metaphor for itz continued existence. year 2067: MKE/STATE TO CONSIDER 794 REMOVAL.
two things:
– where is tim dolan?
– cool cool. now do pedophile priests.
– where is tim dolan?
– cool cool. now do pedophile priests.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
two things:
– where is tim dolan?
– cool cool. now do pedophile priests.
– where is tim dolan?
– cool cool. now do pedophile priests.
tom barrack, you say?
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
tom barrack, you say?
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"nobody knows about magnets!"
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"nobody knows about magnets!"
i always take a minute to drop credit onto the photo itself to stem the chain of missing attribution. as here ...
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so. when all day everyday
becomes 'there are no words' to keep
you from getting shot in the face
at point blank range days
image: anthony vasquez / chicago sun times
becomes 'there are no words' to keep
you from getting shot in the face
at point blank range days
image: anthony vasquez / chicago sun times
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
i always take a minute to drop credit onto the photo itself to stem the chain of missing attribution. as here ...
bsky.app/profile/piet...
bsky.app/profile/piet...
this the work of armando sanchez/chicago tribune
@mandophotos
@mandophotos
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
this the work of armando sanchez/chicago tribune
@mandophotos
@mandophotos
growing up in chicago we were a mike royko chicago daily news household, but at my grandparents i got to read the trib. it's evolution has been interesting to watch. at least in this moment it is no longer colonel mccormick's paper.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
growing up in chicago we were a mike royko chicago daily news household, but at my grandparents i got to read the trib. it's evolution has been interesting to watch. at least in this moment it is no longer colonel mccormick's paper.