Petey Pete
@emceepeteypete.bsky.social
Social worker. Tell the people in your life that you love them.
Texas
Texas
“I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end”
As long as you'll be my friend at the end”
3 Doors Down announced lead singer Brad Arnold died of stage four cancer at the age of 47.
February 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
“I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end”
As long as you'll be my friend at the end”
I will start being concerned about AI replacing all of our jobs. When talk to text can understand what I’m saying without throwing in a bunch of typos. See it did it here. Why would you put a period after jobs and before when?
February 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I will start being concerned about AI replacing all of our jobs. When talk to text can understand what I’m saying without throwing in a bunch of typos. See it did it here. Why would you put a period after jobs and before when?
They’re not even trying to hide it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
They’re not even trying to hide it.
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this feels relevant lately.
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
this feels relevant lately.
Great comments from @drleonardbright.bsky.social on academic freedom, given while standing in the shadow of a confederate general's statue. We've come a long way, and we have further to go.
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Great comments from @drleonardbright.bsky.social on academic freedom, given while standing in the shadow of a confederate general's statue. We've come a long way, and we have further to go.
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"Every good thing you have in your life is the product of someone else's struggle."
This is a very powerful video from comedian Josh Johnson. Not just because what he says that's meaningful. But because it shows an emerging trend that high profile people have finally started speaking up, despite concerns it might alienate their followers.
It is time to choose sides.
It is time to choose sides.
January 29, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"Every good thing you have in your life is the product of someone else's struggle."
Headphones necessary to get the stereo effect. Reggae-inspired organ in the right ear. Funky guitar picking in the left. Girls just wanting to have fun in both. Tell the people in your life that you love them.
open.spotify.com/track/4y1LsJ...
open.spotify.com/track/4y1LsJ...
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
open.spotify.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Headphones necessary to get the stereo effect. Reggae-inspired organ in the right ear. Funky guitar picking in the left. Girls just wanting to have fun in both. Tell the people in your life that you love them.
open.spotify.com/track/4y1LsJ...
open.spotify.com/track/4y1LsJ...
Melania is unsurprisingly selling some seats in Texas. I’m thinking about getting one of the lone seats between two different groups this Friday at the matinee, just to be amongst the people.
January 29, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Melania is unsurprisingly selling some seats in Texas. I’m thinking about getting one of the lone seats between two different groups this Friday at the matinee, just to be amongst the people.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
I divided up the inheritance for my kids (I don't think I'm dying soon, just getting it out of the way). Some kids inherit money. Some inherit a piece of history.
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I divided up the inheritance for my kids (I don't think I'm dying soon, just getting it out of the way). Some kids inherit money. Some inherit a piece of history.
I am just now noticing that this woman lives with a disability, and man, there are some layers to this level of… whatever you want to call it.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I am just now noticing that this woman lives with a disability, and man, there are some layers to this level of… whatever you want to call it.
Fast forward to the vice president saying this man should have complied with ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Fast forward to the vice president saying this man should have complied with ICE.
My love language is people saying “that’s such a good question.”
January 22, 2026 at 9:41 PM
My love language is people saying “that’s such a good question.”
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
Just 8,000? We can get those numbers up, folks.
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Just 8,000? We can get those numbers up, folks.
A proper country.
January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
A proper country.
If only history had stories of what happens when a society starts treating journalists like this.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
If only history had stories of what happens when a society starts treating journalists like this.
The Equal Justice Initiative, @eji.org, has a fantastic interactive map on the dark history of lynching in America. A great tool for your own reflection and learning, and something to use for teaching the kids.
lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore
lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore
Explore The Map | Lynching In America
Over 4,000 racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950.
lynchinginamerica.eji.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The Equal Justice Initiative, @eji.org, has a fantastic interactive map on the dark history of lynching in America. A great tool for your own reflection and learning, and something to use for teaching the kids.
lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore
lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore
Wildest pawn shop transaction ever.
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Wildest pawn shop transaction ever.
Best thread of the day. GWOT came home to roost.
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Best thread of the day. GWOT came home to roost.
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Making America Great Again by Destroying One of the Key Components of Soft Power
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Making America Great Again by Destroying One of the Key Components of Soft Power
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"I will not mourn Scott Adams's death, but even cranks deserve our sympathy. Not because their actions merit it, but because our humanity demands we extend grace to all. I wish him the best."
By @michaelianblack.bsky.social
michaelianblack.substack.com/p/wishing-well
By @michaelianblack.bsky.social
michaelianblack.substack.com/p/wishing-well
Wishing Well
Scott Adams told me never to speak to him again.
michaelianblack.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"I will not mourn Scott Adams's death, but even cranks deserve our sympathy. Not because their actions merit it, but because our humanity demands we extend grace to all. I wish him the best."
By @michaelianblack.bsky.social
michaelianblack.substack.com/p/wishing-well
By @michaelianblack.bsky.social
michaelianblack.substack.com/p/wishing-well
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“Loving your neighbor means letting the stranger become your neighbor by creating space where fear is replaced by hospitality.”
— Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out
— Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out
Love your neighbour.
January 12, 2026 at 12:53 PM
“Loving your neighbor means letting the stranger become your neighbor by creating space where fear is replaced by hospitality.”
— Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out
— Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out
College Station anti-ICE protest. Small, but sometimes big things start small. I guess these folks read the pre-censored Plato.
January 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
College Station anti-ICE protest. Small, but sometimes big things start small. I guess these folks read the pre-censored Plato.
The best thing about this football game is watching Curt Cignetti on the sidelines. He looks like a contemplative professor, about to calmly slip some forbidden Plato into his off-the-books syllabus. I like the cut of his jib.
January 10, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The best thing about this football game is watching Curt Cignetti on the sidelines. He looks like a contemplative professor, about to calmly slip some forbidden Plato into his off-the-books syllabus. I like the cut of his jib.