Sam
@sltrmn.bsky.social
physics phd student in quantum information • lead steward, tufts university grad workers union (seiu 509) • this is not a "professional" account • they/them
Alex Pretti was a working class hero.
My friend wrote this about Alex. She was his last nursing student. He taught her lessons we all need right now.
Jessica Hauser
I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis.....
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January 26, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Alex Pretti was a working class hero.
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The tsar must dismiss his ministry and recall the duma
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) on CNN: “I think the death of Americans, what we're seeing on TV, it's causing deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability. Americans don't like what they're seeing right now. … [Trump’s] getting bad advice right now.”
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The tsar must dismiss his ministry and recall the duma
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
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As someone who’s spent nearly 2 decades in the content mines: they’re doing these stories critical of the regime because people are clicking on them
January 25, 2026 at 7:59 PM
As someone who’s spent nearly 2 decades in the content mines: they’re doing these stories critical of the regime because people are clicking on them
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My sister-in-law's dad died last week, in hospice in the VA hospital in Minneapolis. I just learned Alex Pretti was part of his care team. They shot Alex less than 1/2 mile from my niece's house while doing the same observation work that my niece is doing. These are real people. Step up folks!
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
My sister-in-law's dad died last week, in hospice in the VA hospital in Minneapolis. I just learned Alex Pretti was part of his care team. They shot Alex less than 1/2 mile from my niece's house while doing the same observation work that my niece is doing. These are real people. Step up folks!
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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Heartbroken. Help the Pretti family tell the truth about Alex. “The sickening lies told by the administration about our son are reprehensible and disgusting.” Help Alex’s family as they grieve. Share this.
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Heartbroken. Help the Pretti family tell the truth about Alex. “The sickening lies told by the administration about our son are reprehensible and disgusting.” Help Alex’s family as they grieve. Share this.
I think this is a good idea but also everyone would understand this would pretty irreversibly put us in The Cool Zone. I think it's a risk we should probably take, but like all bets would be off about how the administration responds and where this goes.
If I were an actual religious leader in the Twin Cities, I would be thinking about organizing the most enormous public memorial service possible for Good and Pretti. Time it with the next general strike. Put *everyone* in the street for a funeral procession that stretches for miles.
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I think this is a good idea but also everyone would understand this would pretty irreversibly put us in The Cool Zone. I think it's a risk we should probably take, but like all bets would be off about how the administration responds and where this goes.
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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the "and you're surprised by this?" guys have never been less vital than they are right now
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 PM
the "and you're surprised by this?" guys have never been less vital than they are right now
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From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
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January 25, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
I'm gonna tell all you fascists you may be surprised
People all over this world are getting organized
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
People all over this world are getting organized
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
Women and children detainees at Dilley walked out in protest and solidarity with Liam Ramos and Alex Pretti.
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I'm gonna tell all you fascists you may be surprised
People all over this world are getting organized
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
People all over this world are getting organized
You're bound to lose
You fascists are bound to lose
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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."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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this is shit they never want you to see.
Minneapolis, MN
Several women are walking through the area of protests with sambuus. They are stil hot from what I’m told.
Several women are walking through the area of protests with sambuus. They are stil hot from what I’m told.
January 24, 2026 at 11:24 PM
this is shit they never want you to see.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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It’s corny as shit, but I genuinely love the rebel loon
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 PM
It’s corny as shit, but I genuinely love the rebel loon
Guys we're not doing this with Seth fucking Moulton. Terfs are not our allies.
Broke: Mark Warner might have to be a sacrifice to the Dem Tea Party
Woke: John Hickenlooper might have to be a sacrifice to the Dem Tea Party
Bespoke: Ed Markey might have to be a sacrifice to the Dem Tea Party
Woke: John Hickenlooper might have to be a sacrifice to the Dem Tea Party
Bespoke: Ed Markey might have to be a sacrifice to the Dem Tea Party
January 24, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Guys we're not doing this with Seth fucking Moulton. Terfs are not our allies.
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The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.