Dan Hetteix
@danhetx.bsky.social
A urban design nerd, avid D&D player, and Audio/Visual technician. Also do a little hyper-local neighborhood civics podcast called Radio Free Bay Ridge.
What alternative boxes should I have in my "uh oh, someone is commenting on my social media post about street safety" bingo card?
August 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
What alternative boxes should I have in my "uh oh, someone is commenting on my social media post about street safety" bingo card?
Republicans saying the new bill benefits the average American is like a restaurant saying they've reduced prices... but they can no longer guarantee they don't use rat meat, you only get 15 minutes to eat, and you have to bring your own cutlery.
July 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Republicans saying the new bill benefits the average American is like a restaurant saying they've reduced prices... but they can no longer guarantee they don't use rat meat, you only get 15 minutes to eat, and you have to bring your own cutlery.
Maybe non-scientists should spend less time looking under rocks for the "origins" of Autism and more time doing simple things to improve the quality of life for the people who have it.
April 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Maybe non-scientists should spend less time looking under rocks for the "origins" of Autism and more time doing simple things to improve the quality of life for the people who have it.
Holy shit.
If you know you know.
If you know you know.
Congrats to RFK Jr for bringing together ASAN and Autism Speaks (among others).
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
Leading Autism Organizations Release Joint Statement on Upholding Scientific Integrity and Supporting the Autism Community - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
April 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of Autistic individuals, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks...
autisticadvocacy.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Holy shit.
If you know you know.
If you know you know.
RFK Jr out here like "Autistic people will never pay taxes, have a job, fall in love, use the bathroom unassisted, chainsaw a whale carcass, hide a dead bear in central park, never be loved by his family, never get back the part of their brain eaten by worms... Wait what was I talking about?"
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
RFK Jr out here like "Autistic people will never pay taxes, have a job, fall in love, use the bathroom unassisted, chainsaw a whale carcass, hide a dead bear in central park, never be loved by his family, never get back the part of their brain eaten by worms... Wait what was I talking about?"
Kennedy can, and I am putting this mildly, jam a pube-laden spatula into his eye, hiccup violently, and fall down a flight of stairs into a vase containing fire ants with thumb-tacks glued to their heads.
Just saying. He could.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Just saying. He could.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
RFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers
The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Kennedy can, and I am putting this mildly, jam a pube-laden spatula into his eye, hiccup violently, and fall down a flight of stairs into a vase containing fire ants with thumb-tacks glued to their heads.
Just saying. He could.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
Just saying. He could.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
These past few weeks is just me going "they can't DO that" followed by fatigue.
a man laying down with the words " i 'm just like the tiredest i 've ever been in my life "
Alt: A clip from "I think you should leave" with a man holding his head down on a table trying to sleep with the words " i'm just like the tiredest i've ever been in my life " while secretly trying to eat a hot dog out of his sleeve.
media.tenor.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
These past few weeks is just me going "they can't DO that" followed by fatigue.
Happy Confederate Surrender day to all who celebrate. Please drink a cup of racist apologist tears and salute President Grant on this joyous day.
Seriously tho Grant is fucking awesome. Favorite President hands down. He even gets what I think is the best position on the national mall.
Seriously tho Grant is fucking awesome. Favorite President hands down. He even gets what I think is the best position on the national mall.
April 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy Confederate Surrender day to all who celebrate. Please drink a cup of racist apologist tears and salute President Grant on this joyous day.
Seriously tho Grant is fucking awesome. Favorite President hands down. He even gets what I think is the best position on the national mall.
Seriously tho Grant is fucking awesome. Favorite President hands down. He even gets what I think is the best position on the national mall.
Fun fact for my Bay Ridge folks!
Take a walk along the water for the next few weeks.
If the tariffs don't get removed by Republicans, you'll be able to see it on The Narrows. Container ships idling in the harbor as backlog builds in the Jersey ports as items can't clear customs on time.
Take a walk along the water for the next few weeks.
If the tariffs don't get removed by Republicans, you'll be able to see it on The Narrows. Container ships idling in the harbor as backlog builds in the Jersey ports as items can't clear customs on time.
April 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Fun fact for my Bay Ridge folks!
Take a walk along the water for the next few weeks.
If the tariffs don't get removed by Republicans, you'll be able to see it on The Narrows. Container ships idling in the harbor as backlog builds in the Jersey ports as items can't clear customs on time.
Take a walk along the water for the next few weeks.
If the tariffs don't get removed by Republicans, you'll be able to see it on The Narrows. Container ships idling in the harbor as backlog builds in the Jersey ports as items can't clear customs on time.
Every American economist right now.
homer simpson and bart simpson are running in a park and bart says it 's just a little dirty .
ALT: homer simpson and bart simpson are running in a park and bart says it 's just a little dirty .
media.tenor.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Every American economist right now.
Groceries? Hey fellas, Groceries! Well la dee dah Mr French man.
Why, what do you call it?
A bag with different stuff in it.
Why, what do you call it?
A bag with different stuff in it.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Groceries? Hey fellas, Groceries! Well la dee dah Mr French man.
Why, what do you call it?
A bag with different stuff in it.
Why, what do you call it?
A bag with different stuff in it.
Reposted by Dan Hetteix
March 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Every so often, as we fight in the trenches of this dumb culture war while also actually trying to save off fascism, I'm reminded of a letter I found in the municipal archives from 1942.
An angry "a parent" complaining about evil comic books. Nightmare fuel. Hideous pictures.
An angry "a parent" complaining about evil comic books. Nightmare fuel. Hideous pictures.
March 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Every so often, as we fight in the trenches of this dumb culture war while also actually trying to save off fascism, I'm reminded of a letter I found in the municipal archives from 1942.
An angry "a parent" complaining about evil comic books. Nightmare fuel. Hideous pictures.
An angry "a parent" complaining about evil comic books. Nightmare fuel. Hideous pictures.
Reposted by Dan Hetteix
🚨Staten Island: Fed up? SHOW UP!
👉 Join your friends and neighbors and DEMAND that Congresswoman Malliotakis explain her vote to make billions in cuts to Medicaid and SNAP so that the rich can get a 4 *trillion* dollar tax cut. Enough is enough.
👉 Join your friends and neighbors and DEMAND that Congresswoman Malliotakis explain her vote to make billions in cuts to Medicaid and SNAP so that the rich can get a 4 *trillion* dollar tax cut. Enough is enough.
February 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🚨Staten Island: Fed up? SHOW UP!
👉 Join your friends and neighbors and DEMAND that Congresswoman Malliotakis explain her vote to make billions in cuts to Medicaid and SNAP so that the rich can get a 4 *trillion* dollar tax cut. Enough is enough.
👉 Join your friends and neighbors and DEMAND that Congresswoman Malliotakis explain her vote to make billions in cuts to Medicaid and SNAP so that the rich can get a 4 *trillion* dollar tax cut. Enough is enough.
"I didn't cut Medicaid! I didn't cut Medicaid!" i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
February 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"I didn't cut Medicaid! I didn't cut Medicaid!" i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
Reposted by Dan Hetteix
“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
Damn.
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Damn.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
Damn.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
Damn.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
Reposted by Dan Hetteix
Malliotakis: We try to get to the bottom of where this money is going, $50 million for condoms in Gaza, for example. These are real things!
Phillip: We know that there was not $50 million spent for condoms in Gaza. There was $0 spent on condoms in the Middle East. That is a complete lie
Phillip: We know that there was not $50 million spent for condoms in Gaza. There was $0 spent on condoms in the Middle East. That is a complete lie
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Malliotakis: We try to get to the bottom of where this money is going, $50 million for condoms in Gaza, for example. These are real things!
Phillip: We know that there was not $50 million spent for condoms in Gaza. There was $0 spent on condoms in the Middle East. That is a complete lie
Phillip: We know that there was not $50 million spent for condoms in Gaza. There was $0 spent on condoms in the Middle East. That is a complete lie
Reposted by Dan Hetteix
Voters of Leopards Eating People's Faces Party frantically googling what Eating People's Faces actually means
February 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Voters of Leopards Eating People's Faces Party frantically googling what Eating People's Faces actually means
"I am less certain it's a negotiating tactic" says local businessman, confused why a panther just ate his face.
February 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"I am less certain it's a negotiating tactic" says local businessman, confused why a panther just ate his face.
I'm all for closing Rikers and reforming the prison system in NYC, but can we keep a special memorial wing that's designed to be exactly the same as it is right now, just for Harvey Weinstein?
Doesn't need to be open long.
abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-we...
Doesn't need to be open long.
abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-we...
Harvey Weinstein begs to get out of Rikers Island 'hell hole' in court
Harvey Weinstein begged to go on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn't sure he will survive long enough in the "hell hole" of New York's Rikers Island jail complex.
abcnews.go.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm all for closing Rikers and reforming the prison system in NYC, but can we keep a special memorial wing that's designed to be exactly the same as it is right now, just for Harvey Weinstein?
Doesn't need to be open long.
abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-we...
Doesn't need to be open long.
abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-we...
Reposted by Dan Hetteix
Trump is illegally holding back federal funds Congress already approved – money New Yorkers rely on for housing, education, childcare, and more.
NYC gives more to DC than we get back, and now they’re making us pay the price for their chaos.
We. Won’t. Back. Down.
NYC gives more to DC than we get back, and now they’re making us pay the price for their chaos.
We. Won’t. Back. Down.
January 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Trump is illegally holding back federal funds Congress already approved – money New Yorkers rely on for housing, education, childcare, and more.
NYC gives more to DC than we get back, and now they’re making us pay the price for their chaos.
We. Won’t. Back. Down.
NYC gives more to DC than we get back, and now they’re making us pay the price for their chaos.
We. Won’t. Back. Down.
Just so you all know, I am really passionate about pedestrian safety.
I'm also autistic and only just starting to piece together how a lifetime of fear over the big metal projectiles that go really fast and demand constant vigilance has impacted my understanding designing welcoming urban spaces.
I'm also autistic and only just starting to piece together how a lifetime of fear over the big metal projectiles that go really fast and demand constant vigilance has impacted my understanding designing welcoming urban spaces.
January 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just so you all know, I am really passionate about pedestrian safety.
I'm also autistic and only just starting to piece together how a lifetime of fear over the big metal projectiles that go really fast and demand constant vigilance has impacted my understanding designing welcoming urban spaces.
I'm also autistic and only just starting to piece together how a lifetime of fear over the big metal projectiles that go really fast and demand constant vigilance has impacted my understanding designing welcoming urban spaces.
If you ever wanna understand why boomers ruined society and generally can't govern, compromise, or adapt when they are wrong...
Just look at the comment section of a dumb click bait post about mathematical order of operations.
Just look at the comment section of a dumb click bait post about mathematical order of operations.
December 24, 2024 at 5:54 PM
If you ever wanna understand why boomers ruined society and generally can't govern, compromise, or adapt when they are wrong...
Just look at the comment section of a dumb click bait post about mathematical order of operations.
Just look at the comment section of a dumb click bait post about mathematical order of operations.
Hear me out hear me out:
Laundromats, but for dirty dishes.
Laundromats, but for dirty dishes.
December 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Hear me out hear me out:
Laundromats, but for dirty dishes.
Laundromats, but for dirty dishes.
