Reposted by MoreBadMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 29/09/2026Observed by a very young photographer who never forgot really breathtaking, love this one by @todseelie.bsky.social 0276
Reposted by MoreBadAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This so fucking good, I love Dead Moon, Toody is a powerhouse, gonna cry: flaminghydra.com/dead-moon-ri...flaminghydra.comDead Moon RisingThe greatest love story in Rock ’n’ Roll came from Portland, Oregon. The one and only time I saw Dead Moon perform in 2004, I was already a superfan, on the threshold of what would be a long career ... 2557
Reposted by MoreBadMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 29/09/2026Check out @todseelie.bsky.social's photographs—taken 20 years apart—of Dead Moon's Toody Cole, with a touching essay about being young and DIY forever, AND why @joemacleod666.bsky.social was shocked at 'Primetime' flaminghydra.com/issue-657/flaminghydra.comLunar return / Underrated movieTod Seelie relives the history of Dead Moon; Joe MacLeod’s cinema shock 0174
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 29/09/2026TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on photographing the mighty, primal rock n roll band Dead Moon and on the incredible love story embedded in the life of the group. "We started out with nothing but each other." flaminghydra.com/dead-moon-ri...flaminghydra.comDead Moon RisingThe greatest love story in Rock ’n’ Roll came from Portland, Oregon. The one and only time I saw Dead Moon perform in 2004, I was already a superfan, on the threshold of what would be a long career ... 24314
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm debuting a new series of limited-edition six-image 4" x 6" matte finish postcard collections. This set features some images from the series Feral Future. Only 10 sets available. Perfect for framing or gifting. Free envelope and shipping within the US. Link: tinyurl.com/4b4rsd6y. 000
Reposted by MoreBadThe Verge @theverge.com · 19/09/2026The president’s threat against CNN, MS Now, and Politico was real. www.theverge.com/policy/99780...theverge.comTrump treads further on free speech with new journalist bansThe president’s threat against CNN, MS Now, and Politico was real. 156929
Reposted by MoreBadAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you don’t subscribe to Flaming Hydra right now you’ll never learn about where I scored an incredible fake Labubu 2519
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 09/09/2026TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on the diners and other beloved third spaces that are disappearing. "We are attracted to convenience, but don’t seem to recognize the isolation that comes with it." flaminghydra.com/one-last-bre...flaminghydra.comOne Last BreakfastRecently, my wife and I went for breakfast at Hearts Coffee Shop, a historic diner in the San Fernando Valley, north of Los Angeles proper. We squeezed in at the end of the counter, the last seats in ... 19429
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you're a celebrity you're life goal should be to be as missed as Dolly Parton will be 030
Reposted by MoreBadProPublica @propublica.org · 23/08/2026President Donald Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on defense next year. Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than the U.S. spent annually on defense during the height of World War II.propublica.orgThe $1 Trillion Black BoxThe U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe... 651022466
Reposted by MoreBadKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more. 522179887329
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026For @flaminghydra.com I wore about the history of my most viral (and most stolen) photo ever. "I hadn’t realized, until then, that when you post something online and it becomes very popular, it no longer belongs to you. It becomes the people’s photo." flaminghydra.com/secrets-of-a...flaminghydra.comSecrets of a Famous Meme RevealedI accidentally created one of the first viral memes. This was in 2004, a long time before anyone would understand the words “viral” or “meme” the way we do now. Two women with matching fake black eyes... 2388
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026On @flaminghydra.com today I wrote about looking back at my photo book Bright Nights over ten years later. flaminghydra.com/bright-nights/flaminghydra.comBright NightsThe 2000s and 2010s were a great time to be alive in New York City. The explosion of culture and music, combined with the seemingly limitless infusion of financial support for brand-sponsored events, ... 0235
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Underground in the literal or figurative sense? Yes. flaminghydra.com/issue-566/flaminghydra.comParis souterrainTod Seelie goes underground 0388
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 16/05/2026TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on the most underground party in the world. “Why would you need a piano in the catacombs, you might ask?” flaminghydra.com/r/b76c192a?m...flaminghydra.comParis souterrainTod Seelie goes underground 14210
Reposted by MoreBadprimevil @primordial.bsky.social · 27/04/2026They shot Alex Pretti ten times while he was face down in the street. 5747901286
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026New piece up on @flaminghydra.com about liking and photographing the band Parts & Labor for over 20 years on the cusp of their new double album. flaminghydra.com/still-with-t... 0132
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 28/04/2026ALSO TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social is (still) with the band as the mighty Parts and Labor unite for another record. "I look back on my time with them as leveling up and getting to do it with the adults in the room." flaminghydra.com/still-with-t...flaminghydra.comStill With the BandIn my post-college years I went on a lot of tours with bands. I’m not a musician, but I am (or was, in a different era for my lower back) good at carrying heavy things, driving big vans, selling merch... 0147
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026What's up with all these Ed Hardy and Von Dutch hats at the airport? Was there a mass traumatic brain injury incident? 010
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 14/03/2026If you're American, today is the freest day of the rest of your life. 020
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I wrote a follow-up to my story about the police attack on the Eris Parade. 8 years later it was a very different story. "The parade takes on a life and logic of it's own, and being within it is to be, for a time, part of a creature much larger than yourself." flaminghydra.com/encore-in-ne... 094
Reposted by MoreBadMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 05/03/2026Images of beauty and elation in New Orleans at Mardi Gras, the characteristically soulful, arresting work of @todseelie.bsky.social flaminghydra.com/issue-516/ 04711
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 05/03/2026ALSO TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on photographing the joyous 2019 Eris Parade after a previous one ended in police violence. "The parade takes on a life and a logic of its own, and being within it is to be, for a time, part of a creature much larger than yourself." flaminghydra.com/encore-in-ne...flaminghydra.comEncore in New OrleansWhen I photographed the Mardi Gras Eris parade in New Orleans in 2011, it ended in police violence and chaos. I was lucky enough to return in 2019 to photograph the same parade—and this time, it was a... 0135
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I just published a thing on a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans that I had to sit on for years to wait out the statute of limitations. 😬 flaminghydra.com/r/48d9cc1b?m...flaminghydra.comParty down / Assigned seatingTod Seelie on a cop crackdown against a New Orleans krewe; Jack Pendarvis has a drink with Kent Osborne 0258
Reposted by MoreBadMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 13/02/2026Beautiful Mardi Gras images from 2011 by @todseelie.bsky.social show an eerily familiar clash between gorgeous, anarchic revelry and a hostile police force. flaminghydra.com/issue-501/#b...flaminghydra.comParty down / Assigned seatingTod Seelie on a cop crackdown against a New Orleans krewe; Jack Pendarvis has a drink with Kent Osborne 031
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 13/02/2026TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on a New Orleans parade devoted to--and sometimes devolving into--chaos. "What I thought was extraordinary at Eris has sadly become commonplace." flaminghydra.com/r/48d9cc1b?m...flaminghydra.comParty down / Assigned seatingTod Seelie on a cop crackdown against a New Orleans krewe; Jack Pendarvis has a drink with Kent Osborne 1184
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Not enough people are clowning the "brilliant" billionaire for not even being able to run a newspaper he bought. 020
Reposted by MoreBadProPublica @propublica.org · 27/01/2026Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)propublica.orgHer Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment. 13345121
Reposted by MoreBadMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 27/01/2026When you look at the whole freakish thing from the beginning you can clearly see the threat to (the real) Western Civ. new from me at @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/issue-488/flaminghydra.comPuppet showMaria Bustillos looks back on the Republicans’ long love affair with Putin’s Russia 1276
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 27/01/2026TODAY: @mariabustillos.com on MAGA’s long fascination with Putin’s version of power. “Viewed through this lens, MAGA’s every move has made all the sense in the world” flaminghydra.com/r/22c4c493?m...flaminghydra.comPuppet showMaria Bustillos looks back on the Republicans’ long love affair with Putin’s Russia 03113
Reposted by MoreBadDan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 23/01/2026We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper. But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz: 0 convictions 11 charges dropped 3 no-billed cases 1 jury acquittal 232238670
Reposted by MoreBadJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The “different type of warrant”: 41658281
Reposted by MoreBadStreetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 22/01/2026For Torrance light rail extension, Metro board sided with Lawndale nimbys, approved expensive difficult alternative alignment not recommended by staff. Already-delayed Torrance rail will be further delayed. 12713
Reposted by MoreBadMyriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I interviewed two queer activists in Minneapolis who are modeling what community defense can look like. We have so much to learn from them. 114848
MoreBad @todseelie.bsky.social · 23/01/2026My latest for @flaminghydra.com: a decade ago when I met Félix, the only tall bike builder in Cuba. flaminghydra.com/viva-la-bici...flaminghydra.comViva la bicicleta altaFélix Ramón Guirola Cepero is the only tall bike builder in Cuba. I met him while on assignment in Cuba when I noticed a tall bike (meaning, a rideable bike built from two or more stacked bicycle fram... 0145
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 22/01/2026ALSO TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on photographing the only tall-bike builder in Cuba. "He uses ancient Chinese frames, rebar, and he makes pedals from sections of cut PVC pipe." flaminghydra.com/viva-la-bici...flaminghydra.comViva la bicicleta altaFélix Ramón Guirola Cepero is the only tall bike builder in Cuba. I met him while on assignment in Cuba when I noticed a tall bike (meaning, a rideable bike built from two or more stacked bicycle fram... 12910
Reposted by MoreBadAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Just absolutely amazing photos of one of the most interesting people I've ever met, and that's saying a lot. 1568
Reposted by MoreBadMichael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Helpful insight into the fascist psychology from one of the Red Scare hosts 35100295
Reposted by MoreBadBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/01/2026218 people voted to fund the child kidnapping ring and masked death squads. 16667962039
Reposted by MoreBadAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I cannot believe this essay doesn’t contain a photo of a pissed off @todseelie.bsky.social being arrested in a Santa suit, which, fun fact, exists and happened 2201
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 17/12/2025TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social with a photo essay on Santacon's slightly less-obnoxious past. "There were participants and an audience, and it was for one as much as the other. Be the surrealist moment you want to see in a city." flaminghydra.com/ten-thousand...flaminghydra.comTen Thousand SantasWith the arrival of the SANTACON documentary from Seth Porges, the acclaimed director of Class Action Park, I thought it was a good time to dig up my old photos from the 2007 and 2008 NYC SantaCons. I... 1155
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 08/11/2025TODAY: a gorgeous photo essay from @todseelie.bsky.social about Dia de Los Muertos in New Orleans flaminghydra.com/r/9d595220?m...flaminghydra.comDead can dance / Lyrics liveTod Seelie’s exquisite photos of New Orleans, and a poem from the olden time by Harry Siegel 23211
Reposted by MoreBadMaria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 18/09/2025Carrie Frye has the most lovely story today, and then there is a glorious @todseelie.bsky.social photo feature. Writing and art made by real people!! is so good!!!! flaminghydra.com/issue-405/flaminghydra.comBills, bills, bills / What a lovely dayCarrie Frye recounts the tale of a North Carolina auction win; exquisite photos of a desert festival by Tod Seelie 0135
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 18/09/2025ALSO TODAY: @todseelie.bsky.social on the wildest desert festival you’ve probably never heard of. “There are truly no spectators, no one who isn’t participating to some degree” flaminghydra.com/wasteland-in...flaminghydra.comWasteland In PicturesA few years ago, I packed my van and headed into the post-apocalypse. Wasteland Weekend is a fully immersive dystopian festival held annually in the Mojave Desert, built around a theme and aesthetic... 0111
Reposted by MoreBadElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 31/08/2025Keep up with the different surveillance technologies police are using across the U.S., from body-worn cameras to cell-site simulators. Stay informed using the Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org/atlasofsurveillance.orgAtlas of SurveillanceDocumenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research 414866
Reposted by MoreBadThe Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 31/08/2025🚨 Trump seizes control of DC police and puts Pam Bondi in charge as National Guard troops deploy. Critics call it a manufactured emergency amid record low crime, while the White House claims the city faces complete lawlessness. substack.com/home/post/p-... 2188
Reposted by MoreBadFlaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 29/08/2025TODAY: @annamerlan.bsky.social in conversation with @jessesword.com, editor of the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, on a perfectly insulting word. "I think that it’s good to be skeptical of technology, as many SF writers have been from its earliest days" flaminghydra.com/r/6188a49d?m...flaminghydra.comMachine language / Drive-by diningAnna Merlan and Jesse Sheidlower talk 'clankers' and Joe MacLeod stops for a bite at Cracker Barrel 12817
Reposted by MoreBadAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025For @flaminghydra.com I talked to @jessesword.com, a lexicographer and, full disclosure, my friend, about the perfect word "clankers" and the extremely imperfect story that's being told about where it came from: flaminghydra.com/clank-clank/flaminghydra.comClank Clanka fiery writer-owned cooperative 510228
Reposted by MoreBadDaniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 30/08/2025I’ve followed decades of modern skeptical discourse and looked into its precursors back to antiquity. Some things are almost steady state—there are always frauds, quacks, and charlatans, and often fears of a “rising tide of irrationality.” But elevating cranks to this level of power *is* different 27312
