Agree. This crime is taking place in plain sight. Patel guts the counterterrorism experts on Iran…we’re basically inviting them to attack us, while Trump has already said these attacks may happen, people will die. He very consistently signals what he’s going to do. Way beyond dereliction of duty.
Love this photo! I just bought a Tshirt featuring this image on Redbubble. I met him in 1984! “Met” is a strong word. He had just played a protest gig outside the Republican National Convention in Dallas, and was hanging out at my local punk club, the Twilite Room. I requested autograph. He said no.
Sunset view from my postrun Starbucks, where I sometimes like to have breakfast for dinner. The new truffle mushroom Brie egg bites are great!
Celebrating daylight savings, which means an extra hour to procrastinate before running. Guess what? I’m heading from California to Liverpool next week—any recommendations for a loop run where I can’t get lost? #RunningPunks 🎧 Marc Almond “Tears Run Rings.”
Punching, Slamming, Screaming: A Chef’s Past Abuse Haunts Noma, the World’s Top-Rated Restaurant www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/d...
Thank you, @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for being a witness. Your crucial and rigorous reporting is so important. I could not put this article down. It took me an hour; I read slowly when the storytelling is superb.
ICE Comes To Shakopee. This is what happens when governmental terror comes to Everytown, USA. For @rollingstone.com
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Sunset
Recovery four miler getting touch with my inner old man, listening to Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Deep Purple. #RunningPunks
Sculpture of surfers at Manhattan Beach Pier.
Sculpture of surfer at Hermosa Beach Pier
Belated post about a successful 14 miler last weekend on a beautiful day. By successful I don’t mean fast, I just mean I completed it and felt good. I probably heard Road Runner by the Modern Lovers. #RunningPunks
Beautiful—never saw this one before. Love your posts!
#RunningPunks, I did not run today or listen to music, but I give you Brando, 2020 and 2026: “Show me the puppy and I’ll show you the dog,” to paraphrase the documentary series Seven Up.😊
Tiny rainbow cloud.
Slow short run with an awesome sunset to tunes by Teardrop Explodes, marred only by my embarrassment when I realized I still hadn’t removed “My Sharona” from my playlist. #RunningPunks
Congratulations @chrisbriem.bsky.social! So happy for you!
Trees, ocean, sunset—trying to finish my run before dark.
Up to 12 miles—so far so good. This interview with the remarkable Kílian Jornet on “What We Can Learn From Pushing Our Bodies to Extremes”puts everything in perspective. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/m... 🎧 “I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time”—The Three Bardos #RunningPunks
Valentine’s Day run 10 miles from Redondo to Manhattan Beach and back. Today’s song has to be California Paradise by the Runaways.🌴 #RunningPunks
WordPerfect was so much better, just like Wild Oats was better than Whole Foods.
The 1939 version has always been my favorite, but I have not seen the new one yet. I read the book decades ago and remember that it was much darker than the Olivier version. Not sure I need it to be any darker. Did you like it? No spoilers please.🙏
Wow. I knew about Peter Thiel, but I didn’t know Epstein shared this goal until now. That puts his associations with so many power brokers in an even worse light, if that’s possible. Thank you for sharing this document!
Well said! You’re right that we still don’t have an adequate designation that does justice to the sacrifices and bravery of protester-witnesses. I’ve always said journalism is the first draft of history; these recordings are the prototypical prerequisites perhaps. Thank you for shining a light.
Enjoyed my run a little more now that crisis in Springfield, OH, has been averted, for now. 🎧 My favorite waltz (other than Gov. Walz): “Golden Brown” by the Stranglers. #RunningPunks
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks End of Protection for Haitians in U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
View of Malibu across the South Bay, with a row of parked cars at the overlook and two trees in the foreground at the turnaround of a three-mile dirt path on the median where I do most of my runs.
10 miler ending w/ “(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang” #RunningPunks
“Democrats are out of power
Across that great wide ocean
Reagan's president elect
Fascist God in motion
Generals tell him what to do
Stop your good time dancing
Train their guns on me and you
Fascist thing advancing”—1981
This mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
Jesse Welles beat him to it 5 months ago … but glad Bruce woke up
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Sunset over the Pacific during a short grief/anger-fueled run at 11:32 pace, which is super slow but relatively okay for me at this point.
Photos of anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis grace the “cover” of Bruce Springsteen’s new gift to America, “Streets of Minneapolis.”
The contrast between the beauty of the sunset and what I—we—have been feeling lately is almost too much to bear. Today’s 🎧 is only one possibility: Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis.” #RunningPunks
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
** Reposting
We salute these VA workers for honoring #AlexPretti.
As they say, "We are healthcare workers for veterans. We know what heroes look like."
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Poem by Langston Hughes in the African American history museum, 1943.
A self-guided six-mile running tour of the National Mall, including the WW II and Korean War memorials, culminated in a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. I was reminded that Americans have faced existential threats before. Believe, and prevail. #runningpunks
Great pace!
Hypocrisy kills:
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
