Kaiser healthcare workers are striking. 31,000 people strong. #kaiser #healthcare #strike #unionstrong #patients

Ichi-go ichi-e. This particular constellation of delightful people had its moment yesterday, never to gather in this particular way ever again. I really love my people. Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders, January 2026.

Jacob Frey, Minneapolis Mayor: “To ICE - get the fuck out of Minneapolis”. The rest of us: “To ICE - get the fuck out of our country”.

The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/

I was mentored by men who had murdered. Let me tell you about one of them. A thread in honor of Herb Blake.

I was mentored by men who had murdered. Let me tell you about one of them. A thread in honor of Herb Blake.

Per tradition, here is my annual book list - 2025 edition. Book titles followed with an asterisk were repeat reads. Forty-five books! 1. Unhindered: A Mindful Path Through the Five Hindrances - Gil Fronsdal * 2. Night Sky with Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong @oceanvu A thread, of course...

While I was in prison, a correctional officer fired live rounds into a crowd of skinheads. I was nearly struck by a bullet. A thread.

Admiring the Clark-Hahn-Jerez Family Christmas Tree while wishing a Merry Christmas from our home to yours. In this turbulent world, there is still much to be grateful for and many of you are part of that.

While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day. How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.

Holiday sweater ✅ Festive pajamas ✅ 11 days off work ✅

While I was in San Quentin last weekend, we honored a man who was paroling. Some reflections. . The hindrances, leaving prison, and the Zen ox herding pictures.

Nothing quite like having vertigo but still going to the holiday party because I’m Santa.

I was fortunate enough to represent IBEW Local 617 at Defy Ventures’ Deep Dive Business Coaching Day in CTF Soledad this month. Along with Senator Josh Becker and other volunteers, we joined incarcerated folks for a day of mock interviews, business planning, and community building.

I was fortunate enough to represent IBEW Local 617 at Defy Ventures’ Deep Dive Business Coaching Day in CTF Soledad this month. Along with Senator Josh Becker and other volunteers, we joined incarcerated folks for a day of mock interviews, business planning, and community building.

A misty evening at San Quentin, where the Buddhadharma Sangha held its celebration of the Buddha’s enlightenment. We honored transformed lives, community, and liberation.

At the union hall phone banking for Yes on Prop 50. First time for everything.

I was once a person who wanted to do good but harmed instead. I was once a person who wanted to do good but did not because I feared the personal consequences. I think a lot of people struggle with pragmatism on one hand and leading an ethical life with integrity on the other.

I was a burglar who discovered a horrific sex crime against a child and helped the police catch the man. My sentence was more than three times longer than Diddy’s.

As I’m working through the process of getting a new citizenship, I was just informed that in the European Union “moving and living with your spouse is a human right” and, thus, my wife’s entry and residency there is guaranteed. I mean, that’s as it should be.

I really appreciated when Ta l-Nehisi Coates asked Klein, “But was silence not an option?” This. If there is one skill I’ve had to learn as a white dude, it’s knowing when it’s time to shut up or sit something out. I’m imperfect, of course, but getting better.

Eavesdropping on a conversation at work. A: “My family in Mexico is hella rich”. B: “There aren’t any rich people in Mexico, everyone’s poor.” A: “There are lots of rich people in Mexico.” B: “Nope. You’re trippin.” …

To be clear, 60% of the jury thought Comey should go to trial for obstruction charges and 100% of the jury thought Trump sexually abused Jean Carrill.

In prison, I received a book in the mail by Murray Bookchin, called "Social Ecology and Communalism". The prison guard, a Christian who poked fun at my leftist leanings, said, "So you're a communist?" "It says communalism, not communism." "Oh," he said. "Haha".

When I was in prison, I read Assata’s autobiography and had to put a book cover on it so the other white people didn’t see me reading it. Hers was the first of many such books that required secrecy. George Jackson, Malcolm X, James Baldwin, etc.

Let's make this a little less passive: Israel killed four (more) journalists.

The Weather Underground would like a word.

So, I made the mistake of scheduling a 2-hr Zoom call when I shall be drinking that colonoscopy liquid. This will prove to be very interesting.

My relationship to nudity following prison has a lot to do with desensitization. We were strip searched at arrest. We were strip searched at work every day. We were strip searched at every visit. We were strip searched when they searched our cells.

“This week’s episode [of] Flightless Bird explores incarcerated firefighters, talking to former inmate Matthew Hahn who signed up to fight fires when he was serving time..."

Holy smokes. The book proposal is finished. As the least the rough copy is. Forty pages. Feels like a moment.

Sworn in. Proud to be of service to the members of IBEW Local 617.

On this week’s episode of Flightless Bird with @davidfarrier.bsky.social we talk about fighting fires in prison, where rehabilitation happens behind the walls, and some of my story. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts.

I don’t know what’s more wild: - getting propaganda emails from the Social Security Administration, or - having to block the U.S. Department of Justice on Facebook

“I’m not having sex with a couch, I’m having sex with its cushions” - JD Vance, probably

Just coming back from a retreat. Well fuck.

A photo from Inauguration Day, 2017. Journalists curating the spectacle of a protest. When I see images of Los Angeles, I try to remember that none of the uninteresting stuff is being shown to me.

So many people get angry about property destruction yet remain silent about ripping families apart. Silent about dead children. Silent about victims of police brutality. Perhaps, if folks held humans in higher regard, others wouldn't have to destroy property to get their attention.

I have been elected to the Executive Board of IBEW Local 617. Honored to be of service to my fellows in organized labor.

It brings me great joy to mentor apprentices and then watch them become journeymen. This man is something special. The future is in good hands.

“This is not your average sobriety story. Matthew Hahn was a meth-addicted burglar who thought he’d just pulled off the heist of his life. Then he cracked open a safe and found a memory card.” matthewhahn.com/drunk-ish-a-...

I look forward to the day Trump seeks political asylum in Russia.

Our President is the embodiment of the root poisons.

Half the comments on this video from Instagram are hateful, yet people still ask why there is a need for pride or trans flags. Because darn near half the country is bigoted, that's why.

As a tradesman, I post videos about being in the trades, union membership, etc, and I end up getting a lot of toxic followers. So, when I post something that criticizes Trump or supports LGBTQIA, I get a lot of hate followed by the mass exodus of followers ...

Official pride and trans flags, coming to a government building near you. . Thank you, Salt Lake City and Boise.

Our suffering is a feature, not a failure. . The full talk “Our Pain Is Sacred” is available on Youtube and my website. See link in bio.

Coming to terms with the truth of suffering early in my last prison term. . The full talk “Our Pain Is Sacred” is available on Youtube and my website. See the link in bio.

Pain, in its myriad forms, is often the entry point for practice. Tragedy and heartbreak, discontent and unease, something among these inspires us toward something different. In this talk, I explore the four Noble Truths in light of their power to transform our suffering into joy.