And technically we're kinda playing 10/19 at California Bliss Dept. although @lanasolyluna.bsky.social will do a solo set (Sushi Neko Roll), and Dhamo will play with Mike from Snickerdoodle (as Swimming Pools).

I think I finally decided what I'll try to be for Halloween. Hoping I can find the pieces I need in time! Will post pics if I can pull it off or come to the @santadharma.bsky.social gig on 10/26 at MoguMogu (Asagaya). It's going to be a couple's one. (Again, IF we can pull it off. 😅)

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

When is the round table on the tooth fairy?

Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

Hey Tokyo folks! I'm organizing a free event at my yoga studio on 10/19. Anyone's welcome! Live music and cheap goods! (This is an alcohol-free event. No outside food or drinks. Feel free to share/repost! Thanks!!💕)

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked two journalists. We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

"More than a decade after he arrived in Japan with his wife and their two eldest children, Ali is fighting a battle on two fronts – a decision on his application for refugee status, and rising hostility towards his family and other members of the country’s Kurdish community."

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

cowards!

If any yoga or fitness teachers in Tokyo are interested, I'm hosting a free meetup at my studio in Minami-Asagaya next week: 9/25 15:00-16:30! New teachers or teachers in training are very welcome! Let's build a community and support each other! Feel free to share or dm me w/ questions!

“Our employers told us it was ok… I will never visit 🇺🇸 again. It feels good to be free.” Hundreds of South Korean workers detained in shackles landed home, met by family who tearfully hugged them. Arrested building a factory to employ thousands. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...

Like I just said on CNN, it’s absolutely evil that people are sleeping on concrete floors at the ICE detention center near Chicago. Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.

I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

Call from a producer this morning: Zoe please help - we thought the panel on our show was balanced, but it turns out they’re both pro-mass detention camps for asylum seekers. Would you come on to be the anti-detention camp voice? We are in a really bad place, friends, I am telling you.

Koenji Awa-Odori is this weekend, and if you're anything like me, you'll get tired of the crowds at a certain point, so come hang at the next station over with us! Excited about this gig w/ these great bands <3

This Sunday! Good live music & I've been working hard on rounding up great music made by Californian bands/artists to play in-between sets. Dive into some California indie, psychedelia, post-punk, etc.!

Ohio parents of kids with disabilities are receiving letters from the school board demanding they pay “extra” for their disabled children. This is ableism and discrimination at its finest. They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.

Hi Tokyo! August schedule is up at my yoga studio! Thanks for your patience as I was recovering from Fuji Rock. Hope to practice with you soon! No membership fees & mostly (truly) beginner friendly classes. Feel free to dm if you have any questions or would prefer a 1:1.

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

Fuji Rock Festival always goes by so quick! I can't believe it's already over. 😢

I dropped off copies of our anti-ICE zines at a few local shops (like Mission Comics) in S.F. These were created by the #CartoonistConspiracy of #SanFrancisco. If you can’t pick up a copy in person, you can print your own here docpop.org/2025/06/anti...

If anyone's looking for something to do this weekend, free art event at my studio organized by an amazing group of artists: Eight Legs Collective. Free event, open to the public. Stop by, see cool art & enjoy a beverage on the rooftop Please no outside food or drink; non-alcohol event.

We’re finally set on a date! Our first ever event is happening soon~

A robin made a nest in one of my plant pots right outside my studio. The baby birds are hatching today.

LA produces all of your Made In The USA apparel and fabric. LA is the port for most of your goods and produce. LA makes and the USA takes, baby.

L.A. is a Mexican-American city. The majority of the population is made up of racial and ethnic minorities. We are all happy living together and really do not want to see our friends, neighbors and families being terrorized by federal robo-cops. This is bullshit.

Video from about an hour ago as less than lethal rounds are being used against protesters in Southern California

Hey Tokyo! Our next gig is this Sunday at 7th floor in Shibuya. Hope you can come down...it's a fun lineup and a great spot.

June classes are up at California Bliss Dept.! June can be a bit gloomy, but a little yoga goes a long way. Come practice with me. No membership fees and allllll levels very welcome! 😊💕

Tokyo!! Doing a couple gigs w/ my band @santadharma.bsky.social this weekend! 5/30 at Oriental Force in Koenji. 5/31 at Gamuso in Asagaya. Maybe no one will come since I've been out of the country & no chance to promote these events, but hopefully I'm wrong! 😂😇

Back in Tokyo but taking a couple days to recover before teaching yoga and doing gigs again. 💕

I love how I'll just be working away on my computer and suddenly I find that both of my cats are curled up on either side of me on the tatami. They're so quiet & chill I don't even notice their arrival.

If anyone's in town this Saturday, we're playing a daytime gig for once! (before I'm off to California for a bit...)

My studio California Bliss Dept. will be open for most of Golden Week but closed from May 8-May 24-ish because I'm going home to deal w/ family 💩 If you're looking for some barre, yoga, or meditation in Tokyo during your break, come on down! No membership fees & all classes are in English 😊

I've been trying to get a COVID booster before I go back to the states & called around to a few places who were listed on government websites, & they're like, we don't have those anymore??!! Luckily found a place that did but so weird considering I'm willing to pay lots of ¥¥ for it.

The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today. This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Realized I didn't post this here if anyone wants to come! Happy to organize this show for Waterflower, who is touring from Latvia. Come see music made w/ mushrooms & plants. I'll also do a solo set w/ a Portachord (predecessor to the Omnichord).

Why I don't charge membership fees: -Folks can study at a variety of studios. -I can rest when I need it (so can my students) -Folks can travel abroad w/o penalties. -One-time visitors feel welcome. Tokyo people looking to move mindfully, come try it!

YouTube has definitely made yoga available to a larger group of people, and that's great, but also really common for students to come to my studio saying they tried yoga on YouTube & injured themselves. Great teachers can make in-person classes just for you, not an imaginary student.

Nothing quite like cherry blossoms in the rain. See more from this morning shoot, that I did in our neighbourhood in 2023, on my blog at the link below. blog.alfiegoodrich.com/portfolio/pe...

Yes I did say hello to the tanuki. I have manners.

I saw a tanuki back in January & it made my day. Today I've been feeling low about the state of the world, and then that same (?) tanuki popped out from the bushes. A lady who feeds the cats around there said she gave it medicine & it was looking so much healthier than when I saw it the 1st time. 💕

I'm no good with patterns. Can someone help me out here?

Ohh "America First" was a hit list