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Rolling Stone/Senior Writer Days of speed and slowtime Mondays Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday Watching the news and not eating your tea A freezing cold flat with damp on the walls

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Sounds like the song title of a terrible Mike Love-penned Beach Boys song from 1971.

07.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Headline: Suzy Weiss on Bad Bunny
PASS

07.02.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Please watch my Bovino video.

07.02.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Ah yes, I remember the legendary anti-Columbus woke mob of 1692. The anti-Italian riots in 17th Century Salem, Mass are a stain on this nation.

06.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe, but he speaks for the working man.

06.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah yes, I remember the legendary anti-Columbus woke mob of 1692. The anti-Italian riots in 17th Century Salem, Mass are a stain on this nation.

06.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @seahawksofficial.com fans, here is Russell Wilson explaining to me and @rollingstone.com how he was over the Malcolm Butler interception before he got to the sidelines. Good luck on Sunday!
archive.is/Ak4VA

06.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Border Czar Plans to Pull 700 Agents From Minnesota

It should be noted this drops the number of ICE agents in Minnesota from 3000 to a still alarming 2300. There were 80 in the state before the surge.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

04.02.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7

As someone who first read Rolling Stone in the Flint public library 40 years ago and have written about the water crisis, MI paramilitary groups, and the impact of covid on Black neighborhoods in Detroit, I'll just say I'm sorry the Lions missed their window to make the Super Bowl for the first time

01.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've done this for a living for 30 years. I know what I'm doing.

31.01.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.

31.01.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 10260    πŸ” 3333    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 93
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At the Center of the ICE Uproar, a Familiar Figure: Corey Lewandowski

Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives...

β€œI just like him,” Mr. Trump told Olivia Nuzzi of New York magazine in 2024. β€œCorey’s a character.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

28.01.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

Friends, comrades. I will be in Minneapolis today and likely driving a SUV rental car. I am not moonlighting for ICE. Thanks for your understanding.

27.01.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to read the first classic Rodrick Industries profile, click the the @phillymag link embedded in this @nytimes.com story on Morris Katz's libertine grand dad. I was just a young lad spending a 4th of July weekend in a Philly palace of debauchery.
www.phillymag.com/news/1997/10...

25.01.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

My haterade bets on the Seahawks have me one game away from a 2.5k payday. Bet them in different amounts to win the Super Bowl before the last 4 games.

26.01.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My haterade bets on the Seahawks have me one game away from a 2.5k payday. Bet them in different amounts to win the Super Bowl before the last 4 games.

26.01.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wilson through that interception. That was pretty great.

25.01.2026 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who says magazines are not eternal documents?

25.01.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to read the first classic Rodrick Industries profile, click the the @phillymag link embedded in this @nytimes.com story on Morris Katz's libertine grand dad. I was just a young lad spending a 4th of July weekend in a Philly palace of debauchery.
www.phillymag.com/news/1997/10...

25.01.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The KID doesn't have a phone, but can get texts on his ipad. I've taken to occasionally texting him 'I'm pregnant, what do I do?' His response: 'Dad, you're an interesting character.'

24.01.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WTF, you have time to eat?? Disappointing.

24.01.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Run Wild
YouTube video by New Order - Topic Run Wild

Run Wild is the best New Order song. I will not be taking questions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqm1...

24.01.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Minnesota has been A1 on the Times and WashPo nearly everyday for the last two and a half weeks, but still complaints of no mainstream coverage.

24.01.2026 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 321    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7

β€œThe problem is how they’re covering it” crazy bc this is about people who are saying they aren’t covering it at all.

24.01.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Ten days I walked into a restaurant with journalists from every major outlet in this country, and people inside said it’s so good media is finally here. We’d all been there a week!

24.01.2026 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Teddy Boy (Apple Studio)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic Teddy Boy (Apple Studio)

Ted used to tell her he'd be twice as good
And he knew he could, 'cause in his head he said

"Mommy don't worry, now teddy boy's here
Taking good care of you
Mama don't worry, your teddy boy's here
Teddy's going to see you through"
(Beatles demo/Lennon making fun).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVfi...

24.01.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Justin Townes Earle Wrote His Biggest Hit and Became a Nashville Legend An excerpt from the highly anticipated authorized biography of Justin Townes Earle shows how he wrote his biggest hit and became a Nashville legend.

On @rollingstone.com, the first excerpt of my biography of Justin Townes Earle.

This one's about the writing and recording of Harlem River Blues (the album AND the song!)
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

09.01.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Hello. Welcome. What's all this then? This is my newsletter, By Brian R Alexander. You may be saying to yourself, "The last thing the world needs is another newsletter." I've said this to myself many times. Yet here I am. So you deserve t...

My good friend @brianralexander.bsky.social, journalist par excellence and author of "Glass House," "The Hospital" and the not-soon-enough-to-be-released "The Mayor," has a newsletter. Brian connects dots that others don't. Worth your while. by-brian-r-alexander.ghost.io/hello-welcom...

20.01.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate the Seahawks. Just obnoxious fan base and the RW/PC residue. That's why I bet $500 for the Seahawks to win the Super Bowl **before** the 49ers game of two weeks ago at about 6-1 odds. If the worst case scenario happens, I take 3k/go to Maui for a week. It's a coping mechanism.

18.01.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nah, at some point fans are like who gives a fuck, this is rigged. Let me pay attention to the NBA and NFL where there is a semblance of fairness. If you think about it, NBA Finals to NFL opening game is only like 90 days.

16.01.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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