#Boston Marathon;

[littlepawz]

“When she applied to run in the Boston Marathon in 1966 they rejected her saying: “Women are not physiologically able to run a marathon, and we can’t take the liability.” Then exactly 50 years ago today, on the day of the marathon, Bobbi Gibb hid in the bushes and waited for the race to begin. When about half of the runners had gone past she jumped in. She wore her brother’s Bermuda shorts, a pair of boy’s sneakers, a bathing suit, and a sweatshirt. As she took off into the swarm of runners, Gibb started to feel overheated, but she didn’t remove her hoodie. “I knew if they saw me, they were going to try to stop me,” she said. “I even thought I might be arrested.” It didn’t take long for male runners in Gibb’s vicinity to realize that she was not another man. Gibb expected them to shoulder her off the road, or call out to the police. Instead, the other runners told her that if anyone tried to interfere with her race, they would put a stop to it. Finally feeling secure and assured, Gibb took off her sweatshirt. As soon as it became clear that there was a woman running in the marathon, the crowd erupted—not with anger or righteousness, but with pure joy, she recalled. Men cheered. Women cried. By the time she reached Wellesley College, the news of her run had spread, and the female students were waiting for her, jumping and screaming. The governor of Massachusetts met her at the finish line and shook her hand. The first woman to ever run the marathon had finished in the top third.”

[pigsbytylerthecreator]

one of our members made the poster but don’t know their @ yet — will edit it soon though REBLOGS APPRECIATED

SERVER NO LONGER ACTIVE — got taken down 😭

[livwritesstuff]

vaguely inspired by something my boss said the other day (and also by that tiktok audio that went viral)

Eddie walks into the kitchen just in time to see Steve setting his phone down and looking utterly perplexed.

"What?" he asks, not sure what to expect.

“Uh, so we’re going into Boston tomorrow because Moe is running in the goddamn Boston Marathon, apparently.”

Eddie feels his jaw drop.

"What the fuck?"

"Don't even get me started, Ed. I guess some idiot she works with was making comments about it and she took it as a challenge."

"Jesus Christ. We really lucked out that she's not evil or something because we'd all be in trouble."

"I know, right?" Steve replies, shaking his head.

“What’s the big deal about the Boston Marathon?” Hazel asks from the kitchen counter, “Is it, like, longer than other marathons?”

Steve's eyebrows fly up as he looks at their youngest daughter.

“What, Hazel — all marathons are the same length.”

Hazel blinks.

“Right.”

“It’s harder than a lot of other marathons though,” Steve continues, “There’s a lot of hills and it’s not easy to qualify for, which — I didn't even know Moe ran, never mind ran marathons."

“She never tells us stuff," Hazel comments, "Why does she never tell us stuff?"

“Your sister’s kind of a machine, Haze,” Eddie tells her, “Does your computer give you a month’s notice when it needs an update?”

"No."

"Well, there you go."

[eroticcanibalism]

[basamentreb]

Mood

[stresscrimes]

[techramonic]

The Game of Common Interests: The Symbiotic Relationship of Terrorism and The Media

Mass media and terrorism have developed an interdependent relationship. The media is the terrorist’s breath of fresh air, and it is the lifeblood and sustenance of terrorism, where the media often capitalizes on the public's confusion, intrigue, and paranoia following terrorist attacks by producing sensationalized news that captures widespread attention. This dynamic, however, plays into the hands of terrorists, who exploit the extensive coverage to spread the agency of their extremist agendas and beliefs, particularly targeting and influencing vulnerable audiences, such as the youth. Professor Taha Najem of Naif Arab University had described this relationship as “symbiotic”.

In Najem's own words:

"As for the extremists, they precisely calculate the scope, location, and timing of their attacks to generate ample media attention,—or in other words, to generate advertisements for their messages on a global scale. The broader and more prolonged the media coverage of terrorism turns out to be, the greater the terrorists' feelings of accomplishment, influence, and power." (Najem, 2017).

Bruce Hoffman, the Director of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University said:

"Only by spreading the terror and outrage to a much larger audience can the terrorists gain the maximum leverage potential."

Najem argues that the relationship between the two can be understood through the media's tendency to capitalize on horrific tragedies. It often uses these as newsworthy scoops that not only provide information but also serve as marketing opportunities and profitable publicity. In some instances, the media may unintentionally promote terrorist operations by offering excessive coverage, which is driven by their own incessant need for fame, power, money, and influence. This aligns with the perpetrator's likeness, where some stage attacks often with the sole purpose of gaining publicity and creating propaganda rather than resolving political demands.

Researchers have established that media coverage is pivotal to the success of terrorist attacks, with the scope and intensity of coverage often being more important to terrorist groups than the quality of the reporting. However, this perspective can also be overly simplistic, as it overlooks the complex relationship between media coverage and public reaction. It also fails to consider that not all terrorists prioritize publicity over their other tactical or political aims. Additionally, the complex interplay between the media and terrorism cannot be fully understood without considering the role of the state. 

Not only does this occur in mass media, but also creating trends within specific online communities. From this, we can see how there is a benefit in both parties: terrorists gain the publicity they desire, while the media profits from the heightened public interest, increasing the influx of coverage because of the heightened value. Furthermore, many individuals drawn into terrorism have been influenced by channels, websites, magazines, and other forms of media that promote bombings and suicide missions, highlighting the powerful role media can play in the recruitment and radicalization process. With this, here are some ways in which the media benefits terrorism, and vice-versa. Allowing media prevalence through marketability and terrorism through radicalization. 

World Trade Center Bombing, 2001.

On September 11, 19 terrorists from al-Qaeda hijacked and attacked the World Trade center, following four coordinated bombing-suicide attacks against the U.S. There were 2,996 deaths and approximately 6,000 injured. Over the past two decades after the attack, mainstream media audiences have witnessed a significant shift in how news was presented: the rise of dramatic and emotional storytelling, or what can be termed as "public drama."

This approach has increasingly dominated the media landscape, being a central focus on various platforms: lead stories on news programs, main broadcast discussions, and bold headlines on newspapers. This had become a prominent framework for delivering news, particularly in television, due to its entertainment-like qualities. By simplifying complex stories into easily-digestible and compelling narratives with vivid images, the audience is more engaged. News organizations and media professionals favor this dramatic approach because of the direct and cost-effective production. 

The 9/11 attack is a prime example of this trend. When news broke of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center, broadcasters were initially unprepared for the unfolding catastrophe and the dramatic and chaotic nature of the events presented challenges in conveying the news. With initial coverage featuring footage of billowing flames and smoke from the collapsed towers, the explosion of the Pentagon, and the emergency response—all were easily committed into the viewer's memories. These images captured the raw scale of the disaster and its immediate aftermath. The people were confused, afraid, and intrigued—then they became invested. Thus, the sensationalization of news was adapted.

Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995.

On April 19th, just the second anniversary of the end of the Waco siege, domestic terrorists Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh detonated a nitrate-fuel oil bomb in the Alfred P. Murrah Building, claiming 168 lives and injuring  680 others.

Timothy McVeigh was one of America’s most notorious domestic terrorists, and with his involvement with the crime, he was then sentenced to death by lethal injection. In June 2001, the Federal Bureau of Prisons was responsible for the execution of McVeigh.  Linda Smith and John Roberts, in their journal article, delve into one significant instance where media demands placed a heavy burden on the Federal Agency. During this time of McVeigh's execution, the Bureau faced a difficult dilemma: balancing the need to facilitate media coverage of the execution while ensuring the safety and security of the maximum-security penitentiary where it was conducted.

This situation highlights a broader paradox faced by many federal agencies. They are tasked with providing information to the media while simultaneously navigating ethical, budgetary, and legal constraints that limit their engagement in traditional public relations activities, such as advertising and lobbying, common in the private sector. Public affairs officers are legally obligated to release non-sensitive information, yet they must carefully avoid disclosing material exempt under the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, as individual officers can be held criminally liable for such breaches. This tension between transparency and security underscores the complex challenges these agencies must navigate in their public communications.

Boston Marathon Bombing, 2013 and INSPIRE MAGAZINE.

On April 15th, exactly on America's Patriot's Day, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar (Jahar) Tsarnaev detonated two pressure cooker bombs at 2:49 p.m., just a few of hours after the winner completed the Boston Marathon, totaling to 6 deaths and 281 injuries.

Jahar had a fascination with fireworks and explosives, while Tamerlan exhibited early signs of radicalization.  Although there were no proper links of the two to terrorist groups, Jahar had revealed that the two obtained plans from Inspire, specifically its first issue revealing a step-by-step recipe on creating pressure cooker bombs or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

Inspire is an English online magazine published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), infamously known as the group that perpetrated the 9/11 and PAL 434 attacks. The magazine is one of the many ways AQAP spreads its online agenda. Both international and domestic extremists have been motivated by radical interpretations of Islam and, in some cases, used its bomb-making instructions in their attempts to carry out attacks. 

The insurgence of the 'Jihadi John Slideshow Trend'

During the period of 2014, youtube videos uploaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) started surfacing on the internet. This was characterized by a series of masked militants criticizing the American or British government and then tying in the statements by the gruesome beheadings of hostages, ransoms, and soldiers.

Terrorists had often used their media presence as a driving force to influence the youth into affiliating themselves with terrorist ties. One of these was Jihadi John, unveiled as British militant and Kuwaiti-born Mohamed Emwazi. In these videos, Emwazi is often seen looming over the camera holding a knife and standing next to a kneeled hostage. He ends every video by beheading his victims. One of his most famous videos was the beheading of American Journalist James Foley.

Around June 2010, Emwazi was detained and in the middle of 2020, the insurgence of the “Jihadi John Slideshow” trend had reached tiktok. While the origins of this trend still remains obscure, this has left a lasting impact on the youth. Often, the demographic consisted of teens, specifically young males, who romanticized and glorified the acts of violence portrayed by Emwazi and the aesthetic of militaristic weaponry. Many had credited this behavior to “edgy” standards and humor, however, this idealism was proven to be more unironic than it seemed. Eventually, in the proceeding years, the trend had died out, however, it had came back a few times during period intervals of 2022 to 2023.

This trend had also harmfully villainized harmless ideologies, distorting these ideas to the point where it is repulsing for the public’s perception. An example of this is the concept of Jihad, where it is essentially the Islamic philosophy of struggling to defend the religion and attaining peace within the community  and outside of it. It promotes the unity and solidarity of individuals where militaristic action is only done as a last resort of intervention. Often, Jihadi groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIS have spread distorted and extremist versions of this ideology, creating a brand new concept of utilizing violent militaristic resistance to protect Islam. With this dangerous approach, muslim communities are stigmatized, discriminated against, and stereotyped. This is especially harmful because it is a large problem that affects the community in various ways, especially when terrorists rebrand concepts initially striving to attain peace as acts of hatred and war, tainting a beautiful religion with images of violence.

Conclusion

Circling back to Prof. Najem’s analysis, without the media’s attention and focus, terrorists are unable to achieve any of the following four objectives: (1) recognition of the group name or ideology, (2) ability to communicate with supporters, (3) communicate with members of the local government, (4) and depict itself as a legitimate political alternative to the current governments. To conclude this essay, the relationship between mass media and terrorism is a complex and interdependent one, where the intricacies of both entities should be carefully observed and analyzed to unravel the deeper connections between the two.

While some researchers argue that media coverage is essential for the success of terrorist attacks, this view is sometimes overly simplistic and does not fully capture the intricate relationship between media portrayal and public reaction. Additionally, not all terrorist groups prioritize publicity over their other objectives. The symbiotic relationship between the media and terrorism is further complicated by the role of the state, which must balance transparency with security.

Several case studies, including the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Boston Marathon Bombing, and the rise of figures like Jihadi John, highlight the ways in which media coverage can both shape and be shaped by terrorist actions. These examples demonstrate how terrorist groups leverage media to spread their message and recruit new members, while the media, in turn, benefits from the increased attention and revenue generated by such coverage.

Ultimately, this relationship underscores the powerful role that the media plays in both perpetuating and combating terrorism. The challenge lies in finding a balance between reporting news and preventing the unintentional promotion of extremist ideologies.

[sportsthoughts]

Day 25 of offseason gifs - In The Room S02E04

[warnersister]

INSTAMAGINE: DANNY RIC DATING AN ELITE RUNNER

Daniela Ricciardo x Reader

Daniel Ricciardo x Runner! Reader

youruser

youruser: Sunshine track sesh with team? Yes pls😍

📍: local track

🏷️: emmajanelbates, nikerunning

❤️: danielricciardo, emmajanelbates, nikerunning and 23,421 others

💬:

emmajanelbates: last rep was too hot🥲

❤️: 7,892

-> youruser: emmajanelbates thought the track was going to melt tbh

❤️: 6,235

nikerunning: new shoes Y/n? 👀

❤️: 7,245

-> youruser: nikerunning you know it 🤭

❤️: 7,132

redbullracing: if you needed a new set of tyres we’d recommend Pirelli over Nike😏

❤️: 18,242

-> runningblog: redbullracing wrong sport much? 😭

❤️: 4,185

-> ynlnrunningfan: redbullracing Where’d you guys come from🤣

❤️: 3,274

youruser with nnrunningteam

youruser: training with the elites in Kenya🇰🇪 for 4 weeks now stronger & wiser while running alongside the best🙏 never thought I’d get this incredible opportunity, watch this space for upcoming racing announcements👀🏃‍♀️

📍: Ngong hills

🏷️: nnrunningteam, sifanhassan, peresjepchirchirngeno

❤️: kipchogeeliud, sifanhassan, danielricciardo and 82,746 others

💬:

nnrunningteam: train with the best to become the best🙏 our job is done

❤️: 79,268

-> youruser: nnrunningteam beyond grateful for this opportunity

❤️: 82,129

maxverstappen1: danielricciardo she’s faster than you now

❤️: 83,256

-> danielricciardo: maxverstappen1 I’ll run after her any day of the week😍

❤️: 83,667

-> user1: maxverstappen1 do you guys know which sport you’re in? 😭

❤️: 42,142

-> ynnews: user1 no idea what is happening with the F1 drivers here🤔🤔

❤️: 32,442

danielricciardo

danielricciardo: vibes are immaculate

📍: Boston Marathon

🏷️: bostonmarathon

❤️: redbullracing, youruser, bostonmarathon and 367,498 others

💬:

redbullracing: #certified WAG Daniel

❤️: 365,232

-> danielricciardo: redbullracing I’m loving the stay at home wife life xxxx

❤️: 352,435

maxverstappen1: “you’re doing a great job hun”

❤️: 363,242

-> danielricciardo: maxverstappen1 got the drinks and snacks ready for the finish line

❤️: 360,135

youruser: 🤍

❤️: 365,890

-> danielricciardo: youruser ❤️❤️

❤️: 365,275

-> user1: youruser W H A T

❤️: 24,562

-> dannyfan: WHAT IS HAPPENING WHAT HUH WHAT

❤️: 13,245

youruser

youruser: Boston. Tomorrow we race.

📍: Boston Marathon Start Line

🏷️: nnrunningteam, bostonmarathon, nikerunning

❤️: nnrunningteam, bostonmarathon, danielricciardo and 687,201 others

💬:

nnrunningteam: it comes down to tomorrow

❤️: 429,873

kipchogeeliud: see you on the start line. We know what you are capable of. 🙏

❤️:680,764

-> youruser: kipchogeeliud 🙏🧡

❤️:680,522

danielricciardo: 10 miles at 5min/km surely isn’t an easy run

❤️: 681,243

-> youruser: danielricciardo “oh no I want to come” “I won’t struggle I’m a racing driver it’s only running” - daniel via famous last words

❤️: 682,435

-> danielricciardo: youruser shush

❤️: 681,423

-> youruser: danielricciardo your words, not mine 🤷‍♀️

❤️: 680,921

-> ynelite: danielricciardo WHAT HAVE I MISSED A WHOLE BOOK?!?!

❤️: 72,352

-> f1newz: danielricciardo WHO WHAT WHY WHERE AND WHEN?!?!

❤️: 64,839

danielricciardo

danielricciardo: don’t like the shake out runs but I’ll certainly take the Boston milkshakes😋🥛

📍: Boston Shake Shack

🏷️: bostonshakeshack

❤️: bostonshakeshack, bostonmarathon, youruser and 872,149 others

💬:

bostonshakeshack: please serving two of the best 😉

❤️: 823,164

-> user1: bostonshakeshack TWO????? IS HE WITH YN????

❤️: 72,353

landonorris: yum.

❤️: 860,924

-> maxverstappen1: landonorris ur a child

❤️: 859,374

maxverstappen1: danielricciardo don’t get fat

❤️: 871,424

-> danielricciardo: maxverstappen1 I’m carb loading😤

❤️: 872,043

-> maxverstappen1: danielricciardo to WATCH a race??? 🤨🤨

❤️: 870,923

youruser

youruser: carbin’ up😋😋

📍: Boston Shake Shack

🏷️: bostonshakeshack

❤️: danielricciardo, bostonshakeshack, ynelite and 562,903 others

💬:

bostonshakeshack: our fave❤️

❤️: 540,724

-> youruser: bostonshakeshack forever and unbeaten love you and I❤️😋

❤️: 552,326

danielricciardo: 😋😋😋

❤️: 560,274

-> youruser: danielricciardo😋😍

❤️: 560,213

redbulldanny: THATS DANIELS HAND, THEY’RE DATING I SWEAR

❤️: 52,252

user2: same milkshakes as Danny Ric??? It’s official.

❤️: 49,853

youruser

youruser: Boston, the city, the people, the life - you are kind❤️ Race number on and I am ready. Bring it on.

📍: Hopkinton

🏷️: bostonmarathon

❤️: bostonmarathon, emmajanelbates, kipchogeeliud and 2,921,520 others

💬:

danielricciardo: forever proud of you no matter what.

❤️: 784,382

bostonmarathon: the debut.

❤️: 624,924

nnrunningteam: show them what you are made of!!

❤️: 524,572

redbullracing: good luck yn!!!🥰

❤️: 482,972

danielricciardo

danielricciardo: here for you and only you. We know what you can do, my love. ❤️

📍: Boston Marathon Finish Line

🏷️: bostonmarathon

❤️: bostonmarathon, maxverstappen1, redbullracing and 6,349,242 others

💬:

redbullracing: awww he’s smitten

❤️: 5,892,264

-> danielricciardo: redbullracing obvi🤭🙄

❤️: 5,920,247

user1: they’re defo dating

❤️: 56,824

-> user2: user1 100%

❤️: 49,735

maxverstappen1: you cold yet? (+ good luck Mrs Ricciardo)

❤️: 6,278,930

-> danielricciardo: maxverstappen1 adrenaline keeping me warm I’m so nervous for her

❤️: 6,242,924

bostonmarathon: some celeb on celeb action we love to see it!!🥰

❤️: 5,834,024

bostonmarathon

bostonmarathon: history has been made. 2:17:54

📍: Boston Marathon Finish Line

🏷️: youruser

❤️: danielricciardo, youruser and 15,678,235 others

💬:

emmajanelbates: THE BEST

❤️: 12,342,947

nnrunningteam: unbeatable.

❤️: 12,296,285

danielricciardo: WOOOOOOOOO

❤️: 13,582,582

read other 12,362,273 comments

danielricciardo

danielricciardo: A fucking record breaker❤️ been keeping this quiet for almost a year but this woman, my woman, my love, my life, has just make fucking history. I love you, my sweet, speedy girl. @/youruser

📍: Boston Marathon Finish Line

🏷️: bostonmarathon, youruser

❤️: youruser, bostonmarathon, redbullracing and 18,253,295 others

💬:

redbullracing: she can have your seat next season

❤️: 17,654,974

-> danielricciardo: redbullracing she took my heart, might as well have my seat too.

❤️: 17,748,194

emmajanelbates: you better make her feel like the fucking Queen she is.

❤️: 16,375,284

-> danielricciardo: emmajanelbates believe me, once the DOMS are gone, I will. 😉

❤️: 17,274,294

youruser: couldn’t have done it without you❤️ I love you

❤️: 18,124,724

-> danielricciardo: youruser so proud my sweet girl❤️

❤️: 17,824,924

part 2?

[kaynsuu]

[wetsocksinbed]

when the IRA set off bombs, England didn’t turn around and blow up Belfast under the notion that “there are terrorists hiding amongst the people”

when the colombine shooting happened, the American government didn’t order for the police and armed guards to go in and shoot everyone they saw

when the Boston Marathon bombing happened, the whole of Boston wasn’t bombed back

when the Christchurch mosque shooting happened in New Zealand, the government didn’t turn around and bomb all of the city under the guise of “taking out a terrorist”

so why is it different now?

why is it okay for Israel to bomb Rafah, kill thousands of innocent men, women and children, behead babies, crush prisoners under steamrollers, and let infants and children starve? Why is it okay for America to supply bombs hand signed?

I’ve seen more pictures and videos of dead children in the past few weeks than I ever have, or ever wanted to. I’ve seen a child holding two babies, now the sole carer for her little siblings. I’ve seen a man hold the limp corpse of his infant son, the baby so skinny that it looks more like some kind of crude doll than a real human. I’ve seen a father holding the headless body of a baby that hadn’t even seen its first birthday. A boy no older than 5 having to scrape the remains of his mother off of the concrete floor.

how can someone see these things and respond “October 7” or “they deserve it”?

nobody is saying Hamas is innocent. Nobody in their right mind has ever said Hamas is innocent. But if Russia or China invaded America, and ISIS came to defend you, you wouldn’t turn around and fight ISIS. You would eagerly accept any help that you got.

how hard is it to look at these people who are suffering and see humans? People? Has the world really fallen so far that empathy is just a word now? Everyone talks about how bad colonisation is, and how cruel our ancestors were, yet so many people stand here today and support the genocide of a group of people just trying to survive. How can you condemn the African slave trade, the holocaust, the Vietnam War, but support Israel? How can you see all those dead children and feel nothing? I’m terrified. I’m terrified that my own species can be so barbaric in this modern day and age. We aren’t our past, we are the most advanced we have ever been. We’ve sent people to space, we have miniature computers in the palms of our hands, but somehow we can look as headless babies and say “it’s what they deserve”

words cannot express how genuinely disgusted I am

[tsar-naev]

If tamerlan had lived to see his trial what would’ve happened?

[jaharsbombz]

forgot to post earlier,happy birthday Jahar :)

[patrice-bergerons]

this means so much to me actually

[borderlinemediocre]

I love the random fan photos of Zee today that put his size in perspective lol

[news4dzhozhar]

Boston Marathon bombing victims rip Tsarnaev’s latest legal appeal

**So due process and the right to appeal is a "cash cow" now? This whole attitude is why some of the appeals are being filed in the first place. There SHOULD have been a change of venue, Judge O’Toole SHOULD 100% be removed, 2 of the jurors lied in their pretrial screenings so the penalty phase SHOULD be retried. **

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing victims say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attempt to get his old legal team back together is a waste of taxpayers’ money.

Tsarnaev, locked up in a Colorado Supermax, has an Aug. 21 court date in Boston where his lawyers will begin to try to keep him out of the electric chair.

That status conference is before federal Judge George A. O’Toole Jr.

“Who’s paying for this?” said Liz Norden. “He blew up innocent people and we’re told it’s no one’s business to know how much his lawyers cost? It makes no sense.”

The Department of Justice has denied a Herald public records request for Tsarnaev’s legal bill while his case drags on in the courts.

Norden has attempted to make every hearing in a solemn show of support for the victims of the bombing, including her two boys who lost their right legs that terrible day on Boylston Street on April 15, 2013.

Marc Fucarile, woke up in a hospital with his right leg mostly gone and his left one possibly next, said Monday the seemingly never-ending case against the bomber is an insult to the city.

“Stop wasting taxpayers’ dollars just for greedy lawyers,” he said of Tsarnaev’s appeal of his death penalty sentence. “He was already judged by his peers. There should be no question he deserves the death penalty.

“Let’s just cut off this cash cow,” he added.

The bomber has questioned the bias of two jurors in his 2015 death penalty trial and won a partial victory in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.

The appeals court stated “the district court’s investigation fell short of what was constitutionally required” over this one issue. If bias is shown, the court adds, Tsarnaev will be “entitled to a new penalty-phase proceeding.”

The alleged bias is over social media postings about the bombing made by two jurors.

The appeals court has added “regardless of the outcome, (Tsarnaev) will spend the rest of his life in prison.”

Now the bomber is moving quickly to assemble his legal team, with Boston attorney William Fick filing an appeal to return to the case now that he is in private practice.

Tsarnaev is “legally indigent,” Fick writes, and the courts should allow him back on the case “in order to serve the interests of justice, judicial economy, continuity in representation.”

His motion also states attorneys Daniel Habib, Deirdre von Dornum, and Mia Eisner-Grynberg from the Federal Defenders of New York, are on his side of the bench. It’s not clear if all the lawyers are working pro bono or submitting a bill.

The New York group does offer free help to “persons charged with federal crimes who cannot afford to hire an attorney.”

The case remains in the Seaport federal court before the same judge as the alleged bias of two jurors is re-examined, the court announced Monday. Still, Tsarnaev does have a chance to avoid death.

The bombing killed Martin Richard, 8; Krystle Campbell, 29; and Lu Lingzi, 23. More than 260 people were injured and maimed. MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, 27, was shot execution-style days later by Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan, killed hours later in a firefight in Watertown.

Boston Police Officer Dennis Simmonds, 28, injured in the Watertown shootout, died in April 2014.

Tsarnaev is locked up in the Federal Correctional Complex Florence in Colorado — a Supermax called the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.”