: I didn’t really need more reasons to hate Manchester City, but they have some kind DaFont …
: The Residence was excellent from start to finish. The writing was tight and smart, Uzo Aduba was …
: Hey take a minute to pause from doomscrolling and read about Year 11 of Punk Planet, a year where …
: Genuine house-rattling Midwestern thunderstorm in full effect
: It’s genuinely insane to me how much MORE relevant Rebel Spirit has become since Season One …
: Disappearing people on the flimsiest of legal arguments for exercising protected speech is 100% …
: Took a break from the hellscape to hang out with the Thorne Room Miniatures
: “We are currently clean on OPSEC”
: Publishing screenshots of the entire groupchat all the way to including the entire chat membership …
: “We are currently clean on OPSEC” is definitely the LOL line in the published groupchat.
: The funniest thing about all this to me is I’ve WRITTEN for the Atlantic and nobody looped the …
: The thing about groupchats, even on Signal, is they are only as secure as your weakest link member.
: Oh no, I’m watching the first ten minutes of Up.
: My day job is to help run a search for a fellowship program that has always brought in some of the …
: Me telling myself that next week will be calmer than this week and believing it is my own personal …
: Ok The Residence is very good.
: Giancarlo Esposito is the fucking best.
: There’s snow on the ground. Are we not demoralized enough???
: Full on Dear Leader shit right here.
: Noted radical left stronghold of Buffalo Grove Illinois. patch.com/illinois/…
: I get that Says Who may not be for everyone, but do yourself a favor and listen today, as we LOSE …
: The narrative of DOGE’s break-in (literally) at the US Institute of Peace is fucking gnarly as …
: it is impossible to remember that it has not even been two months.
: I am a dude with a big beard and so OF COURSE I have multiple drawers filled with cables and yet …
: who has opinions on graffiti/poster markers, please share them with me. especially opinions on super …
: This is going to ruin the tour.
: thought the kid was having some kind of breathing episode in the other room, but it turns out he was …
: Right now it feels impossible to get anything done, but we all have to. So I wrote about how …
: It was 75 degrees on Friday and now it’s snowing
: You can buy a blind box of my childhood.
: The rats are in the mail. www.npr.org/2025/03/1…
: BuT wHaT IF tHeY SHut doWN thE GOveRNmenT?? Motherfucker he did this AFTER your cowardly vote. …
: Ran into a celeb while out trying to walk off my rage. Northwestern, pay your foodservice workers.
: so let’s say that by some miracle, Schumer doesn’t have the votes and this thing fails. …
: It’s extraordinarily nice outside so I’d appreciate if you gave me a reason to walk to …
: Just remembered that I almost got a job at Columbia University a couple years back, they chose a guy …
: As always the only ones gonna save us is us
: the grocery store moved everything around and this is going to be my Joker moment
: Fuck everything? Yes. Fuck everything.
: For people obsessed with masculinity and “alpha energy,” the car show on the White House …
: Would be genuinely curious to know if Donald Trump knows how to drive.
: Has Trump bought his Tesla yet?
: he should just sign an executive order saying stocks can’t go down and then, voila, problem …
: I wrote the bakery and asked if I could have their Paczki sign once the week was over and, reader, …
: Imagine being the richest person in the world and needing your mother to come to your defense.
: I wanna meet the kid that goes to the arcade, wins 2500 tickets, and chooses the backgammon set. …
: My elderly dog, after a day of whining, just passed a 4" long twig and honestly if she’s …
: Kicking off Insomnia Club a little early today. Welcome, I’m not glad you’re here.
: Think we’ve forgotten about the time that Elon was booed so badly by fans of Dave Chapelle (of …
: Just talked with a couple of high school kids for a school project about the Klan and here is the …
: Hot dog I’m not watching this shit.
: The kid’s shirt captures my feelings on watching the speech tonight.
: I knew that Trump was out for revenge this time, but my sights were set way too low. He’s out …
: These motherfuckers are so insulated in their weird little world that JD Vance thought that going …
: I accidentally bought fat free milk and my whole house is in open revolt
: In one week I wrote about the Klan and the Gilmore Girls. I contain multitudes. dansinker.com/blog/
: Everything is very shitty! So I wrote abount the unexpected connection between Punk Planet and the …
: Happy Economic Blackout to all who celebrate (you should celebrate)
: It’s that time again. Welcome back to Insomnia Club, I’m not glad we’re here.
: Not going to tell you what to do or anything, but if you sign up for my newsletter, tomorrow …
: Oh no, Hackman. The Conversation and The Royal Tenenbaums are two of my all-timers. RIP
: pretty amazing to write about a guy from a hundred years ago and then get an email from one of his …
: tbh opinion sections should not exist.
: For obvious reasons, worth pointing out that Says Who podcast has sold “Kick Bezos in the …
: Well shit. Welcome to Insomnia Club.
: I wrote a post about the Klan 100 years ago and how the grip they held on the US seemed impossible …
: Gutting out Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy is such absolute ghoul shit.
: PACZKI DAY IS IN ONE WEEK. ALERT. ALERT. ALERT.
: The season ender of Rebel Spirit is out today. It’s been a long journey to try and change a …
: Insomnia Club is back in session. I’ve missed a few meetings, apologies. I brought a coffee …
: RIP to the most beautiful woman in puppetland. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/2…
: In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the …
: The problem with trying to write right now is you’ve got to slog through hours of existential …
: any government worker that doesn’t give a fuck: I will write your bullet points. just reach …
: Journalism teachers, did you know the Freedom of the Press Foundation has a FREE digital security …
: I know white house reporters are currently cowering for access, but it would be nice for someone to …
: OK enough of this shit, I’m heading to Stardew Valley.
: The one solace I take in this news of Trump possibly taking over the post office: I once was in a …
: At a grade school black history concert right now and it is chaotic and awful and honestly I’d …
: Just got a cocaine brick of TRYING patches delivered. Help me out and get some! …
: If we’re doing a King maybe more of a Louis XVI thing?
: Every art weirdo of a certain vintage in Chicago has always been ready to stand up for Ukraine …
: So let me get this straight: every tech exec and VC is just absolutely tripping balls all the time …
: This is the doge rat looking at your tax returns right now. www.motherjones.com/politics/…
: Definitely think maybe this is too many plane crashes?
: Absolutely thrilled about some little doge rat named Shrimpcock or whatever looking at my taxes. …
: desperately trying to smash my thick meat brain thoughts into something that resembles sense
: Snowy and cold, but Chicago stood up for trans kids outside Lurie Children’s Hospital today.
: the dems have tens of millions of email addresses, they could be using them to do opposition comms …
: Just went to Costco for the first time and feel like I might die
: The little doge rats continue to be stymied by basic web tech. www.theverge.com/news/6128…
: unfathomably, blindingly, angry rn but actually getting work done. the body is a remarkably …
: As someone that’s been on an Obamacare/ACA exchange plan for years, me and my fam are getting …
: Well, being alive was fun I guess.
: How much of what has been “discovered” by Elon’s little doge rats has actually …
: I’m just listening to Hoover’s “Electrolux” on loop rn. Exactly the right …
: On today’s Rebel Spirit, after a year of being stonewalled by the district, we ask if …
: The New York Dolls' David Johansen having to crowdfund medical care is so sad and cruel. This …
: I’ll take “Ketamine” for $500, Alex
: This man has not even been president for one month.
: Eric Adams is on the first free flight to Turkey to celebrate.
: Well, my fascism coal mine canary just died.
: A new episode of Rebel Spirit comes out tomorrow. One of two this month, with big updates! You can …
: Just remembered back in the day when Philly did this.
: Right now we need stories of the powerful taking it fully and cleanly in the nuts, so an A+ night …
: Don’t like football, but I fucking LOVE petty.
: mea-culpa line I just wrote in an email: “I Jurrasic Parked this: too caught up in whether we …
: Not me spending my Saturday night prepping some open records for publishing.
: Hope one of those little Doge rats enjoyed watching me fill out the FAFSA right now.
: Every day I check my Google Maps like it’s some kind of fascist cole mine canary.
: Fuck these fascists for ruining a chill Friday
: So the reporting I’d love to see is why, seemingly out of thin air, USAID became the far …
: Hear ye hear ye, another meeting of the Insomnia Club is called to order.
: At my most optimistic, I just don’t think they can sustain this.
: ProPublica has launched a handy tracker to keep tabs on who’s who among Musk’s little …
: Imagine if billions of dollars HAD been stolen to fund left wing news media. Imagine.
: All journalists should work through this very good security checklist from Freedom of the Press …
: Small news orgs that are suddenly on the receiving end of gov documents might want to acquaint …
: Nobody has ever been as good at something as my dog is at finding and eating shit that will kill her …
: So any 20-year-old self-styled 10x engineer operating today is largely writing code with a lot of …
: Lots of new folks here reading & sharing my stuff. Thank you!! I’d love to ask you to …
: Everything was so shit that I forgot Paczki Day was today. Absolute failure.
: Absolutely raced to do it. Have to be completely thrilled to stop doing the bare-ass minimum level …
: You blow up the department of education for one reason: you want to resegregate the schools.
: this bigass box of Girl Scout Cookies that just arrived might be the only good thing left rn
: Everything has gone to shit, but at least we have Insomnia Club. Welcome.
: Can someone get me back to the Sinbad Shazam universe please?
: What if you’re always angry but can’t turn into the Hulk, what then.
: Dreaming of the day that I don’t have to think about Elon Musk and his little fash dipshits.
: sign of the times that I just had to reup an order for TRYING patches. …
: The Arsenal with a good reminder that sometimes you can face the bully and punch them in the fucking …
: I wrote about how, at a moment where so much insane shit is happening and so many people are trying …
: everything seems real cool rn
: Just to really ensure today is as awful as possible we’re watching Attack of the Clones.
: Seems like someone is fucking around with governmental DNS records. What could possibly go wrong.
: The fun thing is I’m completely ignoring that I lost half my income two weeks ago. This should …
: I am begging you: if you are writing a thread of more than a couple posts, get a blog. I don’t …
: actually channeled all this anxeity usefully today.
: Stephen Miller absolutely would start crying if you pulled a halfway decent headfake on him.
: So basically a weird creep is signing a never-ending pile of decrees drafted by other weird creeps …
: My notebook just full of shit like this now.
: Seeing Chicago stand up against ICE this week reminded me of why I love this city so much, and gave …
: If it wasn’t so goddamn tragic, Robert F Kennedy being considered to run anything with …
: Woke up with a start, had a completely formed opener for this thing I need to write and scrawled it …
: I’ve been writing more lately and you should sign up to get it in your inbox. No charge, no …
: I didn’t believe this was a real headline because it’s just too perfect, but it really …
: this motherfucker has been president for barely more than a week
: Bookship, the anti-amazon that gives $$ to local bookstores with every sale, now has ebooks. …
: Fucking BEGGING for a precedented time
: To circle back on my eggless breakfast thread, just ate a DELICIOUS sausage, potato, and brown rice …
: It’s time once again to call Insomnia Club to order.
: escaping reality by watching a lecture on grocery store sign lettering. www.youtube.com/watch
: Chicago is getting hammered by raids and Dr Phil is livestreaming and I hate fucking everything. …
: Between eggs and what this Columbia situation will do to coffee, RIP breakfast I guess.
: Watching the Phantom Menace for the first time in a long while and jfc what an absolute shitshow it …
: Ok who has tips for quick, inexpensive, savory, egg-free breakfast options that aren’t just a …
: Ok who has tips for quick, inexpensive, savory, egg-free breakfast options that it’s just a …
: Fuck Mitch McConnell. No credit for performative weak sauce bullshit.
: That piece of shit is getting dragged of every strip club in DC tonight.
: Ok so now that the week is over, I think it’s safe to say this was a real all-timer of a …
: It’s been a few days and I’m not happy to be back, but welcome to Insomnia Club.
: Last night I wrote about right now, the collapse of media, and the need for all of us to make things …
: I wrote about Trump, the oligarchy, media, hiding German anti-fascist texts in seed packets, and how …
: There’s a very powerful idea in Annalee Newitz’s time travel novel The Future of Another …
: The thing that was so clear working on Rebel Spirit and is just on full display right now is that …
: you know what’s hard? concentrating.
: No time for bullshit in my inbox today.
: Apple’s Tim Cook might be the smartest of all of the tech oligarchs because he was there but …
: Greetings from the thermometer on my back porch
: I have had many friends work at the USDS—some are still there now—and every single one of them left …
: just this song on loop until it comes true: www.youtube.com/watch
: anyway, so this all seems very bad
: My St Pauli ANTIFASCIST hoodie is all I’ll be wearing for the next while k thanks.
: All day instead of my brain being like “oh no Trump takes office tomorrow and things are going …
: I just keep writing pithy little posts and deleting them and then writing new little jokes and …
: As a parent of a Gen Z kid, I can tell you that their whole entire lives they’ve seen the …
: Finally took care of the real enemy, Marvel Snap.
: The best time to start building a little spot for yourself on the internet independent of platforms …
: Spent a bunch of the day with some folks passing through town and am convinced more than ever that …
: Chicago, it’s time to protect your neighbors. gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/1…
: Anyone else find themselves just cruising along normally and then remember what happens on Monday …
: Inauguration shoes just arrived.
: Thinking a lot about how for those of us of a certain age, the people who taught us it was OK to be …
: RIP David Lynch. King of the weirdos.
: I’ve worked with dinks like this before that put enormous numbers on a slide deck and the …
: Here we are, once again, welcoming you to Insomnia Club. It’s the worst club, but we’re …
: So like the tiktok ban just seems like a collosally stupid idea, poorly executed, and benefitting …
: For the last year I’ve been helping the Chicago Reader try and revitalize their web presence …
: Rather unexpectedly I’ve got a slightly freed-up work schedule and absolutely would love to …
: Wait it’s the MIDDLE of JANUARY??? What the fuck.
: Woke up glad it was the weekend. It’s not. It is Insomnia Club though. Welcome.
: Not at all pleased to welcome you yet again to Insomnia Club.
: Last night I wrote about Los Angeles and Chicago and ritual and rebuilding. It’s a little love …
: Well well welcome to Insomnia Club. I don’t want to be here and neither do you. And yet here …
: The first time I went to LA I thought I’d hate it. Instead, I fell in love. In this week of …
: Why in the world did I decide—when my life was fine and not really in need of anything—to support …
: Sometimes I lie awake and think about these headlines and sometimes I just lie awake.
: Well here we are awake once again. Welcome back… to Insomnia Club.
: The person that invented hummus really nailed that shit
: More than anything it would be nice, for once, to be given the time to properly grieve.
: Just gonna say that we never should have shoveled VC cash at kids that never lived in the world for …
: I mean I gotta hand it to them, the weeklong Mark Zuckerberg: Shitbag tour rollout was flawless
: banner day for wrist slaps. www.reuters.com/legal/us-…
: Had a friend post that they could take in a cat, had another friend post that a friend’s …
: I love that the Santa Monica Pier livecams are operating and you can just watch people at the beach …
: one of those days where I’m uselessly refreshing news instead of actually doing work
: Side-eye about the LA Times aside, their fire map is very good, built by a good dev who I know …
: Every year without fail the online quickie ordaining site sends me a happy anniversary email from …
: Yesterday I wrote about getting off Threads and how we all need to define the lines we won’t …
: Checking into the doctor and the person running the desk walked to the back and said, loudly, …
: Feels great to see hell unfold in California and know that exactly the wrong people for the job will …
: Lightly banging the gavel and whispering that Insomnia Club is called to order. Very much not glad …
: Hope the LA Times is being sure to print the fire’s point of view too.
: Who’s building a Stories-like product on AT proto or the Fediverse?
: LA folks and friends, I hope that you are safe.
: After Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he was folding to Donald Trump and the far right, I …
: so like Trump 100% wants Greenland because the mercator map projection makes it look enormous right?
: Missed the news yesterday that Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White has joined the Meta …
: Made it a week into the new year before calling to order the first meeting of Insomnia Club for …
: Four years later the only person at the top to have seen any real repercussions from the entire 2020 …
: This week I watched two separate Netflix shows of entirely different genres both with completely …
: TOMORROW, JAN 5! Come see me, Mikki Kendall, Peter Sagal, and 17 others of Chicago’s best …
: Training their bots for the dunks
: The first small step in making a better internet for each other is starting to establish a presence …
: If anyone is looking for a lightweight journaling framework for the new year, a couple years ago I …
: Waking up to carnage: an American story.
: listening to the kids banter the living hell out of each other while they play FIFA is perhaps the …
: I did a lot of good work this year, but if I had to choose ONE thing to share out on this last day …
: Hey why not see out 2024 by subscribing to my blog-ish newsletter thing. There’s no charge, no …
: Looking back on 2024 is like peering through a deep fog. Thankfully there were some things this year …
: This coming Sunday, January 5, join me and a host of other amazing Chicagoans—like Mikki Kendall, …
: Had a dream about trying to collect payment from a design job that was so vivid and annoying that I …
: The teen picked up a new game.
: RIP Jimmy Carter. A real one.
: Thank god electing Trump fixed the price of eggs
: Elon battling with far right trolls is the living embodiment of “let them fight”
: the american healthcare system is spending two hours on a holiday week trying to get basic …
: Boxing day death fog out here
: Ah yes, the familiar chime of 3:00 AM can only mean one thing: welcome to Insomnia Club!
: How about a little holiday Insomnia Club, as a treat.
: This Christmas Eve I thought I’d share this beautiful and haunting performance by David Pajo …
: If you’re traveling this season, it’s a great opportunity to catch up on Rebel Spirit, …
: My beard going gray from pandemic stress really pays off at the grocery store on senior discount day
: Watching the only Christmas movie necessary.
: Going to attempt to not work for the next few days, definitely not my strong suit.
: Today’s the last day I’ll be shipping stickers & patches from my shop until the …
: So where’s Matt Gaetz' large adult “son” Nestor in all this?
: The death penalty is barbaric and this is an inarguably good thing. …
: We went Amazon-free this holiday and man one of the things you don’t realize is how much they …
: ✊✊ Amazon ✊✊ Starbucks ✊✊ Let’s ✊✊ Go ✊✊
: The claw marks on the side of Pep’s head are giving me life.
: It’s time once again to call Insomnia Club to order.
: I think about the ending of Roger Ebert’s 2004 review of M Night Shyamalan’s The Village …
: Just remembered how last year I was approached by a big fancy podcast company to pitch ideas and …
: The day after September 11th, we got a threatening voicemail at the Punk Planet office. It propelled …
: Between the Amazon strikes, the CEO assassination, and Elon Musk robber-baroning his way to power, …
: Absolutely love that we have a ketamine-fueled shadow president with infinite money puppetmastering …
: Tonight’s meeting of Insomnia Club is brought to you by my dog who demanded to go out at 3am …
: There have been TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT school shootings THIS YEAR???? No one else in the world …
: Sometimes I think about what it would be like to actually have time.
: Hey, why not remind someone to keep Trying this holiday season? A TRYING sticker & patch set is …
: On January 5, come join me and a bunch of incredible folks in the 20x2 speaker series. The theme is …
: The—checks notes—Woody Guthrie Center is going the exact proper amount of hard.
: the mystery drones are 2024’s version of the 2016 clown sightings
: This is the actual cover of the Melania Trump book??? They really spared no expense for this one huh
: Honestly the humiliation of Manchester City is more than I could have dreamed.
: Whatever new flavor of surveillance capitalism has websites emailing me when I’ve only visited …
: A real murder fog going on outside rn
: Well shit, Insomnia Club is called to order.
: Got to hang out with trays and trays of Cooper Black tonight, at the Starshaped Press open house.
: It’s been a minute, but it’s never too late for another meeting of Insomnia Club. …
: Watching Peter Theil’s sputtering condemnation or reading the new United Healthcare …
: Now that Facebook, Amazon, OpenAI, and others have donated a million each to the Trump inauguration …
: I’m in a hotel that costs many hundreds of dollars a night and this is the shower head …
: It took a murder to get this discussion on Good Morning America
: Hey on January 5, I’ll be giving a quick talk at the first 20x2 of the new year with an …
: Here’s the kind of just workaday bullshit of our health system. I’m choosing a new plan …
: Definitely think that there’s nothing more indicitive of the desperation of right now than …
: Kick Bezos in the Balls hoodies, Biscuit Ts, TRYING stickers, Punk Planet throwbacks and lots more. …
: Right now you’re probably looking for gifts for others (and maybe yourself), so I thought …
: Welcome back to Insomnia Club, I’m not glad you’re here.
: Surprise Friday night merch drop at my little webstore: Throwback Ts! A couple designs from other …
: The outpouring of anger at the health insurance industry is the least surprising thing ever. Every …
: what a fucking wild moment in time to be begrudgingly filling out the ACA exchange application
: The NYPD’s budget is $5.4 billion and they can’t find a guy on a bike.
: Tonight! At the Newberry Library in Chicago, I’m talking punk art & design with Nadine …
: This investigation of cops all over the place reselling tens of thousands of guns on the sly over …
: the wind right now is completely insane, it’s shaking our house
: love my ancient ancestors for creating a body system to survive being eaten by a sabertooth cat just …
: Apparently I’m nominated for Best Beard in Chicago and so ok go vote please I guess …
: Subscribing to The Verge because they are one of the few media organizations that I genuinely really …
: my big problem is it’s December third and I’m already sick of the cold
: seems that the post-election twitter exodus has achieved enough of a critical mass that breaking …
: Surprising number of folks fell for the Enron joke
: just had a moment with a FOIA’d document where months of research, theories, and more than a …
: I’d say “excited to never think about Hunter Biden again soon” but you know …
: In line at target, a kid is pulling his dad’s leg yelling that I’m santa. Gave him a …
: All my post-election emotions are now wrapped up in Manchester City never winning another game of …
: Went to sleep early tonight which just meant that… Insomnia Club is called to order early as …
: I went to write an essay looking back at the the seventh year of Punk Planet, but one of the issues …
: I went to write an essay looking back at the the seventh year of Punk Planet, but one of the issues …
: Not really a Black Friday guy, but you can get a TRYING patch & sticker set for the already …
: Welcome to post-holiday Insomnia Club!
: The nine-year-old, watching the Macy’s parade horrified: so this is just a bunch of people …
: finally have some holiday downtime after an exceptionally busy few days and it turns out listening …
: Sold and shipped a few hundred stickers in 24 hours, feels pretty good.
: If you are traveling this week, consider listeing to Rebel Spirit. 10 incredible episodes about how …
: The joy I get from packing and shipping things is so pure and simple.
: Hey evening crew, TRYING sticker sheets are brand new at my webstore today. Stick em wherever you …
: By very popular demand, I finally made TRYING stickers. Grab sheet of five, various nice colors, …
: Insomnia Club is called to order. Roll call.
: Just a reminder that you can make Thanksgiving whatever you want it to be with whoever you want. …
: my some grave miscalculation this blow-off week is like the busiest fucking thing ever for me
: Deprioritizing links in favor of keeping people locked in a platform like some kind of shitty casino …
: How in the fuck is it nearly the end of November
: Was at the library today. They are just the best spaces: free and open to everyone, no questions or …
: Here for the abject humiliation of Manchester City.
: Anyone have one-page RPGs they really like?
: Quietly judging people who refer to it as X. Maybe not so quietly.
: The nine-year-old just brought a lice fact sheet home from school so gonna burn the house down now …
: a whole day of breaking and building and ultimately fixing. at this point wouldn’t mind adding …
: just an infinite loop of building and breaking today.
: It’s genuinely stunning just how much the post-Twitter landscape has changed in the last two …
: still laughing about Matt Gaetz tbh
: lol emdash.fan might be the most robust thing I’ve ever built. the last time I touched the …
: had an annual appointment I made like six months ago that was supposed to happen just now and it got …
: it is slush hell across chicago now
: I am very good at coding myself into corners.
: Well, JD clearly nailed his one job yesterday.
: Hear ye, hear ye… Insomnia Club is called to order.
: Let’s get back to when the message was Republicans were creepy weirdos who wanted to look at …
: doesn’t get much better than this 1997 guide to customizing your myspace profile. …
: Renewing an ACA plan that has suddenly leapt up by $300 a month is extra fun when you know that …
: Sure let’s go with the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment for the head of the …
: “We constrain our imaginations when we subordinate our creations to names owned by fascist …
: This moment in time has me itching to build.
: Thinking about how as a disaffected youth, going to the record store to buy pissed-off records meant …
: Balatro should probably be regulated as a controlled substance.
: Migrating fonts is the biggest pain in the ass of a new computer.
: People real quick to declare a winner when really we should be pushing for interoperability between …
: Went by the Daily Leader newspaper building in tiny Pontiac, Illinois this weekend and was blown …
: Welcome, once again, to insomnia club.
: Tip for folks just breaking the Twitter habit: the best thing you can do is replace the app’s …
: Yesterday was my birthday and I spent it raising money for the Gaza Skate Team. They’ve had a …
: Would be remiss to not mention to my fellow insomniacs that I’ve spent my birthday helping get …
: *bangs gavel* insomnia club is called to order.
: So legit question: what happens to the archives of governmental agencies that get shut down?
: Bluesky has all the momentum right now for a lot of reasons but don’t sleep on the fact that …
: Today is my birthday and the world is shit. I’m not really up for celebrating, but instead …
: Times like this I look at my Trying patch a lot. You might need one too. $8, ships free in the US. …
: Today is my birthday and the world is shit. I'm not really up for celebrating, but instead would …
: Hey Thursday December 5, join me, Nadine Nakanishi (Sonnenzimmer), and Martin Sorrondeguy (Los …
: OK Matt Gaetz as attorney general might have broken me.
: Insomnia Club is once again called to order.
: Hope the “they’re both the same” crowd is enjoying this appointee parade of The …
: Need a pep talk? The new ep of Rebel Spirit features talks with Ronan Farrow, Roy Wood Jr., and …
: The last two years without Twitter have been rough in terms of being able to build & promote …
: This is the 10th episode of Rebel Spirit, both the end and not the end. But more than that, …
: Starter Packs are one of those innovations that feel so completely obvious now that they’re …
: I don’t know why it took so goddamn long but it’s good to see real momentum in the …
: This Airheads in my kid’s Lunchable just got a gig as a NYT columnist.
: I’m still pretty numb from the election, but I have been finding a lot of solace in this song …
: Hey dudes, get that vasectomy.
: I know it’s only a tiny slice of a shit pie, but locking good reporting behind paywalls for …
: Sat quietly most of the day and researched people who fought the Klan in the 20s and feel more at …
: Reading old newspapers, trying to find the hook for a possible new project and came across this gem. …
: I'm still pretty numb from the election, but I have been finding a lot of solace in this song by …
: Taylor’s analysis of how the right has built such a powerful, well-funded, multifaceted media …
: Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day hits different this year.
: non-chronoligical timelines feel like disassociating right now
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: Officially at Disneyland for the duration of the election. See you on the other side.
: I love that the Harris campaign is laser-focused on messaging joy, except for your inbox where they …
: Absolutely here for the NYT Tech Guild threatening to strike on election day. The needle is in a …
: When you’re absolutely, positively confident on your chances in checks notes North Carolina.
: The one person I know that left the country after 2016 is still doing the same tired “both …
: The British TV show Taskmaster is the greatest celebration of creative problem solving ever made.
: I’ve been working with it for years now but, direct-to-garmet printing is still completely …
: The best thing about the original Peanuts holiday cartoons is that they’re completely …
: First time since the pandemic hit that the number of kids in the neighborhood can only accurately be …
: Trump happily driving a garbage truck around an empty lot does nothing to dissuade me from my theory …
: it’s probably wrong to admit this publicly, but I love maintaining my own bespoke CMS.
: In Punk Planet’s sixth year, we brought on a new design team and the look of the magazine …
: This is a very good, very long, article about Electrical Audio in the wake of Steve Albini’s …
: Chicago folks looking for a good, quick guide to the school board elections, the Chicago Reader has …
: Chicago folks that like cool shit, more info forthcoming but keep the evening of December 5 open.
: In Punk Planet's sixth year, we brought on a design team and the look of the magazine really got …
: This week on Rebel Spirit we take Akilah’s case to change her high school mascot straight to …
: Today on Rebel Spirit: things fall apart. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
: While the old media giants abdicate their duty in deference to power, it’s nice to see new …
: Over at Says Who, we’ve been selling “Kick Bezos in the Balls” merch for a while, …
: Dunno what it means for the election but at this point it’s clear that Trump is just …
: I am very personally here for this moment in time when a whole bunch of tech billionares decided to …
: TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SUBSCRIPTIONS CANCELLED HOLY SHIT. www.npr.org/2024/10/2…
: Enjoying writing about my favorite media and books and travel and, you know, the threat of white …
: There’s no wider discrepancy between New York and everywhere else than waiting “on …
: Tim Walz bringing “jackwad” back is the thing to boost tbh.
: Everyone boosting clips from the MSG rally exactly like they want you to do.
: In 2020 I was unsuccessful in selling American Heel, a podcast about Trump and pro wrestling. …
: Four years ago I was unsuccessful in selling American Heel, a podcast about Trump and pro wrestling. …
: The billionaire owners of newspapers are pulling endorsements because they want the government …
: We desperately need journalism but we do not need the husks of 20th century giants to do it
: A lawsuit has been filed against Trump’s transition co-chair Linda McMahon alleging that she …
: Dear editors getting their op-eds banned. Just do this.
: all every suit in journalism talks about right now is “trust” so it’s definitely …
: just publish these op-eds. the whole internet is right there
: Have had “I’m So Tired” by Fugazi stuck in my head all morning, despite not …
: Just remembered the time I helped ProPublica reverse-engineer campaign emails. …
: Unreasonably excited that there’s one last season of What We Do in the Shadows
: I just listened back to a rough cut of a podcast pilot about Trump and professional wrestling I made …
: Just over here producing a podcast that’s become a local election issue. Let’s fucking …
: Just wrote the absolute hell out of something. Put myself through hell to get there. But got there.
: Trying to force my dumb monkey brain to make sense of a narrative that I currently can barely hold …
: The Chicago Red Stars, an absolutely perfect team name, has changed to the Chicago Stars??? Someone …
: Rudy getting everything repo’d. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/…
: Any OG Chicago journalism folks that follow me have a current contact for former Trib reporter …
: So excited for November 6 when these fuckers stop emailing every five seconds.
: On Rebel Spirit this week, Akilah, Elizabeth, and I explore every avenue to find Shaun Alexander, …
: This strategy was much more effective when they cast him as weird instead of dangerous. …
: A while back I made a patch that read “Trying” to remind myself that all I can really do …
: Th Undertaker and Kane interviewing Trump is perhaps one thing too many for my poor brain, I’m …
: Insomnia club is once again called to order.
: I get it, I get it, McDonalds and all, but absolutely the most unhinged thing he did this weekend …
: This might actually be the worst form on the internet. No basic data verification. Name, email and …
: This is way way WAY too close to a Says Who Podcast bit for my liking.
: Officially at the age where every song at the grocery store is a banger.
: It turns out being half on your ass from a vaccine hangover is not the time to troubleshoot …
: Have reached the full-shit-Saturday part of my Friday night double vaxx.
: Watching the Premier League on Saturday mornings with the nine-year-old is pretty much exactly what …
: Trump transition team head Linda McMahon is the first transition co-chair in history to sell a …
: Double vaxxed on a Friday night.
: Descript really is a pretty incredible piece of software for working with audio and transcripts. …
: This whole Wordpress drama is the most embarrasing shit possible.
: Cold early mornings in the fall over everything.
: This election day Chicago is electing its first ever school board (which seems WILD, but hey New …
: at that point in setting up a new computer where you think maybe you should just get a new identity …
: Sometimes I sit and think about how the Weakerthans are the most underappreciated underground band …
: I hate that I can see this headline and immediately go “Oh, Wyoming? That’s where the …
: this just slid into Google Docs and it changes everything.
: “Label created” is the bane of my existence.
: The sun was projecting a nature scene on my bathroom wall this morning.
: Trump spending 39 minutes on stage awkwardly swaying to sad songs is basically my and …
: Insomnia club is called to order.
: finally getting around to streamlining how to post everywhere in this post-twitter hellscape.
: I can’t stop watching Cabel Sasser’s talk from the XOXO conference this year. Read …
: 39 minutes of Trump awkwardly swaying to the world’s saddest songs is the funniest thing to …
: Today on Rebel Spirit, Akilah and I look at Denver’s South High School, a school that moveed …
: I can't stop watching Cabel Sasser's talk from the XOXO conference this year. Read "Appreciate …
: In the latest installment of my series reflecting on Punk Planet's legacy, I focus on the magazine's …
: Everything is kinda shitty and stressful right now, so I wrote about something that's neither: the …
: The thing I love most about doing journalism is you never quite know where you're going to end up …
: I wrote about underground art and design, a sacred assembly of men, and the year that changed …
: The third in my monthly essay series about the 13 year run of Punk Planet. This time around, Year …
: In honor of Steve Albini's birthday today, here's an excerpt from an interview with him Punk Planet …
: I'm writing an essay a month marking the 30 year anniversary of Punk Planet. This month, Year Two. …
: For the last year I've been working with Akilah Hughes to make Rebel Spirit, a podcast about her …
: 30 years ago this month the first issue of Punk Planet magazine came out. It's incredible that one …
: This week I gave a talk at the 11ty International Symposium on Making the Web Real Good. It was …
: I ended the indictment.fyi newsletter tonight and I feel a little guilty about it, so as penance, …
: Fresh out of college and in need of a job I landed in the production department of the Chicago …
: I've loved the typeface Cooper Black long before I knew what it was. Big, bold, and forever it's …
: I'm quitting 2023. After 364 days, today will be my last day. My tenure here has not been a good one …
: 2023 was a lot of hard things, but losing Sinead O'Connor and Pee-Wee Herman within a few days of …
: I thought Shane MacGowan was unkillable. If he hadn't died by now, the logic went, with all the …
: When I was younger I tried to build artist/musician/weirdo Laurie Anderson's tape-bow violin from a …
: I wrote some thoughts on the lonely year that has transpired since Elon Musk took over Twitter. Read …
: It's been a minute since I last updated my blog. But that hasn't been because I haven't been doing …
: Every job I've ever stuck with, I've done so because it's felt like a never-ending series of puzzles …
: Today I'm excited to announce the start of a wholly new, super ambitious project in collaboration …
: I've had better months than March 2023, but now that it's basically over I thought I'd take take …
: Earlier this year I wrote about how 2023, for me, is about trying. And then I made a patch to remind …
: I wrote about chatbots and magic and a turn-of-the-century spirit medium who spewed images of people …
: I've been a lot of things, but I was a skater first. And skateboarding has taught me a lot about …
: I wrote about getting wrapped up in British football, about the poison in the brain of every 90s …
: I've been trying my whole life. These last few years I found that I'd stopped. Read "On Trying" on …
: Lately I've been thinking about sad songs and the stories from our lives that resonate between the …
: With the start of a new year, I thought I'd share my journaling method and how using it to reflect …
: 2022 was a middling year in a lot of ways, a shitty year in others, and a great year for culture. …
: I have friends with hobbies. Friends who do pottery, who take pictures, who go hiking, who make …
: Today my pal Maureen Johnson releases her latest novel and I reflect on what it means to want the …
: It's bitter cold, my kids are home doing school on Zoom, and I'm feeling oddly optimistic. Weird, I …
: (Mostly) leaving Twitter has left me feeling disconnected from the news for the first time in a very …
: Our lives are so intertwined with the technology we use to live them at this point that to lose a …
: A story of an endless walk in Buenos Aires and the dreamlike place (and food) that it lead to. …
: It's been a decade since I last really blogged. What could possibly go wrong? Read "New Blog, Who …