: 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
: refresh refresh refresh refresh
: 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 …