I always have a lot going on,
here's what I'm doing now:
I'm writing I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS! for Haymarket Books …
while hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who …
and helping run the Civic Media Fellowships at USC …
and shipping the patches and stickers I made for you …
and also making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club …
and OK that's enough.
My most recent blog posts
Yooooooooooooooo. I can't even believe it. I mean, I can because I'm doing it, but still.
Posted on Oct 8, 2025
ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago's Logan Square today. I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well everything.
Posted on Oct 3, 2025
Disasters, Invisible and Visible
ICE has been sweeping through Chicago for weeks now, yet coverage of it is still really hard to find. I wanted to compile both my go-to places that I turn to, as well as offer some ideas to news orgs on how to cover the onslaught better.
Posted on Sep 26, 2025
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- 392th bonus episode spectaular!
Released by Says Who? on Oct 15, 2025
- 300 foot skeleton
Released by Says Who? on Oct 8, 2025
- rebel spirit signal award voting!
Released by Rebel Spirit on Oct 6, 2025
- fat battleships
Released by Says Who? on Oct 2, 2025
- inflate the baby
Released by Says Who? on Sep 24, 2025
Recent podcast episodes
- Chris Estrada Is the Hardest Working Man in Comedy
Published by Esquire on Jul 28, 2023
- When Everything Happened So Much
Published by Slate on Nov 5, 2022
- Parenting in the Age of School Shootings
Published by Esquire on Jun 3, 2022
- Jeff Tweedy Knows Good Days
Published by Esquire on May 3, 2022
- If We're Back to 'Normal,' Why Am I Still So Exhausted All the Time?
Published by Esquire on Mar 14, 2022
- The Wrestler
Published by Esquire on Feb 28, 2022
Other recent writing
My most recent notes
I write a lot of notes in shortform social apps like Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. I also capture them on this site, so the platforms don't control my stuff. Here are a few. You can always look at my notes page for more.
New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today's youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.
posted at 12:39PM on October 12, 2025
Full ICE whistle assembly line over here.
posted at 7:12PM on October 11, 2025
RIP Tony Fitzpatrick. Taught me so much about what it means to love a place so much that you become one with it. A truly singular Chicago artist.
posted at 4:05PM on October 11, 2025
Saturday morning craft project
posted at 11:24AM on October 11, 2025
I am never ever going to forgive a single one of these motherfuckers.
posted at 8:59PM on October 10, 2025
Read more notes at Mastodon or Bluesky, or check out my notes page.
Updated October 15, 2025. This page is inspired by @nownownow.