Horrifying and cruel

If you’ve spent time with LOUD AND CLEAR, let me again say thanks. If you haven’t yet, that’s cool too—it’s there for when the time is right. And if you’re looking for a chill holiday gift for that one heady relative, grab a copy here: static.macmillan.com/static/smp/l...

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"ICE" is often used as a catch-all in casual conversation, but CBP are the ones who've been tear gassing neighborhoods. They're the ones who shot a community member in Brighton Park. They're the ones who paraded around the Loop with a camera crew. Making ICE operate more like CBP could be horrific.

If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another. For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY) Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693 National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

what the fuck. i still can't get over we have fucking nazis rolling around chicago kidnapping people and handcuffing kids, beating protestors, breaking into buildings and throwing gas grenades like every fucking day now. i love this city and they are fucking terrorizing it

If anything good can come from my arrest, I hope it's that more people demand the shutdown of the Broadview ICE facility, where humans are treated like poorly kept animals. Stop the deportations. Demand the truth about Silverio's death at ICE's hands.

as someone with a lot of organizing experience, i can promise you that misinformation like this makes actual organizing more difficult. people don’t know what information to trust, and they’re also disincentivized to show up because they think there are blockades that aren’t actually there

With credible reports that there will soon be a major increase in federal immigration enforcement activity in Chicago, I want to once again highlight the Family Support Network - a rapid response resource run by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Use it if you spot ICE.

It's really hard not to earnest post right now about how much we love this city and how infuriating it is to see it under threat at the whims of a senile, racist lunatic

chicago’s lookin really fucking beautiful this morning

i laughed out loud when i saw the quote that leads this interview.

The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life. It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.

It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.

vvvv pleased that someone is doing emergency & i

I was knocked out by @thebanderson.bsky.social’s new Dead book

my person is a new york times best-selling author 🥹

I had a good time chatting about the book on the @atlasobscura.com podcast. Listen: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pod...

not sure why only the worst bastards alive are allowed to be in charge of everything. but i guess it's been like six or seven thousand years of that so who am i to argue

CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.

I’ve been thinking about this day for a long time. I’ve been thinking about what to *say* about this day for a long time.

📢 DREAM JOB ALERT: @blockclubchi.bsky.social is hiring an Investigative Editor to help lead our award-winning investigative team, The Watch. Deadline: 6/27 Learn how to apply here: blockclubchicago.org/were-hiring-...

For those just catching up: ICE abducted more people after dismissing cases at their immigration hearings in Chicago today. Simultaneously, ~10 people were reportedly detained at an ISAP location in the S Loop, ICE assisted on scene by CPD. Feds assaulted crowd there and drove off.

witnessing this interaction made me EMOTIONAL

I have a very special unboxing announcement. Major “woo-woo” rush to the head. LOUD AND CLEAR: The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection. Available June 17, 2025, on @stmartinspress.bsky.social. Preorder here: static.macmillan.com/static/smp/l...

Full disclosure: I was up at the wee hours past midnight helping my very good friend Eric through this bill after he flagged the language for me. If you want to support the only journalist who was up late last night asking lawmakers about trans Americans, PLEASE share this story.

the TSA “what can i bring?” page has some surprises

almost 38, went to one show on a weekday (it wasn’t even a late one!) and will be paying for it for the next several days

Fans of loud music, get some good earplugs and wear them to shows. Tinnitus and hearing loss are not really that fun

📢 If you’re able to get to Newark: Protest outside Department of Homeland Security office! 📢 620 Frelinghuysen Ave. Newark, NJ 07114 Organizations and community members on the ground are asking for support and for all of us to stand with them now.

annual “unsubscribe from any marketing emails that tell me to buy something for my mom” season

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may you all experience the joy of irrigating another person’s ear at some point

Beyond stoked to announce this one: I’ll be at the new Barnes & Noble in Philly on June 17—pub day!—talking LOUD AND CLEAR and the Dead with my dear old pal (and former colleague) Sean Yeaton, who you may know as the bassist in Parquet Courts. Free! 6pm! RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/brian-ande...

This Passover I’m thinking hard about the holiday’s history of resistance to tyrannical leaders, and the imperative for Jewish people to stand with all oppressed peoples of the world.

We’re hiring a climate reporter to cover Latin America! Details here:

Hey NYC friends, heads, and curious readers alike—mark your calendars. I’ll be at @phbookstores.bsky.social on Monday 6/16 (pub day eve!) talking LOUD AND CLEAR with @bourgwick.bsky.social. Very stoked for this one. Roll through! More info here: powerhousearena.com/events/book-...

goddammit i love this song and i love this album and i love @tedleo.bsky.social (and if you know me IRL, you know i’ll talk your ear off about how great ted is if you let me)

they really need to invent a second type of money these guys can play around with separate from the money I need to buy food. Business Money. Money 2

if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you. email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88

New work! ✂️🎞️ The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram. A fascinating and disturbing investigation. Watch now!

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LOUD AND CLEAR drops three months from today on @stmartinspress.bsky.social. This has been a lifelong journey, so to be closing in on pub day feels surreal, cosmic, and gives me that “woo-woo” head rush. I’m excited to get this show on the road. Preorder: static.macmillan.com/static/smp/l...

the famous bass was in my subaru??

This is fucking awful.