Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 10/12/2025What’s that saying, hit dog holler 563848392
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025in february, @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social wrote about the effort to ban physical mail into illinois prisons—and why it's just another way for prisons to throw money at private companies. chicagoreader.com/news/prison-... 04017
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)the lakeshore undead @thecorlew.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Friday Links is UP! Featuring two amazingly disorienting books, @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social @almacampos.bsky.social @mollydevore.bsky.social @corli.thetriibe.com @kdonhoops.com and MORE! www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657802lazyandentitled.orgFriday Links: The Weirdest Guys Edition – Lazy & Entitled 052
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025new: late last month, a “make snap great again” sign appeared on the wall of an illinois department of human services office in lincolnwood. workers claim management hung the sign after trump enacted new restrictions on food aid. idhs denies any involvement. via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:chicagoreader.com‘Make SNAP great again’IDHS workers speak out after an unknown employee hung a MAGA-themed sign at the Lincolnwood family community resource center. 2309
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025new: federal agents have targeted rideshare drivers at o'hare on at least ten separate days since october 10. in some cases, agents returned to abduct drivers multiple times in a single day, taking as many as ten to 20 people each time. via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:chicagoreader.com‘Like shooting fish in a barrel’ - Chicago ReaderFederal agents have repeatedly terrorize rideshare drivers at O’Hare International Airport. 8281150
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Bumping this devastating, essential reporting by @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social again. Rideshare workers, already treated terribly by the union-busting corps they work for, are being kidnapped from O'Hare as city-hired security guards watch. 211082
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Check out @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social's @chicagoreader.com piece about how rideshare drivers at O'Hare are being targeted. chicagoreader.com/news/border-...chicagoreader.com‘Like shooting fish in a barrel’ - Chicago ReaderFederal agents have repeatedly terrorized rideshare drivers at O’Hare International Airport. 152
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025new: housing advocates in chicago are calling on governor jb pritzker and mayor brandon johnson to enact a moratorium on evictions “as long as I.C.E. is in our city.” via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.socialchicagoreader.comChicago tenants demand eviction moratorium amid federal invasionHousing organizers are warning against putting people out on the street “as long as ICE is in our city.” 06118
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025just a couple weeks ago, @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social’s @chicagoreader.com cover story explored labor issues faced by rideshare drivers and their fight for stronger protections.chicagoreader.comIllinois rideshare drivers organize for labor rights - Chicago ReaderUber and Lyft drivers are joining together to fight for better working conditions. 0195
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Be sure and check out some of @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social's excellent labor reporting & updates on organizing at cultural institutions around town chicagoreader.com/news/labor/l...chicagoreader.comLabor Pains: Second City actors ratify new contract, avert strikePlus: raises for home and childcare workers, Northwestern postdocs demand a union, and more. 021
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)Chicago Reader Union @chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social · 26/08/2025 07132
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 25/06/2025It can be hard to make sense of the Trump administration's hurricane of nihilistic destruction. This great piece by @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social for the @chicagoreader.com provides an on-the-ground picture of the damage done to Chicago orgs supporting LGBTQ+ health. chicagoreader.com/news/lgbtq-h...chicagoreader.comLGBTQ+ health centers brace for Trump’s attacks - Chicago ReaderChicagoland research labs and community clinics are navigating illegal funding stoppages, censorship, and increasing anti-LGBTQ+ violence. 053
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025“We as a society are really uncomfortable holding the people we know and love accountable for that harm, so we like to point the finger at people who have been previously held accountable that we don’t know.” this week's @chicagoreader.com cover story from @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:chicagoreader.comNowhere to go - Chicago ReaderPeople with sex offense convictions struggle to find housing in Illinois. 073
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 14/04/2025In our new column Labor Pains, reporter @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social covers news affecting Illinois workers. Latest: Dispensary 33 became the first fully worker-owned cannabis shop in IL; Pritzker vetoes a bill to protect warehouse workers. More:chicagoreader.comDispensary 33 becomes first worker-owned pot shop in IllinoisPlus: Pritzker vetoes a bill to protect warehouse workers, Tony’s Fresh Market rejects union push, and more labor news from across the state. 1439
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 11/04/2025Chicagoan Victoria Park's indie rock project @pictoriavark.bsky.social released a new album, Nothing Sticks, in March. The band performs at a release party for the album on Sun 4/13 at @theemptybottle.bsky.social | ✍️ @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.socialchicagoreader.comPictoria Vark starts a new chapter with an album about endings - Chicago ReaderPictoria Vark celebrates the release of the project's second full-length, Nothing Sticks, with an Empty Bottle show on Sunday. 083
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025workers at first ascent's four chicago locations are organizing w/ the chicago & midwest regional joint board of workers united for better pay and conditions. they're one of 23 climbing gyms to organize in recent years. this week's @chicagoreader.com cover story via @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social:chicagoreader.comFirst Ascent staff launch union drive - Chicago ReaderWorkers at the climbing gym's four Chicago locations are organizing for improved pay, staffing, and safety. 0155
Reposted by DMB (Devyn-Marshall Brown)Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 15/01/2025If you can look at the U.S. right now and decide that the people we really need to worry about are *immigrants*, then I invite your dumb racist ass to fuck off into the sun. And if you're to the right of the fucking *city council* on this, you need to study your heart. Provided you can find it. 071
![Blumenberg says that personal touches in letters and cards can’t be replicated by a digital copy. “When I was incarcerated in those dark places, sometimes it’s that little, tangible letter that you have that is uniquely written in your loved one’s handwriting that you’re able to see and touch, read it and [it helps] you push through being in that dark place.”
He says that letters and drawings from loved ones on the outside help incarcerated people stay engaged with their communities and improve their chances of reintegrating into society.
Blumenberg also worries about the security concerns that come with a digital system. Digital mail processes can be subject to censorship, delays, surveillance, and potential data breaches. “Writing a letter to somebody and sharing your thoughts with them is one of the most intimate things you can do with somebody that’s incarcerated,” he says. “You share bits and pieces of yourself with them, and that’s personal. That’s not something that you want to share with everybody else.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yiehokin5zwf3t4wxj5cc6yy/bafkreiferq35mcsay362rmys5qtftvjhredpndbxt74a2xlkm5itlv5ste)
