Dan Sinker/notes

Most of the time my thoughts aren't long enough for a blog post. My shortform notes get posted on Mastodon and Bluesky, and also wind up here.

More than tax cuts or whatever the fuck else, the biggest boost to American small business would be single payer healthcare.

posted at 5:07PM on June 30, 2025

Watching both sides of the aisle race to condemn a guy who basically campaigned on "everything is too expensive and maybe it shouldn't be" is extraordinarily informative.

posted at 10:25AM on June 30, 2025

I'm so tired of this country.

posted at 10:28AM on June 27, 2025

My flawless shit run in June continues with a crown falling out.

posted at 9:18PM on June 26, 2025

All I ask is a modest amount of incredulity from reporters. Riders paid a flat fee of $4.20, Mr. Musk said on X, an apparent reference to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” one of his favorite books. In the book, 42 is the ambiguous answer a supercomputer provides when asked to explain the meaning of life and the universe. The number 420 is also sometimes used as code for marijuana use.

posted at 8:43AM on June 26, 2025

Really don't recommend speedrunning clearing out your parent's house.

posted at 10:08PM on June 25, 2025

Who could have possibly predicted this entirely-unsurprising outcome? Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

posted at 2:54PM on June 24, 2025

I been getting in the streets protesting useless wars since I was 14 years old. Now I'm way older and I'm way more tired and I'm gonna keep doing the fucking thing because what else is there.

posted at 9:32PM on June 21, 2025

Well fuck.

posted at 7:02PM on June 21, 2025

It is, in fact, extremely hot.

posted at 6:11PM on June 21, 2025

Why would you design these to look like you have a swollen nose? Mark Zuckerberg wearing his stupid glasses that don't fit

posted at 9:37PM on June 20, 2025

Last Juneteenth I was in a public park in Florence, Kentucky sweating so badly my headphones disintegrated while capturing audio on our last reporting trip for Rebel Spirit. This Juneteenth you can listen to the full run of our incredible, award-winning show. rebelspiritpodcast.com

posted at 9:16AM on June 19, 2025

"held court" is what they're calling it now huh. Mr. Musk even held court regularly off the clock at the home Ms. Miller shares with Stephen Miller, President Trump’s most powerful policy aide, and their three young children, according to people familiar with the matter.

posted at 9:54PM on June 18, 2025

Found a pic of me that proves I've had resting fuck you face my whole life. A young child with blond hair is staring directly at the camera

posted at 3:34PM on June 17, 2025

One in every 70 Americans was on the streets yesterday and it's not on the NYT front page 24 hours later.

posted at 9:23PM on June 15, 2025

If the 5 million number is accurate that means one in every 70 people in this country was on the streets today.

posted at 9:50PM on June 14, 2025

Picked a hell of a week for my mom to die.

posted at 8:29PM on June 12, 2025

I'm very checked out this week because of reasons, but I love Los Angeles so much for all the reasons that these fuckers hate it and I thought I'd share this bit of writing I did about LA during the fires: dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 9:28PM on June 10, 2025

Deploying ICE, the Border Patrol, the LAPD, the LA County Sheriffs, and now the National Guard and maybe the Marines over a small protest at a Home Depot is not the show of force they think it is.

posted at 7:57AM on June 8, 2025

Not gonna brag or anything but I just beat a nine year old at Magic: The Gathering.

posted at 4:57PM on June 7, 2025

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