Most of the time my thoughts aren't long enough for a blog post. My shortform notes get posted on Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky, and also wind up here.
Cold early mornings in the fall over everything.
posted at 6:49AM on October 18, 2024
This election day Chicago is electing its *first ever* school board (which seems WILD, but hey New York just got trash cans). There's a lot out there and it can be confusing and there's only a couple weeks left, so I helped the Chicago Reader build a guide to the new districts, the candidates running, and to answer questions you might have. chicagoreader.com/2024-scho...
posted at 4:34PM on October 17, 2024
at that point in setting up a new computer where you think maybe you should just get a new identity and run away from it all.
posted at 3:53PM on October 17, 2024
Sometimes I sit and think about how the Weakerthans are the most underappreciated underground band of the early 2000s and sometimes I just sit.
posted at 11:35AM on October 17, 2024
I hate that I can see this headline and immediately go "Oh, Wyoming? That's where the $400 Trump shoe shell company is headquartered too." amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/...
posted at 8:17AM on October 17, 2024
this just slid into Google Docs and it changes everything. 
posted at 5:41PM on October 16, 2024
"Label created" is the bane of my existence.
posted at 4:13PM on October 16, 2024
The sun was projecting a nature scene on my bathroom wall this morning.
posted at 1:51PM on October 16, 2024
Trump spending 39 minutes on stage awkwardly swaying to sad songs is basically my and Maureen's Super Bowl. sayswhopodcast.com/episodes/...
posted at 9:43AM on October 16, 2024
Insomnia club is called to order.
posted at 4:42AM on October 16, 2024
So did Beto just disappear?
posted at 10:26PM on October 15, 2024
finally getting around to streamlining how to post everywhere in this post-twitter hellscape.
posted at 9:29PM on October 15, 2024
I can't stop watching Cabel Sasser's talk from the XOXO conference this year. Read "Appreciate Everything Endlessly" on my blog: dansinker.com/posts/202...
posted at 4:28PM on October 15, 2024
39 minutes of Trump awkwardly swaying to the world's saddest songs is the funniest thing to happen to his campaign since Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
posted at 1:59PM on October 15, 2024
Today on Rebel Spirit, Akilah and I look at Denver's South High School, a school that moveed away from the Rebel name thanks to an NFL star's support. A story of hope & change! Listen on Apple or wherever. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...
posted at 12:59PM on October 15, 2024
I can't stop watching Cabel Sasser's talk from the XOXO conference this year.
Read "Appreciate Everything Endlessly" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-10-13-sasser/
posted at 7:00PM on October 14, 2024
In the latest installment of my series reflecting on Punk Planet's legacy, I focus on the magazine's fifth year, when it shifted significantly toward political issues, particularly anti-war coverage, culminating in the "Murder of Iraq" cover story.
Read "Weapons and Motives. Punk Planet: Year Five" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-09-28-ppy5/
posted at 7:00PM on September 28, 2024
Everything is kinda shitty and stressful right now, so I wrote about something that's neither: the remarkable new game UFO 50.
Read "Getting Lost in UFO 50" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-09-25-ufo50/
posted at 7:00PM on September 24, 2024
The thing I love most about doing journalism is you never quite know where you're going to end up once you start digging. That's been especially true with my work on Rebel Spirit, which sits alongside the best reporting I've ever done. Today our second episode is out, and it's all about digging to expose a 70-year-old lie.
Read "Living History" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-09-10-history-lessons/
posted at 7:00PM on September 9, 2024
I wrote about underground art and design, a sacred assembly of men, and the year that changed everything for Punk Planet magazine as part of the fourth entry in my monthly essay series about the 13 year run of Punk Planet.
Read "Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes. Punk Planet: Year Four" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-08-31-ppy4/
posted at 7:00PM on August 30, 2024
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