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.

Is there a picture of the pube-signature yet or are we just going by description still

posted at 9:32PM on July 17, 2025

While the Washington Post continues its decline let's remember that just earlier this year some clown in management set a goal of getting 200 million readers, an impossible number that will never happen. Ms. Watford, who joined The Post in May, also laid out big-picture goals for the company. Among them: reach 200 million paying users, which the slide deck described as a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal,” or “B.H.A.G.”&10;&10;The slide deck compares the 200 million target with efforts to land a man on the moon — and it is an ambitious goal: The Post currently has fewer than three million digital subscribers; The Times, an industry leader, has roughly 11 million total subscribers.

posted at 9:14AM on July 17, 2025

Went to sell my dad's stamp collection today and the store was full chaos mode and the guy had a waxed mustache and gave me $25 and said "these are fun but worthless" and the whole thing was so perfect, an A+ end. A cluttered office space filled with stacks of books, boxes, files, and potted plants.

posted at 7:18PM on July 16, 2025

There might not be a more vividly nostalgic smell than Coppertone sunscreen.

posted at 11:10AM on July 13, 2025

Everything is a lot. Here are three places I'm escaping to, if only for a brief moment on the internet. dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 3:47PM on July 11, 2025

there was a point not that long ago where "people sitting in their cars yelling about shit" was not a normal content type and honestly I think we should go back to that

posted at 10:33AM on July 11, 2025

Sometimes I am sad and sometimes I am numb but mostly I am very, very angry.

posted at 9:36PM on July 8, 2025

Guess all these dumbasses are lucky they didn't make an X-Men movie this year

posted at 9:14PM on July 8, 2025

It would be nice if yet another mass death from a climate event lead to anyone doing anything about our increasingly fucked chances but

posted at 6:45PM on July 5, 2025

If you don't feel like celebrating America's birthday, you can always celebrate my kid's instead. Ten today!

posted at 8:27AM on July 4, 2025

Honestly hard to deal with being conquered by people this stupid.

posted at 2:46PM on July 3, 2025

It's been a hard month. I wrote about death, grief, and Magic: The Gathering. dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 12:11PM on July 3, 2025

Since I went to the dentist one (1) week ago, I've had a crown fall out and another one crack. My lesson learned is never go to the dentist.

posted at 8:12AM on July 2, 2025

Elderly dog ripped a dew claw this evening and our whole house looks like the elevator scene in The Shining.

posted at 7:58PM on July 1, 2025

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

You can follow all my notes on Mastodon or Bluesky.