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.

Well here we are awake once again. Welcome back... to Insomnia Club.

posted at 3:17AM on January 12, 2025

The person that invented hummus really nailed that shit

posted at 6:32PM on January 11, 2025

More than anything it would be nice, for once, to be given the time to properly grieve.

posted at 12:34PM on January 11, 2025

Just gonna say that we never should have shoveled VC cash at kids that never lived in the world for even a minute.

posted at 5:32PM on January 10, 2025

I mean I gotta hand it to them, the weeklong Mark Zuckerberg: Shitbag tour rollout was flawless

posted at 2:28PM on January 10, 2025

banner day for wrist slaps. www.reuters.com/legal/us-...

posted at 8:46AM on January 10, 2025

Had a friend post that they could take in a cat, had another friend post that a friend's parents needed a place for their cat, and now that first friend has that other friend's friend's parent's cat. Change happens one person at a time.

posted at 10:56PM on January 9, 2025

I love that the Santa Monica Pier livecams are operating and you can just watch people at the beach and the pier like they're giving a big middle finger to the apocalypse. pacpark.com/santa-mon...

posted at 4:01PM on January 9, 2025

one of those days where I'm uselessly refreshing news instead of actually doing work

posted at 11:57AM on January 9, 2025

Side-eye about the LA Times aside, their fire map is very good, built by a good dev who I know personally. Solid, will vouch. Just zoom into LA. www.latimes.com/wildfires...

posted at 9:30PM on January 8, 2025

Every year without fail the online quickie ordaining site sends me a happy anniversary email from when I became a reverend. Anyway, happy 7th anniversary to me.

posted at 8:52PM on January 8, 2025

Yesterday I wrote about getting off Threads and how we all need to define the lines we won't cross now that every tech exec has bent the knee to Trump. dansinker.com/posts/202... So goodbye Threads, you were never very good. And fuck you, Mark Zuckerberg, neither were you.

posted at 6:36PM on January 8, 2025

Checking into the doctor and the person running the desk walked to the back and said, loudly, "I can't do this anymore." Same same.

posted at 2:23PM on January 8, 2025

Feels great to see hell unfold in California and know that exactly the wrong people for the job will be taking power in 12 days.

posted at 12:04PM on January 8, 2025

Lightly banging the gavel and whispering that Insomnia Club is called to order. Very much not glad to be here or to see you, but welcome.

posted at 3:34AM on January 8, 2025

Hope the LA Times is being sure to print the fire's point of view too.

posted at 10:45PM on January 7, 2025

Who's building a Stories-like product on AT proto or the Fediverse?

posted at 9:39PM on January 7, 2025

LA folks and friends, I hope that you are safe.

posted at 9:14PM on January 7, 2025

After Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he was folding to Donald Trump and the far right, I can't stick around on Threads. Leaving Twitter was hard, but this is easy. Read "Pulling the Threads" on my site: dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 8:18PM on January 7, 2025

so like Trump 100% wants Greenland because the mercator map projection makes it look enormous right?

posted at 11:27AM on January 7, 2025

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