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.
Hey Thursday December 5, join me, Nadine Nakanishi (Sonnenzimmer), and Martin Sorrondeguy (Los Crudos) to talk about punk art & design. We are gonna need DIY now more than ever! Newberry Library, Chicago 6pm. Also on zoom! www.newberry.org/calendar/...
posted at 3:46PM on November 13, 2024
OK Matt Gaetz as attorney general might have broken me.
posted at 2:47PM on November 13, 2024
Insomnia Club is once again called to order.
posted at 4:06AM on November 13, 2024
Hope the "they're both the same" crowd is enjoying this appointee parade of The Worst People You Know.
posted at 8:36PM on November 12, 2024
Need a pep talk? The new ep of Rebel Spirit features talks with Ronan Farrow, Roy Wood Jr., and Jamele Hill about how to push forward when it feels impossible. VERY RELEVANT to right now. Go listen. open.spotify.com/episode/6...
posted at 3:15PM on November 12, 2024
The last two years without Twitter have been rough in terms of being able to build & promote things independently. Now that things are (maybe) starting to come back, consider subscribing to my writing. Free and not on fucking Substack: dansinker.com/follow/
posted at 1:57PM on November 12, 2024
This is the 10th episode of Rebel Spirit, both the end and not the end. But more than that, it's an episode about perseverence against adversity, about how to carry on when the headwinds are strong. In many ways it is the story of now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...
posted at 11:01AM on November 12, 2024
Starter Packs are one of those innovations that feel so completely obvious now that they're around. Will be a day-one feature in social software moving forward.
posted at 7:23AM on November 12, 2024
I don't know why it took so goddamn long but it's good to see real momentum in the Twitter alternatives this week. Hasn't felt like this since the original Musk-purchase exodus.
posted at 6:59AM on November 12, 2024
This Airheads in my kid's Lunchable just got a gig as a NYT columnist.
posted at 11:05AM on November 9, 2024
I'm still pretty numb from the election, but I have been finding a lot of solace in this song by John K Samson. Read "A Song for Right Now" on my blog: dansinker.com/posts/202...
posted at 6:03PM on November 8, 2024
Hey dudes, get that vasectomy.
posted at 11:47AM on November 8, 2024
I know it's only a tiny slice of a shit pie, but locking good reporting behind paywalls for the last decade+ has been a fucking disaster
posted at 9:24AM on November 8, 2024
Sat quietly most of the day and researched people who fought the Klan in the 20s and feel more at peace and more ready than I have since everything went south Tuesday night.
posted at 8:29PM on November 7, 2024
Reading old newspapers, trying to find the hook for a possible new project and came across this gem.
posted at 6:12PM on November 7, 2024
I'm still pretty numb from the election, but I have been finding a lot of solace in this song by John K Samson.
Read "A Song for Right Now" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-11-08-fantasy-baseball/
posted at 6:00PM on November 7, 2024
Taylor's analysis of how the right has built such a powerful, well-funded, multifaceted media ecosystem and how replicating that on the left is structurally impossible (or close to it) is very good. www.usermag.co/p/why-dem...
posted at 10:30AM on November 7, 2024
Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day hits different this year.
posted at 8:24AM on November 7, 2024
non-chronoligical timelines feel like disassociating right now
posted at 5:58PM on November 6, 2024
Grieve. Build. Fight.
posted at 10:43AM on November 6, 2024