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.
Apparently I'm nominated for Best Beard in Chicago and so ok go vote please I guess bestof.chicagoreader.com/city-life...
posted at 8:18PM on December 3, 2024
Subscribing to The Verge because they are one of the few media organizations that I genuinely really trust because they consistently make good decisions, editorially and otherwise. www.theverge.com/2024/12/3...
posted at 6:27PM on December 3, 2024
my big problem is it's December third and I'm already sick of the cold
posted at 6:15PM on December 3, 2024
seems that the post-election twitter exodus has achieved enough of a critical mass that breaking news unfolds in real-time again.
posted at 10:22AM on December 3, 2024
Surprising number of folks fell for the Enron joke
posted at 6:29PM on December 2, 2024
just had a moment with a FOIA'd document where months of research, theories, and more than a few fishing expeditions all just came together.
posted at 1:44PM on December 2, 2024
finally impressed the teen.
posted at 10:59AM on December 2, 2024
I'd say "excited to never think about Hunter Biden again soon" but you know we're going to somehow end up in a Hunter vs Don Jr election some day.
posted at 8:12AM on December 2, 2024
In line at target, a kid is pulling his dad's leg yelling that I'm santa. Gave him a little eyebrow raise.
posted at 2:45PM on December 1, 2024
All my post-election emotions are now wrapped up in Manchester City never winning another game of football again.
posted at 11:55AM on December 1, 2024
Went to sleep early tonight which just meant that... Insomnia Club is called to order early as well.
posted at 1:20AM on December 1, 2024
I went to write an essay looking back at the the seventh year of Punk Planet, but one of the issues we published that year felt too relevant to RIGHT NOW to keep the essay's focus on the past. Read "Become the Media: Punk Planet, Year Seven" on my site: dansinker.com/posts/202...
posted at 5:59PM on November 30, 2024
I went to write an essay looking back at the the seventh year of Punk Planet, but one of the issues we published that year felt too relevant to RIGHT NOW to keep the essay's focus on the past.
Read "Become the Media: Punk Planet, Year Seven" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-11-30-ppy7/
posted at 6:00PM on November 29, 2024
Not really a Black Friday guy, but you can get a TRYING patch & sticker set for the already really low price of $12. Ships free in US with a stamp. shop.dansinker.com/products/...
posted at 11:25AM on November 29, 2024
Welcome to post-holiday Insomnia Club!
posted at 4:19AM on November 29, 2024
The nine-year-old, watching the Macy's parade horrified: so this is just a bunch of people singing on rolling ads?
posted at 11:25AM on November 28, 2024
Playing Inscription again.
posted at 10:03PM on November 27, 2024
finally have some holiday downtime after an exceptionally busy few days and it turns out listening to really sad music was a terrible idea lol
posted at 7:18PM on November 27, 2024
Sold and shipped a few hundred stickers in 24 hours, feels pretty good.
posted at 3:19PM on November 27, 2024
If you are traveling this week, consider listeing to Rebel Spirit. 10 incredible episodes about how change really happens. Hilarious and maddening and really, really good. I mean I helped make it so I'm biased (but it is). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...
posted at 10:39AM on November 27, 2024