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.

Officially at the age where every song at the grocery store is a banger.

posted at 1:14PM on October 20, 2024

It turns out being half on your ass from a vaccine hangover is *not* the time to troubleshoot complicated website configurations. Huh.

posted at 6:20PM on October 19, 2024

Have reached the full-shit-Saturday part of my Friday night double vaxx.

posted at 1:35PM on October 19, 2024

Watching the Premier League on Saturday mornings with the nine-year-old is pretty much exactly what I'd imagine watching with your out-of-work coal miner uncle from the Midlands who's been drinking at the local since noon is like. When he yells at the ref I can hear it through the floor.

posted at 10:41AM on October 19, 2024

Trump transition team head Linda McMahon is the first transition co-chair in history to sell a stunner from Stone Cold Steve Austin.

posted at 7:12AM on October 19, 2024

Double vaxxed on a Friday night.

posted at 6:29PM on October 18, 2024

Descript really is a pretty incredible piece of software for working with audio and transcripts. Feels like magic still every time I use it.

posted at 3:30PM on October 18, 2024

This whole Wordpress drama is the most embarrasing shit possible.

posted at 8:43AM on October 18, 2024

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

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