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.

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

Well fuck.

posted at 12:45AM on November 6, 2024

refresh refresh refresh refresh

posted at 6:50PM on November 5, 2024

Here we go.

posted at 7:59AM on November 5, 2024

Officially at Disneyland for the duration of the election. See you on the other side.

posted at 10:58PM on November 3, 2024

I love that the Harris campaign is laser-focused on messaging joy, except for your inbox where they are intent on pummeling you with a never-ending series of bummers.

posted at 8:00PM on November 2, 2024

Absolutely here for the NYT Tech Guild threatening to strike on election day. The needle is in a union. www.nbcnews.com/news/new-...

posted at 6:31PM on November 2, 2024

When you're absolutely, positively confident on your chances in *checks notes* North Carolina.

posted at 3:38PM on November 2, 2024

The one person I know that left the country after 2016 is still doing the same tired "both candidates are the same" shuffle.

posted at 9:56AM on November 2, 2024

Insomnia Club roll call

posted at 5:29AM on November 2, 2024

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