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 strategy was much more effective when they cast him as weird instead of dangerous. "Weird" is a bummer for him and his supporters and those on the fence. "Dangerous" they think "yes, they are afraid of *us*"

posted at 10:32AM on October 22, 2024

A while back I made a patch that read "Trying" to remind myself that all I can really do is try. I made one for me, and then folks wanted them, and I made more but kept selling out. Now I've got plenty in stock and perhaps you need the same reminder. shop.dansinker.com/products/...

posted at 5:09PM on October 21, 2024

Th Undertaker and Kane interviewing Trump is perhaps one thing too many for my poor brain, I'm sorry to say.

posted at 12:26PM on October 21, 2024

Insomnia club is once again called to order.

posted at 3:48AM on October 21, 2024

I get it, I get it, McDonalds and all, but absolutely the most unhinged thing he did this weekend was talk about Arnold Palmer's dick for ten minutes.

posted at 9:53PM on October 20, 2024

This might actually be the worst form on the internet. No basic data verification. Name, email and phone can be garbage. Address can be anything. No lockout after submit. It's just... trash? I know this should not be surprising but also it's sort of surprising. petition.theamericapac.org

posted at 6:49PM on October 20, 2024

This is way way WAY too close to a Says Who Podcast bit for my liking.

posted at 2:37PM on October 20, 2024

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

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