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.

I think we've reached our takes fill. Log off. Let's enjoy Friday away from our hell rectangles.

posted at 4:42PM on September 12, 2025

probably not a really bad and terrifying thing that each shooter leaves little haha memes and phrases for the next one to build on and top

posted at 11:18AM on September 12, 2025

when it turns out the guy doesn't fit their easy narrative I'm sure they'll de-escalate

posted at 8:49AM on September 12, 2025

Always wild to do something like go to your kid's curriculum night and have another parent be like "I've been reading your stuff for 30 years"

posted at 6:59PM on September 11, 2025

Weird day to get good news.

posted at 11:36AM on September 11, 2025

This ad I just got for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra looks like they're hyping a golden age supervillain team up

posted at 12:55PM on September 8, 2025

We couldn't possibly be in a worse information environment for what's happening. Which is probably, in part, why it's happening.

posted at 10:22PM on September 6, 2025

Can not undersell how stunningly beautiful the weather in Chicago is today. All the fascists can eat shit.

posted at 3:08PM on September 6, 2025

I wrote a little thing about Chicago, my beautiful complicated city, on the eve of occupation. dansinker.com/posts/202... We are the lake in the morning, the sun rising over the water, its reflection drawing a line straight to our shores.&10;&10;We are the Haymarket Martyrs, the Pullman strikers, always demanding better than what we've got.&10;&10;We are the words of Sandburg and Algren and Brooks and Wright.&10;&10;We are the 90s Bulls, making the impossible possible.&10;&10;We are the dipped Italian Beef. Messy, sure, but incredible.

posted at 10:40AM on September 6, 2025

Maurie and Flaurie stand ready to fuck up ICE.

posted at 6:33PM on September 5, 2025

With the Trump Administration about to roll its ugly occupation into Chicago, I wanted to write a little lyrical love letter to the city. dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 3:27PM on September 5, 2025

Double jabbed, for America.

posted at 11:22AM on September 5, 2025

Can confirm that you can still book a covid vax in Illinois. There's an interstitial where you have to confirm a comorbidity that didn't exist before, but it's a low bar.

posted at 2:42PM on September 4, 2025

People have been diagnosing Trump via grainy photograph and screengrab for nearly a decade but I'm sure this time it's something.

posted at 8:44PM on September 1, 2025

Do not recommend a twelve and a half hour drive day.

posted at 10:36PM on August 30, 2025

Grimsby Town!

posted at 4:30PM on August 27, 2025

Sat in the breakfast area of a Hampton Inn today and overheard three silver-haired white women talk about how great it is that Trump is bringing chip manufacturing back to the US.

posted at 10:37AM on August 26, 2025

I've been so out of the posting loop and when I drop in occasionally I think maybe we are making ourselves miserable doing this. Like, I think this is worse maybe.

posted at 9:51PM on August 22, 2025

Perfect night for Angel City FC.

posted at 10:39PM on August 21, 2025

Anyway, saw this dog today. A dog dyed to resemble a tiger sits on a sidewalk while its owner, wearing a yellow shirt and cap, stands nearby on a sunny street.

posted at 12:36AM on August 20, 2025

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