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.

You can buy a blind box of my childhood. A box displays a "Mini Brands Retro" collection with miniature branded items, featuring "5 Surprise Minis Inside!" and showcasing things like a film canister and a floppy disk.

posted at 12:51PM on March 15, 2025

The rats are in the mail. www.npr.org/2025/03/1... A news article headline states that the USPS head has agreed to allow DOGE to find efficiencies with restrictions on employee data access.

posted at 10:36AM on March 15, 2025

BuT wHaT IF tHeY SHut doWN thE GOveRNmenT?? Motherfucker he did this AFTER your cowardly vote. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/1... A headline reports that Trump has ordered the reduction of seven agencies, including the parent organization of Voice of America, with a focus on entities related to labor mediation and homelessness prevention.

posted at 6:39AM on March 15, 2025

Ran into a celeb while out trying to walk off my rage. Northwestern, pay your foodservice workers. Selfie with Scabby the ray

posted at 5:32PM on March 14, 2025

so let's say that by some miracle, Schumer doesn't have the votes and this thing fails. He's now 100% put the heat on Dems for a government shutdown, where yesterday it would have fallen on Republicans.

posted at 12:42PM on March 14, 2025

It's extraordinarily nice outside so I'd appreciate if you gave me a reason to walk to the post office shop.dansinker.com

posted at 11:20AM on March 14, 2025

Just remembered that I almost got a job at Columbia University a couple years back, they chose a guy from Facebook instead and man am I glad I dodged that shitshow now.

posted at 10:26PM on March 13, 2025

As always the only ones gonna save us is us

posted at 9:44PM on March 13, 2025

the grocery store moved everything around and this is going to be my Joker moment

posted at 3:28PM on March 13, 2025

Fuck everything? Yes. Fuck everything.

posted at 1:50PM on March 13, 2025

For people obsessed with masculinity and "alpha energy," the car show on the White House driveway was the weakest-looking shit I may have ever witnessed. Just two weak people standing there, terrified of what's to come.

posted at 4:10PM on March 11, 2025

Would be genuinely curious to know if Donald Trump knows how to drive.

posted at 3:39PM on March 11, 2025

Has Trump bought his Tesla yet?

posted at 11:29AM on March 11, 2025

he should just sign an executive order saying stocks can't go down and then, voila, problem solved.

posted at 11:06AM on March 11, 2025

Stock market great

posted at 9:58AM on March 10, 2025

I wrote the bakery and asked if I could have their Paczki sign once the week was over and, reader, they said yes. A colorful sign advertises various flavors of Paczkis for Fat Tuesday with emphasis on availability until March 8th.

posted at 5:31PM on March 9, 2025

Imagine being the richest person in the world and needing your mother to come to your defense.

posted at 5:09PM on March 9, 2025

I wanna meet the kid that goes to the arcade, wins 2500 tickets, and chooses the backgammon set. Because that kid has got to be awesome. A display of colorful beach balls and a Backgammon game set is arranged on an arcade wall.

posted at 4:46PM on March 8, 2025

My elderly dog, after a day of whining, just passed a 4" long twig and honestly if she's going to go out, I appreciate that she's trying to do it doing what she loves: eating random shit off the ground.

posted at 8:54AM on March 8, 2025

Kicking off Insomnia Club a little early today. Welcome, I'm not glad you're here.

posted at 2:49AM on March 7, 2025

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