Dan Sinker/notes

Most of the time my thoughts aren't long enough for a blog post. My shortform notes get posted on Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky, and also wind up here.

Enjoying writing about my favorite media and books and travel and, you know, the threat of white supremacy for the Monday Media Diet today. whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-mon...

posted at 8:29AM on October 28, 2024

There's no wider discrepancy between New York and everywhere else than waiting "on line" vs "in line"

posted at 7:12AM on October 28, 2024

Tim Walz bringing "jackwad" back is the thing to boost tbh.

posted at 9:17PM on October 27, 2024

Everyone boosting clips from the MSG rally exactly like they want you to do.

posted at 8:36PM on October 27, 2024

In 2020 I was unsuccessful in selling American Heel, a podcast about Trump and pro wrestling. Because of *waves hands in all directions* I recently revisited the two rough cuts I made and they're still relevant. So here, rough edges and all: dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 10:33AM on October 27, 2024

Four years ago I was unsuccessful in selling American Heel, a podcast about Trump and pro wrestling. Because of *waves hands in all directions* I recently revisited the two rough cuts I made and they're definitely still relevant. So I'm putting them out, rough edges and all.

Read "From The Vault: American Heel" on my blog: https://dansinker.com//posts/2024-10-27-american-heel/

posted at 7:00PM on October 26, 2024

The billionaire owners of newspapers are pulling endorsements because they want the government contracts for the camps

posted at 2:54PM on October 26, 2024

We desperately need journalism but we do not need the husks of 20th century giants to do it

posted at 9:23PM on October 25, 2024

A lawsuit has been filed against Trump's transition co-chair Linda McMahon alleging that she and others at WWE looked the other way as ring boys were sexually abused www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2024/...

posted at 4:32PM on October 25, 2024

Dear editors getting their op-eds banned. Just do this.

posted at 3:09PM on October 25, 2024

all every suit in journalism talks about right now is "trust" so it's definitely fun watching the same suits light that trust on fucking fire.

posted at 2:46PM on October 25, 2024

just publish these op-eds. the whole internet is *right there*

posted at 2:45PM on October 25, 2024

Have had "I'm So Tired" by Fugazi stuck in my head all morning, despite not actually being tired. But man, what haunting beauty. open.spotify.com/track/6Jg...

posted at 9:56AM on October 25, 2024

Just remembered the time I helped ProPublica reverse-engineer campaign emails. www.propublica.org/article/r...

posted at 8:20AM on October 25, 2024

How about we don't?

posted at 9:15PM on October 24, 2024

Unreasonably excited that there's one last season of What We Do in the Shadows

posted at 9:10PM on October 24, 2024

I just listened back to a rough cut of a podcast pilot about Trump and professional wrestling I made four years ago that I couldn't sell and, while dated, it is as relevant today as it was then. Missed opportunity.

posted at 4:46PM on October 24, 2024

Just over here producing a podcast that's become a local election issue. Let's fucking go. www.cincinnati.com/story/new...

posted at 8:28AM on October 24, 2024

Well *that* should do it.

posted at 9:45PM on October 23, 2024

Just wrote the absolute *hell* out of something. Put myself through hell to get there. But got there.

posted at 5:26PM on October 23, 2024

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