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.

There might not be a more vividly nostalgic smell than Coppertone sunscreen.

posted at 11:10AM on July 13, 2025

Everything is a lot. Here are three places I'm escaping to, if only for a brief moment on the internet. dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 3:47PM on July 11, 2025

there was a point not that long ago where "people sitting in their cars yelling about shit" was not a normal content type and honestly I think we should go back to that

posted at 10:33AM on July 11, 2025

Sometimes I am sad and sometimes I am numb but mostly I am very, very angry.

posted at 9:36PM on July 8, 2025

Guess all these dumbasses are lucky they didn't make an X-Men movie this year

posted at 9:14PM on July 8, 2025

It would be nice if yet another mass death from a climate event lead to anyone doing anything about our increasingly fucked chances but

posted at 6:45PM on July 5, 2025

If you don't feel like celebrating America's birthday, you can always celebrate my kid's instead. Ten today!

posted at 8:27AM on July 4, 2025

Honestly hard to deal with being conquered by people this stupid.

posted at 2:46PM on July 3, 2025

It's been a hard month. I wrote about death, grief, and Magic: The Gathering. dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 12:11PM on July 3, 2025

Since I went to the dentist one (1) week ago, I've had a crown fall out and another one crack. My lesson learned is never go to the dentist.

posted at 8:12AM on July 2, 2025

Elderly dog ripped a dew claw this evening and our whole house looks like the elevator scene in The Shining.

posted at 7:58PM on July 1, 2025

More than tax cuts or whatever the fuck else, the biggest boost to American small business would be single payer healthcare.

posted at 5:07PM on June 30, 2025

Watching both sides of the aisle race to condemn a guy who basically campaigned on "everything is too expensive and maybe it shouldn't be" is extraordinarily informative.

posted at 10:25AM on June 30, 2025

I'm so tired of this country.

posted at 10:28AM on June 27, 2025

My flawless shit run in June continues with a crown falling out.

posted at 9:18PM on June 26, 2025

All I ask is a modest amount of incredulity from reporters. Riders paid a flat fee of $4.20, Mr. Musk said on X, an apparent reference to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” one of his favorite books. In the book, 42 is the ambiguous answer a supercomputer provides when asked to explain the meaning of life and the universe. The number 420 is also sometimes used as code for marijuana use.

posted at 8:43AM on June 26, 2025

Really don't recommend speedrunning clearing out your parent's house.

posted at 10:08PM on June 25, 2025

Who could have possibly predicted this entirely-unsurprising outcome? Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says
Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

posted at 2:54PM on June 24, 2025

I been getting in the streets protesting useless wars since I was 14 years old. Now I'm way older and I'm way more tired and I'm gonna keep doing the fucking thing because what else is there.

posted at 9:32PM on June 21, 2025

Well fuck.

posted at 7:02PM on June 21, 2025

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