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.
Gifting your child a high-powered rifle is *also* an ideology. We just refuse to speak of it as such.
posted at 8:20PM on September 16, 2025
Everything is completely nuts right now, so I thought I'd take a minute to celebrate a few good things I've been enjoying lately. dansinker.com/posts/202...
posted at 2:43PM on September 15, 2025
Got cornered by a Screen Time Parent today and lord, I could not give less of a shit.
posted at 3:48PM on September 14, 2025
100,000 racists marching on London is not how I wanted to start the weekend.
posted at 9:22AM on September 13, 2025
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...
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