Dan Sinker/now

I always have a lot going on, here's what I'm doing now:

I'm writing I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS! for Haymarket Books

while hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who

and helping run the Civic Media Fellowships at USC …

and shipping the patches and stickers I made for you …

and also making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club

and OK that's enough.

My most recent blog posts

I'm Writing a Book!

Yooooooooooooooo. I can't even believe it. I mean, I can because I'm doing it, but still.

Posted on Oct 8, 2025

The Fog of War

ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago's Logan Square today. I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well everything.

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

Disasters, Invisible and Visible

ICE has been sweeping through Chicago for weeks now, yet coverage of it is still really hard to find. I wanted to compile both my go-to places that I turn to, as well as offer some ideas to news orgs on how to cover the onslaught better.

Posted on Sep 26, 2025

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My most recent notes

I write a lot of notes in shortform social apps like Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. I also capture them on this site, so the platforms don't control my stuff. Here are a few. You can always look at my notes page for more.

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today's youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

posted at 12:39PM on October 12, 2025

Full ICE whistle assembly line over here. Assembling ICE whistle packs on a red table

posted at 7:12PM on October 11, 2025

RIP Tony Fitzpatrick. Taught me so much about what it means to love a place so much that you become one with it. A truly singular Chicago artist. A vibrant collage by Tony Fitzpatrick features a peregrine falcon with architectural elements and bold text related to Chicago.

posted at 4:05PM on October 11, 2025

Saturday morning craft project A red table is covered with numerous printed zines, in Spanish , about using whistles to warn about ICE and a pair of scissors

posted at 11:24AM on October 11, 2025

I am never ever going to forgive a single one of these motherfuckers.

posted at 8:59PM on October 10, 2025

Read more notes at Mastodon or Bluesky, or check out my notes page.

Updated October 15, 2025. This page is inspired by @nownownow.