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 printing and shipping whistles (... & counting) all over the country with a crew of awesome people …

and shipping merch I make for you …

and also making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club …

and OK that's enough.

My most recent blog posts

Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins

Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed a half-million whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself.

Posted on Feb 8, 2026

Foundational Texts: Jenny Holzer's Truisms

The first installment in the monthly Foundational Texts series looks at artist Jenny Holzer's Truisms, what they meant to a 14-year-old me and how they still resonate today.

Posted on Jan 31, 2026

We Are All We Have

From Chicago to Minneapolis to wherever is next, more and more it's very clear that we are all we have. And maybe that's enough.

Posted on Jan 21, 2026

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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.

It's endlessly funny to me that the *one* guy these folks have is Kid Rock. That's it. That's the whole bench.

posted at 2:03PM on February 9, 2026

Gonna have a lot more to say about the incredible work of this crew of whistle goblins in a post tomorrow, but for me, personally, I just printed my 10,000th whistle.

posted at 7:24PM on February 7, 2026

The whistle goblins shipped 100,000 whistles in the first four days of February. And today? The fifth day? 37,000 more. This is perhaps the most inspiring act of collective action I've ever been lucky enough to be a part of. Help by buying filament: linktr.ee/WhistleWi...

posted at 6:20PM on February 5, 2026

Just a reminder that Border Patrol was created in 1924 when the Klan was at the height of its political influence.

posted at 11:58AM on January 24, 2026

300 whistles heading for suburban Minneapolis in the morning.

posted at 9:49PM on January 23, 2026

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Updated February 9, 2026. This page is inspired by @nownownow.