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

Foundational Texts: Goonies Never Say Die

The second installment in the monthly Foundational Texts series looks at the message I took from The Goonies when I was ten and is still just as relevant today.

Posted on Feb 28, 2026

On Joy and Resistance

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 22, 2026

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

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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.

My best portrait of all time was taken in the elevator at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles.

posted at 2:11PM on March 2, 2026

You probably missed it this weekend what with literally everything happening at once, but I wrote a piece about subculture, collective action, this fucked moment, and The Goonies. I was lonely and scared that summer and not sure where I fit, or how I fit, or if I fit, and here was a voice telling me that there was a place for me after all, but it wasn't above ground. It was down underneath it all, where the surface ends and your life begins.

posted at 10:21AM on March 2, 2026

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

posted at 6:14PM on February 26, 2026

Teeth are the stupidest bone. Just give me a baleen and let me slurp krill or something.

posted at 2:24PM on February 26, 2026

Lol Apple never knocked down the price of the Vision Pro down????

posted at 7:03PM on February 23, 2026

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Updated March 2, 2026. This page is inspired by @nownownow.