Dan Sinker/now

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

I'm producing the podcast Rebel Spirit, with Akilah Hughes …

while also helping the Chicago Reader revitalize their website …

and helping run the Civic Media Fellowships at USC …

and hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who

and shipping the patches and stickers I made for you …

while also making stickers for the Says Who Sticker Club

and wow that is a lot.

My most recent blog posts

Merchandise Keeps Us in Line

Right now you're probably looking for gifts for others (and maybe yourself), so I thought I'd pull together a list of all the things that I've got for sale through my site, my pods, or elsewhere.

Posted on Dec 8, 2024

Become the Media: Punk Planet, Year Seven

I went to write an essay looking back at the the seventh year of Punk Planet, but one of the issues we published that year felt too relevant to RIGHT NOW to keep the essay's focus on the past.

Posted on Nov 30, 2024

Hope in the Rubble: a birthday request

Today is my birthday and the world is shit. I'm not really up for celebrating, but instead would like to tell you about the Gaza Skate Team and make a simple birthday request.

Posted on Nov 14, 2024

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.

Right now you’re probably looking for gifts for others (and maybe yourself), so I thought I’d pull together a list of all the things that I’ve got for sale through my site, my pods, or elsewhere.

Read “Merchandise Keeps Us in Line” at my site: dansinker.com/posts/202…

posted at 9:39PM on December 8, 2024

Welcome back to Insomnia Club, I'm not glad you're here.

posted at 3:24AM on December 8, 2024

Surprise Friday night merch drop at my little webstore: Throwback Ts! A couple designs from other lifetimes. Punk Planet! Quaxelrod! $25! shop.dansinker.com photos of two T-shirts, one Punk Planet and one featuring the majestic duck Quaxelrod

posted at 8:00PM on December 6, 2024

The outpouring of anger at the health insurance industry is the least surprising thing ever. Every single person has a story—has trauma—from this insane system we live under.

posted at 4:07PM on December 6, 2024

what a fucking wild moment in time to be begrudgingly filling out the ACA exchange application

posted at 8:30AM on December 6, 2024

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

Updated December 9, 2024. This page is inspired by @nownownow.