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 OK that's enough.

My most recent blog posts

What If We Just Stopped?

There has to be a better way of connecting and sharing and existing together, a way that isn't locked into the exploitative doom loops and psychic death of what we currently have.

Posted on Sep 23, 2026

Fight Night

George Dale loved a fight. He loved getting in them, with the Klan, for sure, but with anyone really. And he loved watching them. This is a little work-in-progress about both.

Posted on Jun 12, 2026

Foundational Texts: Puzzle Pieces

The fifth installment in my monthly Foundational Texts series looks at The Westing Game, puzzles, and not lying to kids.

Posted on Jun 1, 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.

Driving across Iowa and Nebraska this weekend. Did the same drive a month ago and gas is up at least $1 everywhere, and diesel more than that. Usually these are some of the cheapest gas states and they're well over $4.

posted at 10:32PM on September 26, 2026

Brains are dumb. I spent literally weeks, maybe even months, beating myself up about writing about how social sucks. "Nobody wants to read this" "It's self indulgent bullshit" etc etc etc. Finally just put the thing out, and like 10,000 people have enthusiastically read it in like 24 hours.

posted at 9:50AM on September 25, 2026

One of those research days where you tug on some threads and discover that the brother of the Imperial Wizard pro tempore of the Klan in the early 20s was the managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution.

posted at 10:40AM on September 23, 2026

Man Califone is such a good band

posted at 3:46PM on September 19, 2026

This Wilco/Sesame Street felt banner is definitely one of my fav new additions to the art collection.

posted at 5:06PM on September 9, 2026

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Updated September 27, 2026. This page is inspired by @nownownow.