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 …

and hosting and producing the weekly podcast Says Who

while 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 wow that is a lot.

My most recent blog posts

Taking Things Apart (in three parts)

I wrote about how you can learn by taking things apart, about how geeky electronics were transformed by the global supply chain, and about how nothing happening in in the administration right now is about fixing broken things.

Posted on Apr 11, 2025

Old Growth: Punk Planet, Year 11

It's sort of impossible to believe just how many things we did in the 11th year of Punk Planet. Issues! Books! A whole new magazine! A look back at a year of explosive growth.

Posted on Mar 28, 2025

Do One Thing

Right now it feels impossible to get anything done, but we all have to. So I wrote about how I'm trying to break my doom spiral by doing one thing.

Posted on Mar 16, 2025

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.

We gotta bring back calling that guy a couchfucker

posted at 9:48PM on April 22, 2025

these fucks have no idea what they’re doing one day to the next. a headline that says Trump Says He Has No Intention of Firing Fed Chief Powell

posted at 4:35PM on April 22, 2025

“Tesla said Tuesday that its profits fell 71 percent in the first three months of the year”

Is that a lot?

posted at 4:27PM on April 22, 2025

Blinks in Rebel Spirit www.nytimes.com/2025/04/2... Trump Joins a Bitter Fight on Long Island Over a School Mascot. New York’s education leaders moved to ban Native American-inspired mascots in 2022, drawing a lawsuit from the Massapequa school district. Now, the president has weighed in.

posted at 10:25AM on April 22, 2025

End stage capitalism, but make it food. A package of Jack Link's Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili flavored meat sticks is on display.

posted at 12:11PM on April 19, 2025

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

Updated April 24, 2025. This page is inspired by @nownownow.