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 producing season two of the award-winning Rebel Spirit podcast …

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: Forks and Branches

The fourth installment in the monthly Foundational Texts series looks at the first book in the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure series, and how new choices are always possible.

Posted on Apr 30, 2026

A Short Post In Defense of Libraries

What it says on the tin. Libraries are amazing. Never ever forget.

Posted on Apr 24, 2026

A Well-Aimed Potato: The Klan, Notre Dame, and Today

With the Trump administration embracing anti-Catholic rhetoric, I wrote about a time a hundred years ago when Catholic students from Notre Dame beat the shit out of the Klan. A feel good story for the ages.

Posted on Apr 17, 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.

Shipped a few hats. Don't worry, you can still get yours: shop.dansinker.com/collectio... A large pile of boxes in the trunk of a truck

posted at 3:04PM on May 7, 2026

Happy May Day from Chicago. an illustration of the May Day originally published in Harpers Weekly in 1886

posted at 8:14AM on May 1, 2026

I'ma start putting eggs in my gas tank.

posted at 4:52PM on April 29, 2026

It's independent bookstore day today! Visit your faves! Last year I wrote about the indie bookstore that changed my life: dansinker.com/posts/202...

posted at 7:07AM on April 25, 2026

Note to myself. three paragraphs you dolt

posted at 9:29AM on April 24, 2026

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Updated May 13, 2026. This page is inspired by @nownownow.