dan sinker
@dansinker.com
I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
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making this my new email autoreply
Praise and shade
Benjamin Franklin wrote this to Arthur Lee on 3 April 1778, but apparently never sent.
Benjamin Franklin wrote this to Arthur Lee on 3 April 1778, but apparently never sent.
September 20, 2026 at 12:08 AM
making this my new email autoreply
Man Califone is such a good band
September 19, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Man Califone is such a good band
As someone that loves shipping logistics has there been a single goddamn day this entire administration where shipping hasn't been entirely fucked
Could be worse, could be diesel which is >$6 nation wide and in CA kissing $9. Oh wait, what do trucks and trains run on again?
September 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
As someone that loves shipping logistics has there been a single goddamn day this entire administration where shipping hasn't been entirely fucked
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The diesel price at the station I pass after dropping my kiddo off at school, on Wednesday morning: $7.99/gal.
At the same station at 8 the same night, as I returned from a parent meeting: $8.29.
There again this morning, after dropping my kid off: $8.69.
An ~8% jump in two days. Yikes.
At the same station at 8 the same night, as I returned from a parent meeting: $8.29.
There again this morning, after dropping my kid off: $8.69.
An ~8% jump in two days. Yikes.
Could be worse, could be diesel which is >$6 nation wide and in CA kissing $9. Oh wait, what do trucks and trains run on again?
September 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The diesel price at the station I pass after dropping my kiddo off at school, on Wednesday morning: $7.99/gal.
At the same station at 8 the same night, as I returned from a parent meeting: $8.29.
There again this morning, after dropping my kid off: $8.69.
An ~8% jump in two days. Yikes.
At the same station at 8 the same night, as I returned from a parent meeting: $8.29.
There again this morning, after dropping my kid off: $8.69.
An ~8% jump in two days. Yikes.
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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
docs.google.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
It's weird that a technology built on stealing and lying would go on to steal and lie. I'm shook, the machine must be alive.
September 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
It's weird that a technology built on stealing and lying would go on to steal and lie. I'm shook, the machine must be alive.
They hit the Walmart near us. I am fucking livid.
ICE has been very active on Chicago’s Northwest Side and near north suburbs today.
Most recently around Avondale ~1:30 P.M.
Most recently around Avondale ~1:30 P.M.
September 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
They hit the Walmart near us. I am fucking livid.
there was a time when startup folks were just a bunch of slightly awkward herbs getting rich making fun little sites.
September 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
there was a time when startup folks were just a bunch of slightly awkward herbs getting rich making fun little sites.
first of many I hope.
#BREAKING U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe, accused of a series of sexual assaults in 2022, has been convicted.
The verdict is still being read.
The verdict is still being read.
September 17, 2026 at 6:12 PM
first of many I hope.
goddammit.
September 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
goddammit.
AI researchers "got spooked by their own card tricks and the sudden, oddly-belated realization that their managers are a bunch of unethical dumbasses."
This is very good.
This is very good.
Over at the newsletter I wrote about the media's total failure to responsibly cover batshit claims that software has gained human-level awareness and will soon kill us all
AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of Control
The press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function.
karlbode.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
AI researchers "got spooked by their own card tricks and the sudden, oddly-belated realization that their managers are a bunch of unethical dumbasses."
This is very good.
This is very good.
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New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon.
September 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM
It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon.
"Without work, talent is only talent, promise, not product."
I wrote about being Annie Dillard's student at Wesleyan in the spring of my last year in college for Elizabeth Benedict's Mentors and Monsters anthology, and The Morning News: themorningnews.org/annie-dillar...
Annie Dillard and the Writing Life - The Morning News
Writers aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.
themorningnews.org
September 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"Without work, talent is only talent, promise, not product."
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yes. i would wager that these people genuinely believe that the country is MAGA and that there is a vast and untapped audience to be appealed to. incidentally, these people also exist in an impenetrable bubble of sycophants.
a lot of people think that faillison hired bari weiss to deliberately destroy CBS news and i think all of you need to consider the possibility that he hired her because he genuinely thought she would be successful.
a wild thing is that they didn’t just give her editorial control, they gave her what sounds like operational control (over hiring/firing), which would be objectively an insane thing to do even if she was good at editorial, which she isn’t, or had experience at an org this size, which she doesn’t
September 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
yes. i would wager that these people genuinely believe that the country is MAGA and that there is a vast and untapped audience to be appealed to. incidentally, these people also exist in an impenetrable bubble of sycophants.
Genuinely still perplexed how Macklemore got booked in the first place tbh.
September 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Genuinely still perplexed how Macklemore got booked in the first place tbh.
too add insult to injury, the team he supports, Ipswich Town, got shellacked by Arsenal today.
Four supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore is dropped over Palestine comments
Four supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore was dropped
The artists announced they were pulling out of the tour hours after Ed Sheeran broke his silence on the controversy
www.the-independent.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
too add insult to injury, the team he supports, Ipswich Town, got shellacked by Arsenal today.
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Some of those that work forces
Are the same that fuck horses
Are the same that fuck horses
FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
The FBI has reportedly relaxed hiring standards that previously automatically disqualified applicants who admitted to hiring prostitutes, engaging in bestiality, or stealing from an employer.
The post FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
September 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that fuck horses
Are the same that fuck horses
This country is a suicide cult.
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM
This country is a suicide cult.
This website remains undefeated
I take issue with labeling them as “amoral” vs. “immoral”. Why are we giving these guys even an ounce of credit? We should point out they are immoral until they prove us otherwise.
September 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
This website remains undefeated
The most amoral people on the planet would like you to know that they're concerned their work might be dangerous and you can trust them to slow it down.
September 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The most amoral people on the planet would like you to know that they're concerned their work might be dangerous and you can trust them to slow it down.
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Wrigley’s Gum Stand 🌝
Featuring Wrigley’s moon-faced mascot, the “Spearman,” this terrifying figure once advertised packs of chewing gum in the 1920s. Made of iron with a celluloid face, it bears a worn message on its chest with a slogan that reads: “Be sure it’s Wrigley’s”.
Featuring Wrigley’s moon-faced mascot, the “Spearman,” this terrifying figure once advertised packs of chewing gum in the 1920s. Made of iron with a celluloid face, it bears a worn message on its chest with a slogan that reads: “Be sure it’s Wrigley’s”.
August 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Wrigley’s Gum Stand 🌝
Featuring Wrigley’s moon-faced mascot, the “Spearman,” this terrifying figure once advertised packs of chewing gum in the 1920s. Made of iron with a celluloid face, it bears a worn message on its chest with a slogan that reads: “Be sure it’s Wrigley’s”.
Featuring Wrigley’s moon-faced mascot, the “Spearman,” this terrifying figure once advertised packs of chewing gum in the 1920s. Made of iron with a celluloid face, it bears a worn message on its chest with a slogan that reads: “Be sure it’s Wrigley’s”.
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Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park:
Community members have gathered to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of local resident Silverio Villegas González, whom an as-yet unidentified ICE agent shot and killed on this block at the start of "Operation Midway Blitz."
Community members have gathered to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of local resident Silverio Villegas González, whom an as-yet unidentified ICE agent shot and killed on this block at the start of "Operation Midway Blitz."
September 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Happening now in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park:
Community members have gathered to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of local resident Silverio Villegas González, whom an as-yet unidentified ICE agent shot and killed on this block at the start of "Operation Midway Blitz."
Community members have gathered to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of local resident Silverio Villegas González, whom an as-yet unidentified ICE agent shot and killed on this block at the start of "Operation Midway Blitz."
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He's only been in office for a little over a year and a half.
#BREAKING Houthis have seized control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast: govt military official
September 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
He's only been in office for a little over a year and a half.