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Strength and Hope Amid the Year’s Cold Start
https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-01-12-cold-at-night/
Published: January 12, 2026 00:00
This year has started hard. There's a line from the Mountain Goats song 'Cold at Night' that I keep coming back to.
2025: The Exit Interview
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-31-exit-interview/
Published: December 31, 2025 00:00
There's only one word I can use to describe 2025: unrelenting. My contract on the year finally runs out today and so I requested an exit interview with HR.
I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-24-fairytale/
Published: December 24, 2025 00:00
I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby.
A note in defense of Doing The Work, written on the shortest day of the longest year
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-21-the-work/
Published: December 21, 2025 00:00
In a year where so many insist that we take shortcuts, I wrote a short note in defense of Doing The Work.
Announcing the Inaugural Snooping Newsie Awards for Excellence in Independent Journalism
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-15-snooping-newsie/
Published: December 15, 2025 00:00
Small-scale, fiercely independent journalism rarely gets recognition when awards are handed out. Yet it plays a vital role in our communities, especially this year. So I made an award and am thrilled to announce the inaugural winners.
'Tis the season or whatever - some more gifts, this time from me
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-12-07-the-season/
Published: December 7, 2025 00:00
I've made a lot of merch, maybe you want some. Also, a new zine to preorder as an experiment.
All Rad, No Bad
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-11-28-gift-guide/
Published: November 29, 2025 00:00
I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad.
Whistle Up
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-11-21-whistle-up/
Published: November 21, 2025 00:00
In Chicago, whistles proved to be a super effective alert system when ICE is near. With these goons spreading out across the country, I wanted to put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles. I wrote as full a brain dump as…
The Pugilist at Rest
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-11-14-pugilist/
Published: November 14, 2025 00:00
It's been reported that Greg Bovino and 250 of his goons will be leaving Chicago. But it's also been reported that he'll be back. Chicago is a boxer, tired but unbowed. I wrote about how we'll be ready.
Ghosts in the Graveyard
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-11-05-ghosts/
Published: November 5, 2025 00:00
I spent Halloween chasing ghosts. Not kids in costumes, or jumpscares in a haunted house. I spent Halloween chasing ghosts of a different kind: careening from one ICE spotting to another. I wrote an essay about it, and about other ghosts we're chasing.
Halloween a Hundred Years Ago
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-10-29-halloween/
Published: October 30, 2025 00:00
Everything is very hard right now, so travel back in time with me for a few minutes and look at how Halloween was advertised 100 years ago.