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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"short staccato bursts if ICE is seen in the area and long blows if they're actively snatching someone. It is a remarkably simple and effective system. Talk to anyone on the ground and they will tell that it has saved people, every single day. I have seen it work repeatedly."
Yesterday I wrote about printing and shipping a half million whistles with a horde of whistle goblins. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
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February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
"short staccato bursts if ICE is seen in the area and long blows if they're actively snatching someone. It is a remarkably simple and effective system. Talk to anyone on the ground and they will tell that it has saved people, every single day. I have seen it work repeatedly."
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Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
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Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
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some guy wrote me an incredibly nasty email today from his regular email with his full name and i was bored so i decided to send it to every member of his family on facebook and his employer, a large MN nonprofit
good luck tom!
good luck tom!
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
some guy wrote me an incredibly nasty email today from his regular email with his full name and i was bored so i decided to send it to every member of his family on facebook and his employer, a large MN nonprofit
good luck tom!
good luck tom!
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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Met several neighbors out to check it out, all with whistles in hand. We all assumed it was ICE at night. This broken trust! I have lived near the Lake for decades; until recently a helicopter was bad news, meant someone was in the water. Now? Any helicopter means ICE coming for my neighbors. 2/2
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Met several neighbors out to check it out, all with whistles in hand. We all assumed it was ICE at night. This broken trust! I have lived near the Lake for decades; until recently a helicopter was bad news, meant someone was in the water. Now? Any helicopter means ICE coming for my neighbors. 2/2
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Loud helicopter over NE Rogers Park. Lots of sirens (cops and fire) headed towards the Lake. Looks like someone went into the water, fell through the ice, between the breakwaters and Fargo Beach: cops and firefighters out with flashlights, and spotlight from helicopter for search. 1/2
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Loud helicopter over NE Rogers Park. Lots of sirens (cops and fire) headed towards the Lake. Looks like someone went into the water, fell through the ice, between the breakwaters and Fargo Beach: cops and firefighters out with flashlights, and spotlight from helicopter for search. 1/2
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February 10, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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One of the key lessons of this moment of resistance is it takes so many people doing so many different things. The number of ways to support your community is huge and everyone is needed.
Yesterday I wrote about printing and shipping a half million whistles with a horde of whistle goblins. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
One of the key lessons of this moment of resistance is it takes so many people doing so many different things. The number of ways to support your community is huge and everyone is needed.
Yesterday I wrote about printing and shipping a half million whistles with a horde of whistle goblins. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Yesterday I wrote about printing and shipping a half million whistles with a horde of whistle goblins. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
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now that's the power of a union
The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
now that's the power of a union
It’s endlessly funny to me that the one guy these folks have is Kid Rock. That’s it. That’s the whole bench.
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
It’s endlessly funny to me that the one guy these folks have is Kid Rock. That’s it. That’s the whole bench.
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BEYOND proud to know @dansinker.com @mostlybree.kitrocha.com @courtneymilan.com @lefttheprairie.bsky.social & all whistle goblins& esp a hero to me, a ‘90s zine kid, Teresa Magaña, creator of PACH zine 👊🏻
In the words of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I do not regret to inform you we are going to win 💚
In the words of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I do not regret to inform you we are going to win 💚
In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
This whistle fights fascists
I print whistles now. You can too.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
BEYOND proud to know @dansinker.com @mostlybree.kitrocha.com @courtneymilan.com @lefttheprairie.bsky.social & all whistle goblins& esp a hero to me, a ‘90s zine kid, Teresa Magaña, creator of PACH zine 👊🏻
In the words of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I do not regret to inform you we are going to win 💚
In the words of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I do not regret to inform you we are going to win 💚
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February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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@jacobharr.is Hey Jake got another one of these fucking things. realfood.gov
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
@jacobharr.is Hey Jake got another one of these fucking things. realfood.gov
Absolute A+ grift, one for the ages.
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Absolute A+ grift, one for the ages.
OId enough to remember the Yo app.
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
OId enough to remember the Yo app.
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20% of the students at Justice Page Middle School in SW Minneapolis are attending remotely b/c they're terrified to leave their homes. Their families can't work & rent is past due.
Parents at Justice Page are trying to raise 100k to cover the needs of 50+ families — can we raise 10k of it?
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Parents at Justice Page are trying to raise 100k to cover the needs of 50+ families — can we raise 10k of it?
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February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
20% of the students at Justice Page Middle School in SW Minneapolis are attending remotely b/c they're terrified to leave their homes. Their families can't work & rent is past due.
Parents at Justice Page are trying to raise 100k to cover the needs of 50+ families — can we raise 10k of it?
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Parents at Justice Page are trying to raise 100k to cover the needs of 50+ families — can we raise 10k of it?
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Hey we live in hell so how about buying some wound treatment for medics who have to be out on the street patching up their neighbors instead of *not* doing that and living the lives they lead before the goonsquad came to town.
Do you want to help Minneapolis out in a different way? Help set up some new street medics so that they can make sure community members are cared for at protests.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Hey we live in hell so how about buying some wound treatment for medics who have to be out on the street patching up their neighbors instead of *not* doing that and living the lives they lead before the goonsquad came to town.
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I know nothing about rocket science (neither does Elon, apparently), but this feels a lot like Hollywood realizing that broadcast television is a better business model than streaming ninety years after the invention of broadcast television
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I know nothing about rocket science (neither does Elon, apparently), but this feels a lot like Hollywood realizing that broadcast television is a better business model than streaming ninety years after the invention of broadcast television
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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Hey let's hook up street medics this morning 👇👇👇👇👇
Do you want to help Minneapolis out in a different way? Help set up some new street medics so that they can make sure community members are cared for at protests.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Hey let's hook up street medics this morning 👇👇👇👇👇
Can a Brit point me to a useful explanation of WTF is happening with Starmer?
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Can a Brit point me to a useful explanation of WTF is happening with Starmer?