Dan Finnen
@danfinnen.bsky.social
Co-Owner of Polymyth Productions, producer/host of the Chicago Writers Podcast, analogue film photographer, producer/host of Super Gear Land, flailing writer, and Frenchie dad. Find me at http://danfinnen.com/
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This is one of the more fun (and at times personal) things I've written in a while. Whether you're a reader or a runner or both, I hope you'll find something useful and interesting here:
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/top-8-ways...
#readersky
#runnersky
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#readersky
#runnersky
Top 8 Ways Reading Is Like Running
They're more similar than you'd think.
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is one of the more fun (and at times personal) things I've written in a while. Whether you're a reader or a runner or both, I hope you'll find something useful and interesting here:
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/top-8-ways...
#readersky
#runnersky
thenewdorkreviewofbooks.substack.com/p/top-8-ways...
#readersky
#runnersky
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I’m a Chicagoan and one thing I’m trying to remember is that cities like this one always outlast empires. We will outlast ICE, the fascists, the corporatists. All of them. Our neighborhoods are the history of people not borders.
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m a Chicagoan and one thing I’m trying to remember is that cities like this one always outlast empires. We will outlast ICE, the fascists, the corporatists. All of them. Our neighborhoods are the history of people not borders.
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Wrote a little more about the goofy Book Scavenger Hunt I totally won without any help from a biased referee or rigged categories. 😆
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#books
#booksky
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#books
#booksky
A Bookish Scavenger Hunt, or The Time I Almost Lost a Rigged Contest
Also known as the time Rebecca Makkai beat Barack Obama
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August 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Wrote a little more about the goofy Book Scavenger Hunt I totally won without any help from a biased referee or rigged categories. 😆
buff.ly/N3f8H5b
#books
#booksky
buff.ly/N3f8H5b
#books
#booksky
Join us as @gregzimmerman.bsky.social schools @mbwwelch.bsky.social and I how real bookselling is done!
We're trying something new with a *gasp* video-based episode! youtu.be/cLOQDDyrPIo?...
Chicago Writers Podcast - The Roscoe Books Scavenger Hunt
YouTube video by Chicago Review of Books
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August 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Join us as @gregzimmerman.bsky.social schools @mbwwelch.bsky.social and I how real bookselling is done!
#SGDQ2025 has been absolutely incredible so far, so happy to see this event get better every year and be such a positive force in the world.
July 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#SGDQ2025 has been absolutely incredible so far, so happy to see this event get better every year and be such a positive force in the world.
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How do so-called fiscal conservatives justify adding $3.3 trillion to the deficit
How do so-called Christians justify building concentration camps and taking food away from hungry children?
How do so-called pro-lifers justify ripping health care away from 16 million people?
How do so-called Christians justify building concentration camps and taking food away from hungry children?
How do so-called pro-lifers justify ripping health care away from 16 million people?
July 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
How do so-called fiscal conservatives justify adding $3.3 trillion to the deficit
How do so-called Christians justify building concentration camps and taking food away from hungry children?
How do so-called pro-lifers justify ripping health care away from 16 million people?
How do so-called Christians justify building concentration camps and taking food away from hungry children?
How do so-called pro-lifers justify ripping health care away from 16 million people?
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@jesskeller42.bsky.social, @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's Executive Director) talks Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s story “Nocturnal Creatures” on the latest episode of the
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/08/s...
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/08/s...
June 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@jesskeller42.bsky.social, @storystudiochicago.bsky.social's Executive Director) talks Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s story “Nocturnal Creatures” on the latest episode of the
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/08/s...
@chicagowriterspod.bsky.social. Check out the pod in the link below!
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/08/s...
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Our fearless leader @jesskeller42.bsky.social is this month's guest on @chicagowriterspod.bsky.social talking about the short story 'Nocturnal Creatures' by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.
Give it a listen here: chicagowriterspodcast.libsyn.com/s2-ep-07-noc...
Give it a listen here: chicagowriterspodcast.libsyn.com/s2-ep-07-noc...
Chicago Writers Podcast: S2 Ep 07: Nocturnal Creatures with Jessica Keller
Jessica Keller drops by the podcast to discuss the short story 'Nocturnal Creatures' by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.
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June 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our fearless leader @jesskeller42.bsky.social is this month's guest on @chicagowriterspod.bsky.social talking about the short story 'Nocturnal Creatures' by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.
Give it a listen here: chicagowriterspodcast.libsyn.com/s2-ep-07-noc...
Give it a listen here: chicagowriterspodcast.libsyn.com/s2-ep-07-noc...
At long last, after I had truly given up hope, Polaroid released a truly great I-Type camera! Check out my full video review at youtu.be/rY8itKrDRi4
Polaroid Flip Review
YouTube video by Dan Finnen
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May 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
At long last, after I had truly given up hope, Polaroid released a truly great I-Type camera! Check out my full video review at youtu.be/rY8itKrDRi4
Have you listened to this week's episode of the pod yet with the great @annaksortino.bsky.social discussing a Ted Chiang classic?
S2 Episode 6: Anna Sortino @annaksortino.bsky.social on 'Story of Your Life' podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S2 Ep 06: Story of Your Life with Anna Sortino
Podcast Episode · Chicago Writers Podcast · 05/05/2025 · 43m
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May 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Have you listened to this week's episode of the pod yet with the great @annaksortino.bsky.social discussing a Ted Chiang classic?
Megan is an incredible storyteller and it was so much fun having her return to the pod!
April 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Megan is an incredible storyteller and it was so much fun having her return to the pod!
a good lil' essay from Cory Doctorow that articulates my feelings about AI art - art is an intimate form of communication, not a product to be vomited out on your behalf pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/c...
Pluralistic: Why I don’t like AI art (25 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
March 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
a good lil' essay from Cory Doctorow that articulates my feelings about AI art - art is an intimate form of communication, not a product to be vomited out on your behalf pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/c...
I make goofy videos about retro video games sometimes over at Super Gear Land. Anyone remember Boogerman? ...Anyone? youtu.be/HcwvuOqYDpg
What the **** Was Boogerman?
YouTube video by SuperGearLand
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March 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I make goofy videos about retro video games sometimes over at Super Gear Land. Anyone remember Boogerman? ...Anyone? youtu.be/HcwvuOqYDpg
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If Section 230 goes, I am not sure how services like Bluesky will continue to exist on the Internet. It’s an existential crisis for freedom of speech online
Sen. Durbin fundamentally misunderstands Section 230, the internet law he's teaming up with Lindsey Graham to repeal, according to @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy reporter @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
At the exact moment when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are actively dismantling democratic institutions and working to silence critics, a group of Democratic Senators have decided to collaborate…
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March 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If Section 230 goes, I am not sure how services like Bluesky will continue to exist on the Internet. It’s an existential crisis for freedom of speech online
Listen to me completely screw up the titles of British nobility in this very fun episode!
BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON (prologue and chapter 1) by Dorothy Sayers with @jencoffeen.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S2 Ep 04: Busman's Honeymoon with Jen Coffeen
Podcast Episode · Chicago Writers Podcast · 03/03/2025 · 1h 15m
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March 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Listen to me completely screw up the titles of British nobility in this very fun episode!
I've finally added a new photoset to the long-neglected galleries portion of my site danfinnen.com/2025/02/26/n...
New: Travel Gallery
For the past few years, I’ve made sure to drag along 35mm cameras whenever I travel. I’ve always loved taking photos abroad, but there’s just something about the extra effort of f…
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February 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I've finally added a new photoset to the long-neglected galleries portion of my site danfinnen.com/2025/02/26/n...
If you have any ebooks purchased from Amazon, download them using this technique asap before they're DRM locked forever. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
PSA: Amazon kills “download & transfer via USB” option for Kindles this week
“Download & transfer” was one last official way to get new books on old Kindles.
arstechnica.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you have any ebooks purchased from Amazon, download them using this technique asap before they're DRM locked forever. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Can't wait to die from 1795's Horse Hair Blood Pox due to the complete eradication of public health science.
February 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Can't wait to die from 1795's Horse Hair Blood Pox due to the complete eradication of public health science.
If you're not reading Cory Doctorow's brilliant newsletter... you should. Some of the best writing about the nightmare intersection between tech/democracy/capitalism out there pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/b...
Pluralistic: “The Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets” (07 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If you're not reading Cory Doctorow's brilliant newsletter... you should. Some of the best writing about the nightmare intersection between tech/democracy/capitalism out there pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/b...
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S2 Ep 3: 2025 Preview with the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social featuring @rachellayown.bsky.social and @gregzimmerman.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S2 Ep 03: 2025 Preview with the Chicago Review of Books
Podcast Episode · Chicago Writers Podcast · 02/03/2025 · 44m
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February 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
S2 Ep 3: 2025 Preview with the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social featuring @rachellayown.bsky.social and @gregzimmerman.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
It's easy to tear apart a government. It's much harder to build. We're going to be picking up the pieces from these f**king idiots for the rest of our lives.
February 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It's easy to tear apart a government. It's much harder to build. We're going to be picking up the pieces from these f**king idiots for the rest of our lives.