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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I make a little cameo here, but Emily and Lauren are the real deal.
Holy shit the Sun-Times profiled my trip to the Twin Cities with @bibliogrrl.bsky.social!
Shout out to @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @courtneymilan.com and @hankscorpio.bsky.social and @dansinker.com and all the incredible folks printing whistles and spreading the word.
Shout out to @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @courtneymilan.com and @hankscorpio.bsky.social and @dansinker.com and all the incredible folks printing whistles and spreading the word.
Chicagoans send 150,000 whistles to cities besieged by federal immigration agents
On Friday, Emily Hilleren and Lauren Vega ferried a care package containing whistles and instructional zines to Minneapolis, the focus of the latest federal immigration action.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I make a little cameo here, but Emily and Lauren are the real deal.
I've known Dara for a long time. This is a beautiful account of what it means to be a parent right now, when ICE is everywhere and you want your kids to be fighters and safe simultaneously.
So happy this is resonating:
My teenager and I were one block from the intersection where Renee Good was shot in the face, an hour before it happened. What happens when you love that your kid wants to fight for her community, but you’re also desperate to keep her safe? trib.al/R8akYV2
My teenager and I were one block from the intersection where Renee Good was shot in the face, an hour before it happened. What happens when you love that your kid wants to fight for her community, but you’re also desperate to keep her safe? trib.al/R8akYV2
January 21, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I've known Dara for a long time. This is a beautiful account of what it means to be a parent right now, when ICE is everywhere and you want your kids to be fighters and safe simultaneously.
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Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
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He needs It to not happen every second of every day, but we only need It to happen once
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 AM
He needs It to not happen every second of every day, but we only need It to happen once
100 rainbow whistles. About 5 hours, here in a few seconds. I do this three times a day now.
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 AM
100 rainbow whistles. About 5 hours, here in a few seconds. I do this three times a day now.
Always zero dollars.
People are constantly emailing us asking us how much whistles cost. It will always be $0. We send out 100 for $0. We send out 1000 for $0. Folks donating filament & shipping cash will let us keep doing that for as long as we need to, I hope! 💓
79,280 in the past 20 days & counting.
79,280 in the past 20 days & counting.
January 21, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Always zero dollars.
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Hey folks! Just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has sent spools of filament to the printers over the past few days. Your notes are being shared in the group and making people misty eyed and hopeful. (Sometimes literally, thank you Hope.)
You can find their wishlists here: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
You can find their wishlists here: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 1000) & where to send them.
linktr.ee
January 21, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Hey folks! Just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has sent spools of filament to the printers over the past few days. Your notes are being shared in the group and making people misty eyed and hopeful. (Sometimes literally, thank you Hope.)
You can find their wishlists here: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
You can find their wishlists here: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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Good mail day. Wardrobe for upcoming trip set. @dansinker.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Good mail day. Wardrobe for upcoming trip set. @dansinker.com
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Got my hat from @dansinker.com just in time for the neighborhood civic association meeting
January 20, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Got my hat from @dansinker.com just in time for the neighborhood civic association meeting
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Great feedback, team. Keep it up.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino said well-organized protesters in Minnseota make the ICE operation harder.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
Live: Minnesota officials subpoenaed in federal probe of state’s response to ICE surge
The federal investigation marks an escalation in tensions between federal and state officials.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Great feedback, team. Keep it up.
yes this for sure
I think the thing that will prevent a restoration of “normalcy” even when/if Trump & MAGA are in the rearview mirror is literally how many of our key institutions *treat* this era as normal.
Media, markets and yes, much of the opposition party are just not reacting like this is a fascist takeover.
Media, markets and yes, much of the opposition party are just not reacting like this is a fascist takeover.
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
yes this for sure
800 whistles packed up and shipping to six different towns, coast to coast.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
800 whistles packed up and shipping to six different towns, coast to coast.
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The Nobel thing reminds of one of those origin stories for an impossibly stupid but disproportionately damaging Batman villain who only shows up in one issue in the '70s.
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The Nobel thing reminds of one of those origin stories for an impossibly stupid but disproportionately damaging Batman villain who only shows up in one issue in the '70s.
Got to go in the backroom of the post office to drop eight tubs of zines, so today was a good day.
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Got to go in the backroom of the post office to drop eight tubs of zines, so today was a good day.
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One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong:
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong:
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
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Saint Paul Public Schools, one of the biggest school districts in the state, is closed for the next two days because teachers need time to build hybrid learning because unaccountable masked, armed federal government goons have made it too difficult for nonwhite children to leave their homes.
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Saint Paul Public Schools, one of the biggest school districts in the state, is closed for the next two days because teachers need time to build hybrid learning because unaccountable masked, armed federal government goons have made it too difficult for nonwhite children to leave their homes.
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One of the best ways I know to sort Gen Xers/old Millennials into levels of trustworthiness is to take note of which beloved 80s/90s comic strip they never shut up about. Calvin & Hobbes? That's a good-hearted normie. Far Side? Probably annoying, plays hours of RPGs. Bloom County? Fully radicalized.
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
One of the best ways I know to sort Gen Xers/old Millennials into levels of trustworthiness is to take note of which beloved 80s/90s comic strip they never shut up about. Calvin & Hobbes? That's a good-hearted normie. Far Side? Probably annoying, plays hours of RPGs. Bloom County? Fully radicalized.
A good day to log off and do some work in your community.
January 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A good day to log off and do some work in your community.
Running 100 cute rainbow whistles heading to Maine. Fuck ICE.
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Running 100 cute rainbow whistles heading to Maine. Fuck ICE.
100% this.
i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 AM
100% this.
I love a city that always does the impossible. Doesn't always win, always tries.
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I love a city that always does the impossible. Doesn't always win, always tries.
Always down, never out.
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Always down, never out.
Spent basically the entire weekend signing, numbering and packing a remarkable number of zines. Ended up with EIGHT mail tubs full. Kinda blown away and definitely very tired.
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Spent basically the entire weekend signing, numbering and packing a remarkable number of zines. Ended up with EIGHT mail tubs full. Kinda blown away and definitely very tired.