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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 17h

first wives club! father of the bride! something’s gotta give! ANNIE HALL!!! THE GODFATHER!!! WHAT A LEGACY!!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 17h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 22h

“golden” would’ve been a perfect eurovision song (complimentary)

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Ben Schrager, but he’s spooky now @benschrager.bsky.social · 1d

New reading of The Phantom of the Opera: Carlotta is simply asking for safe working conditions, and Christine is essentially a scab

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Any news organization that treated "Will Trump Get Nobel?" as a remotely serious question, and not one more indication of his accelerating hallucinatory patterns, has some 'splaining to do.

Looking at you, all major news orgs.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

already heard from a couple people here! but want to talk to more!!!

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

🙏 weird request for a story BUT i'm looking to speak to couples who eventually got together because their respective ex-partners cheated on them with each other.

like an IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE or RANDOM HEARTS situation.

DM me if this is you or if you know of such a couple!!

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

for @slack2thefuture.bsky.social, I went deep on Victoria Beckham, who is very clearly done with being Posh Spice

slate.com/culture/2025...

How the Least Talented Spice Girl Managed to Become the Most Successful Member

Victoria Beckham would like you to never again think of her as a singer.

slate.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

no A & D*** end up together suh

See what I mean

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

yes I do duh

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

yes!

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

as in, there's couple A & B and couple C & D.

B & C get caught cheating, then A & B bond and eventually get together.

i also need a name to give this bc this is all v confusing. OPEN TO IDEAS

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

🙏 weird request for a story BUT i'm looking to speak to couples who eventually got together because their respective ex-partners cheated on them with each other.

like an IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE or RANDOM HEARTS situation.

DM me if this is you or if you know of such a couple!!

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

wrote about BOOTS, a show that i kinda liked—and which makes a much more coherent case about masculinity than pete hegseth did last week slate.com/culture/2025...

Pete Hegseth Would Hate Netflix’s New Show. That’s Why I Loved It.

The newly minted “secretary of war” wants to take the military back to 1990. Boots has a different vision of what that looked like.

slate.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

this was probably the greatest show i’ve ever seen. you’re insane if you don’t do everything in your power to get tickets www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

‘Cats’ Is Returning to Broadway, This Time With Heels Instead of Paws

www.nytimes.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

will say that i thought about keeping this a secret bc she will def see it but decided it was a) too funny and b) a perfect encapsulation of my life

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 3d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

it’s so unfair he’s (barely) straight

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

never forget what they took from us (my blue check)

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

i was also famously married to steve kornacki for a spell

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

nothing beats me accidentally wearing toilet paper on my neck to go to michael cohen’s court hearing & ending up in newspapers around the world

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

There are truly few things better than new David Mack lore.

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

SHE HAD AN ANKLE MONITOR ON.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 3d

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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