Doug Mack
@douglasmack.bsky.social
Snacks, Americana, and other curiosities.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (W. W. Norton).
🍟Agreeably nerdy food history newsletter: https://snackstack.net
He/him, just another dad in Minneapolis.
thank you moons ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
thank you moons ❤️
thank you so much!
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
thank you so much!
I also VERY MUCH stand by the observations about how authoritarianism doesn't always look aesthetically bleak, and it's dangerous to assume it does
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I also VERY MUCH stand by the observations about how authoritarianism doesn't always look aesthetically bleak, and it's dangerous to assume it does
Should've been at least 1,000 words shorter and I'd love to rewrite the opening section, but I still think it's a very good essay grappling with issues of cultural identity and how we present it and understand it
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Should've been at least 1,000 words shorter and I'd love to rewrite the opening section, but I still think it's a very good essay grappling with issues of cultural identity and how we present it and understand it
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I mean, certainly don't feel obligated! But if you do make a video at some point, I would love to see it.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I mean, certainly don't feel obligated! But if you do make a video at some point, I would love to see it.
Ooh, sounds fascinating! Any chance there's a video of your talk?
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Ooh, sounds fascinating! Any chance there's a video of your talk?
At some point (probably), Pope Leo has given a homily on faith-questioning and the song "Losing My Religion," contrasting its themes with those of "Everybody Hurts" and "Nightswimming."
Adam Scott has heard a bootleg of this homily and has deep thoughts he would like to share with Leo
Adam Scott has heard a bootleg of this homily and has deep thoughts he would like to share with Leo
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
At some point (probably), Pope Leo has given a homily on faith-questioning and the song "Losing My Religion," contrasting its themes with those of "Everybody Hurts" and "Nightswimming."
Adam Scott has heard a bootleg of this homily and has deep thoughts he would like to share with Leo
Adam Scott has heard a bootleg of this homily and has deep thoughts he would like to share with Leo
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If gambling can’t be banned outright, it should be regulated so you can’t do it online. You should have to do it the old way, go to a dirty storefront in the worst part of town with all the other losers and hand over cash to an old guy with a layer of visible crust all over his skin.
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
If gambling can’t be banned outright, it should be regulated so you can’t do it online. You should have to do it the old way, go to a dirty storefront in the worst part of town with all the other losers and hand over cash to an old guy with a layer of visible crust all over his skin.
You know what, I can genuinely imagine Adam Scott and Pope Leo having a conversation about REM albums. I bet they both have a top 3 locked in.
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
You know what, I can genuinely imagine Adam Scott and Pope Leo having a conversation about REM albums. I bet they both have a top 3 locked in.
Anyway, I woul love to see a major news outlet commission an op-ed from a historian (or political scientist or activist) in Puerto Rico or the USVI on the subject of US naval actions and build-up in the Caribbean
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Anyway, I woul love to see a major news outlet commission an op-ed from a historian (or political scientist or activist) in Puerto Rico or the USVI on the subject of US naval actions and build-up in the Caribbean
I wrote about Trump's throwback imperialist impulses in [checks notes] 2017, and between the Greenland stuff and increasing deadly actions in the Caribbean, the echoes of history have only gotten stronger
time.com/4752856/jeff...
time.com/4752856/jeff...
time.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I wrote about Trump's throwback imperialist impulses in [checks notes] 2017, and between the Greenland stuff and increasing deadly actions in the Caribbean, the echoes of history have only gotten stronger
time.com/4752856/jeff...
time.com/4752856/jeff...
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Oh no.
Not Bill Clinton.
Oh no.
What will I do now with my Clinton Crypto, Clinton Bible, Clinton Hat, Clinton Vodka, Clinton University diploma, Clinton Tower lease?
I am nothing without those
Not Bill Clinton.
Oh no.
What will I do now with my Clinton Crypto, Clinton Bible, Clinton Hat, Clinton Vodka, Clinton University diploma, Clinton Tower lease?
I am nothing without those
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Oh no.
Not Bill Clinton.
Oh no.
What will I do now with my Clinton Crypto, Clinton Bible, Clinton Hat, Clinton Vodka, Clinton University diploma, Clinton Tower lease?
I am nothing without those
Not Bill Clinton.
Oh no.
What will I do now with my Clinton Crypto, Clinton Bible, Clinton Hat, Clinton Vodka, Clinton University diploma, Clinton Tower lease?
I am nothing without those
Right? Might need it as the "don't mess with me" counterpart to the dolphin
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Right? Might need it as the "don't mess with me" counterpart to the dolphin
And then there are there these Icelandic futsal kits
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
And then there are there these Icelandic futsal kits
Non-Chicago jerseys get dumped in the secondary Vatican sports bar, which is called Purgatory
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Non-Chicago jerseys get dumped in the secondary Vatican sports bar, which is called Purgatory