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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 13h

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

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 19h

🙏 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 · 17h

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 · 19h

no A & D*** end up together suh

See what I mean

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 19h

yes I do duh

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 19h

yes!

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 19h

🙏 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 · 20h

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 · 23h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

it’s so unfair he’s (barely) straight

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

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

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

i was also famously married to steve kornacki for a spell

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

SHE HAD AN ANKLE MONITOR ON.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 1d

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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

ugh maybe I’m just not seeing it yet

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

am I gonna regret this or does it feel like the Wicked marketing hasn’t been as totally overwhelming this time

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

ok TASK finally getting good but idk where they are gonna take it from here??

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

regressive and disorientating but also not surprising

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 2d

the return of conversion therapy is incredibly depressing

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