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NY Times bestselling f/sf author, veteran Star Trek writer (including STAR TREK: KHAN), papa to a cat clowder. Politics-free feed: @davidmack.pro | Agent: Lucienne Diver, Knight Agency. Member WGA & SFWA. he/him | davidmack.pro
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David Mack @davidmack.com · Oct 8
OUT NOW!
in hardcover, eBook & digital audiobook

= STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS – RING OF FIRE =
Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the Enterprise come to the aid of a civilian research station whose secret mission is threatened by murder and sabotage.
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David Mack - Ring of Fire
Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the Enterprise come to the aid of a civilian research station whose secret mission is threatened by murder and sabotage.
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#StarTrek
#StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds
Sign with "I want to believe". Wee see the Enterprise flying over a forest.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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scifibulletin.bsky.social
And a stunning finale for Star Trek Khan
@alasdairstuart.bsky.social @davidmack.com
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Star Trek: Review: Khan: Series 1 Episode 9: Eternity’s Face
Khan and his people face the truth. In the future, Tuvok and Dr Lear do the same. It’s almost impossible to do what this season has done. It tells a complete, coherent story that doesn’…
scifibulletin.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
davidmack.com
Awesome choice!

“I’m the bad guy? How did that happen?”
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
Movie poster: LIVING IN OBLIVION a new film by Tom DiCillo Image: Steve Buscemi plummeting backwards down a checkerboard abyss
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I hate those self-righteous motherfuckers. Such convoluted rationales for what comes down to petulant selfishness.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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dewline.bsky.social
Amplifying:
skyladawn.ca Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 16h
Did anyone tell Doug Ford that dogs live in apartments and that people evicted who have dogs means dogs might live on the street?

Seriously, I know he hates people--esp poor people--but surely someone can show him a pic of a sad homeless beagle.
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Howdy! I wish I knew how to get on their radar for one of those blue check marks. But the ways of the Bluesky admins are shrouded in mystery…
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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For those who have me on various Bluesky lists, this is a heads-up that I've updated this account to a self-verified handle, davidmack.com. I still have the @davidmack handle reserved with this account, but external links to it no longer work. (I'd hoped they'd redirect here, but they don't.)
a man with long hair and a beard has the words it 's actually me above him
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard has the words it 's actually me above him
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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“Lost the run of himself…” Wow.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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rincewind.run
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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NEW: Judge Currie finds that Lindsay Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED and dismisses the James Comey and Letitia James indictments without prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT (ECF NO. 60) On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Mr. Comey now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution's Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey's motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Yeah. That's basically what I argued here. It's forcing the debate we need:
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gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d
In every way, Trump demands fealty to himself—and to his whims, wholly untethered to law—over fealty to federal officials’ oaths of office. So again: Are you effing kidding me? What Dems did here was patriotic. They forced the debate we need over Trump's lawlessness.

newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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scalzi.com
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
laurenbeukes.com Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 22h
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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apollonianforge.bsky.social
Bigger than this, I think people should be more skeptical of online leftism that says, "Actually, under capitalism I don't owe other people anything." Oh, your communal philosophy says you can be interpersonally vicious and steal from other people? How convenient!
mattfnwallace.bsky.social Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 1d
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.

You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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natania.bsky.social
The Daily Salem Dispatch won’t leave my lap this since she ran herself ragged chasing her various toys.

Also she legit has built in mascara and these dark lashes. It’s ridiculous.
A closeup of a torbie kitten on my lap, looking adorable indeed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
No. Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

This is the *moderate* position.
jazzpomegranate.com cocaine addicts for prohibition @jazzpomegranate.com · 1d
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
Hey bozo, the average pay is higher in blue states than red states. Did you think of that? Stop this plutocratic gaslighting.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
davidmack.com
I’ll believe this load of codswallop when I see it come true.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
davidmack.com
Which is exactly what we ALL knew would happen.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · 1d
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
wrd.cm
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
davidmack.com
I see what you did there.
a man in a hat is talking to another man with the words " forget it jake it 's chinatown " on the bottom
ALT: a man in a hat is talking to another man with the words " forget it jake it 's chinatown " on the bottom
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
davidmack.com
Where Is Your God Now, Charlie Brown?
kellylink.bsky.social Dante’s Moominferno @kellylink.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe, Charlie Brown
formaldehydefce.bsky.social Andrew Made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 1d
Every living thing on earth dies alone, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Called it.
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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bendobrown.bsky.social
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.

The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs

CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism

www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: Fernando Vazquez doesn't understand why Border Patrol agents took him into custody Tuesday. Agents from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pinned him to a gate at his Cary worksite, handcuffed him and pulled his wallet out. They saw his N.C. REAL ID. But Vazquez, 18, said they still kept him in handcuffs and ushered him into the back of a gray Chevy Tahoe. He sat next to another worker in his early 20s who was crying. Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: 'I was in shock' Vazquez was born in Raleigh and lives in Apex. His parents are from Mexico, and he works with his dad as a landscaper. He graduated from Vernon Malone College and Career Academy in Raleigh. He was detained close to his former middle school, Reedy Creek. Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: Vazquez said he saw eight agents — four from the Tahoe, and four from a Ford Explorer or Chevy Suburban. Agents put him in the back of the Tahoe and drove off. "I was in shock, basically," Vazquez said. While in the car, a different Latino agent asked Vazquez where he was from. "Here," Vazquez told him. "NO, where were you born?" the agent asked. Vazquez told him he was born in Raleigh. He said the agent got angry and cussed him out. Excerpt from the linked news story. Text reads: The agents eventually allowed Vazquez out of their SUV, and he caught a video of them removing his handcuffs and throwing his wallet out of the car, its contents scattering on the ground. The video has over 5 million views on TikTok.
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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My reply was just a pop-culture reference to a Fleetwood Mac song.
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM