Doug Mack
@douglasmack.bsky.social
Probably down a research rabbit hole.
📖 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.
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Doug Mack
@douglasmack.bsky.social
· Oct 5
The Not-Quite States of America
'To truly understand the United States, one must understand the 'not-quite states of America.' —Mark Stein, best-selling author of <em>How the States Got Their Shapes</em>, The Not-Quite States ...
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Anyway, if you want to learn about the U.S. territories, read my book!
I traveled more than 30,000 miles to report it. Deep-dive history. Legal analysis. Tons of interviews. Funny travel stories.
Smithsonian said it was one of the 10 best travel books of the year!
wwnorton.com/books/978039...
I traveled more than 30,000 miles to report it. Deep-dive history. Legal analysis. Tons of interviews. Funny travel stories.
Smithsonian said it was one of the 10 best travel books of the year!
wwnorton.com/books/978039...
Minnesota Reformer is (as always!) doing excellent work on the ground and telling stories you won't see elsewhere
Give them a follow. Better yet, give them a donation.
Give them a follow. Better yet, give them a donation.
For every ICE arrest that draws a crowd with cameras and whistles, there are an untold number happening quietly when no one is watching.
These are the arrests you’re not seeing • Minnesota Reformer
A man shelters alone under the heaters of a south Minneapolis bus stop on a cold January morning, the hood of a grey sweatshirt pulled over his thick dark hair. He unzips his black outer coat and look...
minnesotareformer.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Minnesota Reformer is (as always!) doing excellent work on the ground and telling stories you won't see elsewhere
Give them a follow. Better yet, give them a donation.
Give them a follow. Better yet, give them a donation.
I'll second what David said. Hire Minnesota writers. I can also help connect you.
Note: Minnesota is full of great writers who need work. Stop putting your dudes on planes and start hiring local writers. I've now connected two folks. I can find you more.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I'll second what David said. Hire Minnesota writers. I can also help connect you.
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Note: Minnesota is full of great writers who need work. Stop putting your dudes on planes and start hiring local writers. I've now connected two folks. I can find you more.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Note: Minnesota is full of great writers who need work. Stop putting your dudes on planes and start hiring local writers. I've now connected two folks. I can find you more.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
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They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Talking to your Minneapolis friends right now is like listening to that scene in Its A Wonderful Life where Archangel Michael expositions to Clarence about what everyone in Bedford Falls did during WW2.
January 16, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Talking to your Minneapolis friends right now is like listening to that scene in Its A Wonderful Life where Archangel Michael expositions to Clarence about what everyone in Bedford Falls did during WW2.
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Early this week I apologized in a chat as the only Minnesotan for spamming (ha ha, reference) with our latest news seemingly every 45 minutes, and it was deeply validating to be told straight up "No, please keep us updated. We know the news isn't telling the full story. We need to know the truth."
I truly appreciate how many check-in messages I've had from friends around the world and/but it's weird how I'm getting accustomed to providing two-sentence updates on some of the bleakest shit I have seen in my life
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Early this week I apologized in a chat as the only Minnesotan for spamming (ha ha, reference) with our latest news seemingly every 45 minutes, and it was deeply validating to be told straight up "No, please keep us updated. We know the news isn't telling the full story. We need to know the truth."
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relatedly please send funds to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social. ICE might suffer in this weather but our unhoused neighbors definitely will without support!!!!
It’ll be dangerously cold this weekend in the Twin Cities. Windchills will reach -20°. With how violently ICE is grabbing people, they might not be dressed for the weather, especially if ICE keeps dumping people miles from their home or car without their phone. Frostbite hits quickly at these temps.
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
relatedly please send funds to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social. ICE might suffer in this weather but our unhoused neighbors definitely will without support!!!!
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Keep thinking about the time in a high school health class that the teacher went on and on about stress degraded your health and shortened your life and I very sensibly thought “well when I’m an adult I’ll just set my life up so I don’t have any stress”
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Keep thinking about the time in a high school health class that the teacher went on and on about stress degraded your health and shortened your life and I very sensibly thought “well when I’m an adult I’ll just set my life up so I don’t have any stress”
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
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Lito's Burritos is going to be donating all proceeds from their Horchata to MIRAC, btw
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Lito's Burritos is going to be donating all proceeds from their Horchata to MIRAC, btw
Hell yeah Minneapolis
Hell yeah Pineda
(My friends still mock me about overdoing it on the hot salsa there years ago and melting into a pool of sweat but it was so delicious and so worth the pain)
Hell yeah Pineda
(My friends still mock me about overdoing it on the hot salsa there years ago and melting into a pool of sweat but it was so delicious and so worth the pain)
Pineda Tacos Plus on Lake Street was popping at 9:30p tonight. Love to see it! Support our Lake Street and immigrant owned businesses!
January 16, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Hell yeah Minneapolis
Hell yeah Pineda
(My friends still mock me about overdoing it on the hot salsa there years ago and melting into a pool of sweat but it was so delicious and so worth the pain)
Hell yeah Pineda
(My friends still mock me about overdoing it on the hot salsa there years ago and melting into a pool of sweat but it was so delicious and so worth the pain)
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The city is bumping, the whistles are blowing, everybody looks good. There is much pain in the world but not in this room.
Bro, people are going to build entire lives around the neighbors they’ve found in these anti-ICE signal chats. Marriages, lifelong friendships, weird hobbies. It is actually breaking my brain. I am almost crying in the club (chat).
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The city is bumping, the whistles are blowing, everybody looks good. There is much pain in the world but not in this room.
I truly appreciate how many check-in messages I've had from friends around the world and/but it's weird how I'm getting accustomed to providing two-sentence updates on some of the bleakest shit I have seen in my life
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
I truly appreciate how many check-in messages I've had from friends around the world and/but it's weird how I'm getting accustomed to providing two-sentence updates on some of the bleakest shit I have seen in my life
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Once a day the neighborhood chat opens to provide the list of families who need a grocery run. The lists are claimed within minutes.
Is it domestic terrorism when you begin regularly seeing people at the grocery store buying quantities of food that clearly seem intended to support others in their time of need?
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Once a day the neighborhood chat opens to provide the list of families who need a grocery run. The lists are claimed within minutes.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Bro, people are going to build entire lives around the neighbors they’ve found in these anti-ICE signal chats. Marriages, lifelong friendships, weird hobbies. It is actually breaking my brain. I am almost crying in the club (chat).
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Bro, people are going to build entire lives around the neighbors they’ve found in these anti-ICE signal chats. Marriages, lifelong friendships, weird hobbies. It is actually breaking my brain. I am almost crying in the club (chat).
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GFM for a guy from my local Mexican place (which is new shut down) who got taken www.gofundme.com/f/3e8y69-hel...
Donate to Help Kevin Reunite with His Family, organized by Stacey Chase
His alarm just went off. I've been trying to figure out how to start this page and sha… Stacey Chase needs your support for Help Kevin Reunite with His Family
www.gofundme.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 AM
GFM for a guy from my local Mexican place (which is new shut down) who got taken www.gofundme.com/f/3e8y69-hel...
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Was eating lunch at a Minneapolis restaurant today when a woman walked in carrying a stack of boxes of diapers she could barely see over. We exchanged nods and she kept right on moving.
Is it domestic terrorism when you begin regularly seeing people at the grocery store buying quantities of food that clearly seem intended to support others in their time of need?
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Was eating lunch at a Minneapolis restaurant today when a woman walked in carrying a stack of boxes of diapers she could barely see over. We exchanged nods and she kept right on moving.
it's a beautiful city with beautiful people
Saw a guy chasing ICE and blowing his whistle while on an electric unicycle
Dudes rock
ICE does not
Dudes rock
ICE does not
January 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
it's a beautiful city with beautiful people
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Doug is right this is noticeable the past few days.
Feels like we've reached this weird point in the media cycle where some national/international media outlets have stopped paying attention to the Twin Cities, others want to focus on How It Plays In Small Towns, and still others are just arriving but mainly want to cover Conflict™ for clicks
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January 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Doug is right this is noticeable the past few days.
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a non-zero number of pasty-faced ICE goons who are fully ancestry dot com-pilled about being like .0002% Irish will have their day sincerely, authentically ruined by this knowledge, and that makes it so beautiful to me
Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop"
Dropkick Murphys are releasing an anti-I.C.E. song, "Citizen I.C.E.," as part of their tour-only split LP with Haywire. Learn more.
consequence.net
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
a non-zero number of pasty-faced ICE goons who are fully ancestry dot com-pilled about being like .0002% Irish will have their day sincerely, authentically ruined by this knowledge, and that makes it so beautiful to me
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Please Minneapolis tell me where is the good sushi
January 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Please Minneapolis tell me where is the good sushi
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🚨 Special Urban Report 🚨
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
🚨 Special Urban Report 🚨
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN