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Doug Mack

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Snacks, Americana, and other curiosities. 📖 The Not-Quite States of America, about the U.S. territories (Norton, 2017). 🍟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

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...

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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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 23m

You simply have to read this @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social joint and not just because there's way more levitation in it than you would think possible. The Archangel Michael is also somehow involved www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc

Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.

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NPR @npr.org · 27m

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 52m

I’m 52. I remember the initial national marketing campaigns touting the inventions of Diet Coke, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Chicken McNuggets, soft & chewy store bought cookies, Hot Pockets and microwave popcorn.

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 9h

also, if you were born before 1987, you are older than honey roasted peanuts

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10h

You ever think about how you’re basically as old as Ciabatta in the grand scheme of breads?

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 9h

nobel prize categories that should exist:

* music
* linguistics
* agriculture
* design
* short-order cooking
* acrobatics
* origami
* posting through it
* ice cream innovation
* awkward sarcasm
* cryptozoology

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 9h

Now that's a good fact

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Scary Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 1d

From Justin to Kelly is slightly older than ICE.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 9h

Correct

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 9h

also, if you were born before 1987, you are older than honey roasted peanuts

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10h

You ever think about how you’re basically as old as Ciabatta in the grand scheme of breads?

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 12h

My kids will forever remember the dent in our living wall as the “THROW IT TO FIRST” dent

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

for negotiating an end to the hostilities between the bunny factions

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 10h

When you're hot, you're hot ...

Fake Nobel Peace Prize announcement for Bad Bunny

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

one of my favorites from the early days of my writing career (wrote this 18 years ago, damn)

www.worldhum.com/features/tra...

Seven Travel Rules From a Brooding Teenager

The American Adolescent Male can learn a lot about travel during a trip to see Scotland and its piles of rocks. Doug Mack breaks it down.

www.worldhum.com

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

one of my favorites from the early days of my writing career (wrote this 18 years ago, damn)

www.worldhum.com/features/tra...

Seven Travel Rules From a Brooding Teenager

The American Adolescent Male can learn a lot about travel during a trip to see Scotland and its piles of rocks. Doug Mack breaks it down.

www.worldhum.com

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

Not to play favorites but the first four on that list hurt the most. Good people, good experiences, got to write some fun stuff.

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 12h

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid."

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 13h

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, I have a box like that. Some stories are probably not worth keeping but it's hard to let go knowing that they don't exist anywhere else

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

curious to see other writers' lists

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10h

a few of the publications that ran my stories but have now closed:

Statesider
World Hum
Southwest the Magazine
The Counter
City Pages
The Morning News
Vita. mn
AV Club Twin Cities
National Geographic Traveler
Lonely Planet Magazine

(RIP and thanks)