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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!

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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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Uncle Space Ghost @unclespaceghost.bsky.social · 3h

Reminds me of the how Akira Kurosawa learned he won the Golden Lion in 1951 for Rashomon. Quick story for y'all!

While he thought the film was a flop, a woman named Giuliana Stramigioli, who was President of Italifilm (and a huge weeb) insisted it be Japan's entry at the Venice Film Festival.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 11h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like there's a lesson here about grind culture and creativity.

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the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 4h

All brought to you by the same group that in a previous episode staged a riot inside the national capital to disrupt and prevent the legal transfer of power to their political rivals after losing an election

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15h

I know it’s easy to get inured to this stuff but imagine a podcast ep where @mikeduncan.bsky.social is telling you about this happening in some other country at the same time that a crisis in parliament has shut down the national budget.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16h

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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Michael Love @elkmovie.bsky.social · 20h

Ancient Roman trying a banh mi: "ah yes, this is tasty and recognizable"

Ancient Roman trying eggplant parmesan: "what the fuck"

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 11h

big day for both teenage me, who loved the x-files, and adult me, who loves nerdy/goofy food podcasts

Off Menu podcast page listing Gillian Anderson as the latest guest

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Amy Devlin @amydevlin.bsky.social · 20h

This hit from Alexia Putellas tonight. God Damn.

Check out the curl in the replay 👌

#Barca #UWCL

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 13h

this is scary/gross/awful and it's also worth noting that the whole city has recent experience with organizing neighbors and protesting

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Walz says Twin Cities must be ready for Trump to send in National Guard

The Minnesota governor and his Democratic counterpart from Illinois, JB Pritzker, raised alarm about the Republican White House’s push to send the guard into multiple U.S. cities.

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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 1d

I just bought $23(!!!) tickets on Stubhub for Paul McCartney in Minneapolis next week.

I've seen him 5 times and never paid under $100.

I wouldn't sleep on those 🎟 if you're interested. I sent a mass email to all my music students parents letting them know those are available.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 14h

Given the other recipes/dishes on the American culinary scene in that era, I'm certain this was an earnest attempt at fancy food. Sometimes I wonder if every cookbook author in the 1970s was high all the time because none of the food makes sense.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 22h

The Not-Quite States of America is on sale (in multiple formats!) and you should probably buy it

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 18h

Excellent

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 18h

Important question: How is the beer list there?

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100%

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Absolutely

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YES