Thomas MacKay
@tdam.bsky.social
What is whimsy, but love atmosphering?
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reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
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Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
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AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
December 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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I recommend that this is how people of color should respond to Stephen Miller and MAGA from now on. Don't be afraid. Don't be silent. And challenge them head-on. Clearly, they hate America and the Constitution. Why are they here? Go to Hungary or Russia.
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I recommend that this is how people of color should respond to Stephen Miller and MAGA from now on. Don't be afraid. Don't be silent. And challenge them head-on. Clearly, they hate America and the Constitution. Why are they here? Go to Hungary or Russia.
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
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NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
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I interviewed Paulina Borsook, who warned of tech culture's toxic underbelly over 30 years ago.
She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."
It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."
It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I interviewed Paulina Borsook, who warned of tech culture's toxic underbelly over 30 years ago.
She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."
It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."
It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
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I feel like i want to subscribe but….
No? Right?
No? Right?
September 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I feel like i want to subscribe but….
No? Right?
No? Right?
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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You guys see where this is going? Right?
September 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You guys see where this is going? Right?
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Get in losers, we’re awakening an ancient curse that will only affect evil humans.
August 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Get in losers, we’re awakening an ancient curse that will only affect evil humans.
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British food isn't bad, they have a brown sauce you can buy that's literally just called Brown Sauce, and that is an earned confidence.
September 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
British food isn't bad, they have a brown sauce you can buy that's literally just called Brown Sauce, and that is an earned confidence.
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Also currently in the terrible phase of planning where I am desperate to fit in some docs like the one about the Toronto GODSPELL production. I feel like I should get to see one thing just because it's Me Catnip, right? RIGHT?
I'm working on my TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival!) list, and my spreadsheet has a column for genre. I dutifully wrote down "road movie" and "fantasy dramedy" and so on, and then I got to GDT's Frankenstein, and under "genre," I wrote, "Frankenstein, man." It's okay to amuse yourself.
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Also currently in the terrible phase of planning where I am desperate to fit in some docs like the one about the Toronto GODSPELL production. I feel like I should get to see one thing just because it's Me Catnip, right? RIGHT?
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This is why I have no patience with the “but you don’t understand, this tech can automate coding tasks!” sigh-ers. If there are any circumstances under which your technology can operate *specifically* to encourage a teenager to take his own life, it ought to be pulled until you fix it.
There is so much terrible about all of this, but what strikes me most is how often the teen suggested involving his family so he didn’t go through with the suicide and it appears that each time, ChatGPT discouraged him.
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is why I have no patience with the “but you don’t understand, this tech can automate coding tasks!” sigh-ers. If there are any circumstances under which your technology can operate *specifically* to encourage a teenager to take his own life, it ought to be pulled until you fix it.
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I want to create a show that is like Goggle Box but for TikToks so we can discuss select tiktoks with a panel of interesting and/or funny people.
August 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I want to create a show that is like Goggle Box but for TikToks so we can discuss select tiktoks with a panel of interesting and/or funny people.
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i will follow him, my brother, my captain, my king size sammie
Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the "Subway Slinger" who chucked a sandwich at a federal agent in DC the other night is actually a DOJ employee. She describes him as an "example of the deep state."
August 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
i will follow him, my brother, my captain, my king size sammie
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We (me & @tuck.bsky.social ) are very excited to tell you that Girl Dad Press has an upcoming new anthology of all queer and trans writers/artists exploring an integral cornerstone of modern culture - Sex Change & the City.
Cover by @mattielubchansky.com
🔗📖 🛒 is.gd/i69OE3
Cover by @mattielubchansky.com
🔗📖 🛒 is.gd/i69OE3
August 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We (me & @tuck.bsky.social ) are very excited to tell you that Girl Dad Press has an upcoming new anthology of all queer and trans writers/artists exploring an integral cornerstone of modern culture - Sex Change & the City.
Cover by @mattielubchansky.com
🔗📖 🛒 is.gd/i69OE3
Cover by @mattielubchansky.com
🔗📖 🛒 is.gd/i69OE3
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I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
August 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I want to do a 🧵 about the Sidney Sweeney thing, because it's *extremely* revealing & educational.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
First, to be clear: I could not give less of a shit about the details -- the ad, the rhetoric, the jeans, her boobs, whatever. Good lord, who cares.
Let's look at the *structure* of the episode.
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The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
August 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
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Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Purdue student detained by ICE and taken to troubled Louisiana holding facility
Yeonsoo Go, 20, was detained after her immigration hearing in Manhattan and taken away by ICE agents.
www.wthr.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
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I started The Left Hook a year ago with modest ambitions.
I'm a one-man shop with zero paywalls, trying my best.
It just cracked the top 100 in Politics on Substack, which, compared to most, isn't a big deal, but for me is a nice milestone.
Thanks to the 76K subscribers! Onward!
I'm a one-man shop with zero paywalls, trying my best.
It just cracked the top 100 in Politics on Substack, which, compared to most, isn't a big deal, but for me is a nice milestone.
Thanks to the 76K subscribers! Onward!
August 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I started The Left Hook a year ago with modest ambitions.
I'm a one-man shop with zero paywalls, trying my best.
It just cracked the top 100 in Politics on Substack, which, compared to most, isn't a big deal, but for me is a nice milestone.
Thanks to the 76K subscribers! Onward!
I'm a one-man shop with zero paywalls, trying my best.
It just cracked the top 100 in Politics on Substack, which, compared to most, isn't a big deal, but for me is a nice milestone.
Thanks to the 76K subscribers! Onward!