Jack Mac
@jackmacd.bsky.social
Writing. Overdose prevention. Harvard grad student. Views my own ✨ Boston📍
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Jack Mac
@jackmacd.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Want to save LGBTQ+ lives? Take a 5-minute Narcan training
In the pulsating lights of the club, writer Jack MacDonald waits by the bathroom, offering fentanyl test strips to clubgoers.
www.out.com
Fentanyl test strips? For you or your friends?
Check out my new op-ed in Out Magazine #harmreduction #publichealth #fentanyl
Check out my new op-ed in Out Magazine #harmreduction #publichealth #fentanyl
Black Friday but it’s the CVS Halloween candy sale
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Black Friday but it’s the CVS Halloween candy sale
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
Where does a gender-bending rock opera fit beneath the Disney umbrella?
Check out my new Piece in Pride 🎃👇
Check out my new Piece in Pride 🎃👇
Opinion : Celebrating 50 years of fishnets and fearlessness, Rocky Horror Picture Show remains a beacon for outcasts longing for acceptance. But as cultural norms shift, can Disney embrace its subversive legacy?
'Rocky Horror' turns 50, but could it even exist today?
Opinion : Celebrating 50 years of fishnets and fearlessness, Rocky Horror Picture Show remains a beacon for outcasts longing for acceptance. But as cultural norms shift, can Disney embrace its subversive legacy?
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Where does a gender-bending rock opera fit beneath the Disney umbrella?
Check out my new Piece in Pride 🎃👇
Check out my new Piece in Pride 🎃👇
Nearly every accomplishment in my adult life has been powered by Dunkin
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Nearly every accomplishment in my adult life has been powered by Dunkin
Airport pricing has gone mainstream
October 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Airport pricing has gone mainstream
Update: the humbling paid off
Pitching op-eds is so humbling
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Update: the humbling paid off
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Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.
Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Recession indicator
October 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Recession indicator
Pitching op-eds is so humbling
October 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Pitching op-eds is so humbling
Truly unhinged way to ask for money
October 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Truly unhinged way to ask for money
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Literally three blocks from the house where my brother—my only sibling—died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in July 2021.
Thank you to CM Chavez and all who are dedicated to expanding his program.
Harm reduction saves lives.
Thank you to CM Chavez and all who are dedicated to expanding his program.
Harm reduction saves lives.
Dear neighbor,
I’m excited to share that the City of Minneapolis has installed a new NARCAN® vending machine in Ward 9. You can find this new vending machine in Phillips at Fire Station 5 (2700 Bloomington Ave South). 1/
I’m excited to share that the City of Minneapolis has installed a new NARCAN® vending machine in Ward 9. You can find this new vending machine in Phillips at Fire Station 5 (2700 Bloomington Ave South). 1/
October 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Literally three blocks from the house where my brother—my only sibling—died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in July 2021.
Thank you to CM Chavez and all who are dedicated to expanding his program.
Harm reduction saves lives.
Thank you to CM Chavez and all who are dedicated to expanding his program.
Harm reduction saves lives.
I fear my Spotify wrapped will just be “Heavy Rain And Thunder For Sleeping”
October 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I fear my Spotify wrapped will just be “Heavy Rain And Thunder For Sleeping”
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
September 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sep 1 being a Monday feels too on the nose
September 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sep 1 being a Monday feels too on the nose
August 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Opinion: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 made history with a supersized cast and bracket-style competition, but some fans found it predictable and over-produced. Could the show benefit from adopting Love Island’s real-time production, audience involvement, and unpolished moments?
Why it's time for 'RuPaul's Drag Race' to get a 'Love Island' makeover
Opinion: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 made history with a supersized cast and bracket-style competition, but some fans found it predictable and over-produced. Could the show benefit from adopting Love Island’s real-time production, audience involvement, and unpolished moments?
bit.ly
August 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Opinion: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 made history with a supersized cast and bracket-style competition, but some fans found it predictable and over-produced. Could the show benefit from adopting Love Island’s real-time production, audience involvement, and unpolished moments?
Love Island USA thrives on real-time drama, audience involvement, and unpolished moments. Drag Race should take notes.
Check out my article in Pride @pride.com ✨ #rpdr #loveisland #pride
Check out my article in Pride @pride.com ✨ #rpdr #loveisland #pride
Why it's time for 'RuPaul's Drag Race' to get a 'Love Island' makeover
Opinion: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 made history with a supersized cast and bracket-style competition, but some fans found it predictable and over-produced. Could the show benefit from ado...
www.pride.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Love Island USA thrives on real-time drama, audience involvement, and unpolished moments. Drag Race should take notes.
Check out my article in Pride @pride.com ✨ #rpdr #loveisland #pride
Check out my article in Pride @pride.com ✨ #rpdr #loveisland #pride