Mack
@wifeguy.org
Longest running executive ‘producer’ in @itschristmastown.bsky.social podcast history. Data science guy. More ‘shit poster’ than ‘shitposter’. Your favorite Wife Guy’s favorite Wife Guy.
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Mack
@wifeguy.org
· Jun 12
You can tell a True Wife Guy then by the way he never *tells you* he’s a wife guy. This is really the truest distinction: if you can tell a guy truly loves his wife, then he’s a Wife Guy. If he has to tell you, then he’s a Wife Guy *eye roll*. Anyway, hope this helps 5/5
Reached the ‘I’m going to read a book about python coding while slightly tipsy’ levels of cope regarding possibly having to go back to work soon because the dems caved in the most pathetic way possible this week
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Reached the ‘I’m going to read a book about python coding while slightly tipsy’ levels of cope regarding possibly having to go back to work soon because the dems caved in the most pathetic way possible this week
What I lack in posting skill I make up for in posting
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
What I lack in posting skill I make up for in posting
Wife Guy Book Corner: @rebeccaromney.com ‘s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf was really good. Looking forward to discussing it at book club on Saturday
Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
bookshop.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Wife Guy Book Corner: @rebeccaromney.com ‘s Jane Austen’s Bookshelf was really good. Looking forward to discussing it at book club on Saturday
Personal space is merely a suggestion around here
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Personal space is merely a suggestion around here
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We need a WPA for bullying
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
We need a WPA for bullying
Someone more knowledgeable than me may have to weigh in, but I believe this has to be the first time the phrase ‘grind culture queen’ has been uttered in the Hallmark Universe
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Someone more knowledgeable than me may have to weigh in, but I believe this has to be the first time the phrase ‘grind culture queen’ has been uttered in the Hallmark Universe
This woman (IMDB tells me Gabrielle Rose) has absolutely the best energy for her role which makes me wonder how Hallmark snagged her.
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This woman (IMDB tells me Gabrielle Rose) has absolutely the best energy for her role which makes me wonder how Hallmark snagged her.
I get that this is a take on a Christmas Carol, but ‘Neezer’? Geesh
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I get that this is a take on a Christmas Carol, but ‘Neezer’? Geesh
Oh, so this is going to be one of THOSE kinds of Hallmark movies. Noted.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Oh, so this is going to be one of THOSE kinds of Hallmark movies. Noted.
I won’t lie: anytime someone changes their profile pic or display name it takes me a while to figure out who they are.
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I won’t lie: anytime someone changes their profile pic or display name it takes me a while to figure out who they are.
Neil Postman was just referenced in an article I have to read for my class, so I am obligated to tag @snowden.st
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Neil Postman was just referenced in an article I have to read for my class, so I am obligated to tag @snowden.st
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"I have trained my whole life in the battlefield of crisis" - me, when the cats are trying to destroy my office chair
I don’t think any of us are fully prepared for the level of self-pity and absolution that’s going to be in Olivia Nuzzi’s (hilariously titled) “American Canto”
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"I have trained my whole life in the battlefield of crisis" - me, when the cats are trying to destroy my office chair
One of the women in the book I’m reading right now kept an ‘Enemies Outlived’ list, and I think this is an important idea and had to share
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
One of the women in the book I’m reading right now kept an ‘Enemies Outlived’ list, and I think this is an important idea and had to share
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Yeah, I'm a thought leader. Letting my thoughts lead me to write checks my ass can't cash.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yeah, I'm a thought leader. Letting my thoughts lead me to write checks my ass can't cash.
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For @truthdig.com, I checked out Nuremberg and its predecessor Judgment at Nuremberg and came away with the extremely unsettling notion that the impact of Holocaust footage isn’t what it was and should be. Hope I’m totally wrong.
(H/T again @mobute.bsky.social)
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
(H/T again @mobute.bsky.social)
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
"Nuremberg" Review: The Camps and the Gallows
James Vanderbilt’s "Nuremberg" revisits the trial of Hermann Göring, and his relationship with an American psychiatrist sent to examine him.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For @truthdig.com, I checked out Nuremberg and its predecessor Judgment at Nuremberg and came away with the extremely unsettling notion that the impact of Holocaust footage isn’t what it was and should be. Hope I’m totally wrong.
(H/T again @mobute.bsky.social)
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
(H/T again @mobute.bsky.social)
www.truthdig.com/articles/the...
This is ‘forget going to the gym, I’m just hanging out at home all day’ weather
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is ‘forget going to the gym, I’m just hanging out at home all day’ weather
I got this same outfit from T.J. Maxx for considerably less
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I got this same outfit from T.J. Maxx for considerably less
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BACKBEATS is out today!
Come see me & @andreapitzer.bsky.social at Kramers in DC tonight at 7: kramers.com/events/36367...
DM me a receipt if you’d like a signed book plate in the mail.
And read an excerpt in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Come see me & @andreapitzer.bsky.social at Kramers in DC tonight at 7: kramers.com/events/36367...
DM me a receipt if you’d like a signed book plate in the mail.
And read an excerpt in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
![PRAISE FOR
BACKBEATS
"[Exhibits] passion and deep knowledge... The only moments I put this book down were to pause and listen to the perfect examples that Lingan, a drummer himself, cites as crucial.... Here we see and hear the music of our lives."
-BILL JANOVITZ, author of Leon Russell: The Master of Space
and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History
"A thrilling ride... In exquisite detail and deft prose, John Lingan relates the creative insights and technical mastery of fifteen of rock's most influential groove merchants-many still unsung. In doing so, he reclaims the rock narrative from all those frontmen and guitarists, showing how the wizards at the back of the stage were moving the music all along."
-IAN S. PORT, author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
"An intelligent, heartfelt, and long-overdue tribute to the unsung heroes of modern music. Because, let's face it—if it ain't got that swing, it don't mean a thing."
-BRAD TOLINSKI, coauthor of Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
"Backbeats glows with enthusiasm and delivers an insightful glimpse into the sultans of swing who create fire by rubbing two sticks together."
—BOB SPITZ, author of The Beatles:
The Biography and Led Zeppelin: The Biography
"Sitting ten feet from stardom, drummers have had a central but slightly removed view of rock 'n' roll. A drummer himself, John Lingan captures that unique perspective.... Backbeats delivers to the reader something fresh and different. It's a hit."
-PRESTON LAUTERBACH, author of The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vqnmqsaa3izkhob7bopcxus2/bafkreifwmo4y4cy7rnpvycg35dhm654zd4bze7fuuul2ndyrt2zmpqzurm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
BACKBEATS is out today!
Come see me & @andreapitzer.bsky.social at Kramers in DC tonight at 7: kramers.com/events/36367...
DM me a receipt if you’d like a signed book plate in the mail.
And read an excerpt in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Come see me & @andreapitzer.bsky.social at Kramers in DC tonight at 7: kramers.com/events/36367...
DM me a receipt if you’d like a signed book plate in the mail.
And read an excerpt in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
It is very funny to see a discussion on the importance of continuity in my feed this morning about a character who has been portrayed on film for over 60 years and by seven different actors. That ship has sailed.
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It is very funny to see a discussion on the importance of continuity in my feed this morning about a character who has been portrayed on film for over 60 years and by seven different actors. That ship has sailed.
Just in from my wife on the front lines of the war zone that is Portland, OR
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Just in from my wife on the front lines of the war zone that is Portland, OR
Notebooks full of ideas, binders full of women: the modern Republican Party truly has something for everyone.
Mike Johnson on the Republican healthcare plan: "We've got notebooks full of ideas."
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Notebooks full of ideas, binders full of women: the modern Republican Party truly has something for everyone.
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My complete interview with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell of Know Your Enemy fame is now live on Game Stories. It includes a supercut of them introducing each other as their great/good friend set to the Andrew Gold song Thank You for Being a Friend, better known as the Golden Girls theme. Enjoy!
A Genius for Friendship
Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell's podcast is known for its astute observations of the conservative movement, but has just as often been a meditation on the power and political potential of friendship.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My complete interview with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell of Know Your Enemy fame is now live on Game Stories. It includes a supercut of them introducing each other as their great/good friend set to the Andrew Gold song Thank You for Being a Friend, better known as the Golden Girls theme. Enjoy!
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While I’m a former wife guy who still cherishes the notion of lifelong commitment, if I made more than $250,000 a year, much less MILLIONS, Priyanka Chopra couldn’t get me to marry her. Not Liz Phair, Kate Upton, nobody. Imagine being a weird wealthy hornball and still getting MARRIED. Are you dumb?
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
While I’m a former wife guy who still cherishes the notion of lifelong commitment, if I made more than $250,000 a year, much less MILLIONS, Priyanka Chopra couldn’t get me to marry her. Not Liz Phair, Kate Upton, nobody. Imagine being a weird wealthy hornball and still getting MARRIED. Are you dumb?
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Green’s book is a fascinating look at the early ‘80s NYC art scene. And he captures an array of cultural currents—the rising awareness of police violence, the heyday of tabloid journalism, and soon-to-be celebrities like Keith Haring, Basquiat, and Madonna—without the book feeling overstuffed.
If you've been on the fence about buying THE MAN NOBODY KILLED because it wasn't $5, well, I have good news. (It's $5.)
www.amazon.com/dp/125089822...
www.amazon.com/dp/125089822...
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York [Green, Elon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Green’s book is a fascinating look at the early ‘80s NYC art scene. And he captures an array of cultural currents—the rising awareness of police violence, the heyday of tabloid journalism, and soon-to-be celebrities like Keith Haring, Basquiat, and Madonna—without the book feeling overstuffed.