David Slack
@slack2thefuture.bsky.social
TV Writer - Person of Interest, Law & Order, Teen Titans, Jackie Chan Adventures, etc. Proud WGA Member. Pro-Democracy. Anti-Evil.
Pinned
Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…”
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.
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Simultaneously true that calling a reporter “piggy” should probably be disqualifying for an elected official and is also only like the 982nd worst thing Trump has done in office.
not exaggerating when I say that this should be grounds for impeachment. it's not a crime, but it is I think a "high misdemeanor"; a flagrant abuse of office demonstrating sweeping contempt for the first amendment and the American people.
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Simultaneously true that calling a reporter “piggy” should probably be disqualifying for an elected official and is also only like the 982nd worst thing Trump has done in office.
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you would think that a new york times columnist writing regularly about the fact that the vice president pals around with neo-nazis would prompt literally anyone to do some reported work. but nope!
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
you would think that a new york times columnist writing regularly about the fact that the vice president pals around with neo-nazis would prompt literally anyone to do some reported work. but nope!
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Listen… Mike Johnson can claim he never tried to stop this, but the timeline tells the truth. If he wasn’t trying to bury this petition, we wouldn’t have spent weeks begging him to do the bare minimum.
Release the files.
Release the files.
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Listen… Mike Johnson can claim he never tried to stop this, but the timeline tells the truth. If he wasn’t trying to bury this petition, we wouldn’t have spent weeks begging him to do the bare minimum.
Release the files.
Release the files.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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no, I don't think they'd pass. I don't think it's something Rs would want to vote on right now though.
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
no, I don't think they'd pass. I don't think it's something Rs would want to vote on right now though.
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wouldn't be a bad time for House Ds to put articles of impeachment on the floor there.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
wouldn't be a bad time for House Ds to put articles of impeachment on the floor there.
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I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
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Translation: “I will be impeached—again”
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Translation: “I will be impeached—again”
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I have worked with so many reporters who managed not to sleep with Mark Sanford.
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I have worked with so many reporters who managed not to sleep with Mark Sanford.
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If you don’t enjoy paying what Uber actually costs now that it isn’t VC subsidized, you cannot possibly imagine how much you won’t enjoy the economy if AI makes it to the stage where companies start charging based on what it actually costs.
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If you don’t enjoy paying what Uber actually costs now that it isn’t VC subsidized, you cannot possibly imagine how much you won’t enjoy the economy if AI makes it to the stage where companies start charging based on what it actually costs.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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this is "not like us" for people who use bluesky
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
this is "not like us" for people who use bluesky
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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In razzing Nuzzi with his nuzzling buzz, Lizza wouldn’t be muzzled. It’s puzzling that their sizzle fizzled but Nizzi was dazzled by the old buzzard. She found him snazzy, said huzzah, all that jazz. Lizza felt scuzzy, ate pizza on the mezzanine.
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
In razzing Nuzzi with his nuzzling buzz, Lizza wouldn’t be muzzled. It’s puzzling that their sizzle fizzled but Nizzi was dazzled by the old buzzard. She found him snazzy, said huzzah, all that jazz. Lizza felt scuzzy, ate pizza on the mezzanine.
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Tonight, Seth Meyers takes #ACloserLook at tensions in the MAGA movement after two Trump favorites push to release the Epstein files
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcyA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcyA...
Trump Attacks Greene and Massie Amid MAGA Civil War Over Epstein Scandal: A Closer Look
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Tonight, Seth Meyers takes #ACloserLook at tensions in the MAGA movement after two Trump favorites push to release the Epstein files
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcyA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcyA...
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Scheduling mifepristone largely invalidates the point of the schedule.
Ostensibly, the schedule is meant to monitor drugs *which have the ability to form physical dependence*.
This step makes the schedule a list of drugs that lawmakers dislike for feelings reasons.
www.pbs.org/news-hour/sh...
Ostensibly, the schedule is meant to monitor drugs *which have the ability to form physical dependence*.
This step makes the schedule a list of drugs that lawmakers dislike for feelings reasons.
www.pbs.org/news-hour/sh...
Louisiana restricts access to abortion pills by classifying them as a controlled substance
A bill that would restrict access to abortion pills has been signed into law in Louisiana. The law reclassifies the drugs as a controlled substance, grouping them with Xanax and Valium. Possession wit...
www.pbs.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Scheduling mifepristone largely invalidates the point of the schedule.
Ostensibly, the schedule is meant to monitor drugs *which have the ability to form physical dependence*.
This step makes the schedule a list of drugs that lawmakers dislike for feelings reasons.
www.pbs.org/news-hour/sh...
Ostensibly, the schedule is meant to monitor drugs *which have the ability to form physical dependence*.
This step makes the schedule a list of drugs that lawmakers dislike for feelings reasons.
www.pbs.org/news-hour/sh...
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don't let Mayor Johnson's masterful answer to a dumb question get lost in the shuffle: "we don't have 'illegal aliens.' is that some sci-fi show? legal term for my people was 'slave'—you want me to use that?" @mayorofchicago.bsky.social #MustWatch
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
don't let Mayor Johnson's masterful answer to a dumb question get lost in the shuffle: "we don't have 'illegal aliens.' is that some sci-fi show? legal term for my people was 'slave'—you want me to use that?" @mayorofchicago.bsky.social #MustWatch
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Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B (The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nine-month-old AI company you've never heard of that revealed its first product last month wants to be valued as much as Ford
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Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
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Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
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Hi, I’m God.
At a bare minimum, you should all be able to agree that pedophilia, secret police and nonstop shootings are bad. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!
At a bare minimum, you should all be able to agree that pedophilia, secret police and nonstop shootings are bad. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi, I’m God.
At a bare minimum, you should all be able to agree that pedophilia, secret police and nonstop shootings are bad. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!
At a bare minimum, you should all be able to agree that pedophilia, secret police and nonstop shootings are bad. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!
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There is no question that I will vote to release the Epstein files when the resolution comes to a vote in the House this week. These brave women deserve justice.
Epstein survivors release video pushing House Republicans to release the files
Victims held up photos of themselves from when they first met the sex offender as teenagers
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
There is no question that I will vote to release the Epstein files when the resolution comes to a vote in the House this week. These brave women deserve justice.
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Operation Where's the Gatorade
“.. Federal agents walk through a gas station market searching for undocumented immigrants during Operation Charlotte's Web in Charlotte, North Carolina.”
@gettyimages.com
@gettyimages.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Operation Where's the Gatorade
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Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
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WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...