@davidmack.pro
NY Times bestselling f/sf author, veteran Star Trek writer (including STAR TREK: KHAN), papa to a cat clowder. Politics-free feed: @davidmack.com Agent: @LucienneDiver.bsky.social Knight Agency. Member WGA & SFWA. he/him official site: davidmack.pro
I get what you’re saying; the conclusion of the Vanguard saga is a bloodbath. It was always meant to be; that ending was telegraphed from the start. Which is why, for me, the song whose lyrics best sum up the spirit of the saga is “Bravado” by RUSH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wonn...
Civilian collateral damage always sucks — even when it happens to criminals.
A WW2 U.S. Army infantry captain in a ruined French village, from the animated Netflix limited series THE LIBERATOR (2020).
World War II-era U.S. infantrymen ride in a Jeep through a war-torn German town, from the animated Netflix limited series THE LIBERATOR (2020).
WW2 U.S. infantrymen squat in a battle trench; their leader peers through binoculars while rain pours down on the squad, from the animated Netflix limited series THE LIBERATOR (2020).
In my delusional moments of optimism, I picture Star Trek: Vanguard as a live-action series, yes. If it were to go the animated route (say, for budgetary reasons), I’d hope for a visual aesthetic similar to that used in Netflix’s WW2 limited series THE LIBERATOR.
Since the Vanguard TV series will likely not happen in my lifetime (if ever), the STORMING HEAVEN ending is the only one poor Doctor Fisher is going to get...
A dispatch from the annals of Project 2025 authoritarianism: Universities are now being required to provide demographic data on all students who applied to their schools for the past 5 years so the feds can sniff out illegal affirmative action. Until last year, tho, keeping such data was not allowed
there is an extremely long list of people who need to be held accountable in the next administration but sending the DOGE boys to big boy jail needs to be near the top of the list
The New York City Council is considering a bill to allow the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development to seize buildings from landlords who have racked up housing code violations and debt from unpaid taxes and fines and turn them over to better owners.
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I would love to see it. A STAR TREK: VANGUARD pilot script is written, a pitch deck with a five-season plan stands ready, a casting wish list lives on my phone … but in all likelihood, none will ever see the light of day. C’est la vie.
As I've said before, if you're going do another 23rd century show, I would still love to see @davidmack.pro's Vanguard novels get adapted.
Again, Trek hasn't done a space station-based series since DS9 (and I love the idea of canonizing Vanguard's built-in premise of the TOS era's secret history).
Most liberals have no idea that the NY Times is a problem. Liberal/Dem leaders rarely criticize the Times (or any media) so people assume it’s okay. We have a serious media literacy problem on the left.
I violently agree with this dek:
“The idea that Democrats are weirdly and extremely obsessed with "identity politics" and pronouns is a right wing propaganda fiction not supported by polling data, and Democratic party leaders should not be perpetuating it.”
Media turds confuse access with transparency. They believe a fat dumb rapist lying to their faces during impromptu
press conferences and social media bleats is transparency b/c he gives them access.
Mamdani isn’t offering them the same level of access so they cry about lack of transparency.
One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
An old screenshot talking about Google on top. It says "Google is a pure search engine — no weather, no news feed, no links to sponsors, no ads, no distractions, no portal litter. Nothing but a fast-loading search site. Reward them with a visit. Below is a screenshot from The Phantom Menace, where Anakin Skywalker is walking next to a building and behind him you see the shadow of Darth Vader.
striking photo of a black and white tuxedo cat. The entire photo is almost entirely a velvety black except a curving line of white fur and the cat's gold eye which are illuminated by a sliver of sunbeam.
Stunning portrait of The Morsel by my boyfriend.
Which celebrity death hurt you the most? (For me it’s a tie.)
You average normie Democrat in 2026 loves AOC, wants to abolish ICE, and thinks Israel shouldn’t get another penny from us.
It’s laughable how out of touch centrist consultants and politicians are.
I bought the whole run of BLACK BOOKS on DVD, and digitized it to a server so I can watch it at will. After seeing it vanish from various streaming services over the years, I vowed never to be without it again.
Okay! That is pretty cool. I might have to reacquaint myself with this old favorite from my childhood...
yes, no one is entitled to a job doing X Thing Forever, but I do think people 100% deserve to feel frightened about the prospect of never being able to find a decent-paying job that isn’t actively degrading again - lots of factors, LLMs included, are making people reasonably fear this
This is brilliant!!! Blow it up, BSKY!
NTSB is the last exemplar of independent professionalism in federal government, because we used to think stopping plane crashes was a goal beyond partisanship
If the Women’s March reminded you what we’re fighting for, you can help make it real.
We’re in the final stretch. Every dollar helps us get this woman elected: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...
Heart-rending. A crime against humanity. The people of Iran have done nothing to deserve this terror and destruction.
I was in Tehran this time last year. I want you to see how beautiful my city is. I want you to see the city the US/Israel is trying to wipe off the face of the earth
They are murdering civilians on the high seas.
They are murdering civilians in 🇮🇷.
They are murdering civilians in concentration camps.
They are murdering civilians on the streets of 🇺🇸 cities.
These are not problems that can be fixed with new laws or more court orders.
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More evidence to be presented at Nuremberg 2.0. Oh, how I long to see the looks on their faces when they each hear the last snap of the rope going taut….
I’d love to revive the ship design aesthetic of SPACE: 1999 in a more grounded reboot à la the Battlestar Galactica reboot. SPACE: 2199, e.g., and dig into politics the way they did on THE EXPANSE.
OR -- he DGAF because his real interests are about handing Saudi Arabia an oil monopoly because of his own personal interests.
Thread. Follow the money, follow the wars.
