Colm McCarthy
@colmmccarthy67.bsky.social
Old, fat, grumpy Irishman. I like my family, my friends, dogs, games, punk rock and sleeping. Nationalism is a disease. Madison Chicago Dublin.
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Watching my brother-in-law complete the Madison Marathon last year, mere months after finishing treatment for lymphoma, was one of the most life affirming experiences. He's doing it again this year, and trying to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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#cancer
pages.lls.org/tnt/team/you...
#cancer
Jim Schneider’s Marathon Fundraiser
PARTICIPATING MEANS SAVING LIVES Join The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (TNT) today. When you do, treatments make their way to patients, saving their lives. Is there a better reason t...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Watching my brother-in-law complete the Madison Marathon last year, mere months after finishing treatment for lymphoma, was one of the most life affirming experiences. He's doing it again this year, and trying to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
pages.lls.org/tnt/team/you...
#cancer
pages.lls.org/tnt/team/you...
#cancer
Because of course they fucking do
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Justice Department says former officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid should get one day in jail | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is asking that a former police officer found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor in 2020 – when she was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home – be ...
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July 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Because of course they fucking do
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July 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This morning's tunes
July 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This morning's tunes
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What I see any time someone talks about Superman being "woke"
July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What I see any time someone talks about Superman being "woke"
@aptshadow.bsky.social's "Shards of Earth" was one of the most fun sci-fi reads I've experienced, so I'm really looking forward to its sequel.
#scifi #books #fiction
#scifi #books #fiction
July 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social's "Shards of Earth" was one of the most fun sci-fi reads I've experienced, so I'm really looking forward to its sequel.
#scifi #books #fiction
#scifi #books #fiction
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Meanwhile, the federal government of the United States of America is hard at work hunting down and arresting random beloved local bagel shop managers. Neighbors and friends respond:
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Long Island community demands justice for beloved bagel manger detained by ICE
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11)– The Port Washington community came together Saturday after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Fernando Mejia Thursday morning, a beloved…
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June 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Meanwhile, the federal government of the United States of America is hard at work hunting down and arresting random beloved local bagel shop managers. Neighbors and friends respond:
pix11.com/news/local-n...
pix11.com/news/local-n...
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice
June 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
June 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
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Are you going to one of the mass protests planned for June 14?
Here are the locations nokings.org#map
Here are the locations nokings.org#map
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
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June 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Are you going to one of the mass protests planned for June 14?
Here are the locations nokings.org#map
Here are the locations nokings.org#map
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Well this is awkward
June 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Well this is awkward
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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