Tim Carmody
@tcarmody.bsky.social
Ex-liontamer, writer/editor/strategist.
I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles.
I also host sometimes at Kottke.org.
Call me he/him.
PHL.
Everything changes; don’t be afraid.
https://timcarmody.com
I used to work for Wired, The Verge, The Atlantic, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles.
I also host sometimes at Kottke.org.
Call me he/him.
PHL.
Everything changes; don’t be afraid.
https://timcarmody.com
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Tim Carmody
@tcarmody.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Inside each of us is a little boy, a shy, lovesick girl with a curse, a demon made of fire, and a shape-shifting wizard with no heart.
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It’s a cliché to say that of ad-supported software or media that “you are the product.” But I would argue that the correct and more radical formulation is “the advertiser is the customer.” This fact has all sorts of consequences that displaces the user even further from the center of the experience
February 19, 2026 at 10:47 AM
It’s a cliché to say that of ad-supported software or media that “you are the product.” But I would argue that the correct and more radical formulation is “the advertiser is the customer.” This fact has all sorts of consequences that displaces the user even further from the center of the experience
Bye
The Gates Foundation says Bill Gates will not deliver his keynote at India's AI Summit after "careful consideration" amid controversy over his Epstein ties (Cherylann Mollan/BBC)
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February 19, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Bye
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.
February 18, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.
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Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs
Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.
www.404media.co
February 18, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime:
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
www.404media.co/leaked-email...
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The judge is also stating that South Korean society as a whole has suffered immeasurable damage due to Yoon's insurrection, a cost that the entire nation must now bear.
February 19, 2026 at 6:57 AM
The judge is also stating that South Korean society as a whole has suffered immeasurable damage due to Yoon's insurrection, a cost that the entire nation must now bear.
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Kim Yong-hyun has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
February 19, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Kim Yong-hyun has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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Yoon Suk-yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
February 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Yoon Suk-yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
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I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.
Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries
The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...
prisonculture.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.
I come from hardy northern peoples, but you couldn’t pay me to do any of this Olympic stuff in skis. I’ve broken enough bones playing FUN sports
February 19, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I come from hardy northern peoples, but you couldn’t pay me to do any of this Olympic stuff in skis. I’ve broken enough bones playing FUN sports
It’s a talk show. We’ve reinvented the talk show.
(fwiw I called this whole ecosystem shift in my essay on Spotify for @niemanlab.org a little over eight years ago www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/watc...)
(fwiw I called this whole ecosystem shift in my essay on Spotify for @niemanlab.org a little over eight years ago www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/watc...)
February 19, 2026 at 7:56 AM
It’s a talk show. We’ve reinvented the talk show.
(fwiw I called this whole ecosystem shift in my essay on Spotify for @niemanlab.org a little over eight years ago www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/watc...)
(fwiw I called this whole ecosystem shift in my essay on Spotify for @niemanlab.org a little over eight years ago www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/watc...)
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The court has found Yoon Suk-yeol guilty as the ringleader of the insurrection. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has been found guilty of performing critical duties in the insurrection.
February 19, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The court has found Yoon Suk-yeol guilty as the ringleader of the insurrection. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has been found guilty of performing critical duties in the insurrection.
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The court has found both Yoon Suk-yeol and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun guilty of insurrection.
February 19, 2026 at 6:43 AM
The court has found both Yoon Suk-yeol and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun guilty of insurrection.
I would also love to see “Waiting for Waldorf and Statler” in the Christopher Guest style
“Pride and Prejudice and Muppets” is low-hanging fruit here
The Great Gonzo
February 18, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I would also love to see “Waiting for Waldorf and Statler” in the Christopher Guest style
“Pride and Prejudice and Muppets” is low-hanging fruit here
The Great Gonzo
Muppetship Down
February 18, 2026 at 11:40 PM
“Pride and Prejudice and Muppets” is low-hanging fruit here
Cinema Paradiso becomes a baffling but brilliant Calvino multitext
Y’know when the characters in a movie go to see a movie and it feels really meta? Well, with an “Ultimate Double Feature,” we play the first movie up until the point when they enter a cinema to watch a different film… then we play that film… then we go back to the first film to finish that story.
February 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Cinema Paradiso becomes a baffling but brilliant Calvino multitext
The most dangerous game
is it against the rules in biathlon to shoot the other competitors. just feels like a pretty obvious loophole i’d want to close otherwise
February 18, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The most dangerous game
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I mean what is this going to show? Explicit racial vilification? Swastikas? The list of stuff that is outright banned across Europe is quite short, quite grim, and ultimately quite tedious.
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
reut.rs
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I mean what is this going to show? Explicit racial vilification? Swastikas? The list of stuff that is outright banned across Europe is quite short, quite grim, and ultimately quite tedious.
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this seems mask off in a particularly weird way, even by the dismal standards of our present political era
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
reut.rs
February 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
this seems mask off in a particularly weird way, even by the dismal standards of our present political era
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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question aside her explanation shows a much healthier perspective on than people pretend high performers have to have and everyone would be better off with it
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 8:20 PM
question aside her explanation shows a much healthier perspective on than people pretend high performers have to have and everyone would be better off with it
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Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Adults at ICE concentration camps also get punished for talking with people on the outside who can publicize their stories.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
Based on what I've heard at the Otay Mesa camp in San Diego, they're punished with additional work duties, aren't allowed outside in the yard, and denied phone access.
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
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Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. The civil rights icon always held America to account—and never stopped fighting to preserve what he knew could be taken away. I wrote about how he saw our future so well.
Jesse Jackson Knew Better Than to Forget
The civil rights icon always held America to account—and never stopped fighting to preserve what he knew could be taken away
www.theringer.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. The civil rights icon always held America to account—and never stopped fighting to preserve what he knew could be taken away. I wrote about how he saw our future so well.
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Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully — and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.
February 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully — and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.