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.
#OldTweets
#OldTweets
Watching the original Heated Rivalry (Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo in HBO’s ROME)
February 20, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Watching the original Heated Rivalry (Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo in HBO’s ROME)
1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. Achewood
3. Bloom County
4. The Far Side
5. The Boondocks
2. Achewood
3. Bloom County
4. The Far Side
5. The Boondocks
Name your fav comic strip that isn’t Garfield or Peanuts
February 20, 2026 at 8:57 AM
1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. Achewood
3. Bloom County
4. The Far Side
5. The Boondocks
2. Achewood
3. Bloom County
4. The Far Side
5. The Boondocks
Welcome to the Terrordome
okay if you could magically become the greatest figure skater in the world for a day and deliver one banger performance that would live on forever, and if you could truly let your freak flag fly to choose ANY music you wanted, what are you skating to
I might do “Black Jack Davy” by Steeleye Span
I might do “Black Jack Davy” by Steeleye Span
February 20, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Welcome to the Terrordome
As @karenmcgrane.bsky.social and I like to say, it’s About Fucking Time
There is so much pent up demand for joy and to believe in the future.
February 20, 2026 at 7:27 AM
As @karenmcgrane.bsky.social and I like to say, it’s About Fucking Time
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This really is a great picture:
February 20, 2026 at 2:08 AM
This really is a great picture:
The Pistons have the Knicks’ number and it’s a joy to see it www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Cade Cunningham adds to MVP 'case' with 42-point game vs. Knicks
The Pistons' Cade Cunningham made his case to be the NBA's Most Valuable Player, erupting for 42 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds in a decisive 126-111 win over the Knicks.
www.espn.com
February 20, 2026 at 7:18 AM
The Pistons have the Knicks’ number and it’s a joy to see it www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.”
she did it! her! way!!
she did it! her! way!!
Alysa Liu’s Olympic run came with terms. Her choreographer helps her express them
Liu is the best U.S. hope for an Olympic medal in women's figure skating, which would be the country's first in the competition since 2006.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.”
she did it! her! way!!
she did it! her! way!!
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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (cast 1931 or 1934), 📸 by Wang Zhao
February 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, by Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (cast 1931 or 1934), 📸 by Wang Zhao
Reposted by Tim Carmody
Reposting with alt text because we love accessibility and our public transit queen.
February 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Reposting with alt text because we love accessibility and our public transit queen.
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Oh hey is that Kareem Rahma? And he wants to know what’s my take? *into clip-on mic* The publishing industry needs to stop calling it an “advance” when I get most of my money after the book is published. Let’s call the “advance” & the royalty scale what they are: guaranteed & non-guaranteed money
February 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Oh hey is that Kareem Rahma? And he wants to know what’s my take? *into clip-on mic* The publishing industry needs to stop calling it an “advance” when I get most of my money after the book is published. Let’s call the “advance” & the royalty scale what they are: guaranteed & non-guaranteed money
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my wife texted IT HAS HAPPENED to the group chat and it wasn't about what i hoped it was about and i'm very disappointed and we have revised our group chat style manual
February 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
my wife texted IT HAS HAPPENED to the group chat and it wasn't about what i hoped it was about and i'm very disappointed and we have revised our group chat style manual
I’m not anti-American as such but I gotta root for the Canadian women in this hockey game
February 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I’m not anti-American as such but I gotta root for the Canadian women in this hockey game
A short list of movies I was emotionally overinvested in, the way men of my generation have largely been
* Batman and Robin
* Jurassic Park 2
* The Two Towers
* Rocky V
* The Phantom Menace
* Batman and Robin
* Jurassic Park 2
* The Two Towers
* Rocky V
* The Phantom Menace
fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman
February 19, 2026 at 7:46 PM
A short list of movies I was emotionally overinvested in, the way men of my generation have largely been
* Batman and Robin
* Jurassic Park 2
* The Two Towers
* Rocky V
* The Phantom Menace
* Batman and Robin
* Jurassic Park 2
* The Two Towers
* Rocky V
* The Phantom Menace
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How Finland Defeated Fascism in the 1930s. "A violent, conservative, political movement...almost pushed Finland into authoritarianism. But then something happened. They managed to stave off fascism, and they've remained a stable democracy ever since." [kottke.org]
How Finland Defeated Fascism in the 1930s
In the 1930s, a radical conservative political group almost succeeded in overthrowing Finland’s democracy:
Called the Lapua movement, it was a far-right group of Finns who sought to overthrow the republic, margina
kottke.org
February 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
How Finland Defeated Fascism in the 1930s. "A violent, conservative, political movement...almost pushed Finland into authoritarianism. But then something happened. They managed to stave off fascism, and they've remained a stable democracy ever since." [kottke.org]
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love to be looted by our criminal president
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 19, 2026 at 6:57 PM
love to be looted by our criminal president
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Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
February 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
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One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
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February 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Italian Olympics announcers are the biggest homers ever, but they deserve to be. They’re so happy when the Italian athletes do anything, and they’re having great success at these hometown games. None of the “why aren’t the Americans winning every event?” condescension of the U.S. broadcasts.
February 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Italian Olympics announcers are the biggest homers ever, but they deserve to be. They’re so happy when the Italian athletes do anything, and they’re having great success at these hometown games. None of the “why aren’t the Americans winning every event?” condescension of the U.S. broadcasts.
“Better” how? and for whom?
Substack announces a partnership with Polymarket. “Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.”
February 19, 2026 at 1:47 PM
“Better” how? and for whom?
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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
Some people can turn being lazy into an art form. The key is let go of the outcome. You can’t just try nothing — you have learn how to BE nothing, to let nothingness happen, like Lao Tse almost but didn’t quite get around to saying
February 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Some people can turn being lazy into an art form. The key is let go of the outcome. You can’t just try nothing — you have learn how to BE nothing, to let nothingness happen, like Lao Tse almost but didn’t quite get around to saying
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Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
February 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
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When reading any story about the painstaking restoration of a work of art by conservators (here, a gilded papyrus of the Egyptian Book of the Dead), I wait for the part where conservators describe how they had to undo the destructive work done by previous conservators, and it never fails to arrive.
February 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
When reading any story about the painstaking restoration of a work of art by conservators (here, a gilded papyrus of the Egyptian Book of the Dead), I wait for the part where conservators describe how they had to undo the destructive work done by previous conservators, and it never fails to arrive.
