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
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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.
I thought I was going to get to see Pope Leo lead a procession of the faithful from St Anselm’s Monastery to mass at the Basilica of St Sabina, but alas, the police prudently blocked off all the roads for everyone who didn’t have special passes we didn’t know about. Allora, no pope for us
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I thought I was going to get to see Pope Leo lead a procession of the faithful from St Anselm’s Monastery to mass at the Basilica of St Sabina, but alas, the police prudently blocked off all the roads for everyone who didn’t have special passes we didn’t know about. Allora, no pope for us
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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.
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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.
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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 1:14 PM
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...
Some of you know that I have unusually large hands. Not quite Kawhi Leonard / Shaq-sized inhuman hands but in that ballpark. Anyways I’d heard tell of a legendary glove store near the Spanish Steps in Rome, and reader, Sermoneta had exactly one pair that fit my 11” paws (and they’re perfect)
February 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Some of you know that I have unusually large hands. Not quite Kawhi Leonard / Shaq-sized inhuman hands but in that ballpark. Anyways I’d heard tell of a legendary glove store near the Spanish Steps in Rome, and reader, Sermoneta had exactly one pair that fit my 11” paws (and they’re perfect)
I’ve spent five days in Berlin and five days in Rome, and the people there (in 2026!) love Americans. They love our music, our culture, our language, our clothes, our food, and (yes) our money. Seriously, ALL of our music.
What they HATE is our vapid, murderous government.
E anche io / I do too.
What they HATE is our vapid, murderous government.
E anche io / I do too.
February 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I’ve spent five days in Berlin and five days in Rome, and the people there (in 2026!) love Americans. They love our music, our culture, our language, our clothes, our food, and (yes) our money. Seriously, ALL of our music.
What they HATE is our vapid, murderous government.
E anche io / I do too.
What they HATE is our vapid, murderous government.
E anche io / I do too.
The philosophers have hitherto tried to understand the world; what matters is their inability to change it
Dark gritty reboot of philosophy wherein all the philosophers are reimagined as depressed and barely coping with things, as their fragile ability to order their thoughts is of little help in ordering their lives or the world around them.
February 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The philosophers have hitherto tried to understand the world; what matters is their inability to change it
I’ll have to spend time using this with more than a few feeds but color me VERY intrigued… especially on the phone, this could be just the right kind of feed reader for me
Current is an interesting new RSS reader that doesn’t function like an email inbox. “There is no count because counting was the problem.” [terrygodier.com]
Current
An RSS reader that doesn't count. What happens when you stop treating your feeds like an inbox and start treating them like a river.
www.terrygodier.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I’ll have to spend time using this with more than a few feeds but color me VERY intrigued… especially on the phone, this could be just the right kind of feed reader for me
The way I usually put this is “I don’t trust these m_________s”
If "AI" was being built, used, and planned for in responsible ways--the way a civilization designed to enhance human thriving would do--then a lot more people would be enthusiastic about its potential. But the people in charge of defining what AI will be are the fucking worst short-term scumbags.
February 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The way I usually put this is “I don’t trust these m_________s”
“‘Allora’ is the ‘jawn’ of Italy” — @karenmcgrane.bsky.social, basically correct
February 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM
“‘Allora’ is the ‘jawn’ of Italy” — @karenmcgrane.bsky.social, basically correct
Besides, being mad at the Left on social media is a leftist’s job
Why are people always yelling at The Left, a group almost entirely shut out of public life, including mainstream news outlets. You are mad at people on social media. Get a life
February 18, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Besides, being mad at the Left on social media is a leftist’s job
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Sure:
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Sure:
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
Light rail, high speed rail, ocean wave generation, solar power generation, wind generation, heat pump tech, geothermal heat pump tech, last mile on-demand transit solutions, better wheelchairs, better wheel chair lifts, better flexible seating on public transit, maker spaces, tool libraries.
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The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
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Today the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Today the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
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My contribution to the discourse, which I've said before and will say again: DH isn't over. DH has won. 1/
February 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
My contribution to the discourse, which I've said before and will say again: DH isn't over. DH has won. 1/
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One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
given that almost every idiot/sociopath/racist in the Epstein Files is usually lauded for how smart they are, it says a lot that Andrew Auernheimer is described as particularly stupid/crazy
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
given that almost every idiot/sociopath/racist in the Epstein Files is usually lauded for how smart they are, it says a lot that Andrew Auernheimer is described as particularly stupid/crazy
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really sad about the death of rev. jesse jackson this morning and i'm gonna be writing something about it for @theringer. but in the meantime, a couple of recommendations.
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
Demoralized Democrats Have a Road Map for Success in Trump’s America. It Was Written by Jesse Jackson.
Jesse Jackson first ran for president during the national farm bust of the early 1980s. Debt for farmers had exploded from $85 billion in 1976 to $216 ...
www.slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
really sad about the death of rev. jesse jackson this morning and i'm gonna be writing something about it for @theringer. but in the meantime, a couple of recommendations.
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
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RIP to Jesse Jackson, who in this debate w/David Duke in 1977 delivered (until the host cut him off) a message of unity and against "national isolationism" that's important to hear today. He also ended the show w/one of the sickest burns ever directed at Duke: "You're not even a legitimate Klansman"
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
RIP to Jesse Jackson, who in this debate w/David Duke in 1977 delivered (until the host cut him off) a message of unity and against "national isolationism" that's important to hear today. He also ended the show w/one of the sickest burns ever directed at Duke: "You're not even a legitimate Klansman"
John does such a good job of writing about what’s happening (in big systems and individual lives) about what it’s like to live right now
the trump administration is doing everything it can to clear the regulatory and legal path for prediction markets, which is says are definitely NOT sports betting, no way, couldn't be nymag.com/intelligence...
February 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM
John does such a good job of writing about what’s happening (in big systems and individual lives) about what it’s like to live right now
My wife @karenmcgrane.bsky.social had a college library job where she worked with an Olympic biathlete, and Karen’s coworker told her that the key to the whole race was regulating your heart rate. Not only is it a distance sport, but you have to pull it together to shoot in short order
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
My wife @karenmcgrane.bsky.social had a college library job where she worked with an Olympic biathlete, and Karen’s coworker told her that the key to the whole race was regulating your heart rate. Not only is it a distance sport, but you have to pull it together to shoot in short order
Roman castagnole (little fried sugared donuts served for Carnevale) are pretty tasty, and the ones I got were just two for one Euro — but they’re no paczki
February 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Roman castagnole (little fried sugared donuts served for Carnevale) are pretty tasty, and the ones I got were just two for one Euro — but they’re no paczki
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I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.