Gerry McCarthy
@gjmccarthy.bsky.social
Former newspaper photojournalist/editor, now a cog in the Big Corporate Machine. Friend of Bill W’s. Boring dad. Elder Metalhead. Living in the 860, raised in the 956. 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
I think about this almost every day. No joke. It really was the beginning of what I think about as the No Shame No Consequences era, which is just so damn dark. Hopefully it’s not here to stay. Decency has to come back in style eventually right??
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I think about this almost every day. No joke. It really was the beginning of what I think about as the No Shame No Consequences era, which is just so damn dark. Hopefully it’s not here to stay. Decency has to come back in style eventually right??
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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Happy National Sandwich Day to all that celebrate.
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Happy National Sandwich Day to all that celebrate.
As someone who covered a lot of baseball games back in the day, can confirm this is the kind of image you’re hoping for if you’re stationed at an outfield photo position all game.
'My work here is done.'
This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll
October 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As someone who covered a lot of baseball games back in the day, can confirm this is the kind of image you’re hoping for if you’re stationed at an outfield photo position all game.
Another chance for me to shill for the fine folks at Tidal. Not only do they pay the artists a little more, they’re also not doing gross stuff like this.
OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Another chance for me to shill for the fine folks at Tidal. Not only do they pay the artists a little more, they’re also not doing gross stuff like this.
Real world example: when I started at the newspaper in Dallas, like mid 2007, the photo staff alone was about 50+ people I believe. Photogs & video folks, editors, support staff. It’s less than 10 now. Rest of the newsroom is a similar story. Just bananas really.
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Real world example: when I started at the newspaper in Dallas, like mid 2007, the photo staff alone was about 50+ people I believe. Photogs & video folks, editors, support staff. It’s less than 10 now. Rest of the newsroom is a similar story. Just bananas really.
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Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
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My Dune class got a little local news coverage this weekend: www.tmj4.com/news/milwauk...
Marquette students pack the classroom for new Dune course, celebrating 60th anniversary of the sci-fi classic
Marquette University students have packed the classroom for the new course on Dune. It celebrates the 60th anniversary of one of the most popular sci-fi series of all time.
www.tmj4.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My Dune class got a little local news coverage this weekend: www.tmj4.com/news/milwauk...
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Adelita Grijalva is projected to win a special election for Arizona’s 7th District. She will be the first Latina to represent the state in Congress. https://bit.ly/47ZjyhE
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Adelita Grijalva is projected to win a special election for Arizona’s 7th District. She will be the first Latina to represent the state in Congress. https://bit.ly/47ZjyhE
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When you write a piece noting that a guy promoted racism and violence, his followers immediately prove you right
September 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
When you write a piece noting that a guy promoted racism and violence, his followers immediately prove you right
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When I wake up and check the news
September 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
When I wake up and check the news
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NEW: The FCC under Biden passed rules to make phone calls from prison easier, to help keep people connected to their communities.
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
Phillip Smith, a man incarcerated in North Carolina, reports for Bolts on what this means for people behind bars:
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
Phillip Smith, a man incarcerated in North Carolina, reports for Bolts on what this means for people behind bars:
Priced Out of Phone Calls Home - Bolts
The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.
boltsmag.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NEW: The FCC under Biden passed rules to make phone calls from prison easier, to help keep people connected to their communities.
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
Phillip Smith, a man incarcerated in North Carolina, reports for Bolts on what this means for people behind bars:
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
Phillip Smith, a man incarcerated in North Carolina, reports for Bolts on what this means for people behind bars:
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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If you cut health care for 10 million people, how many of those people will die as a result?
If you made those cuts knowing those people would die, what does that make you?
If you made those cuts knowing those people would die, what does that make you?
July 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you cut health care for 10 million people, how many of those people will die as a result?
If you made those cuts knowing those people would die, what does that make you?
If you made those cuts knowing those people would die, what does that make you?
Absolutely atrocious. These people are a plague.
www.wired.com/story/far-ri... Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC | WIRED
www.wired.com/story/far-ri... Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC | WIRED
Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at January 6 Riot Flown Above Government Agency in DC
The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
www.wired.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Absolutely atrocious. These people are a plague.
www.wired.com/story/far-ri... Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC | WIRED
www.wired.com/story/far-ri... Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC | WIRED
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Sports was one of America's most accessible forms of entertainment. Now it's paywalled, splintered and sold to the highest bidder.
Fandom isn't being nurtured. It's being mined.
For @nytopinion.nytimes.com on on the state of sports, and what it says about America: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
Fandom isn't being nurtured. It's being mined.
For @nytopinion.nytimes.com on on the state of sports, and what it says about America: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
Opinion | $4,785. That’s How Much It Costs to Be a Sports Fan Now.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sports was one of America's most accessible forms of entertainment. Now it's paywalled, splintered and sold to the highest bidder.
Fandom isn't being nurtured. It's being mined.
For @nytopinion.nytimes.com on on the state of sports, and what it says about America: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
Fandom isn't being nurtured. It's being mined.
For @nytopinion.nytimes.com on on the state of sports, and what it says about America: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
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Cannot express how big the disconnect is between what Angelenos are seeing/saying to each other right now and what delusional rabid conservatives are barking online. I know it's par for the course, but this is another level.
June 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Cannot express how big the disconnect is between what Angelenos are seeing/saying to each other right now and what delusional rabid conservatives are barking online. I know it's par for the course, but this is another level.
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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The United Farm Workers, along with the entire labor movement, stands in strong solidarity with our comrade, labor leader David Huerta. We demand his immediate release and condemn indiscriminate sweeps targeting working class immigrants.
June 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The United Farm Workers, along with the entire labor movement, stands in strong solidarity with our comrade, labor leader David Huerta. We demand his immediate release and condemn indiscriminate sweeps targeting working class immigrants.
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Rest in peace Jonathan Joss
June 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Rest in peace Jonathan Joss