Sean L. McCarthy
@seanlmccarthy.bsky.social
You can't say I couldn't have played R2-D2 in Star Wars. Comedy journalist for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and Decider. FKA @thecomicscomic on social media for olds.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
when meeting someone in real life that you follow on social media, do you introduce yourself as a parasociopath right away, or is it better to pretend you don't know what you think you know about them
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
when meeting someone in real life that you follow on social media, do you introduce yourself as a parasociopath right away, or is it better to pretend you don't know what you think you know about them
ever since ezra klein sat down with hasan minhaj, some sort of freaky friday situation happened where they're acting exactly the same to all of their other guests
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
ever since ezra klein sat down with hasan minhaj, some sort of freaky friday situation happened where they're acting exactly the same to all of their other guests
how did such an embarrassingly immature long stick boy put out such a banger of a pop album
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
how did such an embarrassingly immature long stick boy put out such a banger of a pop album
The new clockbait is AI slop all the way down apple.news/AXmqvbJawQh-...
Popular hamburger chain closing dozens of restaurants — TheStreet
The chain, famous for its burgers and fries, has already begun shutting down money-losing locations.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The new clockbait is AI slop all the way down apple.news/AXmqvbJawQh-...
Hear here! My #LastThingsFirst podcast chat with Saaniya Abbas, a Dubai-based Indian stand-up comedian who'll be performing in New York City this weekend as part of the 2025 New York Comedy Festival fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/11/07/l...
Last Things First: Saaniya Abbas
Saaniya Abbas grew up in New Delhi, attended an all-girls Catholic school in the Himalayas, and only discovered herself once she found herself divorced in Dubai and starting a new life as a stand-u…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hear here! My #LastThingsFirst podcast chat with Saaniya Abbas, a Dubai-based Indian stand-up comedian who'll be performing in New York City this weekend as part of the 2025 New York Comedy Festival fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/11/07/l...
Jamie Foxx's Netflix comeback special was truly special. But as an album? As a COMEDY album?!
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Jamie Foxx's Netflix comeback special was truly special. But as an album? As a COMEDY album?!
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Laughing On The Edge
A Piffany About Milestones, Millstones and Withstanding the Grind Roy Wood Jr., performing for Don’t Tell Comedy at Edge NYC on Sept. 24, 2025. Photo: Sean L. McCarthy. Look. I’m as sur…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Whether it was MeToo in 2017, Obama in 2008, or Reconstruction in 1865; the possibility of social reckoning prompts a backlash to these waves of progress, which somehow always overwhelms us with a tsunami of bad men (and the women who support them)
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Whether it was MeToo in 2017, Obama in 2008, or Reconstruction in 1865; the possibility of social reckoning prompts a backlash to these waves of progress, which somehow always overwhelms us with a tsunami of bad men (and the women who support them)
Billionaires would rather burn their riches than allow any of the money they fleeced from the 99 percent go back to keep the masses alive and well
New York City's CEOs and other billionaires spent more than $40 million trying to defeat the mayor-elect. Now they have to live with him. n.pr/4qJe29O
Wall Street reckons with life under Zohran Mamdani
New York City's CEOs and other billionaires spent more than $40 million trying to defeat the mayor-elect. Now they have to live with him.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Billionaires would rather burn their riches than allow any of the money they fleeced from the 99 percent go back to keep the masses alive and well
In April 2020, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social gave his empty pandemic campaign office on Steinway to my friend Macaela as a home for her new Astoria Food Pantry. Five 1/2 years later, the pantry is still a vital source for mutual aid, and Mamdani is going to be Mayor! www.astoriafoodpantry.com
ASTORIA FOOD PANTRY
Information about Astoria Food Pantry in Astoria, Queens, NY. We are a mutual aid group and provide food, clothes, books, diapers and more, as well as community events and a space where artists and or...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In April 2020, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social gave his empty pandemic campaign office on Steinway to my friend Macaela as a home for her new Astoria Food Pantry. Five 1/2 years later, the pantry is still a vital source for mutual aid, and Mamdani is going to be Mayor! www.astoriafoodpantry.com
You promise? Good riddance
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You promise? Good riddance
November baseball is the best baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
November baseball is the best baseball
“Wasssssup?”
“My wiiiiiife!”
“Six sevvvvven”
“That’s what she said”
“My wiiiiiife!”
“Six sevvvvven”
“That’s what she said”
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Wasssssup?”
“My wiiiiiife!”
“Six sevvvvven”
“That’s what she said”
“My wiiiiiife!”
“Six sevvvvven”
“That’s what she said”
Fight The Power!
you can easily make any seminal year look fishy pulling the reliably overly earnest year end hot 100. we think '91 is cool but year end says paula abdul and bryan adams ran shit. but 89 is the year rhythm nation, 3 feet high & rising, straight outta compton, countless 5 star joints find an audience.
People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Fight The Power!
I’m begging MLB broadcasters to stop trumpeting all-time “postseason” stats when there’s so much more postseason since 1995
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’m begging MLB broadcasters to stop trumpeting all-time “postseason” stats when there’s so much more postseason since 1995
Hearing the Blue Jays visas have been revoked
Do you think Donald is watching this? #WorldSeries
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Hearing the Blue Jays visas have been revoked
Do you think Donald is watching this? #WorldSeries
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Do you think Donald is watching this? #WorldSeries
With all due respect, MLB broadcasters and press need to stop citing “all-time postseason” leaders since anyone who played before 1994 never enjoyed wild-card or division series to pad their stats. Postseason stats should be limited to World Series only.
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
With all due respect, MLB broadcasters and press need to stop citing “all-time postseason” leaders since anyone who played before 1994 never enjoyed wild-card or division series to pad their stats. Postseason stats should be limited to World Series only.
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Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Worth checking out if you’re in or near New York City Through Oct. 25 at Dixon Place Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows. My personal pick for best newcomer at the 2024 Edinburgh F…
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October 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Rooted for Seattle, but the way George Springer immediately said postgame that he was playing for “this country” says so much about 2025
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Rooted for Seattle, but the way George Springer immediately said postgame that he was playing for “this country” says so much about 2025
Well at least 60 Minutes hasn’t succumbed to the CBS slop…watches Jared Kushner pro-Zionist puff piece…welp
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Well at least 60 Minutes hasn’t succumbed to the CBS slop…watches Jared Kushner pro-Zionist puff piece…welp
We knew the NFL had become too powerful once broadcasts began promoting games on other networks
October 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We knew the NFL had become too powerful once broadcasts began promoting games on other networks