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.
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.
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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In one specific way, Grok might be the most honest and transparent AI project out there nymag.com/intelligence...
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In one specific way, Grok might be the most honest and transparent AI project out there nymag.com/intelligence...
Remember before McGriddles existed and all we had was a dream
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Remember before McGriddles existed and all we had was a dream
Bit of a personal question, but!
What song reminds you the most of what it’s like to have sex?
(For me, it’s My Bloody Valentine’s “To Here Knows When”)
youtu.be/PpXZAmeQDqY?...
What song reminds you the most of what it’s like to have sex?
(For me, it’s My Bloody Valentine’s “To Here Knows When”)
youtu.be/PpXZAmeQDqY?...
my bloody valentine – to here knows when (official video)
YouTube video by my bloody valentine
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Bit of a personal question, but!
What song reminds you the most of what it’s like to have sex?
(For me, it’s My Bloody Valentine’s “To Here Knows When”)
youtu.be/PpXZAmeQDqY?...
What song reminds you the most of what it’s like to have sex?
(For me, it’s My Bloody Valentine’s “To Here Knows When”)
youtu.be/PpXZAmeQDqY?...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
Which ghost of Christmas is JCO
I reckon, by the end of the week, Musk is going to post a poem he’s written.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Which ghost of Christmas is JCO
When I was in high school, the last game of our senior year, our coach miscounted the number of timeouts the other team had. So we kneeled the ball down three times thinking it was the end of the game, then punted on fourth down. The other team returned the punt for a touchdown and won.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
When I was in high school, the last game of our senior year, our coach miscounted the number of timeouts the other team had. So we kneeled the ball down three times thinking it was the end of the game, then punted on fourth down. The other team returned the punt for a touchdown and won.
E-A-G-L-E-S
Eagles!
Eagles!
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
E-A-G-L-E-S
Eagles!
Eagles!
Like Saquon, I can run for about three yards and fall down, except nobody is chasing or grabbing me
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Like Saquon, I can run for about three yards and fall down, except nobody is chasing or grabbing me
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didn't realize that faulkner's career was rebooted by a portable version of his works. score another W for middlebrow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
American Literature Owes a Great Debt to This 20th-Century ‘Insider’
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
didn't realize that faulkner's career was rebooted by a portable version of his works. score another W for middlebrow www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
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Talked to Sir Tim Berners-Lee about the future of the web, AI, and how he feels about ~all this~ www.theverge.com/podcast/8145...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee doesn’t think AI will destroy the web
The inventor of the World Wide Web still believes in the internet as a force for good.
www.theverge.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Talked to Sir Tim Berners-Lee about the future of the web, AI, and how he feels about ~all this~ www.theverge.com/podcast/8145...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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Really enjoyed chatting with @kellyfaircloth.bsky.social about all things dirtbag medievalism, and delighted that the article is out now at Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Why are we so obsessed with the medieval right now?
From burning castles to swords and magic and velvet gowns, medievalism has taken over 21st century pop culture.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Really enjoyed chatting with @kellyfaircloth.bsky.social about all things dirtbag medievalism, and delighted that the article is out now at Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Send noods
(too soon?)
(too soon?)
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Send noods
(too soon?)
(too soon?)
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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COMPLICITY NOT COWARDICE. COMPLICITY.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
COMPLICITY NOT COWARDICE. COMPLICITY.
Someday, it may even allow them to love human beings in return
At last, we have sufficiently advanced technology to allow men to be loved techcrunch.com/2025/11/09/e...
Elon Musk uses Grok to imagine the possibility of love | TechCrunch
After Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package that could be worth $1 trillion, CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating with a normal weekend on his social media platform X.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Someday, it may even allow them to love human beings in return
“The only Hall of Famer Wilkens coached in his prime was Wilkens himself.” www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Legendary NBA player, coach Wilkens dies at 88
Lenny Wilkens, a smooth playmaker who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach, has died. He was 88.
www.espn.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“The only Hall of Famer Wilkens coached in his prime was Wilkens himself.” www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
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“We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits,” says @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social: jeffries.house.gov/2025/11/09/h...
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES VOWS TO FIGHT ON – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
jeffries.house.gov
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits,” says @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social: jeffries.house.gov/2025/11/09/h...
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.
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I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.