Tom McGrath
@tcmcg.bsky.social
Just another dipshit from Chicago. Bits and jokes and jokes and bits. Photos, sometimes acting, mostly nonsense.
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Tom McGrath
@tcmcg.bsky.social
· Nov 28
You incompetent idiots. You dummies. You clownshod nincompoops. Your descendants will be haunted by your deeds.
And to think I quoted this yesterday about Georgia Tech’s coin flips. RIP.
There is an art to the building up of suspense…
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
And to think I quoted this yesterday about Georgia Tech’s coin flips. RIP.
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“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
What what WHAT are you doing, Spurs?
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What what WHAT are you doing, Spurs?
Doing that claw game meme with “Is N*** L*B*** even in this thing?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Doing that claw game meme with “Is N*** L*B*** even in this thing?”
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
We could’ve had this at the Temporary Stadium, but nooooooo, we had to play at Wrigley
"Holy Cow. 10-yard punt"
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We could’ve had this at the Temporary Stadium, but nooooooo, we had to play at Wrigley
Some solid hatin’.
AND THEN BRUTUS DID MORE.
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Some solid hatin’.
Nobody did it better.
Well, was wondering if this would happen while I was writing a book about him. RIP to one of the greats of the modern theatre. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Nobody did it better.
“We don’t boo our own” is a fine philosophy, because it means if I’m booing an ostensible ally, the transgression is pretty fucking egregious, he said, never breaking eye contact with Henry S. Bienen.
I love booing, we need more booing at events. You don't like the player touching the ball, boo. You don't like the dude batting, boo. You think the ref made a shitting call, boo. musician says the wrong city, boo. booing is fun as shit.
Love to treat Philadelphians like some kind of sociological freaks at the zoo for booing as if it's better ... not to care?
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“We don’t boo our own” is a fine philosophy, because it means if I’m booing an ostensible ally, the transgression is pretty fucking egregious, he said, never breaking eye contact with Henry S. Bienen.
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It's cynical for me to say this, but Northwestern bringing back an octogenarian whose name is already plastered all over campus with the implicit ask to be the dude who signs the Big Capitulation to the current administration in exchange for a bag of magic beans seems like it was the plan all along.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's cynical for me to say this, but Northwestern bringing back an octogenarian whose name is already plastered all over campus with the implicit ask to be the dude who signs the Big Capitulation to the current administration in exchange for a bag of magic beans seems like it was the plan all along.
Yeah, I reskeeted myself. I’m not less mad.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yeah, I reskeeted myself. I’m not less mad.
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Not thrilled with the “we agree, as a condition of our extortion agreement, not to call it extortion” email I just got from Hammerin’ Hank Bienen.
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Not thrilled with the “we agree, as a condition of our extortion agreement, not to call it extortion” email I just got from Hammerin’ Hank Bienen.
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Critics have claimed the recipe requires half a dozen eggs, while others have noted that only six eggs are required
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Critics have claimed the recipe requires half a dozen eggs, while others have noted that only six eggs are required
🎩 isn’t until 6:30, and I’m sufficiently pissed off that I might just skip it.
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🎩 isn’t until 6:30, and I’m sufficiently pissed off that I might just skip it.
Man, Curt Cignetti loves to absolutely vaporize Purdue, and that’s fun.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Man, Curt Cignetti loves to absolutely vaporize Purdue, and that’s fun.
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gonna call them to let them know they’re never getting any donations from me since they apparently have $75 million lying around to appease the government
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
gonna call them to let them know they’re never getting any donations from me since they apparently have $75 million lying around to appease the government
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595-4
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
595-4
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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[watching video after video of middle-aged Chicagoans in pajamas absolutely motherfucking heavily-armed government goons] Time to pay up!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
[watching video after video of middle-aged Chicagoans in pajamas absolutely motherfucking heavily-armed government goons] Time to pay up!
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BTW, any story about a possible Northwestern capitulation should include this detail (screenshot is from the oped linked below)
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
BTW, any story about a possible Northwestern capitulation should include this detail (screenshot is from the oped linked below)
Oh, neat, this is fucked.
But that is not all the university has agreed to. Instead, we have also agreed to halt all "hormonal interventions" and "any other procedure intended to alter an individual's sex characteristics." That is much broader.
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Oh, neat, this is fucked.
Not thrilled with the “we agree, as a condition of our extortion agreement, not to call it extortion” email I just got from Hammerin’ Hank Bienen.
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Not thrilled with the “we agree, as a condition of our extortion agreement, not to call it extortion” email I just got from Hammerin’ Hank Bienen.
There is an art to the building up of suspense…
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There is an art to the building up of suspense…