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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 11h

okay the more photos i see of taylor's much-discussed sourdough, the more pitiful it looks

it has not expanded outside of the scores, it is *awfully* light, and i'm just not convinced your girl has the skill for inclusions at this time

who will pay me for this incredibly important analysis

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 11h

been there. it's a bummer.

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

dolly rebecca parton and don't you even think about suggesting anyone else

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

no it's normal!!!!! it's perfectly acceptable completely sane behavior

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

lol brother my dumb ass picked "homework due in 25 minutes" as a career so trust me when i say i do not need your robot to do a week's worth of work in an hour, i have ADHD for that

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

adults complaining about cussing -- the word "cursing" is so cringe i can scarcely type it -- is so embarrassing, please grow up

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

jesus christ tfw you realize you are accidentally following one of the ghouls who is actually paid well to do journalism but uses that platform only to make mealy mouthed arguments about civility instead of doing any actual writing

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

it's possible that i slightly overcommitted myself this week and that is interfering greatly with my one true desire: to take a nap

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

i keep seeing these photos of taylor swift's sourdough bread and she maybe should not show those to people

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

how are you gonna be a journalist and do that shit?

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d

Man, if you're going to share a screenshot of the story and a screenshot of an X post of someone else sharing the story, just share the fucking link! wacobridge.org/2025/10/06/d...

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

i swear to god if y'all do not stop speaking weird shit into existence with regard to my queen dolly parton i'm gonna come hit all of you

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

abolish prisons except for people who send ai slop of someone's dead father to their children

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 3d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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LeeAnn Wombat @jonnyauping.bsky.social · 3d

folks read reviews of books on My Time Back mytimeback.beehiiv.com

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

i don't like the assumption that every country music person must have shitty politics

sometimes a person is just annoying and unlikeable, not also a bigot

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

"the main character was so unlikeable 1/5 stars" BABE WHAT

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

i have got to stop reading reviews of books on goodreads because the idea that people only want to read books about characters that are morally upstanding good people who only have happy thoughts and good things happen to them is so depressing to me

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

i think i have finally found the perfect profession for myself:

celebrities hire me to say "girl have you lost your goddamn mind, don't do that" 1-3 times per year

please, anyone, put me in touch with katy perry or you-know-who

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

all i gotta say is That Album is a very weird way to say that you didn't laid good until you were 35

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

also being willing to implement whatever horrific plans the executives have come up with while also pretending you're a journalist? that's the real media skill

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

it's almost impossible to underestimate how much being a total suck-up to the bosses while also being uniquely mealy-mouthed will serve you in media, bari is proof

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 6d

i have personally despised bari weiss for a long time, her book was incoherent garbage, and to see her rewarded with the plum of the profession while the smartest people i know are scraping for dollars is gross as hell

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

i really think you have a future in this

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

linkedin has the dumbest jobs i have ever seen

"come train this robot to write romance novels for $2 an hour"

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

“his love was the key that opened up my thighs”

i am calling the goddamn cops

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

retinol. sunscreen. ibuprofen.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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