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Sean L. McCarthy

@seanlmccarthy.bsky.social

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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. https://fromthecomicscomic.wordpress.com/ https://buttondown.email/piffany

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 2h

my page 1 bylines from the Mariners walk-off ALDS win at Safeco Field in Seattle in 2000, and then the ALCS loss to the Yankees

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 2h

As a former Seattle resident during the glory years who covered the team’s 2000 playoff run for the paper in Kitsap, I’m delighted for them right now

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

If you're not anti-fascist, then you're pro-fascist

Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

Haha I’m a lifetime member. Joined in 2017. Here’s a pic from a drive in 2020. Join me & tell fascists to eat our collective ass: www.dsausa.org

Comedian, London UK
Rob Delaney joined DSA

I joined DSA because I'm angry that workers live hand to
mouth and
and go bankrupt from medical debt while billionaires, aided by the government they've bought, stoke division and steal from me and you. Enough. (Also I love my fellow man; that's you)"
Join today at dsausa.org/join

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

But Alex Garland told us Texas was going to be on the good side of Civil War

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

Forgive me, but is this supposed to be a good look for ARod's makeup line?

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

That Luke Mones is also a young working comic only reminds us how short Luke Null’s term was

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

We wanted meritocracy.
We got morontocracy.

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

So Ezra’s just gonna keep talking through it

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

That Vladdy soaring dive at the plate should be hung as a poster by morning

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

How much of our disinformation disaster might be blamed on people still relying on media brands that have become zombies through enshittification, takeovers, and AI

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 3d

People, just stop reading zombie newsweek. It's a hollowed-out brand that posts whatever.

Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 3d

poll:
is sponsored by company with a vested interest in results and which is clearly using survey as a promotional tool

writeup:
does not link to toplines
no info on question wording
no methods info
confuses "percentage" and "percentage point"

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Since most of my family has left the North Shore, it has been so long since I traveled Route One and would be so sad to see how much has been lost

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of people girl bossing too close to the sun. Many such cases.

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Miss NBC already

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 7d

Please don’t share deepfake “AI” videos. Even as a joke. Not cute.

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 8d

have you watched the rest of the videos on this account yet? it's not going to help any of them make cases to their fans when they come back home

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 9d

This feels like a more recent development thanks to comedians seemingly revealing much more about themselves via podcasts and social media.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 10d

"CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss" is the exact same deal as "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth"

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 10d

How are all of these comedians so badly fumbling the bag they so badly grabbed to perform for Saudi royals?

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 11d

Even at 2x speed these TikTalkers are unbearably bad at storytelling

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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 11d

David Cross folks.

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 11d

New: My chat with Australian comedian Lou Wall, who has made a mockery out of our terminal online behaviors, and is running their diabolical one-person show this week at @sohoplayhousenyc.bsky.social fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/09/29/l...

Last Things First: Lou Wall

Photo by Monica Pronk Lou Wall is an Australian comedian whose two most recent shows were both nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Wall has appeared…

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 12d

When does Better Than Ezra get the big listening bump out of all of this punditry malarkey

Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 12d

New: @lastweektonight.com's main story reminds us all about Benjamin Netanyahu's career path and his extremist government. But first, this zinging segment about Trump's pick to go after Comey... www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-...

John Oliver Exposes Trump’s Deeply Unqualified DOJ Stooge

The “Last Week Tonight” host roasted the president for his blatant attempt to abuse his powers.

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Sean L. McCarthy @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 17d

Passive marble-mouthed propaganda

Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 17d

Change in Abstract

Before: The Trump vengeance tour is coming to a stadium near you.
After: The MAGA movement’s encirclement maneuver is gaining ground.