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Tim Carmody

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Ex-liontamer https://timcarmody.com Now: Editor at DeepLearning.AI. I used to write for Wired, The Verge, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles. I also host sometimes at Kottke.org. Call me he/him. Everything changes; don’t be afraid.

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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.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 20h

In Detroit!

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 21h

mols I have a copy of the Chicago Manual of Style for you, we need to do a prisoner exchange sometime

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 21h

Is “4th or 5th” in the AL or

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 21h

This saves me from asking whether I can still call you mols

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 21h

A whole lot of Yankees fans (and maybe more than a few players and management) really thought they were better than the Blue Jays. And not in a “my team is the best!”/“we always have a chance!” way. They thought the New York Yankees were, specifically, a lot better than the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 21h

Time is out of joint, and art’s job (or one of them) to show us

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 21h

Those people are gonna get their souls crushed tonight

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 22h

Is that its job? to keep pace?

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 22h

Oh Doug Hofstadter

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 22h

At least you’re not a Yankees fan

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 22h

I like Seattle (until this week). I have my Tigers and my Phillies too, at least for now

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

You could imagine a different kind of AI company doing something different but OpenAI does all the stuff a phone does

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Who’s your team mhm

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Secret.money is in high demand

Secret.money

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

“Acquired, in a nice deal, by Secret Money”

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

So much better than “Farrar Strauss & Giroux”

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 1d

The trailer for Downey Wrote That, a documentary about long-time SNL writer Jim Downey. “Most of what makes us laugh is something that’s true, just you’ve never heard it put that way before.” (via @ironicsans.com) [youtube.com]

Downey Wrote That | Official Trailer | Peacock Original

Downey Wrote That is streaming October 17 on Peacock: https://pck.tv/45hBP6q Synopsis: “Downey Wrote That” is a documentary exploring the sketches, contributions and enduring influence of Jim Downey, one of the most impactful comedy writers in the history of “Saturday Night Live.” The hourlong film

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Break in a new glove

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Then you have first and second, still nobody out, and you make them look silly

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

He could have doubled back to second

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta cure first

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Jimmy Rollins was saying in that situation, you just track the shortstop. If he moves towards third, you move towards third, if he tries to run back to second, you put your chest in his way. He lets Mookie get a huge jump

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 1d

Castellanos was definitely running like he was unclear on the assignment

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

every subject known to man. harness racing. gemology. the history of shoes. you name it you will get an album about it. no, you won't get *checks notes* "Television You Can Feel" but what you will get is albums. one every day. come on, now

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