Tim Carvell
@timcarvell.bsky.social
Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals.
When are polls tonight closing? —7pm local time (ET) in Virginia —7pm local time in Missouri, which is 8pm ET —7pm local time in Kansas (8pm or 9pm ET) —8pm local time in Michigan (8pm, mostly, or 9pm ET) —8pm local time in Washington (11pm ET) What to watch? boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
one mo link for this thread: I wrote about why the BBC's new documentary about Jared Leto shouldn't be necessary -- but why it is, especially right now. I'm in the documentary as well, along with the lead journalist & many survivors 🔥 [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | Jared Leto and Hollywood’s Open Secrets (Gift Article)
Whispers can fester for years before anyone faces consequences. And the tactics celebrities use to escape scandal have completely changed.
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This is just a PSA that "My Undesirable Friends" -- the movie about the Russian journalists at TV Rain before and after the Ukraine War -- is now on Mubi and is (a) excellent; (b) broken neatly into five hourlong installments if you find "a limited series" less daunting than "a 5 hour documentary".
We didn't have time to get into all of it on the show, but this thread's got some helpful backstory on our episode from last night, the records we got from Rialto, California, and all the people who worked on it along the way:
Chris McDaniel@csmcdaniel.bsky.social · 2d agoHere's our segment on police surveillance tech: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnBP...
This is like spotting a tidal wave forming 10 miles offshore, but it’s seeing the beginning of a 30-post thread from @dieworkwear.bsky.social.
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d agoI think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.
I was looking for coverage from when Adam O'Neal was hired at the Post and instead came across this tidbit from Status, and I hope any post-mortem on his tenure includes an explanation on how "didn't drown a mouse" became a news story.
I know it's a niche opinion but I think the CEO of a newspaper should know how to write a coherent sentence. Imagine having a building full of writers who hate you enough not to tell you that's not how the word "provenance" works, or that you should choose between a "doors" and a "lens" metaphor.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d agoHere is Washington Post publisher Jeff D'Onofrio's note on Adam O'Neal's departure, noting that under O'Neal's leadership the opinion page became "more financially sustainable." Yeah, that tends to happen when EVERYONE QUITS after you come aboard.
“Editorial pageviews grew by triple-digits” means, “I increased page views by a number less than a thousand”, right?
Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d agoNew: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday
Since it's making the rounds again today, here's a thread explaining the origins of the "USAID is responsible for rap music" conspiracy theory.
Tim Carvell@timcarvell.bsky.social · last mo.If you're wondering what he's even talking about, the answer is illuminating about how USAID got defunded. The exchange starts around 10 minutes into this clip -- Rogan's actually citing an anti-USAID crank named Mike Benz, who's cited a (real, stupid) USAID initiative to fund rap music in Cuba 1/4
I’m sorry, you can’t convince me any of these characters are faithful to the original Greek texts.
I know that the "*standing up on the plane*" format going around today is basically another version of the "Norman Rockwell guy-at-a-meeting" meme but when I read it, I don't picture someone making a grand declaration, I can't help but picture them doing this.
Gawker would’ve gotten the fake Ghislaine audition interviews by now and that’s why there isn’t a Gawker anymore.
I have approximately one million questions about the person who was cast as "Ghislaine Maxwell" for "60 Minutes" auditions.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss are having potential new "60 Minutes" correspondents take screen tests in which they interview a person playing Ghislaine Maxwell—all while Bilton and Bari also look for new senior staff for the show. All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
When a bear fucks something up in the Silo.
explore.org@explore.org · 2w agoYearly bear cam maintenance staff reporting for duty.
I swear to Christ most parents of autistic kids aren’t like this, and yet writers for places like the Atlantic never seem to find us. (We’re easy to find! You can just come to the swings at the playground on days when it’s pouring rain!)
Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 2w agoI sat down with a crank who doesn't know shit and she made some good points...
@markharris.bsky.social Congratulations to your husband for making Columbia Magazine's list of "notable alumni with Emmy nominations" and also congrats I guess to notable alumnus Roy Cohn?
Finally watched the 2021 “Dune” movie and was not ready for the fact Zendaya is in it for 20 minutes at the end and that’s it.
BBC burying the lede here until paragraph 3 - JKR bankrolled this and LOST. I repeat - JKR bankrolled this lawfare against the Belfast Film Festival and... LOST. It can be done! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tribunal rules woman not unlawfully discriminated against over beliefs
Sara Morrison claimed she was forced out of her job at Belfast Film Festival for her views on sex and gender.
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This is tomorrow! Just like in the odyssey my team has scandalously chosen to cast black women in it!
Kashana@kashana.blacksky.app · 4w agoThe pilot I wrote for my first novel, The Survivalists (black lawyer falls in with black brooklynite doomsday preppers) will be performed live on 7/19 at dynasty typewriter in LA & Molly from Insecure is playing Aretha! I am deceased! Tickets: calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/no-not...
Movie: You HAVE to see this shit in Imax!! Me: Cool. Two Imax tickets please. Movie: Haha! No!
Twin investigative reporters visit London; one mistakes a receptionist for a fashion designer.
Just realized a mailing list I'm on sent out a mass email to 200+ recipients without bcc'ing, and one person has hit "reply-all", and it's like seeing a tidal wave coming from 10 miles out.
Edi Patterson continues to be America’s greatest resource.
InfoWars@realinfowars.bsky.social · 3w ago🚨GLOVES OFF🚨 Tim and his ex duke it out on air. InfoWarriors, it's time to weigh in: who deserves that horse?
Formula for the Battlestar Galactica book is: cool behind the scenes stuff, insightful thoughts from key people, my analysis, yelling about stuff I love, some "whoops, what was THAT," & then some spicy takes that will make a subset of people kinda mad? Or happy!? PLUS 2.8% OH GOD HOLY SHIT wut WHY 💀
Drew McWeeny@drewmcweeny.com · 3w agoI cannot wait to read this book.
