Robert McCarthy @rmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026IG-88 on the tarmac because Natalie heard Clay Travis interview him about women’s sports. 000
Robert McCarthy @rmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This is the first time he’s ever come across as genuinely Catholic. 021
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I wrote about the sad Trump Country Fair thing and the very specific and hilariously shitty vision of America that it expresses. The war on metaphor continues apace. defector.com/dead-country...defector.comDead Country Fair | DefectorThings come out of Donald Trump’s mouth, then just keep on coming out of it. If he says something once, he will say it again, primarily to reinforce how powerfully and unprecedentedly successful he wa... 411991432
Robert McCarthy @rmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026May we all celebrate our release from Bellevue on a clerical error with a set at CBGB. 010
Reposted by Robert McCarthyZeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 13/04/2026'the pope is an American because the Vatican is out to get me' is terrific because it's both a thing an insane person would think and also probably true. 302997369
Reposted by Robert McCarthyBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics 86108581746
Robert McCarthy @rmccarthy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026At some point we have to send the pitching coach out there to tell Protestant Jesus it isn’t his day and bring Tengri in from the bullpen. 030
Reposted by Robert McCarthyBrian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026putting ice in a confined space with cameras everywhere and a bunch of pissed off air travelers is an awesome idea let’s do it 2444459
Reposted by Robert McCarthySamer @remas.bsky.social · 18/03/2026If you don’t stand behind Team USA, feel free to laugh in front of them: defector.com/good-riddanc...defector.comGood Riddance To Red Asses | DefectorAs Bryce Harper rounded the bases on his game-tying two-run homer in the eighth inning of Tuesday night’s World Baseball Classic final, he exchanged a salute with his commanding officer, third base co... 317127
Reposted by Robert McCarthyKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/03/2026They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me. 329203383675
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I wrote about The Florsheim Affair, and what kind of man wears the ill-fitting dress shoes his weird boss gave him to work. defector.com/report-presi...defector.comReport: President Donald Trump Is Giving 'All The Boys' Dress Shoes That Don't Fit Right | DefectorIt goes without saying that there is a great deal of Psychology going on in Donald Trump’s second term. None of it is especially complicated, because the people involved are without exception clammy, ... 41682132
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Ten glorious years of a guy who has mostly been the president and always been the main character of American political life doing posts like this and everyone trying to figure out what cable news segment he saw, misunderstood in the way a dog might misunderstand a crossword, and made into policy. 20168071312
Reposted by Robert McCarthyCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 21/01/2026remember: one day you will feel this happy for real 236847
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 16/01/2026“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy 65170265059
Reposted by Robert McCarthylauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 05/11/2025sorry west coast, i hope things work out for you too but i already stayed up for 18 innings of baseball this month and that's all i've got in me 1594023
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Enjoying an unhurried and delightful meal at The Table Of Success. My waiters keep bringing me off-menu amuse bouches "from the chef." Ah here comes another crudo. Sublime. 121799161
Reposted by Robert McCarthyPoseur @poseur.bsky.social · 27/10/2025True fact: There is no publicly displayed portrait or likeness on campus of LSU's first president. And let the record show he was undefeated against Georgia and South Carolina 167716
Robert McCarthy @rmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I saw Vladimir Guerrero 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙧 walking with the Queen… 020
Reposted by Robert McCarthyJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/10/2025Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute. 177106374822
Reposted by Robert McCarthyBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2025These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago 783749406
Reposted by Robert McCarthyArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 26/09/2025Morning walk 70124283227
Reposted by Robert McCarthyonion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2025the rightwing loves to be like “this is the moment we become the nazi party” 24894111423
Robert McCarthy @rmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025This is amazing Longhorn-on-Longhorn violence. 080
Reposted by Robert McCarthyAnna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake 505437689484
Reposted by Robert McCarthyactioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 05/06/2025ME: two of my most hated enemies are going to drag each other down YOU: right, the Trump-Musk thing ME: the what 101177195
Reposted by Robert McCarthyLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Roses are red Orchids are white 1132259
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDrew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 12/05/2025“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house” 156127173347
Reposted by Robert McCarthyEmily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCIN AT THE 352826593
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 04/05/2025It's cool, and feels amazing, to realize that we're going to have a recession because the president thinks that kids have too many dolls now. It's obviously very stupid, but feeling like you should/do have the right to discipline other people's kids is also a core conservative value. 362065296
Reposted by Robert McCarthyBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 27/04/2025But we're going to have beautiful empty shelves and it's something I think you'll be seeing very soon. We won't be the country of clutter anymore. [doing accordion hands] it's called minimalism. Ok? 116101411264
Reposted by Robert McCarthyPatrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Me five minutes after drafting Dillon Gabriel: Alright, yeah, that's my bad 4784
Reposted by Robert McCarthythe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 21/04/2025can’t really be overstated how important it was that in an era where almost every single institution we have is being dragged towards fascism, one little old man devoted his life to shoving the world’s oldest institution towards more charity, grace and inclusivism. 292784416
Robert McCarthy @rmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I went with the average ticket price for the Texas/A&M game this year ($1,072) plus the number of offensive TDs the Aggie fans saw their team score (zero). 1170
Reposted by Robert McCarthyeileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925. 464228164708
Reposted by Robert McCarthyPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Honestly this is like hearing that Stephen Miller got arrested for fucking a corpse. I’m like “huh, yeah, okay, that makes sense.” 321206140
Reposted by Robert McCarthyThe Onion @theonion.com · 03/04/2025Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering theonion.com/trump-c... 684317587
Reposted by Robert McCarthyDrew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Somehow writing this cured (some of) my newsphobia. Regaining my strength a bit. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...sfgate.comAmerica lived fast and is now dying youngThreats to U.S. passport holders. Compromised news outlets. Constant cuts and layoffs. Drew Magary writes on his life under President Donald Trump. 910224
Reposted by Robert McCarthyArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/04/2025Holy hell, the kicker on this NYer article about the Irish potato famine www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 10503177
Reposted by Robert McCarthyThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/03/2025Lawrence Wright follows the spiritual journey of the women condemned to Texas’s death row—and the nuns who minister to them.newyorker.comThe Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death RowSisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance. 09516
Reposted by Robert McCarthyJane @jane.meangirls.online · 19/02/2025If Pope Francis dies we need an even woker pope to replace him. I’m talkin’ women priests. Trans nuns. A Swiss Guard that brutally enforces DEI. Excommunicating JD Vance. It should make the Unitarians look like Opus Dei. 321033182
Reposted by Robert McCarthyAlex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 02/02/2025i had a long chat with @edzitron.com about media coverage of AI and why it feels like we all must be losing our minds slate.com/technology/2...slate.comThere’s Something Very, Very Wrong With Tech Today. This Man Thinks He Knows How to Fix It.Ed Zitron is worried about the “future that tech’s elite wants to build,” and thinks you should be too. 1521042
Reposted by Robert McCarthythe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 20/01/2025MLK: "Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called Jazz, there is a stepping stone towards all of these.”tylerhuckabee.substack.comMLK on Jazz as a Soundtrack to ActivismAlso, a few brief notes on David Lynch. 0151
Reposted by Robert McCarthyArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 28/12/2024The Resurrection, by Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1491, 📸 by @julianmbright 121728356
