Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It remains very funny to me that there are exactly two places where Francis Ford Coppola will allow people to watch this: In movie theaters or -- the way I saw it -- as an in-flight movie on American Airlines. 5588
Reposted by Tim Carvell🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026"What are we, a bunch of BROWN people?" This is white people doing white people shit. Y'all had picnics under our hanging bodies but sure ok. It's like the Taliban. 463086774
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just a reminder that (as noted in the thread) Part I of this fantastic and compelling and is on MUBI, where you can watch it as a five-episode limited series. 0101
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I went to check on the latest House and Senate polls and hadn't realized I must still have a bookmark for the NYT's polling page from 2016, because this is what came up, and it's (a) an amazing jump-scare; and (b) honestly a pretty good reminder to approach polls with caution. 5565
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The funny thing is, the absolute best, clearest-eyed assessment of why that was literally impossible was from Carol Loomis at Fortune who ignored all the hype and just sat down with a balance sheet and said “No.” 051
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I still remember being given stock options in AOL Time Warner the day the deal went through and by the time the first batch vested a year later, buying shares at the strike price would have lost me thousands of dollars. 3402
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I mean, I’ve worked at the company off and on for long enough that I remember when “an AOL Corporation” was added to the logo and everyone thought it’d be there for years. 41109
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Fwiw, I’ve seen 2-stick packs of stuff like Breakstone’s, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what’s more common in areas where shoppers are on tighter budgets. 110
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s always helpful to remember that this side of her was evident to anyone who regularly watched Fox News, and NBC decided to give her a primetime newsmagazine and make her the new face of the Today show anyway. 8999
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026White House comms staff at DefCon 1 to prevent a “some say unfairly” post about Dennis Hastert. 2251
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Jim Jordan honoring Dennis Hastert with a decades-long moment of silence. 216331
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yeah, ordinarily I'm happy to bail on something that's Just Not For Me -- Reacher was confounding because I was 51/49 on continuing, because I could see the potential for a really fun show if they leaned into the stuff that worked the best. But from what I can tell that... didn't happen. 020
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My one contribution to this site’s Reacher Discourse is that Young Reacher and his brother look like you somehow split James Talarico into two people. 2230
Reposted by Tim CarvellTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️ 2219021697
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh god he’s doing the scene in “The Birdcage” with the Pirin tablets. 1377
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It feels like being on a site where everyone's like "fuck yeah, 'Burn Notice'" and finally watching "Burn Notice" and being like, "Huh." 4220
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Thank you, this is exactly what I was trying to figure out. I don't hate it! But it feels like I'm watching a show at a different level of quality from how it gets discussed On Here, and wasn't sure if that was an "early vs. later season" issue or a "my taste vs. your taste" one. 4180
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'm trying to think of the most diplomatic way of asking this on a site full of "Reacher" fans, but having watched one season of it, I have to ask: Is season 1... indicative of its overall quality? Or is this like "Buffy" or "The Office" where there's a leveling up? 25240
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This reminds me of this bonkers story from the Marshall Project: www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/f... ... which was also told on the podcast Crime Show: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfW... Anyway. It sort of shifted how I think about DNA evidence.themarshallproject.orgFramed for Murder by His Own DNAWe leave traces of our genetic material everywhere, even on things we’ve never touched. That got Lukis Anderson charged with a brutal crime he didn’t commit. 316028
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I want to believe that someone at the Times knew what they were doing here. 111123167
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s weird that “a very rich man goes to immense effort and expense to skirt the law, all so he can pretend he gave people art that they already own” is an accurate description of the AI boom and also “The Thomas Crown Affair”. 1455
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yeah, obviously the Hawks/Hawkeyes thing took precedence but “I can put you in the same general area as another thing that happened” is, precisely, this bit from “The Usual Suspects”. youtu.be/aDPndzPnSU8?...youtu.be"Really? I live in Queens."YouTube video by Chuck Hardin 2221
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today and only today I will allow it if it’s just reiterating the differences between the Hawks and the Hawkeyes. 061
Reposted by Tim CarvellJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Folks, you really need to stop sharing that bullshit RadarOnline story claiming that Bari Weiss is "likely out" at CBS News. It's sourced to a single "industry insider" who merely speculates she could be in trouble, and it doesn't even include the quote that's in the headline. 41029
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was trying to figure out why the shifting dynamics in this clip felt so familiar and... www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlGl...youtube.comThe Big Lebowski (1998) - Is This Your Homework, Larry? Scene | MovieclipsYouTube video by Movieclips 0371
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It really is amazing that anytime he chooses to debate someone, it exposes the degree to which he's incurious about the world, and reasons at the level of a "contrarian" college newspaper columnist. 110
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Writing an angry letter to the Wallet Inspectors’ Guild trying to shame them for abandoning their high-minded pursuit of wallet safety. 1170
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My favorite tiny detail in “Lanterns” is that having the Green Lantern’s ring is basically just as constantly frustrating as having an iPhone with a low charge and no adapter. 3312
Reposted by Tim CarvellMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I buried the lead in this thread, because i'm in a finishing-a-book fugue state. I'm writing a book about Battlestar Galactica, my own personal Best Drama Ever. I turn it in this week. More edits in my future, but I can lay down my burden soon. I think the book's the best thing I've ever written 💚 6955
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I mean, MAHA literally began as a slogan for Sweetgreen so this is just coming full circle. 080
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Also I feel like if the person you’re asking for advice is Abigail Shrier you know exactly what answer you want and where to get it. 1260
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ohhh that IS worse. And at the same time: I do not ever want to see or read the script for a Sorkin sex scene. 000
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I feel like Aaron Sorkin peaked when he wrote the ridiculous scene in "Malice" where Alec Baldwin declared himself to be God, and ever since, he's written worse and worse versions of it, to greater and greater levels of acclaim. 1222
Reposted by Tim CarvellJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Total private construction is about $1.6 TRILLION per year. Total data center construction is about $50 BILLION. So data centers are ~3% of all construction. There's no real crowding out here. Comparing total spending change from such RADICALLY different baserates tells us almost nothing. 2509
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026(Spelling it “Choosing” and not letting anyone correct it to ensure maximum damage.) 0251
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Posting “Should you play Ella Langley’s ‘Choosing Texas’ at full blast during a job interview?” and then disabling replies to see if this site just explodes. 1704
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This reminds me of the tip I once saw for journalists trying to write Shia LaBeouf’s last name, which is that it contains all the vowels in order except for i, and as stupid as it is, that actually has helped me remember how to spell it. 160
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026... it's not entirely clear how much of this was due to errors vs. fraud, and the figures they cite are extremely small relative to the size of the program (as in, less than 1 percent.) This all feels like DOGE, where small amounts of waste or fraud get blown out of proportion to demolish programs. 160
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I got curious to see what Republican even cite when they talk about this, and it seems to be things like this GAO report, which found instances of dead or fictitious SSNs being used for ACA plans, which triggered gov't payments to insurers to subsidize premiums. But... www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...gao.gov 120
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026But if *I* had evidence that were going on, I'd be on TV naming the big companies and providers, and not just throwing individual accounts off the rolls. That's something the government has done pretty routinely in the past! They used to be good at it! 2210
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm not saying any of their claims are true, but on its face, the only way the scheme they're describing would work is if insurers are creating fake accounts and accepting government subsidies for them, or providers are billing those accounts, which... would be a massive story about corporate fraud. 1331
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m old enough to remember Letterman and the Peach Lady, but I guess every generation learns this lesson anew. 060
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It’s like vampire slayers and the death of Lindsey Graham prompted the spawning of a new open secret. 090
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Calling the FBI to report this death threat to Ted Lasso. 050
