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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 18h

the best books make you a little bit miserable in one way or another. i am skeptical of books that are too pleasant.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 19h

to be abundantly clear i am very pro vapid rich women making pop music in the vein of paris hilton

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 19h

unfortunately i think the song that kylie jenner has a "verse" on is a bop, no i will not be taking any questions

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 20h

we gotta bring back phone trees, the social media platforms have proven themselves completely useless

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 21h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 23h

like how is one such a scholar of r&b history, sound like that, and have those abs??? improbable

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 23h

also the thing about d’angelo that is so mind blowing to me is how his music managed to be so intentional and erudite while also feeling so effortless and natural

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 23h

someone please tell god that he’s working his way through the list of “D” names the wrong fucking way

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

i bought a crock pot thinking it would help me with dinner while i am working nights, but it turns out that i hate food prepared in a crock pot because it only produces wet piles of bland slop

(no, i do not need your crock pot tips or hacks. god herself couldn't make me like this thing)

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

my heart would've already given out

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

15 innings is too many

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

thanks! that's great to know, i randomly grabbed a few Campus notebooks at Daiso a few weeks ago.

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

this is excellent intel. i grabbed a preppy today and really like it -- i'm also a fan of super fine pens. thank you!

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

would love to hear your recs!

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

gonna regret this but … tell me more 👀

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

Oh god I have purchased a fountain pen, I was unaware this level of intolerably smug existed

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

SEEEEEE I am not a hater, I merely observe factual circumstances

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

okay the more photos i see of taylor's much-discussed sourdough, the more pitiful it looks

it has not expanded outside of the scores, it is *awfully* light, and i'm just not convinced your girl has the skill for inclusions at this time

who will pay me for this incredibly important analysis

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

been there. it's a bummer.

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

dolly rebecca parton and don't you even think about suggesting anyone else

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 9d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

no it's normal!!!!! it's perfectly acceptable completely sane behavior

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

lol brother my dumb ass picked "homework due in 25 minutes" as a career so trust me when i say i do not need your robot to do a week's worth of work in an hour, i have ADHD for that

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

adults complaining about cussing -- the word "cursing" is so cringe i can scarcely type it -- is so embarrassing, please grow up

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

jesus christ tfw you realize you are accidentally following one of the ghouls who is actually paid well to do journalism but uses that platform only to make mealy mouthed arguments about civility instead of doing any actual writing

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

it's possible that i slightly overcommitted myself this week and that is interfering greatly with my one true desire: to take a nap

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Amy McCarthy @aemccarthy.bsky.social · 6d

i keep seeing these photos of taylor swift's sourdough bread and she maybe should not show those to people

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