Tim Carvell
@timcarvell.bsky.social
Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals.
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![BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:546hcfpi4agq772f6q6lbuch/bafkreifrgx2z46bjub34bz2cas5yzogd7jvj5pswllkpvjuybtn3gfc3ke@jpeg)
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Still what a wild statistic bsky.app/profile/bolt...
An astonishing 80 percent of the Louisiana's death sentences between 1976 and 2015 were later reversed.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
He’s Been On Louisiana’s Death Row for Decades. A Judge Just Vacated His Conviction.
Chris Duncan’s longtime claims of innocence were boosted by the discrediting of bite mark analysis, and by recent reforms now under threat from the state’s Republican leadership.
boltsmag.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Still what a wild statistic bsky.app/profile/bolt...
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After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Our Transportation Secretary is very slowly reinventing ‘80s hack standup from first principles.
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Our Transportation Secretary is very slowly reinventing ‘80s hack standup from first principles.
I understand why people are focusing on the, uh, considerable baggage of both people, but also, “let’s have Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch debate gun control” isn’t a bold or daring new idea, it’s what a Piers Morgan producer who fell into a glacier in 2013 would say upon being revived.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I understand why people are focusing on the, uh, considerable baggage of both people, but also, “let’s have Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch debate gun control” isn’t a bold or daring new idea, it’s what a Piers Morgan producer who fell into a glacier in 2013 would say upon being revived.
Oh wow, I hadn’t realized that this wasn’t theoretical, she’s describing an actual debate they just held that — in the three hours it’s been up on YouTube and promoted by The Free Press — has attracted 545 views.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Oh wow, I hadn’t realized that this wasn’t theoretical, she’s describing an actual debate they just held that — in the three hours it’s been up on YouTube and promoted by The Free Press — has attracted 545 views.
It’s exciting to realize there’s a non-zero chance Vince Gilligan timed everything just right so this week he could bring us A Very “Pluribus” Thanksgiving.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It’s exciting to realize there’s a non-zero chance Vince Gilligan timed everything just right so this week he could bring us A Very “Pluribus” Thanksgiving.
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
My pettiest logo design complaint is that my kid has a tether that attaches his chew toys to his shirt, and the brand is Chubuddy, which is clearly meant to be pronounced “chew buddy”, but they’ve used a smiley face for the second u, which makes it look like an umlaut and yields “chub-oo-dy.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My pettiest logo design complaint is that my kid has a tether that attaches his chew toys to his shirt, and the brand is Chubuddy, which is clearly meant to be pronounced “chew buddy”, but they’ve used a smiley face for the second u, which makes it look like an umlaut and yields “chub-oo-dy.”
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My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I feel like the go-to twist ending reference is M. Night Shyamalan but this is really more of a “Robert Pattinson looks out the office window in ‘Remember Me’” situation.
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I feel like the go-to twist ending reference is M. Night Shyamalan but this is really more of a “Robert Pattinson looks out the office window in ‘Remember Me’” situation.
I remember back in the late '90s -- when magazine writers were still getting big book and movie deals -- an editor of mine who'd worked with a bunch of them sighing and saying, "The story no one will ever publish is the exposé of which famous writers can't actually write at all."
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I remember back in the late '90s -- when magazine writers were still getting big book and movie deals -- an editor of mine who'd worked with a bunch of them sighing and saying, "The story no one will ever publish is the exposé of which famous writers can't actually write at all."
“I just had to ask: If there’s no worm, does the early bird go hungry? Meanwhile, across town, Samantha was dealing with a different sort of worm of her own.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“I just had to ask: If there’s no worm, does the early bird go hungry? Meanwhile, across town, Samantha was dealing with a different sort of worm of her own.”
So, a few years ago Liam Neeson was out promoting the Covid vaccine as a UN Goodwill Ambassador and now he’s being advertised as the narrator of this batshit-looking thing, which makes me think there’s either been a radicalization or a “some asshole signing your name to stupid letters” situation.
"Plague Of Corruption" Official Trailer (feat. "Liars, Cheats, and Crooks" by Five Times August)
YouTube video by FiveTimesAugust
m.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So, a few years ago Liam Neeson was out promoting the Covid vaccine as a UN Goodwill Ambassador and now he’s being advertised as the narrator of this batshit-looking thing, which makes me think there’s either been a radicalization or a “some asshole signing your name to stupid letters” situation.
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This is great. In (gift link): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is great. In (gift link): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I feel like even a small infant would listen, nod, and then go, “So, just to be clear though: The machines — they didn’t work?”
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I feel like even a small infant would listen, nod, and then go, “So, just to be clear though: The machines — they didn’t work?”
[Walton Goggins voice]
TEENJUS.
TEENJUS.
Meet Troubled Teenage Jesus In ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Based On Obscure Gospel; Italian Indie ‘Trifole’ Savors Truffle Country – Specialty Preview
'The Carpenter's Son' about teenage Jesus, Northern Italy-set 'Trifole', Osgood Perkins' horror 'Keeper' and 'Rebuilding' are new indie film openings.
deadline.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
[Walton Goggins voice]
TEENJUS.
TEENJUS.
Watching this confirms that "OBAA" is going to be like "Magnolia", in that if you turn on the TV and it's on, you're going to wind up watching it all the way to the end.
PTA shut down production and ballooned the budget on this movie so he could cast Benicio del Toro, and the very first shot of him instantly proves it was worth it
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Watching this confirms that "OBAA" is going to be like "Magnolia", in that if you turn on the TV and it's on, you're going to wind up watching it all the way to the end.
It’s not at all surprising that Bill Donahue is inserting himself into this discussion, which is rapidly becoming a Voltron of the worst people on earth, but it still amazes me that he thinks “most Catholic sex abuse victims were actually over the age of 10” is in any way exculpatory.
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It’s not at all surprising that Bill Donahue is inserting himself into this discussion, which is rapidly becoming a Voltron of the worst people on earth, but it still amazes me that he thinks “most Catholic sex abuse victims were actually over the age of 10” is in any way exculpatory.
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Keep on travelin', Carol! #Pluribus
The @ricksteves.bsky.social shoutout in tonight’s episode of #Pluribus 😆
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Keep on travelin', Carol! #Pluribus
Thoughts and prayers to every Vanity Fair writer biting their tongue cleanly in half today.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thoughts and prayers to every Vanity Fair writer biting their tongue cleanly in half today.
"Hi, we're Dante and the Malibu Kitchen Lizards, next up is the New Measles."
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Hi, we're Dante and the Malibu Kitchen Lizards, next up is the New Measles."
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He said the thing!!!
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
He said the thing!!!
The NYPD has 34,000 officers. If, say, 300 leave, that’s less than 1%, which is still well below the normal annual rate of attrition.
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The NYPD has 34,000 officers. If, say, 300 leave, that’s less than 1%, which is still well below the normal annual rate of attrition.