Sean L. McCarthy
@seanlmccarthy.bsky.social
Comedy journalist for The Daily Beast and Decider. Freelanced for The New York Times back when it meant something (complimentary). FKA @thecomicscomic on social media for olds.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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Listen, I spent years telling you all that Substack was evil. *Now* do you believe me?
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Listen, I spent years telling you all that Substack was evil. *Now* do you believe me?
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
All of the huzzahs for @thelilyallen.bsky.social for looking and sounding so amazing in this moment
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
All of the huzzahs for @thelilyallen.bsky.social for looking and sounding so amazing in this moment
My friend and colleague @jasonzinoman.bsky.social told me he’d seen Louis CK, so I was eager to see his take on what it’s like now (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
A Meditative Louis C.K. Takes the Stage. Don’t Call It a Comeback.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My friend and colleague @jasonzinoman.bsky.social told me he’d seen Louis CK, so I was eager to see his take on what it’s like now (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Everything and everyone is exhausting now, so we need to lift each other up, and I type that to remind myself as much as to remind you
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Everything and everyone is exhausting now, so we need to lift each other up, and I type that to remind myself as much as to remind you
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“Stand-up comedy is for vagabonds and people incapable of keeping inappropriate remark to themselves. It’s for malcontents and weirdos. I’m no longer any of those things.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/goodnight-...
Goodnight, Room
On quitting stand-up
michaelianblack.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Stand-up comedy is for vagabonds and people incapable of keeping inappropriate remark to themselves. It’s for malcontents and weirdos. I’m no longer any of those things.” michaelianblack.substack.com/p/goodnight-...
The good, the bad and the ugly of the comedy industry all rearing their cerberus dog heads to bark away this fall. Here's a roundup of comedy news you might need to know right now...
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fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/11/20/i...
It’s Not All Funny Business
A snapshot of the comedy industry as of November 2025 From the “Business of Comedy Panel” at the UCB Theatre on Nov. 9, 2025. From left to right: Variety reporter Ethan Shanfeld, New Yo…
fromthecomicscomic.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The good, the bad and the ugly of the comedy industry all rearing their cerberus dog heads to bark away this fall. Here's a roundup of comedy news you might need to know right now...
fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/11/20/i...
fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/11/20/i...
Scotland has qualified for the World Cup for the first time in almost 30 years!
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Scotland has qualified for the World Cup for the first time in almost 30 years!
Please let the news be true that Bill Maher has declared he's stopped doing stand-up
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Please let the news be true that Bill Maher has declared he's stopped doing stand-up
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each day i see something thought through get paid dust while somebody in y'all rogues gallery rules engagement. it's easier to get eyes on some chaos and it really boils my blood pals.
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
each day i see something thought through get paid dust while somebody in y'all rogues gallery rules engagement. it's easier to get eyes on some chaos and it really boils my blood pals.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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“Look, I am clearly no stranger to sharing upsetting numbers with my audience, but please do kill me if I ever start doing pedophile math.”
www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-...
www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-...
John Oliver Unloads on Megyn Kelly’s ‘Pedophile Math’
“Look, I am clearly no stranger to sharing upsetting numbers with my audience...” the “Last Week Tonight” host quipped.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
“Look, I am clearly no stranger to sharing upsetting numbers with my audience, but please do kill me if I ever start doing pedophile math.”
www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-...
www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-...
Jesus Mary and Joseph! Ireland 🇮🇪 actually beat Portugal and now Hungary in stoppage time to qualify for the World Cup playoffs!
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jesus Mary and Joseph! Ireland 🇮🇪 actually beat Portugal and now Hungary in stoppage time to qualify for the World Cup playoffs!
We used to live in a constitutional republic
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
We used to live in a constitutional republic
So that Luke Wilson TV commercial for AT&T is straight-up mocking Billy Bob Thornton’s T-Mobile commercial. Almost makes me nostalgic for the old ad wars. Almost.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
So that Luke Wilson TV commercial for AT&T is straight-up mocking Billy Bob Thornton’s T-Mobile commercial. Almost makes me nostalgic for the old ad wars. Almost.
There’s a comedian right now so blatantly ripping off the late great Mitch Hedberg and I don’t know how everyone is just ok with that
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
There’s a comedian right now so blatantly ripping off the late great Mitch Hedberg and I don’t know how everyone is just ok with that
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She gave us the best tweet archive update ever lol
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
She gave us the best tweet archive update ever lol
Here hear! My chat with Jamie Linn Watson, star of a new movie about the old days of content creation, SKIT, which premieres today on Tubi. fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/11/14/l...
Last Things First: Jamie Linn Watson
Jamie Linn Watson is an NYC-based actor and comedian. You may have seen her as Joanna Roscoe in season 5 of What We Do in the Shadows, a judgy church girl in Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of F…
fromthecomicscomic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Here hear! My chat with Jamie Linn Watson, star of a new movie about the old days of content creation, SKIT, which premieres today on Tubi. fromthecomicscomic.com/2025/11/14/l...
Chuck Palahniuk writes as if he hasn't actually attended or witnessed NYC SantaCon recently
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Chuck Palahniuk writes as if he hasn't actually attended or witnessed NYC SantaCon recently
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
when meeting someone in real life that you follow on social media, do you introduce yourself as a parasociopath right away, or is it better to pretend you don't know what you think you know about them
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
when meeting someone in real life that you follow on social media, do you introduce yourself as a parasociopath right away, or is it better to pretend you don't know what you think you know about them
ever since ezra klein sat down with hasan minhaj, some sort of freaky friday situation happened where they're acting exactly the same to all of their other guests
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
ever since ezra klein sat down with hasan minhaj, some sort of freaky friday situation happened where they're acting exactly the same to all of their other guests
how did such an embarrassingly immature long stick boy put out such a banger of a pop album
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
how did such an embarrassingly immature long stick boy put out such a banger of a pop album
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Popular hamburger chain closing dozens of restaurants — TheStreet
The chain, famous for its burgers and fries, has already begun shutting down money-losing locations.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The new clockbait is AI slop all the way down apple.news/AXmqvbJawQh-...