CartyBoston

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OK, CartyBoston moved *back* to downtown Portland, Maine. Long story. Knows from software, social justice is applied love. Born at 316.18 ppm.

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2026-10-27 14:30:02 UTC

Alito and Thomas should have resigned earlier, they can join the RGB club.

2026-10-26 09:40:02 UTC

You can't let someone call you a fascist.
If you have a shred of dignity you'd not let someone call you a fascist.
If you were not a cowering little cuck you'd not let someone call you a fascist.

2026-10-23 11:50:27 UTC

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"Carty, there is *literally* a doughnut shop across the street."
Yeah, I do not prefer those doughnuts, duh.

2026-10-23 11:23:51 UTC

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"You can have a doughnut in roughly an hour."
Nope.

2026-10-23 11:21:07 UTC

"I can't, I'm charging my car."
Nope.

2026-10-21 12:26:02 UTC

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Revere beach - does that count? - is one of my favorite places earth.

2026-10-21 12:23:23 UTC

If you loved me you'd:
a) Research which medicare supplemental I should switch to, and
b) Take me to lunch. Someplace nice.

2026-10-18 13:01:56 UTC

The UK: "We're out."
Europe: "Buh bye."
American South: "We're out."
American North: "We don't even have internal combustion yet and we are going to come down there and kill you until you stop saying that."

2026-10-17 12:09:36 UTC

The theme for No Kings today is "Get Out the Vote."
I'd have preferred "Harm the Fucking Fascists" but it's not up to me.

2026-10-15 09:24:49 UTC

Katie Zacharia's performance was so bad *I* am having anxiety dreams about it.

2026-10-15 09:18:13 UTC

No one - NO ONE - gives passive voice like the New York Times.
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2026-10-10 12:04:13 UTC

We should *absolutely* banish fraternities, but the problem is men, not the orgs they form.
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2026-10-03 10:38:46 UTC

The Americans have no money. I wonder of that's a fucking factor.
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2026-10-03 09:54:00 UTC

Gang rapes and football for only like $65K a year.
It's the *value* to Americans that sustains it.

2026-10-03 09:10:03 UTC

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"I'm a swing voter!"
We know.

2026-10-03 09:08:44 UTC

Remember, "swing voter" just means stupid person.

2026-09-29 12:08:07 UTC

You know what's fun to think about? How abjectly useless Susan Collins will become immediately after her loss. #Maine

2026-09-28 11:19:43 UTC

Americans want Trump to be mentally ill or disabled so that we don't have to accept responsibility for the fact that he simply reflects American culture, American values.

2026-09-28 10:04:37 UTC

Dude, I can assure you: no on watches your fucking podcast.
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2026-09-28 10:00:12 UTC

It was when I worked with the unhoused my first time in Portland, it changed me, it showed me that American culture is unfeeling, even cruel.
Fight or flight, baby.
I've left large parts of our culture that do nothing for me: e.g. football, raping women, and hating brown people.
The rest is fight. You a Mainer? Let's chat about your vote. #Maine

2026-09-27 12:45:35 UTC

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since we are sharing openly today, I like Ashley St. Clair, it's hackneyed but she *was* young.

2026-09-27 12:34:01 UTC

"Elon Musk is an Asshole" movie drops just as absolutely *no* one believes otherwise.

2026-09-27 12:32:18 UTC

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I am on medicare now, it is every bit as annoying as all the private plans I was on but they don't:
a) take all my money, and, then,
b) deny me care
so I guess I am huge into "single payer"

2026-09-27 12:30:14 UTC

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Yay.
Some people go too far with their Mitt nostalgia (he was one of two Republicans I ever voted for) (governor, not president, JFC) he is a good man but gutless.

2026-09-27 12:26:10 UTC

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I'll give you a hint: "Obamacare" alleviated suffering for millions of Americans and would literally not have have happened without her.

2026-09-27 12:21:55 UTC

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she only needs one of us

2026-09-27 12:12:20 UTC

Political "moderates" are a made up thing.
Some people to the left of me (AKA insane people) assume I am "moderate".
I'd literally bury a body for Nancy Pelosi, no questions asked, does that make me "moderate"?

2026-09-20 10:47:39 UTC

I can't get over how submissive Trumpers are.
I am not all that fond of submissiveness as it turns out.

2026-09-14 10:27:04 UTC

Sunrises, lobster rolls, and not too many Trumpers, I am very fortunate. #Maine
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2026-09-12 12:39:25 UTC

Look, I did not come here to "learn" things.

2026-09-10 10:42:15 UTC

It's Downfall time! This film is quite good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film)
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2026-09-09 12:11:35 UTC

Remember when everyone's biggest fucking problem was that grad students didn't get paid enough?

2026-09-05 12:29:03 UTC

MoDo calls the Chief Justice of the United States a limp dick.
He'll read it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opinion/not-so-supreme-mr-roberts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-1A.Uhfp.XCcumF9gVH_U&smid=url-share

2026-09-05 10:51:52 UTC

Heads up - you can work at the NY Times without knowing what "objective" means.
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2026-09-03 14:52:07 UTC

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I got you on the monolith thing, I do that, I'll try to be careful.

2026-09-03 14:42:19 UTC

The NY Times does not help but I wonder if people see how self-conscious this is, just one after the other.
He's Muslim, get - the fuck - over it.
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2026-08-29 11:12:36 UTC

Trump is circling the drain, MAGA is an now an American historical embarrassment. Campaign money does not matter, the oligarchs are pariahs.
The clueless, old, white GOP is losing all its power. How wonderful, how cool to watch.

2026-08-28 12:47:28 UTC

Bovino was here because he was on Tucker.
a) You can't do *any*thing in Maine without everyone knowing, and
b) even though he hangs in the knuckle-dragger upstate I am surprised Carlson is comfortable here, Mainers be fuckin' crazy.
#Maine

2026-08-26 09:27:37 UTC

My nickname for Susan Collins has stabilized.
Three words, the second is "old" the third is all asterisks.
#Maine

2026-08-26 09:13:18 UTC

Saying you "care about future generations" is the same bullshit Elon #Musk does.
Fight your own battles in the present. Get better at it.

2026-08-23 11:06:40 UTC

The problem with "Tax the Rich" as a slogan is that there is *no* one who thinks it's a great idea who had never thought of it.

2026-08-19 11:59:26 UTC

It's not relevant but Goebbels was less repulsive looking than Stephen Miller.
No I cannot attribute the photographer, I am pretty sure they're dead.
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2026-08-13 09:19:32 UTC

Karoline Leavitt is 28, her husband is 61.
I bet she's psyched to stop serving her country in that particular way.

2026-08-12 12:24:02 UTC

Abolish the Thanksgiving *menu*?
Way ahead of you, Sport.

2026-08-12 12:07:08 UTC

"Deplorables"? It was a fucking stupid thing to say. If we are declaring those somehow difficult to discern now, all is lost.

2026-08-10 10:54:34 UTC

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They appear to be doing it at Boston City Hall for some reason.

2026-08-07 11:07:57 UTC

Is it me or are the headlines improving?
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2026-08-06 12:32:30 UTC

There was a point at which everyone in the bunker knew they were fucked, but we couldn't see it.
That's now.

2026-08-05 11:13:57 UTC

It's Wednesday, I'll go over to the farmers' market and have a good, hard look at a $7 heirloom tomato.

2026-07-29 13:27:58 UTC

NY Times inches toward the realization that AI will do a perfectly good job of "reporting" on AI.
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2026-07-16 10:37:13 UTC

Cumberland County delegate elections are Saturday at 2:00. If you know any Dems in Portland instruct them to vote for me.

2026-07-15 14:00:00 UTC

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He's a good man, the good news? I think they are all fine.
I like Shenna Bellows, but I will fight hard for whomever we nominate.

2026-07-15 13:49:33 UTC

It'a November, Susan Collins loses by 14 points, only one of many midterm victories to celebrate.
Just don't make me tell you to whom.

2026-07-12 09:54:32 UTC

I told myself I wouldn't cry!
I am just glad Lindsey go to go to Disney World one last time.

2026-07-12 09:45:03 UTC

The GOP is literally decaying.

2026-06-22 10:07:58 UTC

Is it me or do they all kind of look like Margaret Thatcher?
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2026-06-15 12:02:40 UTC

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I am an anti-capitalist except that I crave a 13' Boston Whaler that has been egrigiously overpowered.

2026-06-15 12:00:51 UTC

I was going to type that being "against AI" is as difficult as being "against capitalism" but then I realized they are just exactly the same thing.

2026-06-14 13:26:58 UTC

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Do not "Yale" me, just makes it worse.

2026-06-14 13:26:18 UTC

I am workshopping some conspiracy theories:
a) "Rhode Island does not exist" (actually super hard to disprove), or:
b) All US communities are now - operationally - actually run by high energy single moms in their 30s and 40s" (this one is true.)

2026-06-06 13:43:20 UTC

"Maine: Pretty. Less Habitable Than You Think" - to be fair - never really had a shot for state motto.

2026-05-26 09:22:28 UTC

I am supporting a close friend of my sister's who's "outlook address book" disappeared.
So I am learning about the 34 ways in 25 years that Microsoft has decided to store contacts, an utter waste of my time.
The really hard part is not expressing that to my sister's friend.

2026-05-24 08:59:32 UTC

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This is really about how incredibly annoying the Podsave boys are. It's like a teen Obama nostalgia club.

2026-05-24 08:58:16 UTC

I'm gonna say it.
In spite of their heritage, the Bulwark people are less annoying than the Podsave people.

2026-05-19 12:20:57 UTC

Yeah, whatever your just heard from that podcaster you are crushing on is not "breaking news."

2026-05-17 08:22:03 UTC

The Dunkin' across the street (emergency coffee) opens at 4am.
This is a great country.

2026-05-11 10:40:58 UTC

Hey y'all.
Starmer is a bore, that's the problem.
love,
Your American Friends

2026-05-09 10:07:38 UTC

"Please stop mansplaining me."
I can't even figure out how you got in here.

2026-05-09 09:24:33 UTC

Yeah, I am sure their betrothed cannot fucking wait to hang with you.
https://mastodon.roundpond.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/543/892/058/488/635/original/dd685adde1189640.png

2026-05-08 07:27:16 UTC

Were it not for the NY Times I'd have no fucking idea what to worry about.
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2026-05-03 11:38:36 UTC

If you are a v-blogger with a good JFK Jr. impersonation? I'm sorry, they are dime a dozen.
Do a good Melania, that will make you famous.
"Doonald is a Eww-nifier."

2026-04-30 10:49:52 UTC

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I have, once, but I was distracted. We had fun.

2026-04-30 10:44:18 UTC

Louisiana!
Come for the food and music, immediately leave because they are a bunch of fucking fascists.

2026-04-30 10:08:59 UTC

Imagine meeting Jeff Bezos and having to pretend that Lauren Sánchez is not grotesque.

2026-04-08 08:32:39 UTC

First things first: Trump is done, the people in his admin are done, the Republican party may not be done but now it's a much weaker clown-show.
We just need to rebuild the USA's reputation in the the world, best-case that takes a generation.

2026-04-07 20:05:16 UTC

No word from Marco Rubio, what a festering tumor of a man.

2026-03-31 08:34:25 UTC

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You're angry at terrible things Americans have done, so am I.
If you don't give a shit whether you are being constructive you've given up. It's OK.

2026-03-31 08:19:08 UTC

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I get that it's easier to conceptualize the USA as a single thing, I don't know how insightful or constructive it is.

2026-03-19 12:11:47 UTC

"Where are you from?"
If you say "Boston" they are going to engage, if you say "Pennsylvania" they leave you alone.

2026-03-14 08:15:45 UTC

He is aggressively stupid. Usually the stupid people are a little self-conscious.
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2026-03-07 13:55:18 UTC

OMG, I went almost my whole life before hearing that.
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2026-02-24 10:35:03 UTC

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I understand, and my God what could be more personal.
Here (I keep saying here) one has to have confidence that someone who can write prescriptions is on board.

2026-02-24 09:40:17 UTC

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Here, when managing end of life care it is *critical* to understand if one's providers have ideological constraints precluding them from delivering proper care.
It's unthinkable that people die in pain in 2026.

2026-02-22 09:31:12 UTC

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We don't care, that is *precisely* the problem.

2026-02-21 11:29:26 UTC

Monster Cat says "It's #Caturday, don't forget to protest."
On it, little dude.
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2026-02-13 13:12:11 UTC

American Pharmacist, 1980: Learn all of human physiology so the doctors won't kill your customers.
American Pharmacist, 2026: Explain to poor people why they can't have drugs.

2026-01-28 13:49:34 UTC

Americans:
One dead innocent white person? Cost of doing business.
*Two* dead innocent white people? Everyone is *finally* studying the Civil War.

2026-01-28 13:39:44 UTC

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I am an equal opportunity misanthrope.

2026-01-28 13:38:58 UTC

Yes, but most Americans are too far up their own ass to know what that means.
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2026-01-23 19:58:01 UTC

If he had a large but manageable diamond stud in his left ear I'd fear him more.
(pic: "Getty", I don't think that a person anymore, sorry)
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2026-01-20 10:14:08 UTC

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Is there really no bot that's going to post here "California wines are quite good now."

2026-01-19 11:51:49 UTC

Here, save me a $240 (post tax) session.
It's several years ago, Boston, long story short I am ubering to the animal hospital to put my cat to sleep.
He shows up, explains that the cat carrier has to go in the trunk.
Calmy, you need to understand how calm this was, I thought "Fuck, now I have to hurt this guy."
I said something, I don't remember what, he let the dying cat ride, but I am still that calm guy.

2026-01-19 09:57:14 UTC

I'm out, who will be a dove and give us a gift link for this?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/renee-good-last-words.html

2026-01-19 09:46:33 UTC

"Carty, you can get on my case for being distracted by #Greenland or by #Bluesky, but not both."
Sure I can.

2026-01-17 18:31:48 UTC

Damariscotta, Maine just now.
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2026-01-15 14:46:57 UTC

My plan?
If I kill everyone else I can live indefinitely off lobsters and heat with wood.
I think many others over-invest in their plans.

2026-01-15 11:05:17 UTC

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I have no Trumper neighbors, it was a lot of work.

2026-01-15 11:04:24 UTC

When I post on Facebook (who asked you?) I assume the reader is American.
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2026-01-13 11:02:57 UTC

"I'm still on #twitter because I care more about my insecure ego than I do my impact on the world."
Why are we even reading what these people type?
Fuck 'em, seriously.

2026-01-12 11:36:23 UTC

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I obsessively watch "Archer" episodes, I can't believe how well it works. I am going to get outside more too.