Drew Goins @drewlgoins.bsky.social asymptotically approaching getting a mullet. the atlantic.
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Elaine R @elainereynolds.bsky.social Writer published in Slackjaw, Belladonna, Robot Butt, Jane Austen’s Wastebasket and more. Medium profile: https://medium.com/@elaine.reynolds
geekysteven @geekysteven.com memes, jokes, and possibly cute pictures of turtles
(they/them)
my posts: https://tinyurl.com/yc8r29y4
books: https://geekysteven.com/books
links: https://geekysteven.com/links
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social Contributor at The Onion, Reductress, McSweeney's, Points in Case, The Weekly Humorist, etc.
A pretty impossible lady to be with.
megreid.com
Aldous J Pennyfarthing "Pedal or Perish" @ajpennyfarthing.bsky.social Author of 4 Tr*mp-trashing books and 🎩Pennyfarthing's Diaries @DailyKos. Bonus wit by Emma Dash.👋Get my books at fine book stores and https://t.co/2YprUStn76. Book club info available. Leave a comment. ✅Join the Posse. Resist🥊💙 No Crypto/Porn, thx.
Annmarie Fertoli @annmariefertoli.bsky.social Host, reporter, producer, editor, journalist. Showrunner for @wired.com's Big Interview pod, in the Uncanny Valley feed. Alum @nbcnews.com @WSJ.com @wnyc.org @wfuvnews.bsky.social. Animal enthusiast. Food lover. Adventure-seeker. Loves a statement earring.
Post Meridiem Post @postmeridiempost.com America’s most trusted source for post-lunch truths, whispered scandals & bipartisan absurdity. Unofficially irresistible.
https://postmeridiempost.com/
The Needling @theneedling.com Seattle's Only Real Fake News
(Satire/Parody)
Have a hot headline tip? Send it to Submit@TheNeedling.com
TheNeedling.com
Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com Founder & Editor of @theneedling.com, Seattle's Only Real Fake News. Pulitzer Prize-winning real real news reporter.
A lil more about me: https://tinyurl.com/awveap8v
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
heather ummm nye @theothernye.bsky.social (she/her)
"Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep." - garbage truck
instagram: @theothernye
links.comicallyexposed.com
Garry Messick @garrymessick.bsky.social Voice actor, co-producer and co-writer of the Peabody Award-winning*, sort-of sketch-comedy podcast American Doom. Our promise to you: You WILL laugh... Perhaps. Occasionally, at least. Possibly.
(*I made that up.)
https://rss.com/podcasts/american-do
Dan Rice @damnhellasskings.bsky.social Editor in Chief @TheHardTimes.net @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social
@gwar88.bsky.social @gwar88.bsky.social
Dave Holmes @daveholmes.bsky.social Editor-at-Large, Esquire. Here’s a funky introduction of how nice I am.
Pam Pearson 🦋💙🦋💙🦋🇺🇦 @pmpearson.bsky.social Feminist | Activist | Ally | Lawyer
Leader at a national voting rights organization, ensuring every eligible citizen can vote. This is no time to sit on the sidelines- choose your path. #Resist #ProChoice #SlavaUkraini
Opinions my own. 🚫DMs.
Zach @zhackry.bsky.social Progressive, gay and outspoken. Nurse to be. Michigan native. Politics.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💚🤍❤️🖤🤎 Safe with me!
Larry O. Dean @larryodean.bsky.social Flint-born, former San Franciscan, Chicago-based poet, educator, singer-songwriter, and kitchen sink sardonicist
https://www.larryodean.com
Mike Davis @davisnation.bsky.social Some of the things I like: guitars, music, video games, snowboarding, and people that don’t suck.
Evanna Simpson @simpsone.bsky.social Canadian, birder, geologist (retired).
Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social Book editor, writer, smooth talker, father of a teenager. I wrote about baseball for SI .com, The Athletic, Baseball Prospectus, and elsewhere. Movies, music, baseball cards, uniforms. OF, White Plains Tigers, Bats/Throws: R; Votes: L. North Jersey
Govind Acharya 🇲🇽 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @gringostani.bsky.social Sacramento area. Hard core but slow cyclist; loves transit, walking, cycling, housing & wants more of all of that! Former public works commish. Ex-Board of Directors, Amnesty Intl USA; loves human rights & overeducated economist #startrek fanatic. (he/him)
Tinker Ready @tinkerr.bsky.social Freelance health and science reporter
Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social Miami Herald Investigative journalist, author of "Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story." Philly girl trying to make my way in the South Florida wilderness. Temple Owl. Jkbjournalist on Substack.
James Topham @jamestopham.bsky.social Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner.
https://james-topham.com
The Takoma Torch 🔥🐓 @takomatorch.bsky.social Takoma Park's ONLY Humor Source. Home of the Nimbee and Takoma Man.
www.takomatorch.com
Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccasaltzman.bsky.social Irregular contributor at The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Electric Literature, etc. Your Jewish mom friend.
L.D. Tudge @dreadfullypoorpublishing.co.uk Humourist/storyteller—not necessarily both at the same time, or either at any time. Writer-ghostwriter-consultant
I've lent my pen to Steve Martin, National Lampoon, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, and untold more.
https://www.dreadfullypoorpublishing.co.uk
Free Reading @jakelehman.bsky.social Independent Journalist
📙 jacoblehman.substack.com
☠️ x.com/_Jake_Lehman
🐘 cyberplace.social/@aldergeshem
🌐 aintnoseagull@protonmail.com
James Warren @jameswarren.bsky.social “If I could start again, a million miles away. I would keep myself. I would find a way.” Trent Reznor
Last Boomer 1st Xer trying to transcend this mad world we’ve created.
"clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
John Muir 🌵🌊⛰️🐾👬
Scott Rothman @scottrothmanwriter.bsky.social Writer of Underwear Dragon kid's books (Random House), the football movie DRAFT DAY and other stuff. My newest books are KITTYBUNKPORT (Viking) and WARM AND FUZZY (Tundra).
www.scottrothmanwriter.com
Bruno Pieroni @brunopieroni.bsky.social dual citizen, air drummer, em dash user — in that order. jokes at @mcsweeneys @pointsincase @robotbutt; ideas at that other social media company (not that one, the other one).
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
Alice Hutton @alicehutton.bsky.social Bylines Guardian US, Sunday Times (of London), RTE, BBC Radio 4.
John Schofield Trust Fellow '17/18 | IJP Fellow '18 |
Author of newsletter, 'What Ties Us Together' on chosen families, LGBT+ parenting+adoptee voices'.
🌈 https://alicehutton.substack.com
Bizzy Coy @bizzycoy.bsky.social www.bizzycoy.com
+ Author of PERSONAL SPACE
+ New Yorker humor + cartoons
+ Freelance copywriter
Insta: @bizzycoy
Mike Spry @mikespry.bsky.social Writer/Poet. Words in the Toronto Star, FLOOD, Indiewire, MTV CA, National Post, McSweeney’s IT, TSN, Washington Sq. Review, and elsewhere + a few books.
I write about TV/film/music/culture @ Narrative Electric Co.: https://mikespry.substack.com
RL Maizes (she/her) @rlmaizes.bsky.social New novel out November 4 titled A COMPLETE FICTION (Ig Publishing). Author of novel Other People's Pets, winner of Colorado Book Award, and short story collection We Love Anderson Cooper. Assistant to white cat and big-eared dog. Knitter. 🧶
Cara Michelle Smith @caramichellesmith.bsky.social senior writer at @salonnewsroom.bsky.social covering all things money & power ✍️ satire in the new yorker, the onion, mcsweeney's ✍️
Nick "The Media Guy" @newsman.bsky.social 🗞️The Media Guy
#PressFreedom
justfara @justfara.bsky.social #Resist 🌊 🎗️✡️🕎🟦🇺🇦🌈
Fara Kaufman Nana
Jersey Girl living California Dream
NO DM's No Messages
Banned Books
Knitter
#Fight Antisemitism #BLM #LGBTQ+
Reiki Master #Foodie Music Fibromyalgia Ehlers Danlos
insta @justfara1
Carol S @justcarolsk.bsky.social ✍️,👩🎨, editor, writing coach, funny, irreverent, opinionated, Joni geek, joyous ✡️, beach grrrl. Make art and good trouble. #WritingCommunity
Marc Bernstein @marcbernstein261.bsky.social MSc Politics & BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy & History Birkbeck University of London, Civil Servant From & live in London Uk. politics History & intl affairs, Culture, Jewish life, Soccer. Also on here to make friends. Straight Single & Jewish
Angela Palladino @angpal.bsky.social trick after trick, i make the magic.
writer • director • producer
✍️: @netflix @discoveryplus @history
🎬: @comedycentral @vice
but wait there's more
Carrie Pinkard @carriepinkard.bsky.social Humor writer with words in The New Yorker, Points in Case, The Belladonna, and more ✍️. - S Michael Spear @spearmuzik.bsky.social Songwriter, Philly
Sarah Schmelling @sschmelling.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Recipe Follower. Humor in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, and more. Just happy to be here.
Ray Keller @ray-keller.bsky.social Screenwriter/Filmmaker
• Nicholl Semifinalist
• Nicholl Quarterfinalist
• Page Award Winner
Bringing my brand of edgy, socially impactful stories to the screen. #scriptsky
Martha Hodes @marthahodes.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Professor at NYU. Author most recently of My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering.
Sara @ms-theman.bsky.social writer. CRE®. autistic af. (she/they)
my words: https://open.substack.com/pub/srrfunfacts
my bsky feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nroifqbkcjsyaipwvdxfpkel/feed/aaacqo64c5mj6
JIndeli.bsky.social @jindeli.bsky.social Noli sinere malos insolentesque te vexare.
I’m mostly on here to learn from those who care enough to share specialized knowledge… and for some of the art and all of the animals.
Laura Smithers @laurida.bsky.social in no particular order: virgo, bagel aficionado, coffee addict, private nerd, professional nerd, pleasant enough curmudgeon, keeper of random and rarely useful facts. #content: laurasmithers.net, sunypress.edu/Books/I/Impact-Impasse
Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Development/Labor/Education/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.
Lauren Doyle Owens @ldoyleowens.bsky.social Fiction writer and bleeding heart liberal. Author of The Other Side of Everything (S&S). Mother through adoption. #woolfer
https://www.laurendoyleowens.com/
Lisa Piazza @lmpiazza.bsky.social oakland writer/teacher/mother/reader
Alexandra Frost @alexfrostwriter.bsky.social Independent journalist, content marketing writer and strategic consultant.
~Pubs: NYT, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Consumer Reports, Forbes
www.alexandra-frost.com
Anita Blanchard @anitablanchard.bsky.social Mother, Professor: Mofessor. I think I'm funny; you may not. I study online groups and virtual communities, but I am NOT studying you. All typos are the result of my enormous thumbs. All thoughts are my own and, clearly, Reviewer 2 hates them.
Paul Lander @paullander.bsky.social
TV/comedy writer/Producer, award-winning columnist. His humor pieces have appeared in MAD, American Bystander, Weekly Humorist, McSweeneys, Humor Times, etc.
Amy McHugh @amymchughwriter.bsky.social
Andrea Hoag @andreahoag.bsky.social Dyslexic Book Critic | Writer | Traveler
She/Her
Lawrence Kansas 🌻
Ricky Ricardo Montalban @renaldotheloaf.bsky.social Demoncrat. Support BLM, LGBTIQ+, Choice, & Immigration. Slava 🇺🇦!
*Please do NOT add me to lists or starter packs!
*FUCK ICE
⚠️ New followers: Please have a bio. Also Bluesky is not the place to plea for money. It's just not.
mckayley gourley @mckayleygourley.bsky.social girl writer
associate editor @reductress
writing in @newyorkerhumor @mcsweeneys @theonion
twitter @_chase_____
https://www.instagram.com/mckayg/
she/her
Devon Haynie @devonhaynie.bsky.social Managing editor U.S. News & World Report @therealusnews.bsky.social. Guardian of two small humans and a huge cat. Hoosier. Adjunct at Georgetown's graduate journalism program.
https://www.devonhaynie.com/
https://www.usnews.com/topics/author/devon
The Busy Mama ☀️ @thebusymama.bsky.social I work, I Mom, and I somehow survive. It’s sweet, it’s messy, it’s a little unhinged—but that’s life, right? (Or is it just me?) Dry humor and the occasional moment where you can’t tell if I’m serious or joking. Spoiler: Neither can I.
Sandra Raponi @sraponi.bsky.social Philosophy professor, Honors faculty.
JD, PhD. Political & legal philosophy, global justice, international human rights law.
Working on human rights-based climate litigation, right to food & water, refugees, online speech.
Zen Buddhism, pottery, piano
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social #NotYourMamasMarthaStewart | Journalism l Politics l Tech + AI | Former Chef |
Connecticut + Massachusetts I 🩶💚
Not aspiring to be humble 🩶💚
Greg Ellis @gregelliscomedy.bsky.social British comedian in Denver, CO.
Joe Wellman @joewellman.bsky.social headline contributor @clickhole.bsky.social
writing contributor @mcsweeneys.net
booger contributor @tissue
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Jennie Egerdie @jennieegerdie.bsky.social full time buddy 🇨🇦/🇺🇸
Words: New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and more
#author: Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best, OH BOTHER (@vulture Best of 2021 + 2024)
Working on my third book!
Rep: WSA
Laura Slade Lewis @heysladey.bsky.social She/her. Comedy writer/fanwoman. Words @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social @mcsweeneys.net @reductress.bsky.social
Dre Ko @drekoval.bsky.social Comedic artist and LA dweller. Obviously new to new twitter.
Rachel Reyes @rachelreyes240.bsky.social Writer, editor, punthusiast
Melody Glenn, MD MFA @melodyglenn.bsky.social University of Arizona Addiction & EM Doc | MOTHER OF METHADONE, Beacon Press, 2025 | Rep'ed by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Lit | www.drmelodyglenn.com | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781015/mother-of-methadone
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Lindsey Smith Taillie @lindseytaillie.bsky.social Assoc prof @UNC. I study policy for healthy, sustainable food systems. Skeets parenting, politics, dumb jokes.
@debbiehillfoto.bsky.social @debbiehillfoto.bsky.social
Karyn Friedman-Everham @kfriedmaneverham.bsky.social Otterly happy author of CHESED and OTTER OUGHTA KNOW. Repped by agent extraordinaire Joyce Sweeney.
Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social Writing professor and satire writer with humor in McSweeney’s, New Yorker, Slackjaw, Belladonna, Points in Case.
My new book: https://tinyurl.com/mwfb5d9r
My website: taliaargondezzi.com
Rayne Hall, Author & Publisher @raynehall.bsky.social "In a world of AI, bots and fakes, Rayne Hall will always be real."
#NoAi #Writer of non-fiction and #Gothic #fiction. #Publisher of Gothic fiction anthologies. Teacher, coach. Avid #permaculture gardener. Lives in #Bulgaria with #rescuecats.
Christopher Monks @crmonks.bsky.social Editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Author of The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life. Dominator of waiting rooms. Fragile fan of the Dolphins, Sixers, and Red Sox.
Hunter Hill @hunterhillcomedy.bsky.social Stand Up Comic, Husband, and Father. My work can be seen on Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and while on tour around the world.
Valerie Nies @valerieknees.bsky.social Comedy - poetry - gluten
Author of SNACKS FOR THE LOVE HUNGRY http://bit.ly/snax4luvbezos
Sarah @sarahthegardner.bsky.social Writer, reader, person who lies down. Excels at cheese consumption.- C Clowncone @clowncone.bsky.social I know should quit all social media but here I am
seamiracles @seamiracles.bsky.social "it's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand." Tears for Fears
i do stuff but not sharing it in this f'd up world we're living in.
Potty-Mouthed Ex-Pastor’s Wife @jennywood.bsky.social XChristian, Dabbler, Creatrix
I want to know more about IFS, Jung, Archetypes, Tarot, gardening, herbs, hearth magic
I write here woodcarver.substack.com w/ @thismicahcarver.bsky.social
The Fiber Farm (Jen) @jjco.bsky.social Obscure (conservancy) animals, fiber hobbies, a lil tech.
Animal posts are all real (never AI)
Elana Spivack @elanaspivack.bsky.social perspiring writer
words in SciAm, PopSci, Popular Mechanics, Inverse, Slate, etc.
funny words in McSweeney's, Reductress, etc.
elanaspivack.com
caramarino.bsky.social @caramarino.bsky.social nonsense enthusiast.
Joyce Yee @joycedyee.bsky.social Believer, Wife, Mom to Cancer Warrior, Storyteller, Artist, Ballet Lover, Cat Grammy & Mills College Alumna ‘90
https://joyful-storyteller.com
Kate Rope (she/her) @katerope.bsky.social Skillz: Non-fiction author, freelance writer, editor. Wordz: NYT, WaPo, Time, et al. Last book: Strong as a Mother (SMP) Podcast: Audible Original Soldiers of Science. Current obsession: that porcupines that talks!!!!!
Daniel Spenser @danielspenser.bsky.social Cartoons, graphics, comedy stuff for TV. Write jokes. I also make music and I'm sorry.
https://danielspenser.com/
Julie Bell @juliembell.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of Teacher Ed and English Ed at UNO. Greyhounds = the best dogs. Opinions are my own. she/her/hers
Seahorseshoe @seahorseshoe.bsky.social Your Only Source of Aquatic Non-Erotic Fake News
SeaHorseShoe.com
Amy Greenlee @greenleeish.bsky.social Humor in @mcsweeneys @The_Belladonnas @SlackjawHumor @JaneWastebasket @FrazzledHumor @WeeklyHumorist | Editor of the TV humor publication Pause Button | Creator of The Gospel of Jest: gospelofjest.substack.com
Jim Tatalias @jimtatatata.bsky.social stuff in new yorker, mcsweeneys, etc.; member of sketch group Brick Penguin; DC comedy person; editor of the DC humor zine SKITS
see writing & sketches @ jimtatalias.com
zines @ skitszine.my.canva.site
Ian Goldstein @iangoldstein.bsky.social 👀 writer/performer featured in the NYTimes and ABC News talking about Healthcare
✍️ humor featured in the New Yorker and McSweeney's
💊 crohn's disease haver
🐍 not a fan of U.S. Healthcare
https://outofnetworknetwork.substack.com/
Dr. Betsy Brody @betsybrody.bsky.social "Whatever you value, be committed to it and let nothing distract you from this goal." - Fr. Ted Hesburgh Opinions are my own/Do not express my employer's views
Professor
Mom
#amwriting☘️