Alex Schieferdecker @alexschief.bsky.social Mpls Ped/Bike Coordinator. Cold weather apologist. Sports appreciator. Cookie enthusiast. State capacity booster. Opinions do not represent those of the City.
Scott Stein @sstein.bsky.social Latest novel: THE GREAT AMERICAN BETRAYAL "Best Comedy Books of 2022" —Vulture
English professor, novelist, satirist, editor, father, husband, dog owner, gardener
https://scottsteinonline.com
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social gallows humorist
Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social Satire is my business. NY Times bestselling author of 19 novels, including Lamb, Fool, Noir, Razzmatazz, and Anima Rising (released May 2025).
Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals. 
Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
Mike Sacks @mikebsacks.bsky.social Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, 13 Books, Writer, Audio Projects with Jon Hamm, John Waters, Rhea Seehorn, Bobby Moynihan. STANLAND, on Sonar Network https://www.stanlandseries.com. New audio project with Chris Elliott!
https://mikesacks.com
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.
Kelly Conaboy @kellyconaboy.bsky.social writer and author
Brian Boone @brianboone.bsky.social Author and such
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Men-Science-Brian-Boone/dp/0578560224
Alex Hoffman @alexthoffman.bsky.social 🎨I’m a cartoonist with a comic strip called Tales of Absurdity. I’m also playing with animation. Let’s tell some jokes and discuss obscure pop songs! Links to stuff: alexthoffman.com/links
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
Justine Cotter @justinecotter.bsky.social Creative Director @ advertising
Humor & Satire Writer 👩💻 McSweeney's, Weekly Humorist, The Belladonna Comedy, Little Old Lady
📍NYC 🗽✌️
james folta @jamesfolta.com // staff writer @literaryhub.bsky.social //
// managing editor @pointsincase.com //
// hangin' tuff @nyc //
// jamesfolta.com //
Taylor Kay Phillips @taylorkayphillips.bsky.social Writer @ Last Week Tonight
Author of “A Guide to Midwestern Conversation”
Substack: https://tkp.substack.com/
Rachel Rose Keller @rachelrosekeller.bsky.social Words in The Onion, Reductress, McSweeney's, the void I scream into
Part time chronic ill-fluencer
Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social Comedian from a country you misspell 🇨🇴
Writer @ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
BUY MY HUMOR BOOK https://allmylinks.com/felipetorresmedina
Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social Massachusetts-based writer, cat lover, alt rock fanatic. New novel, Last Night at the Disco, out now. Humor in McSweeney’s & more. I run the Novel Reactor workshops. Pro-science, anti-fascist. https://www.lisaborders.com/
Julie Vick @julievickwriter.bsky.social Humor writer and author of a humorous advice book for introverted parents. Words in New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and my phone’s notes app.
Substack with funny stuff and writing tips:
https://julievick.substack.com/
Johnathan Appel @johnathanappel.bsky.social Writer Last Week Tonight; words in New Yorker & Mcsweeneys; I talk about my cats like they're my children but when I do it, it's funny
the lehr witch project @amandalehr.bsky.social Skeleton with some meat on it. The Audacity, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Electric Lit, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Novelizers, a box to be opened in the event of my death.
IG: amandamlehr
Miriam Jayaratna @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social Clinical psychologist and writer of humorous things
Work in The New Yorker, NYT, WSJ, McSweeney’s, Reductress, The Boston Globe, VQR, et al
Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social Writing funny stuff/weird stuff. New Yorker, McSweeney's, NY Mag, etc. Translator of THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT (out Aug 18, 2026) and MASTERS OF THE NEFARIOUS, on shelves now. https://lukevburns.tumblr.com/writing (He/Him) Header image by Lucas Adams
Brooke Preston @brookepreston.bsky.social Comedy writer, author, host. Irrevocably Midwestern.
BJ Knisley @brookeknisley.bsky.social Writer. Comedy. Tech Bro(oke). Disabled.
Bylines in HuffPost, Paste Magazine, Vulture, McSweeney's, Weekly Humorist, Shouts & Murmurs, etc. she/they
🩸If you DM me, I'll probably throw up blood.
Megan “Megs” Broussard @megsbroussard.bsky.social 🐊🗽Substack: In Search of the Lost Tongue
🖊️@newyorkermag @mcswys @reductress +
✊ WGA award winner / Producer
📺 @thechaseabc @latebloomers.lol
https://www.meganbroussard.com 
Wendi Aarons @wendiaarons.bsky.social Humor writer. Austin.
Chandler Dean @chandlerjdean.bsky.social Surely THIS one will stick
Alice M. Phillips @alicemphillips.bsky.social Prone to falling down rabbit holes.
Humor writer and editor of The Belladonna Comedy, with work in The Boston Globe, Reductress, McSweeney's, and elsewhere.
https://www.alicemphillips.com
Prev.: Davidson, NYU Law, Obama, and public defense in SC
Tom Ellison @123tomellison.bsky.social -Humor in McSweeney’s, New Yorker, etc.
-Climate change, security, & disinformation by day
-Preorder my Alpha male satire: MANTHOLOGY, by Chud Buffly
https://tinyurl.com/msa64vc3
Personal views
Tom Smyth @tomsmyth.bsky.social writer (vulture, the cut, la times, vogue, new yorker, mcsweeney’s, the onion, etc)
Ingrid Ostby @ingridostby.bsky.social writer. pwease don't hurt my feewings
Caitlin Kunkel @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social Funny writer of fiction and satire. INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS out March 10, 2026.
My newsletter on our creative wells: https://inputandoutput.substack.com/
Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social Actor/comedian/writer in Toronto. Words in The Beaverton, CBC Comedy, The Toronto Star, McSweeney’s, etc. Pierre Poilievre's personal assistant Mandy. she/her clareblackwood@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/cw/ClareBlackwoodComedy
Iansidious Is @ianfortey.bsky.social 🍁NY Times & Amazon best-selling horror and comedy writer. Taco supporter & food writer. Author of WereCage & a book about Eve6. Bon vivant and lustrous man about town.
I got books! https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ian-Fortey/author/B093ZF85M8
Kelley Greene @kelleygreene.bsky.social Writer, satirist, chronically online. Currently @ Buzzfeed.
Work in The Hard Times, Hard Drive, Weekly Humorist, The Belladonna Comedy, Slackjaw, etc. New Substack post every Friday (TMI - Too Much Internet). https://linktr.ee/kelleygreene
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
Justin Avery Smith @justinaverysmith.bsky.social Writer, Comedian, ADHDer
Nerd first, Queer second
Temu Elijah Wood
(he/him/his)
David Munroe @davidmunroe.bsky.social Critically acclaimed working class humor/fiction. Progressive. “Reading is better than hating.”
https://davidmunroe.substack.com/ “Munroe's prose is pitch-perfect and direct…like the character of the working-class stiff he depicts.” - Globe and Mail.
A.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor. Words in McSweeney’s, Utne Reader, Joyland, Broken Pencil & more. Author of the Jack Palace crime series. Most recent book: WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. As co-editor: DEVOURING TOMORROW
Kathy Flann @keflann.bsky.social Writer, 4 books, incl. How to Survive a Human Attack: A Guide for Werewolves, Mummies, Cyborgs, Ghosts, Nuclear Mutants, and Other Movie Monsters. Words in McSweeney’s, Boston Globe, WaPo, Slate, HuffPo. Member HWA, SFWA
www.kathyflann.com
Michael Lieberman @mlieber123.bsky.social Writer/Atty in Maryland outside DC. Bylines in Jewish Currents, Points in Case, and McSweeneys.
Miranda Walker @mirandawriter.bsky.social I write comedy, drama & musicals for TV/ theatre, including Face It, Fly Eddie Fly, Mixmups, Wonderblocks, Playtime Towers, Rafi the Wishing Wizard, The Now Show, The News Quiz. BAFTA Connect. https://fillinghamweston.com/clients/name/miranda-walker-1/
Liz Arcury @lizarcury.bsky.social UCBNY Maude Night girlie. Writer (R29, Reductress, The Daily Beast, McSweeney’s, AV Club, Marie Claire, more.) 2022 Script Pipeline winner🛼. NYC. 4 cats🐱🐱🐱🐱
Katy Maiolatesi @kmaiolatesi.bsky.social Chicago | Comedy in Reductress, McSweeney’s, The Hard Times, Weekly Humorist, etc | Social Media Coordinator for The Belladonna | She/Her
katymaiolatesi.com
Frank Brasser @frankbrasser.bsky.social Schrijft grapjes voor het programma LUBACH. Soms vertel ik grapjes op een podium.
Marissa Maciel @marissamaciel.bsky.social Writer and Illustrator from your favorite websites (New Yorker Daily Shouts, McSweeney’s, Belladonna, rip The Toast & The Hairpin)
Basically being rad.
Gila Pfeffer (as in ‘Havanagila) @gilapfeffer.bsky.social Breast cancer prevention advocate, FEEL IT ON THE FIRST lady, humor writer and author of NEARLY DEPARTED: Adventures in Loss, Cancer and Other Inconveniences
Andrew Belfry @andrewbelfry.com (Humor) Writer. Ph.D. candidate in English & Creative Writing. MFA. Words in McSweeney's, HAD, Points in Case, & elsewhere. Father of two. he/him. Tired. https://www.andrewbelfry.com/
Alex Kitson @alexkitson.bsky.social comidien/writor
https://linktr.ee/AlexKitson
Ben Schwartz @rejectedjokes.bsky.social Rejectedjokes.com
Viktoria Shulevich @vikshulevich.bsky.social Writer of humor, essays & children’s fiction.
Words in The New Yorker, McSweeneys, LA Times, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Slackjaw, The Belladonna, Points in Case, Weekly Humorist!
www.viktoriashulevich.com
Mike L Tilford 📚 😺 @thatwriterguy.com NYT Worstselling Author
SFF📚, Satire, Comedy, Absurdist
Dummest Person in the Room
https://www.thatwriterguy.com
https://www.amazon.com/author/m.l.tilford
Parentball @parentball.bsky.social Parenting humor. Dumb jokes. Dumber puns.
Humor writing: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/authors/michael-ward & https://medium.com/@mikeward08 & https://www.pointsincase.com/author/michael-ward
Building a game for parents: www.parentball.com (Reboots in 2026)
Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com Human-shaped, simian-obsessed, robot-fighting, pirate-hearted, storytelling junkie, Mark A. Rayner is an award-winning writer of satirical & speculative fiction.
Emily @emilyemilyemilybk.bsky.social https://www.emilybressler.com
Humor writer with words in @newyorker.com, @mcsweeneys.net, @pointsincase.com, @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social, & more.
Pete Lynch @pjtlynch.bsky.social Co-founder of Long John Silver's and other budget fishtaurants. Humor in McSweeney's, New Yorker, Points in Case, Slackjaw, etc
Butt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth! @panic.gay Irl: Edutainment & sketch comedy. Here: Shitposts. 18+
There's a species of fish that lives in the buttholes of sea cucumbers. Sea cucumber buttholes developed teeth to keep them out. It didnt work.
Relyea, Connor @crelyea12.bsky.social every day, I put on the clown costume and suffer a new indignity.
writing at The Hard Times, McSweeney's, Points in Case, etc. Former contributor at @theonion.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
Lauren Grimaldi @laurengrimaldi.bsky.social 30. Chicagoland based. Humor writing in Reductress, The Hard Times, The Belladonna, End of the Bench Sports, Humor Darling, etc. Non-profit comms. Delusional Cubs fan. She/her.
Rob Kutner @robkutner.bsky.social Emmy-winning comedy/animation writer (Daily Show, CONAN, Teen Titans Go!), NYT-bestselling author (Look Out For the Little Guy), mediocre bass player.
Christine Wenc @clearwing3.bsky.social Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire. Say Wenc like sense. Agent: Daniel Greenberg@lgrliterary. The House on the Rock shaped my brain.
Nat Hrvatin @nathrvatin.bsky.social Satirist, Clevelander, This emoji IRL: 😅Writing:
@newyorkerhumor @mcsweeneys
Kimberly Davis Basso @kdbwrites.bsky.social writer she/her
Humor: I’m a Little Brain Dead; Birth and Other Surprises; No Help at All: soon!
Horror: Next Door; Revolve
Voter suppression is a sign of weakness & poor hygiene #strokesurvivor
linktr.ee/kdbwrites
Marty Essen @martyessen.bsky.social Multi-award-winning author of nine books (three nonfiction & six fiction), talent agent, college speaker, activist, adventurer, and photographer.
Website: https://martyessen.com Blog: https://marty-essen.com
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Reductress @reductress.bsky.social The first and only satirical women's magazine. Constantly moving to a new social platform.
The Hard Times @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social Punk news coming your way
Go read the full articles: www.thehardtimes.net
The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com North America’s Trusted Source Of News
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebeaverton
Merch: https://the-beaverton.myshopify.com/
ClickHole @clickhole.bsky.social Because all content deserves to go viral. 
The Takoma Torch 🔥🐓 @takomatorch.bsky.social Takoma Park's ONLY Humor Source. Home of the Nimbee and Takoma Man.
www.takomatorch.com
Sarah Hester Ross @sarahhesterross.bsky.social Musical Comedian/Cabaret artist
🎶Stop Giving Men Microphones🎶
Watch my special on Amazon Prime
Vote for where I should tour next ⬇️
Sarahhesterross.com/vote
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
Try the LRB for just £6: lrb.me/social
Minnesota Traffic Cameras @mntrafficcams.bsky.social Posts videos from Minnesota traffic cameras
Somethin to Dü: Twin Cities Concert Listings @somethintodu.bsky.social https://somethintodu.com
Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social The Finest In Jazz Since 1939
https://www.bluenote.com/
https://store.bluenote.com/
https://linktr.ee/bluenoterecords
Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social DJ
Daily celebrations of 70s/80s/90s/glam/punk/postpunk/darkwave/newwave/synthpop/dreampop/shoegaze/indie
More active at https://www.instagram.com/jakerudh
Weekly gigs http://twitch.tv/djjakerudh
Bio: https://first-avenue.com/performer/dj-jake-rudh/
Electric Fetus @electricfetusmpls.bsky.social Minneapolis, Minnesota record store and purveyor of unique gifts for 58 years. Open 10-6 Tues-Sat and 11-6 Sun (closed Mon) 💜
www.electricfetus.com
Croonch @croonch.bsky.social *Howling Uncontrollably*
St. Albert the Great @stalbertmpls.bsky.social Welcoming Catholic Church located at 29th St. and 32nd Ave. in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis. Our parochial administrator is Fr. Joe Gillespie, O.P., and our parochial vicar is Fr. Thomas Saucier.
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
🌱 🪴 🌳
A Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town Images of people, places, scenes and things from Twin Peaks.
comrade ella 🧚🏻♀️ @marzipanlord.bsky.social metropolitan sylph
Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.
Britt Robson @brittrobson.bsky.social Passionate about sports (esp pro hoops), music and (unfortunately) politics. KG + Hakeem, Charles Mingus + Al Green, group survival in good faith. 
Chris Hine @christopherhine.bsky.social 76ers writer for Philadelphia Inquirer. Author of “Ant,” a biography of Anthony Edwards, out NOW via HarperCollins. Previous: 8 seasons as Timberwolves writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune.
The Recent Current Playlist @recentplaylist.bsky.social Experimental unofficial bot for reporting latest songs from The Current (KCMP 89.3 FM) from Minnesota Public Radio
Also available on the fediverse as [@]recentplaylist.bsky.social[@]bsky.brid.gy
https://www.thecurrent.org/playlist/the-current
Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live The Wedge's News Leader | Tips: newsroom@wedgelive.com | signal: wedgelive.33
Support hyperlocal news: patreon.com/wedgelive
Staciaann, Esq. @staciaann.bsky.social Sr. Contracts Mgr @first-avenue.com, Music Photographer, Record Slinger @electricfetusmpls.bsky.social + mama. All posts = mine.
http://www.stacyannschwartz.com or StaciaannPhotoMPLS on Etsy to purchase
Mpls Music History @mplsmusichistory.bsky.social The people, places, and sounds of music in Minneapolis, generally prior to 2000.
Twin Cities Collage Collective @twincitiescollage.bsky.social Collage is for everyone! Cutting and pasting in Minnesota since 2017 ✂️ twincitiescollagecollective.com
Twin Cities Geek @twincitiesgeek.com Minnesota's geek culture magazine: by MN geeks, for MN geeks. @ us your questions for the MN hive mind!
Web: twincitiesgeek.com
Write or edit for us: twincitiesgeek.com/write
Connect: twincitiesgeek.com/groups
Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social A Boston transplant turned longtime City Hall/urban news reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota (twincities.com) but my true claim to fame is I wrote this 3-part comic book: https://fredmelosupervillains.thecomicseries.com
Twin Cities Toilet Paper Reviews @twincitiestoiletpaperreviews.com I review toilet paper wherever I go in the Twin Cities. I only review toilet paper. That's it. That's my entire thing.
linktr.ee/twincitiestoiletpaperreviews
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