Regime Mechanics: The Authoritarian Playbook @regimemechanics.bsky.social Political scientist specializing in hybrid regimes and democratic backsliding. PhD, postdoc at University of Cologne, — writing at Regime Mechanics. https://regimemechanics.substack.com/
Miles Bruner @mbruner.bsky.social
Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv The game show where the rules change every show. Hosted by Sam Reich.
▶️ https://www.dropout.tv/shows/game-changer
Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social Professor of Rhetoric in Georgia. Gators, Bonhoeffer, Merton, AAUP, and a Substack about all things TPUSA https://www.matthewboedy.com/
barbw @barbw.bsky.social hardy prairie type, settler, retired nurse, super snarky. emphatically team Bear! owned by Petrella and Reginald and sometimes Kitzy (she's a cat, she can be consistently inconsistent if she wants)
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Carlton Williams @carltonewilliams.bsky.social Movement Lawyer & Clinical Law Prof
Down w/ @nlg.org @wplc.bsky.social @palestinelegal.bsky.social
https://x.com/carltonwilliams
#BDS #BLM #LandBack #AbolishICE
#FreePalestine
carltonwilliams@ProtonMail.com
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social 🧢 CEO: Dropout
🎤 Host: Game Changer, Make Some Noise
🌸 he / him
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social Flagship journal of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/home/psx
Kevin Banda @kevinkbanda.bsky.social Senior Researcher at @statesunited.org. Quantitative researcher and political scientist. Spiritual weapon is pizza. Opinions are my own.
https://sites.google.com/view/kevinkbanda
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
Boke18 @boke18.blacksky.app Just taking it day by day. MSW Student. Marvel, DC, Music, Videogames, friendship
Either working, school, or playing my PS5.
Fighting bullshit one day at a time
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
Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
Order THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
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
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 (2026), on shelves now, and MASTERS OF THE NEFARIOUS, also 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
Ianstability Matrix @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 White, working class and woke fiction writer. 100% Canadian. Flawed characters who know it. So come read entertaining stories about real life. “Packed with humor as well as social and personal insights … and it comes with a candid honesty” – MBR, Oregon.
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
Project Implicit @projectimplicit.bsky.social Project Implicit uses research and tools to raise awareness about automatic associations, attitudes, and beliefs.
Take a Test: implicit.harvard.edu
❦ emmy ❦ @princewife.bsky.social hi i’m emmy. i’m in grad school getting a phd in woke (pfp: staxdeadempress.bsky.social)
CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social Professor, Applied Communication, Sensemaking Studies, and Communication Literacy, Dickinson State University.
She/He/They
Posts do not reflect DSU or NDUS.
www.playingwithresearch.com
FrameLab @theframelab.bsky.social FrameLab is a newsletter about political language and the ideological structures that shape perception. We deconstruct propaganda to help you defend democracy.
Founded by @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com
George Lakoff @george-lakoff.com Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
Ben Fineman @benfineman.bsky.social Dad/husband. Public servant. Broadband and digital inclusion leader. Advocate for ethics in AI. Basement rockstar. Opinions are my own.
Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social 🖤 Ghetto Carrie Bradshaw 💅🏽 | PoliSci BA
📚 Politics, power, accountability & stories erased on purpose
👇 Follow to learn what the textbooks left out
https://stan.store/gxldsociety/p/red-white-and-fcked-the-real-story-of-america
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee.
Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom.
I make bad jokes sometimes.