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Scott Snyder @ssnyder1835.bsky.social I write comics and teach writing comics!
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
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 Facebook Beef
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 (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
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
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
More in Common UK @moreincommonuk.bsky.social https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk News & information from the UK Parliament’s second chamber. Produced by its staff to show how the Lords checks and challenges the UK government.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/
UK Parliament @ukparliament.parliament.uk Where the House of Commons and the House of Lords scrutinise the work of the Government. Learn more about Parliament, its people and our unique heritage.
linktr.ee/ukparliament
House of Commons Speaker @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk Sir Lindsay Hoyle | 158th Speaker of the UK House of Commons. Father, grandfather and animal lover.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/ 
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
The Scottish Parliament @parliament.scot The official account of The Scottish Parliament:
https://www.parliament.scot
Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social UK Editor & Presenter, ITV News. Host of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner. *Author, Fight to the Death, out Oct ‘26.* https://geni.us/FighttotheDeath
Georgina Quach @georginaq.bsky.social Newsletters at the Financial Times, and archivist of Vietnamese refugee stories at Hackney Archives/An Việt Archives.
Max Warner @maxwarner.bsky.social Economist at the IFS working on healthcare, public spending and public sector productivity https://ifs.org.uk/people/max-warner
Dan Mead @danmead.bsky.social Economist at ThinkLabour
James Meadway @meadwaj.bsky.social Economist. Host of the weekly Macrodose podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/macrodosepod.bsky.social
Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social LBC Radio presenter
Gob on a Stick
Serial book editor
Co-host of the WHERE POLITICS MEETS HISTORY podcast
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com