james folta @jamesfolta.com // staff writer @literaryhub.bsky.social //
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Carlos Greaves @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social Co-author of Obey in Advance: How to Survive (and Thrive) Under Authoritarianism | available now👇🏾 https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/obey-in-advance-how-to-survive-and-thrive-under-authoritarianism
Ginny Hogan @ginnyhogan.bsky.social OBEY IN ADVANCE written with Carlos Greaves, out now, link below to order.
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
Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social Visuals editor at The Bulwark. Founder of TheOmnicosm.com, home of the Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open newsletters. Rochester, N.Y., native. Was once featured on Late Night.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social Comedian and writer, year-round iced coffee drinker.
Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social Writer / Executive Producer at Rick & Morty.
Podcast: Get Played
Comedy: Whose Line is it Anyway, Hebecky Drysbell at UCBLA.
Alum: SNL, Creepshow, Eric Andre Show, Twilight Zone.
She/Her/It
A Jason Tabrys @jtabrys.bsky.social Longtime managing features editor at UPROXX, now roaming the countryside looking to right wrongs, blog blogs, and endure being a #Mets fan
Work seen at TV Line, Splinter, Just Baseball, Pajiba
#TCA critic
Portfolio: https://authory.com/JasonTabrys
Nick Riccardo @nickriccardo.bsky.social Writer: bylines at LateNighter, Vulture, Screener
Producer: podcasts, TV, digital
authory.com/NickRiccardo
nickriccardo.com
Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social Freelance writer. LateNighter, AV Club, Ultimate Classic Rock, Paste, Primetimer, Portland Press Herald, EW, etc. See my stuff at https://authory.com/DennisPerkins
Currently preparing for the coming Thunderdome. Join me, won't you? 
Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social The defense policy views of the people's champ. AKA Great One, Flex Kavana, and Brahma Bull. Might be Dwayne Johnson, could be Harold Brown. Views my own. Substack⬇️
https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/
W.E. Linde @welinde.bsky.social Award-wanting writer and blogger at Damperthree.com. Loves the outdoors. Writes military satire for Duffel Blog and talks pop culture at https://www.youtube.com/@damperthree and fantasy/scifi/horror books at https://www.youtube.com/@D3Reads. 
PJ O’Leary @coffeespiders.bsky.social Writer and satirist for The Duffel Blog. Avid traveler, writer, photo enthusiast, coffee junkie, scuba diver, and aging American classic.
“Poetic, but a little messed up.”
instagram.com/pjolearycomedy
Robin Berger @robinberger.bsky.social I write for @DuffelBlog.bsky.social, where Americans go for their most trusted military news. I also post memes. #parody
"[Robin Berger wrote] the best work #DuffelBlog has ever done. This is not up for debate." --Austin von Letkemann
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Kate Danvers @wearykatie.bsky.social Professional amateur, writer, GM, slayer of Metroids, and two-time Champion of Eorzea. Snark machine for @ggtribune.com and @hwoodtimes.com she/her
reid pope dumb idiot @reidpope.bsky.social gay jewish pope | http://reidpope.substack.com | http://reidpope.com | they/them
Chris Gethard @chrisgethard.bsky.social www.punchup.live/chrisgethard
Stand Up Special - https://800PGM.lnk.to/father
Amy @lolennui.bsky.social Camera tinkerer. Contributor @ The Onion.
amyash.me
Rob Mahoney @robmahoney.bsky.social I write and podcast for The Ringer.
The Onion: 20 Years Later @onion20.substack.com A weekly review by @jamesdasilva.bsky.social of The Onion from 20 years ago (print and web).
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social Security writer @wired.com
Cybercrime, privacy, surveillance, and more.
Signal: mattburgess.20 | Email: matt_burgess@wired.com
Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social Editing politics at Zeteo. Contributing writer at Rolling Stone. Living in Maine. aperez.03 on signal.
Jon Schneider @jonschneider24.bsky.social Host of @thesnlnetwork.bsky.social
Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social New novel THE BREAKUP
Others include Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, Turn of the Century.
Co-created CommandZseries.com, ran Studio 360, New York, SPY
https://www.kurtandersen.com
Marc Maron @marcmaron.bsky.social I do the thing
Cameron Loxdale @cloxdale.bsky.social 🏴 Comedy writer and script editor https://linktr.ee/cloxdale
👴 I made a starter pack full of divorced men named Geoff
📺 Rep: Georgia Kanner @ Independent Talent
Petey Piranha @peterferrarese.bsky.social playing that funky music white boy | words @hard-drive.net @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social @ggtribune.com @hwoodtimes.com
The Adam Friedland Show @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social Home of the World's No.1 Centre-Left Talk Show.
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Dan Dore @dan-dore.bsky.social Comedian. Writer. Actor. Screenwriter. Musician. Producer. Facilitator. Creative Problem Solver. Buffalo Bills fan. BUF-CHI-LA. / Medium: @DanDore
danielle weisberg @danielleweisberg.bsky.social I’m a writer but I have good qualities too (CONAN, The Simpsons, Krapopolis, McSweeney’s, American Greetings)
she/her
https://somethingfromnothing.beehiiv.com/
https://directories.wga.org/faw-pro/member/danielleweisberg
sean mcgowan @seanmcgowan.bsky.social ooh ow OUCH (im runnin barefoot on gravel rn) owie ow ouch headlines & features @theonion & @clickhole ouch ooh owie writing Wordplay @nytimes YEEEOWWWW
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
John Mulaney @mulaney.bsky.social MISTER WHATEVER
Tickets at johnmulaney.com
Neera Tanden @neeratanden.bsky.social Policy wonk, public servant, liberal, Indian American, mom, wife. Not in that order.
Feel lucky to serve Pres Biden and VP Harris.
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
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Nick Lutsko @nicklutsko.bsky.social Just a guy
Cameron Lehr @camlehr.bsky.social Comedy Writer
Stop-Motion Animator
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog @triumphicdhq.bsky.social Official account of long-named Conan staple, host of "Let's Make A Poop" live game show. Currently in a CVS bag. Periodic self-important musings from RS
X,IG,Threads: @triumphicdhq
youtube: @TriumphtheInsultComicDogHQ
lotta stuff: linktr.ee/triumphicdhq
Cameron Gidari @cgidari.bsky.social VP, MLB social. Also dad stuff, movies, snowboarding, BJJ. Opinions are my own.
TVs Alex Ptak @tvsalexptak.bsky.social Famous Host of Quorators Podcast and Personal Trainer
Katie Johnston-Smith Sr. Anti-Capitalist Filmmaker @genericbrunette.bsky.social (They/Them) Indie filmmaker documenting what the industry doesn't want you to see 🎬
Anti-capitalist filmmaking, step by step
Chicago 📍 | Watch the series ↓
https://youtube.com/@thegenericmoviepeople?si=MjFBD8uH6uHFKtRA
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@jeremykaplowitz.com
@whoiskevinflynn.com
@markroebuck.bsky.social
@iamandyholt.bsky.social
Sean Fallon @seanfallonwrites.bsky.social Writer - Hard Times, Hard Drive, Film Inquiry
Author of novels Bobby vs The Duke and The People vs The King, both out now
RJ Dralle @rjdralle.bsky.social Another funny guy.
Tom Smyth @tomsmyth.bsky.social writer (vulture, the cut, la times, vogue, new yorker, mcsweeney’s, the onion, etc)
Alicia Kraft @aliciakraft.bsky.social contributor at The Onion
fatty at large (get it?)
✶✶Chicago✶✶
Kate Palmer @katepalms.bsky.social Now: Exec Editor @huffpost.bsky.social
Past: The Onion, Foreign Policy
Into: Girl-mom things, travel, history, journalism, and, inexplicably, the Jacksonville Jaguars
Onion Inc Union @onionunion.bsky.social Organized workplace with @wgaeast.bsky.social
Morgan Evans @morganevans.bsky.social Writer and sometimes director. Merry Little Batman. The Onion. Teen Titans Go! Liza on Demand. Just directed my first feature.
Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social Comedy doer, improv coach, basketball enjoyer, film watcher, dog owner, mayor of fujo city. Sometimes writer.
Laura Slade Lewis @heysladey.bsky.social She/her. Comedy writer/fanwoman. Words @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social @mcsweeneys.net @reductress.bsky.social
Cory @cousins42.bsky.social RN in Houston, TX. Drummer for a highly-unsuccessful yet fantastic stoner rock band. I love smart, unique, absurd comedy more than pretty much everything. Writer for The Hard Times.
Dan Rice @damnhellasskings.bsky.social Editor in Chief @TheHardTimes.net @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social- C Carl Tack @carltack.bsky.social Adjunct professor, finance at William & Mary
Bob Kerr @mrbobkerr.bsky.social Writer for The Hard Times. Comedian. Student. Here because it’s where the cool people are.
Rob Steinberg @stobreinberg.bsky.social Filmmaker, Writer, Hard Times, Hard Drive, Palette Swap, some other stuff
Jerrod Kingery @jerrodkingery.bsky.social Comedian, collector. I love Heathcliff content, movies, toys and posters. Probably anxious right now.
Iris 👾💫 @irisbro.bsky.social Out of pocket bc my pants don’t have any.
NYC. Funny Person. Very Jewish. Pun Apologist. Words in PaletteSwapMag, Reductress & HardDriveMag @jest_iris on twitter (RIP)
bee @washyourcrack.bsky.social she/her 🌈🥦🖖🐝🍉 hygiene activist
community manager of @killthecomputer.com
writer for @ggtribune.com and @hwoodtimes.com
and theres https://ko-fi.com/washyourcrack
~garry~ @garrykerls.bsky.social 🌊surfin’ the web🏄♂️ | words w/ @flagrantmag.com ~ @ggtribune.com ~ @paletteswap.site
@taj-gibson.bsky.social @taj-gibson.bsky.social 
James Knapp @gorillakarate.bsky.social I write jokes for whoever pays me the least.
Eric Degliomini @deggeric.bsky.social Cromulent Fuckwaffle and writer for @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social
Amity G. @amityblamity.bsky.social "Evil trans woman (lovingly)" - @doctorvenkman.com
Video game writer and narrative designer. Funny girl. Written for GG Tribune, Anime Herald, Palette Swap, and Hard Drive.
https://amitywritesgames.neocities.org/
https://cartridgepress.wordpress.com/
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
THE HARD TIMES SHOWS @hardtimesshows.bsky.social The Hard Times official live events Instagram Account. Hosting shows in California and stand up comedy nation wide.
@griffinconstant.bsky.social @griffinconstant.bsky.social 
Violet Cowdin @gmail-queen.bsky.social Writer @ The Hard Times
Production @ Last Week Tonight W/John Oliver
Boss @ Being Chill 😎
Steve @slneechski.bsky.social Milwaukee native. Music obsessive. Goodly writerist.
Contributor: The Hard Times, The Hollywood Time$, The Milwaukee Record, Invisible Oranges, WMSE.
Formerly: Lambgoat, The Line of Best Fit, Spectrum Culture, Shepherd Express, Badger Herald.
Julien @julienlperez.bsky.social McSweeneys | Points in Case | American Bystander | Weekly Humorist | Slackjaw | The Hard Times | Hard Drive
https://www.pointsincase.com/author/julien-perez
Matt Husser @matthusser.bsky.social 
Tim Graham @timgrahamart.bsky.social Drawings and attempts at humor. Writer at The Hard Times.
@timgrahamart on Instagram
Sara @mikaylawasowski.bsky.social could probably stand to eat more protein
Steve Packosky @dontbaketheloaf.bsky.social Finance professional and writer for The Hard Times/Hard Drive/Points in Case
https://thehardtimes.net/author/steve-packosky/
https://hard-drive.net/author/steve-packosky/
Ben @luckylisp85.bsky.social Satire writer. Ludicrous person.
Zack Morrison @zackmorrison.bsky.social TV Writer/Director: #CanusaStreet, Everything’s Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major, We Have A Show. Prev: Buzzfeed, Kids Tonight Show, Fallon, SNL, LNSM. Columbia University MFA.
Casey Smith @csjsmth.bsky.social Actor - SAG-AFTRA
Writings - Hard Drive, The Hard Times, Points in Case, Robot Butt, etc.
Insta - csjsmth
Website - caseyplainsmith.com
Mike Pielocik @mikepie.bsky.social tv writer (@hignfyus.bsky.social, Late Show, Tonight Show, Desus & Mero, Nightly Show, Smart Pipe, Sex House, ONN).
Bazecraze @bazecraze.bsky.social Just some guy who definitely doesn’t write for a late night show.
Kelly Martinez @kmartts.bsky.social 🎬📺 ✍🏼 | former BuzzFeed, People Magazine
🇵🇭/LA📍
Mike Roe @mikeroe.net Wrote The 30 Rock Book. Bylines: Vanity Fair, BBC, LAist, TheWrap. Writing TV/feature drama about crime, faith, and what we owe each other. Hawaiian/🇵🇷. Signal: MikeRoe.39
Come talk screenwriting, comics, or big ideas with me.
More Mike: MikeRoe.net
Dan kŌ-zoo @kozuh.bsky.social Writer at The Hard Times, Infinite World Magazine, McSweeneys, and others. Author LINGERIA novel and Garages & Grievances TTRPG; CHI ➡️ ATL ➡️ ITH
Tim Weighart @hintoftime.bsky.social Spontaneous Freelance Writer, Runner, Comic Book Enthusiast, Reality TV Show Apologist, Silly Guy
@yvonneandromedadio.bsky.social @yvonneandromedadio.bsky.social 
Paul Brittain @paulbrittain.bsky.social Comedy. Actor. Writer. Chicago guy. Saturday Night Live/SNL/Comedy Bang Bang/Killing Gunther/ The Simpsons 
Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social Founding partner @pucknews, host @ringer The Town, @kcrw; Ex-editor @HollywoodReporter, entertainment lawyer. Get my email: https://puck.news/author/matthew-belloni/
Puck @puck.news The inside story at the nexus of power, money, and ego. Built in partnership with a team of elite journalists, Puck begins where the news ends. Read us at puck.news
maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social she/her, views my own
Join the tax fight at Families Over Billionaires: familiesoverbillionaires.org
Comedy writer: Onion, McSweeneys, others.
Currently in bed. Email nice things only: quintmaura@ gmail
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/
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
brendan kelly: mc sex Ed @badsandwich.bsky.social the Lawrence Arms the Falcon liquid death Hard Times The Onion dong model, some arbys booking: https://www.atomicmusicgroup.com/artists/?view=artpro&aid=OTc=
John Danek @jjdanek.bsky.social • words at The Hard Times, McSweeney's, etc • music as Danek (loud guitars) & Infinighost (electronic) • Pittsburgh raised, Los Angeles aged
Matt Shore @shorester.bsky.social Actor (Eric Andre, Sam & Cat), Writer (Game Informer, Collider, Hard Drive), Twitch Streamer: http://twitch.tv/shorester -
Streams Mon - Thurs at 8 PM (EST). Loves video games, theme parks, and live music. 
Nick Coffman @nickcoffman.com Not on the Epstein List //
Found on @GGTribune.com //
@hwoodtimes.com //
Heard on Smashing Game Time //
Stand N' Watch //