Honored to be included on this list by @tomellison123.bsky.social, who wrote some of my favorite short humor pieces of 2025!

Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir about her affair with “The Politician” aka RFK, Jr. drops tomorrow, but if you just can’t wait, Emily Flake, @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social & I have some excerpts to tide you over on @mcsweeneys.net!

The least plausible part of this Tr*mp blowing Epstein rumor is that he would ever work hard to give someone else pleasure

My latest disgusting food adventure is up on @mcsweeneys.net!

Great to see so many male comedians speaking out against Lou*s CK going to Saudi Arabia but why did these same people say nothing after he sexually assaulted women?

A fun piece in @newyorker.com today by me, @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social and Ali Fitzgerald, inspired by Ronnie No Vaccines DeSantis. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Please take @vikshulevich.bsky.social’s advice about the book I haven’t written!

The brilliant @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social, living the king-sized bed dream for @mcsweeneys.net.

I’m on @mcsweeneys.net today with some ideas about how to get a good night’s sleep! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...

Excellent parenting advice from @wendiaarons.bsky.social!

The best satire sometimes predicts the future, as is the case with this terrific piece about predicting the weather. Thank you @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social and @erinmcreynolds.bsky.social

Such a balm to take a break from the news and just enjoy this delightful summertime humor from the scorching hot @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social, @alisolomain.bsky.social and Kerry Elson!

This summer’s a real scorcher, and if you’re in NYC and can’t get to the beach, @alisolomain.bsky.social, Kerry Elson and I have some suggestions for how to bring the beach to you! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/les...

Promises made, promises kept 🫡

The future is looking bright….for the 1%

My latest for Reductress is for anyone who’s ever been to the doctor reductress.com/post/woman-r...

www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts... I wrote a Shouts piece with my friends. We want to be kinky but we’re just so tired.

Skype, which I’ve been using unironically since the start of the pandemic for my virtual therapy sessions, will soon be no more 💔 So I wrote this eulogy for it in @wsj.com. RIP to a real one www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

The pilot of the plane I’m on is literally named Captain Morgan. Pray for me

A second Hegseth has hit the group chat

Actually, The New Pornographers is the Band, and the Old Pornographer is the Band’s Monster

Thank you @lisaborders.bsky.social for this hauntingly beautiful cry of anguish

An irreverent — and illustrated! — riff on Mary Oliver’s iconic poem “Wild Geese.” (@miriamjayaratna.bsky.social, @amandalehr.bsky.social, Jenny Kroik)

Last chance for early bird tickets to Slackjaw Live at Caveat (Lower East Side, NYC) next Monday! Come see us! Emily Menez, @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social, @johnathanappel.bsky.social, Scarlet Meyer, Val Parker, Nicole Beckley, Jamie Mulligan, and me! www.caveat.nyc/events/slack...

Worried about the measles outbreak? I'm in the @latimes.com today with the brilliant Erin McReynolds asking that we please keep vaccine preventable diseases out of style.

@miriamjayaratna.bsky.social and @rebeccasaltzman.bsky.social expertly channeling the rage we all experience when dealing with U.S. hospitals and health insurance. outofnetworknetwork.substack.com/p/the-hospit...

The great @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social in VQR!

The number of aborted plane landings in this country is rapidly surpassing the number of aborted fetuses

themuseumofamericana.net/street-signs... I’m thrilled to have collaborated with my incredibly talented sister-in-law, Wallace May, for a tribute to Georgia O’Keeffe in the final issue of the Museum of Americana: A Literary Review! And Wallace’s art is also featured on the cover 🤩

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gov... As usual @devorahblachor.bsky.social comes through with the only correct take

The painful accuracy of this piece by @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social

REQUIRED READING

Hilarious and spooky sendup of the Grub Street Diet by the lovely @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social, who is not a soul-devouring demon as far as I know.

Agree but also not it

Psyched for the new Tesla / Volkswagen collab!

Two spots left in my next Novel Reactor workshop! Details: mailchi.mp/2a9abfe2266a...

Loved this hilarious piece by @lisaborders.bsky.social!

My newest humor piece in McSweeney’s! Love a good spy novel, but a lot of them aren’t:

For Elle, I wrote about what this week has been like in LA, and what it means for the future of life on this planet www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...

You’re welcome 🙂‍↔️

Ugh the wrong president died after serving one term

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tip... Everything I need to know about Christmas tree decorating I learned from @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social

All the best people have combination skin type

also: might I recommend these Vulture-approved creeps for all your holiday gift-giving needs! bookshop.org/p/books/deep...

Good morning! If you haven’t had breakfast yet, may I suggest a few cereals? Courtesy of @bostonglobe.com and the wonderful artistic talents of Ali Fitzgerald! www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/06/o...