Erica
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Muppet in human form Writer of satire, humor, criticism 📝 in McSweeny's, WaPo, the New Yorker, etc.
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When satire is just the truth but 20 years early
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When satire is just the truth but 20 years early
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Mo’s book is funny and entertaining and yet also emotional, highly recommend! (Also, pubbed by WVU Press, of which I am a FAN.)
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Paul F. Tompkins
4 days ago
Never thought I’d be living in a world so shitty that I’d find myself saying WHO CARES ABOUT UFO PICS RIGHT NOW
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Reading Is Sexy
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Sanho Tree
8 months ago
They want to memory-hole slavery like the way China erased the Tiananmen Square Massacre. “The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
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National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/15/national-parks-slavery-information-removal/
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Chris Murphy
about 2 months ago
Or…Trump could just reopen TSA! Democrats have put legislation on the floor a half dozen times to reopen TSA and Republicans block it every time.
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I highly recommend watching the new history channel documentary “The West,” if for no other reason than to giggle uncontrollably hearing Kevin Costner self-seriously declare a fur trader knew where to find a “dense population of beaver.”
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My favorite part of this year’s Oscars is Matt Berry doing all the announcements so I can pretend I’m watching a real-time episode of Toast of London
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More Perfect Union
2 months ago
A mother and daughter in Kentucky have rejected multimillion-dollar offers for their land, offers made by an anonymous tech company trying to build a data center. Ida Huddleston has turned down $4,260,000. Her daughter turned down $22,224,000.
www.lex18.com/news/coverin...
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Mason County mother, daughter reject millions as data center land dispute continues
A mother and daughter in Mason County are rejecting multimillion-dollar offers for their land as a proposed data center project continues to move forward, and they say they're not budging.
https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/mason-county-mother-daughter-reject-millions-as-data-center-land-dispute-continues
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Ada Palmer
2 months ago
Leaving a public comment is easy and took me less than a minute. Link toward bottom of article. Super worth-it.
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Sena Bryer
2 months ago
For International Women's Day you should uhhhh hire a trans woman 🥴
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Matt Ortega
2 months ago
They are literally running with “we have always been at war with Eurasia.” Unreal.
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Randi Mayem Singer
3 months ago
Why isn't this a WAY bigger story? Planning to be retired in 2040? Or still alive and on Medicare any time after that? Good luck with your healthcare.
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In less than a year, Trump erased 12 years of solvency for the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A | Fortune
The CBO estimates that benefit reductions would start at 8% in 2040 and steadily climb to a 10% cut by 2056.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/23/how-trump-wiped-out-12-years-of-medicare-funding-cbo-one-big-beautiful-bill/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQM06FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETJFcTJBOXFsZzZndnpxeFVNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmJAE1Y4X__Ok_VpfWX83fDC_pqbEw1lktDDSHTz9QIXvZTmjBNZxiinlpVN_aem_6X-n0ZzC-DSgJy0uVNju8w
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I tried these delicious monstrosities so you don’t have to. New piece in
@mcsweeneys.net
this week!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tro...
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Reviews of New Food: Trolli Gummi Pops
As a child, my secret “cool kid” skill was the ability to eat the sourest candy—the kind that children only pop into their mouths when dared by the...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/trolli-gummi-pops
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I tried these delicious monstrosities so you don’t have to. New piece in
@mcsweeneys.net
this week!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tro...
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Reviews of New Food: Trolli Gummi Pops
As a child, my secret “cool kid” skill was the ability to eat the sourest candy—the kind that children only pop into their mouths when dared by the...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/trolli-gummi-pops
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Kathryn Baecht
3 months ago
Some crimes need to be documented. Thanks to
@ericaliesalot.bsky.social
and
@mcsweeneys.net
for doing this important work.
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Reviews of New Food: Trolli Gummi Pops
As a child, my secret “cool kid” skill was the ability to eat the sourest candy—the kind that children only pop into their mouths when dared by the...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/trolli-gummi-pops
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Mar Hicks
3 months ago
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z
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Alice M. Phillips
3 months ago
Thrilled to be back in Slackjaw Humor today with this satire about one of patriarchy’s favorite apples of discord: the married name change! Should you change or keep your name when you get married? Either way, here’s why you’re wrong! (Free, and no need to subscribe)
medium.com/slackjaw/the...
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The Cons And Cons Of Changing Or Keeping Your Maiden Name After Marriage
Either way, here’s why you’re wrong.
https://medium.com/slackjaw/the-cons-and-cons-of-changing-or-keeping-your-maiden-name-after-marriage-2a9795d5f732
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Gillian Brockell
3 months ago
For context: Wayne Connell is the bitch-ass motherfucker who was forcing people back to the newsroom and taking fucking attendance in 2022, and now he doesn’t even have the balls to lay people off to their fucking faces.
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Brian Phillips
3 months ago
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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Gregory Pratt
3 months ago
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
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‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/student-organizations/2026/02/01/illini-republicans-ice-minnesota/
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Molly Ploofkins
4 months ago
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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The real way that AI tools have revolutionized my life is that now I spend precious time searching in vain for a setting that turns them off.
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The Belladonna Comedy
4 months ago
“I used ChatGPT once, so I’m obviously the best prepubescent robot inventor in the history of the world.” By Erica Lies & Leila Sales Full piece:
thebelladonnacomedy.com/if-i-reacted...
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Leila Sales
4 months ago
When I saw the NPR headline "Trump says he's pursuing Greenland after perceived Nobel Peace Prize snub" (🙄🤦🤯), the first thing I did was text
@ericaliesalot.bsky.social
to say "We NEED to write a humor piece about this." Less than a week later, here it is in
@belladonnacomedy.bsky.social
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Jessica Kant
4 months ago
This is the sort of thing that defines fascism more than most other aspects. The installation of secret police to monitor everyone for suspicion not of doing anything wrong, but of being the wrong kind of person.
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽
4 months ago
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A wave of new polls shows Trump’s support cratering across the board.
Voters are souring on Trump personally and on his agenda. And it's an election year.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/polling-trump-popularity-policy-immigration-economy-election/
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Rachel Maddow
4 months ago
"License plate readers and personal data from car registrations are only supposed to be accessed for an active criminal investigation... “Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/13/ice-using-private-data-to-intimidate-observers-and-activists-advocates-say
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✪ Shin Graygami Mayday! ✪
4 months ago
White folks. Watch this. Twice if you have to. And don’t just listen to her. Understand what it is she is saying.
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Sarah Lazare
4 months ago
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
https://inthesetimes.com/article/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting-labor-unions
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Minnesota Star Tribune
4 months ago
Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators are making noise outside the Graduate hotel on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota.
bit.ly/49SpwBk
📷️: Richard Tsong-Taatarii
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Robert Reich
4 months ago
Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst. Every dictator in history has lied. Donald Trump is no different.
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Laura G Mitchell
4 months ago
This is Minneapolis: Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city. Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
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Indivisible ❌👑
4 months ago
At nearly 1,200 events across all 50 states and DC, Americans honored Renee Nicole Good and mourned all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed.
#ICEOutForGood
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Acyn
4 months ago
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Brian Gaar
4 months ago
The fact that all these second amendment "we need ahr guns to resist guvment overreach" losers are now cheering on ICE versus citizens who are standing up to the government (with NO weapons) tells you everything you need to know about the hollowness of their ideology. Sad little scared boys.
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Mo Daviau
4 months ago
Today is the last day to order West Virginia University Press books for 25% off. Get Epic and Lovely at an epic and lovely discount!
wvupressonline.com
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Books | West Virginia University Press
https://wvupressonline.com/
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The Belladonna Comedy
5 months ago
We’re counting down the best of 2025!
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Found
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’s Epic and Lovely in the wild! Highly recommend—it’s so funny and also epic and also lovely.
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The Onion
5 months ago
New Research Reveals Ancient Egyptians Received Significant Help From Parents While Building Pyramids
https://theonion.com/new-research-reveals-ancient-egyptians-received-significant-help-from-parents-while-building-pyramids/
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Katy Maiolatesi
5 months ago
I’m so pumped to have my first solo piece in
@mcsweeneys.net
today!! It’s a New Food review and it’s a wild ride. Thank you to
@lukevburns.bsky.social
and everyone in his class for helping me make it so great. Read it here!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wil...
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Reviews of New Food: Williams Sonoma’s The Grinch™ Hot Chocolate Bomb
I am somewhat of a hot chocolate maven. I normally consume this winter-wonderful drink through powdered packages and hot water, and I know my way a...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/williams-sonomas-the-grinch-hot-chocolate-bomb
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Sal tamarkin
5 months ago
They should do MyChart Wrapped
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My whole day is like, “I go to work and look at a medium screen. I walk home and look at bigger screen in between looking at a tiny screen.”
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This Cyber Monday, I our literary icons encourage a gifting economy in this piece I wrote and illustrated
www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/k2...
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Literary Icons Join Buy Nothing — Little Old Lady
MacBeth Give: Dagger. Blade hath grown dull from frequent employ — though not from regicide! Verily, I am uncertain whether ‘tis real or mere fantasy. Moat pickup at the inte...
https://www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/k2k781984yztgq4ubxxczsarnzrb9h
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This Cyber Monday, I our literary icons encourage a gifting economy in this piece I wrote and illustrated
www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/k2...
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Literary Icons Join Buy Nothing — Little Old Lady
MacBeth Give: Dagger. Blade hath grown dull from frequent employ — though not from regicide! Verily, I am uncertain whether ‘tis real or mere fantasy. Moat pickup at the inte...
https://www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/k2k781984yztgq4ubxxczsarnzrb9h
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I watched all of Stranger Things and the boy thing I understand is that now they have three dragons
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
6 months ago
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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The real flaw in the new Lily Allen album is that now I’m just at work singing “Pussy palace, pussy palace” out loud.
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