When satire is just the truth but 20 years early

When satire is just the truth but 20 years early

Mo’s book is funny and entertaining and yet also emotional, highly recommend! (Also, pubbed by WVU Press, of which I am a FAN.)

Never thought I’d be living in a world so shitty that I’d find myself saying WHO CARES ABOUT UFO PICS RIGHT NOW

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.”

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.

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.”

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

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...

Leaving a public comment is easy and took me less than a minute. Link toward bottom of article. Super worth-it.

For International Women's Day you should uhhhh hire a trans woman 🥴

They are literally running with “we have always been at war with Eurasia.” Unreal.

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.

I tried these delicious monstrosities so you don’t have to. New piece in @mcsweeneys.net this week! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tro...

I tried these delicious monstrosities so you don’t have to. New piece in @mcsweeneys.net this week! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tro...

Some crimes need to be documented. Thanks to @ericaliesalot.bsky.social and @mcsweeneys.net for doing this important work.

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...

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...

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.

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

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...

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

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.

“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...

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!

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.

"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...

White folks. Watch this. Twice if you have to. And don’t just listen to her. Understand what it is she is saying.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

We’re counting down the best of 2025!

Found @modaviau.bsky.social ’s Epic and Lovely in the wild! Highly recommend—it’s so funny and also epic and also lovely.

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/

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...

They should do MyChart Wrapped

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.”

This Cyber Monday, I our literary icons encourage a gifting economy in this piece I wrote and illustrated www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/k2...

This Cyber Monday, I our literary icons encourage a gifting economy in this piece I wrote and illustrated www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/k2...

I watched all of Stranger Things and the boy thing I understand is that now they have three dragons

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

The real flaw in the new Lily Allen album is that now I’m just at work singing “Pussy palace, pussy palace” out loud.