Wendi Aarons
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
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Humor writer. Austin.
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Jessica Francis Kane
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Unsung Heroes of Motherhood
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/uns...
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Unsung Heroes of Motherhood
Our 3rd most-read article of 2025. - - -Julie Owens, who bravely tugged on a tankini in mid-January in order to chaperone her twins to an indoor w...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/unsung-heroes-of-motherhood
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He seriously has no idea how numbers work and just screams high or low amounts like he's on The Dementia Price Is Right.
15 days ago
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Mike Hoinski
24 days ago
Yep.
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
. Hilarious. Long live Thelma and Louise.
@texashighways.bsky.social
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Seeing Stars in the Chihuahuan Desert
A first-time camper finds comfort inside a dome beneath the Big Bend sky
https://texashighways.com/travel/seeing-stars-in-the-chihuahuan-desert/
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McSweeney's
27 days ago
āWhile he watched over FaceTime, I slowly poured liquid Tylenol all over my naked body. I loved him enough to make myself autistic. He wept.ā
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More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzziās American Canto
āForget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.ā ā Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzziās new memoir, American Canto, ...
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Little Grey Rabbit
about 1 month ago
I canāt unsee it š«
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McSweeney's
about 1 month ago
āOur union represented the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and the eternal, unending nature of time. Sometimes I didnāt know where the worm ended, and our love began.ā
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More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzziās American Canto
āForget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.ā ā Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzziās new memoir, American Canto, ...
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Olivia Nuzziās memoir about her affair with āThe Politicianā aka RFK, Jr. drops tomorrow, but if you just canāt wait, Emily Flake,
@miriamjayaratna.bsky.social
& I have some excerpts to tide you over on
@mcsweeneys.net
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More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzziās American Canto
āForget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.ā ā Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzziās new memoir, American Canto, ...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/more-excerpts-from-olivia-nuzzis-american-canto
about 1 month ago
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McSweeney's
about 1 month ago
Over the river and through the woods My checked bag has disappeared It has all my meds. I wish I were dead When did flying get so weird?
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To Grandmotherās House We Go
Over the river and through the woods, To Grandmotherās house we go; At the airport on time, which is good cause the lines Are moving super slow. Ov...
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McSweeney's
about 1 month ago
"In my tunic, you canāt see any of the middle part of my middle-aged body. Iām shrouded in mystery. Iām a stylish enigma. Iām a greying fortune cookie with a fortune inside it that says, 'Fuck you, I was in shape in the eighties.'"
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Iām Wearing Tunics Now
This is an excerpt from the authorās funny new collection, which you can buy here. - - -Youāve probably all noticed that I recently switched up my ...
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McSweeney's
about 1 month ago
š¶ Over the river and through the woods, To Grandmother's house we go; At the airport on time, which is good cause the lines Are moving super slow... š¶
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To Grandmotherās House We Go
Over the river and through the woods, To Grandmotherās house we go; At the airport on time, which is good cause the lines Are moving super slow. Ov...
https://buff.ly/0W2Ccbx
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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...
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Disney Worldās New Rides Are Sick
Make sure to wash your hands after Viruses of the Caribbean.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/06/disney-worlds-new-rides-are-sick
3 months ago
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Now the nuts are claiming that "college radicalized" the shooter? He lasted one semester in Utah & dropped out -- not exactly Berkeley in 1967.
4 months ago
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Honestly, we should all be kinder. Perhaps his ear injury is acting up after it regenerated itself lizard-style, or he suddenly developed an allergy to the ketchup used in the assassination attempt. Show some compassion, people.
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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Texas Monthly
5 months ago
Their attacks up your legs are so meticulously coordinated you almost have to respect it. š
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If Thereās One Carpetbagger All Texans Can Agree On, Itās the Fire Ant
Why the insect is even more evil than you thought.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/why-fire-ants-are-worse-than-you-thought/
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Pamela
5 months ago
I got a mention in this excellent piece by
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
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www.texasmonthly.com/travel/why-f...
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MothersAgainstGregAbbott
5 months ago
Walking out isn't a weakness. It's the only way to stop a rigged game when the dealer is cheating. If you canāt speak for your community inside the chamber, you take the fight outside it.
stopthetexassteal.com
#WeStandWithTxDems
#TxLege
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Miriam Jayaratna
5 months ago
Iām on
@mcsweeneys.net
today with some ideas about how to get a good nightās sleep!
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
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How I Think a King-Sized Bed Would Transform My Love Life
My husband and I gaze at each other while we brush our teeth, savoring these final moments together before we go our separate ways. I kiss him good...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how-i-think-a-king-sized-bed-would-transform-my-love-life
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McSweeney's
5 months ago
"Millennials want their kids to relive their 1990s summers, but that wonāt cut it, because the 1990s had technology, stranger danger, and Coolio. No, I want to go back even farther, to a decade when parents didnāt put trackers on their childrenās phones and women couldnāt vote."
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Iām Giving My Kids a ā90s Summerāthe 1890s
This summer, Iām letting my kids be kids. No camps or enriching activities thatāll get them into an Ivy in ten years. No screen time or YouTube or ...
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McSweeney's
6 months ago
"Winning trivia night at the bar you went to in college."
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How Gen X Can Make Money in This Economy
Winning trivia night at the bar you went to in college. - - - Dance partner in a high-end pharmaceutical commercial. - - - Social media influencer...
https://buff.ly/k2UwlJM
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McSweeney's
5 months ago
"At daybreak, Iāll hand my children their metal lunch pails, button their fifty-button shoes, and theyāll shuffle off to their factory jobs, because in the Gilded Age, and southern states in the 2020s, no snowflake child labor laws exist."
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Iām Giving My Kids a ā90s Summerāthe 1890s
This summer, Iām letting my kids be kids. No camps or enriching activities thatāll get them into an Ivy in ten years. No screen time or YouTube or ...
https://buff.ly/IVwxP1J
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McSweeney's
5 months ago
The third book will open some eyes for sure.
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The Six Books Donald Trump Is Reading This Summer
Yep.
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Miriam Jayaratna
5 months ago
Excellent parenting advice from
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
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McSweeney's
5 months ago
"Just like the 1890s and the 2020s, theyāll play with the unvaccinated kids down the street and drink raw milk until dark. Then at daybreak, Iāll hand my children their metal lunch pails, button their fifty-button shoes, and theyāll shuffle off to their factory jobs."
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Iām Giving My Kids a ā90s Summerāthe 1890s
This summer, Iām letting my kids be kids. No camps or enriching activities thatāll get them into an Ivy in ten years. No screen time or YouTube or ...
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A new one from me today on
@mcsweeneys.net
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Iām Giving My Kids a ā90s Summerāthe 1890s
This summer, Iām letting my kids be kids. No camps or enriching activities thatāll get them into an Ivy in ten years. No screen time or YouTube or ...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-giving-my-kids-a-90s-summer-the-1890s
5 months ago
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Remember when they tried to convince us that Melania got an Einstein visa because she has "an architecture degree"?
5 months ago
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Has Andy Byron been named head of NASA yet?
6 months ago
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I've never had an affair, but aren't they typically held in a motel off the interstate? I didn't know they involved TICKETMASTER.
6 months ago
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I wish they'd show a photo of who Bezos and Fish Lips keep waving at in Venice because I imagine it's 200 Italians giving them the finger.
6 months ago
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For those of you just joining us, welcome.
7 months ago
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McSweeney's
7 months ago
āYou will receive money from an unexpected fraud.ā
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Fortune 500 Cookies
Fortune 500 Cookies
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McSweeney's
7 months ago
"Interrupt others with your more important ideas."
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Fortune 500 Cookies
Fortune 500 Cookies
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Miriam Jayaratna
7 months ago
The future is looking brightā¦.for the 1%
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Fortune 500 Cookies
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/for...
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Fortune 500 Cookies
Fortune 500 Cookies
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fortune-500-cookies
7 months ago
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A woman at the nail salon was mouthing off about the "riots" in LA & Austin so I said they were peaceful protests until the cops showed up & then we argued while immigrants painted our toenails. I should have said a riot is what you started on Black Friday when you went to buy that ugly dress.
7 months ago
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Grace Hwang Lynch
7 months ago
As usual,
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
speaking middle aged truth!
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I've been calling the creepy guys down the street The Hitler Youth, but to be fair, I don't even know how old they are.
7 months ago
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Did we forget anything?
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7 months ago
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McSweeney's
7 months ago
"Dance partner in a high-end pharmaceutical commercial."
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How Gen X Can Make Money in This Economy
Winning trivia night at the bar you went to in college. - - - Dance partner in a high-end pharmaceutical commercial. - - - Social media influencer...
https://buff.ly/t7L8djG
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Laura Tamman
8 months ago
This whole piece is amazing but esp:
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/uns...
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
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We don't need a cheap medal from the government. New from me and JF on
@mcsweeneys.net
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Unsung Heroes of Motherhood
Julie Owens, who bravely tugged on a tankini in mid-January in order to chaperone her twins to an indoor water park. After nearly swallowing a wet ...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/unsung-heroes-of-motherhood
8 months ago
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This is my joke. Fucking thief.
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8 months ago
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McSweeney's
9 months ago
1. Itās important to me that my money supports⦠a) public television b) national parks c) irrigation for the Mar-a-Lago golf course
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wou...
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Would You Like Us to Spend Your Tax Dollars on Meals on Wheels or a Billionaireās Yacht?
Please take a few moments to let us know how youād like your tax dollars spent by the Trump administration. 1. Itās important to me that my money s...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/would-you-like-us-to-spend-your-tax-dollars-on-meals-on-wheels-or-a-billionaires-yacht
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Devorah Blachor
9 months ago
How would YOU like to spend your tax dollars? Please take our quiz in today's
@mcsweeneys.net
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wou...
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Would You Like Us to Spend Your Tax Dollars on Meals on Wheels or a Billionaireās Yacht?
Please take a few moments to let us know how youād like your tax dollars spent by the Trump administration. 1. Itās important to me that my money s...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/would-you-like-us-to-spend-your-tax-dollars-on-meals-on-wheels-or-a-billionaires-yacht
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Well, we always knew he had the charm and ethics of a used car salesman.
10 months ago
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I saw someone ask who's leading the charge for Trump opposition and the only names that came up were Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton, so who besides the stars of the WB's One Tree Hill is leading the charge for Trump opposition?
11 months ago
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The White House toilets were JUST getting back to normal.
12 months ago
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Miriam Jayaratna
12 months ago
Psyched for the new Tesla / Volkswagen collab!
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If there's a draft because of some idiotic war the Horror Clown starts, please draw from his voters first.
12 months ago
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MothersAgainstGregAbbott
about 1 year ago
Join us this Sunday at 7 pm at the Anti-Fascist Book Club where we meet author
@wendiaarons.bsky.social
and discuss her book I'm Wearing Tunics Now. Go here to sign up for the bookclub:
www.mobilize.us/mothersagain...
Book is available at libraries, bookstores Hoopla for FREE in audio
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