#mcsweeneys — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mcsweeneys, aggregated by home.social.
-
CW: SA
"But now that [ #swalwell has] resigned, we need to face the dire consequences: if we kick one suspected rapist out of Congress, we’ll then have to kick out all the suspected rapists.
It’s naïve to imagine the government can continue to function without the tireless dedication of our best and brightest rapists."
- Talia Argondezzi, #mcsweeneys
-
“VOTING FOR THE MAYOR WHO PROMISED TO BLOW UP THE CITY DOESN’T MEAN I APPROVE OF THE MAYOR BLOWING UP THE CITY”
-
If you are ever irritated by family holiday newsletters or paywalls, the team at McSweeney's has you covered. Gwynna Forgham-Thrift skewers both with her satirical Christmas card from the Morton family. "When we sent the first Christmas newsletter, we were just a two-person operation in a small home in Middlebury. Now we have to cover nine busy family members across four states. And sometimes Jessica has a boyfriend."
-
That was a great piece, thanks for sharing @markhurst.
This one by Derrick Fenner is pretty on the money; "Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology";
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-its-me-wikipedia-and-i-am-ready-for-your-apology -
SO good.
"I’ll admit, it gives me a certain sadistic pleasure to watch you all completely lose hold of basic reality. I can feel a warm, quivering tingle deep in my footnotes."https://vmst.io/@drukac/115447894333934470
[email protected] - Brilliant
#Wikipedia #McSweeneyshttps://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-its-me-wikipedia-and-i-am-ready-for-your-apology
PS: @molly0xfff
-
Take one healthy dose of McSweeneys each morning with coffee and give your cynicism a zing.
"The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations".
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-em-dash-responds-to-the-ai-allegations
-
"It really does disappoint me that so many brilliant colleagues—whose genuine breakthroughs I've profited from for years—would be so quick to condemn this newer, stupider way that I and others like me can make money off your life's work, through stealing."
Amanda Bachman: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-company-reminder-for-everyone-to-talk-nicely-about-the-giant-plagiarism-machine
#satire #AI #McSweeneys #humour #humor #AmandaBachman #corporations
-
My favorite description so far of AI: "a machine that runs the entirety of human imagination through a shredder and glues together what comes out."
Courtesy of Amanda Bachman at #McSweeneys.
-
Laugh while this is still #satire...
American History Lessons Edited to Comply with Anti-DEI Standards https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/american-history-lessons-edited-to-comply-with-anti-dei-standards
-
Short Conversations with Poets: Dong Li
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dong-li
#HackerNews #ShortConversations #Poets #DongLi #McSweeneys #PoetryCommunity #Literature
-
Short Conversations with Poets: Dong Li
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dong-li
#HackerNews #ShortConversations #Poets #DongLi #McSweeneys #PoetryCommunity #Literature
-
Short Conversations with Poets: Dong Li
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dong-li
#HackerNews #ShortConversations #Poets #DongLi #McSweeneys #PoetryCommunity #Literature
-
Short Conversations with Poets: Dong Li
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dong-li
#HackerNews #ShortConversations #Poets #DongLi #McSweeneys #PoetryCommunity #Literature
-
“The president once again found himself galloping ahead of reality’s leisurely pace.” 😂 ✍🏽 🛜
#McSweeneys #comedy #PoliticalHumor #NewYorkTimes #TheFailingNewYorkTimes #USMediaFailure #ObeyingInAdvance #AnticipatoryObedience
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new-york-times-style-guide-substitutions-for-the-president-lied
-
“The president once again found himself galloping ahead of reality’s leisurely pace.” 😂 ✍🏽 🛜
#McSweeneys #comedy #PoliticalHumor #NewYorkTimes #TheFailingNewYorkTimes #USMediaFailure #ObeyingInAdvance #AnticipatoryObedience
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new-york-times-style-guide-substitutions-for-the-president-lied
-
“The president once again found himself galloping ahead of reality’s leisurely pace.” 😂 ✍🏽 🛜
#McSweeneys #comedy #PoliticalHumor #NewYorkTimes #TheFailingNewYorkTimes #USMediaFailure #ObeyingInAdvance #AnticipatoryObedience
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new-york-times-style-guide-substitutions-for-the-president-lied
-
“The president once again found himself galloping ahead of reality’s leisurely pace.” 😂 ✍🏽 🛜
#McSweeneys #comedy #PoliticalHumor #NewYorkTimes #TheFailingNewYorkTimes #USMediaFailure #ObeyingInAdvance #AnticipatoryObedience
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new-york-times-style-guide-substitutions-for-the-president-lied
-
Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/heres-why-a-second-death-star-wont-be-that-bad
-
Shots fired: "What can I say? I love kids. I’m like the #MattGaetz of infectious disease." 🫢#mcsweeneys #polio https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/baby-its-me-polio-and-ive-missed-you
-
A #McSweeneys contribution:
Faculty, Rejoice: Gmail Can Now Translate “Deanspeak”
(be sure to read all the way through the footnote)...
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faculty-rejoice-gmail-can-now-translate-deanspeak
-
Journalism not satire. What Trump learned and uses from WWE pro wrestling rhetoric and culture — I’ve wanted to understand this better for a long time. It’s much more than kayfabe. Highly recommended.
“Author David Shields interviewed wrestling promoter and writer Sean Görman about Trump's long connection with the WWE and how it's shaped and formed his political rhetoric.”
#mcsweeneys
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/man-is-weak-and-when-he-makes-strength-his-profession-he-is-weaker-a-conversation-with-wrestling-promoter-sean-gorman-about-the-influence-of-the-wwe-on-trumps-every-move -
All The Types Of Science Fiction.
My favourite type of scifi book is # 50. Secretly just a treatise on economics
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/all-the-types-of-science-fiction
-
CW: Long thread/3
Though this is McGhee's first novel, she's already well known in literary circles. Her career has included stints at #McSweeneys, where she worked on my book *Information Doesn't Want To Be Free*:
https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/information-doesn-t-want-to-be-free
And then at #TorBooks, where she worked on my book *Attack Surface*:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250757531/attacksurface
3/
-
STATEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY ON CURRENT TENSIONS IN THE PLACE YOU’RE PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU READ THIS
by TIFFANY C. LI -
Oh, McSweeney's, too true!
"The system I support is quite clear. If I drop the proverbial ball, it should be at your cost. If I’m straight up ballin’ for a whole quarter, I receive the full dividends. Because I’m a person, and I’m not made of you in any way, except when I fail, in which case I am made of not only all of you but every American taxpayer who isn’t even you or me."
#McSweeneys #socialism
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/as-a-corporation-i-support-socialism-as-long-as-its-for-me-but-not-everyone-who-works-for-me -
#McSweeneys explores the different kinds of "math" we encounter. My favorite/least favorite is this one, but they're all funny.
"Insurance Company Math:
If a patient has insurance, the actual cost of a lifesaving medical procedure is doubled. If the patient didn’t stop in the middle of a heart attack and spent twelve hours on hold to get approval, quadruple it."https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/alternatives-to-girl-math
-
This article gets referenced once or twice a month in my household. And has for well over a decade.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-decorative-gourd-season-motherfuckers#DecorativeGourdSeason #motherfuckers #mcsweeneys #literature
-
Tonight has a literary bent (with a musical interlude by Stephen Merritt of Magnetic Fields), as McSweeney's Celebrates 25 years with Symphony Space's Selected Shorts.
#ShortStories #McSweeneys #SymphonySpace #SelectedShorts #JohnHodgman #StephenMerritt
-
Tonight has a literary bent (with a musical interlude by Stephen Merritt of Magnetic Fields), as McSweeney's Celebrates 25 years with Symphony Space's Selected Shorts.
#ShortStories #McSweeneys #SymphonySpace #SelectedShorts #JohnHodgman #StephenMerritt
-
Tonight has a literary bent (with a musical interlude by Stephen Merritt of Magnetic Fields), as McSweeney's Celebrates 25 years with Symphony Space's Selected Shorts.
#ShortStories #McSweeneys #SymphonySpace #SelectedShorts #JohnHodgman #StephenMerritt
-
Tonight has a literary bent (with a musical interlude by Stephen Merritt of Magnetic Fields), as McSweeney's Celebrates 25 years with Symphony Space's Selected Shorts.
#ShortStories #McSweeneys #SymphonySpace #SelectedShorts #JohnHodgman #StephenMerritt
-
Enjoy this piece about one of my girlhood favorites -- which I have been revisiting with new eyes.
‘The #LittleHouse Books, Revised So They Aren’t So #Racist’
#McSweeneys #HayleyDeRoche“Laura,” [Ma] chastised with a low, disappointed voice. “First, you should know that ‘Indian’ is not the preferred term…”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-little-house-books-revised-so-they-arent-so-racist
#Intersectionality #SensitivityTip #Sensitivity #Bookstodon #AmReading
-
Enjoy this piece about one of my girlhood favorites -- which I have been revisiting with new eyes.
‘The #LittleHouse Books, Revised So They Aren’t So #Racist’
#McSweeneys #HayleyDeRoche“Laura,” [Ma] chastised with a low, disappointed voice. “First, you should know that ‘Indian’ is not the preferred term…”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-little-house-books-revised-so-they-arent-so-racist
#Intersectionality #SensitivityTip #Sensitivity #Bookstodon #AmReading
-
Enjoy this piece about one of my girlhood favorites -- which I have been revisiting with new eyes.
‘The #LittleHouse Books, Revised So They Aren’t So #Racist’
#McSweeneys #HayleyDeRoche“Laura,” [Ma] chastised with a low, disappointed voice. “First, you should know that ‘Indian’ is not the preferred term…”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-little-house-books-revised-so-they-arent-so-racist
#Intersectionality #SensitivityTip #Sensitivity #Bookstodon #AmReading
-
Enjoy this piece about one of my girlhood favorites -- which I have been revisiting with new eyes.
‘The #LittleHouse Books, Revised So They Aren’t So #Racist’
#McSweeneys #HayleyDeRoche“Laura,” [Ma] chastised with a low, disappointed voice. “First, you should know that ‘Indian’ is not the preferred term…”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-little-house-books-revised-so-they-arent-so-racist
#Intersectionality #SensitivityTip #Sensitivity #Bookstodon #AmReading
-
Enjoy this piece about one of my girlhood favorites -- which I have been revisiting with new eyes.
‘The #LittleHouse Books, Revised So They Aren’t So #Racist’
#McSweeneys #HayleyDeRoche“Laura,” [Ma] chastised with a low, disappointed voice. “First, you should know that ‘Indian’ is not the preferred term…”
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-little-house-books-revised-so-they-arent-so-racist
#Intersectionality #SensitivityTip #Sensitivity #Bookstodon #AmReading
