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Writer ๐Ÿ› and friend ๐Ÿฆ• Debut satire+essay collection, READ THIS TO LOOK COOL, coming soon from Sourcebooks! // Writing in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Reductress // maevedunigan.com

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The Abolish Everything World Championship is up now on @nebula.tv!!! I love complaining almost as much as I love doing dumb bits, so doing this show is basically a dream come true. THANK YOU @chandlerjdean.bsky.social, Amy, and everyone else who made it happen!!!

17.06.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The next SOME FUN LINES satire and humor showcase is THIS SUNDAY at @caveatnyc.bsky.social!!! Featuring a wildly talented lineup of hilarious writers/artists! Grab your tickets and use code "somecheaplines" for a discount! yay! caveat.nyc/events/some-...

04.03.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Donate to Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union, organized by Ashok Selvam On Thursday, December 5, nearly 40 members of the Vox Media Union, Thrโ€ฆ Ashok Selvam needs your support for Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union

Yesterday Vox laid off almost 40 of my colleagues, reducing Thrillest by 80 percent and gutting the Eater Cities sites. If you'd like to help these enormously talented people โ€” some of whom are pregnant or on parental leave โ€” you can donate here:
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

06.12.2024 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donate to Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union, organized by Ashok Selvam On Thursday, December 5, nearly 40 members of the Vox Media Union, Thrโ€ฆ Ashok Selvam needs your support for Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union

If youโ€™ve got some spare cash, Iโ€™d love it if you could toss a few bucks to my colleagues who lost their jobs today.

www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

06.12.2024 03:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Mediaโ€™s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of managementโ€™s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. 

We are incredibly disappointed by managementโ€™s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of managementโ€™s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. 

Many of those impacted by todayโ€™s layoffs work on Eaterโ€™s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the countryโ€™s most prominent food website, and managementโ€™s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. 

As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. 

Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.

Today, we were blindsided by news from Vox Media management that many of our colleagues at Thrillist and Eater would lose their jobs. We are devastated to lose writers and editors who produce invaluable work each and every day, and disgusted by Vox Mediaโ€™s short-sighted decision making. As always, it is the workers who bear the brunt of managementโ€™s poor choices, and this close to the holidays, their callousness is especially galling. We are incredibly disappointed by managementโ€™s decision to decimate Thrillist, a vertical that it has invested almost nothing in since acquiring it from Group Nine. As we have made clear to management with our demand for One Union, One Contract, the WGAE-Vox Media Union views our colleagues at Thrillist as members of our union, and we will make sure that they are made whole in light of managementโ€™s decision to essentially shutter this beloved publication. Many of those impacted by todayโ€™s layoffs work on Eaterโ€™s Cities team, a group of powerhouse journalists who produce some of the most impactful local journalism in the country. Their work has always differentiated Eater and built it into the countryโ€™s most prominent food website, and managementโ€™s treatment of these workers is both irresponsible and reflects a complete lack of understanding of the journalism that is needed in this moment. We need more boots on the ground doing this essential work, not fewer. As always, the Guild will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. As we approach the upcoming negotiations for our third collective bargaining agreement, we want to make abundantly clear to management that the status quo of constant, cyclical layoffs will not continue. We will fight like hell to ensure that our industry has a future, no matter how many times those in charge attempt to run it into the ground. Details on how you can support laid off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Solidarity forever.

Hello Bluesky. Sucks that this is our first post. A statement from the Vox Media Union and @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs. Please stay tuned for more details on how you can support our colleagues who were impacted today.

05.12.2024 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1521    ๐Ÿ” 499    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 87

thank you!

30.11.2024 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Description of a Guy in a Fantasy Romance Novel In his human form, Algor resembled a mix of George Clooney, Tom Cruise, and a Boeing 747. In his magical form, Algor resembled a demon rhinoceros with wings.

Wrote about being a teensy tiny faerie lady for @newyorker.com
โœจ๐Ÿงš๐ŸงŒ๐Ÿ‰โœจ๐Ÿงš๐ŸงŒ๐Ÿ‰โœจ๐Ÿงš๐ŸงŒ๐Ÿ‰

21.11.2024 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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the haters said you could never buy and play jet lag the game with your friends anywhere in the world. the haters were WRONG

store.nebula.tv/hideandseek

20.11.2024 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 803    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Are you a short humor writer? Reader? Fan? Skeptic? Enemy?

Come on out and have a drink with us! These are always fun hangs!

19.11.2024 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿฅฒโค๏ธ๐Ÿฅฒโค๏ธ

17.11.2024 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If youโ€™re looking for an incredible satire show in NYC - click below and go see Some Fun Lines. Best hosts and humorists around!

17.11.2024 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trying out a new marketing tactic (putting a hot fudge sundae next to my comedy show links to trick your brain into clicking). Anyway, come to our delicious humor showcase!!! Lineup is ๐ŸคŒ๐ŸคŒ get a discount with code โ€œsomecheaplinesโ€ !!! ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿจ
www.caveat.nyc/events/some-...

17.11.2024 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How to Write a Book That Nicole Kidman Will Turn into a Limited Series The goal of any author isnโ€™t to write the next great American novel or take home a Pulitzer Prizeโ€”itโ€™s for Nicole Kidman to turn their book into a ...

if you want to write a successful novel just cater it directly to nicole kidman so sheโ€™ll turn it into a limited series! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...

13.11.2024 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

girl you wonโ€™t be the pope, when I was sixty-two someone said that

13.11.2024 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 285    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

grok 2, powered by X, sponsored by Slorg, learn more via BORGO media

13.11.2024 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"create beautiful images with Grok 2"

13.11.2024 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

me: it's so annoying when my cat wakes me up in the morning :/

me, repeatedly, the whole rest of the day, stirring my cat from slumber and shoving my face in his: HELLO MY SLEEPY ANGEL!!! SLEEPY BOY! KING SLEEPY, NOBLE RULER OF THOSE WHO SLEEP :))) <333 !!

13.11.2024 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"I hate the muppets bcuz of the Pig girl, she was disgusting, i hate her with my life, she does not leave the lizard alone"

12.11.2024 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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