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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It is rare that a piece of mine makes it to the top of the @mcsweeneys.net trending list, so please indulge my sharing this! I’m still outraged by the coziness so many Dems displayed through their fawning tributes to Graham.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/07/2026

"I’m not speaking ill of the dead when I say that the senator was like an unguided missile. You never knew where he would land or who or what might be destroyed in his wake, but gosh darnit, he sure created a lot of light as he helped to decimate huge swaths of the Middle East."

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As a Democratic Member of Congress, I Don’t Wish to Speak Ill of the Dead

“I would never speak ill of the dead, especially a man I considered a friend. My fondest memory of the senator is how he always had a twinkle in his eye when...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/07/2026

"I don’t wish to speak ill of the dead, so I’ll tell you my favorite thing about the senator: his quick wit and sense of humor. The way he voted for cuts to both the ACA and Medicaid and then claimed he’d done no such thing had me in stitches!"

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As a Democratic Member of Congress, I Don’t Wish to Speak Ill of the Dead

“I would never speak ill of the dead, especially a man I considered a friend. My fondest memory of the senator is how he always had a twinkle in his eye when...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/07/2026

"I don’t wish to speak ill of the dead, so I think it’s important to put the senator’s passionate defense of Brett Kavanaugh in context: Both men came from a different time—a time when the concept of consent wasn’t even a glimmer in a preppy douchebag’s eye."

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As a Democratic Member of Congress, I Don’t Wish to Speak Ill of the Dead

“I would never speak ill of the dead, especially a man I considered a friend. My fondest memory of the senator is how he always had a twinkle in his eye when...

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Jude Nagurney Camwell (Iddybud) @iddybud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

👍 via Lisa Borders @mcsweeneys.net: "I’ll tell you my favorite thing about the senator: his quick wit and sense of humor. The way he voted for cuts to both the ACA and Medicaid and then claimed he’d done no such thing had me in stitches!" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/as-...

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As a Democratic Member of Congress, I Don’t Wish to Speak Ill of the Dead

“I would never speak ill of the dead, especially a man I considered a friend. My fondest memory of the senator is how he always had a twinkle in his eye when...

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Channeled my outrage yesterday over the fawning tributes to Graham into something outrageous. Thanks, @mcsweeneys.net!

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It’s been a wonderful week for my book!

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I’m not above bribery! 😂 I hope I do get to come to Rochester so fingers crossed!

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So excited to hear this news, and grateful to the judges!

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Looking forward to these upcoming New England events for LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO! #BookSky

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Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This piece by @lisaborders.bsky.social is the best thing I have read in Fucking ages

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It’s been a banner spring for them! 🕷️🕷️🕷️😳

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

What a blast I had on the Gold Coast Book Fair’s “I ❤️NY” panel today discussing LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO with the great Joan Silber, Cynthia Weiner, and our mighty moderator Jessikah Chautin.

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 07/05/2026

If you have a genius short humor piece, send it to @pointsincase.com! We’re always open for submissions and we pay! More info and guidelines are here: pnca.se/submit

Some kind of weird digital image of I think da Vinci or Galelleilo or some other renaissance guy looking at a wooden bridge with a weight on it. The word “GENIIUS!” is above it all. Go figure!

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Had a fabulous time at Slackjaw Live last Sunday!

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/04/2026

"We got married and bought a little yellow house, marveling at how much more expensive it would have been in LA, and my husband promised he’d paint it pink. Four decades later, and this split-level ranch is still the color of morning urine."

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I’m the L.A. Doll in John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Small Town,” and I Hate This Godforsaken Shithole

Picture it: Los Angeles in 1985. I’d moved there two years earlier to make it as a model, but all I had to show for it was a couple of car shows, o...

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The waterproof tarp is at least $1 mil now

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

So many basements full of NOPE out in the world!

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I wrote this in 2021, and it serves as a great reminder of all the terrible, terrible places my partner and I saw while house hunting.

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Channeled my suburban night-driving angst into this humor piece for Slackjaw - one of two pieces I’ll be reading at Slackjaw Live in NYC on April 26. It’s Me, A Short Woman With A Long Dark Commute, And I Love It When Your Big Bright Headlights… medium.com/slackjaw/its...

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It’s Me, A Short Woman With A Long Dark Commute, And I Love It When Your Big Bright Headlights…

I imagine you and your big-truck-energy boys to be as interchangeable as you likely think all women over the age of fifty are

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I wrote about the dilemma of the MAGA Springsteen fan in @mcsweeneys.net last year. Wonder how that guy is doing now? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This Thursday night, 3/19 at 7 pm! I loved THE POHAKU and can’t wait to discuss it with @jasminiolani.bsky.social at @portersqbooks.bsky.social Cambridge. See you there!

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21/02/2026

I went home to face yet another lonely ol’ night with my husband, only to learn that he had lost my entire month’s tips in a poker game. As I started to lay into him, he waved me off. “Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow,” he muttered cryptically as he headed to the bathroom.

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I’m the L.A. Doll in John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Small Town,” and I Hate This Godforsaken Shithole

Picture it: Los Angeles in 1985. I’d moved there two years earlier to make it as a model, but all I had to show for it was a couple of car shows, o...

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Got this from @kenmartin.bsky.social & @democrats.org today. “Taking the gloves off”??? I just can’t with these people. As a lifelong Dem I’m filled with disgust at how clueless party leadership is. People are being murdered for peacefully protesting, Ken, but sure, you file your lawsuit. JFC.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/02/2026

"Maybe I could have tolerated the location if our relationship was great, but once the first bloom of romance wore off, he started talking about wanting it to hurt so good. That’s really not my thing."

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I’m the L.A. Doll in John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Small Town,” and I Hate This Godforsaken Shithole

Picture it: Los Angeles in 1985. I’d moved there two years earlier to make it as a model, but all I had to show for it was a couple of car shows, o...

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

If you’re old enough to remember John Mellencamp’s mid-80s hits, perhaps you’ve wondered whatever happened to that L.A. Doll in “Small Town”? My latest for McSweeney’s. #johnmellencamp #smalltown

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I had so much fun talking with @splturnthepage.bsky.social about LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO! Love this podcast!

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Jorts my mom lived outside but I’m lucky I never had to. I don’t like the plow sounds though. ❤️

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A few of you suggested it, and we did it! @jasperdyne.bsky.social and I are selling these t-shirts (there are sweatshirts too) through Bonfire, with all profits to be split between @aclumn.bsky.social (ACLU of Minnesota) and Midwest Immigration Bond Fund. www.bonfire.com/justice-for-...

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Justice for Minneapolis | Bonfire

My partner Jeff and I created this logo to express solidarity and raise funds.. My partner Jeff and I initially created this logo to express solidarity on social media...

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

And the majority of HCWs even in cities don’t work within public transit distance. I can drive 45 minutes to work or take a hellish 2.5-hour trip on three trains with longish walks at the beginning and end. If I had the option for, say, a convenient one-hour public transport trip, I’d do it gladly.

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

It’s the top admins and the inherent unfairness in for-profit health care that really needs to be called to task. Overpriced parking lots are just one symptom. Fancy specialists get a bad rep but I know many who work hard, long hours for their patients. Note: I am not a fancy specialist. Or a doc.

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Dude I'm a health care worker and I have worked for hospitals where I had to pay to park! (I agree with you, it's just equally outrageous to pay for the privilege of being an overworked and underpaid employee.)

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

At the risk of sounding hopeful in a time with little hope, I think it's a good sign that WaPo & NYT are both accurately reporting that the videos contradict what ICE is saying. It means they're aware they'd just lose even more credibility. It could even mean they think regime change is coming.

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The way he’s being targeted is why so many in Congress don’t speak out about this regime. I am so grateful for Captain Kelly’s courage.

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Lisa Borders @lisaborders.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

There is one spot left in my Novel Reactor class, starting January 26. All classes held on Zoom. Details here: mailchi.mp/e64138d3584b...

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ProgGrrl @proggrrl.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

4 and 19 hit so damned hard yo

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Christopher Monks @crmonks.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

We just wrapped up posting @mcsweeneys.net's most-read pieces of 2025. Thanks again to our contributors and readers this year. I like everything we publish, of course, but I’d like to point out some great pieces that didn't receive as much attention. #McSweeneysHiddenGems2025

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