Reposted by Meg ReidJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461544567
Reposted by Meg ReidMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/09/2026Semi-regular, mostly-always annoying reminder that much of the work we do is supported by our readers through our Patreon. As little as $3 a month goes a long way to keep us from having to resort to advertising and Ponzi schemes. Please consider becoming a patron! buff.ly/XwR5ZOGbuff.lyGet more from McSweeney's Internet Tendency on PatreonBecome a member of McSweeney's Internet Tendency on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $3/month. Since our start in 1998, McSweeney’s… 0193
Reposted by Meg ReidJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up. 579176164497
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I truly don't know what to say about this timeline anymore. "Her demands could be unusual, requiring aides to feed live crickets to her family’s pet chameleon, Meatball." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...nytimes.comMary Peltola’s Campaign in Alaska Senate Race Is Rocked by Tumult, With Angry Outbursts and SlursDemocrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos. 100
Reposted by Meg ReidInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The agenda is being forced upon us. Even our games aren't safe. 10971101377
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this is why i only bring sunnyd hard seltzer to job interviews 000
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026if a narcissist bloviates in the white house and there's no one there to record it does he lose his mind? 000
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026whispering to myself in the sixth grade bathroom: 🎶To the left To the left To the right To the right To the front To the front To the back To the back Now dip, baby, dip 🎶 000
Reposted by Meg ReidMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21/09/2026"You are not the only ones at fault. Physicians should have screened young women like me for early risk factors, such as teaching themselves the Tootsee Roll in a middle school bathroom stall during lunch to impress the cool girls." buff.ly/Sy3G5KTmcsweeneys.netAn Open Letter to Juvenile, Snoop Dogg, and Lil Jon Regarding My Recently Diagnosed Degenerative Knee Condition“Getting low is one thing, but did we have to go all the way from the window to the wall each time? I understand dropping it like it’s hot when the pimp’s in... 0162
Reposted by Meg ReidMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/09/2026"I guess I have no one to blame but myself that your certified dance floor bangers still get me to drop it like it’s lukewarm at bars with people half my age while grinding down my remaining articular cartilage." buff.ly/Sy3G5KTmcsweeneys.netAn Open Letter to Juvenile, Snoop Dogg, and Lil Jon Regarding My Recently Diagnosed Degenerative Knee Condition“Getting low is one thing, but did we have to go all the way from the window to the wall each time? I understand dropping it like it’s hot when the pimp’s in... 0122
Reposted by Meg ReidMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 18/09/2026"I've returned from an orthopedist and concluded that my newly diagnosed degenerative knee could only have been caused by the numerous demands you and your colleagues made of my generation to do some variation of dropping it like it was hot, backing it up, and/or getting low." buff.ly/Sy3G5KTmcsweeneys.netAn Open Letter to Juvenile, Snoop Dogg, and Lil Jon Regarding My Recently Diagnosed Degenerative Knee Condition“Getting low is one thing, but did we have to go all the way from the window to the wall each time? I understand dropping it like it’s hot when the pimp’s in... 1324
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Check out my latest in @mcsweeneys.net especially if you like to back it up, get low, and/or drop it like it's hot but also have an orthopedist!! 1173
Reposted by Meg ReidMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/09/2026"Getting low is one thing, but did we have to go all the way from the window to the wall each time? I understand dropping it like it’s hot when the pimp’s in the crib, but why did we also have to drop it when the pigs tried to get at us?" buff.ly/Sy3G5KTmcsweeneys.netAn Open Letter to Juvenile, Snoop Dogg, and Lil Jon Regarding My Recently Diagnosed Degenerative Knee Condition“Getting low is one thing, but did we have to go all the way from the window to the wall each time? I understand dropping it like it’s hot when the pimp’s in... 1549
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm in @mcsweeneys.net today drawing attention to the human cost of backing it up/dropping it like it's hot/getting low to geriatric millennials: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...mcsweeneys.netAn Open Letter to Juvenile, Snoop Dogg, and Lil Jon Regarding My Recently Diagnosed Degenerative Knee Condition“Getting low is one thing, but did we have to go all the way from the window to the wall each time? I understand dropping it like it’s hot when the pimp’s in... 130
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026when you take sociology 101 but don't do the reading 010
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to unsubscribe 000
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026killing the vibe by singing the verse from hakuna matata in bed 000
Reposted by Meg ReidKendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people 59220347578
Reposted by Meg ReidThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 18/08/2026In New Yorker Humor, all the important texts and notifications that you’ll miss while your phone is off at the movie theatre. www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...newyorker.comEverything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie TheatreIn New Yorker Humor, all the important texts and notifications that you’ll miss while your phone is off at the movie theatre. 1217
Reposted by Meg ReidMeg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I'm thrilled to be making my debut in @newyorker.com today with a humor piece about two of my favorite things: movies and anxiety!! www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...newyorker.comEverything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie TheatreIn New Yorker Humor, all the important texts and notifications that you’ll miss while your phone is off at the movie theatre. 181
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I'm thrilled to be making my debut in @newyorker.com today with a humor piece about two of my favorite things: movies and anxiety!! www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...newyorker.comEverything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie TheatreIn New Yorker Humor, all the important texts and notifications that you’ll miss while your phone is off at the movie theatre. 181
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026what if we do that thing where we all stand up and say "i did it" "no i did it" etc and then they have to let all of us go 000
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026wait "gubernatorial" is fucking crazy like come on guys 000
Reposted by Meg ReidMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Pretty cool that processed food and fresh food both have an equal chance of killing me now 1350344
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I'm in @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social today with a monologue from a surprised Lindsey Graham! medium.com/thebelladonn...medium.comI Knew I’d End Up In Hell But I Thought It Would Be For a Different ReasonDon’t pretend you’re not on Twitter — you’re the devil for Godsakes! 142
Reposted by Meg ReidThe Belladonna Comedy @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“Don’t pretend you’re not on Twitter — you’re the devil for Godsakes!” By @meg-it-happen.bsky.social Full piece: medium.com/thebelladonn... 032
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026just told my mom about jimothy and she was like okay who named him and i said HIS PARENTS obviously geez mom would you ask that about a human 000
Reposted by Meg ReidMeg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Check out my latest piece in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social! Your move Al Gore!! 022
Reposted by Meg ReidAndrew Kaye @andrewkaye.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Today on Defenestration: Meg Reid gives us a look at what Al Gore's been up to lately. Apparently he's become a modern-day Frankenstein, lamenting his greatest creation. 011
Reposted by Meg ReidMeg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026RIP mitch mcconnell, you may still technically be alive but you're already dead to me 161
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Check out my latest piece in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social! Your move Al Gore!! 022
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026since when has someone not letting him have it stopped him 011
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026RIP mitch mcconnell, you may still technically be alive but you're already dead to me 161
Reposted by Meg ReidMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 01/07/2026"Upon opening the can, you’re immediately hit with an odor that’s somehow both putrid and medicinal, uniquely representative of the American healthcare system."buff.lyReviews of New Food: Bush’s Rocket Pop Flavored Baked Beans“In honor of the semiquincentennial, Bush’s bravely posed an important question: What if a saccharine, icy dessert were also beans?” 03111
Reposted by Meg ReidMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/06/2026Just in time for the fourteenth consecutive Most Important Election of Our Lifetime™, @ginnyhogan.bsky.social and @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social’s Obey in Advance: How to Survive (and Thrive) Under Authoritarianism. Coming to you from McSweeney’s books this fall. store.mcsweeneys.net/products/obe... 428757
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026In the print edition (!!) of the @BostonGlobe today with @alicemphillips.bsky.social and our White House UCF Freedom 250 satire! 010
Reposted by Meg ReidAlice M. Phillips @alicemphillips.bsky.social · 12/06/2026An absolute honor!!! UFC UFC UFC UFC UFC!!! PATRIOTISM OOOOAHH 🇺🇸 ❤️🤍💙💪🏻 Murrica! 141
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I'm in the @bostonglobe.com today with @alicemphillips.bsky.social making a passionate and definitely serious defense of this weekend's UFC fights at the White House!! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/12/o...bostonglobe.comWelcome to the fight house - The Boston GlobeThe UFC event on the South Lawn promises chokeholds and trash talk. 130
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026i will give zohran $10000000 to boo trump tonight 010
Reposted by Meg ReidJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves. 873354479540
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026help real life is moving faster than the speed of satire 010
Meg Reid @meg-it-happen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Ken Paxton may be running for Senate, but he's also running from his past. My latest (semi?!) satire here: megreid.substack.com/p/things-ken...megreid.substack.comThings Ken Paxton is Running FromLet's just say it's a lot 000