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Talia Argondezzi

@taliaargondezzi.bsky.social
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Writing professor and satire writer with humor in McSweeney’s, New Yorker, Slackjaw, Belladonna, Points in Case. My new book: tinyurl.com/mwfb5d9r My website: taliaargondezzi.com

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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
this is me!
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
unsurprised and unhappy that this @mcsweeneys.net is relevant again/still www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-...
mcsweeneys.net
If Every Congressman Facing Credible Rape Allegations Resigned, We’d Have No One Left to Govern the Country
“These congressmen worked hard to get to the top of a competitive field of notably rape-y politicians. Voters have made their voices heard by choosing the ve...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
My new McSweeney's! Inspired by my beautiful town - I moved here so I could complain about new people moving here www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/to-...
mcsweeneys.net
To Solve the Housing Crisis, We Simply Need to Build More Homes (Just Not in My Town)
“The last new building that was acceptable and necessary (my house) was completed four months ago, right when I moved here. Yet ever since, the township keep...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I have a new McSweeney's today and yes it's another complaint about the war in Iran www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/goo...
mcsweeneys.net
Good Luck Proving We’re Competent Enough to Knowingly Commit War Crimes
“How can anyone expect our military leaders to know what’s inside the buildings we’re bombing? Do you have any idea how similar weapons storage warehouses lo...
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The Belladonna Comedy @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“If you like social media, you’ll love how chaotic, fragmentary, jarring, confusing, and unsatisfying newspaper articles now are.” By @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/our-newspape...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
new humor piece up for my fellow hapless gardeners medium.com/slackjaw/is-...
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Is It A Weed Or The Beginnings Of A Beautiful Plant You Spent Time, Research, Care, And Labor…
It’s definitely not impossible to tell.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
so well done and so true www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...
mcsweeneys.net
We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots
“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Please enjoy my new @mcsweeneys.net! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/you...
mcsweeneys.net
You Can Complete Our Online Degree Program in the Time It Would Take You to Read This Article
“But by the time we get to the end of this paragraph, you could have completed Intro to Microeconomics, Writing for College and the Real World, Bio 101, and ...
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The Belladonna Comedy @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“All you need to do is please all of the people all of the time.” By @vikshulevich.bsky.social & @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/10-steps-to-...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Got mad, wrote this www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-...
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If Every Congressman Facing Credible Rape Allegations Resigned, We’d Have No One Left to Govern the Country
“These congressmen worked hard to get to the top of a competitive field of notably rape-y politicians. Voters have made their voices heard by choosing the ve...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Pete Hegseth gutted the part of the defense department whose job it was to reduce innocent civilian deaths. In McSweeney's, I wrote about what really matters in wartime www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/des...
mcsweeneys.net
Despite This Terrible War, We Must Never Lose Sight of the Value of Each and Every Precious Shipping Container
“Three cargo vessels have been hit by ‘unknown projectiles’ in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime authorities say, as pressure intensifies on one of th...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 06/02/2026
"As long as we burn through the budget, kicking new immigrants out in the most painful and brutal way possible, we can ensure a declining population and a stagnant economy for the foreseeable future."
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There Is Limited Money in Our Big, Beautiful Budget, So We Need to Spend as Much of It as Possible to Keep Ruining Immigrants’ Lives
“The $170 billion price tag for immigration enforcement eclipses other law enforcement expenditures at the federal, state, and local level…. The la...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
wrote a bit about mass deportation for @mcsweeneys.net www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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There Is Limited Money in Our Big, Beautiful Budget, So We Need to Spend as Much of It as Possible to Keep Ruining Immigrants’ Lives
“The $170 billion price tag for immigration enforcement eclipses other law enforcement expenditures at the federal, state, and local level…. The la...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas Eve! Here's my Marxist Rudolph satire in @mcsweeneys.net today! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rud...
mcsweeneys.net
Rudolph the Red Won’t Guide Santa’s Bourgeois Sleigh Tonight
First, let’s get one thing clear, Santa: I ain’t a scab. The collective bargaining agreement clearly mandates the sleigh be led by a union-approved...
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The Belladonna Comedy @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
“The art of seduction in the season of chapped lips and vitamin D deficiency.” By @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/we-should-de...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
My new McSweeney's!
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Also, here is my other new humor from a couple days ago: thebelladonnacomedy.com/why-i-only-a...
thebelladonnacomedy.com
Why I Only Allow My Teen to Talk to Instagram’s PG-13 Chatbots
Human teens can be so R-rated sometimes.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Here's some new humor I wrote for @pointsincase.com! www.pointsincase.com/articles/the...
pointsincase.com
The Technology Is Just Not Ready to Fake Another Moon Landing
Given these conditions, we may be decades away from being able to fake another moon landing.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Teachers! If your students are using AI to write their papers, maybe it's because you personally are not using AI enough. Here's my new @mcsweeneys.net www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-n...
mcsweeneys.net
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers
I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Fall has the best PR. When there's a cool summer day, everyone says "wow, fall weather!" Like nope, many summer days are just really really lovely
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I wrote this one! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lib...
mcsweeneys.net
Liberals Get So Upset About Every Little Jeans Ad and Blatant Corruption Scandal
Some hyper-sensitive Americans love to cry buckets of liberal tears over every minor provocation, like the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad or how the polic...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER OF HUMOROUS WRITING! Not just because they mentioned my piece this week, just because it’s that good
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Here’s my new article in Slackjaw, for both plant purchasers and people with the same personality as me medium.com/slackjaw/hou...
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Houseplant Care Instructions, Which You Should Not Take Personally
Your houseplant needs regular waterings. Your houseplant trusts you understand what “regular” means in this context.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I wrote this! Hope you enjoy. Also, here's the friends and family link (no need to sign in to Medium) medium.com/thebelladonn...
medium.com
Woman-Empowering Shows that Didn’t Have Women in the Writers’ Room
What makes women tick, from the minds of not-women writers.
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The Belladonna Comedy @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
“What makes women tick, from the minds of not-women writers.” By @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/woman-empowe...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Yay, I have some new comedy in today's @pointsincase.com www.pointsincase.com/articles/don...
pointsincase.com
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
First, remember what you named the file. “Invention idea: the wheel”? “Wheel stuff”? “Wheel deets”? Maybe just “wheel”?
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Jane Austen didn’t wreck your life. Lack of George Eliot wrecked your life
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
WHAT. As a child I only had mega-boiled brussels sprouts and now I always roast them. I thought I was a culinary genius. I was wrong.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I co-wrote a Review of New Foods for McSweeney’s with @jeffbender.bsky.social. It has a light 4th of July theme. Among several other light themes. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/utz...
mcsweeneys.net
Reviews of New Food: Utz Lemonade Potato Chips
Remember the summertime barbecues of childhood? Sunshine, sprinklers, the slurred speech of day-drunk parents? When, as kids, we’d eat potato chips...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
today I purchased 10 rolls at the deli and my cashier said "you having a big party? Or just stocking up?" IS TEN A SILLY LOT OF ROLLS TO BUY???
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Kids say the darndest things in literary fiction
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I wrote an important reminder for McSweeney’s: at least aren’t stuck with a woman president www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...
mcsweeneys.net
It’s Not Going Great, but Imagine How Much Worse Things Would Be with a Woman President
A lot has gone wrong under Donald Trump, but at least we narrowly avoided the catastrophe of a female president. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Kamala...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Got a new piece in Slackjaw, co-written with @jeffbender.bsky.social medium.com/slackjaw/kar...
medium.com
Karl Marx Or Richard Marx?
Iconic beard / iconic mullet. By Jeff Bender and Talia Argondezzi
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16/05/2025
"People these days don’t have enough get-up-and-go. One little setback and they’re dependent on Medicaid forever. Instead, when life hands you lemons, demand that it also hand you a $400 million jet in exchange for unnamed future political favors." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/you...
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You Don’t Need Medicaid—Just Pull Yourself Up by Your Abuse of Power
“Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda.” —The Hill - - -Quit complaining about Republicans’ proposed cuts to...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I have a new McSweeney’s up, let’s get rid of Medicaid altogether www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/you...
mcsweeneys.net
You Don’t Need Medicaid—Just Pull Yourself Up by Your Abuse of Power
“Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda.” —The Hill - - -Quit complaining about Republicans’ proposed cuts to...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Imagine RFK Jr.'s brain is a sloppy bachelorette party." Here's my new comedy on @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social medium.com/thebelladonn...
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I’m RFK Jr.’s One Correct Opinion
Please help! Being stuck in his brain with the other opinions is a nightmare.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I wish I could go back to my younger self and gently tell her “don’t worry, that acne will go away on its own eventually. and immediately be replaced by rosacea”
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Feel free to use my handy new McSweeney's for your thank-you note to Trump www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tem...
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Templates for Thanking President Trump
Template 1 Dear President Trump and [RELEVANT MINIONS] I’m just writing from [UKRAINE / GAZA / THE HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS] to say, once and for...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
my new article in the Belladonna about kids these days thebelladonnacomedy.com/our-kids-min...
thebelladonnacomedy.com
Our Kids’ Minds Are Rotting Because of This New Technology (Fire)
This invention is destroying humanity! (My generation’s technologies were fine, though.)
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I wrote some new satire for McSweeney's, out this morning www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/thi...
mcsweeneys.net
This Administration Isn’t Blatantly Breaking the Law Right Before Your Eyes—We’re Just Flirting with Breaking the Law
“The Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders.” — New York Times - - - This administration repeatedly ignores cou...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Latest episode of The Last of Us really captures how 3 months under Trump has felt
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I wrote some Easter humor! medium.com/slackjaw/eas...
medium.com
Easter Is Halloween, Except It’s Pastel
Ghosts and goblins are scary. A giant humanoid bunny breaking into your house while you sleep is pastel scary.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
my new @newyorker.com humor article! www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...
newyorker.com
I’m Really Dating Myself Here
My hair is parted to the side—it looks so nerdy parted in the middle! I know I’m still dating myself, but what do I care? At least the person I’m dating thinks I look hot.
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lisahazirjian.bsky.social @lisahazirjian.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Painfully spot-on
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I have a new @mcsweeneys.net up last night. "If everyone’s busy denouncing your stupidity, they’re more likely to forget how vindictive, abusive, and cold-hearted you are." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pla...
mcsweeneys.net
Playing Headline-Stealing Games with the Economy is a Great Way to Distract Everyone from Your Human Rights Atrocities
“Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into trade wars abroad, all while on-again, off-again new levies...
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I really wanted to come to your thing! Here's my new piece on Slackjaw medium.com/slackjaw/why...
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Why I Couldn’t Make It To Your Thing: A Retrospective
I’d love to come! But I just… can’t. Here’s why.
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
It’s One Shining Moment night, everybody!
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I wrote this one!
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Me to students: Communication is paramount! It is the most important skill employers are looking for! U.S. officials making life and death decisions: 💣🌍💥😍😘
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Talia Argondezzi @taliaargondezzi.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Support group for authors whose books weren’t consequential enough to be stolen by GenAI
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