So happy to see this! I wish I could have been there.
Massachusetts-based writer, cat lover, alt rock fanatic. New novel, Last Night at the Disco, coming from Regal House in October 2025. Humor in McSweeney’s & more. I run the Novel Reactor workshops. Pro-science, anti-fascist. https://www.lisaborders.com/
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So happy to see this! I wish I could have been there.
Don’t get me wrong, I like this version of Gavin Newsom, but wasn’t he sidling up to right wing bros a few months ago?
Excited to share book events this fall for Last Night at the Disco, starting with my launch at @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social on October 7. I hope to see you on the road! #booksky
We do actually need to pay attention to the distraction when death and punishment is the way they’re distracting.
Am I laughing or crying? Either way, this @mcsweeneys.net piece by @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social is spot on! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
“…resistance to the corruption of language and the blurring of the boundaries between true and false also matters a lot in this crisis.” Important piece today from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781646036448
Over the moon to share this glowing review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social, describing Last Night at the Disco as a “hilarious novel” with a “deliciously unlikable antihero” and adding, “Readers will be hooked by this tragicomic romp.” Link to full review below. #booksky #lastnightatthedisco
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A baby spider tried to commit suicide by rappelling down into the soup I was heating and I SAVED ITS LIFE. Who says people can’t change?
I think a lot of Americans believe their country is the one they learned about in school. They haven’t grasped the fact that it’s well on the way to becoming a Christofascist dictatorship.
quick reminder: if someone refers to people as "illegals," they're probably incredibly racist
One simple thing you can do is STOP PAYING TO HAVE POISON SPREAD ON YOUR LAWN!!!!!
It’s even weirder than Covfefe
It has taken me a year to figure out that I’m not really mad at George Clooney. I’m mad that an actor has such outsized influence on our elections.
New aging achievement unlocked: I went to see an oral surgeon today and the dewy-faced boy resident explained treatment options and then very kindly said, "If you were my mother, I'd tell her to get the implant."
The brilliant @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social, living the king-sized bed dream for @mcsweeneys.net.
This is how we white women need to use the “I demand to speak to your manager” energy our mothers taught us. More of us need to confront these kidnappers the way Lululemon Lady did.
Getting my annual mammogram. Check out my pro tips @mcsweeneys.net! "On the day of your exam, don’t apply deodorant or scented lotions. Also, be sure to remove any nipple piercings, nursing children, and/or tiny nipple hats."
He is the cutest, sweetest, silliest boy. #catsky
❤️ to you, @tracyslater.bsky.social!
The #1 way to explain America working properly is by saying “comedians can make fun of he President on TV.” A good way to explain fascism is “the President forces companies to fire those comedians as a condition of allowing them to conduct business.”
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Thank you for this generous review! 💃🪩🎸
Thrilled to see this early review for @lisaborders.bsky.social LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO: "A deliciously dark character study set against the days of disco." Thank you, @mcmaenza.bsky.social for the early review! mcmaenza.blogspot.com/2025/07/book...
As a young gay man living during the original HIV/AIDS crisis in the ‘80s, this was easy for me to see, but hard to accept. However the experience helped me to realize that it was happening again with COVID—only this time, the “acceptable losses” had expanded to include nearly everyone.
Such a balm to take a break from the news and just enjoy this delightful summertime humor from the scorching hot @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social, @alisolomain.bsky.social and Kerry Elson!
I have page proofs for Last Night at the Disco to motor through this weekend, but Clarence thinks I’m missing the beauty right in front of me.
Do everything you can to survive. Thrive out of spite. Be incredible. Be amazing. Love yourself. Whatever you need, Be it for yourself. Fuck these monsters.
Do yu like ca'ats, Zohran Mamdani?
The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...
Oh, I always will!
Can we now rank names for that bridge that connects Nyack to Tarrytown because I think Tappan Zee would win over Cuomo tonight.
Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5
It’s hard to overstate how angry rank and file Dems are at the Dem establishment right now. And if I were a self-preservationist incumbent I would take note.
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
Oh, so we won’t need vaccines this fall because most of us will be dead in this WWIII Trump just started. Now it all makes sense.
I am looking for congressional leaders to come out quickly and forcefully against this. We need unequivocal opposition. We need theatric demonstrations of defiance. We need to see leadership. Trump will steamroll us all if we display weakness. Where are our leaders?
Was just texting with a friend and autocorrect changed “jerk” to “Jersey.” As a Garden State native I am outraged! Who programmed that thing - a New Yorker?
Damn if this brilliant piece by @amandalehr.bsky.social didn’t make me tear up by the end.
"NB.1.8.1 is estimated to account for 37 percent of cases in the US. That's up from 15 percent two weeks ago." In other words, cases of the new mutation have more than doubled in two weeks. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Thank you! And I’ll pass your kind words along to the spiders. 😂
Live your life so millions of your fellow citizens don't take to the streets to tell you to go fuck yourself on your birthday.
My sign was a bigger hit at the protest than the song was for The Smiths! #nokings
You don't hold a military parade to intimidate other countries. You hold a military parade to impress the people who are supporters and intimidate the people who are the opposition. You also hold a military parade to overcompensate for the fact that a lot of your own people hate you.
We are in a dark fucking place.
This provision is a disgusting attempt to undermine the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans by legalizing discrimination. This policy underhandedly defies the values of the vast majority of Americans, who support marriage equality.
Yes! I’m an immunocompromised health care worker and this is the question I want to hear answered.
Thank you! 🕷️🕷️🕷️😱
Thank you! I pretty much just let them have half the house now and it’s all fine. 🤣🤣🤣
The spiders are back at @mcsweeneys.net! Must be all this rain we’ve been having.
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.
TFW place where you once worked omits your name from list of accomplished former staffers - but includes the name of the guy who sexually harassed you.
When Gavin Newsom runs for President on the strategy “I’m practically a Republican” my dearest hope is that it fizzles out immediately and loudly
More inspiring and more successful.
I would pony up some $$$ to revive the Boston Phoenix, who’s with me?
I didn’t know about this - so happy to see it!
We should have a memorial day for COVID. It is horrific that we as a society have done virtually nothing to remember the millions who have died. Rushing to forget what happened also makes it much more likely that we will continue to repeat our deadly mistakes.
Here's the assignment. Submit a comment by June 7th here (see link below to Federal Register). Spread the word. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... www.statnews.com/2025/05/23/n...
"If I have to choose between a Tenth Avenue freeze-out and Trump’s Fifth Avenue hypothetical, I’ve gotta side with the leader of the free world."
"If you’re thinking that Springsteen’s empathy for the working class and exploration of the runaway American dream are about as far as you can get from President Trump’s plans to make America great again, well, my leftist daughter would agree with you."
💯 this. Tell me exactly what you’re doing to try to save democracy and the people of this country. “Fighting back” just sounds like BS.
That is true!
I needed some GOODE news tonight, thank you, Gonzo!
Truly cannot believe how much more dystopian this world gets with each passing hour.
"If you’re thinking that Springsteen’s empathy for the working class and exploration of the runaway American dream are about as far as you can get from President Trump’s plans to make America great again, well, my leftist daughter would agree with you."
I’d have lost my Jersey bonafides if I let the Springsteen-Trump feud go without writing about it! My latest for @mcsweeneys.net. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
Fun day at the Massachusetts State House for a celebration of this year’s @masscultural.bsky.social fellows! Such an honor to meet other artists and hear impassioned speeches about the importance of the arts. Grateful to live in MA, and to those who support the MCC. #powerofculture #mcc #novelist
I think an interesting thing sitting Democratic Senators could do is note the age and general mental condition and comportment of the current, sitting president of the United States, who is in power right now instead of several months ago and who, moreover, is putting people in concentration camps
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 64 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
Happy 60th birthday to Trent Reznor! I will forever be jealous that I didn’t write this @mcsweeneys.net piece myself. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-f...
We don’t talk enough about how Kelvin and Keefe have the best relationship of all time
@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @trahan.house.gov please consider this!
ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
You love to see it! Protests are already breaking out all over the Philly region, and the main event, featuring Bernie Sanders, doesn't even start until 4 pm www.inquirer.com/news/live/ph...
Congratulations, Canada! 🇨🇦
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
Happy publication week to @janicemdeal.bsky.social and @newdoorbooks.bsky.social !This gorgeous novel is next up in my TBR pile. Clarence approves.
Last year, they wrote me a poem. This year, they left me an Easter card. Those #%*!+¥! spiders. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
Jean gives great advice!
We shouldn't human traffic guilty people to foreign death camps, either, actually.
#7 especially stings. Terrific @mcsweeneys.net piece from @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social.
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
Incompetence? Or a deliberate strategy to harm economically disadvantaged children?
I've noticed that McSweeney's is doing better journalism than a large number of legacy media outlets.
Jersey Strong! ❤️
This might be my favorite photo yet.
It was amazing! And so many clever signs - I wish I’d gotten better photos.
It’s impossible to convey the magnitude of this crowd in Boston, especially being only 5’2. So heartening to see such a huge turnout.
If you’re on the fence about going to the march today, read this piece by @lisaborders.bsky.social and consider it your rally cry. It packs a punch. bsky.app/profile/mcsw...
Thank you, Chris! It did my heart good to see such a great turnout.
Thank you Kathryn! ❤️
See you there, Boston!
This is not my typical @mcsweeneys.net piece, but these are not typical times. Grateful to the editors for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts.
I do love it! What magazine is that?
🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants. Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
You are brave AND smart, Jorts! I hope you got some treats afterward.