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Wendi Aarons

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Humor writer. Austin.

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Can't we just deploy the cosplaying patriots that play war in the forest every weekend they don't have court supervised time with their kids?

09.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do I still write US Treasury on my tax payment check or should I just cut out the middle man and write To Donald with Hate?

21.02.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pam Bondi would have dumped the bucket of blood on Carrie.

12.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are the Razzie awards for the worst in film still around? This might be the year to bring them back.

25.01.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did this happen because Biden takes naps?

24.01.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote this for those of us who've told a loved one to get down from a ladder, and those of us who will soon be told to get down from a ladder by our children. Stay safe, people.

20.01.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Unsung Heroes of Motherhood Our 3rd most-read article of 2025. - - -Julie Owens, who bravely tugged on a tankini in mid-January in order to chaperone her twins to an indoor w...

Unsung Heroes of Motherhood www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/uns...

30.12.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

He seriously has no idea how numbers work and just screams high or low amounts like he's on The Dementia Price Is Right.

18.12.2025 02:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seeing Stars in the Chihuahuan Desert A first-time camper finds comfort inside a dome beneath the Big Bend sky

Yep. @wendiaarons.bsky.social. Hilarious. Long live Thelma and Louise. @texashighways.bsky.social

texashighways.com/travel/seein...

09.12.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto β€œForget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” β€” Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...

β€œWhile he watched over FaceTime, I slowly poured liquid Tylenol all over my naked body. I loved him enough to make myself autistic. He wept.”

06.12.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 485 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 20

I can’t unsee it 😫

01.12.2025 22:58 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@jilltwiss.bsky.social I was going to say the same. Love the Zach show.

02.12.2025 02:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto β€œForget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” β€” Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...

β€œOur union represented the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and the eternal, unending nature of time. Sometimes I didn’t know where the worm ended, and our love began.”

01.12.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8
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More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto β€œForget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” β€” Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...

Olivia Nuzzi’s memoir about her affair with β€œThe Politician” aka RFK, Jr. drops tomorrow, but if you just can’t wait, Emily Flake, @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social & I have some excerpts to tide you over on @mcsweeneys.net!

01.12.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To Grandmother’s House We Go Over the river and through the woods, To Grandmother’s house we go; At the airport on time, which is good cause the lines Are moving super slow. Ov...

Over the river and through the woods
My checked bag has disappeared
It has all my meds. I wish I were dead
When did flying get so weird?

24.11.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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I’m Wearing Tunics Now This is an excerpt from the author’s funny new collection, which you can buy here. - - -You’ve probably all noticed that I recently switched up my ...

"In my tunic, you can’t see any of the middle part of my middle-aged body. I’m shrouded in mystery. I’m a stylish enigma. I’m a greying fortune cookie with a fortune inside it that says, 'Fuck you, I was in shape in the eighties.'"

21.11.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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To Grandmother’s House We Go Over the river and through the woods, To Grandmother’s house we go; At the airport on time, which is good cause the lines Are moving super slow. Ov...

🎢 Over the river and through the woods,
To Grandmother's house we go;
At the airport on time, which is good cause the lines
Are moving super slow... 🎢

21.11.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Disney World’s New Rides Are Sick Make sure to wash your hands after Viruses of the Caribbean.

A fun piece in @newyorker.com today by me, @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social and Ali Fitzgerald, inspired by Ronnie No Vaccines DeSantis. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

29.09.2025 12:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now the nuts are claiming that "college radicalized" the shooter? He lasted one semester in Utah & dropped out -- not exactly Berkeley in 1967.

13.09.2025 03:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly, we should all be kinder. Perhaps his ear injury is acting up after it regenerated itself lizard-style, or he suddenly developed an allergy to the ketchup used in the assassination attempt. Show some compassion, people.

01.09.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@wendiaarons.bsky.social

23.08.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If There’s One Carpetbagger All Texans Can Agree On, It’s the Fire Ant Why the insect is even more evil than you thought.

Their attacks up your legs are so meticulously coordinated you almost have to respect it. 🐜

07.08.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of article about fire ants in Texas. Colorful art with cartoon drawing of an ant in the grass plus text

Screenshot of article about fire ants in Texas. Colorful art with cartoon drawing of an ant in the grass plus text

I got a mention in this excellent piece by @wendiaarons.bsky.social
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www.texasmonthly.com/travel/why-f...

07.08.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Walking out isn't a weakness. It's the only way to stop a rigged game when the dealer is cheating. If you can’t speak for your community inside the chamber, you take the fight outside it. stopthetexassteal.com
#WeStandWithTxDems #TxLege

03.08.2025 21:54 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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How I Think a King-Sized Bed Would Transform My Love Life My husband and I gaze at each other while we brush our teeth, savoring these final moments together before we go our separate ways. I kiss him good...

I’m on @mcsweeneys.net today with some ideas about how to get a good night’s sleep!

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...

28.07.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m Giving My Kids a ’90s Summerβ€”the 1890s This summer, I’m letting my kids be kids. No camps or enriching activities that’ll get them into an Ivy in ten years. No screen time or YouTube or ...

"Millennials want their kids to relive their 1990s summers, but that won’t cut it, because the 1990s had technology, stranger danger, and Coolio. No, I want to go back even farther, to a decade when parents didn’t put trackers on their children’s phones and women couldn’t vote."

27.07.2025 14:01 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Gen X Can Make Money in This Economy Winning trivia night at the bar you went to in college. - - - Dance partner in a high-end pharmaceutical commercial. - - - Social media influencer...

"Winning trivia night at the bar you went to in college."

19.07.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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I’m Giving My Kids a ’90s Summerβ€”the 1890s This summer, I’m letting my kids be kids. No camps or enriching activities that’ll get them into an Ivy in ten years. No screen time or YouTube or ...

"At daybreak, I’ll hand my children their metal lunch pails, button their fifty-button shoes, and they’ll shuffle off to their factory jobs, because in the Gilded Age, and southern states in the 2020s, no snowflake child labor laws exist."

24.07.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Six Books Donald Trump Is Reading This Summer Yep.

The third book will open some eyes for sure.

24.07.2025 01:20 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9

Excellent parenting advice from @wendiaarons.bsky.social!

23.07.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0