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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 3h

Slowly alienating everyone in my life by insisting on calling this weather a “north-easter”

james folta @jamesfolta.com · 5h

In this week's Newsletter we're belated celebrating our 8-year anniversary (!!!) with work in @mcsweeneys.net & @pointsincase.com by Michael Riotto, Daniela Fava, @katherinedinapoli.bsky.social, and our pal & favorite writer, Brian Agler

Read & subscribe below, with 8 years of issues to read, too!

A Newsletter of Humorous Writing #413

For October 1-7, 2025 Hello and welcome to A Newsletter of Humorous Writing, a roundup of the week's finest short humor pieces and funny articles, and a...

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 4d

Added some new language to our @pointsincase.com submissions guidelines:

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 2d

I can’t believe I missed this story!

james folta @jamesfolta.com · 2d

Learned today that James Blunt was part of a NATO force deployed to Kosovo

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

QUINTET (1979)

Cinematography by Jean Boffety
Directed by Robert Altman

The Rules of This Board Game Are Long, But Also Complicated

I’m so happy you all could make it to board game night! We’re going to have a blast. OK, so, what do we want to play? What’d you bring? Clue? Ok. M...

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 4d

Added some new language to our @pointsincase.com submissions guidelines:

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 4d

@jamesfolta.com explores MyHouse.wad, a 2023 mod of 1994’s Doom II based on Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves.

The House of Leaves-inspired game MyHouse.wad is just as trippy as you’d think.

This demon shooting video game mod might be your new favorite book. MyHouse.wad is a 2023 mod—short for modification, in this case a series of custom levels—for 1994’s Doom II, the second in …

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 4d

Wrote about a inspired and bizarre Doom II mod paying homage to House of Leaves for @literaryhub.bsky.social

The House of Leaves-inspired game MyHouse.wad is just as trippy as you’d think.

This demon shooting video game mod might be your new favorite book. MyHouse.wad is a 2023 mod—short for modification, in this case a series of custom levels—for 1994’s Doom II, the second in …

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 4d

Every picture I see of that smallest Trump son his legs seem to have grown 4 inches since the last picture I saw

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 4d

Save me, men’s one a day multivitamin

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 6d

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 8d

I’m starting a book club with this couple reading over my shoulder on the train

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 8d

If I ever see one of those friend AI lockets in real life I’m going to grab it and swallow it, sorry man

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 14d

Use these Venns to catch up on the news, from The Booker Prize to clickbait to AI.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

It’s been another long week, folks. I’m rolling into Saturday pretty drained—I’m starting to realize why “weekend” is a homonym of “weakened.” We’re …

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 12d

Wikipedia's great

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 13d

Need help identifying AI-generated text? The Wikimedia Foundation has a handy guide.

Here’s a handy guide to help you spot AI writing.

Source image from Wikimedia Foundation It’s always a bit surprising to me how trusted Wikipedia has become, since I spent my entire childhood being told by adults to never, ever, trust it. But the …

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 13d

Eric adams saying “everyone knows that New York City is the dropping out of America”

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 13d

Ending this with "Anyway, I'm so SO swamped right now, but I'll get to this soon!" is something else

Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: Jeffries praises Eric Adams in a statement, saying he has "served courageously and authentically for decades" and that "meaningful progress has been made" during his mayoralty.

Says he will "publicly weigh in" on the mayoral race "well before the start of early voting.”

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 13d

Ending this with "Anyway, I'm so SO swamped right now, but I'll get to this soon!" is something else

Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: Jeffries praises Eric Adams in a statement, saying he has "served courageously and authentically for decades" and that "meaningful progress has been made" during his mayoralty.

Says he will "publicly weigh in" on the mayoral race "well before the start of early voting.”

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 13d

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 15d

In this week's newsletter, @jamesfolta.com and I round up great writing by Ralph Gamelli in @mcsweeneys.net, Luís Leal Miranda in Slackjaw, Andrea Strong in Eater, and Lauren Collins in @newyorker.com

Plus info about my upcoming workshops! Check out the newsletter and subscribe at the link below.

A Newsletter of Humorous Writing

by Luke Burns & James Folta A weekly newsletter dedicated to humorous writing and humorous writers. We round up the best short humor pieces and funny articles every week, and have some fun extras ever...

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 15d

An early stage in the living in NYC timeline is “Knowing Instantly Which New Subway Ads Are Sharpie Targets”

Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 15d

excellent sharpie work everyone keep it up nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you

Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 16d

We're going to "there's GOT to be a better way" ourselves into the grave

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Sep 10

this is fun from LitHub and mentions "The Bright Ages!" #booksky

lithub.com/no-ones-read...

No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

Researchers recently found that “reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%,” which sucks. The study shows “a sustained, steady decline” over about twenty years, which I agree with the scientists …

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 16d

This is like those black and white, "Before" montages in an infomercial where someone is desperate for a solution to a simple problem like "can't work a blender without painting the wall in smoothie" or "can't drink coffee without spilling it on their toddlers"

Erin @fujoshi.bsky.social · 16d

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