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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 1d

Thinking of her (bollards being installed along every NYC street)

james folta @jamesfolta.com · 1d

What Is "Michael Manning?" What You Need To Know About The Growing Trend Where Men Are Intensely Competent, Live By A Code, And Have Long Conversations Implying Their Begrudging Respect For One Another

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 3d

You should use these Venns to catch up on the news (especially if you like Moomins).

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

Fittingly for the news of a new Moomin movie this week, today is Finnish Literature Day. Maybe break out some Tove Jansson, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, or Väinö Linna this weekend to celebrate? Or go al…

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 2d

That feeling when it’s a long weekend

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 2d

Holding the free market’s invisible hand when it gets scared

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 3d

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

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 3d

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 · 7d

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

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 6d

I can’t believe I missed this story!

james folta @jamesfolta.com · 6d

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

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

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

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 7d

@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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

Save me, men’s one a day multivitamin

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 9d

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 11d

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

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 12d

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 · 17d

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 · 15d

Wikipedia's great

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16d

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 · 16d

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

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 16d

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 · 16d

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 · 16d

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 · 16d

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 · 16d

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