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Knocking into table legs and spilling everyone’s drinks in order to prove that I can do the Grinch’s signature belly slither
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Knocking into table legs and spilling everyone’s drinks in order to prove that I can do the Grinch’s signature belly slither
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Remember that when Santa comes down the chimney you have to dodge his jolly attacks until his belly starts flashing red
December 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Remember that when Santa comes down the chimney you have to dodge his jolly attacks until his belly starts flashing red
Remember that when Santa comes down the chimney you have to dodge his jolly attacks until his belly starts flashing red
December 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Remember that when Santa comes down the chimney you have to dodge his jolly attacks until his belly starts flashing red
Knocking into table legs and spilling everyone’s drinks in order to prove that I can do the Grinch’s signature belly slither
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Knocking into table legs and spilling everyone’s drinks in order to prove that I can do the Grinch’s signature belly slither
What lot of you simpletons don’t seem to understand is that a major part of being the head of the news is being bad at the news
December 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What lot of you simpletons don’t seem to understand is that a major part of being the head of the news is being bad at the news
I will destroy the Grinch by mailing him an incendiary cigar to burn off all his hair, as that is the source of his authority and respect with the Whos
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I will destroy the Grinch by mailing him an incendiary cigar to burn off all his hair, as that is the source of his authority and respect with the Whos
Hey @pointsincase.com writers! I'm stepping away from my editing desk to climb up the Rockefeller Center tree with a bag of pretzels to recharge--please don't tell the staff, they always try to coax me out
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hey @pointsincase.com writers! I'm stepping away from my editing desk to climb up the Rockefeller Center tree with a bag of pretzels to recharge--please don't tell the staff, they always try to coax me out
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
You can keep sending us work, but don't expect to hear back until January! Happy holidays!
All credit to Luke for keeping this list of sentences all year -- it's great and a fun way to reflect on a year of writing!
In the latest Newsletter of Humorous Writing subscription edition, @jamesfolta.com & I rounded up some of our favorite sentences from pieces & articles published in 2025
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Some Favorite Sentences of 2025
Welcome to the Subscription Edition of A Newsletter of Humorous Writing. Our paid subscribers keep the weekly newsletter running, and we’re deeply grateful...
buttondown.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
All credit to Luke for keeping this list of sentences all year -- it's great and a fun way to reflect on a year of writing!
Had a blast talking about books & sci-fi!
This was one of the most fun interviews I’ve done in a while!
I loved geeking out over sci-fi, historical fic, and my middle school One Direction phase.
I loved geeking out over sci-fi, historical fic, and my middle school One Direction phase.
Congressional candidate and staunch anti-ICE activist @katmabu.bsky.social loves sci-fi and... One Direction fan fiction.
December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Had a blast talking about books & sci-fi!
Two recommendations from the three large sons canon (for @literaryhub.bsky.social)
Two stories about three brothers you should check out this holiday season.
I’m a devotee of two film series at my local Brooklyn indie theater: Ridiculous <> Sublime, a series highlighting “the most bombastic and confounding movies imaginable,” and Hubba Hubba…
lithub.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Two recommendations from the three large sons canon (for @literaryhub.bsky.social)
This was a fun one to put together! Got to admit to being a Latin nerd and obsessed with the Aubreyad
We’re proud of everything we publish, but we definitely have our favorites. These are the Lit Hub stories our staff loved in 2025.
Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2025
From essays to interviews, excerpts to blog posts, reading lists to poems, we publish a lot of good stuff at Lit Hub, if we do say so ourselves. And while we are proud of all of the pieces we’ve sh…
buff.ly
December 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This was a fun one to put together! Got to admit to being a Latin nerd and obsessed with the Aubreyad
Ripping a phone book in half? A real man is strong enough to rip a phone book back together
December 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ripping a phone book in half? A real man is strong enough to rip a phone book back together
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*slamming my head in the refrigerator door* Don't worry babe, I'm restarting the idea machine
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
*slamming my head in the refrigerator door* Don't worry babe, I'm restarting the idea machine
Independent media is a difficult game, but my colleagues at @literaryhub.bsky.social are doing it and producing a consistently excellent publication, by book lovers and for book lovers
If you can support us with a membership, it really makes a difference
If you can support us with a membership, it really makes a difference
It’s Harder and Harder to Be a Magazine on the Internet—Please Help
As we hurtle toward the end of a dismally eventful year (yes, we live in interesting times), those of us in what remains of America’s independent media are poring over budgets past, present, and fu…
lithub.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Independent media is a difficult game, but my colleagues at @literaryhub.bsky.social are doing it and producing a consistently excellent publication, by book lovers and for book lovers
If you can support us with a membership, it really makes a difference
If you can support us with a membership, it really makes a difference
Mob tough guy who's nicknamed his fists "Meet" and "Cute"
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Mob tough guy who's nicknamed his fists "Meet" and "Cute"
*slamming my head in the refrigerator door* Don't worry babe, I'm restarting the idea machine
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
*slamming my head in the refrigerator door* Don't worry babe, I'm restarting the idea machine
TIRED: My hair is too long
WIRED: My neck is too short
WIRED: My neck is too short
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
TIRED: My hair is too long
WIRED: My neck is too short
WIRED: My neck is too short
Mushrooms, campfires, and Ishiguro
The news might change, but Venn diagrams are forever.
This week’s news in Venn diagrams.
Happy Friday! We’ve been so deep in end of the year lists over here that it’s hard for me to type “Friday” and not to immediately start thinking of things like “2025&#…
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Mushrooms, campfires, and Ishiguro
Fact checkers looked at the viral claim about Cratchit's cash, which was more complicated than I anticipated
“A country as wealthy as America should pay more and care more, and the fact that there’s even a half truth to the claim of Dickensian pay disparity is shameful.”
Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?
Around this time of year, I start seeing this 2021 Tweet make the rounds: “Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution”—it’s compelling! And it certainly fee…
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Fact checkers looked at the viral claim about Cratchit's cash, which was more complicated than I anticipated
Well we all want things we can't have
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Well we all want things we can't have
Snow day James in NYC
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Snow day James in NYC
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In this week's newsletter @jamesfolta.com and I rounded up great writing by @scarletkmeyer.bsky.social and Robert Rooney in @mcsweeneys.net, Ally Mason in @pointsincase.com, and W.F. Carolyn in @robotbutt.bsky.social.
Check it out and subscribe at the link below!
Check it out 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...
buttondown.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In this week's newsletter @jamesfolta.com and I rounded up great writing by @scarletkmeyer.bsky.social and Robert Rooney in @mcsweeneys.net, Ally Mason in @pointsincase.com, and W.F. Carolyn in @robotbutt.bsky.social.
Check it out and subscribe at the link below!
Check it out and subscribe at the link below!
More American regime change…
Why there isn’t a place for Calibri among the aesthetics of fascism.
Marco Rubio’s State Department has deleted Calibri and installed Times New Roman.
As Reuters reported yesterday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has enforced new font restrictions in the state department, because Trump and his hogmen continue to keep their eye on what matters to …
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
More American regime change…
I'm Umbrellas of Cherbourging today (wearing bright colors)
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm Umbrellas of Cherbourging today (wearing bright colors)
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After a lot of deliberation, here is the best of PIC 2025!
Our "Best of 2025" picks feature party planners, new chess pieces, sewer dwellers, Kyle Energy, and more!
Best of PIC 2025
Our "Best of 2025" picks feature party planners, new chess pieces, sewer dwellers, Kyle Energy, and more!
www.pointsincase.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
After a lot of deliberation, here is the best of PIC 2025!