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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
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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
December 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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
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
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
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!
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 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!
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
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.
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
This was a fun one to put together! Got to admit to being a Latin nerd and obsessed with the Aubreyad
December 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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
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*slamming my head in the refrigerator door* Don't worry babe, I'm restarting the idea machine
vox.com Vox @vox.com · 11d
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
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

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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
Mob tough guy who's nicknamed his fists "Meet" and "Cute"
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
*slamming my head in the refrigerator door* Don't worry babe, I'm restarting the idea machine
vox.com Vox @vox.com · 11d
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
TIRED: My hair is too long

WIRED: My neck is too short
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Mushrooms, campfires, and Ishiguro
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Fact checkers looked at the viral claim about Cratchit's cash, which was more complicated than I anticipated
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Well we all want things we can't have
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Snow day James in NYC
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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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.

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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
More American regime change…
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm Umbrellas of Cherbourging today (wearing bright colors)
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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After a lot of deliberation, here is the best of PIC 2025!
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM