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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 2h
They should do one of those reverse bungee launches that looks like the chair in the Greeley statue
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 12h
Happy birthday Caravaggio, here’s something I wrote a few years back for McSweeney’s #50
A humor piece……continued!
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 08/07/2023
I’m the Michael Jordan of softly saying “okay” to myself 75+ times per day
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 12h
Happy birthday Caravaggio, here’s something I wrote a few years back for McSweeney’s #50
A humor piece……continued!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 19h
“Ever since we’ve posted the secondary coverage as well as the editorial, there’s been an absolute outpour of similar stories hitting my inbox and the sexual-misconduct tip line.”
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 28/09/2026
Bro last night was a braided essay
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 26/09/2026
Also Fitz Closet is The Blue Room, I think?
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 26/09/2026
it IS blog, let's make this happen folks
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 24/09/2026
This software is designed by people, when their products malfunction and break laws, those people should be held responsible
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Stop anthropomorphizing lines of code.
Elon Musk promised that his social media company X would be “the everything app,” but these days “everything” seems to only include slop, fascist propaganda, and abuse. Increasingly, the social med…
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 24/09/2026
Wrote about a short film and a novella with autumnal vibes for your late September, at @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/two-great-wo...
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Two great works of art to ease your transition into autumn.
To my fellow summer weary, too sweaty, beach-skeptical readers out there: We made it. We’ve officially crossed the threshold into fall, and it feels great. Summer’s brash extroversion is finally at…
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 24/09/2026
Wrote about a short film and a novella with autumnal vibes for your late September, at @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/two-great-wo...
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Two great works of art to ease your transition into autumn.
To my fellow summer weary, too sweaty, beach-skeptical readers out there: We made it. We’ve officially crossed the threshold into fall, and it feels great. Summer’s brash extroversion is finally at…
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 24/09/2026
This software is designed by people, when their products malfunction and break laws, those people should be held responsible
lithub.com
Stop anthropomorphizing lines of code.
Elon Musk promised that his social media company X would be “the everything app,” but these days “everything” seems to only include slop, fascist propaganda, and abuse. Increasingly, the social med…
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 22/09/2026
Happy fall from me, @mcsweeneys.net, and former Obama administration Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack
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Remove Your Cap and Bow Your Head, For It is I, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Remove your cap and bow your head Iowans, for it is I, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. As mandated by the arcane and unruly spirits of the earth and by...
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 22/09/2026
Age-gap relationship with my expired sauces
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 22/09/2026
What if I became a "Linux guy"
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Robocop (1987) @robocop1987.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don't know. I don't know.
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 19/09/2026
*Bruce Springsteen voice* “well they torched the portapotties in the park last night”
Two portapotties burned and melted to the dang ol ground in prospect park
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 13/03/2024
image from the breakfast club where Judd Nelson's John Bender is saying "walking around new york city wearing a light jacket and drinking a can of seltzer feels pretty good huh?"
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 19/09/2026
Featuring one of my favorite dumb bits of all time
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 18/09/2026
I've got a couple emails I've been saving up if any data brokers want to get in touch
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 18/09/2026
Nothing more mortifying than trying to search for a flag... listing out colors and shapes like a toddler...
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 16/09/2026
There's a medical labs company that got my address and loves to email me things like "Do you know your heart can explode?"
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 16/09/2026
There's a medical labs company that got my address and loves to email me things like "Do you know your heart can explode?"
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 16/09/2026
Our boy is on the 'gram
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Attention LBJ nerds: Robert Caro is posting book updates on Instagram.
As Lit Hub’s resident Caro-head, I’m committed to bringing you regular updates on the historian’s progress on his Years of Lyndon Johnson series (searching “Folta Caro” on Lit Hub turns up more res…
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 16/09/2026
It's another Caro Blog at @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/attention-lb...
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 15/09/2026
Surely the vegetable spiralizer was another of Vic Frankenstein’s obscene inventions
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 15/09/2026
Geez, I'm currently going through this too, posted a few days ago:
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 25/02/2025
I forgot how epic and badass this movie is
fight club but the brad pitt dream character is saying "we're basically the duolingo of fighting" -- it's a low quality jpeg, sorry I'm late for a zoom call so I couldn't find a better picture
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 14/09/2026
Toddler in the basement was naming all the bikes, which was really cute until she pointed at my bike and said "Doug"
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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On Sunday, Sept 20th @jamesfolta.com and I are hosting the launch party for OBEY IN ADVANCE, a new book of satire by @ginnyhogan.bsky.social & @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social published by @mcsweeneys.net! 🎟️: www.eventbrite.com/e/obey-in-ad...
Flyer for a book launch party all in red with black and white text. The cover of the book "Obey in Advance" is on the bottom right.

Text reads: 
OBEY IN ADVANCE BOOK LAUNCH PARTY

SEPTEMBER 20, 2026 2:30 P.M. ET 
at CAVEAT NYC 21 A Clinton St. New York, NY 

HOSTED BY JAMES FOLTA and LUKE BURNS of A NEWSLETTER OF HUMOROUS WRITING 

FEATURING CHANDLER DEAN, FELIPE TORRES MEDINA, TAYLOR KAY PHILLIPS, and JOSH GONDELMAN
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 13/09/2026
And I got a lot going on these days, I can’t have a stabbed ass
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 13/09/2026
The knife is still missing and I’m still paranoid I’ll sit on the couch and stab my ass
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 12/09/2026
Tennis question: has the ball ever popped directly into a player/spectator's mouth?
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 10/09/2026
I’m hoping to do more of these — what are some funny novels I may not have heard of?
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 10/09/2026
Wrote about a comic novel I love!
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 09/09/2026
To burn my own kicker: One review of Inpatient's game where you play an HR person poking around a 2000s start up office at night is just, “You are so lucky that I read alot of books and know what the ♥♥♥♥ lacunae are.”
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 09/09/2026
These "AI WILL KILL YOU" announcements always remind me of the kid in middle school who swears up and down that he saw a snake come out of a toilet once
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Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
okay I love this, @breathofthewild82.bsky.social is gonna love this, @jamesfolta.com thank you for bringing it to my attention: lithub.com/on-the-stran...
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On the strange, literary video games of Inpatient Press.
The indie publisher Inpatient Press is doing fascinating, form-breaking work. The small publisher has been putting out fascinating novels, collections, zines and games since 2013. Inpatient’s publi…
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 09/09/2026
These "AI WILL KILL YOU" announcements always remind me of the kid in middle school who swears up and down that he saw a snake come out of a toilet once
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 08/09/2026
Wrote about a great new biography that I really enjoyed
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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In last week's newsletter, @jamesfolta.com & I assembled great writing by Graeme Carey and Glenn Boozan in @newyorker.com, @ericaliesalot.bsky.social in @mcsweeneys.net, & Ricardo Frasso Jaramillo in @thebeliever.net. Plus an update about my graphic novel translation Check it out & subscribe 👇
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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...
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 03/09/2026
The yoda olives meme

after translating the odyssey while standing in front of refrigerator in 2017

2026... going back for more the odyssey
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"How Minnesota Unions and Community Groups Stood Up to an ICE Occupation" - by Greg Nammacher, president of SEIU Local 26. Really glad to see @labornotes.bsky.social reprint this excerpt from This Is How We Win.
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How Minnesota Unions and Community Groups Stood Up to an ICE Occupation
In this excerpt from the new book This Is How We Win: A Guide to Building Working-Class Uprisings, SEIU Local 26 President Greg Nammacher describes how his union, its members battered and exhausted fr...
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 06/09/2026
Left side of the Venn diagram says “George Santos caught scamming again and got a lifetime ban from Kashi”

Center of the Venn diagram “Don't you want to try something else?”

Right side of the Venn diagram “Emily Wilson is translating The Odyssey again from scratch”
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 05/09/2026
I love websites that make me go “yowch! My neurons!”
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 03/09/2026
The yoda olives meme

after translating the odyssey while standing in front of refrigerator in 2017

2026... going back for more the odyssey
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 03/09/2026
In the kitchen, letting the fond do the talking
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 02/09/2026
This is the kind of thing that you're going to want to see
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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 31/08/2026
A third has hit the wedding
MeCoffee!
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