A humorous, idiosyncratic newsletter from a fictional small-town newspaper, mixing whimsical trivia research, deadpan personal updates, and absurd forecasts. Readers get playful writing and offbeat facts rather than hard news.
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A Substack of comic literary and historical writing, including modernized retellings of classics like Lucian's Dialogues of the Gods, rankings of oddities such as London livery company mottos, and curated archival finds like children's Rorschach responses. Readers get witty, erudite essays and humor pieces, with occasional housekeeping notes about subscription pricing.
Duffel Blog publishes satirical news articles that parody U.S. military life, the Pentagon and national politics in the style of a wire-service report. Readers get absurdist, darkly comic takes on current defense and foreign policy events.
A sports and Americana newsletter from Spencer Hall and Holly Anderson, with college football power rankings, astrology-based game picks and pregame chats for paid subscribers. Issues mix absurdist humor with weekly roundups of what the writers published and where else to find them.
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