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The mysterious cartoonist who goes by pseudonym Olivia James has left the comic strip Nancy which she revitalized with sometimes surreal, absurdist and self-aware humor in 2018. Starting today Nancy is by Eisner winner Caroline Cash. Exciting times for Nancy fans!
www.gocomics.com/extras/nancy...
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“Nancy” Says Goodbye to Olivia James, Hello to a Brand-New Creator
It’s a new era for the comic strip, which has been in print for more than 100 years.
https://www.gocomics.com/extras/nancy-olivia-jaimes-retires
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Endless Jeopardy
16 days ago
That is correct for $2000! (Your current score: $182000)
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I can’t believe tomorrow’s Gisnep is #500!! That’s a lot of puzzles. If you aren’t already playing, a vast archive awaits you!
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quotefall Dropquote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com
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God this is heartbreaking. I read many of his books. I’d seen him speak. One of my prized possessions was hand-written correspondence I received from Oliver Sacks. I feel so let down.
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Andy Adams
21 days ago
Good read — Becoming a Centenarian
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Becoming a Centenarian
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/22/becoming-a-centenarian
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No newsletter this week, but it’s a good opportunity to catch up on the last edition in which I attempted to find every giant model whale in the world, in size order. (Spoiler: the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History is not the biggest!)
ironicsans.ghost.io/there-be-wha...
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There be whales here!
In which a 92 foot model whale is listed on eBay for $2.25
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/there-be-whales-here/
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This struck me as potentially of interest to you:
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New Auction Record Set for Iconic Japanese Print "The Great Wave" | Sotheby's
YouTube video by Sotheby's
https://youtu.be/uBwM8oy7_Ok?si=7uIg1LEJrRW63bJB
about 1 month ago
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The last episode of Pluribus comes out on December 26, just one day too late to call the episode A Christmas Carol.
about 1 month ago
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Carol Sturka is an anagram for Our Car Talks. Also: Ocular Karts, A Solar Truck, and Orca Ark Slut. This reveals everything.
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This Vectrex version of Donkey Kong is incredible!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO0t...
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Vector Kong on Vectrex via VecFever and my 4 custom level overlays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO0t1N-mLSs
about 1 month ago
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Joe Adalian
about 2 months ago
Gen X comedy nerds, assemble!
youtu.be/Bw2bJZl990I?...
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Get A Life | 35th Anniversary Marathon | FIRST TIME STREAMING | December 6-7 on SHOUT! TV
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
https://youtu.be/Bw2bJZl990I?si=VQdIOkgqJ1YWML6L
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Dave Wiskus
about 2 months ago
This is a good time to remind everyone that I disliked these people so much we rolled our own Whitney alternative to avoid giving them more money, and gave it away for free so that nobody else had to either
nebulasans.com
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Nebula Sans
Nebula Sans is the brand typeface for Nebula, available under the SIL Open Font License.
https://nebulasans.com
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Aside from everything else, Sora has the absolute worst feed algorithm of any feed that has ever algorithmed.
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Johnny Carson's house is for sale for $110,000,000.00
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6962-Wildlife-Rd-Malibu-CA-90265/20555493_zpid/
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Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
3 months ago
NEW PERSONAL RECORD!! I solved today’s
#Gisnep
in 00:56. 🎉 No. 433 | October 14, 2025
gisnep.com
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The great thing about AI is that you can remake movies the way you remember them
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Dave Bryant
3 months ago
A classic from
@ironicsans.com
I have always enjoyed. Can you tell Arial from Helvetica? I can, though I was tripped up by the same three that a lot of folks seem to miss.
ironicsans.com/helvarialqui...
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Ironic Sans: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
https://ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/?ref=ironicsans.ghost.io
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I wrote about people who write blurbs. Huh. Blurb. That’s a funny word. Blurb. Why do we call a little quote of praise a blurb anyway? Well, I wrote the answer to that, too. Blurb.
ironicsans.ghost.io/the-king-of-...
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The King of Blurbs
“A gripping tale of hubris, hyperbole, and hardcovers!” - a famous author
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-king-of-book-blurbs/
3 months ago
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I love to see a writer as the subject of an SNL documentary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgF...
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Downey Wrote That | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
YouTube video by Peacock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgFTS3ohMw
3 months ago
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🚨The movie “Cube” (1997) is now free to watch on YouTube. It’s one of my favorite examples of a movie that does a lot with a little, basically one set used so cleverly in different ways.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrW...
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Cube (1997) | Full Movie | Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrWlWxQwYg
3 months ago
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Am I the only one who has no recollection of there being a PS2 or PS4? If you told me they only made odd numbered PlayStations, I’m not sure I could refute you.
3 months ago
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They put a trampoline on the Great Pyramids. A trampoline. On the pyramids!
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The Trampoline on the Great Pyramid
Or: Lady and the Trampoline
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-trampoline-on-the-great-pyramid/
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In 1977, a plan was hatched to put a trampoline on top of a Great Pyramid. Best pyramid scheme ever.
ironicsans.ghost.io/the-trampoli...
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The Trampoline on the Great Pyramid
Or: Lady and the Trampoline
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-trampoline-on-the-great-pyramid/
3 months ago
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Just saw a product for making “AI Generated UGC” (that’s User Generated Content) and my head’s about to explode
4 months ago
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Heck of a week for doomscrolling. Might as well have fun while you’re at it.
gisnep.com/doomscroll
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DOOMscroll — The Game
Scroll to survive. How far can you DOOMscroll?
https://gisnep.com/doomscroll
4 months ago
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Wow this Liquid Glass on iOS is so awful. They have really shot themselves in the foot by needlessly breaking something that didn’t need to be fiddled with.
4 months ago
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Wow, PC Gamer really doesn’t like my new web game. Actually, they did like it until they realized it was vibe coded and that changed their opinion. The commenters largely disagree with the article.
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
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The deflating realization that a neat little game was AI all along | PC Gamer
I've been taking human authorship for granted.
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/the-deflating-realization-that-a-neat-little-game-was-ai-all-along/
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Ernie Smith
4 months ago
This is so fucking good that I had to use a profanity in this sentence.
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In the last 24 hours more than 10,000 people have played the web game I announced on Tuesday. Here’s the story behind why and how I made it:
ironicsans.ghost.io/doomscrollin...
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Doomscrolling: The Game
Can a game work where all you do is scroll?
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/doomscrolling-the-game/
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That Brown Mule 🏴☠️
4 months ago
I just Doomscrolled 1028 meters and killed 590 monsters. How far can you get?
gisnep.com/doomscroll
What a neat little web game.
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DOOMscroll
Scroll to survive. How far can you DOOMscroll?
https://gisnep.com/doomscroll
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Waxy.org
4 months ago
DOOMscroll: a game you play just by scrolling, the NYT headlines ripped from their homepage are a clever touch
https://gisnep.com/doomscroll/
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DOOMscroll
Scroll to survive. How far can you DOOMscroll?
https://gisnep.com/doomscroll/
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Ben Balas
4 months ago
I added
#Gisnep
to my morning puzzles a few months ago and love it. Easy second-place in my tier list right behind
#squardle
but before
#nytconnections
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Nat Gertler, comics thingdoer
4 months ago
Dadgummit... my record is 59 seconds, and thought I might have beaten it this time. Recommended for those looking for a word puzzle to add to, or perhapos replace, their others. I solved today’s
#Gisnep
in 01:00. 🎉 No. 397 | September 8, 2025
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com
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Tom Fulp
4 months ago
Fun concept:
gisnep.com/doomscroll/
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DOOMscroll
Scroll to survive. How far can you DOOMscroll?
https://gisnep.com/doomscroll/
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I just Doomscrolled 566 meters and killed 312 monsters. How far can you get?
gisnep.com/doomscroll
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DOOMscroll
Scroll to survive. How far can you DOOMscroll?
https://gisnep.com/doomscroll
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I shared an early version of this a few weeks ago, but I've made a lot of improvements and I think I'm done with it for now. It probably has bugs, so please let me know if you run into them. I present to you: Doomscroll, the game you play just by scrolling!
gisnep.com/doomscroll/
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DOOMscroll — The Game
Scroll to survive. How far can you DOOMscroll?
https://gisnep.com/doomscroll/
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Noted art historian with PhD in Italian Renaissance Art just launched a new YouTube channel. Oh also he’s RoboCop.
youtube.com/@drwellerworld
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YouTube
Follow the adventures of Dr. Peter Weller - actor, director, writer, musician, art historian - as he takes you inside Hollywood, through the renaissance, and shares his love for Italy, cigars, and Squidward.
https://youtube.com/@drwellerworld
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Making my annual pilgrimage to the Classic Arcade Museum
5 months ago
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M1ke and Mik3 are my obsession of the day. The whole channel is just like this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubL...
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Enter a dream where Bots outrap humans! Are rap GOATS doomed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NubLn7tckBY
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I've added new features to my new DOOMScroll game prototype! New: Simple weapon upgrades, and flames chasing you to keep you moving. More to come, but you can play the prototype now at
ironicsans.com/doomscroll/
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JustHere4Coffee
5 months ago
This has become part of my daily routine, it's a fun challenge as well as an interesting source of quotes and quips that can send you down a Wiki rabbithole for a while!
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My first GPT-5 vibe-coding experiment is a game I’ve been wanting to make for a while and now I have a simple but playable prototype. I present: DOOMscroll! The game you play just by scrolling.
ironicsans.com/doomscroll/
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One year ago today I launched a little daily puzzle called Gisnep. Thank you to everyone who has played over the last year! And pre-thanks to everyone who is about to start playing!
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quotefall Dropquote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com/
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James Allenspach
5 months ago
It's the first birthday for Gisnep, the exciting daily puzzle that I try to play on a daily basis! Article about the game from creator
@ironicsans.com
ironicsans.ghost.io/one-year-of-...
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One Year of Gisnep
I launched a daily game as a side project, and here’s how that’s worked out.
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/one-year-of-gisnep/?ref=ironic-sans-newsletter
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I had no idea when I switched to Ghost that it has this TK Reminder feature. I only discovered it because I've habitually used TK as a placeholder since forever. The first time I typed TK in Ghost and saw it stick a little TK in the margin, I was blown away. So smart.
ghost.org/changelog/tk...
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TK reminders
A small detail designed to save you from frustrating mistakes, so you can publish with confidence. Didn't even need AI for this one.
https://ghost.org/changelog/tk-reminders/
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Paul Pomeroy
5 months ago
If you're looking for something a bit different to play:
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com
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I solved today’s
#Gisnep
in 20:34. 🎉 No. 352 | 25 July 2025
gisnep.com
This is a good game 👏
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Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com
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I can’t believe I never heard about this experiment in hijacking how eyes and brains work before
ironicsans.ghost.io/the-optical-...
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The Optical Illusion That Let Black and White TVs Show Color
A forgotten experiment in visual perception
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-optical-illusion-that-let-black-and-white-tvs-show-color/
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Turns out I can’t touch-type “koi pond” without first typing “koi poind”
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