@debamlen.bsky.social Did you do it?

@xws.bsky.social @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social

This week, Brooke Husic drops by the FMI studio to offer the Announcement of the Year — who is making puzzles for Lollapuzzoola! Is there more? Well, yes: how to count, how to order food in Russia, how to alienate a brilliant web designer ... typical stuff. #crossword #podcast bemoresmarter.com/fmi

i’m not able to show up in person this year to defend my title, so i hope everyone has a blast 💖💖 what a lineup!!

The products I worked on are now in more than 30,000,000 vehicles around the world, with that number growing every day. I'm so grateful for the oppotunity at Ford Motor Company to be part of the Product Development team!

Those poor seniors.

Happy Steely Dan Day, to all who celebrate #May19 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdPF...

Welcome to Florida, where you never know who will take up residence in your swimming pool.

More from the Fort Lauderdale Backyard #AirShow

Blue Angels support aircraft Fat Albert over the house during the 2025 Fort Lauderdale #airshow

It has been a really crazy day of one unexpected win after another. But the most surprising part of the day was figuring out Letter Boxed in only 2 words.

Helium balloons float because He is risen

This is high art

I wish I lived in Michigan so I could vote for you.

This week, Ryan and Brian share the glory of the non-defunct XWordInfo (acrostics, anyone?), spill the news of the ACPT constructor lineup, and recognize no particular connection between Irish soda bread and Tucson native Alex Verdugo. #crossword #podcast buff.ly/3K5FPyh

So glad to be in the audience at the #Arsht Center in Miami last night for the New World Symphony performance of Britten's "War Requiem", featuring the Master Chorale of South Florida, the Girl Choir of South Florida, and Florida Singing Sons. #NWS #MCSF #GCSF #FSS

Embarrassed that I didn't get 100%

A mother limpkin teaches her baby how to hunt for apple snails (Sweetwater Preserve, Gainesville, FL) #birds

Five female painted buntings having a snack... with a special guest or two at the end. (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) #birds

FLORIDA MAN IS COPYCAT www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/02/24/d...

MIZ TO THE CHIEF

Limpkin in the park #birds

Stopped by McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach a few weeks ago, where an exhibit of Lego sculpture titled "Nature Pop!" had been installed. Definitely worth a visit!

More photos from #IGNITEBroward

Hanging out in the light at night in the middle of #IGNITEBroward in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale FL

Ignore the smoke of chaos. Concentrate on the fire of the heist.

Reposting me let's your followers know you like alternative rock

Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now

Sen. Chris Murphy: "There is no question the reason the billionaire class is trying to take over our government is based on self-interest." "This *is* a constitutional crisis. Let's call it what it is."

Armed F-16 flying circles today around Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (for smaller private commercial aircraft)... Not normal, no idea why...

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Hello, world!

Florida: the land where weird lizards show up randomly in your yard.

I found my tribe at FlamingoCon #boardgames

Ladies and gentlemen: we did it

There is absolutely no way that I am authorized to tell you about a SECRET SOCIETY involving a man that looks like the devil's accountant. hodgman.substack.com

If you love #boardgames (and I know you do!) and you're in South Florida, you should totally come to FlamingoCon in West Palm Beach tomorrow Sat Jan 25. You'll get to spend the entire day gaming with like-minded folks ... it is ten-tons of fun in a 5-ton bag (or something) ... flamingocon.org

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

Trump's immigration crackdown is not about law & order. He has a vendetta against immigrants who followed the law, too His EOs threaten to punish legal immigrants by doubling their taxes (invoking a never-used 1934 law); expatriating their kids; and blocking them from the US entirely wapo.st/4hkbEB6

On the latest episode of the crossword podcast @fillmeinpodcast.bsky.social, @cimmet.bsky.social and I talk about @americandialect.org's Word of the Year shenanigans and other silly stuff. bemoresmarter.libsyn.com/fill-me-in-4...

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

NEW: The head of Facebook Messenger has a non-binary child and last week assured employees that Meta would work to preserve queer voices. Hours days later the company deleted its trans and non-binary pride themes in Messenger www.platformer.news/meta-trump-p...

Now posted: The full list of nominees for ADS Word of the Year 2024. The final vote will be held this evening at 6:45 pm in Salons E-F at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. #WOTY2024 #ADS2025 #LSA2025 americandialect.org/nominations-...

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

It breaks my heart to tell you that we lost our home to the Altadena fires. It’s completely gone. Thankfully, we’re safe with our dog across town, hosted by some dear friends. I never thought this would be me, but a friend made us this GFM, which I post here with incredible humility:

Silicon Valley 🤝 startled cat move fast and break things

‘Phonetic’ is not. ‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters. ‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym. Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.

@caseynewton.bsky.social Your unexpected HatGPT take several months ago about the sh*tt*n*ss of the Sonos app update spoke directly to my heart. I'm still surprised daily that it hasn't been made much better.

@nytimes.com buries the lede. The last paragraph: “It was only a fraction of the doctors who realized they could literally copy-paste in the entire case history into the chatbot and just ask it to give a comprehensive answer to the entire question." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/h...