Monday Mini - October 13, 2025 crosswordr.com/a/puzzle/C68ddb8a5QhLwnQ1

Trying something new over at Crosswordr with a new weekly feature - the Monday Mini! Looking for a quick start to your week now that the NYT Mini is paywalled? Well lookie here: crosswordr.com/a/puzzle/LASI68ddb640ZXO4

crosswordr.com/a/puzzle/dn6D68dd85b2i7h4 Back with a brand new track (jk this puzzle is from May and has made its round of rejections, so I will now foist it upon you)

If Bugs Bunny were a terrorist. #looneytunes

Karaoke after a core workout is basically two core workouts.

Didn't research a crossword themeset well enough before building the puzzle, and only realized during cluing that half the themeset had already been used in a published puzzle! 😨 Goodbye HIDDENVALLEY, my delicious ranch-inspired puzzle

The end is nigh... or is it? These books might have a clue. electricliterature.com/8-pre-apocal...

Take a break *and* get more done? fromthegable.substack.com/p/my-week-of...

In which I overshare the current BS fromthegable.substack.com/p/time-off-b...

Hall of Fame McSweeney's. No notes.

Movies now relentlessly signpost their meaning and intent. “Artists and audiences sometimes defend this legibility as democratic, a way to reach everyone,” Namwali Serpell writes. “It is, in fact, condescending.”

First un-yeasted loaves. I think they over-proofed because they came out of the cold proof looking like pancakes. Relieved they baked up at all. 🌾🍞 Lotsa room for improvement, but I'm still pleased I made a thing. Tips welcome if you can help with my analysis.

Domestic goddess lvl 9000+

This is exactly right. They don’t get to enjoy concerts or restaurants or anything while they destroy the country.

Another crossword? So soon? Yes my friends, get ready for this bonkers 15x15 grid in which I try more complicated cluing. Going for an NYT Thurs-level. Let me know how I did here: crosswordr.com/a/puzzle/HF67d05f3c6PMDG2

Long time, new puzzle! I've been attempting some light theming for practice, but it's a long way to competence. 🤮 I applied to the lil AVCX 2025 roster, which I did not make. But I'm excited to see what fresh puzzles come out of this year's incubation program! crosswordr.com/a/puzzle/mc7...

Teaching this cat to read is a never-ending struggle substack.com/profile/4125...

Man, remember when Biden forgave those student loans and gave McDonalds back their ice cream? Those were the days.

If you have a Republican representative — you have a right to know if they’re a Nazi. #fucknazis #3E #ResistFascism

Democracy dies behind a paywall

Relaunching the Stack: now a cozy space for cozy things in dark times fromthegable.substack.com/p/relaunchin...

Ssh, we can readalong if you don't tell Jeffy B app.thestorygraph.com/profile/sash...

Wholesale price for a dozen large white eggs is on the version of hitting $8, per USDA data.

I heart @mapquest.com — I covered them when they were founded btw.

nice.

So what kind of business should I open to qualify for DAFT in the Netherlands?

Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now: Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten... How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t... Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...

Is it just me, or did every 90s kid mix the messaging of "you can do anything" with the understanding that someday, a historical moment would call us to do something big? What better moment were you saving it for?

Over the weekend I celebrated my 35th year, and damn y'all, at this point in my life I should be working on my bucket list or weighing the value of continuing education. Not making lists of what things to put in my go bag or watching Musk dismantle the government. WTF

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

Last weekend I participated in my first game jam, and published my first non-tute game in Godot. Here's how it went. substack.com/home/post/p-...

A single racist MAGA tried to crash the protest in Dallas and was promptly chased away, eye witnesses report he cried. #USprotests #ICE

if you haven't heard it because it's paywalled, federal grants have been ordered paused pending review. So y'all are about to get a lot of emergency fundraising emails from your favorite support orgs serving marginalized communities.

"If you miss #TheTraitors, don't worry, The Apprentice is back next week" yeah alright, if you miss Christmas don't worry, it's Ash Wednesday next week. Fuck are you on about.

Learning that accents in The Brutalist were not Hungarian enough, so AI. 🤖 Puts new meaning to the improv game More British.

Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky. Here is a great list of #litmags to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER! #writer #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j

my disappointment when "Trump reverts to a rally-style weave" in AP's inauguration updates did *not* turn out to be breaking wig news

January is full of good intentions that feel exhausting by July.

re: in defense of pretension: read more works in translation!

oh the chort I ortled

Don't you want me, HAL? 😂

What's your favorite new Zucky fact? Post it on FB; someone might check you on bsky

Ok but who wants to talk about the Golden Globes wall of Dum-Dums? New Candy Crush drop? I need to know.

2024: A year tinged by fringe? What's with all the country vibes this past year, y'all? sashastadler.substack.com/p/2024-music...

you look like you could use a break. a cumbia break. losbitchos.bandcamp.com/album/pah

The Auspicious Feast begins, with special guests Emergen-C and Bridgerton 3 Earls Grey tea... pictured: vasilopita cake (in progress) and smoked herring because I couldn't find any fresh to pickle! Still delicious.

The kismet when you select a book from your sprawling #TBR, something you picked up four years ago at HPB, and it hits just right. 😊 #reading

In which I rationalize my anxiety - shorturl.at/VTmSc

In 2015, Jimmy Carter said the Citizens United ruling “violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system,” warning that the U.S. was “an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery.”