I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jan 16th 2026 (Tricky), in 04:28 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

To add insult to injury, I just noticed that, because my bus this morning took 2 hours to go 2.6 miles, my transfer to the red line wasn't billed as a transfer, but as a separate trip.

We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.

Taking public transit to work today. Because of the weather, what is normally a 15-20 minute bus leg has (this far) taken an hour and 10 minutes. And then I still have to transfer to a train. Yay.

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jan 14th 2026 (Tricky), in 03:11 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jan 12th 2026 (Easy), in 05:54 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 11th 2026 (Hard), in less than 21 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com "less than 21 minutes" really feels sarcastic.

Haha it’s a classic

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 10th 2026 (Tricky), in 03:58 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The processing of child pornography was a grueling, manual process until Elon Musk’s invention of the child pornography gin.

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

This anthropomorphic "David & Goliath" retelling is what I needed today.

Our little orange Peter Pan trying to capture his own shadow.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 9th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

An Oregon lawmaker is warning of ICE agents posing as utility workers. NW Natural and Portland General Electric have published guidance in several languages on how to tell if a person is actually one of their employees.

Was not expecting a heel-face turn out of Covid, but...

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 8th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I did this. You can do it too.

ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video. The Trump administration is lying.

If you've got $150 to spare for observers of the "defrost our city" variety, here's your call to action.

Does anyone else want to see the next Avengers movie less and less with every trailer they put out?

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 5th 2026 (Easy), in 03:10 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 4th 2026 (Hard), in less than 18 minutes 🟩🟩🟡🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Hope everyone is staying safe and warm and kicking off the new year with a refreshing glass of beef fizz.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 3rd 2026 (Hard), in less than 13 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

This is horrible, and for my own part it's not even a nail in the coffin, because the GenAI coffin lid is now 99% nail-heads. Not just around the edges, either. Right through the lid, really long sharp nails, turning the interior into a sort of galvanized steel maiden.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 2nd 2026 (Tricky), in less than 14 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟡🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com I wouldn't have needed a clue if I hadn't misread a 3 as a 4. Oh well...

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 1st 2026 (Tricky), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I hope this tweet is as savage and as kind as it could possibly be.

According to legend, the first thing you eat during the new year is a portent for the next 365 days. The first thing I ate in this new year was the crumbs and detritus of the New Year's party I and my spouse hosted, portending a year where I live upon the happiness my friends leave behind.

According to the spreadsheet I've kept of every new book I've read since 2019, I read 39 books this year, not counting graphic novels, zines, or books I was re-reading. I already assumed I wasn't an "average reader" from "spreadsheet I've kept of every new book I've read since 2019."

Man, a Muppet Lord of the Rings would be kind of amazing.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 30th 2025 (Medium), in 03:46 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 29th 2025 (Easy), in 03:12 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Ecologically speaking, "rotting" is the process by which old things break down in order to nourish and make room for new growth. An ecosystem where nothing rots is not a healthy ecosystem.

It's weird as a biologist to say "ignore the science part" but here we are Science: Vaccines don't cause autism. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. If vaccines caused autism I would still recommend them. Dying of preventable disease is bad. Autism isn't a disease and most of the "bad" of autism is society.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 28th 2025 (Hard), in less than 9 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Seems there is yet another app using the ICEBlock logo and charging people for access. It’s called ICEBlocker and it is not us. DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian. We would never ask for money.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 27th 2025 (Tricky), in 03:10 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Friends, if you or someone you know has published awesome work in disability studies (defined *broadly*), please let me know! I'm updating my "Disability: A Democratic Dilemma" course and would love to include some newer work (both academic and otherwise).

This cat has "attending Christmas Eve midnight mass" face.

Dear @marvelstudiosusa.bsky.social: Before Doomsday, please give us a recap of the story so far, narrated by Michael Peña's Luis. I feel like everyone would benefit from that. #MCU #Disney #AvengersDoomsday

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 22nd 2025 (Easy), in 01:56 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 21st 2025 (Hard), in less than 13 minutes 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re- BEASTIES: MORSE AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of Beasties: COURSE MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy BEASTIES: MOOCHER MCA: We’re Christmas Past MIKE D: Christmas Present BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE