Secret pro-tip for solving at a crossword tournament: If you enter the Konami code before you start the puzzle, you get a copy with 30 letters already filled in for free. They come in handy for the mid-puzzle boss battle that randomly happens. #Lollapuzzoola #LPZ19

Happy Lollapuzzoola Eve to all who celebrate. Come say hi to me if you'll be there!

CNN producer: El-Sayed is projected to win. Quick, get the biggest fucking loser you can find on air

Best thing Haley Stevens did was burn up tens of millions of AIPAC dollars. Well done.

An upstart progressive candidate won his primary against a moderate who got over $60 million in support from AIPAC and was backed by the entire Democratic establishment. Here's why that's bad for the left. (🧵 1/152)

Good morning to the cool kids on the Internet.

Howard Mortman@howardmortman.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens

ChatGPT, show me literally *the* perfect image of how billionaire tech overlords think of children not as human beings to love and care for but as inconveniences for AI to deal with (and show me *the* perfect reply to one of those billionaires):

[Homer sits backwards on a chair] let me tell you about ANOTHER giant brute who was being beaten by Nobody

Sorta wish the word "convict" were actually "convuct" because the phrase NO JURY WOULD CONVUCT YOU would have the vowel sequence OU four times in a row.

Heard there were a fair number of solvers who don't think video games are a worthy subject of a high-brow pastime like the New York Times crossword so I'm planning to make a Contra-themed puzzle for them that's completely impossible unless you enter the Konami code beforehand.

Seeing an EMU at the zoo is basically a religious experience at this point.

anna@ort.bsky.social · 4w ago

love naturally coming across words like "edema" or "eft" in the wild and excitedly telling anyone who will listen DID YOU KNOW?? THAT USED TO BE A VERY COMMON CROSSWORD ENTRY! ALL THOSE VOWELS??? COMMON LETTERS????? BUT NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE!!!!

LeBron James Come to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Philadelphia in 2027 challenge.

I'm sure everyone thinks LeBron is picking the Sixers because of Embiid or Jaylen Brown or Maxey or the city itself but the true reason is he wanted the chance to play with another D. Wade.

Might check out a Sixers game or two next season. The last one I went to was pre-COVID and Ben Simmons hadn't Ben Simmonsed yet.

Ian Rapoport@rapsheet.bsky.social · 3w ago

Per Shams Charania, LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Well it's frustrating that the #Cubs lost a game when they came back from 4 runs down and had a golden chance to win it in the 9th, but on the plus side the sound on my video screwed up and made the play-by-play guy Alex Cohen sound like a demon, so there's that.

So that’ll be the first time one nation has held both the men’s and women’s World Cup at the same time

My analysis is that it's hard to win a World Cup when the other team gives up only one goal for the whole tournament. If I were Argentina I would have seen if it were possible to score more goals.

Spain rains pains on, um, Argentina's large cantinas.

If VAR can be used to overturn a goal because a foul that wasn't called 20 seconds before a goal, it seems pretty damn silly that VAR can't allow a goal because of a non-foul that was called like 3 seconds prior. #WorldCup

Argentina attempting to win a World Cup final without attempting a single shot:

Petition to make whichever intern who suggested that Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem be part of the World Cup halftime show the new head of FIFA, effective immediately.

Need a supercut of Andrés Cantor screaming "¡Goooooooooooool!" after every goal in the England-France game. It would last at least 20 minutes. #WorldCup

I had a joke about Christopher Nolan pitching "The Odyssey" as a family movie but the studio executives were a bit wary about including the 20 "Rose fingered Dawn" scenes.

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Back in 2000 I was in London and my brothers found this satirical news show on TV where the sports reporter said "D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R F-O-R E-N-G-L-A-N-D definitely spells 'disaster for England!'" Thinking about that clip for some reason. #WorldCup

Spain rains pain on France chance.

We all remember and love the late Sam Neill in "Jurassic Park" but an underrated great one-off role of his was as Molloy the cat burglar on "The Simpsons." There was something strange about the way he walked, much more vertical than usual.

A friend of mine's Twitter account got hacked and whoever took it over turned it into a fake user "protecting" Elon Musk from impersonators (and retweeting Musk's posts). Because commtting cybercrimes and posting embarrassing flattery for the world's biggest loser is just what that website needs.

Harry Kane praising Trump's golf game // My reaction to Harry Kane praising Trump's golf game, basically.