(on a date with a guy who might be a termite) date: i’ll have the house salad
jasper davidoff
@pocketsquar.es
puzzles & games @newyorker.com allium enjoyer, otamatone virtuoso 🐣 http://jasperdavidoff.com/
UN Ambassador Matt Whitaker: "People are enjoying the United States of America because it's an awesome place. We have extraordinary things like Buc-ee's and Chick-fil-A, very convenient to eat in your car while you're having a phone call. It's an amazing country."
Well, shit. This morning brings news of Alex Ross's decision to relinquish his post as music critic of the New Yorker. I don't yet have the words to fully convey my awe and admiration at the brilliance of his work, or to gauge the magnitude of his coming absence. h/t @lisairontongue.bsky.social
Personal note – Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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solve this week‘s @puzzmo.com Big Crossword to learn how I feel about native plants (good) and rocky road (also good)
Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
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some 17-year-olds are old enough to vote in presidential primaries but, according to LEGO, too young to attempt to assemble the LEGO Sagrada Familia
your favorite trivia game’s favorite trivia game just dropped!!! from your friends at @newyorker.com puzzles & games please enjoy the lateral-thinking list-making feline-coded extravaganza that is ✨catalogues✨
Introducing Catalogues, a New Game for People Who Love Lists
Every day, order a set of items based on a hidden theme.
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TODAY: New York City’s entire electric grid just got about 20% more renewable power. That’s because it’s the first day the CHPE transmission project is sending commercial power to New York City's electric grid. 👏👏👏 Lower prices! Less pollution! HUGE!
When we fight, we win—and get some great press coverage to boot! This week, after trying to break our union by illegally firing and disciplining our members, Condé Nast settled with the NewsGuild.
I wrote about a city being set in motion
D day
This was LA at its most kinetic: crowded platforms, packed train cars, jammed bike racks
torched.la
the wright brothers were so desperate to get out of ohio that they invented a completely new form of transportation
ancient greek newspapers shortly after Damocles was killed:
Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is NOT what I signed up for
🚨: NASA just dropped a full disk image of Earth taken by Artemis II 🤯
the purpose of a rube goldberg machine is what it does eventually
can't stop thinking about the 1964 new york world's fair commemorative dachshund. does anyone know where I can get a 1964 new york world's fair commemorative dachshund
From our new issue: Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread
Meet the extremophile molds wreaking havoc in museums
Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread
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NEW: Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed, the Trump administration began rewriting the narrative, labelling the victim as a "lunatic" and a "terrorist" contradicting all available evidence www.wired.com/story/the-in...
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
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gum disease is when plaque turns into calculus math team is when calculus turns into plaque
there are news sites that publish entire articles about a single five-letter word
I just think it’s so much cooler and more interesting to try to be the best audio show rather than the shittiest television show
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7mo ago‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
imagine being born with the potential to develop incredible skill, athleticism, and height, toiling and training for decades to actualize world class ability, only to be awarded the title of "Denver Nugget"
we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝 blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025
I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...
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happy cartoons & puzzles issue to all who celebrate!!! feat. a brilliant meta, a musical cryptic, some chilly crossings, an intractable maze, and many more wintry delights 🧩🧩🧩 newyorker.com/cartoons-and-puzzles-2025
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 8mo agoThe cover of this week’s Cartoons & Puzzles issue,“Inside Story,” by Luci Gutiérrez. Start exploring: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/D_ai1q
it's only an umlaut if it's from the umlaut region of north macedonia. otherwise it's actually just a sparkling diaeresis