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🏁 crossword column for @nytimes.com ✍️ humor for NYer πŸ“– writing a book about the WOTY-verse

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if you have to ask

06.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

being eviscerated by the group chat for my lack of irony poisoning

06.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

recusing myself from this bit because I watched it too recently not to be sincere lmao

06.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t tell if you’re joking but he breaks bad as in turns bad, he is the guy who knocks etc etc

06.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

correct

06.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Walt should be on this list

06.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A name that makes me say "eww" What is it about MOLECULE that creeps me out? Plus: some notes on "handfeel" and "kah-un."

On name aversion, "handfeel," and glottalization, with musical accompaniment from "My Fair Lady."

Ht @benzimmer.bsky.social @ran-arigur.bsky.social @byagoda.bsky.social @samcorbin.bsky.social
fritinancy.substack.com/p/a-name-tha...

05.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Real Genius

for any knives out-franchise or star wars fans: today’s wordplay guest columnist is none other than @rianjohnson.bsky.social!!

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

05.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ours btw

03.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a good thing to do for your mental health if you are a dog owner is to search the breed mix of your dog on google and stare at all of her twins

03.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The biggest obstacle to this website's growth is that almost all of its user base goes to bed at 8 pm

03.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 3705 πŸ” 257 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 58

please I am begging you not to tell me to β€œprepare for an epic day” please

02.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A mug depicting KC Green's This Is Fine dog comic, but tragically faded

A mug depicting KC Green's This Is Fine dog comic, but tragically faded

I've had my This Is Fine mug so long that the dog has become a ghost and all that remain are flames

28.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 5142 πŸ” 817 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 85

while we’re at it pay no attention to when I am posting this either

01.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the time stamp on my text message is none of your concern

01.03.2026 10:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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February linkstack Icky brand names, new games, what "coded" means, and more.

More linkstack thanks to @samcorbin.bsky.social @metafilter.bsky.social and @moderntoss.bsky.social! fritinancy.substack.com/p/february-l...

26.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

no disrespect to the ancient Roman Republic but couldn’t they have at least put their name in alphabetical order? PQRS was right there

26.02.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

five-year-old came home from school today with chocolate milk stains on every inch of her clothing. β€œIt consploded,” she explains

24.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 634 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks to technology, bananas are becoming obsolete as pretend phones. The future belongs to the Pop-Tart.

24.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 1678 πŸ” 336 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 23
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iambic tetrameter ass stick

24.02.2026 07:14 πŸ‘ 1867 πŸ” 355 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 15

it’s so funny to see a mother scolding her son for lightly punching a snowman that is just sitting on a curb

24.02.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The SYRN Call of Oddly Spelled Brand Names

"If we’re meant to hear 'watermelon water,' why are we reading WTRMLN WTR?"

@samcorbin.bsky.social quotes me and @operativewords.com in her new @nytimes.com piece, "The SYRN Call of Oddly Spelled Brand Names."

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/c...

23.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

this just in from new york city: we’re hearing that mayor mamdani just signed an executive order making it illegal to NOT stand at your window and fold your arms and say β€œwow, it’s really coming down out there”

22.02.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 3175 πŸ” 433 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 28

can’t help but hear undertones of β€œmueller flipped gorpman (who could testify against bleemer!)” in the message I sent the chat: β€œebay acquired depop (which was owned by etsy!)”

21.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
First Coast Connect: Word to your mother
First Coast Connect: Word to your mother YouTube video by WJCT Public Media

was fun to yap on the radio about the never-ending slangassaince!

youtu.be/ckzLouiWNMY

19.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I imagine it was extremely disturbing

18.02.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 7736 πŸ” 825 πŸ’¬ 272 πŸ“Œ 110

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

18.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 14705 πŸ” 2450 πŸ’¬ 212 πŸ“Œ 194
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president’s day much!!!

16.02.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if I didn’t realize it was a friday before, I sure do now: just reread a line of my column about some symbols and saw that I’d called them β€œsimbles”

13.02.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

12.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 10353 πŸ” 3080 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 419