Two orange cats sitting on a couch

most definitely

not my year competition-wise, but still my favorite weekend! so good meeting so many people #acpt

Say hi at ACPT!

Popular Front Project We fight fascism. We’re trans. We have a plan. We’re making Blue governments brave.

Yo, Trans Day of Visibility is a great day to send some cash to

popularfrontproject.org

What could be better than helping to assemble another TPFA pack with my wonderful crossword friends? I hope you'll join us in our cause and give it a go.

these puzzles fund abortion 6 logo with a purple crossword background

We are happy to announce that our fundraising page is live!

When you make a donation during our presale period, you will be among the first to receive TPFA6 when it is released on March 15th.

fund.nnaf.org/tpfa6

#tpfa6

Skipping over the middle 20 years

New Classic puzzle from Karen Lurie and Peter Gwinn drops tonight.

Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!

avxwords.com/tip-jar/

If you want to buy something today, reminder that physical books rock:

-Temporary break from rapacious machine dystopia
-Financially support people who think, express, communicate, create
-Feels good rather than bad to read
-Cool to hold/see on a shelf/share

AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …

y’all I’m going to be real, the workers at the biggest music venues in DC are trying to unionize

we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily

that won’t happen without noise

please, bluesky, do what u do best

@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social

Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!

👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.

Crossword - The Atlantic This mini puzzle gets a little more challenging every day: Mondays are the easiest, with the biggest, most difficult puzzle on Sunday.

mad that the new york times mini got paywalled? want to support your good pal (and friendly neighborhood puzzle editor) @giltcomplex.bsky.social ? Solve the atlantic crossword instead— it gets bigger and harder through the week, but I promise it's fun! www.theatlantic.com/games/daily-...

🍉 fundraising stream tomorrow! 🍉

we'll be on from 10am to 10pm central saturday, 8/23 in an effort to fundraise for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social. we'd love to see you there whether you're in a position to donate or not. we'll be doing puzzles of all kinds! please share!

www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv

NEW— ICE vehicles chased a landscaping truck through Takoma Park, MD, on Monday about a mile from DC, which ended with the truck crashing on someone’s lawn and narrowly missing another car, multiple residents confirm to me. Video shows ICE going into a backyard to find/arrest the men from the truck.

Thanks to all for an amazing tourney yesterday! 🐶🐭🐷🐸🐰🐯 Congrats to the winners: Jenna LaFleur (express), Patrick Kingchatchaval (Local), and Shannon Rapp/Will Eisenberg (Pairs). See you next year on another Saturday in August! bemoresmarter.com #crossword #puzzle #tournament #tiebreaker #slowpizza

Two smiling trophy holders

Pairs champions at Lollapuzzoola with @norahsharpe.bsky.social

A group picture of the winners of Lollapuzzoola 18

2nd place at @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social !!

Thank you to Brooke, Brian, and the constructors and volunteers for an amazing day

boobs not bombs

trans kids deserve so much more than what this wretched world has to offer

A man and a cat

I made a cryptic crossword for you! Go check it out! www.patreon.com/crypticcross...

We have so much great local reporting in this city that you could happily avoid the NYT without missing a single beat: @cityandstateny.bsky.social @thecity.nyc @hellgatenyc.com @nysfocus.bsky.social @wnyc.org @gothamist.com @errollouis.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social to name but a few.