“The New York Times” has made a word-search game that is actually fun, Ian Bogost writes. How Strands does the impossible: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

new puzzle game in beta! free for all :•)
nytimes.com/games/strands

every few months there's some new scandal about appallingly bad editorial or administrative decisions made by management at the new york times and they somehow still stay afloat thanks to the largely anonymous work of a world class puzzle team

Aaron Bushnell and his name will always live on

The last words of Aaron Bushnell before he set fire to himself outside the Israeli embassy in Washington - Free Palestine.

who was gonna tell me there was a follow up to the first piece . i’m tearing up a little

Wordle, NYT connections, daily mini crossword… modern people yearn for the riddles of the sphinx

Malentines 2024

The farther the genocide of Palestine progresses--which is to say, the more it has become a thing in the past that for that reason can no longer be prevented by actions taken in the present--the more comfortable the West will get in saying that it was a bad thing.

How does a “war on Hamas” kill over 12,000 children? A war that kills thousands of children is a war on children

Noor, my daughter, was the only one who held my heart in this world. Her story was different from other girls.

Noor Al-Fara, 13 years old.

She had dreams for the future and was planning to achieve things beyond her age. She lived in her own world, with thoughts and interests…

The New York Times? Oh you mean where I play my games?

me: to be clear, (introduces another metaphor)

[inventing the grinch] santa needs a wario

For context what you're now looking at used to look like this

i just checked the santa tracker and it says he’s currently ovulating

Around 150 Dutch civil servants stage a rally outside the Netherlands foreign ministry to demand a ceasefire in Gaza: 10k children’s shoes

for my puzzle lovers:
here's a free puzzle game you can play in your browser (playtime ~10 minutes), made by Evan Charfauros and me 😊

evancharfauros.itch.io/mixer

much like some drinks, Mixer comes with a twist 🍒

please donate and share for Hisham’s recovery, a Palestinian student who was shot in the back in the Vermont along with 2 Palestinian friends in a zionist hate crime.

gofund.me/026fa8da