Justin Ladia
@justinladia.com
Graphic designer, puzzle person, and kendo practitioner from Winnipeg.
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The annual shirt design I make before MIT Mystery Hunt is here. Get "HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT" on Cottonbureau today!
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December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The annual shirt design I make before MIT Mystery Hunt is here. Get "HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT" on Cottonbureau today!
cottonbureau.com/p/F78CHA/shi...
cottonbureau.com/p/F78CHA/shi...
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These are really good doughnuts but I need them to calm down
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
These are really good doughnuts but I need them to calm down
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The annual shirt design I make before MIT Mystery Hunt is here. Get "HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT" on Cottonbureau today!
cottonbureau.com/p/F78CHA/shi...
cottonbureau.com/p/F78CHA/shi...
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The annual shirt design I make before MIT Mystery Hunt is here. Get "HUNT HUNT HUNT HUNT" on Cottonbureau today!
cottonbureau.com/p/F78CHA/shi...
cottonbureau.com/p/F78CHA/shi...
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WEATHER IS HAPPENING
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
WEATHER IS HAPPENING
God bless Benoit Blanc. Another banger of a mystery movie.
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
God bless Benoit Blanc. Another banger of a mystery movie.
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Creative solidarity means:
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Creative solidarity means:
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
If you're a writer, do not use AI "art" or AI "voiceover"
If you're an artist, do not use AI "writing" or AI "references"
If you're a streamer/actor, do not use AI for backdrops, thumbnails, etc.
Never help AI steal another medium
No excuses, no shortcuts, no surrender.
Do you guys know any POC cryptic crossword setters?
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Do you guys know any POC cryptic crossword setters?
Are there any Canadians that want to solve MITMH 2026? Just asking for no particular reason.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Are there any Canadians that want to solve MITMH 2026? Just asking for no particular reason.
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We’re very excited to announce Thinky Dailies! 🎉 Follow our thinky friend on an adventure through handcrafted daily puzzles!
thinkygames.com/dail...
thinkygames.com/dail...
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We’re very excited to announce Thinky Dailies! 🎉 Follow our thinky friend on an adventure through handcrafted daily puzzles!
thinkygames.com/dail...
thinkygames.com/dail...
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FUNBAG!!! defector.com/oh-shit-im-a...
Oh Shit, I’m A Crossword Dork Now | Defector
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking ...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
FUNBAG!!! defector.com/oh-shit-im-a...
Friendship ended with Spotify, now Deezer is my new best friend. (please deezer don’t have a shitty CEO or come out with unethical ads)
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Friendship ended with Spotify, now Deezer is my new best friend. (please deezer don’t have a shitty CEO or come out with unethical ads)
Some people tell me in my sport that I need to be meaner. But these people are folks who admire men with grit like David Goggins. Me though? I have to channel Regina George. Ursula. Britney Haynes.
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some people tell me in my sport that I need to be meaner. But these people are folks who admire men with grit like David Goggins. Me though? I have to channel Regina George. Ursula. Britney Haynes.
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Thanks for showing this graphic I made for @benmsmith.com at PAX. Didn't think I'd have anything I made shown there but there we go.
Maybe I should make a more insane graphic for puzzle spiciness soon.
Maybe I should make a more insane graphic for puzzle spiciness soon.
An excellent panel! Sad @benmsmith.com couldn’t make it but enjoyed his Puzzle Event Spiciness scale
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thanks for showing this graphic I made for @benmsmith.com at PAX. Didn't think I'd have anything I made shown there but there we go.
Maybe I should make a more insane graphic for puzzle spiciness soon.
Maybe I should make a more insane graphic for puzzle spiciness soon.
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Tired: Immersive Sim
Wired: Immersive Jim - a game where you are a guy named Jim
Wired: Immersive Jim - a game where you are a guy named Jim
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Tired: Immersive Sim
Wired: Immersive Jim - a game where you are a guy named Jim
Wired: Immersive Jim - a game where you are a guy named Jim
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Promise? 🙏
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Promise? 🙏
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This made me so happy to hear. If authors don't want the conversation to revolve around AI, then they shouldn't use it. If they're going to use it on the cover, what's stopping them from using it in the contents of the book? Let this be a lesson to everyone involved with AI art.
"In a statement, Smither said the designers spent hours working on the cover of her book, which features a steam train and an angel 'half-obscured in the smoke', inspired by artist Marc Chagall’s figures."
HOURS!!! this is such actually and insane read lmao
HOURS!!! this is such actually and insane read lmao
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This made me so happy to hear. If authors don't want the conversation to revolve around AI, then they shouldn't use it. If they're going to use it on the cover, what's stopping them from using it in the contents of the book? Let this be a lesson to everyone involved with AI art.
Mobile ads that take up 95% of the screen are egregious and should be banned. I expected this from Fandom wikis but never The Guardian.
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Mobile ads that take up 95% of the screen are egregious and should be banned. I expected this from Fandom wikis but never The Guardian.
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Oreoboros
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Oreoboros
IM CRYING ROBYN IS TRULY MOTHET
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
IM CRYING ROBYN IS TRULY MOTHET
Robyn will write a dance song that make you cry in the club and it will HIT. EVERY. TIME.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Robyn will write a dance song that make you cry in the club and it will HIT. EVERY. TIME.
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Very excited to have Ivan back with a sequel to his Mathematics in Puzzles talk! This time, topology!
@chaoticiak.bsky.social
@chaoticiak.bsky.social
Mathematics for Puzzles 2 - Ivan Koswara (ThinkyCon 2025)
Ivan Koswara (chaotic_iak) joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Mathematics for Puzzles 2"
Talk description: Last year, I gave the talk "Mathematics for Puzzles", giving various examples about mathematical concepts that appear in puzzles -- logic puzzles, puzzle games, and more. There a
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November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Very excited to have Ivan back with a sequel to his Mathematics in Puzzles talk! This time, topology!
@chaoticiak.bsky.social
@chaoticiak.bsky.social
Girl, the Millennial Gays will be SCREAMING when Robyn's new album drops
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Girl, the Millennial Gays will be SCREAMING when Robyn's new album drops