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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 1d

Solve here: www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 1d

My second crossword for @billboard.com! Taylor Swift week continues apace

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 2d

My (very much still work-in-progress) project is here: mindpalace.fun

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 2d

Had a blast at the inaugural WikiGameJam this past weekend hosted by @wikimediafoundation.org @wikimedianyc.bsky.social! Great crowd of creative tech + wiki + game people, and a great chance to lock in on a project (which won the "Most Likely to Keep Me Coming Back for More" award!)

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 5d

NEW NEWS: I'm making music-themed crosswords for @billboard.com!

Solve the inaugural one, constructed by me and inspired by a certain album that dropped today:

www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...

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Josh Dzieza @joshdzieza.bsky.social · Sep 4

I wrote about how Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive

The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

www.theverge.com

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · Aug 27

I wonder if this was the originally submitted clue or a Will Shortz master stroke

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · Aug 4

They gotta do something about this contrast

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · Aug 3

I made a trombone for HTML Day @htmlenergy.bsky.social

aaronson.org/trombone/

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'm in this! Along with lots of other fun and cool people!

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Aug 1

~new newsletter about fun weird internet stuff~

every month my friend justin and I:
* write down everything our friends made
* bother them until they write a little blurb

the first issue features mads mikkelsen, kind of

newslettergoeshere.substack.com/p/projects-f...

Screenshot of some of the links. Full text:

Turn your boring boarding pass into a big, beautiful bald JD Vance for airport checkin
From James: Turn your boring boarding pass into a big, beautiful bald JD Vance for airport check-in. The most surreal part was being contacted by Mads Mikkelsen, the guy who was deported and hearing his side of the story. He in turn said it was surreal to see a day of his life become one of those memes about current events he usually consumes.

The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million.
From Calvin: My trip to the Fed’s Money Museum went sideways when he discovered their $1 million cube doesn’t add up.

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · Jul 28

You're absolutely right

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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · Jul 28

Huge honor! Real full-circle moment (since I used Markdown to write the post)

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Waxy.org @waxy.org · Jul 23

Adam Aaronson drank every cocktail: or, at least, all 102 listed in the International Bartenders Association's official list https://aaronson.org/blog/i-dr...