Super-fun crossword tournament in Chicago and online - if you ever wanted to try a crossword tournament, this would be an excellent introduction

Finished in 12th place in online version of today’s @midwestcrossword.bsky.social - Midwest Crossword Tournament (no errors)

I ❤️ my library! (@kcls.org)

They have standard books, but also large print, translations, e-books, and audiobooks

And they have makerspaces (3D printers, cutters, sewing machines, etc.), meeting rooms to support our community groups, friendly knowledgeable staff, and more

Support your library!

I ❤️ @tmbg.bsky.social & KEXP 🎶

OK, I surprised myself
Minesweeper & Arithmetic are very much me lol

💣 I scored 100% in 19 seconds!
vole.wtf/primesweeper/

Wonder if JR is experimenting (not too adeptly) with LLM/“AI”English translation for recorded announcements and driver scripts 🤔

Super weird. I’m riding the Tokkaido Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo which I’ve done many times.

But today, both the driver *and* the recorded announcements keep referring to this train as a bus LOL!

And the English automated pronunciation of Shinagawa was weird/wrong

What’s going on?

Good online ACPT

Finished 10th of ~200 (2024 19th). Didn’t finish error-free - borderline “Natick” on P2. Finished hardest P5 fast (10:58). Finished P6 & P7 abnormally quickly too, dunno why

For fun, converted results to in-person scoring system and I’d have been top 60, better than my best ACPT

Cherry Blossom trees of the future at UW 🌸

Who knew?
“Hot heart, calm head, loose body” is my motto, too 😜😉

“Dems must do this the moment they gain back control of Congress.”

but we all know they won’t 🥺

Yeah, I’m a @nytimes.com Crossword nerd 🤓