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Fiend in feline shape. Mostly cryptics, sometimes other puzzles. Still not panthchesh. they/he hella gay 🏳️‍🌈
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samwhyte.bsky.social
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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davidwearing.bsky.social
The way Labour are talking about migrants validates far right narratives of dehumanisation *at a time of far right riots and racist violence*. The leadership group responsible needs to be removed right now as a matter of public safety. This is simply a factual description of the situation before us.
tomashirstecon.bsky.social Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 10d
Honestly, the potential case for getting rid of Starmer before was the lack of any political project and absence of charisma. But now No.10 is creating a moral imperative for the PLP to act as well.
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
If you're planning on dabbling in the occult this Halloween, you might get something out of my latest exercise in Mini grid filling. Granted, that "something" might be "a dreadful pun", but still...

Checks sides of sofa, presumably wanting money (7)

mycrossword.co.uk/mini/162
Mini crossword No 162 · MyCrossword
Solve Mini crossword No 162 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by Panthera. Published Fri 31 Oct 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
mycrossword.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
You thought you could escape York through the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service? Think again - come 12pm, I'll be tackling the Platypus @henriwords.com curated for the event! Plus: puzzles from @evilflea.bsky.social & @cranberryfez.bsky.social, then maybe a fourth?

twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles
pantherapuzzles - Twitch
fiend in feline shape -~ they/he -~ mainly just replacement streams for twitch.tv/crypticsunday -~ still not panthchesh
twitch.tv
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
I'm pleased to report that Lionel has got his paws on the wonderful @unchcrosswords.com - we had the pleasure of testing the very clever barred puzzle "Unch #1" by @cranberryfez.bsky.social that appears in the middle of the magazine, and now he gets to show it off to little Louie!
Lionel, a Jellycat soft toy lion, sat on a green chair with a copy of Unch magazine issue #1 between his paws. The magazine is now opened to the puzzle by Cranberry - Lionel, holding a pencil in his paws (which totally isn't just resting on a carefully-positioned eraser), is using it to point out the thematic clues to Louie, another, smaller Jellycat lion.
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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archelina.bsky.social
This gives the impression that he was helping. He was not.
unchcrosswords.com Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · Oct 14
He's a busy boy...
A ginger cat looking at the camera. It's sat on a table, on which are some copies of a magazine called UNCH
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
Dehumanisation as policy.
It ignores people's actual lives and experiences in favour of some sick idea that migrants are just resources to be used and discarded at will.
It is incredible how Labour has become, in practice, the most anti-immigration government in decades.
news.sky.com/story/shaban...
Shabana Mahmood vows law reforms to prove migrants 'contribute' to UK society
The home secretary signalled in her first major interview since taking over the reins that she believed migration "has been too high".
news.sky.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
Paws crossed we can pull off a nice, smooth raid like proper Twitch streamers do... I'll definitely be tackling @davidjsiron.bsky.social's latest, and then depending on what time's left I think either a handful of minis or the Gennaro from earlier in the week? We'll see how things go!
archelina.bsky.social Rachel Playforth @archelina.bsky.social · Sep 28
Just one crossword for us today on #CrypticSunday (but hoping to hand over seamlessly to @pantherapuzzles.bsky.social after that.) Join us at 12 to help solve a new one by @tpgrammar.bsky.social!
twitch.tv/crypticsunday
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
September 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
A warning message from Twitch: "Are you sure you want to send this? Your message may contain words that could be considered offensive or disrespectful." - the message in question being "actually turns out wiktionary has an entry for the phrase "with blackjack and hookers" so i guess we could lobby [Chambers] for that" there is also a disclaimer "Did we get this wrong? Let us know." and uh i did not have it in me to go up to Twitch's safety team and ask for permission to make a Futurama reference
September 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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batariangal.bsky.social
So now that it’s confirmed that none of the messages on the bullets were pro-trans, maybe we should have a national conversation about how multiple newspapers repeated a lie about us on their front pages hours after doubts had already been cast over it?
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 12
From the Charlie Kirk press conference:
From the Charlie Kirk press conference - "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We got him," Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says 22-year-old Tyler Robinson was arrested. - The family of Tyler Robinson said he had become "more political" in recent years. - A family member and a roommate reported Robinson. - Robinson had mentioned that Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. - On the bullet casings, Robinson wrote, "Hey Fascist! Catch!," "Bella Ciao," and "If you read this, you are gay lmao"
September 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
It's not quite right to say that my first mini took me three months to set, but it's not wrong either. Paging @cranberryfez.bsky.social & @charliemethven.bsky.social, who I know both tried to do this, and for everyone else:

Demonstrate way of filling empty spliff (4,3)

mycrossword.co.uk/mini/122
Mini crossword No 122 · MyCrossword
Solve Mini crossword No 122 on MyCrossword. 7x7 grid with 8 clues by Panthera. Published Fri 29 Aug 2025. Features annotated solutions. Free to solve online.
mycrossword.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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historicaloracle.bsky.social
It's really fucked up the news media at large is searching so hard for humanity in machines, while systematically denying humanity to Palestinians, trans people, immigrants, and other persecuted people
August 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
This #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service looks to be a proper menagerie, with puzzles from @heroncrosswords.bsky.social, 🦡 Meles & @catnipxword.bsky.social on the table. Dunno if all these critters are good for the furniture, but let's find out together at noon:

twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles
pantherapuzzles - Twitch
fiend in feline shape -~ they/he -~ mainly just replacement streams for twitch.tv/crypticsunday -~ still not panthchesh
twitch.tv
August 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
Forest Shuffle is a fun game with lots of cute animals and an intricate ruleset that lets you do things to make everyone else at the table groan simultaneously. Highly recommended.
A photograph taken at the end of a round of tabletop game Forest Shuffle, showing a section of my forest. The focus is on a Silver Fir card, which scores 2 points for every other card attached to it; while normally the maximum number of cards you can attach to a tree is four, one on each side, in this instance I have legally placed four hares horizontally (not uncommon, relatively doable, I've managed more before), a single Stinging Nettle on the underside (a card from an expansion pack) and a tower of seven butterflies on top (absolutely unhinged play). The tower of butterflies takes up two-thirds of the image and soars past a clump of several other trees, just to really drive it home.
August 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
I've uploaded the raw vod of me solving @cranberryfez.bsky.social's recent Inquisitor, Circle Line/Central Line, with the assistance of the #CrypticSunday peanut gallery, so if you're curious about advanced cryptic shenanigans and have ~105 mins to spare, enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1i...
Inquisitor 1915 - Circle Line/Central Line by Cranberry
YouTube video by Panthera Puzzles
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July 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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errant-signal.com
I am not sure I am digging the internet of 2025
A picture of two Bluesky posts. In one, Alex May posts "Here we go" in response to a screenshot of the "following" tab on Bluesky saying "The laws in your locaiton require you to verify you're an adult to access certain features. Tap to learn more." Underneath in the next tweet is itch.io's official update on how they have hidden all NSFW and adult content pending official review to meet payor standards.
July 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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thesinankose.bsky.social
People always joke about the Prime Minister being a human rights lawyer, but what we all forget is that sometimes you're an expert in human rights in order to argue *against* them.
caatuk.bsky.social caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · Jul 21
The government's lawyer is making the argument that human rights protections do not apply to cases of terrorism, criminal damage, or national security.
July 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
Let's live a little dangerously for this #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service and tackle @cranberryfez.bsky.social's Inquisitor "Circle Line/Central Line" together! I'll likely start a shade before noon so I can ensure it's all set up properly, so see you then...

www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...
pantherapuzzles - Twitch
fiend in feline shape -~ they/he -~ mainly just replacement streams for twitch.tv/crypticsunday -~ still not panthchesh
www.twitch.tv
July 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
Okay, I know pretty much everyone else here has given up on Word Grid by this point, but it's only now that I have finally achieved what I've been wanting to...
A section of the Word Grid leaderboard as it stood ~10 minutes ago, showing me in 42nd place with a grid rarity of 0.058 and 7 unicorns, and the other Panthera, of sudoku and Japanese Sums fame, behind me in 45th place with a grid rarity of 0.065 and 5 unicorns.
June 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
Me: nah, I don't think I have room for another word game in my life

Also me: whaddya mean two of my unicorns have been stolen since this morning. this will not stand. everything else is now on hold while i work through every single word that starts with r
June 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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marcusjdl.bsky.social
So the government’s reviewer pf terrorism legislation thinks that foreign intelligence is behind people fighting against racism, misogyny and transphobia and this is the real issue. It’s giving conspiracy theory and fascism.
flyingrodent.bsky.social flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · May 19
Have a think about what this actually means, and what this government appears to believe “subversion” is.
Hall says: "If I were a foreign intelligence officer, of course I would ensure that the UK hated itself and its history. That the very definition of woman should be put into question, and that masculinity would be presented as toxic. That white people should be ashamed and non-white people aggrieved. I would promote antisemitism within politics. "My intention would be to cause both immediate and long-term damage to the national security of the UK by exploiting the freedom and openness of the UK by providing funds, exploiting social media, and entryism"
May 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
There are *so* many fine crosswords available that I really can't squeeze them all into a #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service. Still, come noon I'll be going for MyCrossword puzzles by @tpgrammar.bsky.social, @adamleepotter.bsky.social & @longyfan.bsky.social:

www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzz...
May 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
@wyrd.systems Dug out the picture, dated November 17th 2019!
Lionel, a Jellycat soft toy lion, sat on a desk while cradling a CD copy of The Orb's 1992 album U.F.Orb
April 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
It might be a little late, but my new puzzle's chock full of the fabulous @americandialect.org's Words of the Year 2024, including:

Term for hedonist, with origins in (briefly) relevant album (4)
Though unprepared, attempt decent (albeit half-hearted) fight back (6)

mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2372
Cryptic crossword No 2372
Made for cryptic crossword enthusiasts, MyCrossword is a free platform for creating and publishing your own puzzles.
mycrossword.co.uk
April 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
pantherapuzzles.bsky.social
Some of those new crosswords just so happen to be destinations on the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service - specifically, the MyCrossword puzzles by Ouroboros, @henriwords.com & @coot.bsky.social. We'll set off on our cruciverbal excursion around noon, from:

www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles
April 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM