Nate Cardin (he/him)
@naytnaytnayt.bsky.social
Chemistry teacher. PhD. Crossword constructor. Co-editor at AVCX Cryptics. Relentless homosexual. 🏳️🌈 Winner! (Wheel of Fortune + The 1% Club) Loser! (Trogdor burninated my village 🐉🏡🔥)
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Solving, constructing for, and editing for @avcx.bsky.social has been one of the greatest joys of my puzzling life. If you’re looking for a great gift that supports independent media, check out this fantastic subscription - minis, full-size crosswords, cryptics, and trivia to your inbox weekly.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Solving, constructing for, and editing for @avcx.bsky.social has been one of the greatest joys of my puzzling life. If you’re looking for a great gift that supports independent media, check out this fantastic subscription - minis, full-size crosswords, cryptics, and trivia to your inbox weekly.
So, the lot where we used to live in Altadena is on the front page of Time’s website 🤯 That’s us in the bottom middle 💕 time.com/7335166/la-w...
Amid the Ashes
Watching my hometown rebuild after the L.A. fires revealed a bleak truth about America's climate future
time.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
So, the lot where we used to live in Altadena is on the front page of Time’s website 🤯 That’s us in the bottom middle 💕 time.com/7335166/la-w...
We are not worthy to live in the timeline where @sarathegood.bsky.social keeps putting out one banger cryptic after another! Be sure to catch her latest for AVCX.
Always love @francisheaney.bsky.social's difficulty ratings! I've got this week's AVCX cryptic -- free to subscribers, or buy for $1! Big thanks for the expert editing, @naytnaytnayt.bsky.social, such a pleasure to work with you. avxwords.com/buy-individu...
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We are not worthy to live in the timeline where @sarathegood.bsky.social keeps putting out one banger cryptic after another! Be sure to catch her latest for AVCX.
Thank goodness
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank goodness
I wrote a silly midi to try and cross the generational divide - check it out! crosshare.org/crosswords/o...
Irrational Numbers
Neither here \_\_\_ there; Common Christmas tree type; Supports on Kickstarter; Twosome; Beethoven's "\_\_\_ to Joy"; Let happen; \* With 27-Across: In a state of confusion; Think the world of; Non-hu...
crosshare.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I wrote a silly midi to try and cross the generational divide - check it out! crosshare.org/crosswords/o...
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AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …
I can unfortunately confirm that the opposite is also very much true.
BREAKING: Survey by @nature.com reveals that "supervisors who make a conscious effort to support and mentor their PhD candidates have more-satisfied students."
Science marches on!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Science marches on!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I can unfortunately confirm that the opposite is also very much true.
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Calling all new constructors interested in mentorship and community!
Lil AVCX is looking for new and emerging constructors to be a part of our 2026 constructing roster. Deadline for applications is November 14, 2025. Here's the information: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lil AVCX: Call for applications for our 2026 constructor roster
Lil AVCX: Call for applications for our 2026 constructor roster We’re looking for new and emerging crossword puzzle constructors to regularly contribute “midi” puzzles. Yes, you’ll get paid, and you ...
docs.google.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Calling all new constructors interested in mentorship and community!
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Crossword's conclusion leaves spirit low (3)
@danfeyer.bsky.social at The Browser Crossword was the first editor to take a chance on me as a beginning cryptic setter, so I thought I'd make a little tribute puzzle on the blog.
I hope it brightens your day!
squarepursuit.com/2025/10/22/s...
@danfeyer.bsky.social at The Browser Crossword was the first editor to take a chance on me as a beginning cryptic setter, so I thought I'd make a little tribute puzzle on the blog.
I hope it brightens your day!
squarepursuit.com/2025/10/22/s...
So Long, and Thanks for All the Cryptics
Hello, cryptic lovers! I don’t do a lot of full-sized puzzles over here these days, but I can think of no better way to pay tribute to The Browser Crossword and its editor extraordinaire Dan Feyer,…
squarepursuit.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Crossword's conclusion leaves spirit low (3)
@danfeyer.bsky.social at The Browser Crossword was the first editor to take a chance on me as a beginning cryptic setter, so I thought I'd make a little tribute puzzle on the blog.
I hope it brightens your day!
squarepursuit.com/2025/10/22/s...
@danfeyer.bsky.social at The Browser Crossword was the first editor to take a chance on me as a beginning cryptic setter, so I thought I'd make a little tribute puzzle on the blog.
I hope it brightens your day!
squarepursuit.com/2025/10/22/s...
I also wrote today’s @slate.com mini! slate.com/life/2025/10...
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I also wrote today’s @slate.com mini! slate.com/life/2025/10...
Escape from your Sunday Scaries by solving my latest Apple News+ crossword! apple.news/JKg_2f2EzRMa...
October 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Escape from your Sunday Scaries by solving my latest Apple News+ crossword! apple.news/JKg_2f2EzRMa...
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Send this fake NY Times Wirecutter recommendation to every dad you know. It's the only way to save our neighborhoods.
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Send this fake NY Times Wirecutter recommendation to every dad you know. It's the only way to save our neighborhoods.
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oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
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You can just not use gen AI. Just don't. You've lived your entire life without it, it is in fact incredibly easy to keep not using it.
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You can just not use gen AI. Just don't. You've lived your entire life without it, it is in fact incredibly easy to keep not using it.
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This is LGBTQ+ History Month, and I urge my followers who are LGBTQ+ (or just curious) to dive into one thing--a movie, novel, TV show--from your childhood or before. Look at an older gay work as something other than a relic or an error. You'll be rewarded. Your world, your SELF, will get bigger. >
October 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is LGBTQ+ History Month, and I urge my followers who are LGBTQ+ (or just curious) to dive into one thing--a movie, novel, TV show--from your childhood or before. Look at an older gay work as something other than a relic or an error. You'll be rewarded. Your world, your SELF, will get bigger. >
Dissociate from the world by solving my @sfgate.com mini crossword today!
www.sfgate.com/california-m...
www.sfgate.com/california-m...
September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Dissociate from the world by solving my @sfgate.com mini crossword today!
www.sfgate.com/california-m...
www.sfgate.com/california-m...
Need a distraction from the news? Check out my latest crossword over at Apple News+! apple.news/JsKmC066PST-...
September 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Need a distraction from the news? Check out my latest crossword over at Apple News+! apple.news/JsKmC066PST-...
Annoyed that the NYT mini is paywalled now? Solve my mini today over at @sfgate.com instead! 💁♀️🏳️🌈
September 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Annoyed that the NYT mini is paywalled now? Solve my mini today over at @sfgate.com instead! 💁♀️🏳️🌈
@sfgate.com has CA-themed mini crosswords now and I wrote today’s! Check it out: www.sfgate.com/california-m...
California Mini Crossword Puzzle | SFGATE
www.sfgate.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@sfgate.com has CA-themed mini crosswords now and I wrote today’s! Check it out: www.sfgate.com/california-m...
Season 15(!) of Dr. Cardin’s Chemistry 👨🔬
August 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Season 15(!) of Dr. Cardin’s Chemistry 👨🔬
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I used to make these Quiptics to help my fellow North Americans grasp the more deceptive UK cluing style by limiting the wordplay devices to one per clue. Every once in a while I get the urge to set a few more for my old blog. Here's a new batch. squarepursuit.com/2025/08/19/q... #cryptic #crossword
Quiptic Pack 2025 (#52-60)
Ah, hello, Quiptic solvers! It’s been such a long time. I hope you’re doing well! I know I haven’t shown up here in a while, but I’ve been busy with a bunch of other stuff. …
squarepursuit.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I used to make these Quiptics to help my fellow North Americans grasp the more deceptive UK cluing style by limiting the wordplay devices to one per clue. Every once in a while I get the urge to set a few more for my old blog. Here's a new batch. squarepursuit.com/2025/08/19/q... #cryptic #crossword
Breaking out an airplane hand shape in my next game of rock, paper, scissors because nothing beats a Jet2Holiday ✈️
July 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Breaking out an airplane hand shape in my next game of rock, paper, scissors because nothing beats a Jet2Holiday ✈️
Happiest of birthdays @danfeyer.bsky.social! You truly were born on the best day of the year, which further bolsters your GOAT status! 💕💕
July 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happiest of birthdays @danfeyer.bsky.social! You truly were born on the best day of the year, which further bolsters your GOAT status! 💕💕
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in the final hours of pride month, we just passed $25,000 USD raised for trans charities 🥹 thank you all so much, seriously
A TRANS PERSON MADE YOUR PUZZLE is LIVE !!!!
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
July 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
in the final hours of pride month, we just passed $25,000 USD raised for trans charities 🥹 thank you all so much, seriously