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Juliana Pache
@thecityofjules.bsky.social
▪️Founder blackcrossword.com (@blackcrossword.bsky.social)
▪️Formerly social @ Rolling Stone, VICE, The FADER
▪️julianapache.com
I am SO excited to share this Black Crossword puzzle that celebrates the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, which turns 100 this year.

You can find a physical version in the library shop, as well as online:
blackcrossword.com/blog/schomburg
August 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tomorrow in Brooklyn!

Live puzzling with @blackcrossword.bsky.social at Liz's Book Bar ✏️🧩
Word games, trivia, and free drinks for winners 🍷
Doors 6:30, activities start at 7p

Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/live-puzzl...
May 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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If you're driving the economy into the ditch the first thing you need to do is fire with the people who help compile the economic statistics. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded two expert committees that worked with the government to produce economic statistics, potentially affecting the quality of data.
www.reuters.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Black Crossword is expanding! 🧩 🧠 ✏️ @blackcrossword.bsky.social

We’re looking for news and media partners who’d like to syndicate our puzzles on a daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis.

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March 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ❤️🖤💚

If you’re looking for a quick way to incorporate Black history and culture into your life each day, a new
@blackcrossword.bsky.social mini is available at blackcrossword.com everyday at midnight.

You can sign up for daily reminders here: blackcrossword.com/newsletters
Black Crossword | A free daily mini puzzle | Play online now
Black Crossword is a free daily puzzle with a focus on cultural references from across the African diaspora. Available online and in book format.
blackcrossword.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today's mini crossword preview 🧩

Solve the entire 5x5 puzzle here: blackcrossword.com

#blackhistorymonth
February 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ❤️🖤💚

If you’re looking for a quick way to incorporate Black history and culture into your life each day, a new
@blackcrossword.bsky.social mini is available at blackcrossword.com everyday at midnight.

You can sign up for daily reminders here: blackcrossword.com/newsletters
Black Crossword | A free daily mini puzzle | Play online now
Black Crossword is a free daily puzzle with a focus on cultural references from across the African diaspora. Available online and in book format.
blackcrossword.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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February 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.
January 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The culture of politeness that's embedded in whiteness allowed this man to regain power.
January 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Economic anxiety = real, “hard news.” Racial hate = a hazy debatable thing kicked over into the op-ed section.
January 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The next @blackcrossword.bsky.social puzzle book arrives this summer 😄✏️🧠🧩

Pre-order wherever you get your books:
blackcrossword.com/buythebook
January 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Today's @blackcrossword.bsky.social puzzle preview.

Solve here: blackcrossword.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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just want to note that Zuck’s last big visionary idea cost approximately $40b and achieved virtually nothing visible from the outside
January 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
it’s so hard to hold onto faith in your skincare routine when you get a period breakout 😅
January 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
The company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran...
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
From today's @blackcrossword.bsky.social mini ✏️

Solve the 5x5 here: blackcrossword.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A sample clue from today's @blackcrossword.bsky.social mini with @baltimorebeat.bsky.social

Solve the full puzzle here: blackcrossword.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Got my copy of Black Crossword by @thecityofjules.bsky.social 🩷✨
December 30, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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“You’re getting worse at [your art], but you’re becoming a great marketer for a product which is less and less good.”
December 27, 2024 at 12:55 PM
I love a cab driver that plays the music of their cultural heritage and doesn’t change it to top 40 🥲
December 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
hate it when a cafe is playing pop jams when we're all trying to work 🫠
December 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
what a blessing it is to have wonderful friends
December 4, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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"Few adults play musical instruments at all, and even fewer do so in a group," @mimbs.bsky.social writes. What health benefits might they be giving up?
It’s Never Too Late to Learn an Instrument
You don’t have to be talented for jamming to be worthwhile.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:00 PM