Congrats to that one trans athlete in becoming state champ by default I guess

Going live in about 1 hour!

Been trying to get into streaming on Twitch to unwind after these stress filled days.
Please give a follow to see when I'm live

www.twitch.tv/datacrosspuz...

I'll be deleting my TikTok account soon.
I really need to do a channel update since I've taken a hiatus from puzzle content, but I'm going to use this account specifically for DataCrossPuzzles.
Find me @kevinweatherwalks.bsky.social to see what I've been up to lately.

Resist.

Trump can kiss our ass, no matter what. All media outlets and institutions should strike the same posture for as long as necessary.

'Cahoot,' singular, is a thing.

there's a constant back and forth between "I hate how long recipes are" and "they need to do that for SEO purposes!" and I think we gotta ask like ... why is it good SEO to make your stuff worse, why have we built an internet that asks us to ruin good things in order for them to be seen

Are NYC police just looking for anybody wearing a dark, hooded jacket? This is gonna end with an innocent person going to prison isn't it?

Your money goes to the people who make the puzzles, the staff (all puzzle people), and that’s it. No VCs, no unconscionable media outlets, just the people who do the work.

Really exciting update on the AVCX subscription drive: one generous donor has given *$5,000* to the AVCX Cryptic! Along with other money on hand, this means that Cryptic is now fully funded for 2025.

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I enjoyed solving this @lilavcx.bsky.social puzzle! Much more enjoyable than getting punched in the face and saying 6D.

youtu.be/LP6rIC_cPs8
Play along with me here: avxwords.com/puzzles/1721/

Today's solve is a beginner-friendly puzzle from Patrick Berry for the New Yorker
youtu.be/-upzDYu1Es0

Try it here before watching: www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...

Today's solve is "a moderately challenging" puzzle from Erik Agard for the New Yorker

youtu.be/i27QKH0tp50

Today's solve is "a challenging puzzle" from Anna Schechtman for the New Yorker. I really struggled with this one, but learned a lot from it.
youtu.be/KjPIrvvd7cQ

Since we added the new payment
tiers, we’ve gotten lots of Angel subscribers (~$100/year), but also lots of scholarship subscribers (~$15/year). It rules to be able to do it this way. We want everyone to have access no matter what you got and that’s exactly what’s happened

Today's solve is a beginner-friendly puzzle from Robyn Weintraub for the New Yorker.

youtu.be/DNORvc0qJiQ

Today's video: The Crossword from Will Nediger for the New Yorker.
And a question...
When was the last time you heard, saw, or used the initialism "FTW"?

youtube.com/watch?v=bcxy...

The AVCX … is having a hell of a day. Thank you. This is probably our single biggest day for subscriptions ever, and it’s going to go a long way in helping us be viable next year. There’s more to do, but this is pretty incredible. Again, thank you.