Francis Heaney
@francisheaney.bsky.social
Puzzles, ties, music, frivolity. Puzzlewright Press in the streets, AVCX in the singly-printed sheets. He/they.
That means he's flipped the board over eight times while playing Risk
Mike Johnson: "The president has ended 8 wars around the globe. All that in 9 months!"
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
That means he's flipped the board over eight times while playing Risk
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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“Oh, well I just told you about it, so now like all of the rest of us who pay attention to what’s going on, you know all about it. You just heard it, from me, and you know. You’re all caught up. So to repeat: does this concern you?”
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Oh, well I just told you about it, so now like all of the rest of us who pay attention to what’s going on, you know all about it. You just heard it, from me, and you know. You’re all caught up. So to repeat: does this concern you?”
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The only version of it available was taped off a scrambled cable channel for some reason.
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The only version of it available was taped off a scrambled cable channel for some reason.
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The tracking on my vcr doesn’t work anymore
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The tracking on my vcr doesn’t work anymore
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It reminds me too much of the time several of my co-workers were turned into small cubes and crushed into dust by ancient beings from the Andromeda Galaxy, and I just cannot deal.
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It reminds me too much of the time several of my co-workers were turned into small cubes and crushed into dust by ancient beings from the Andromeda Galaxy, and I just cannot deal.
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It has sequences of flashing lights and I have a seizure disorder
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It has sequences of flashing lights and I have a seizure disorder
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Because the electromagnetic waves that constitute the broadcast are now 59 light years from Earth
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Because the electromagnetic waves that constitute the broadcast are now 59 light years from Earth
Clickbait multiple choice! Why is this episode "hard to watch today"?
a) It's not available on streaming
b) It's kinda sexist and/or racist
c) My eyesight is worse than it used to be
d) I can't watch it today because I'm busy but maybe tomorrow?
e) It's not as good as I remember
a) It's not available on streaming
b) It's kinda sexist and/or racist
c) My eyesight is worse than it used to be
d) I can't watch it today because I'm busy but maybe tomorrow?
e) It's not as good as I remember
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Clickbait multiple choice! Why is this episode "hard to watch today"?
a) It's not available on streaming
b) It's kinda sexist and/or racist
c) My eyesight is worse than it used to be
d) I can't watch it today because I'm busy but maybe tomorrow?
e) It's not as good as I remember
a) It's not available on streaming
b) It's kinda sexist and/or racist
c) My eyesight is worse than it used to be
d) I can't watch it today because I'm busy but maybe tomorrow?
e) It's not as good as I remember
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I'm sure the media genealogists will be all over this FALSE CLAIM
Eric Adams Endorses Andrew Cuomo for Mayor, Calling Him His “Brother”
With early voting in the mayoral election just two days away and the final debate now history, Eric Adams endorsed
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October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm sure the media genealogists will be all over this FALSE CLAIM
Tsk, even when you correct the typo, it's still incorrect -- should have been "pervert", not "perverse"
Washington Post editorial board: Right-wing idiots who also cannot spell.
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Tsk, even when you correct the typo, it's still incorrect -- should have been "pervert", not "perverse"
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
🎵 His low appeal, he didn't research it / But here's the deal, he's just a piece o' shit 🎶
"Everybody hates Cuomo
Cuomo's hateable" 🎶
(to the tune of "Everybody Loves Louis")
Cuomo's hateable" 🎶
(to the tune of "Everybody Loves Louis")
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
🎵 His low appeal, he didn't research it / But here's the deal, he's just a piece o' shit 🎶
This seems right in line with other right-wing jurisprudence, such as "even though it's been the norm for years and years with no issues, now that I'm thinking about it the idea of a trans woman using women's bathrooms bothers me, therefore it should be illegal"
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This seems right in line with other right-wing jurisprudence, such as "even though it's been the norm for years and years with no issues, now that I'm thinking about it the idea of a trans woman using women's bathrooms bothers me, therefore it should be illegal"
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This was a really fun conversation. I don’t get too many chance to talk about puzzles as independent media, but I really believe in the point and Phil is a pretty brilliant interlocutor.
For my @halifaxexaminer.ca morning file today I spoke with @burrata.bsky.social about crosswords as independent media, and the editorial choices that inform puzzles. Plus, links to a whole bunch of stories by Examiner colleagues. Enjoy.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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Crosswords as independent media: a conversation with AVCX editor Ben Tausig - Halifax Examiner
"We don't want to be famous, we don't want to be rich. We just want to be a really robust, healthy community."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This was a really fun conversation. I don’t get too many chance to talk about puzzles as independent media, but I really believe in the point and Phil is a pretty brilliant interlocutor.
Babe, wake up, the Supreme Court's version of "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal" just dropped
Barrett spurns Supreme Court bias claims after string of Trump shadow docket wins
“I want people to understand, agree or disagree with the decisions that the court reaches, that we are engaged in a legal enterprise."
@courthousenews.bsky.social
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“I want people to understand, agree or disagree with the decisions that the court reaches, that we are engaged in a legal enterprise."
@courthousenews.bsky.social
www.courthousenews.com/barrett-spur...
Barrett spurns Supreme Court bias claims after string of Trump shadow docket wins
Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat for an extended discussion where she defended the high court’s rulings and her jurisprudence.
www.courthousenews.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Babe, wake up, the Supreme Court's version of "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal" just dropped
Guys, if you can't pivot your entire worldview on a dime to accommodate the latest piece of incoherent cognitive dissonance, I have to question your commitment to even being a conspiracy theorist
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Guys, if you can't pivot your entire worldview on a dime to accommodate the latest piece of incoherent cognitive dissonance, I have to question your commitment to even being a conspiracy theorist
From a legislative body which includes an elected trans representative yet
This is eliminationist, genocidal rhetoric. There’s nothing ambiguous about it. And it didn’t come from a random Bluesky account with 28 followers. It came from a sitting member of Congress.
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September 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
From a legislative body which includes an elected trans representative yet
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Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
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Fuck yes to this
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Fuck yes to this
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coates is genuinely a generational writer
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
coates is genuinely a generational writer
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Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
September 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
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all these people with material power in some sector and the genuine belief that they are indispensable to America and should therefore be untouchable by the Rabble™️ lost their whole minds during the brief window when they thought a Rabble™️ might have notched a hit against their brother Charlie
September 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
all these people with material power in some sector and the genuine belief that they are indispensable to America and should therefore be untouchable by the Rabble™️ lost their whole minds during the brief window when they thought a Rabble™️ might have notched a hit against their brother Charlie
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did a little media criticism www.theverge.com/politics/777...
The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation
The Wall Street Journal’s fuckup while covering Charlie Kirk’s killing needs more than an editor’s note.
www.theverge.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
did a little media criticism www.theverge.com/politics/777...