Mike Selinker
@mikeselinker.bsky.social
I make games and puzzles and things.
Sometimes you know which Senators will be remembered by history. Moynihan, Kennedy, Dole, Thurmond, Inouye, Sanders, Warren. For one reason or another, they matter.
I look at this list and think, "I will never remember any of these people. Except one wore a hoodie. They had power and did nothing."
I look at this list and think, "I will never remember any of these people. Except one wore a hoodie. They had power and did nothing."
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sometimes you know which Senators will be remembered by history. Moynihan, Kennedy, Dole, Thurmond, Inouye, Sanders, Warren. For one reason or another, they matter.
I look at this list and think, "I will never remember any of these people. Except one wore a hoodie. They had power and did nothing."
I look at this list and think, "I will never remember any of these people. Except one wore a hoodie. They had power and did nothing."
These two stories seem related.
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
These two stories seem related.
Trump: "Cue up that scene I like from 'Independence Day.'"
Staffer: "Oh, you mean Bill Pullman's address to the fighter pilots?"
Trump: "What? No, I mean..."
Staffer: "Oh, you mean Bill Pullman's address to the fighter pilots?"
Trump: "What? No, I mean..."
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump: "Cue up that scene I like from 'Independence Day.'"
Staffer: "Oh, you mean Bill Pullman's address to the fighter pilots?"
Trump: "What? No, I mean..."
Staffer: "Oh, you mean Bill Pullman's address to the fighter pilots?"
Trump: "What? No, I mean..."
Here's @axios.com reporter Mimi Montgomery describing Donald Trump's illegal demolition of the White House's East Wing as "switching things up" and a "glow-up." Which, back in my day, would be a firing offense.
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here's @axios.com reporter Mimi Montgomery describing Donald Trump's illegal demolition of the White House's East Wing as "switching things up" and a "glow-up." Which, back in my day, would be a firing offense.
A little poetry for today's M's-Tigers matchup. Dedicated to @lemurtanis.bsky.social, natch.
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A little poetry for today's M's-Tigers matchup. Dedicated to @lemurtanis.bsky.social, natch.
New York Comic Con! We are running a riddle hunt all weekend for the release of the novel WIND. Come play!
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New York Comic Con! We are running a riddle hunt all weekend for the release of the novel WIND. Come play!
If anyone wants to know why, on a daily basis, I consider quitting the manufacturing business, this tariff changes chart from my friend Geoff Engelstein shows why.
Lone Shark started in 2003. The Bush and Obama years got us into a rhythm of costs and risks. Then one stupid man shattered everything.
Lone Shark started in 2003. The Bush and Obama years got us into a rhythm of costs and risks. Then one stupid man shattered everything.
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If anyone wants to know why, on a daily basis, I consider quitting the manufacturing business, this tariff changes chart from my friend Geoff Engelstein shows why.
Lone Shark started in 2003. The Bush and Obama years got us into a rhythm of costs and risks. Then one stupid man shattered everything.
Lone Shark started in 2003. The Bush and Obama years got us into a rhythm of costs and risks. Then one stupid man shattered everything.
This new book The Complete Kennections by my friend Ken Jennings is by far the best trivia quiz book I’ve ever read. I highly recommend picking up a copy or three.
August 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This new book The Complete Kennections by my friend Ken Jennings is by far the best trivia quiz book I’ve ever read. I highly recommend picking up a copy or three.
Freshly minted legend right here.
August 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Freshly minted legend right here.
It’s August 10, 2000. I’m walking toward the seminar room at Gen Con, flanked by the best designers of Dungeons & Dragons ever. I hold a sheaf of 100 photocopied chapters in my hands. (1/11)
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August 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It’s August 10, 2000. I’m walking toward the seminar room at Gen Con, flanked by the best designers of Dungeons & Dragons ever. I hold a sheaf of 100 photocopied chapters in my hands. (1/11)
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AI Working as Intended: Airport Edition.
July 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
AI Working as Intended: Airport Edition.
Hey puzzle people! I wrote a thing in praise of the variety cryptic crossword puzzle, in advance of my new series The 12 Days of Cryptics. Link is below. If you like puzzles, maybe take a look? www.selinker.com/index.php/20...
June 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hey puzzle people! I wrote a thing in praise of the variety cryptic crossword puzzle, in advance of my new series The 12 Days of Cryptics. Link is below. If you like puzzles, maybe take a look? www.selinker.com/index.php/20...
RIP Peter David, who wrote the words on the best comic page of the 1990s.
May 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
RIP Peter David, who wrote the words on the best comic page of the 1990s.
The only Pete that should be in charge of our national security.
March 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The only Pete that should be in charge of our national security.
The horrific @mlb.com Overlap caps nonetheless have one cap worth buying, if you're an Ariana Grande fan. www.mlbshop.com/arizona-diam...
March 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The horrific @mlb.com Overlap caps nonetheless have one cap worth buying, if you're an Ariana Grande fan. www.mlbshop.com/arizona-diam...
The only flag that stood proud today.
March 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The only flag that stood proud today.
This flag has been flying outside my house for a quarter century. Today it just decided to shred itself.
February 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This flag has been flying outside my house for a quarter century. Today it just decided to shred itself.
It is unsurprising that the Worst Person I've Ever Met is being propped up by the Worst Person in America over something I actually care a lot about.
November 23, 2024 at 4:17 AM
It is unsurprising that the Worst Person I've Ever Met is being propped up by the Worst Person in America over something I actually care a lot about.
I decided to leave twitter, but not without leaving behind an extremely salty crossword all about Elon Musk. You are welcome to share it but you can't tell Elon the answers.
November 14, 2024 at 1:11 AM
I decided to leave twitter, but not without leaving behind an extremely salty crossword all about Elon Musk. You are welcome to share it but you can't tell Elon the answers.
Every few years on this day, I repost this crossword. Let's keep remembering.
September 11, 2023 at 10:17 PM
Every few years on this day, I repost this crossword. Let's keep remembering.
If you're a puzzle fan, I'd love it if you'd look at my new book Mindspaces. Proceeds go to Game to Grow. If you preorder a softcover from our pay-what-you-want site, and kick even a dollar to our Humble Bundle, you'll get a free puzzlepack. That's fun! https://lonesharkgames.com/mindspaces/
July 26, 2023 at 7:48 PM
If you're a puzzle fan, I'd love it if you'd look at my new book Mindspaces. Proceeds go to Game to Grow. If you preorder a softcover from our pay-what-you-want site, and kick even a dollar to our Humble Bundle, you'll get a free puzzlepack. That's fun! https://lonesharkgames.com/mindspaces/
Here's the cover of Mindspaces, my new book of puzzles and essays on creativity under pressure, as illustrated by Damian Puggelli. If you preorder it and back our Humble Bundle, you'll get a free puzzle pack from Lone Shark Games.
July 19, 2023 at 2:26 AM
Here's the cover of Mindspaces, my new book of puzzles and essays on creativity under pressure, as illustrated by Damian Puggelli. If you preorder it and back our Humble Bundle, you'll get a free puzzle pack from Lone Shark Games.