@Pat Myers
@patmyers.bsky.social
'Empress' of The Invitational, a humor/wordplay contest (formerly at WaPo, now on Substack); lifelong copy editor and incurable know-it-all; walks 10 miles a day.
Today's Wordle will have purists like me up in arms!
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May 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Today's Wordle will have purists like me up in arms!
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As someone who worked 40 years for The Washington Post—which I call “we” even though it cut me 2 years ago—I am, yes, heartbroken.
At the link below is the memo Bezos sent to the newsroom announcing that the opinion pages will support only his views. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/heart-brea...
At the link below is the memo Bezos sent to the newsroom announcing that the opinion pages will support only his views. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/heart-brea...
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
As someone who worked 40 years for The Washington Post—which I call “we” even though it cut me 2 years ago—I am, yes, heartbroken.
At the link below is the memo Bezos sent to the newsroom announcing that the opinion pages will support only his views. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/heart-brea...
At the link below is the memo Bezos sent to the newsroom announcing that the opinion pages will support only his views. geneweingarten.substack.com/p/heart-brea...
In commemoration, we'll kill the penny.
February 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In commemoration, we'll kill the penny.
Reposted by @Pat Myers
gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...
“New reporting shows USAID was actually investigating one of Musk’s companies at the time that he attacked the agency.”
Raise your hand if you’re not shocked 🙋🏼
“New reporting shows USAID was actually investigating one of Musk’s companies at the time that he attacked the agency.”
Raise your hand if you’re not shocked 🙋🏼
Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine
The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's company at the time of Musk's assault.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...
“New reporting shows USAID was actually investigating one of Musk’s companies at the time that he attacked the agency.”
Raise your hand if you’re not shocked 🙋🏼
“New reporting shows USAID was actually investigating one of Musk’s companies at the time that he attacked the agency.”
Raise your hand if you’re not shocked 🙋🏼
The EGOMANIAC —
A MEGA-ICON —
I.E., MAGA CON —
has COME AGAIN.
More amazingly clever multiple anagrams in this week’s Invitational, plus our quadrennial Alternaugural Address contest. In today’s Gene Pool.
A MEGA-ICON —
I.E., MAGA CON —
has COME AGAIN.
More amazingly clever multiple anagrams in this week’s Invitational, plus our quadrennial Alternaugural Address contest. In today’s Gene Pool.
The Invitational Week 109: The Alternaugural Address
Write something funnier with the words from the latest Jan. 20 diatribe. Plus AMAZING anagrams.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The EGOMANIAC —
A MEGA-ICON —
I.E., MAGA CON —
has COME AGAIN.
More amazingly clever multiple anagrams in this week’s Invitational, plus our quadrennial Alternaugural Address contest. In today’s Gene Pool.
A MEGA-ICON —
I.E., MAGA CON —
has COME AGAIN.
More amazingly clever multiple anagrams in this week’s Invitational, plus our quadrennial Alternaugural Address contest. In today’s Gene Pool.
Is Trump trying to outdo the wacko megalomaniac president of Turkmenistan? open.substack.com/pub/genewein...
TrumpmenBashi The Great
Hello.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Is Trump trying to outdo the wacko megalomaniac president of Turkmenistan? open.substack.com/pub/genewein...
Owner:“I was confused; they took three people who did not have documentation .. I asked what documentation they were looking for, and they said a license or a passport. Who walks around with a passport? ... One of the guys was a military veteran... He is Puerto Rican, the manager of our warehouse."
ICE agents raid NJ seafood store, detaining U.S. military veteran
NEW YORK (PIX11) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a New Jersey seafood store on Thursday. PIX11 News has learned a U.S. military veteran was among the people detained. …
pix11.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Owner:“I was confused; they took three people who did not have documentation .. I asked what documentation they were looking for, and they said a license or a passport. Who walks around with a passport? ... One of the guys was a military veteran... He is Puerto Rican, the manager of our warehouse."
More Eighth Dwarfs — plus our classic “joint legislation” contest — in this week’s Invitational, at The Gene Pool with Gene Weingarten and Pat Myers. tinyurl.com/inv-week-108
January 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
More Eighth Dwarfs — plus our classic “joint legislation” contest — in this week’s Invitational, at The Gene Pool with Gene Weingarten and Pat Myers. tinyurl.com/inv-week-108
Reposted by @Pat Myers
Vile false equivalence: "Pardons from Biden and Trump flout the rule of law"
January 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Vile false equivalence: "Pardons from Biden and Trump flout the rule of law"
Today's latest horror.
"The pause on communications includes scientific reports issued by the CDC, known as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; advisories about public health incidents; data updates to the CDC website ..." The CDC was about to publish 3 reports on bird flu
wapo.st/4aqfN44
"The pause on communications includes scientific reports issued by the CDC, known as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; advisories about public health incidents; data updates to the CDC website ..." The CDC was about to publish 3 reports on bird flu
wapo.st/4aqfN44
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
wapo.st
January 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Today's latest horror.
"The pause on communications includes scientific reports issued by the CDC, known as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; advisories about public health incidents; data updates to the CDC website ..." The CDC was about to publish 3 reports on bird flu
wapo.st/4aqfN44
"The pause on communications includes scientific reports issued by the CDC, known as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; advisories about public health incidents; data updates to the CDC website ..." The CDC was about to publish 3 reports on bird flu
wapo.st/4aqfN44
Reposted by @Pat Myers
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
December 18, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
Whoa. In a handbasket.
December 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Whoa. In a handbasket.
@geneweingarten.bsky.social on a predecessor of Luigi, and what they had in common.
A Dose of Heroine
Hello.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:08 AM
@geneweingarten.bsky.social on a predecessor of Luigi, and what they had in common.
WaPo's lit'ry zingster @roncharles.bsky.social on the long tradition of uplifting seasonal novellas: "Charles Dickens didn’t invent Christmas, of course, but he left Tiny Tim’s crutch lying in the hallway for everybody else to trip over."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...
Review | ‘Brightly Shining’ is a bittersweet tale of Christmas past
Ron Charles review: In Ingvild Rishoi’s novella, two Norwegian girls with an alcoholic father begin working at a Christmas tree stand to scrape by.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:18 PM
WaPo's lit'ry zingster @roncharles.bsky.social on the long tradition of uplifting seasonal novellas: "Charles Dickens didn’t invent Christmas, of course, but he left Tiny Tim’s crutch lying in the hallway for everybody else to trip over."
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1...