🐈Rex Parker🐈⬛ ✏️ 🧐
@rexparker.bsky.social
Correct crossword opinions / aka Michael Sharp / Teaching lit stuff at Binghamton University / 2025 ACPT Pairs champion (w/ Penelope Harper) / https://letterboxd.com/realrexparker
WTF “cancelled performer” are you high as a kite he has won major awards and made millions ffs this shit drives me insane
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
WTF “cancelled performer” are you high as a kite he has won major awards and made millions ffs this shit drives me insane
I have spent exactly one night of my life in London. That night (1994), I saw ARCADIA ❤️
Time to re-read ARCADIA, imo his greatest work
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have spent exactly one night of my life in London. That night (1994), I saw ARCADIA ❤️
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tom stoppard: "jesus fuck, that's not what i should be remembered for"
Oscar-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has died at the age of 88.
The Czech-born British playwright wrote the screenplay for 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, for which he won an Academy Award jrnl.ie/6889303
The Czech-born British playwright wrote the screenplay for 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, for which he won an Academy Award jrnl.ie/6889303
Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
The Czech-born British playwright wrote the screenplay for 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, for which he won an Academy Award.
jrnl.ie
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
tom stoppard: "jesus fuck, that's not what i should be remembered for"
I can’t recommend this interview enough. Eddie Murphy is so relatable as the old dude who just likes doing nothing, being home with his family—he’s just like me!—but then he reminds you, many times, that he’s the most effortlessly gifted mf ever to walk the planet
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
I Love This Eddie Murphy Interview
Podcast Episode · Cannonball with Wesley Morris · 11/27/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I can’t recommend this interview enough. Eddie Murphy is so relatable as the old dude who just likes doing nothing, being home with his family—he’s just like me!—but then he reminds you, many times, that he’s the most effortlessly gifted mf ever to walk the planet
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
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A rare moment of a Republican genuinely giving a damn.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A rare moment of a Republican genuinely giving a damn.
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I love not being able to trust government institutions about basic information about reality. It’s great.
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I love not being able to trust government institutions about basic information about reality. It’s great.
“It is good for one to be reminded of the depths of idiocy to which one can sink even when, or perhaps _particularly_ when, one means well.”
—Helen DeWitt, _The English Understand Wool_ (2022)
—Helen DeWitt, _The English Understand Wool_ (2022)
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“It is good for one to be reminded of the depths of idiocy to which one can sink even when, or perhaps _particularly_ when, one means well.”
—Helen DeWitt, _The English Understand Wool_ (2022)
—Helen DeWitt, _The English Understand Wool_ (2022)
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This panel from 1985 never gets old.
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This panel from 1985 never gets old.
The Hague. No exaggeration. No hyperbole. Locked up forever.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Hague. No exaggeration. No hyperbole. Locked up forever.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
Indulging some misguided 80s nostalgia
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Indulging some misguided 80s nostalgia
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Thanks to all our solvers/supporters for keeping us afloat. We subsist each year mainly from what we make in Nov/Dec, when I guess people are feeling the most crosswordy.
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
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AVCX – Crosswords for the (not) faint of heart.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks to all our solvers/supporters for keeping us afloat. We subsist each year mainly from what we make in Nov/Dec, when I guess people are feeling the most crosswordy.
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
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If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
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Correction: Lucinda Williams (*3*) — forgot about her surprise appearance at the Cyndi Lauper concert in Minneapolis last year ❤️❤️❤️
Also Elvis Costello (*8*) — forgot about *his* surprise appearance at the Lucinda Williams concert at the Beacon (2005)
Also Elvis Costello (*8*) — forgot about *his* surprise appearance at the Lucinda Williams concert at the Beacon (2005)
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:
Elvis Costello (7)
Richard Thompson (2)
Lucinda Williams (2)
Nanci Griffith (2)
Indigo Girls (2)
Elvis Costello (7)
Richard Thompson (2)
Lucinda Williams (2)
Nanci Griffith (2)
Indigo Girls (2)
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:
Jason Isbell
The Hold Steady
Barenaked Ladies
Poison
The Decemberists
Jason Isbell
The Hold Steady
Barenaked Ladies
Poison
The Decemberists
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Correction: Lucinda Williams (*3*) — forgot about her surprise appearance at the Cyndi Lauper concert in Minneapolis last year ❤️❤️❤️
Also Elvis Costello (*8*) — forgot about *his* surprise appearance at the Lucinda Williams concert at the Beacon (2005)
Also Elvis Costello (*8*) — forgot about *his* surprise appearance at the Lucinda Williams concert at the Beacon (2005)
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Nation Tires Of Deals, Bargains https://theonion.com/nation-tires-of-deals-bargains/
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nation Tires Of Deals, Bargains https://theonion.com/nation-tires-of-deals-bargains/
Spending this Black Friday getting rid of practically everything that isn’t bolted down. Books in particular. Everything stacked ⬇️ is outta here. Getting to age where Stuff is starting to feel burdensome… and there’s always more books to be had…
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Spending this Black Friday getting rid of practically everything that isn’t bolted down. Books in particular. Everything stacked ⬇️ is outta here. Getting to age where Stuff is starting to feel burdensome… and there’s always more books to be had…
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Doing the lords work … oh that’s his job, I see. Nice.
Pope Leo condemned violence in the name of religion on Friday at a landmark event with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, urging them during his first overseas trip as leader of the Catholic Church to overcome centuries of heated divisions. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo meets Middle East Christian leaders, condemns religious violence
Pope Leo condemned violence in the name of religion on Friday at a landmark event with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, urging them during his first overseas trip as leader of the Cathol...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Doing the lords work … oh that’s his job, I see. Nice.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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Wheeee…
Minute Cryptic - 28 November, 2025
"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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Minute Cryptic - 28 November, 2025
"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Wheeee…
Minute Cryptic - 28 November, 2025
"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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Minute Cryptic - 28 November, 2025
"Log location if returning by sub" (9)
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🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (38,833 solvers so far).
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Blessed 🐈 💤 😇
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Blessed 🐈 💤 😇
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
The main actors are amazing and lord knows I like Shakespeare but I just can’t imagine sitting through HAMNET
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The main actors are amazing and lord knows I like Shakespeare but I just can’t imagine sitting through HAMNET