TheBFOOL
@thebfool.bsky.social
Archivist, writer, technician, teacher (in some order). Lurking.
Talk to me about crossword puzzles, Soviet cinema, indie Switch games, mystery novels.
Talk to me about crossword puzzles, Soviet cinema, indie Switch games, mystery novels.
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TheBFOOL
@thebfool.bsky.social
· Dec 20
I have decided this is a puzzle account now
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i wrote more here: blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
Learn the grammar of crosswords with Puzzmo minis
Today is the first day of a series of 30 mini crosswords designed to help you become a better crossword solver. They’re free for all players, and you can solve the first one here.
In college, I accide...
blog.puzzmo.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
i wrote more here: blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
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For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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As we move toward our fall subscription drive, we hope you’ll consider supporting us in part bc we are an independent media company.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
As we move toward our fall subscription drive, we hope you’ll consider supporting us in part bc we are an independent media company.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
No, crosswords are not as vital as journalism. But yes, all content that we consume matters, and it should be as free as possible from corporate control.
hey get on over here now that your NYT mini costs $
(you can play Puzzmo's midi xword every day with a free account! they're super fresh and i promise an accessible step up from minis! if you usually compete against friends and fam, bring 'em along to my club!)
puzzmo.com#invite-mnuo2...
(you can play Puzzmo's midi xword every day with a free account! they're super fresh and i promise an accessible step up from minis! if you usually compete against friends and fam, bring 'em along to my club!)
puzzmo.com#invite-mnuo2...
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
puzzmo.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
hey get on over here now that your NYT mini costs $
(you can play Puzzmo's midi xword every day with a free account! they're super fresh and i promise an accessible step up from minis! if you usually compete against friends and fam, bring 'em along to my club!)
puzzmo.com#invite-mnuo2...
(you can play Puzzmo's midi xword every day with a free account! they're super fresh and i promise an accessible step up from minis! if you usually compete against friends and fam, bring 'em along to my club!)
puzzmo.com#invite-mnuo2...
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you may know that my game industry podcast @unboxingpod.bsky.social is back. Did you know we also switched frm Substack to Buttondown?
But this hasn't been great for our discoverability, and ppl unsub b/c they prefer ST's format. So sub & share, if you dare: buttondown.com/unboxingpodc...
But this hasn't been great for our discoverability, and ppl unsub b/c they prefer ST's format. So sub & share, if you dare: buttondown.com/unboxingpodc...
UNBOXING: Play & Profit for the Gaming Curious
“This podcast absolutely rocks – give it a listen if you want an under the hood look at the games business from some very smart people!” “I follow a lot of game podcasts, but this one stands out for h...
buttondown.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
you may know that my game industry podcast @unboxingpod.bsky.social is back. Did you know we also switched frm Substack to Buttondown?
But this hasn't been great for our discoverability, and ppl unsub b/c they prefer ST's format. So sub & share, if you dare: buttondown.com/unboxingpodc...
But this hasn't been great for our discoverability, and ppl unsub b/c they prefer ST's format. So sub & share, if you dare: buttondown.com/unboxingpodc...
Very much looking forward to my first ever in-person crossword tournament on Sunday and meeting folks in the fine @boswords.bsky.social community! (You can still sign up in-person or online if you want to join meeeee: www.boswords.org)
Boswords Main | Boswords
www.boswords.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Very much looking forward to my first ever in-person crossword tournament on Sunday and meeting folks in the fine @boswords.bsky.social community! (You can still sign up in-person or online if you want to join meeeee: www.boswords.org)
An excellent birthday present to myself: managing to complete a crossword less than a minute slower than Will Nediger
puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...
puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...
@the_bfool's finished Cross|word
Stay in the Loop
puzzmo.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
An excellent birthday present to myself: managing to complete a crossword less than a minute slower than Will Nediger
puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...
puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...
One day I will actually make my blog about emulating crossword puzzle apps from the 90s and this account will make sense
July 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
One day I will actually make my blog about emulating crossword puzzle apps from the 90s and this account will make sense
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anywho I'm not sure how many of my original contributions are still in here but this just came out today and the people who saw it through kindly kept my name on it, if you ever need an "emulation for preservation" white paper www.clir.org/pubs/reports...
An Overview of Emulation as a Preservation Method • CLIR
Eric Kaltman, Winnie Schwaid-Lindner, Drey Jonathan, Andrew Borman, Alex Garnett, and Larry Masinter July 2025. 60 pp. (electronic only)CLIR pub 194 PDF download >> An Overview of Emulation as a Prese...
www.clir.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
anywho I'm not sure how many of my original contributions are still in here but this just came out today and the people who saw it through kindly kept my name on it, if you ever need an "emulation for preservation" white paper www.clir.org/pubs/reports...
I am once again offering/threatening to any friends and colleagues in #digipres make recommendations for alternatives for *all* your favorite NYT Games if you still have a sub.
There is a big, wide world of puzzles awaiting you that don't directly fund eugenecism, war-mongering and transphobia!
There is a big, wide world of puzzles awaiting you that don't directly fund eugenecism, war-mongering and transphobia!
July 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am once again offering/threatening to any friends and colleagues in #digipres make recommendations for alternatives for *all* your favorite NYT Games if you still have a sub.
There is a big, wide world of puzzles awaiting you that don't directly fund eugenecism, war-mongering and transphobia!
There is a big, wide world of puzzles awaiting you that don't directly fund eugenecism, war-mongering and transphobia!
Does @bradlander.bsky.social know you can cancel that NYT Games sub and get @puzzmo.com and @avcx.bsky.social instead?
June 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Does @bradlander.bsky.social know you can cancel that NYT Games sub and get @puzzmo.com and @avcx.bsky.social instead?
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"institutions of higher learning are about to be pummeled by the looming reconciliation bill which weaponizes working-class families’ debt financing college dreams. not only will it push millions to the financial brink, it will push them out of higher ed altogether."
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.
newrepublic.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"institutions of higher learning are about to be pummeled by the looming reconciliation bill which weaponizes working-class families’ debt financing college dreams. not only will it push millions to the financial brink, it will push them out of higher ed altogether."
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
I have found the thing even more infuriating than looking at the completion times for Stormy-level Boswords speed-solvers and it is contest crossword solvers calling metas "easy" while I bang my head and get nowhere staring at both this week's WSJ and a damn Week 1 Matt Gaffney
June 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I have found the thing even more infuriating than looking at the completion times for Stormy-level Boswords speed-solvers and it is contest crossword solvers calling metas "easy" while I bang my head and get nowhere staring at both this week's WSJ and a damn Week 1 Matt Gaffney
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A TRANS PERSON MADE YOUR PUZZLE is LIVE !!!!
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
June 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A TRANS PERSON MADE YOUR PUZZLE is LIVE !!!!
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
donate at least $10 USD to an American trans charity and receive 10 puzzles by trans constructors
edited by me and @cantorlope.bsky.social
beautiful cover art by @pseudonymjones.bsky.social
happy pride :)
tinyurl.com/transxwords
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check out our newest constructor spotlight!
dailycrosswordlinks.com/2025/04/26/c...
dailycrosswordlinks.com/2025/04/26/c...
Constructor Spotlight: Kareem Ayas
Today we welcome constructor, teacher, and reader of every clue in a crossword, Kareem Ayas (he/him). Kareem lives in Harlem with his Siberian Husky, Kane. Kareem! It was such a treat to meet you i…
dailycrosswordlinks.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
check out our newest constructor spotlight!
dailycrosswordlinks.com/2025/04/26/c...
dailycrosswordlinks.com/2025/04/26/c...
Basically the only thing keeping me going right now is trying to top the Memoku leaderboard on Puzzmo before the second great depression
April 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Basically the only thing keeping me going right now is trying to top the Memoku leaderboard on Puzzmo before the second great depression
I guess it's cool to have access to Funky Winkerbean now, but the incredible dearth of functionality of former Puzzle Society games on GoComics is kind of insulting. You couldn't even bother to add, like, a Favorites option before launching this, AMU?
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I guess it's cool to have access to Funky Winkerbean now, but the incredible dearth of functionality of former Puzzle Society games on GoComics is kind of insulting. You couldn't even bother to add, like, a Favorites option before launching this, AMU?
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Buy, solve, and support the hell out of “A Trans Person Made Your Puzzle,” a new crossword puzzle pack from @adanicklmao.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/transxw...
sites.google.com/view/transxw...
a trans person made your puzzle
"A Trans Person Made Your Puzzle" is a collection of crossword puzzles written, edited, test-solved, and typeset by trans and nonbinary people, in support of US-based transgender charities. This colle...
sites.google.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Buy, solve, and support the hell out of “A Trans Person Made Your Puzzle,” a new crossword puzzle pack from @adanicklmao.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/transxw...
sites.google.com/view/transxw...
Who wants to give me access to their Apple News+ subscription so that I can do even more daily crosswords
Also access to a free iPad or something I guess
Also access to a free iPad or something I guess
March 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Who wants to give me access to their Apple News+ subscription so that I can do even more daily crosswords
Also access to a free iPad or something I guess
Also access to a free iPad or something I guess
I've hit on a novel solution for doing too many crossword puzzles, which is just to do the Matt Gaffney contest and spend all week staring at one puzzle helplessly
March 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I've hit on a novel solution for doing too many crossword puzzles, which is just to do the Matt Gaffney contest and spend all week staring at one puzzle helplessly
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We are happy to announce that our crossword pack is now available! Thank you to those who donated during our presale; you will receive the puzzles today. We are currently at 15% of our fundraising goal! Check us out at fund.nnaf.org/tpfa if you haven’t donated yet!
March 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We are happy to announce that our crossword pack is now available! Thank you to those who donated during our presale; you will receive the puzzles today. We are currently at 15% of our fundraising goal! Check us out at fund.nnaf.org/tpfa if you haven’t donated yet!
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today is a good day to log off and solve some crossword puzzles that fund abortion: www.abortionpuzzles.com
these puzzles fund abortion
www.abortionpuzzles.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
today is a good day to log off and solve some crossword puzzles that fund abortion: www.abortionpuzzles.com
Honored to get a shout-out from @philsalv.bsky.social in here - the film-to-software preservation pipeline is real!!! 😄
Save the Games was a huge highlight of 2024. Much gratitude to @borman.bsky.social and the Strong folks for the hard work and superlative hosting!
Save the Games was a huge highlight of 2024. Much gratitude to @borman.bsky.social and the Strong folks for the hard work and superlative hosting!
Our latest Video Game History Hour podcast talks to The Strong's director of digital preservation Andrew Borman: gamehistory.org/episode-122-... (Reminder: Patreon subscribers - www.patreon.com/gamehistoryorg - get access a day early, and bonus episodes too!)
Episode 122: Save the Games Recap | Video Game History Foundation
We’re joined by Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong National Museum of Play Andrew Borman to recap the events of the first ever Save the Games Symposium put on by the museum in August 2024,...
gamehistory.org
January 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Honored to get a shout-out from @philsalv.bsky.social in here - the film-to-software preservation pipeline is real!!! 😄
Save the Games was a huge highlight of 2024. Much gratitude to @borman.bsky.social and the Strong folks for the hard work and superlative hosting!
Save the Games was a huge highlight of 2024. Much gratitude to @borman.bsky.social and the Strong folks for the hard work and superlative hosting!
Any trivia/puzzle-flavored podcast recommendations? There's an absolute gazillion of pub-style options out there, so looking for particularly engaging hosts or formats
January 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Any trivia/puzzle-flavored podcast recommendations? There's an absolute gazillion of pub-style options out there, so looking for particularly engaging hosts or formats