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ChrisL
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Rabid reader, passable poet, casual cruciverbalist, armchair etymologist, list lover, coffee quaffer, and music maniac.
I love #HayleyWilliams. She titled her recent album “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,” and now her new project is... Power Snatch. Time for a listography of favorite double- and triple-entendre band names.→ variety.com/2026/music/n... || #music
Hayley Williams Launches New Band Power Snatch, Releases ‘EP1’
Hayley Williams has debuted her new group, Power Snatch, with the release of 'EP1.'
variety.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Jeff Bozos selleth #books, botoxes, and then taketh books away. → www.boston25news.com/news/trendin...
Washington Post issues widespread layoffs via Zoom, slashing Sports, Books, podcast
“The actions we are taking include a broad strategic reset with a significant staff reduction.”
www.boston25news.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
She’s right about everything…except the hope that anyone will stand up or that any change is coming except for the worse. This is beyond (literal) trigger warnings. And beyond hope. → [He was EXECUTED - YouTube](<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDETj4Nppsk)" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDETj4Nppsk) #pretti #cowardICE
He was EXECUTED
Today is the tipping point.
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Have to admit, some of that #AI #nostalgia bait---“The late John Hughes revisits the sets of his iconic 80's movies” and “Welcome back to senior year 1988”---breaks my heart a little. A lot.
January 25, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Given Hyden's routine mockery of Bluesky on the already sorely-missed Indiecast, I probably shouldn't promote this to all of us rife with "blueskyness" -- but it's too good not to recommend!
Just launched the first installment of Catalog Club. It's like a book club but with albums. Every month, I'll pick an artist and over 4 weeks talk about 4 of their albums. This month's artist is Lucinda Williams. Check out the first episode, it's free!
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Catalog Club: Lucinda Williams' "Happy Woman Blues"(1980)
Part 1 of our look at the early albums of a modern giant of American music
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January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“He don’t know it’s anything he can’t know,” the old man said. “That’s his trouble. He thinks if it’s something he can’t know then somebody smarter than him can tell him about it and he can know it just the same. And if you were to go there the first thing he would do would be to test your head and
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Excited to be writing these new mini puzzles for @statnews.com (my favorite site for health and science policy news!)
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Current Linguistics #newsletter is a "weekly roundup of the latest language-related news, research in linguistics, interesting reads from the week, and newest books and other media dealing with #language and #linguistics." And it's excellent! → linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/s/current-li...
Current Linguistics | Linguistic Discovery | Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D. | Substack
A weekly roundup of the latest language-related news, research in linguistics, interesting reads from the week, and newest books and other media dealing with language and linguistics. Click to read Li...
linguisticdiscovery.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New #Book: Easy Crosswords for Peace by Malaika Handa! You can't go wrong with this one: for yourself, to support indie #crosswords, or as the perfect gift for a crosswording friend (or one who should be). More info and links → chrisl64.me/crosswords-w...
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
RIP: Tom Stoppard. My commonplace books are rife with bits of Stoppard's plays I've collected over the years, but the simple bit I keep returning to most of late is from _Jumpers_, Dottie quoting Archie, her psychiatrist:

It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting

#rip #tom-stoppard
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
How is Dora Jar not more widely acclaimed (by those who appreciate indie pop at least)? So good...and apparently I literally just missed her in concert here! Blurgh. → www.dorajar.world
Dora Jar - Official Site
Official Site
www.dorajar.world
September 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reagan Dunn? More like Reagan Dunce with this kind of illogic. → www.courierherald.com/opinion/king...
King County residents deserve a county that shows up to work | Guest Column | Courier-Herald
Work-from-home has led to a lack of productivity, visibility, and accountability.
www.courierherald.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The problem with Heather McHugh's #poetry is every time I read it, I want to copy *every* poem to my #commonplace book.
September 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Is there an app that will automatically add "(in my opinion)" to every declarative statement I type anywhere in public? Or my new favorite diminutive parenthetical, (imo obvs)?
September 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
ChatGPT or Thee?
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July 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ah, OK...
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July 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Also add Tr**p
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July 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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July 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I am enswooned by @malaika-h.bsky.social's new site, featuring a heatmap-with-linked-flyout-overleaf-thingamajig of her astounding number of published #crossword puzzles (562 at the moment! But probably 575 by the time I press publish in a minute or two).
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I can't believe I hadn't heard that Martha SIlano passed (on May 4). RIP. A wonderful #poet gone far too early. → marthasilano.net || #rip #poetry #poem
June 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Fun #crossword #clue → 19A: Bass output (4) | New York Times | Saturday, May 03, 2025 | Michael Lieberman
June 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Seen today. If you know, you know. #crosswords #cruciverbalism
June 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM