Brian Albert Smith

Minute Cryptic - 25 October, 2025
"Room for kids, yes? Run back to grab second-grader" (7)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (53,308 solvers so far).
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I'll be in Boston on 11/22 for Sunderland; can't wait to watch with you!

Minute Cryptic - 24 October, 2025
"Curtains need to be restitched after this is detached" (3,3)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (91,780 solvers so far).
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Great pod, as usual. I particularly enjoyed Kish's panic over Marco (but only because Marco is staying, and not because I'm cruel 😘).

You're welcome to join the Cubs for a week or so, @johnfea1.bsky.social.

Susie Qs with the @fulhamdc.bsky.social gang!

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No matter how tiny, one of the most glorious sights to behold.

I think this just about sums it up. When decorating taste predicts policy...
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Trump’s Oval Office Is a Gilded Rococo Nightmare. Help. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...

Two linked #PoemsAbout #Glory for @alanparry83.bsky.social and @brokenspinearts.bsky.social because the world is the way we've made it.

Massive supporters group.🤍🖤🤍

A terrific servant to the club. Sad to see him leave that way.

Minute Cryptic - 29 April 2025
"Make tea, dear" (5)
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I scored: 3 under par
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Up the Fulham!! 😏 @fulhamfc.com @fulhamish.bsky.social @fulhamfocus.bsky.social @fulhamerica.bsky.social

Minute Cryptic - 27 April 2025
"Bob Dylan sorely missed 50’s pop group" (3,4)
I scored: 3 under par
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Thank you, @rexparker.bsky.social. My sentiments exactly.

Minute Cryptic - 15 April 2025
"Can't stand around bomb site and be indecisive" (8)
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I scored: 3 under par
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Minute Cryptic - 14 April 2025
"Chances of winning big in bridge?" (4)
I scored: 3 under par
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INVITATION: My book, White Too Long, & 6 other religion books, were banned from the US Naval Academy.
The racist "The Bell Curve" & white supremacist's/Steven Miller's favorite "The Camp of the Saints" are still there.

But @aarweb.bsky.social is standing up.
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Opinion | The Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a Lifetime Maybe we’re just not good at thinking anymore.

"... passively scrolling TikTok or X weakens everything from your ability to process verbal information to your working memory to your ability to focus. You might as well take a sledgehammer to your skull." --David Brooks

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@jackandloz.bsky.social

“But don’t count us out, don’t write us off, don’t put us down. We are Marco Silva’s Fulham, and our sights are set on Europe.”

Another great column from Jack and Loz. Up the Fulham! #FFC

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How terrific to see Sess start! Looking forward to the analysis.

Imma steal that specification, if you don't mind.

381 books removed from the library of the U.S. Navy Academy Here is The New York Times: Maya Angelou’s seminal autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and books on the Holocaust were included on the Navy’s list of 381 books that were removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library on the Annapolis, Md., campus this week because their subject matter was seen as being related to so-called diversity, equity and inclusion topics.

381 books removed from the library of the U.S. Navy Academy

Here is The New York Times: Maya Angelou’s seminal autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and books on the Holocaust were included on the Navy’s list of 381 books that were removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library…

My bracket has died, and I don't care. What a game.

Does timing have anything to do with his impact? I want to believe that he is a terrific catalyst, but I wonder if *when* he came on matters at all, given their lead and the time left. I know he opened the scoring early at Wolves. But Arsenal is not Wolves. Still, I loved seeing him on the right.

The list of awesome humans.

As a diehard Cubbies fan, I am inclined to agree. But I’m not convinced that the Red Sox or Cardinals would have been better choices…😏