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Bruce Ryan

@brucery.bsky.social

(he/him) Harvard, Stanford JD/MBA. Microsoft (’89-’00). Other careers, too. Walk a LOT, compete in crossword tournaments, know a bit about beer, sake, and 東京. Hapless Memphis Grizzlies and Seattle Mariners fan

190 Followers  |  363 Following  |  16 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2023  |  1.7041

Latest posts by brucery.bsky.social on Bluesky

Beginning to think we shoulda done surgery to strengthen Ja’s ankles instead of (or in addition to) Edey’s 🤦‍♂️

06.10.2025 18:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

He didn’t go deep in the ballgame, but Luis Castillo came through in the clutch

06.10.2025 02:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We are excited to be releasing Puzzle #1 of the Boswords Fall Themeless League tomorrow night!

Thanks to all who have joined so far, and there's still time to join the fun! For more info, a short video explaining the Fall League, and to register, go to boswords.org.

05.10.2025 13:05 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Finished in 12th place in online version of today’s @midwestcrossword.bsky.social - Midwest Crossword Tournament (no errors)

05.10.2025 02:43 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

… only to find out the student were using the library books to hide their contraband phones 🤠

26.09.2025 20:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I ❤️ my library! (@kcls.org)

They have standard books, but also large print, translations, e-books, and audiobooks

And they have makerspaces (3D printers, cutters, sewing machines, etc.), meeting rooms to support our community groups, friendly knowledgeable staff, and more

Support your library!

08.09.2025 16:06 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I ❤️ @tmbg.bsky.social & KEXP 🎶

22.08.2025 17:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Midwest Crossword Registration open now!

Signed up for online division of the upcoming Midwest Crossword Tournament (October 4 in Chicago). Hope to attend in person next year 🤓🤞
Register here: sites.google.com/view/mwxwt/h...

Thanks, @midwestcrossword.bsky.social

18.08.2025 15:51 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Primesweeper 💣🔢 number puzzle game Yes, it’s Minesweeper but with prime numbers.

OK, I surprised myself
Minesweeper & Arithmetic are very much me lol

💣 I scored 100% in 19 seconds!
vole.wtf/primesweeper/

08.07.2025 01:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wonder if JR is experimenting (not too adeptly) with LLM/“AI”English translation for recorded announcements and driver scripts 🤔

04.07.2025 02:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Super weird. I’m riding the Tokkaido Shinkansen from Osaka to Tokyo which I’ve done many times.

But today, both the driver *and* the recorded announcements keep referring to this train as a bus LOL!

And the English automated pronunciation of Shinagawa was weird/wrong

What’s going on?

04.07.2025 02:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Good online ACPT

Finished 10th of ~200 (2024 19th). Didn’t finish error-free - borderline “Natick” on P2. Finished hardest P5 fast (10:58). Finished P6 & P7 abnormally quickly too, dunno why

For fun, converted results to in-person scoring system and I’d have been top 60, better than my best ACPT

07.04.2025 18:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cherry Blossom trees of the future at UW 🌸

04.04.2025 18:48 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who knew?
“Hot heart, calm head, loose body” is my motto, too 😜😉

03.12.2024 18:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Dems must do this the moment they gain back control of Congress.”

but we all know they won’t 🥺

01.06.2024 23:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yeah, I’m a @nytimes.com Crossword nerd 🤓

19.11.2023 07:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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