Tom Walker

SCREECH → OWL [💯]
Raddle #335 • Jan 25, 2026

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Love it! Thank you for the entertainment @elizhargrave.bsky.social

Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.

3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.

4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.

It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.

Story to come.

we are led by disgusting trash

This is the second week now where I've seen The Hedgehog's Dilemma on your list. I got my copy recently but haven't been able to play it yet. Do you have any thoughts so far?

This year's The Baltimorons was utterly charming if you're able to find it.

What's interesting to me is that this is a purely intellectual exercise. Whether it's a camel or a ship's rope, it's not getting through.

The meaning either way is the same and consistent with Jesus' teachings - it's not possible for the wealthy to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Almost! The original language of the NT is Greek, but since Jesus would have preached in Aramaic, the thinking is that turning to what the original phrase would have been might offer solutions. Unfortunately, Aramaic has the same issue of camel and rope being distinguished only by a single vowel.

I am just so fucking proud of her.

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

I'm wondering if your path is different from mine.
I get to all the placed Qs along with most of the Ds, Ls and Ys with no consideration paid to the cages.

If you wanted to give more of a steer though, "No word in English ends with a Q" may be an option?

Yeah let's talk about this. Evan is, as usual, spot on in saying that "fascism" is the correct and accurate term for what we are facing. I want to talk about American fascism and how it relates to fascism generally. So here is a thread on American Fascism "in context".
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There are now few pleasant ways out of this.

American politicians need to find one of those ways.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

I continue to like this!
With my sodoku hat on, I'd suggest removing all grey squares and circles except for r1c6, r8c8, and r9c1, and all white dots but for the strings of dots in rows 6 and 7 & the two r9 dots in box 8.
But I don't know what that would do for the word puzzle folks.

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

Is there particular feedback you're seeking?

Because I really wouldn't change much. I think this is delightful.
You could remove the grey squares from r2c2 and r7c6 at no cost to the puzzle.

Oh, and for anyone not fluent in English, if you can understood the rules, you have more than enough!

What I play these puzzles for is the little moments of realisation when I see what the setter is communicating. I think I had about 3(?) of those lightbulb moments with this!

I'm happy to talk about my solution part, but probably best not public so others can come to it fresh.

Amabel,
I'll start by saying I think this is fabulous! Really clever little puzzle and I love how the framing makes you think it's a word puzzle while staying very true to the logical core of sudoku.

There Is No Safe Word How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

An incredibly well-researched piece on the horrors of Neil Gaiman. It is extremely upsetting and explicit. Please be careful reading it.

www.vulture.com/article/neil...

CAVE EVIL (13th Year Anniversary Edition) Necro demonic dungeon crawl dungeon brawl boardgame card game custom art evil black metal death metal board game wizard wiz war

Less of a long shot than you might think! Cave Evil has just been reprinted and you can get it direct from the publisher :)
store.cave-evil.com/collections/...