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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 29/09/2026

Whoever does the layouts for the @inquirer.com's Sunday puzzles has committed a crime against humanity. (Me, I'm the humanity.)

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 29/09/2026

Well it took two days and breaking out the Excel file, but I finally solved this Sunday's crypto and... Um...

A grid reproducing the Sunday cryptogram, with the unscrambled text over the encoded text reading "If a barber gave fifty-five complete haircuts in only six hours, might he collapse from shear exhausion?"

But there were line breaks inserted into the middle of the words "haircuts", "hours", and "collapse" that made the puzzle extremely difficult to solve.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 29/09/2026

This is Major Tom To ground control The galley cart's full of ants And they're staring in a most peculiar way Now it's time to leave the airbus if you care

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 29/09/2026

Coincidentally, this is also my pitch for fixing the health care system.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 26/09/2026

I've hit page 100 on the new book. Ironically (or not ironically?) it's a bit of a mess and probably won't survive editing. (The 100th page specifically. Pages 1-99 are pretty great.) Odds are looking up for having something new out next year! #amwriting

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 25/09/2026

Maybe if you try to line up all the dates people say in a novel into a perfect timeline and it doesn't add up, that was intentional?

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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 25/09/2026

[1983] Blue Peter - Janet Ellis shows Blue Peter viewers how to make their very own Scorpio Teleport Bracelet, just like the ones in the cult sci-fi classic, Blake's 7.

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silver @silverboots.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is just to say I have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to study Forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold

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Mags Visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 24/09/2026

i will go to my grave saying this is the greatest comic of all time.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Back in the day, people used to phone their Tweets into the BBC, where someone would type them up using a manual typewriter.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 23/09/2026

Light spoilers: This movie sets up the final film in the trilogy, GODZILLA PLUS ONE, in which Godzilla and Sandra Bullock go to a wedding together.

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Max @mrmax91.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Had this gorgeous piece of art commissioned and finally put it up. Yay ADHD and decision fatigue. Anyway, the wonderfully talented Bailee Poggendorf in Champaign, Urbana did this. Find her on Facebook.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...

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On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads

and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 20/09/2026

I feel like if there's no beer in root beer and no ale in ginger ale, there shouldn't be any vodka in potato vodka.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 19/09/2026

In tribute to 2026 television, the next chapter I write will be all-flashback focusing on a side character.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 18/09/2026

I don't care what anyone else thought, I fully approve of Enterprise vs Dragon.

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Put together an overview so you get a better idea of what you’ll see in my book. Can you believe that an ADHD mess like ME will be a published author in 17 days? 😭 Pre-order: linktr.ee/adhdalien/

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

...all the animosity hurled towards trans ppl the last few days is completely misplaced. this is a *cisgender problem*: cis ppl need to decide whether you want us to be part of the anti-MAGA coalition or not. if you do, then call out the Dems pushing us out... juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...

screenshot from linked-to essay that reads:
Trans people are people. And politics works the exact same way on us as it does for everyone else. If you’re a politician or a political party, then you’re going to strive to build yourself a winning coalition. You will do this by saying what you are for and what you are against. Depending upon the principles and policies you forward, some voters will be drawn to you and others not so much. You can’t please everybody. But you are the ultimate “decider” of said policies and principles! And if you decide to ignore, discard, or demonize a particular constituency, it is inevitable that *some* of them will become disenchanted and may turn elsewhere when it comes to election day.
For the love of God, stop blaming trans people for all of this! Blame the cisgender politicians and consultants who are ignoring, discarding, and demonizing us. Call them divisive, as they are the ones who are attempting to divide our current anti-MAGA coalition in the name of (misguided) political expediency.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 16/09/2026

They actually pulled out 30 minutes BEFORE Sheeran dropped Macklemore.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 16/09/2026

Breaking: Pikachu will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

Pikachu sits on Ed Sheeran while he sleeps.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 16/09/2026

I want to stress that the views expressed in these parody lyrics are VERY SPECIFICALLY not mine:

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Thought Slime @slimemildred.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So I finally saw Camp Miasma, and the whole discourse around the film being “too self indulgent” is infuriatingly stupid.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 13/09/2026

I was going to do something but

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 13/09/2026

Literally 2 minutes into the new UU church year: "And now let's all sing in a round!"

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 12/09/2026

Look, I'm for legalization as much as the next Blue Sky weirdo, but if it was banned, it was probably for a good reason...

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 11/09/2026

If I had a million dollars, I'd Bayeaux a tapestry. But not a real tapestry, that's cruel.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 11/09/2026

Yes, yes. They could just redo the Muppet Show, but let's be honest here. What you really want is: Redo movies w/ 1 human

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 10/09/2026

[in best TV judge voice] This is highly unusual, but I'll allow it!

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 10/09/2026

The thing about Centrists is if you tell them to pick a finger and cut if off, they will say "pinky" when the right answer is obviously "no."

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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@simonpegg.bsky.social shared this link and because the impish spirit was upon me here's how Freddie Mercury would have looked if the Bayeux Tapestry had a musical interlude htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/

it looks like the Bayeux tapestry but it's a guy with a moustache standing on a boat underneath the flaming comet looking like he's performing for a group of miscellaneous people

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

taking every ounce of self-control not to buy the Klingon Le Creuset Dutch oven

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/09/2026

the thing is, MAHA is like. one end of the spectrum. the other end of the spectrum is NOT, however, the current medical system. that's the middle of that bell curve, that. the actual other end of the spectrum is 'the medical system without medical misogyny and racism' and it currently doesn't exist.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Among males, the rate of new autism diagnoses remained stable or declined. Among females, it increased significantly after 2020, rising by 19% per year from 2020 through 2024. Female diagnoses nearly doubled overall, from 284 new diagnoses in 2016 to 513 in 2024. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

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Autism Diagnoses Are Rising In Women — But Not In Men, New Research Finds

More women are getting answers later in life, and researchers think there may be a reason why.

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🇹🇭Nene Royal🇹🇭 doing Metallica's Master of Puppets. She's pretty damn good. Only 16 but you'd think she's a seasoned rock goddess with how confident she blasts through it. 🤘🤘🎸

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 06/09/2026

Scrolling through my feed and realizing that comic creators are woefully under-represented. Serious question: Does anyone know why @gailsimone.bsky.social doesn't post more?

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026

The reason that the Harry Potter apologists won't just read better books is because they're not looking for good stories...if they were, they wouldn't have glommed on to Harry Potter. They're looking for the camaraderie and social phenomenon that Harry Potter was in the 2000s.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 05/09/2026

When you and your friend pick the same Street Fighter character.

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 18/09/2025

His girlfriend says he doesn't have the temperament to solve his mom's murder. She's probably right. Don't believe the lies your TV tells you: Sometimes neurodivergence makes you a much SHITTIER detective. A DARK HOLE DARKLY A Detective's Story Out now in ebook and paperback. #ADHDetective 💙📚⚡️

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A Dark Hole Darkly

Sometimes neurodivergence makes you a much SHITTIER detective.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

A dinosaur on a white background with the text SAve the academy of Natural sciences museum rally Tuesday Sept 8 10am in front of the academy 1900 ben Franklin Parkway. "Tell Drexel University "Keep the museum open!" with the logos for Philly Science Action, Skype a Scientist, and Green Philly

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