Sign in

jasper davidoff

@pocketsquar.es
292 followers 339 following 99 posts

puzzles & games @newyorker.com allium enjoyer, otamatone virtuoso 🐣 jasperdavidoff.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by jasper davidoff
slop enjoyer @slop.guru · 03/07/2026
(on a date with a guy who might be a termite) date: i’ll have the house salad
161026146
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
UN Ambassador Matt Whitaker: "People are enjoying the United States of America because it's an awesome place. We have extraordinary things like Buc-ee's and Chick-fil-A, very convenient to eat in your car while you're having a phone call. It's an amazing country."
10391689299
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Joshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Well, shit. This morning brings news of Alex Ross's decision to relinquish his post as music critic of the New Yorker. I don't yet have the words to fully convey my awe and admiration at the brilliance of his work, or to gauge the magnitude of his coming absence. h/t @lisairontongue.bsky.social
therestisnoise.com
Personal note – Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
56118
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 15/06/2026
solve this week‘s @puzzmo.com Big Crossword to learn how I feel about native plants (good) and rocky road (also good)
puzzmo.com
Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
0132
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 11/06/2026
544068458
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 05/06/2026
some 17-year-olds are old enough to vote in presidential primaries but, according to LEGO, too young to attempt to assemble the LEGO Sagrada Familia
a screenshot of the LEGO page for the Sagrada Familia kit, labeled Ages 18+ and consisting of 12,060 pieces
000
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 02/06/2026
your favorite trivia game’s favorite trivia game just dropped!!! from your friends at @newyorker.com puzzles & games please enjoy the lateral-thinking list-making feline-coded extravaganza that is ✨catalogues✨
newyorker.com
Introducing Catalogues, a New Game for People Who Love Lists
Every day, order a set of items based on a hidden theme.
040
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
TODAY: New York City’s entire electric grid just got about 20% more renewable power. That’s because it’s the first day the CHPE transmission project is sending commercial power to New York City's electric grid. 👏👏👏 Lower prices! Less pollution! HUGE!
216653
Reposted by jasper davidoff
The New Yorker Union @newyorkerunion.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
When we fight, we win—and get some great press coverage to boot! This week, after trying to break our union by illegally firing and disciplining our members, Condé Nast settled with the NewsGuild.
Red background with white text:
WE WON

Condé Nast is paying the price for its illegal attempts at busting our union.

Our members won a settlement that vindicates those who "marched on the boss" in November, 2025.Screenshot of an article in The Hollywood Reporter

HED: Condé Nast and Union Reach Settlement Over "Fired Four" (Exclusive)

DEK: The publishing giant is allowing workers to resign as active employees and paying a financial settlement.
BY KATIE KILKENNY MAY 27, 2026
144
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I wrote about a city being set in motion
torched.la
D day
This was LA at its most kinetic: crowded platforms, packed train cars, jammed bike racks
725265
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 10/05/2026
the wright brothers were so desperate to get out of ohio that they invented a completely new form of transportation
120
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 11/04/2026
third time's the charm: first clean puzzle five 🎉 #ACPT
1140
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 03/04/2026
ancient greek newspapers shortly after Damocles was killed:
010
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🚨: NASA just dropped a full disk image of Earth taken by Artemis II 🤯
1975086934
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Andy McGlashen @amcglashen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Folks, it is time once again www.audubon.org/magazine/do-...
audubon.org
Do Yourself a Favor This Spring: Go See the American Woodcock’s ‘Sky Dance’
Timberdoodles have one of the wildest mating rituals among North American birds, and you should definitely check it out. Here’s how.
0101
Reposted by jasper davidoff
potion of @candlestick.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
the purpose of a rube goldberg machine is what it does eventually
172735529
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 20/02/2026
one of the best sentences in environmental journalism history thespinoff.co.nz/society/12-0...
Nearly 200 years before the arrival of Selena Gomez Oreos, European settlers first introduced possums to Aotearoa.
030
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 16/02/2026
can't stop thinking about the 1964 new york world's fair commemorative dachshund. does anyone know where I can get a 1964 new york world's fair commemorative dachshund
1964 new york world's fair commemorative dachshund
020
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It’s also the way I walk.
815412
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
From our new issue: Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread
scientificamerican.com
Meet the extremophile molds wreaking havoc in museums
Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread
22312
Reposted by jasper davidoff
David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
NEW: Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed, the Trump administration began rewriting the narrative, labelling the victim as a "lunatic" and a "terrorist" contradicting all available evidence www.wired.com/story/the-in...
wired.com
The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti
Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.
28551226
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 09/01/2026
gum disease is when plaque turns into calculus math team is when calculus turns into plaque
040
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 06/01/2026
there are news sites that publish entire articles about a single five-letter word
Gaming

Today's Wordle answer is grueling – here's why October 24's puzzle could break your streak

News By Dave LeClair | Contributions from Jeff Parsons published October 24, 2025

Wordle players could get today's puzzle wrong if they're not careful

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works.
010
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
chicago drafted rome and then rome drafted chicago
1422
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Roman Mars @romanmars.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I just think it’s so much cooler and more interesting to try to be the best audio show rather than the shittiest television show
1774064
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
imagine being born with the potential to develop incredible skill, athleticism, and height, toiling and training for decades to actualize world class ability, only to be awarded the title of "Denver Nugget"
291212101
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 19/12/2025
we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝 blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
blog.puzzmo.com
50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025
I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...
03922
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 15/12/2025
happy cartoons & puzzles issue to all who celebrate!!! feat. a brilliant meta, a musical cryptic, some chilly crossings, an intractable maze, and many more wintry delights 🧩🧩🧩 newyorker.com/cartoons-and-puzzles-2025
031
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 08/12/2025
it's only an umlaut if it's from the umlaut region of north macedonia. otherwise it's actually just a sparkling diaeresis
021
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Zillow bowed to pressure from real estate agents and removed climate risk scores from home listings: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
nytimes.com
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
73415
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 20/11/2025
"Normal Gossip buys Malala Yousafzai a podcast microphone" was not on my bingo card for 2025 (and other such gems from this year's @defector.com annual report)
The special guest for the Season 9 premiere of Normal Gossip was Malala Yousafzai. We were thrilled to hear from her PR people that she was a fan of the show and wanted to be a guest, but we were surprised to find out that Malala’s team did not yet possess a professional-caliber podcast microphone. After an internal back-and-forth on whether we should mail them the Defector podcasting travel kit with a self-addressed box back to us, we decided to just buy her some new gear. In the future, when you see Malala do a BBC interview with a Shure MV7+ mic just out of frame, remember that Defector underwrote that equipment.
120
Reposted by jasper davidoff
99% Invisible @99pi.org · 18/11/2025
People once dreamed of sidewalks that could whisk them across the city. Somehow, that dream ended up at the airport 🛫 Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/3JJtFO1
7308
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 18/11/2025
catch me on @99pi.org this week with a story about why new york almost built a moving walkway across the brooklyn bridge... and what it looks like when people refuse to give up on an idea that no one really asked for
99percentinvisible.org
The Moving Walkway is Ending - 99% Invisible
Moving walkways, or “people movers” as they’re sometimes called, can be found in most major American airports. And, at least in theory, they serve a pretty important function—moving a bunch of very ru...
030
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Natan Last @natanlast.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
thanks to @thenation.com for publishing this excerpt of my book; grateful to be edited by the wonderful @apockros.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/arch...
thenation.com
The Hidden Politics of the Crossword Puzzle
Take it from me: A crossword clue can be debated with the kind of fervor normally reserved for corporatist propaganda and outright racism.
23611
Reposted by jasper davidoff
The New Yorker Union @newyorkerunion.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.
gofundme.com
Donate to Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper, organized by Louryn Strampe
On November 5, 2025, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union l… Louryn Strampe needs your support for Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper
118980
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
92401790
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United  
on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands
Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue.
These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action.  
Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company.
Condé United members illegally fired are:
Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader
Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House
Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union
Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit
“Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
1737301298
Reposted by jasper davidoff
The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/11/2025
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
89109832274
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/11/2025
thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
gofundme.com
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
1771173486
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
2255481164
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
2051283338183
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 03/11/2025
herd about the new kid in town?? the new yorker’s SHUFFALO launches today! it’s a daily anagramming game from the devious brain of @adamwagner.bsky.social that I think word nerds are really going to enjoy. this was a treat and a wild ride to bring to the world and I’m so stoked it’s here!!!
newyorker.com
Play Shuffalo: Monday, November 3, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
071
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 22/10/2025
early reviews are saying this one is a banger
185
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
649249448244
jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 06/09/2025
spotted this morning at the marine park salt marsh
a great blue heron with its neck crunched in flies over watera common tern with its head angled down flies over trees
030
Reposted by jasper davidoff
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13/08/2025
look i just wish the magazine called The New Yorker would stop making so many geographical references to the city of New York in their Daily New Yorker crossword is that so much to ask!!
11671
Reposted by jasper davidoff
Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
apnews.com
Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
6024861312
Reposted by jasper davidoff
mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 24/08/2025
been at the eric adams scavenger hunt all day. mostly we were in a crawlspace under a house in howard beach learning “how to out-hustle the rats.” not sure what this does for the campaign
278033953
Reposted by jasper davidoff
ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Photo of DOGE staffer Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old white man in a blue pullover, carrying a black backpack.Photo of 53-year-old Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi. He is sitting, wearing white pants and shirt with a brown vest.
15058223235
Reposted by jasper davidoff
ceej @ceej.online · 20/08/2025
(nodding) night corn
screenshot of a chumbox link that reads "Chuck Norris: This Night Routine Makes Me Feel Years Younger" and a photo of chuck in front of a microphone superimposed over a blurry photo of two grilled corn cobs
1254191515