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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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 water

a common tern with its head angled down flies over trees

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 12/08/2025

I wrote about corn salad for the New Yorker Daily newsletter because, sure, why not

On childhood road trips through Illinois and Wisconsin, my brother and I would chant about the crops growing on opposite sides of the state highway: "Up with corn! Down with soybeans!" Call it self-indoctrination, but these days a bowl of corn salad is the first thing I think to pack for a picnic in Prospect Park. It's simply a big pile of tasty produce: no skips, all bangers.

On the corn-preparation question, I'm kind of a square-blanching is my preference. It rounds out the kernels' sweetness and preserves just enough crunch to accentuate the other veggies. Make no mistake, though: canned or frozen is verboten for this dish. When I'm tearing husks and strewing silks all over the kitchen, that's how I know it's summer.

Versions vary, but here's mine: Place four or so ears of corn in a pot of boiling water until they're tender, then throw them in an ice bath until cool. Cut off the kernels and add them to a bowl with any combination of diced cherry tomatoes (or one heirloom tomato); diced red onion; a diced cucumber; one cup of feta or cotija cheese; and an avocado, in small chunks. Add a few handfuls of cilantro or mint (but not both). And finish with a few glugs of olive oil; a splash of red-wine vinegar or lime juice; and salt and pepper.

—Jasper Davidoff, puzzles-and-games producer

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 11/08/2025

an unbelievable update: chipotle seems to have noticed this tweet and is now opening a focal superchipotle to harness and channel the power of the seven central brooklyn chipotles

a chipotle sign on a white brick building under a "coming soon" sign behind the second floor windows

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 26/07/2025

debuting a new abstract photography series called "pictures my phone took autonomously while charging in my tote bag"

a blur of white, brown, and black colors

a blur of yellow, brown, and blue colors

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 14/07/2025

god forbid a young person start a small business in our city gothamist.com/news/nypd-na...

Police arrested a Manhattan woman for allegedly stealing nearly $90,000 through the seldom enforced crime of fortune telling, according to police and court documents.

And a former New York cop-turned-psychic-hunter said he was instrumental in the arrest.

Pamela Ufie, 29, was arrested Thursday for a 2023 incident during which police say she told a 43-year-old client that the woman's son suffered from a generational curse. Ufie allegedly convinced the woman to spend $87,000 on "specialty materials necessary to conduct rituals that would help the Defendant defeat the curse.”

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 06/06/2025

hey so: some personal news! this was my first week as a producer with the new yorker‘s puzzles & games team! I'm unbelievably excited to work with wordplay and trivia every single day, with the best constructors & editors in the biz, and to rep our sagacious avian mascot!!! hope you'll play along!

me smiling in front of a wall of New Yorker magazine covers

the New Yorker puzzles & games owl stands self-satisfiedly with its left hand propped against a green pencil

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 26/04/2025

do a puzzle with me! puzzles.usatoday.com (thanks @amandarafkin.bsky.social & @ort.bsky.social!)

a screenshot of the USA Today Daily Crossword landing page for April 26, 2025, which reads "Side Hustles," by Jasper Davidoff, edited by Anna Gundlach.

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 07/03/2025

have you heard about Matthew McConaughey's disturbing ____ ______ recipe??? that and more waiting for you in my @puzzmo.com crossword today!!! puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

a screenshot of a crossword puzzle titled "I'm putting my foot down." the highlighted clue is: Fishy deli mixture that Matthew McConaughey makes with apples, wasabi, corn, peas, and agave syrup (thumbs down from me)

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 14/02/2025

an announcement: after months of going out of my way to take the C I finally got on one of the open gangway R211Ts this week and it was even better than I'd imagined. walking internally from car to car is a liberation my cold dead American heart could never have understood... we are not going back

an open gangway C train... look you can see into the next car over and even the car after that! riches upon riches!!!

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 27/01/2025

BROOKLYN FACT: franklin & president in crown heights is the exact geographic center of the seven central brooklyn chipotles. if you even care

a map of the seven central brooklyn chipotles with a green circle highlighting the Franklin Av/President St intersection

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 25/01/2025

early best headline of the year candidate from the guardian

I’m obsessed with icebreaking: I was trained not to hit anything – now I drive my ship into ice 24/7

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 30/12/2024

midwesterners when they have to scooch past a bunch of people in a row

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 24/12/2024

the haters have become my waiters at the table of success

Goodreads screenshot: Jasper has completed the 2024 Reading Challenge.

Comments from Jay:
April 1, 2024: You are officially falling behind. Pick up the pace!
November 29, 2024: oof you are NOT on pace!
December 23, 2024: LET'S FUCKING GO! YOU ARE A WINNER!

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 15/12/2024

the four global hubs of culture and power

a picture from a bookstore of four clocks on the wall like in a newsroom. the clocks are labeled "london" in gothic script, "istanbul" in papyrus, "los angeles" in a celtic font and, larger than the others, "old saybrook" in a flowing script

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 25/11/2024

I threw some gems and goofy memes into today's @puzzmo.com crossword just for you! so excited to be in the Puzzmo ether and many thanks to @xws.bsky.social for making this happen! solve vivaciously: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2024-...

an 11x9 crossword grid entitled "But there's a catch!"

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 14/11/2024

aspiring to be as unbothered and carefree as kathy hochul administering a hugely consequential state program

Lawsuits to both stop congestion pricing, and to force the governor to unpause it are still pending, and how this plan affects them remains to be seen. Members of New York's congressional delegation have also said they want to kill it, though Hochul said she wasn't concerned. "You know, I don't, I don't worry about anything. I really don't. I really don't," she said.

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