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LA Times, Sun, Jan 26, 2025 - "Quality Time"

https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898590-swug

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NY Times, Sun, Jan 26, 2025 - "Letter Openers"

https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898597-vosk

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LA Times, Sat, Jan 25, 2025

https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898606-glaff

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NY Times, Sat, Jan 25, 2025

https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898604-glemp

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rDrama themed crossword

https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6793417-jisk

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NY Times, Sun, Jan 3, 2010 - "Antique Finish"

https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898609-plusk

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NY Times, Sun, July 4, 2024 CRYPTIC

https://downforacross.com/beta/game/6898623-vosk

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THANKS FOR PLAYING EVERYONE

As you can see, this week we will do the usual Sat & Sun crosswords, then our special drama-themed crossword made by @ShriekingGeek , then we will do a Sunday NY Times crossword from 2010 which was uploaded this week, and then we will finally end on a cryptic crossword printed last year in The NY Times and uploaded this week, which was fortunate for us since we are going to start adding some cryptic crosswords to line up.

If you are not familiar with cryptic crosswords, I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with how they work if you want to help us solve them. Otherwise, the clues will look like gibberish. Here is a guide from The New Yorker:

https://www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/articles/a-starter-pack-for-the-cryptic-crossword-curious

I remember when I first joined it was kind of cheeky and irreverent, and it still seemed plausible that women posted here. But it's become progressively more shallow and heartless. I mean I can't be the only one picking up on this, right? "The worst thing about DOGE is how soy it all is"? We can't just express outrage at immorality anymore, every criticism must be given through the lens of haughty indifference and framed around coolness or lack thereof. I think some people here have genuinely replaced their concept of wrong and right with cringe/not cringe and never stopped to consider how cruel and purposeless it could make them.

every criticism must be given through the lens of haughty indifference and framed around coolness or lack thereof

Quick question did you ever listen to the pod? Like even one clip or so?

People actually listen to Rspod?!

Gooooood, for the 100,000th time - this is a unique sub and one of the only decent culture/current events subs on reddit, the podcast sucks shit so most people here either never listened or stopped listening in 2019 (me). I used to like A&D but in the last five years one became a Fox News dork and the other is hawking a shit coin, they've changed. That being said, what drew me to them and this sub in the first place was their critique/thoughts on the overly woke/grifter left and establishment liberals. What I and many didn't know back in 2018 was A&D are insecure dorks who just adopt whatever ideology they currently find chic/edgy, and as soon as Bernie/progressive politics became boring they moved onto the next thing. But a lot of us here have beliefs based on morality/ethics/what we find to be true, so here we are

Tldr: "I have never and will never engage with the content this sub is about but here's how it should be run."

Anyways I thought this was a fun thread. The commenters even got OP to self delete out of shame.

!redscarepod

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Teslas are shit cars (look at their error stats) and Elon is a shit human being. I'm German, and I know a fricking Nazi Sieg Heil when I see one!! (667)

You're the original nazi. Takes one to know one. (-93)

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Your friend is ignoring the facts because they make her uncomfortable. Elon is a total Nazi, he's defending the AfD, a neo Nazi party, in Germany right now and telling Germany to get over the Holocaust. He bought Twitter so Nazis would quit getting banned and censored. They just ignore those facts because it makes them uncomfortable and it doesn't directly impact them...yetQuit trying to defend Nazi shit in my comments. I'm gonna tell you you're defending a Nazi and then block your ignorant butt when you continue to try and act like THIS isn't the same darn thing https://giphy.com/gifs/gJJ8ZV3xVonUU4vcXwETA: Longer paragraphs defending Nazi shit doesn't all of a sudden mean I won't block you when I see it, so you can quit trying to convince me to give Nazis a chance to speak their mind...frick Nazis and frick their opinions, their Nazi butt opinions are rooted in bigotry, they're trash and I don't discuss things with garbage. (318)

He is saying my heart goes out to you!! I am high jacking your top comment to clearly point this out. Quit making something into what it isn't. He did not do the salute. He was throwing his heart out to the crowd. Whatever other agenda y'all have with whatever he has done is not needed in this. Pretend he isn't Elon.. he is just some person throwing his darn heart out to the crowd!!! OP threw out a friendship because they are so blinded by just who the person is that they didn't want to see what was actually being said with the hand gesture! FFS get over yourselves! (-45)

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No, he's literally done the "my heart goes to you" gesture by making his hands into a heart.He ALSO literally JUST told Germany to get over the Holocaust If it honks like a goose and steaks like a goose, it's a fricking Nazi (30)

Lmao this is beyond wild. He did not say "get over the holocaust" like the other comment says he said it's over and no one is to be to blame anymore don't blame someone for their ancestors! Geez (-23)

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Teslas are shit cars (look at their error stats) and Elon is a shit human being. I'm German, and I know a fricking Nazi Sieg Heil when I see one!! (667)

this comment isn't all that good. not all that interesting or good really. double plus bad. it's not really 'top comment' material is it? it does really conform with what's popular though. fascists everywhere. i feel faint... where am i.... is that guy doing a bad thing? i hate that man. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hats. i mean hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. hate. (-1)

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People can be upset by more than one thing at the same time where I come from. Not good at multi -tasking? (4)

No, I'm neurodivergent. I don't need to see a clip of Elon being a moron to know that Trump is a fascist and I feel that this particular thing is rage bait. It's a bad look, but it's not an executive order that is going to get thousands of trans people killed. There's so much destructive angry energy going around and I feel like it's not even worth it to keep dwelling on Elon's Nazi salute. The salute and the response are amplifying all of the nasty energy that's already in the country. And the salute isn't even killing anyone. (1)

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Pretty sure bro bought the car before elon supposedly seig heiled anyways. (10)

Yeah idk what OP's angle is here. Like are they demanding they sell their car just because op doesn't like Elon after he did something stupid? The fact op is literally being an butthole, forcing politics into the group chat then getting angry they don't automatically hate whoever op hates, then getting more angry that they happen to own a Tesla, is unequivocally an butthole move and sentiment but Reddit is so anti Elon they'll ignore all of it just to take another stab at that dumbass (2)

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From the OP's post history: she's a single mom living in section 8 with an neurodivergent daughter and has various white women diseases (she requires a "mobility device" to get around apparently)

I know its just an app. Its just one outlet. Its just one space to go on the internet but its also so vital in how to do so many things. I learned how to do the following:

Becoming a better mom

Learning how to advocate for myself and my kiddo

Finding a community

Developing better skills to find better jobs

How fix shit around my house (for better or worse. lol)

What symptoms are signs of (whatever is possibly causing my symptoms)

Unlearning so many shitty traits from systemic issues

ALL.THE.RECIPES.

And now...its just going away. Capitol hill couldn't improve healthcare as a country, improve the housing market, cutting the cost of food, or stopping school shootings but hey, they did it. They banned an app that brought so many people together...

On to the comments:

I see the ban in essence as a form of controlling our algorithms and to only support / allow AI to train on pro US narratives and not on anything counter to it.

I'm a very casual Tik Tok user, and I'm upset about this. People are going to lose their livelihoods over this, and it smacks of censorship. So what's next? Reddit? Tumblr? Pinterest? AO3? It's ridiculous this even happened with so many other issues in our country.

Yep. So many people in my life aren't make the connection of what this actually means. We're witnessing an iron curtain rising. And its devastating.

NGL being a SAHM mom with no village and no friends, tiktok was my socialization and how I was able to find some sort of community and even just talk to people. I'm struggling with the fact that life is about to get lonely and isolating again.

Tik Tok is the reason I finally cut ties with my crappy religion and political party. It's the reason I finally saw why the full range of women's rights matter. It gave me a reason to be politically savvy. And it's the reason I see the ban for what it truly is. I'm terrified for what this means for Americans, and I fully crashed out on my other social media apps today before logging out and deleting them from my phone.

I understand that "he" won, so I won't throw a temper tantrum about it (like some people). I concede that this is what more than 50% of the voting population wanted. But I won't go down without expressing my concerns, if for no other reason than to say "I told you so" in 2 years

Does this idiot not realize that it was that enacted TOTAL ZOOMER DEATH? What does Trump have to do with this

I wish I could do more than upmarsey. This is everything.

I became a RedNote turnover 🤭 it's great, most of the TT's I followed are there now

Actually looking forward to learning Chinese...

I joined TikTok during covid like a lot of people. My algorithm eventually led me down a path of seeing content creators who were talking about SA, abuse, manipulation, gaslamping and all sorts of content on toxic relationships. It was then that I realized after nearly 2 decades with my husband that I was in an abusive and toxic relationship. My normal meter had become so fricked because of his manipulation that I didn't know up from down. I finally had the language to describe what I was going through and the courage to leave. Been out 2 years now and living my absolute best life. Where before I was dying a slow and painful depressing death.

TikTok saved my life.

I'm annoyed by the people who don't use it lacking any empathy or perspective. They'll say it's brain rot, shallow entertainment, a source of misinformation, then turn around and spend hours on Reddit or twitter or instagram like it's any better.

The wishful thinking part gets me. Like, what makes you think Reddit is safe? FB? Groomercord? If one goes, they can do this to whatever they want.

Unfortunately reddit, groomercord, and Facebook aren't controlled by the Chinese so they are safe. But I pray for the day of TOTAL GROOMERCORD DEATH.

3D printable tentacle robots are here 🐙 https://t.co/CvAahG7mLg pic.twitter.com/G5qdOSBAjY

— AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️ (@AISafetyMemes) January 27, 2025

I'm convinced at this point Big Foid is assasinating researchers and suppressing investment in robofus.

Sony concord cope

https://old.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1i3hqzv/jeff_grubb_says_he_was_told_sonys_latest/

Marvel rivals is the future of gaming. China woll conquer because the Us techbros strangled the golden goose

https://old.reddit.com/r/saltierthankrait/comments/1hwqtsn/how_could_a_hero_shooter_like_concord_fail_while/

Death to live service!

https://old.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/1i3hs67/jeff_grubb_says_sonys_live_service_games_were/

Concord fans still coping but that is a really ugly design.

https://old.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterDesigns/comments/1i0eme4/hated_design_this_concord_redesign/

Concord fans keep on coping coping coping into the future

https://old.reddit.com/r/Gamingcirclejerk/comments/1hk3dms/dont_add_unattractive_characters_to_fantasy_video/

A real concord fan

https://old.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1i3kguo/after_the_catastrophe_of_concord_sony_is/

Socialist games deserve nothing but bad things

https://old.reddit.com/r/SocialistGaming/comments/1hsw3xt/any_general_suggestions_on_youtube_channels/

Love that bomb

https://old.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/1hry55b/video_games_concord_a_game_failure_for_the_ages/

Lamest bait

https://old.reddit.com/r/playstation/comments/1i52ycy/concord_was_actually_good/

Tay Tay don't frick no losers.

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If it's a bearing then it's a polar opposite of my username = funnyIf it's a dish filled with almonds then ai is smoking meth = funnyThanks for the image (9)

Just realized I sent that to the wrong person mb 😭😭https://preview.redd.it/17kbejfluude1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a157dbcd8be9d0d69c97681cf20735a86ed78bf2 (14)

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Holy shit this is sickhttps://preview.redd.it/td07qyhxwvde1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64d5cadfd5f2e17ba2cb2af175d205d732ffa022 (6)

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Unfortunate anti-short after effects of this beef

Unfortunate anti-short after effects of this beef

Is being a short American synonymous with size 7 shoes, your back against the curb, your pants ripping, and not being lit?

I'm asking this cause this seems to be a common theme levied at Kendrick as part of this beef.

I'm being told annoyingly by Tall Drake fans and some tall Hiphop heads that Kendrick is, in fact, a "pipsqueak" despite none of the listed being true. (Amongst other reasons)

I feel insulted personally as believe l there is more to being short and Hiphop than these things? It feels like a weird purity test.

I don't see kinda tall people as less tall.

Is it because he's shorter than average ?

We all know about the "top shelf problem."

Are Spud Webb, Kevin Hart, Darren Sproles, etc suddenly pipsqueaks?

One thing I don't like about this beef is that Drake has allowed non short people to question another short man's height.

A short man going to a store that sells shoes that run a bit a smaller is not "copium" or not accepting reality. This is the same as the disingenuous 'short on short crime' arguments that people bring up when we talk about short discrimination.

We have tall people openly calling a short man a 'pipsqueak."

Any thoughts on this?

The White House digital team deserves an award for what they have been pulling off. pic.twitter.com/zdkxMHsGy0

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 31, 2025

It also stops with trans while I was referring to Transactions 💀💀

I'm not watching it because I'm an antipodean .

And because I don't even give a shit about actual football, let alone some New World variant where everyone dresses up as mattresses.

Following up on reporting by my fellow MNN correspondent @darkdeity.

It was a standoff that lasted 6 hours that everyone watched on TV there, probably like OJ Simpson's slow speed car chase. Except OJ Simpson didn't think he had mystical psychic powers and consult with shamans all the time who told him he could get away with it.

Background: To put this into American terms. Basically the FBI has an arrest warrant for the President. The Secret Service says "we don't care, we protect the President". They tried on Jan 3 and then gave up because, really, wtf do you do in that situation? It's something nobody is prepared for. So they went back and regrouped.

They come back today in overwhelming force. If I'm understanding various reports correctly, they sent in 3,000 cops this time. They forced some kind of Mexican standoff situation where they dared the President's bodyguard to stop them and stared them down. There was real fear that this would end up with shooting. But the bodyguards eventually backed down. I want to imagine somebody doubted the cops' resolve and then one pulled out a .44 Magnum and pointed it at his head and asked "Do you feel lucky, punk?"

It has been reported that veteran personnel of the police's Mobile Detective Unit, Narcotics Investigation Unit and Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit have been dispatched for the warrant execution

Gives you an idea of who this is. It's not a bunch of commies, it's Steve McGarret, Joe Friday, Elliot Ness, Kojak, [insert some morally upright cop from your millenial/zoomer shows, if there are any these days]. They're just trying to enforce the law.

The police are also reportedly considering measures to arrest any individuals who obstruct the team's investigation, including the deputy chief of the PSS Kim Seong-hoon and the head of the Bodyguard Division Lee Kwang-woo who had warrants for their detention issued against them Tuesday night.

Please do.

a bunch of stuff about the 55th Security Brigade

This is the military unit that is the garrison for the capital. Nobody likes to talk about it, but this is what really matters when it comes down to it. They could have easily stopped it but they didn't. Probably because they don't want this insane guy running the country any more than everyone else does. Remember that through the 1980s (I swear it wasn't that long ago, I'm not that old) all power in the country was ultimately based on who could get military units to fight for them. So them sitting this one out is a relief to everyone involved except Yun and his partisans.

Further Reading

I've reported extensively on these topics but if you want some more background:

55th Security Brigade's response to Yun's orders to arrest his political opponents

From 2 years ago during the election why people think that him and his wife are total fricking weirdos.

Okay this one is just funny

Why the rightoids are so afraid of communism - because it's real

My last post about this lamenting that the left is apparently just as bad

Seriously tho, just search for "author:redactor0 korea". A variety of material and all of it is gold.

no really, it bothers me but not like it does some people

i have my excuses (my spine is deteriorating haha) but it is what it is

worst part imo is how far ive come. i used to be a pure antisocial shut in, but it took until my mid 20s to become social. people seem to view me as charismatic now.

im going to ask a girl out soon. ive been on a few dates but its been way too long. i have no money and no car (of my own) so frick it why not.

but there's plenty of things in life that make me happy. my r-slurred cat is sitting on me and i love her so much, but shes making my legs way too hot, but i love her so ill endure it until i cant and then tell her i love her

of course i kinda wanna die but thats more due to the constant crippling pain. lol

its like 3am and i kinda want to kiss my self right now. haha

is it genuinely over? AMA, talk shit, give advice, manifest destiny, idc, i clearly just need attention. i just want to hold someone in my arms thst genuinely wants to be there with me. xD

Trump: We have a tremendous deficit with Canada. We're not going to have that anymore… And if you're a state, we won't have a deficit. We won't have to tariff you… We don't need their lumber because we have our own forests. We don't need their oil and gas. pic.twitter.com/sMaUbtrKKf

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 23, 2025

I will invade and conquer you

B..but what about all the discounts I gave?

He could nuke Canada and I don't think world would even notice thobeit

It would be nice to get them for free

Who's going to stop them?

Why would Euros buy heavy Canadian crude they can't refine when light ME crude they can is closer lmao?

Im finding that very short-form stuff works better. Unfortunately all I have left is longer stuff.

America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 6, 2025

Prepare for liberation bongs. You'll get to be the 54th state behind Canada, Greenland, and Panama!

Everyone please warmly welcome the soon to be new members of the American empire.

Euros reactions

https://old.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1huu9cn/elon_musk_puts_up_a_poll_asking_if_the_us_should/

https://old.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1huv8d6/elon_musk_hints_at_us_invading_the_uk_to_liberate/

There are probably more but this is still relatively fresh.

additional posts:

OP's last straw

this one is awaiting doomsday

not many comments but a "megathread"

slipping into despair and anguish!

It is difficult to juggle the domestic herd and the three quarantined girls at once. Sheila has completely re-bonded with her babies. The boys eat wet food with their sisters so they're bonded.

!animalposters !cats