William "My Gray" Shunn
@shunn
Writer • Puzzlemaker • Hugo/Nebula Nominee • Author of THE ACCIDENTAL TERRORIST • That Manuscript Format Guy • @sbsolver.com • @tylogr.am • NYC • He/him/Bill
I didn’t even realize it, but a week ago I set a personal record for a Thursday crossword. @nytimes.com @nytgames.bsky.social
Another favorite photo from when we lived in Inwood. Even Mister Softee needs to stay cool. August 2021.
Going through my photo roll, I found this shot from my old neighborhood of Inwood in 2020. Eerie the mix of emotions it brings up. Those were hopeful days. I hope we’ll have them again.
Sure, let’s never forget 9/11. But can we also never forget that women are dying in this country for lack of abortion care, and that a murderous mob tried to attack Congress, and that climate disasters are worsening and causing ever more destruction and death…
RIP, Chuck Mangione. You made my teenage years in a house where I couldn’t listen to rock music much more endurable.
This is the third come-on I’ve received in the past week from folks using generative AI to try to sell me PR services. What is most offensive is that the technology used to generate this praise was built on the theft of the very text under discussion. Writers, are you getting emails like this too?
We’re somehow at war with Iran and yet the cactus on the balcony is blooming extravagantly.
Our new floor lamp comes with a rather remarkable remote control.
Just a reminder that I will be participating this evening in an online protest reading with some terrific (and angry) (and hopeful) poets. It’s on Zoom tonight at 6 pm Pacific, 9 pm Eastern US time. Hope you’ll tune in! www.tinyurl.com/100-days-of-...
Save the date and join us April 29th on Zoom for an evening of protest readings organized by Jose Oseguera! Stay tuned for more info. _____ It starts with one voice. One hand. One refusal to stay silent.
Score today from the laundry room! I know it’s four editions and 32 years out of date, but I’m still pretty excited.
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
Surprise, surprise. Look who owns one of the few Swastitrucks I’ve seen in NYC. (This lot is next to 259 W 134th St and the gate is wide open. I sure hope no one tags it!)
Here’s the headline: Senate Confirms Contempt for Medical Science and Human Life
In shutting down USAID, President Musk is effectively attempting to commit mass murder against some of the world’s most poverty-stricken populations. We have to stop him.
Nothing like fighting emergencies on two fronts on a Thursday morning.
Our bunny Jerry is molting, and with all that wild ragged fur I keep thinking he’s going to start rocking a Zuckerberg chain any minute now.
It’s always surreal when your friends are in the New York Times crossword.
On what planet can you consider an unconditional discharge too harsh a sentence? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/u...