The first time I heard him back on the Sunday puzzle, after his stroke, his voice made me a bit emotional. He was trying really hard, and you could hear it. His voice has gone back to more like what it sounded before, I’ve always been glad to hear him any Sunday morning. And, I’m happy he’s improving!
He made a TV appearance once and it was fun to watch one of the panel members (Gillian Jacobs) geek out about him.
Yeah, it’s always fun to find out a celebrity is a nerd who you maybe didn’t expect to be a nerd. And one so willing to geek out over Will Shortz, of all people.
I had no idea what he looks like! But, his face does fit his voice.
He’s an interesting guy. He really did have a childhood ambition to make puzzles his career. He even wrote a paper about it for some school assignment. You can find it online if you Google. Then he went to college at IU, and did a special program where you could define your own major and curriculum, so he really is the only person in the world with a degree in enigmatology. Then he went to law school. And never even sat for the bar. After law school, he just forged his own career in puzzles. I guess the law degree was his Plan B. And he’s been the NYT Puzzle Editor since 1993. Also interesting, he’s only the fourth NYT Puzzle Editor, and they’ve had a Puzzle Editor since 1942.
There was this Brooklyn Nine-nine joke about him:
And I think maybe because of that, there is a later episode where he plays a fictionalized version of himself, which was neat to see. 
Just wow.
She sounds like an amazing human. I have so much to learn from her.
Thank you, powerful indeed.
And you’re still fighting “for social justice and equality for mutants and non-mutants alike” – even when it feels like no one in power is listening.
I feel despondent and overwhelmed by the political situation often, but then I remind myself this is by design, that those in power want to erode our resolve and [for us to] give up.
“Doing” activism is neither linear or smooth and in times of frustration or exhaustion I tap into my memories of injustice. I remind myself of why I am doing what I am doing and this sustains me. Anger transforms into a battery charger that gives me a boost when it’s sorely needed.
Anger is an energy! With which we can (and should) do good things.
Minnesota Summer Camp for HIV-Positive Kids Closes Down–Because There Aren’t Any More
Public health reducing the number of kids with HIV is a damn good thing.
It is good news, and certainly a step in the correct direction, but it’s
Solidarity