Dave G
@nextwave.bsky.social
I write, edit, run, teach, play chess, and think — but seldom more than two at once.
Recovering domain investor. Chronic punster.
Into the Brontës, Joni Mitchell, Alistair MacLean, new wave 🎶, Lord of the Rings, Vashti Bunyan.
Recovering domain investor. Chronic punster.
Into the Brontës, Joni Mitchell, Alistair MacLean, new wave 🎶, Lord of the Rings, Vashti Bunyan.
You aren’t accepting this word? Do all my 1970s high school grammar lessons mean *nothing* to you, #NYTspellingbee? #spellingbee
September 29, 2026 at 7:59 AM
You aren’t accepting this word? Do all my 1970s high school grammar lessons mean *nothing* to you, #NYTspellingbee? #spellingbee
My feelings about today’s omission of a perfectly good word (and pangram!) from the #NYTSpellingBee are UNNAMEABLE. #spellingbee
July 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM
My feelings about today’s omission of a perfectly good word (and pangram!) from the #NYTSpellingBee are UNNAMEABLE. #spellingbee
Nice observation on #writing, from Margaret Atwood:
“[I]f you write something down on a page, it’s not set in stone. You can change it. Which everybody does. It’s called revision for a reason: you are seeing it again.”
“[I]f you write something down on a page, it’s not set in stone. You can change it. Which everybody does. It’s called revision for a reason: you are seeing it again.”
July 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Nice observation on #writing, from Margaret Atwood:
“[I]f you write something down on a page, it’s not set in stone. You can change it. Which everybody does. It’s called revision for a reason: you are seeing it again.”
“[I]f you write something down on a page, it’s not set in stone. You can change it. Which everybody does. It’s called revision for a reason: you are seeing it again.”
This was an unusually satisfying — and aesthetic — endgame win. I just played a2-a4, leading to a zugzwang position with many symmetrical features. #chess
June 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This was an unusually satisfying — and aesthetic — endgame win. I just played a2-a4, leading to a zugzwang position with many symmetrical features. #chess
#nytspellingbee Post-college, I clerked at a big newspaper. One of my weekly duties was to copy each department’s list of planned stories, then assemble sets of those lists for an editorial meeting. Copiers were primitive, so I had to assemble the sets by hand. Yes — I was a COLLATOR. #spellingbee
May 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM
#nytspellingbee Post-college, I clerked at a big newspaper. One of my weekly duties was to copy each department’s list of planned stories, then assemble sets of those lists for an editorial meeting. Copiers were primitive, so I had to assemble the sets by hand. Yes — I was a COLLATOR. #spellingbee
#nytspellingbee No NAPHTHA?? #spellingbee
May 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
#nytspellingbee No NAPHTHA?? #spellingbee
Once again, the #NYTspellingbee refuses to recognize a standard math term. This time, it’s MINUEND, the quantity from which another quantity is subtracted. Did they play hooky during their math classes? #spellingbee
May 7, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Once again, the #NYTspellingbee refuses to recognize a standard math term. This time, it’s MINUEND, the quantity from which another quantity is subtracted. Did they play hooky during their math classes? #spellingbee
Now reading: The Handmaid’s Tale. (Current events finally compelled me.)
I’d heard enough to be prepared for the particular type of dystopia it depicts. What I was *unprepared* for was Atwood’s brilliant writing. Every paragraph, every sentence, every word serves a purpose … and serves it well.
I’d heard enough to be prepared for the particular type of dystopia it depicts. What I was *unprepared* for was Atwood’s brilliant writing. Every paragraph, every sentence, every word serves a purpose … and serves it well.
April 26, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Now reading: The Handmaid’s Tale. (Current events finally compelled me.)
I’d heard enough to be prepared for the particular type of dystopia it depicts. What I was *unprepared* for was Atwood’s brilliant writing. Every paragraph, every sentence, every word serves a purpose … and serves it well.
I’d heard enough to be prepared for the particular type of dystopia it depicts. What I was *unprepared* for was Atwood’s brilliant writing. Every paragraph, every sentence, every word serves a purpose … and serves it well.
This math teacher is a bit perplexed by the #nytspellingbee rejecting the common statistical term DECILE. #spellingbee
March 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
This math teacher is a bit perplexed by the #nytspellingbee rejecting the common statistical term DECILE. #spellingbee
February 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Nothing like the rush of finding an impressively long pangram in the #nytspellingbee … accompanied by the shock of seeing that familiar word not be accepted.
You could even say those two emotions are CONCOMITANT.
#spellingbee
You could even say those two emotions are CONCOMITANT.
#spellingbee
February 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Nothing like the rush of finding an impressively long pangram in the #nytspellingbee … accompanied by the shock of seeing that familiar word not be accepted.
You could even say those two emotions are CONCOMITANT.
#spellingbee
You could even say those two emotions are CONCOMITANT.
#spellingbee
Just imagine what Hunter S. Thompson would be writing about all of this.
January 4, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Just imagine what Hunter S. Thompson would be writing about all of this.
“We read *Villette* by Charlotte Brontë discussing the world of Lucy Snowe over the phone, living within its atmosphere.”
-Patti Smith, in *Bread of Angels* (her recent memoir), regarding conversations with her sister
#PattiSmith #CharlotteBronte #Bronte #Villette
-Patti Smith, in *Bread of Angels* (her recent memoir), regarding conversations with her sister
#PattiSmith #CharlotteBronte #Bronte #Villette
January 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
“We read *Villette* by Charlotte Brontë discussing the world of Lucy Snowe over the phone, living within its atmosphere.”
-Patti Smith, in *Bread of Angels* (her recent memoir), regarding conversations with her sister
#PattiSmith #CharlotteBronte #Bronte #Villette
-Patti Smith, in *Bread of Angels* (her recent memoir), regarding conversations with her sister
#PattiSmith #CharlotteBronte #Bronte #Villette
@inquirer.com I got overbilled for my subscription, and customer service stopped responding after an initial email exchange. Suggestions?
December 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@inquirer.com I got overbilled for my subscription, and customer service stopped responding after an initial email exchange. Suggestions?
Favorite moment of the #xpncountdown: Eva Cassidy’s goosebumps-inducing rendition of “Fields of Gold” appearing at #68.
I’d despaired when it hadn’t shown up before the top 100, but now I’ve regained faith that it is as well known as it deserves.
I’d despaired when it hadn’t shown up before the top 100, but now I’ve regained faith that it is as well known as it deserves.
December 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Favorite moment of the #xpncountdown: Eva Cassidy’s goosebumps-inducing rendition of “Fields of Gold” appearing at #68.
I’d despaired when it hadn’t shown up before the top 100, but now I’ve regained faith that it is as well known as it deserves.
I’d despaired when it hadn’t shown up before the top 100, but now I’ve regained faith that it is as well known as it deserves.
Glad to hear The Flying Lizards on the #XPNcountdown!
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Glad to hear The Flying Lizards on the #XPNcountdown!
Loving the #XPNcountdown!
Only 1 of my 10 songs has played so far (#AlisonKrauss & Union Station, “When You Say Nothing At All”).
Biggest happy surprise: #TalkingHeads are all the way up in 4th on the most-covered list.
Prediction/hope: #JoniMitchell will rise dramatically in the later stages. 🎶
Only 1 of my 10 songs has played so far (#AlisonKrauss & Union Station, “When You Say Nothing At All”).
Biggest happy surprise: #TalkingHeads are all the way up in 4th on the most-covered list.
Prediction/hope: #JoniMitchell will rise dramatically in the later stages. 🎶
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Loving the #XPNcountdown!
Only 1 of my 10 songs has played so far (#AlisonKrauss & Union Station, “When You Say Nothing At All”).
Biggest happy surprise: #TalkingHeads are all the way up in 4th on the most-covered list.
Prediction/hope: #JoniMitchell will rise dramatically in the later stages. 🎶
Only 1 of my 10 songs has played so far (#AlisonKrauss & Union Station, “When You Say Nothing At All”).
Biggest happy surprise: #TalkingHeads are all the way up in 4th on the most-covered list.
Prediction/hope: #JoniMitchell will rise dramatically in the later stages. 🎶
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Reposted by Dave G
The current US government makes no cents.
The Penny Dies at 232 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The Penny Dies at 232
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The current US government makes no cents.
#NYTspellingbee: No BOLE? Really? #spellingbee
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#NYTspellingbee: No BOLE? Really? #spellingbee
Why on earth won’t the #NYTspellingbee accept BACKBEAT?? #spellingbee
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Why on earth won’t the #NYTspellingbee accept BACKBEAT?? #spellingbee
While biking yesterday, we saw this tiny baby turtle crossing the paved path. We stopped and made sure it reached the underbrush on the other side. #turtles
August 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
While biking yesterday, we saw this tiny baby turtle crossing the paved path. We stopped and made sure it reached the underbrush on the other side. #turtles
Reposted by Dave G
Oh my god! This is one of the most powerful speeches I've heard, right up there with Corey Booker's commencement speech at my daughter's college graduation!
If you need some inspiration about effecting change, please watch.
🙏 @jmdc88.bsky.social for posting this.
🔥💪🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_n...
If you need some inspiration about effecting change, please watch.
🙏 @jmdc88.bsky.social for posting this.
🔥💪🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_n...
They told me to change my clothes. I changed the law instead. | Gina Martin | TEDxWarwick
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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August 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Oh my god! This is one of the most powerful speeches I've heard, right up there with Corey Booker's commencement speech at my daughter's college graduation!
If you need some inspiration about effecting change, please watch.
🙏 @jmdc88.bsky.social for posting this.
🔥💪🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_n...
If you need some inspiration about effecting change, please watch.
🙏 @jmdc88.bsky.social for posting this.
🔥💪🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_n...
What are your biggest peeves, regarding words that aren’t accepted by the #NYTspellingbee?
Mine: INLINE and TAPPET.
#spellingbee
Mine: INLINE and TAPPET.
#spellingbee
July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
What are your biggest peeves, regarding words that aren’t accepted by the #NYTspellingbee?
Mine: INLINE and TAPPET.
#spellingbee
Mine: INLINE and TAPPET.
#spellingbee