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In reply to https://mas.to/@robroc/109835788947671369:

I know we should practice Hanlon’s Razor whenever possible, but a sometimes I wonder if government data is made messy on purpose to make analysis harder.…

I ran into an egregious example of this in a local government database some years back.
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NYT crossword for today, Feb. 9, 2023:

NYT crossword for today, Feb. 8, 2023:

NYT crossword for today, Feb. 7, 2023:

A partial screenshot from an iPhone. The time reads 11:35. Some text says that a shipping label was created at 1:52 p.m. in Boston, Mass. on Feb. 6.

Oh cool, my time machine must be on its way.

NYT crossword for today, Feb. 6, 2023:

My wife and I watch Cracking the Cryptic, a YouTube channel that solves sudoku and talks through the logic. I’ve seen similar with the NYT Crossword, so I decided to give it a shot. Pretty fun (though I’m terrified of mispronunciations). Here’s today’s puzzle:

I’m not entirely convinced that cryptic crosswords aren’t a collective Mornington Crescent-style joke being played on the rest of us.

Groundhog day again

9:30 a.m. and I’ve already watched the movie, had coffee and finished the NYT crossword. Turns out getting up early to drop my kid off at the bus makes me do stuff in the morning. Not productive stuff (so far), but progress.

Sounds like the Dallas Zoo…

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…has a mole.