Josh Sevin

#PHL optimist | husband | father - mostly tweeting these days about puzzles over at @sevinpuzzles

[The Philadelphia Citizen @thephilacitizen]

Southeastern Pennsylvania historically has been a near-perfect case study in what happens when that regional coordination is absent.
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[Daniel Pearson @DPearsonPHL]

I'm glad that this topic is finally getting the attention from the city's elites that is deserves. We have suffered through decades of stagnation. At the heart of it is complacency, a lack of regional cooperation, & an obsession with dividing the spoils.

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[Philadelphia Sports Digest @PhSportsDigest]

SOFTBALL: Plenty of Top Players & Story Lines in @FCSphoenix Friends League @FSL_Athletics Championship Win Over @ANC_Athletics 🏆🥎 See story & videos by @sjnard feat. both teams & photo galleries by @lennietollarp here: https://t.co/8IHoqrKWfU

[Philadelphia Sports Digest @PhSportsDigest]

Softball Final: @FCSphoenix wins 6-0 vs. @ANC_Athletics to win the 2024 @FSL_Athletics Championship!! 🏆🥎 Congratulations! 📹: @sjnard

[Philadelphia Sports Digest @PhSportsDigest]

SOFTBALL: @FCSphoenix Beats @ANC_Athletics to Finish Regular Season Undefeated in @FSL_Athletics Play. See story by @writegoode & photos by @lennietollarp here: https://t.co/dyUDKqo7mb

[Philadelphia Sports Digest @PhSportsDigest]

Softball Final: @FCSphoenix wins 4-1 vs. @ANC_Athletics 🥎📹: @writegoode (@FSL_Athletics)

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today’s #SpellingBee reminds me of an unfortunate prior anagram mishap. As a 12-year-old fan of Fawlty Towers, I said “Flowery Twats” within earshot of a teacher after seeing the words on an episode of the British sitcom. He sternly asked if I knew what that meant … I did not 🤦‍♂️

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Puzzle humor made it into Colin Jost’s set at the #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner! Doing a roll call of news outlets in attendance, Jost quipped: “Wordle is here tonight … sorry, sorry, I meant the New York Times. I forgot they do stuff in addition to puzzles.” #NerdProm

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - Four year ago, the @baltimoresun seriously messed with its readership when it mistakenly ran identical images in its Spot the Difference visual puzzle, causing unknown wasted hours of people staring at the pictures to no avail. #JournalisticSadism

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - HBD to Emrehan Halici (born 1956), the Turkish software developer and politician who also holds the world record for longest serving puzzles columnist. Halici has produced puzzles for scientific publications and magazines since 1978. @emrehanhalici

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - Three years ago, Matt Ginsberg's Dr. Fill crossword-solving computer program won the main event at the American Crossword Puzzle tournament for the first time. The AI debuted at the 2012 ACPT and Dr. Fill retired after taking the 2021 virtual tourney.

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - Novelist and poet Vladimir Nabokov (born 4/22/1899) translated his love of language to a passion for puzzles. He published the first Russian-language crossword and peppered his many love letters to his wife Vera with creative riddles and word puzzles.

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - Born on this date in 1926, Queen Elizabeth II was known to be an avid puzzler - in particular enjoying jigsaws and crosswords and maintaining an active membership with the British Jigsaw Puzzle Library.

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - Rock band The Doors sneak a self-referential anagram into their L.A. Woman album released on this date in 1971. The title song contains the repeated lyric "MR. MOJO RISIN," whose letters can be rearranged to spell the name of lead singer JIM MORRISON.

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Ah, Boston ... you've given us Patriots' Day, the world's oldest annual marathon (both are today), and a cool term for a wicked hahd crossword solve. Named after a Beantown suburb and coined by @rexparker, a "Natick" is an unguessable square intersected by 2 obscure proper nouns.

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - On this date in 2011, artist and sideshow performer Paul "The Enigma" Lawrence set a Guinness world record for the most jigsaw puzzle pieces tattooed on a body with 2,123 tattoos. It took three hours to count all the pieces. @GWR @inkstainedretch

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Excellent @AdrienneRaphel piece on how Gen Z is modernizing and personalizing crossword puzzles. Tech advances that aid in constructing xwords, growth in online communities, and more publishing outlets seeking more diverse voices are helping drive change
https://t.co/K42MySE6ct

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Today in Puzzling History - One century ago, Richard Simon and Max Schuster kicked off a lasting publishing partnership with "The Cross Word Puzzle Book," which sold for $1.35 including a sharpened pencil and eraser. Great column on the early days of cruciverbalism by @bgzimmer👇

[Josh Sevin @sevinpuzzles]

Even Argentine soccer recognizes the power of brains over brawn

[Josh Sevin @joshsevin]

Looks like my favorite Argentine soccer team - ¡vamos Estudiantes! - is locked in a brains vs. brawn match for the ages tonight