EVCinNYC

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Former Exec Director of Puzzles at The New York Times - launched Spelling Bee; part of teams at OMGPOP (Draw Something), FreshPlanet (SongPop) and Blue Ox (7 Little Words). Over 20 years of experience in mobile and social games and now trying to enjoy life, dabbling in photos and Twitch streaming.
EVCinNYCDec 5, 2023
abadideaDec 5, 2023

I encountered a fellow American online who was insisting, in apparent good faith, that there is no such thing as a person anywhere in the world who doesn’t recognize the names of all 50 US states as easily as they recognize France or China, and so there’s never any need to clarify that you mean in the US.

My fellow Americans, that is not true. When people here in Europe ask where I’m from, and I say Massachusetts rather than Boston, 80% of the time I can visibly see the gears turning as they try to decide whether I just made up that word to mess with them. Nobody is talking about Massachusetts on the Estonian or the Nepalese news. Nobody outside of the US has ever massed a chusetts and they never will.

EVCinNYCDec 5, 2023
Vagina MuseumDec 5, 2023
Reindeer are a little unusual among deer. In most species, only males grow antlers, but in reindeer, these big old head bones are a perfectly normal feature for females, too! And how and why they grow antlers is rather interesting...
EVCinNYCDec 5, 2023
Getting in the holiday spirit. The things I wear for my Twitch stream…
EVCinNYCOct 30, 2023
Hello Mexico City!
EVCinNYCSep 22, 2023
https://som.yale.edu/story/2023/lessons-discount-window-march-2023-bank-failures How my better 3/4 is spending her time…
Lessons for the Discount Window from the March 2023 Bank Failures

In March 2023, the unprecedented pace of the runs on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank (Signature) took many by surprise. Much has already been done to identify ways to mitigate the risk of such runs and the threat they pose to financial stability. Indeed, in the US, several proposals to strengthen bank regulation and bank recovery and resolution planning have already been released for public comment, and work on possible modifications to the deposit insurance framework and to supervision of “novel activities” is already underway.

EVCinNYCJul 22, 2023

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EVCinNYCJun 21, 2023
By far my favorite brewery in Bend, Oregon: Crux Fermentation Project took an old Aamco building and made a stellar brewery with amazing views of the Cascades
EVCinNYCJun 13, 2023
Had not totally planned wearing the Spelling Bee to the rose garden in Portland - but sorta fits!
EVCinNYCJun 7, 2023
Thank you Vancouver for the fun!
EVCinNYCJun 4, 2023
Why hello Vancouver sunset!