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Juliana Pache

@thecityofjules

▪️Founder blackcrossword.com (@blackcrossword.bsky.social) ▪️Formerly social @ Rolling Stone, VICE, The FADER ▪️julianapache.com

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I am SO excited to share this Black Crossword puzzle that celebrates the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, which turns 100 this year.

You can find a physical version in the library shop, as well as online:
blackcrossword.com/blog/schomburg

20.08.2025 13:05 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Tomorrow in Brooklyn!

Live puzzling with @blackcrossword.bsky.social at Liz's Book Bar ✏️🧩
Word games, trivia, and free drinks for winners 🍷
Doors 6:30, activities start at 7p

Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/live-puzzl...

07.05.2025 14:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded two expert committees that worked with the government to produce economic statistics, potentially affecting the quality of data.

If you're driving the economy into the ditch the first thing you need to do is fire with the people who help compile the economic statistics. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

05.03.2025 15:58 👍 686 🔁 269 💬 25 📌 12

YAY! :D So happy to hear that!

03.03.2025 19:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Also! My second book of puzzles arrives this June. Pre-order below.
bsky.app/profile/thec...

03.03.2025 17:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Juliana Pache on LinkedIn: Black Crossword syndication Black Crossword is expanding! 🧩 🧠 ✏️ We’re looking for news and media partners who’d like to syndicate our puzzles on a daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or…

If you’re interested in offering Black Crossword to your audience via syndication or a one-off partnership, digitally or in print, please reach out (info@blackcrossword.gmail.com).

More info in this LinkedIn post:
www.linkedin.com/posts/julian...

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03.03.2025 17:02 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Black Crossword offers a fun and stimulating daily puzzle experience to engage audiences interested in Black culture and history. A new mini is available online each day at blackcrossword.com. I encourage you to explore the minis on our website, and let me know how much fun you have!

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03.03.2025 17:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Black Crossword is expanding! 🧩 🧠 ✏️ @blackcrossword.bsky.social

We’re looking for news and media partners who’d like to syndicate our puzzles on a daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis.

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03.03.2025 17:02 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Black Crossword | A free daily mini puzzle | Play online now Black Crossword is a free daily puzzle with a focus on cultural references from across the African diaspora. Available online and in book format.

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ❤️🖤💚

If you’re looking for a quick way to incorporate Black history and culture into your life each day, a new
@blackcrossword.bsky.social mini is available at blackcrossword.com everyday at midnight.

You can sign up for daily reminders here: blackcrossword.com/newsletters

01.02.2025 20:41 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Today's mini crossword preview 🧩

Solve the entire 5x5 puzzle here: blackcrossword.com

#blackhistorymonth

05.02.2025 16:18 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Black Crossword | A free daily mini puzzle | Play online now Black Crossword is a free daily puzzle with a focus on cultural references from across the African diaspora. Available online and in book format.

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ❤️🖤💚

If you’re looking for a quick way to incorporate Black history and culture into your life each day, a new
@blackcrossword.bsky.social mini is available at blackcrossword.com everyday at midnight.

You can sign up for daily reminders here: blackcrossword.com/newsletters

01.02.2025 20:41 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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01.02.2025 12:33 👍 1036 🔁 319 💬 14 📌 7

If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.

22.01.2025 15:21 👍 14331 🔁 2987 💬 167 📌 113

The culture of politeness that's embedded in whiteness allowed this man to regain power.

22.01.2025 15:13 👍 323 🔁 71 💬 13 📌 14

Economic anxiety = real, “hard news.” Racial hate = a hazy debatable thing kicked over into the op-ed section.

21.01.2025 17:42 👍 43 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 2
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The next @blackcrossword.bsky.social puzzle book arrives this summer 😄✏️🧠🧩

Pre-order wherever you get your books:
blackcrossword.com/buythebook

17.01.2025 22:25 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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Today's @blackcrossword.bsky.social puzzle preview.

Solve here: blackcrossword.com

16.01.2025 16:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

just want to note that Zuck’s last big visionary idea cost approximately $40b and achieved virtually nothing visible from the outside

10.01.2025 20:51 👍 590 🔁 76 💬 32 📌 6

it’s so hard to hold onto faith in your skincare routine when you get a period breakout 😅

07.01.2025 18:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals The company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran...

Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

07.01.2025 15:04 👍 22104 🔁 5425 💬 651 📌 343
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From today's @blackcrossword.bsky.social mini ✏️

Solve the 5x5 here: blackcrossword.com

06.01.2025 16:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A sample clue from today's @blackcrossword.bsky.social mini with @baltimorebeat.bsky.social

Solve the full puzzle here: blackcrossword.com

02.01.2025 18:13 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Ahhh 😄🙏🏽 hope you enjoy it!!!! 💞💞💞

30.12.2024 00:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black Crossword book

Black Crossword book

Got my copy of Black Crossword by @thecityofjules.bsky.social 🩷✨

30.12.2024 00:38 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1

“You’re getting worse at [your art], but you’re becoming a great marketer for a product which is less and less good.”

27.12.2024 12:55 👍 80 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0

I love a cab driver that plays the music of their cultural heritage and doesn’t change it to top 40 🥲

22.12.2024 15:43 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

hate it when a cafe is playing pop jams when we're all trying to work 🫠

17.12.2024 15:10 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

what a blessing it is to have wonderful friends

04.12.2024 02:52 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2
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It’s Never Too Late to Learn an Instrument You don’t have to be talented for jamming to be worthwhile.

"Few adults play musical instruments at all, and even fewer do so in a group," @mimbs.bsky.social writes. What health benefits might they be giving up?

01.12.2024 21:00 👍 247 🔁 46 💬 15 📌 6