Your crossword setter just became Dr. Tavakoli!!!! thestopgap.net/a-very-special…

Government owned imagery for the people: Bobtail Squid Edition thestopgap.net/the-best-image…

6 Down: Major step up for Kassovitz? It's Friday Crossword XXII: Rock the Casbah thestopgap.net/friday-crosswo…

A year ago today, Secret Service officers, alerted by staff at the Israeli Embassy, ordered a man who was burning alive to get on the ground. thestopgap.net/tuesday-obitua…

One year thestopgap.net/tuesday-obitua…

"A tall man in Manhattan with an eye patch on and sunglasses over the eye patch is nonetheless obviously looking at you." Summer Camera Diary (color 35mm photography by me, from last summer) continues on The Stopgap Words by jo livingstone thestopgap.net/camera-diary-m…

the flash hitting the stone cemetery eagle with a back of the hand flatness; the flash hitting the underside of a pink cowboy hat; headlights fighting egg moon dripping down the wall of night. thestopgap.net/camera-diary-m…

"Throbbing Gristle arrive at turning point" Yes of course it's Tuesday Crossword XXIII: Springtime thestopgap.net/tuesday-crossw…

What It’s Like To Be A Writer On A Green Card In 2025, by jo livingstone thestopgap.net/what-its-like-…

il wombat più famoso e più social del mondo. thestopgap.net/tuesday-obitua…

The view from the maternity ward looks out on New York Harbor and Statue of Liberty. From the epilepsy floor, you can see a dingy industrial block of 1st Avenue with obsolete train tracks in the middle of the road, and warehouses. thestopgap.net/skate-trip/

I wrote about a skate trip, apizza, and a time my wife thought she saw me die for the The Stopgap. Photos by Louis! thestopgap.net/skate-trip/

We are delighted to publish Ian Browning’s personal essay about skateboarding and sandwiches and seizures, with photos by his son Louis. thestopgap.net/skate-trip/

New Haven’s got a unique style called—I swear I'm not making this up—apizza, that skips the mozzarella on top. thestopgap.net/skate-trip/

Why does the BBC always count the dead in Gaza by units of twelve? thestopgap.net/gaza-the-bbc-a…

You may recall The Stopgap publishing Will Simpson’s Kentucky Derby photos last year…. this year i got freaking gazumped by the New York Review of Books! Ultimately i can concede this is good for us all. nybooks.com/online/2025/05…

Sunni aspect on the Rhine? thestopgap.net/friday-crosswo…