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Repeating this: go.bsky.app/PiVqere

Wordle 1.955 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. Showing the nerd that I am

@geertje-geertsma.bsky.social Dit leuke winkeltje gevonden in Edinburgh. Veel over paddenstoelen en de natuur in het algemeen. Helaas niet jouw boek. Maar verder prachtig!

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Connections Puzzle #1231 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Blue group by default, had no idea

Wordle 1.953 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Started with too many open bits, not enough substance

Connections Puzzle #1230 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Thirsty for water, or beer, now

Wordle 1.952 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Six. Well, a bird in the hand, etc.

A glorious day in Edinburgh. View from Calton Hill. @bookscraiccake.bsky.social

The 318th episode of my podcast,🎙️ 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’ is now up on You Tube as well. For this episode, I interview American Author, Journalist and Journalism Professor Mr. Clemente A. Lisi as we discuss the US Cup (1992 to 2000). www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhW...

Connections Puzzle #1229 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Of course a US-centric one in blue.

Wordle 1.951 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Wish I could start this one over

Connections Puzzle #1228 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I don’t even know what grape-nuts are!

Wordle 1.950 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. I need to pee

Connections Puzzle #1227 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Perfect colour grouping.

Wordle 1.949 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. Sometimes I scare myself. But then I force that feeling away

Connections Puzzle #1226 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 “Let it all out” seems to be today’s theme

Wordle 1.948 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. Very fortunate guess. So lucky, it smells a bit off 🤨

Connections Puzzle #1225 🟩🟪🟦🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 A rainbow group 🌈 How fitting! Purple and blue, both aerosols 😉

Wordle 1.947 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. It’s just four, don’t bring out the tinsel and bunting just yet

Connections Puzzle #1224 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 La La Land 🎼

Wordle 1.946 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Glad I didn’t mess up there

Connections Puzzle #1223 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Hungry Miley Cyrus keeps looking on her Bulgari watch; she has a short attention span

Wordle 1.945 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Five. To dark depths I’ve plummeted

Connections Puzzle #1222 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Purple quite ‘out there’. Some good red herrings

Wordle 1.944 2/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Two again! Shout-out to my teachers who said I was a blockhead and would never amount to anything

Connections Puzzle #1221 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Love purple! Wonder if anyone got that first

Wordle 1.943 2/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Two! I may be going out of my mind!

Connections Puzzle #1220 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Weird blue group so possibly US-centric

Wordle 1.942 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. It pays to view the puzzle from a broader angle

Connections Puzzle #1219 🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Ahh, the state I’m in! And I’m not talking about those in purple. Inventive as it is, no-one outside the US would get that. Maybe even inside the US…

Wordle 1.941 3/6 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. I could sing out loud!

Connections Puzzle #1218 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Purple pulled the wool over my eyes!

Wordle 1.940 4/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. What a puzzle! Now I can finally get drinking that bottle of beer

Partly obscured behind the Italian captain, the #referee is Carlos Espósito (Argentina). His linesmen are José Luis Martínez Bazan (Uruguay) and Jesús Díaz Palacio (Colombia).

Connections Puzzle #1217 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Fun, that was. Over quickly, but fun

Wordle 1.939 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Five. A rocky road

The #referee is José Luis Olavarria González.

www.maptap.gg October 9 99🔥 98🔥 100🎯 100🎯 97🔥 Final score: 988

Connections Puzzle #1216 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 So quick! Can’t believe how quickly I solved this one

Wordle 1.938 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Nothing important

Connections Puzzle #1215 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Good one, well crafted.

Wordle 1.937 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟨⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. And I finally achieved a 100-day streak. Strewth!

There is a lot of doom in the air around the twin existential threats of AI and climate change. Can we use this moment of rapid infrastructure expansion to kickstart our transition to clean energy? My full conversation with climate tech expert Steph Speirs is live on YouTube now!

Connections Puzzle #1214 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Everybody knows purple, obviously

Wordle 1.936 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Shows I’m capable of mediocrity

Connections Puzzle #1213 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Lots to taunt me as looking US-centric, but apart from yellow, it wasn’t too bad from a non-US perspective

Wordle 1.935 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Three. All based on a rather vague idea

Connections Puzzle #1212 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 That purple group, I don’t buy it