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4/13/26 →

🙋‍♂️ Pragmatic Hopeful here — really enjoyed this podcast

A silhouetted person stands by the ocean at sunset, accompanied by the text Why you have to be optimistic and a brief motivational excerpt.

4/12/26 →

Whoever added this to the shared library bookshelf in our building, thank you for sending this my way!

Starting it tonight: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 📚

A hand holds a copy of the book Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in a room with framed art on the walls.

4/12/26 →

This is a post about Manchester City and the Premier League

A person wearing a Ghostface mask and a Manchester City football jersey stands outside Etihad Stadium at night, holding a knife.

4/12/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I solved puzzle #566 and found the same first category as 46% of players.
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4/12/26 →

Connections
Puzzle #1036
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4/11/26 →

“OpenAI’s technology is undeniably real and blazing the frontier of AI. It’s the financial story Altman has structured that seems alarmingly circular.”

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4/11/26 →

Wordle 1,757 4/6

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4/10/26 →

“Adobe used to be a bastion of best practices for developers to follow. Now their installer/updater is indistinguishable from malware.”

4/10/26 →

Connections.
Puzzle #1034 🟨🟨🟨🟨
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4/9/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I had 2 mistakes on puzzle #563. Average mistakes: 2
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4/8/26 →

Connections
Puzzle #1032
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4/8/26 →

Wordle 1,754 4/6

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4/8/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition.
My stats are in! I solved puzzle #562 and found the same first category as 60% of players.
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4/6/26 →

Finished reading: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Omnibus Volume 1 by Joss Whedon 📚

Logging this about a week later, but happy to have finally finished this big volume, years after the original publication… late to the party, but better late than never

4/6/26 →

📚 Super niche, but between Jonnie Park (aka Dumbfoundead)’s memoir and Eddie Huang’s debut novel, I’m eating good this year!

A bold and graphic poster featuring a close-up of an expressive face with cuts and bruises, surrounded by red and white text on a blue background promoting Jonnie Park's SPIT: A Life in Battles.A banana with two blue stickers and a pair of cherries is positioned against a pink background, with text indicating Come Undone: A Novel by Eddie Huang.

4/6/26 →

Drops of God Season 2 feels closer to a Largo Winch-level of personal international intrigue, with a hint of thriller and mystery.

Quite enjoying it so far tbh!

Two people stand back-to-back surrounded by illustrations of grapevines, with the text Drops of God beneath them.

4/6/26 →

Wordle 1,752 6/6.

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4/5/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I had 0 mistakes on puzzle #559. Average mistakes: 0.8.
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4/4/26 →

Wordle 1,750 4/6

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4/3/26 →

Wordle 1,749 4/6

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4/2/26 →

Hell of a week for Italian sports:

A scoreboard displays Paris Basketball's 103-93 victory over Olimpia Milano in the Euroleague on April 2, 2026, with a stadium capacity of 8,000.A basketball game has just concluded in a large stadium filled with spectators, with the scoreboard displaying WIN.A basketball game is taking place in an indoor stadium with a crowd watching, and one team is attempting a free throw.Fans in a sports arena watch a basketball game with a scoreboard displaying Paris Basketball and advertisements during a timeout.A basketball game is taking place in a large indoor arena filled with spectators, featuring teams in contrasting uniforms and a prominently displayed scoreboard.A basketball game is taking place in an indoor arena filled with spectators, featuring a large scoreboard hanging above the court.

4/1/26 →

Holy shit.
Wordle 1,747 4/6

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4/1/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I had 0 mistakes on puzzle #555. Average mistakes: 1.7
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3/31/26 →

Which one of y’all is doing this?! I’m flabbergasted that the stats are so high! I happily live in a strict no-Temu, no-Shein household.

A note from editor Toyah Höher discusses the high volume of low-value parcels entering the EU from Chinese sellers, highlighting monthly shopping statistics from Temu and Shein.

3/31/26 →

Wordle 1,746 3/6

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3/31/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I solved puzzle #554 ranked average difficulty. Average solve rate: 81%
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3/30/26 →

Wordle 1,745 5/6.

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3/30/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I had 0 mistakes on puzzle #553. Average mistakes: 1.
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3/29/26 →

Wordle 1,744 4/6

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3/29/26 →

Connections: Sports Edition
My stats are in! I had 2 mistakes on puzzle #552 Average mistakes: 1.8
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