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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 6d

Finally my animal starter words really paid off!

Wordle 1,570 3/6

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Clive Davies @zuspus.bsky.social · 9d

@oldecottage.bsky.social this coming Sunday

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 13d

Connections
Puzzle #841
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Great minds!
Although your 70s music knowledge is clearly superior, whereas I, apparently, am more familiar with toilet construction 😂

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 14d

Terrifying

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 14d

These aren't daily stats are they?

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 14d

In less ranty news though.....
#TheWomanInBlack at @storyhouselive.bsky.social was absolutely superb. An incredible, and terrifying, production.

Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 14d

We all know there's a special place in hell reserved for people who eat crunchy food in a theatre, but can we also add people that open cans at quiet suspense-filled moments, and people whose smart watches lights up like a ¿£#&ing beacon in a darkened theatre?

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 14d

We all know there's a special place in hell reserved for people who eat crunchy food in a theatre, but can we also add people that open cans at quiet suspense-filled moments, and people whose smart watches lights up like a ¿£#&ing beacon in a darkened theatre?

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Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · 22d

Are vampires just misunderstood medical patients with a sensitivity to sunlight?
Is a werewolf just a grumpy bloke having a bad hair day?
Join us next month to explore the legends, lore and likely explanations behind some of our favourite spooky creatures

Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · Sep 10

Next month we'll be joined by Alison, an osteoarchaeologist who studied the plague & now works @sicktodeath.bsky.social.
We'll explore the medical conditions & archaeological evidence that explain supernatural creatures🧛
...or do they?
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
📅Oct 14
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/8rrj05zE3

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 23d

Wordle 1,553 5/6

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Not sure if this is skill or luck (or lack of)

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · 29d

Whoever came up with yesterday's #Connections quiz in #NYT is a psychopath.
Who on earth would figure out that purple category?

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Mark 💀👨🏻‍🎨 @mrk87.bsky.social · Sep 9

Join myself and @jessiliu.bsky.social tonight in Chester to hear more about @facelabljmu.bsky.social’s research!

Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · Sep 2

Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits!
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@storyhouselive.bsky.social

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@facelabljmu.bsky.social

📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Sep 8

If that's true, then I think I need a new pair of glasses with clear frames

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Sep 2

So sorry, I missed this response.
Glad it's healing well, you'll be playing handball before you know it!

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 27

@riojabob.bsky.social well these are lovely.
Thank you so much 💐

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 23

Connections
Puzzle #804
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Chester SciBar @chesterscibar.bsky.social · Aug 22

Take a look at some of the latest work of our next speakers @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They will be joining us on Tuesday 9th September at the usual time in the usual place @storyhouselive.bsky.social #chester

www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Face Lab expertise 'demasks the dead'

LJMU Face Lab's latest project ventures into the extraordinary funerary practice of fusing masks to the faces of the dead, practised by many pre-Columbian peoples of South America.

www.ljmu.ac.uk

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wordle 1,525 2/6

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Today has peaked

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 20

Connections
Puzzle #801
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I'm record time (for me) and no wrong attempts

BOOM!

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 19

What do you know?
You're no sheep whisperer

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 19

I went solo for this one (powered by your figs! 😂) and left the boys exploring caves
We're all going to go for Pen Y Ghent today....

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 19

a woman is sitting in front of a green screen .

ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a green screen .

media.tenor.com

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 19

Well that certainly got the heart pumping, and offered all of the weathers!

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 13

Yea, I can take it or leave it with wordle. I'm enjoying connections though.
Yesterday I quickly figured out the yellow and purple but couldn't do the others, then I forgot to come back before midnight to try and get them.
Broke my unbroken streak within a week 😂

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Raisinmeister @raisinmeister.bsky.social · Aug 9

Connections
Puzzle #790
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Thanks @infieldfryup.bsky.social, you may have just introduced me to my new obsession

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Jim Labisko💚🐸🦎🐍🐢🦇🐆🧪💙😷4/4 @jimlabisko.bsky.social · Aug 9

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

www.theguardian.com

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