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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2h

Look at all that lovely green!

Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2h

I now have the theme music to “Are You Being Served?” as an ear worm, for some reason 🥴

Strands #591
“Going up?”
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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 5h

Exactly right. The only hope is for the broad left to find another focus which, for me at present anyway, appears to be the Green Party.

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 5h

I’m getting “Stranger Things” vibes from this photo 😬

EDC 🇺🇦🇮🇱 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 14h

This amazing Covered Bridge #Photography was taken by Gerry Hudson.

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 5h

True.

Saint Stinky @saint-stinky.bsky.social · Nov 25

"The beauty of anti-racism is that you don't have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself."

~ Ijeoma Oluo

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 5h

I think my use and understanding of English is fairly good, but I’ve never sat the A level exam in the subject and I honestly don’t know if I could pass it. This is mindless pandering to the Far(age) Right, and it disgusts me.

Gary Stanford @garystanford.bsky.social · 6h

It's hilarious, most of them can't even string a sentence together, but sadly another example of Starmer's Labour pandering to Farage's base

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 20h

I will bet my bike that close to zero of the British racists that this law is pandering to could pass A-level English.

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 6h

An absolutely dreadful attempt, rescued by the last 2 clues 😕

#whendle no995
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5/5 227pts

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning everyone. I managed to keep my streak alive! Have a nice day, all 🙂

Wordle 1,579 5/6

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#Wordle1579

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

The emphasis was very much on the guessing 😄

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

I played squaredle.com 10/14:
29/29 words (+13 bonus words)
📖 In the top 6% by bonus words
🔥 Solve streak: 2

Squaredle

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

squaredle.com

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s stumped a lot of us!

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

Astonishing isn't it? Us oldies used to be able to memorise important numbers, even quite long ones. And that was after a hard day at the Henge construction site!

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

It's as if two separate Strands got mixed up! I just don't understand the theme 🤨

Strands #590
“This & that”
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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

Initially led astray by the red herrings 😄

Connections
Puzzle #856
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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

Got there!

#whendle no994
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5/5 254pts

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning everyone. I stepped up to a birdie 3! Have a lovely day, all 🙂

Wordle 1,578 3/6

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 1d

I've missed my chance to get it in one!

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2d

I played squaredle.com 10/13:
31/31 words (+4 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 41% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 1

Squaredle

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

squaredle.com

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2d

Strands #589
“Bring binoculars”
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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2d

They seem to be going easy on us of late 🤔

Connections
Puzzle #855
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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2d

Ha!! An educated guess that certainly paid off 😀

#whendle no993
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1/5 1000pts

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning everyone. Another bad start overcome for a par 4! Have a marvellous Monday, all 🙂

Wordle 1,577 4/6

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#Wordle1577

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2d

It’s very rare for me to actually know the year - it almost always comes down to an educated guess, certainly as far as the first 2 or 3 clues are concerned. Let’s see how I do today!

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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 2d

Phew!

🙂 Daily Quordle 1357
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Steven Goddard @sgoddard.bsky.social · 3d

That's something I'm all too familiar with!

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