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The Psy of Life

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I'm a snarky sarcasticky profaney political psychology blogger trying to explain this mixed up muddled up shook up world since 2016. Also, an expat, teacher, husband, father, runner, autistic Read my blog! https://thepsyoflifeblog.com/

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 45m

With the first two green, I knew the most likely place for the yellow was third. Those three greens meant a limited but still larger than five set of possible words. So, elimination word on two, leads to a three. Still that was lucky.

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How'd you Wordle?

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 15h

Worse, the for-profit press reports it as if it were normal. Bothsides it at the very least, equating it with the Russia election interference Congressional investigation, the secret papers, and felony counts against Trump.

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19h

MSNBC is reporting that the DOJ is seeking an indictment of John Bolton.

I can’t stand that guy, and still: THIS IS SO WRONG.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17h

I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th.

So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.

Joe McKirdy @joemckirdy.bsky.social · 1d

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promises to do a 24 hr livestream if her campaign reaches $100k in donations. If you want an unapologetically pro-democracy Congress, please consider donating. If you want to see her stream for 24 hours, please donate to the stream specific url.

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 16h

Treating ICE like the disaster and threat that they are. No different than an active shooter, fire, or nuclear attack that school children have drilled for.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 16h

I did it in four. After tier two, like you, I knew the starting letter and last two. I realized that there were like six words that could fill-in the other two letters, but only three of them were likely. So, I used an elimination word on three, and got it in four, too.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

We’re about to enter our LAST WEEK of our livestream fundraising experiment.

I wanted to prove that campaign fundraising can be fun and transparent instead of being reliant on rich people.

ICYMI, here’s how it’s been going:

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 17h

Happy Thanksgiving, my friend! It has been a much milder hurricane season this year -- hope I didn't just jinx it. So much to be thankful for this year.

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

Stories like this always bring a tear to my eye. I'm such a softie.

Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of mascots, England and Wales take to the field with 22 men and women who are living with Alzheimer's disease or dementia ❤️

The players will also wear shirts without names in the second half to help raise awareness 👏

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

These people -- including the for-profit press -- play pretend better than any five year old. It's unbelievable to me that we're trying to run the country on fantasy, wishes, and self-dealing.

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

The gut punch. Four greens in a row, then the dreaded black.

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

What's not there can be as important as what is there.

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you my friend. That really means a lot to me, especially since this is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. Just one more thing to be thankful about.

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

I've been keeping some loose numbers on intuitive guesses. So far, it favors being right. For me, today would not have been one of those days.

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a fun puzzle. Very uplifting.

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

The elimination word guarantees a four, again, especially considering I wasn't considering the solution as my tier three word.

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How'd your Wordle turnout?

#Wordle #WordleSky

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Laura Benjamin @laura.direct · 1d

DJT attempts to justify restricting YOUR 1A rights by claiming it "agitates" and "irritates."

Flag burning is not an incitement to violence. It's constitutionally protected political speech since the 1989 Texas vs Johnson ruling.

Not that that's stopping them from trying.

Justification for First Amendment Restrictions

YouTube video by laura for the people

youtube.com

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

The question is is anyone in Israel, Hamas, the US, or the world willing to rebuild Gaza as in restore it to what it was before the war. All the people who prosecuted this crime against humanity, get way too much out of the suffering to actually help in the healing.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

My statement on Middle East peace

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

I know the word. That would do it.

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 1d

I mean that by producing a list of words that I know that meet the criteria of what I know about the solution, when I focus on the most frequently or commonly used words that appear on the list, I often get it right. If I'm trying to chose between grate, grade, and grape. I'll choose grape or grade.

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The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 2d

Fives are good. You've put some time in and had some fun with it.

The Psy of Life @thepsyoflife.bsky.social · 2d

Those are the best kind, I find.