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William Bendix
@williambendix.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Relations & Intelligence, Dakota State University

Opinions, rarely offered, are my own
Wordle 1,651 3/6

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December 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wordle 1,648 4/6

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December 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Made a very poor 4th guess.

Wordle 1,647 5/6

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December 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Got lucky today. But yesterday's nearly killed me (five guesses, and it took me far too long to solve).

Wordle 1,645 2/6

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December 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is quite the paragraph.
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Third guess took everything I have.

Wordle 1,641 3/6

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December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I've been MIA. Nice to have a lucky, quick return.

Wordle 1,632 3/6

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December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"German security officials say Putin is well-positioned to hit a declared target of a 1.5 million–troop army next year. That rapid industrial and military build-up has rattled European policymakers, who increasingly see it as preparation for military action beyond Ukraine."
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"The incentives go beyond cash, with pledges of debt relief and free childcare for soldiers’ families and guaranteed university places for their children. Criminal records, illness and even HIV are no longer automatic disqualifiers."
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Said before, will say it again: Better to be lucky than good.

Wordle 1,626 3/6

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December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Wordle puzzle created by LesNaim 3/6

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November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I don't think I've ever had this before: no correct letters after the first two guesses.

Wordle 1,625 4/6

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November 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Why does poetry trick large language models into giving up dangerous and prohibited information? Here's why:
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM