I made it to the 8-letter word in today's Eightile! Really struggled too 🟧🟫🟥 🟧🟫🟥🟨 🟩🟫🟥🟨🟧 🟧🟫🟥🟨🟦🟩 🟪🟫🟩🟥🟦🟨🟧 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ eightile.com

Connections Puzzle #844 Got there eventually. Fell into the obvious traps first, of course. 🟪🟨🟩🟦 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Wordle 1,566 4/6 Another 4 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Oh no... RIP 🙁💜

#Birds Today for the first time we had a chiffchaff at our birdbath. Plus a woodpecker and blue tits. Great to see. Pretty close to London too.

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵

If anyone knows folk who went to school with Nigel Farage I’d love to speak to them for an article and I’d protect their anonymity if they wished. Do help pass this on please in the hope it reaches the right people. Thank you

Apparently one of the symptoms of new covid is a horse voice.

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A print run of 50 of my '26 calendars will be on pre-order in my Etsy shop tmrw (Thurs) from 8pm UK time. I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them alters brain biochemistry & is likely to trigger dopamine release in your brain &...cont'd in following post 🧵

Strands #577 “That's got a ring to it!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵

I made it to the 5-letter word in today's Eightile! Yay! Go me! 🟫🟧🟥 🟨🟫🟧🟥 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ eightile.com

Connections Puzzle #843 Not too shabby 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,565 3/6 Yay! Three. ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I solved today's Eightile in 124 seconds! Well that took a while 🟫🟥🟩 🟫🟥🟦🟩 🟫🟥🟧🟦🟩 🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦 🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦⬛ 🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪⬛ eightile.com

Great talk yesterday evening - I think this shows Michael Palin indicating the best size of fish to select for the fish-slapping dance.

Strands #576 “For goodness' sake” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵

🇬🇧❗️🇬🇧❗️🇬🇧❗️🇬🇧❗️ Amirite? #nhs #reformuk

Connections Puzzle #842 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Wordle 1,564 4/6 Another 4 😀 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Guess who we saw today?

So exhausting..

If you see this picture, post s random image from your device

🦊#FoxiMax #1129 8/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Rankle #258 2/4 “Strong names” ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 🟩 🟩 www.rankle.app

Connections Puzzle #841 🟦🟩🟪🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,563 4/6 Another solid four Also a picture of a canary climbing a pyramid. ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,562 5/6 Got there ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

We walked through this tunnel full of spiders’ webs today

Antiwordle #1329 6 guesses Not played this for a while ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟥 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟥 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟥 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟥 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟥 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

Strands #573 “Mum's the word” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

#SundayPixWorship Up early tomorrow, so posting now using the excuse that in some parts of the world Sunday has already arrived. Here's 4 special places of worship that are linked to precious memories for me. Kudos if you can identify them. Go well young Pixies. Have the best of days.

#GoodNewsBadNews I’ve got a new pair of gardening trousers. I accidentally set fire to my quite good trousers with a gas-powered weed-wand.

I solved today's Eightile in 161 seconds! 🟧🟦🟥 🟥🟧🟦🟪 🟧🟨🟦🟥🟪 🟥🟧🟨🟦🟪⬛ 🟥🟨🟫🟧🟦🟪⬛ 🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪⬛ eightile.com

🦊#FoxiMax #1127 6/8 foximax.com Made it 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜

Rankle #256 X/4 “The most senior citizen” Epic fail 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜️ ⬜️ 🟩 🟩 ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ www.rankle.app

Connections Puzzle #839 Sweet 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,561 6/6 Tricky one today ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Bird table #birds

Strands #572 “As old as time” Should have figured this out sooner 💡💡🔵💡 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵

🦊#FoxiMax #1126 6/8 foximax.com 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜

Rankle #255 2/4 “Nahasapeemapetilon” I think I only knew two of these so it’s more by luck than judgement 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 www.rankle.app

Connections Puzzle #838 Honestly no idea about the last line - just got there by elimination 🟪🟩🟨🟩 🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟨🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Llamagrama 165 - Daily Habits Got there 🦙🎉 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 💡0 🔤 0 www.llamagrama.com

Wordle 1,560 4/6 Another solid 4 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Llamagrama 164 - App Life First go at this game 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 💡1 🔤 0 www.llamagrama.com

I was thinking on something. I still have many friends from my way back twitter days, including my bestie. Real bonding happened there. But bsky is even more so because… trauma. 😆 We are all on a raft in a storm and holding on tight so that no one slips into the swirling dark.

Just booked a COVID jab at Boots. Rather than telling you what dates are available, you go: Today? Nope. Tomorrow? Nope. Day after? Nope. ... All the way up to the first available date on 16th October. Good work, lads.

Sometimes people ask what we mean by “common sense gun laws.” What are some laws that will save lives? So we made a list. This is not exhaustive so feel free to add to it. [image from #BeatingGuns]