Sat #2solve 01001000 01000001 01011010 01000001 01010010 01000100 01010011 00100000 01010011 01000001 01011000 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01001110 01001001 01010011 01010100 The pitfalls of being Kenny G

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Hey, young'un, it's a med-sized🐝today- good possibility you'll win the👑, if you haven't wasted time & fooled around w/ your sex toy. So put on your Zuckerberg-style sweatshirt & take a walk along a trail to find the pagan god www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Fri #2solve 01010000 01001100 01001111 01010111 01010010 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 00100000 01010100 01010101 01010010 01001110 01000100 01001111 01010111 01001110 The engineer for John Deere likes to stay in hotels that leave a chocolate on his pillow each night

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Some criticisms can be attached to this🐝(w/ no higher court to overrule): If some fruits can be stripped of skin & some coupons can be cut out, why can't things be put in position? & where's the flatfish? My annoyance can be felt! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Thurs #2solve 01010000 01000001 01000011 01001001 01000110 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01000101 01010100 01001001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 01001100 01011001 Despite my seemingly tranquil nature, I take on all challenges combatively

#hivemind #nytspellingbee #nytsb Because of my very close relationship w/ Beeatrice, it was easy to achieve the👑. It also helps to be good w/ strategy & keep a small alligator in the garret. Take your vitamin B3 - don't be a nincompoop or a lunatic www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Wed #2solve 01001010 01001111 01000011 01010101 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000100 01000001 01011001 01000010 01010010 01000101 01000001 01001011 Jolly start to the morning (Had both words early on but didn't put them together until now!)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Late start today (didn't do it at night). Good thing it was short & ordinary stuff. Nothing ill-suited or cause of anxiety. Now I have time to tend my garden & do some cabinetry while listening to Peter (of Paul & Mary). www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Tues #2solve 01010111 01001001 01010100 01000011 01001000 01000011 01010010 01000001 01000110 01010100 00100000 01010100 01001000 01011001 01001101 01010101 01010011 // I used black magic to curse the gland that controls his immune system

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee To win the👑first I had to put on a Reynolds Wrap hat & go to a debutante ball. I had a zillion reasons (X 8 or 9) to stay in my bubble (clash of interests; intentionally causing me emotional distress) but I wanted to be DONE! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Another fast🐝. I don't want to get too explicit so I'll just allude to the stylish Latina girl & the wealthy British fella & his cry of frustration. They got stoned on sabja seeds in their spiced tea. Now he's an outcast www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Mon #2solve 01010001 01010101 01001111 01010100 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101 00100000 01000101 01010000 01001111 01001110 01011001 01001101 My Bartlett's reference book contains some witty sayings of the Earl of Sandwich

Sun #2solve 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000100 01001000 01000101 01000001 01010010 01010100 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000100 01000101 01010110 01001111 01010101 01010100 Compassionate & pious (super quick one today!)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Here are some clues to words I found skulking around in the hive: a pattern of small ridges to aid in grip; whale food; Olympic sledding; flat spaghetti; posting a👎reaction; decoupling items; ♀ < age 18; petty but annoying www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Sat #2solve 01000110 01000101 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 01011001 00100000 01011001 01001111 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 Using pillows to cushion the ox coupling frame (That took me a while!)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I really hated this 🐝. If not for my single-minded obsession w/ getting 👑, I would have stopped at QB-4. And it's missing an everyday word, concomitant, but has a chemistry term for a 1-element atom that I've never seen before www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Fri #2solve 01001101 01000001 01001010 01001111 01010010 01010011 00100000 01010011 01010101 01001110 01000010 01001100 01001111 01000011 01001011 Players in MLB use high SPF lotion

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Hey, pal, it's short & admirably quick- wish I'd been patient enough to get to QBABM. I found the pretty insect (there's a bedtime song about it) but got sent to Russian labor camp where I finally met the nasty tormenter www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#2solve Thurs 01010101 01001110 01000101 01010001 01010101 01000001 01001100 01001001 01011010 01000101 01010011 00100000 01010011 01000101 01000001 01010010 01000011 01001000 // I need something to tip the scales in my favor - must go looking for it

#nytsb #nytspellingbee #hivemind Took me a while to find the sushi fish & the rayfish. Took a 4pm break & did some equations, then got my sugar cane knife & went after the enlightened one in the holy city. Hard to see any related subject matter here www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Wed #2solve 01000100 01001111 01010111 01001110 01010000 01001100 01000001 01011001 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000100 01000101 01010110 01001001 01000011 01000101 // I said I had hardly any help from my electronic gizmo

#nytsb #nytspellingbee #hivemind A drug cop is in the apt he owns, sitting on a soft leather couch, when he gets a call from some unknown guy who starts a chat about a snake, a vulture & a trash bandit. Was he being open & honest or was it all a made-up story? www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Tues #2solve 01010101 01010000 01010100 01001111 01010111 01001110 00100000 01001110 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 01000011 01000001 01010000 01010011 Let's take the A-train to Harlem for a few last drinks before we go home.

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee You may be laying down your weary head w/ a companion in bed, or hard at work tilling the soil. You may be on a jumping-stick or collecting tadpoles or conducting a survey to get people's views - it all helps you to win the👑& a🍭! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Mon #2solve 01001111 01010010 01000001 01001110 01000111 01000101 01010001 01010101 01001001 01010100 00100000 01010100 01000001 01011000 01001001 01010011 Jamaican passerine w/ a reddish patch under the beak - they can fly but they'd rather take cabs

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee In the rear studio we had Mex. stewed meat, meat skewers, marinated Indian meat (wonderful smell!), a cake-like bread, & a hot drink w/ a choc substitute (note the punctuation!). It almost went ka-blooey when I forgot to tease my hair www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Sun #2solve 01110110 01101111 01101100 01110101 01101101 01101001 01111010 01100101 01110010 00100000 01110010 01100101 01101000 01100001 01100010 // I used lots of body-enhancing conditioner while I was in the residential treatment facility

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I got the PG last, basically by mashing syllables, but I see it's a useful linguistic term. But finding it caused some anxiety, making me feel like an outcaste. So I did some yoga & plucked the strings of Ireland's national instrument www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Sat #2solve 01010000 01000001 01000011 01001011 01000101 01010100 00100000 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000110 01001111 01001100 01000100 Take that bundle of papers & crease them in 3 sections

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Once I finished bedecking myself w/ emeralds & rubies, I was glowing w/ pride. But there were dark clouds overhead & Beeatrice (that cruel waif) sent a snake to wound me. "Lemme have it!" I said as I took the👑 --Round over! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Friday the 13th #2solve 01001111 01010101 01010100 01010011 01010111 01000001 01001101 00100000 01001101 01000101 01010100 01001000 01001111 01011000 01011001 01001100 I beat everyone in the breastroke race w/ the help of a chemical in the –OCH3 group

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I feel unappreciated by Beeatrice, who turned up the noise after I asked her to put it at a lower setting. She's gone backwards to the days of yore but can't see reality, like someone in a work of fiction. I said, "Use your noggin!" www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Thurs #2solve 01010111 01001001 01001101 01010000 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01000011 01001100 01001001 01010110 01001001 01010100 01001001 01000101 01010011 Cowardly inclinations (this took forever!)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee I found the lead singer in the band, dressed in burgundy plaid, driving a car w/ a glass window on top. At home he sits on a wicker chair w/ a footstool & is served skim milk by his under-butler. He is an out-and-out idiot

Wed #2solve 01010001 01010101 01001001 01000011 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001110 01001010 01001111 01011001 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 A nice egg & cheese pie gives me much pleasure (possibly my fastest #2solve ever!)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee For this🐝it helps to be a girly ♀ or if you are ♂, to be in touch w/ your non-Y chromosome side. My adversary owns a slum bldg; his protege copies his moves. They give off an air of hostility & I know the end is coming soon www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Tues #2solve 01000111 01001111 01010000 01001000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010010 01001001 01000010 01000001 01001100 01000100 01010010 01011001 The groundhog is known for his love of dirty jokes

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee This short🐝is a blast! I got to rub elbows w/ Samwise, a flashy gambler, a one-horned beast, Lincoln's assassin, & a skinny tramp. Here's my >8th hint: Kurtz's last words www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

Mon #2solve 01010111 01001001 01000011 01001011 01000101 01010100 00100000 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001101 01010000 01001001 01001110 01000111 // I tripped over one of those wire arches as I went stomping across the croquet field

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee After this long 🐝,I could use a mixed drink. First I put on a long formal jacket, then put my prayer shawl over it & went on the offense, using every strategy in my skill set - legal & illegal. Got a bit of help from my white parrot www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee All together, let's read the update. Russian pancakes will widen your girth. Don't defame or put down anyone w/ a skintag or a concave navel. Don't undo your flax fabric laces. Fly straight to the👑& you'll feel cheerful www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee If only I'd brought offerings to Queen Beeatrice to appease her wrath, I'd have had QBABM. She wanted tropical fruit, a beehive, writings on ancient Egyptian paper, & she wanted me to cut her hedges into animal shapes

Sat #2solve 01010110 01001111 01001001 01000011 01000101 01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01010011 00100000 01010011 01010001 01010101 01000101 01000001 01001011 01011001 Casting call: Actors to do narration for mice in film. Must be able to talk in a high-pitched register

Fri #2solve 01001010 01010101 01001110 01001011 01001001 01000101 01010011 00100000 01010011 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000101 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010111 The dope addicts sing "If I only had a brain" just like Ray Bolger in the Wizard of Oz (late start today but not too hard!)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee Very late start today but I did not find this🐝at all threatening - more of a mystery. I was hosting a show when I felt I needed a gut clean-out to let the words flow out. That left me w/ tired blood & zits & a concave navel. www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.

#2solve Thurs 01000011 01001111 01001101 01000010 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010010 01001001 01000100 01000111 01000101 01010111 01000001 01011001 Walking along the mountaintop trailing looking to pick up stuff. (I'm sure there's a better #2solve out there...)

#hivemind #nytsb #nytspellingbee When we reach Feb 14 we can use the PG to describe that point- but I'd write it with a hyphen. Look for 2 birds: small NZ one & big extinct one. In the crazy world of SB-speak, a moron may leave out the leek & the Flintstones' pet www.nytimes.com/badges/games...

the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades

In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires. I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.