Strands #857 “Here comes trouble” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡

So after several years of being perhaps his most tireless critic, I find myself wary of celebrating his disappearance too soon. (Written on my sun lounger. Will not be sending pics.)

Connections Puzzle #1123 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,845 2/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #856 “Hitching a ride” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡

Connections Puzzle #1122 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟩🟩🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

It’s called football 😏⚽️🏟️

Team Belgium’s response to the US after the match.

😂😂😂

Wordle 1,844 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The most epic AND hilarious post-match interview of the tournament award goes to… youtu.be/K0Ay4_T8ERg?...

I said maybbbbbeeeeeeee

Strands #855 “The growing season” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #1121 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,843 3/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #854 “Barking up the right tree” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #1120 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,842 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Deeply embarrassing moment, Russia's Putin pretends to visit the Russia / Ukraine frontline. Footage filmed from a studio in or near Moscow.

Strands #853 “Happy 4th of July!” 🎆🎆🎆🇺🇸 🎆🎆

Connections Puzzle #1119 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,841 2/6 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is what an actual true patriot looks like. God bless you and protect you for your courage!

Hmmm...

Sometimes Revenge is sweet...

Gorgeous messages Dangerous stunt We don't need trouble on our side

Defra breached law, with Tory govt was in office, when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says. This is one outcome of capture of the state by corporations, and secrecy. Govts pursue economic growth, not resilience, at almost any cost.

Burnham’s big speech… Trump threw a fair - for no one Zia Yusuf had A MOMENT on BBC Question Time And Meta’s new perv specs. Great. It’s all in the new Trawl podcast out now. Go 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Strands #852 “It's like talking to a brick wall” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #1118 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Wordle 1,840 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

And there’s more… More lies, more dodgy deals and denials.. Farage has bought 4 houses for cash since 2020 - the year we left the EU. And declared only 2 of them. Come on people. The man’s a hot mess of corruption, racism, national security threat and greed. Let’s bin him off.

Mateus Fernandes will wear #18, like he did at Sporting and West Ham, but had to ask his new teammate to switch first. cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/tottenham-ho...

Strands #851 “Added flavor” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #1117 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Wordle 1,839 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #850 “Not a red herring” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #1116 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,838 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #849 “"And ... action!"” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #1115 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,837 2/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #848 “The mark of a good composer” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #1114 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,836 3/6 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Damn! Ben Stokes 😫

Strands #847 “March in June” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵

Connections Puzzle #1113 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,835 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩