easily among the best of all star trek episodes, and perhaps one of the most pertinent to today's world, 31 years after its release...

hate Wordle 1,739 5/6* ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 too many correct answers for last two Connections Puzzle #1017 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟨🟪🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 even the bot said i was better than average on this one... and i hate the bot :) Strands #751 “Get over it ... or get through it” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 #NYTGames

Wordle 1,738 3/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1016 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #750 “In pieces” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 #NYTGames

- artist?

Truth. Cartoon by Phil Hands.

covid booster from this afternoon is just now beginning to prove its value to my body by annoying my arm just a bit right now... nothing quite like trusting the scientific method over the assinine drivel of deniers and idiots who want the world to return to the days when human half-life was 25.

#ICE going to work TSA? What could go wrong?

- Lalo Alcaraz

I solved Wordsmyth #103 in 05:20 www.playwordsmyth.com

i hate this game Wordle 1,737 5/6* 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 one of the purples eluded me Connections Puzzle #1015 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #749 “Trademarked no more” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 #NYTGames

a different take on gays in the military...

Someday... (Repost with monster alt text)

Nuclear safety, on Trumpism. What could possibly go wrong. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

3/22/2026- Bon Appétit www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ma...

I solved Wordsmyth #102 in 07:24 www.playwordsmyth.com

Wordle 1,736 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1014 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #748 “Sniff sniff” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 #NYTGames

a bit of light and wisdom to counter a darker time -- from @davekellett.bsky.social

Flagging. Newsday.com/matt

reagan was horrible, but this is sadly true...

- Sandeep Adhwaryu

honestly thought i had it in 2 :) Wordle 1,735 3/6* 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1013 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 strands is taking too long. will look again in a while #NYTGames

Barrels, Not Cans

duo seems to be getting to that part of the course where nonsense is key: En cherchant une serviette, j'ai trouvé un canard qui prenait son bain.

spending money on health care: wasteful, frivolous, contrary to the American spirit of rugged individualism spending $1B a day on a war that nobody can really explain, mostly because a demented degenerate thought it would be fun: a sensible expenditure of resources

- Keith Knight

Wordle 1,734 4/6* 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 i don't remember one of the greens as part of that category, but ok... Connections Puzzle #1012 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #746 “Bring a plate” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 #NYTGames

MY DOG'S VET: who's a good boy? who's the handsomest boy? do you want a cookie? does the handsome good boy want a cookie? does the handsomest best boy ever want a cookie? MY HUMAN DOCTOR: you look fatter and paler than I remember, sit down

In starting the war in Iran, “Trump has not only wreaked enormous havoc; he’s also liberated himself from the burdens of empire,” Daniel Immerwahr writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/KXlko4

Wordle 1,733 3/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1011 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 i had some of the span almost immediately, but couldn't connect it until much later Strands #745 “It follows” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 #NYTGames

#iran #war #trump #iranwar #NATO

"yeah, we don't care if you can't afford food, or gas for your car..."

sad to think people would rather spend money on killing others than educating them...

Donald Trump has shrugged off the U.S.’s imperial mantle. “From another President, that could have been welcome, but from a wrathful tyrant like Trump it’s terrifying,” Daniel Immerwahr writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/A7_QHg

such a dangerously incompetent buffoon...

damn Wordle 1,732 3/6* 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #1010 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #744 “Happy Saint Patrick's Day!” ☘️🟢🟢🟢 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟢 #NYTGames

not a bad idea for tonight's dinner... thank you, ABPA :)

FYI -- www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/t... the whole article is relatively informative, but the last section talks about the severe risks with even the best models today

- Bruce MacKinnon

New cartoon — licensing available via syndication at cagle.com/brown

this is simply too good NOT to share... especially in an administration where putting together ONE coherent sentence of any quality is too difficult a task...

oh, so perfect... :)

can you say, "lying his phuqing ass off"? i knew you could.

seen over 80 years ago, perhaps relevant to life today...

The wealthiest, most powerful, creative and vibrant nation the world has ever known was brought down by one of the most depraved creatures to ever stand on two legs

3/17/2026- Exit Strategy www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ma...