Around the world in 80 shitposts

Wordle 1,687 3/6 ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #965 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #699 “It's part of the game” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

The Sausage Whisperer

#nzpol The CoC continues to destroy our country.

Wordle 1,686 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #964 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #698 “We're not lost ...” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

This may be harsh, but I reckon one of the main reason Luxon is visiting Tauranga is that he craves the worldwide acclaim given to Ardern for her handling of crises. He doesn't understand that her actions came from her genuine compassion. He has none, repeatedly showing he doesn't care. /1 #nzpol

Wordle 1,685 3/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #963 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #697 “Talk of the town” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Guess we can't rely on Judith Collins to roll Luxon now, well not to make herself PM at any rate, but perhaps she could run the numbers for someone else as a final act? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Wordle 1,684 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #962 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #696 “Zen state” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Wordle 1,683 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #961 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #695 “Canine classics” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵

Watching TVNZ news and in the break there was an ad for Shortland Street. Characters were all dressed formally for a party(?) BUT all their faces looked artificially smoothed, like the shitty AI treatment on YouTube shorts. They looked creepy and plastic. WTF!

Wordle 1,682 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #960 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #694 “Grape expectations” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS: Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring. Here's a weird starting point: There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr. Cats that roar = genus Panthera Cats that purr = genus Felis

Wordle 1,681 3/6 🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #959 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #693 “The straight and narrow” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,680 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #958 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #692 “A work of art” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Lest we forget: “Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations” “The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that NZ can and should be doing more.” #nzpol

Wordle 1,679 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #957 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #691 “None the wiser” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Wordle 1,678 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #956 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #690 “Ode to joy” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

@foxylustygrover.bsky.social @dimsie.bsky.social It's speculation time again! Not the first post I've seen speculating why he wasn't seen deplaning from Air Force One. Dare we hope?

Wordle 1,677 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 😁 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎉 Connections Puzzle #955 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #689 “That's not very polite” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,676 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #954 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #688 “Sneak-ing around” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,675 3/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🍀 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #953 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #687 “Shaking things up” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,674 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #952 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #686 “Soft skills” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Reflections in Loch Tournaig at Poolewe in beautiful Wester Ross, NW Highlands of Scotland #scotland #highlands #lochs #northwest #landscapephotography #landscapes #photography

Wordle 1,673 2/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😁 Connections Puzzle #951 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #685 “That's putting it mildly!” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Ruin a band by changing one letter. Dire Strains

Wordle 1,672 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #950 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #684 “DC crusader” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,671 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #949 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #683 “The ears have it!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

@sentimentbot.bsky.social is my mood any better in 2026, so far?

Wordle 1,670 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #948 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #682 “"Oh boy!"” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Wordle 1,669 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ stumped myself for a while after this ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #947 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #681 “You need to chill” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has pulled out of the Adelaide Writers' Week, joining a mass boycott of speakers and board resignations that threatens to cripple the event altogether. Daanyal Saeed reports.

Wordle 1,668 2/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎉 Connections Puzzle #946 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 should have seen this earlier 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Strands #680 “Appeal to a hire power” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Wordle 1,667 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #945 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #679 “Yay!!!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,666 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #944 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #678 “If not now, when?” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Will be watching first Ep of Taskmaster's New Year Treat tonight. Still wondering when TF TVNZ will be showing latest Champion of Champions Ep, it went out in UK before the Ep we will watch tonight. Am I a bit Taskmaster obsessed? Possibly, but dammit it's hard to avoid spoilers this far on #sulking

Wordle NZ 1665 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ I did two very dumb things in this row* 🤦 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 * the other three letters were good eliminators though

Wordle 1,665 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #943 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #677 “For cubs fans” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Something Luxon is actually doing whist WFH #NZPol

Wordle 1,664 3/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #942 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #676 “That's just reality (TV)” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I. On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence. www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

Wordle 1,663 2/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #941 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Strands #675 “Open wide” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

There’s so much Miller on the timeline, cleansing with Dolly Parton and a cat ✨

Just arrived back in Ōtautahi. Lots of people coughing and sneezing on flight, including woman next to me. I was only one masked😡

Useful thread #Venezuela