“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.” ~ August Wilson April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005

Strands #785 “The ayes have it!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1051 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 96/99 Uniqueness 1 in 66

Quintalist #620 2/5 Food 1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜⬜ ⬜4️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 4 quintalist.com #quintalist

Quintalist #619 3/5 Geology ⬜1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜2️⃣⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜ 4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜ ⬜5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜ Streak: 3 quintalist.com #quintalist

Strands #784 “Get into it” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1050 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 81/99 Uniqueness 1 in 847

“The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.” ~ I. M. Pei April 26, 1917 - May 16, 2019

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Strands #783 “On the shopping block” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1049 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 96/99 Uniqueness 1 in 14

Quintalist #618 1/5 Deserts 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 2 quintalist.com #quintalist

Come join us at Michigan Public! We're hiring an Audio Systems Engineer who will help keep our broadcasts and digital streams running smoothly and help improve our systems, ensuring we stay at the forefront of public media technology.

Strands #782 “Hullabaloo” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1048 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 31

Quintalist #617 3/5 Language 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜ ⬜3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜ 4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜ ⬜⬜5️⃣⬜⬜ Streak: 1 quintalist.com #quintalist

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Quintalist #616 X/5 NFL Draft 1️⃣⬜1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ ⬜2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣⬜3️⃣ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ Streak: 0 quintalist.com #quintalist

Strands #781 “Provinces of the pantheon” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1047 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 24

Stacked #546 🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟥🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟥 stacked.clevergoat.com?ref=shared 🐐

Strands #780 “Earth Day” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1046 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 11

Quintalist #615 2/5 Meat 1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜⬜ ⬜5️⃣⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 1 quintalist.com #quintalist

Tomorrow marks 10 years since Prince passed. For the first time, I gathered nearly two decadesq of my writing, podcasts, talks & more into one curated resource, including playlists, rarities, a review of every video he ever made, and collaborations I did with his estate. anildash.com/2026/04/20/p...

Strands #779 “Risky business” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1045 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 96/99 Uniqueness 1 in 8

Quintalist #614 3/5 English 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜2️⃣⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜ ⬜4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜ Streak: 1 quintalist.com #quintalist

Ethan Kross: Do you talk to yourself? Here’s how to harness your inner voice www.ted.com/talks/ethan_...

Come work with Michigan Public! We're hiring a Marketing and Communications Coordinator who will help support marketing and communications for the station including daily activities and longer term projects to support plans and ongoing goals.

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There’s a moment right before every event starts. You can tell immediately whether it will feel calm… or chaotic. The difference is usually one document. I wrote about it here: newsletter.calmclearmedia.com/what-is-a-ru...

What I learned from Prince and Muhammad Ali was that it’s possible to love yourself so much that everybody else does, too.

5 Books to Lift You Up During Life’s Hardest Times My New York Times subscription allows me to share access to great journalism. Check out this gift article, at no cost to you. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/w...

Strands #777 “Small change” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

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Connections Puzzle #1043 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 96/99 Uniqueness 1 in 278

Quintalist #612 3/5 Religion 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜ ⬜3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜4️⃣⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜ Streak: 2 quintalist.com #quintalist

Meghan Sullivan: Would you take a pill that made you love everyone? www.ted.com/talks/meghan...

Quintalist #611 1/5 People 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 1 quintalist.com #quintalist

Flashback for April 18, 2026 28 points 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Play here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Strands #775 “Shell company” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

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