I get "video unavailable" when I try to view this video, despite having an age-verified account. Very odd.

A few days ago, there was an #ablatonyms #wordgame with two winning endpoints. The starter word was "laminary". You can try it yourself here: degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h... Here's the tree of all possible paths for "laminary".

#Ablatonyms 91 ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ 💯 Moves: 8 Elapsed Time: 00:00:16 Score: 100 degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h... (starting word: twaddlers)

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[Bracket City] December 14, 2025 🟢 (Easy) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... ☠️ hard mode! Rank: 👑 (Kingmaker) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 81 🎯 Minimum Required: 77 Total Score: 95.1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle 1,639 3/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 298 words left. 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 3 words left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 3. #Obscurdle 1071: 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 35 words left. ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 1 word left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 3. www.stevedegroof.com/obscurdle.html

Wishing you and yours a very happy 100th Dick Van Dyke-mas.

#ScribesAndMakers Dec 13: Is there a creative activity you used to enjoy but now feels like a chore? Not specifically. My interest in any given activity tends to wax and wane. If I try to force it, then it becomes a chore. I just have to let it come back around again.

Can we test this scientifically? With a huge sample? Pretty please?

#TimeTravelAuthors Dec 13: Saturday excerpt (optional word: far) “Jones!” she called out. “What’s it mean when a timeline’s marked in red?” “That’s need-to-know only,” he replied. “Jones, you know damn well we have clearance.

#Ablatonyms 90 ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ 🎉 Moves: 7 Elapsed Time: 00:00:09 Time Bonus: +10 Score: 110 degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h...

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Silly Little Codes Puzzle #262 0️⃣0️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣:1️⃣2️⃣ www.playsillylittlegames.com/codes

[Bracket City] December 13, 2025 🟢 (Easy) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... ☠️ hard mode! Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 68 🎯 Minimum Required: 68 Total Score: 100.0 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

#Wordle 1,638 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 210 words left. ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 20 words left. 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬛ 2 words left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 4. #Obscurdle 1070: 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 402 words left. ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 26 words left. ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 1 word left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 4. www.stevedegroof.com/obscurdle.html

#WordWeavers Dec 12: Are bodily functions omitted or discussed in your stories? I can think of one scene in which a character experiences a bout of intense and protracted regurgitation. But this all occurs "off-camera". So, semi-omitted?

#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 12: Who is a writer whose life inspires you? Ray Bradbury. Dude wrote "Fahrenheit 451" on coin-operated typewriters in the basement of a library. He also wrote a ton of short stories. Quote from him: "It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row."

#ScribesAndMakers Dec 12: What's the longest book you've ever read? Oh, probably something by @stephenking.bsky.social. He does that sort of thing, you know.

Well, there's a body horror #WritingPrompt for ya.

#Ablatonyms 89 ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ 💯 Moves: 7 Elapsed Time: 00:00:16 Score: 100 degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h...

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Silly Little Codes Puzzle #261 0️⃣0️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣:1️⃣6️⃣ www.playsillylittlegames.com/codes

[Bracket City] December 12, 2025 🟢 (Easy) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... ☠️ hard mode! Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 72 🎯 Minimum Required: 72 Total Score: 100.0 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

#Wordle 1,637 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 110 words left. 🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛ 6 words left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 3. #Obscurdle 1069: 4/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟩 11 words left. 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 9 words left. 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 8 words left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 4. www.stevedegroof.com/obscurdle.html

#Ablatonyms 88 ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ 🎉 Moves: 7 Elapsed Time: 00:00:12 Time Bonus: +10 Score: 110 degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h... Fairly easy one today #WordGame

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[Bracket City] December 11, 2025 🟡 (Medium) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... ☠️ hard mode! Rank: 👑 (Kingmaker) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 84 🎯 Minimum Required: 80 Total Score: 95.2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#Wordle 1,636 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 633 words left. ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 3 words left. ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 1 word left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 4. #Obscurdle 1068: 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 811 words left. ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 12 words left. ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 10 words left. ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 1 word left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 5. www.stevedegroof.com/obscurdle.html

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Just a reminder that you can buy DRM-free copies of my #books on ko-fi. Like, you pay for it, download the format you prefer, and YOU OWN IT. No megacorporation can come along in a couple months and yoink it away from you. It's yours to read for as long as you like. ko-fi.com/treelobsters...

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#WordWeavers Dec 10: Who is your most chaotic character? Well, there's this one character who has the ability to manipulate time and space at will. He's also a cat, though, so you can imagine how that tends to work out.

#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 10: Is it ethical to base characters on real people? What is the limit? I think it's fine as long as the character is an amalgam of several people. A personality quirk from one, a style choice from another. Anything too close to one specific person would seem invasive.

#Ablatonyms 87 ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ 💯 Moves: 7 Elapsed Time: 00:00:19 Score: 100 degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h...

OMIWORD.com ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Puzzle #344 (Moderate) Time spent: 01:43 20 moves • 0 hints

Silly Little Codes Puzzle #259 0️⃣0️⃣:0️⃣0️⃣:2️⃣4️⃣ www.playsillylittlegames.com/codes

[Bracket City] December 10, 2025 🟡 (Medium) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... ☠️ hard mode! Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 71 🎯 Minimum Required: 71 Total Score: 100.0 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

#Wordle 1,635 2/6 🟨⬛🟩🟨🟩 3 words left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 2. #Obscurdle 1067: 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 839 words left. 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 13 words left. ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 1 word left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 4. www.stevedegroof.com/obscurdle.html

Just took a peek outside to check the weather. Cold, light dusting of snow, and 100% chance of deer.

#ScribesAndMakers Dec 9: Tell us about a multimedia project you've made or seen. Does this count? www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOPi...

#Ablatonyms 86 ✅❌❌✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ 🙂 Moves: 11 Incorrect Moves: 2 Elapsed Time: 00:00:38 Score: 82 degroof.github.io/ablatonyms.h...

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[Bracket City] December 9, 2025 🟡 (Medium) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... ☠️ hard mode! Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70 🎯 Minimum Required: 70 Total Score: 100.0 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

#Wordle 1,634 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 78 words left. 🟩⬛🟩🟨🟩 2 words left. 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 1 word left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 4. #Obscurdle 1066: 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 864 words left. 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 4 words left. 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛ 1 word left. 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Got it in 4. www.stevedegroof.com/obscurdle.html

You will be visited by three spirits

I am brimming with holiday spirit

Why does Kash Patel always look like he just sharted?

#ScribesAndMakers Dec 8: Share a single line from a song you like. Ask people to identify the song. "Words, like conviction, can turn into a sentence"

[Bracket City] December 8, 2025 www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... ☠️ hard mode! Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70 🎯 Minimum Required: 70 Total Score: 100.0 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪