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Establish the run

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"Welcome back, we're coming to you live from the has a small penis theater... let's see him put his name in front of that"

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Clean. Strands #722 “Strike a chord” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #988 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #719 “True grit” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Celebs my wife has run into in public so far this year: Adam Scott Steve Carell Kirsten Dunst & Jesse Plemons

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Ah, much better. Connections: Sports Edition My stats are in! I had 0 mistakes on puzzle #508. Average mistakes: 2.3 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟡🟡🟡🟡 Play the puzzle: www.theathletic.com/connections/...

Had to fight my way through this one 😅 Connections Puzzle #978 🟪🟦🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

“Looks like some art is about to happen” is 10/10 opening ceremony commentary.

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"To simplify before you understand the details is ignorance. To simplify after you understand the details is genius." - James Clear

One little thing you can do if you’re feeling helpless tonight: throw a few bucks to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. They’re reportedly stretched thin for obvious reasons and could use some help if you can offer it. www.ilcm.org?ref=badfaith...

If you’d like to tangibly help Minnesota, let’s spread the word and donate where we can. This is FAR more impactful than doomscrolling or angry posting fueling someone else’s doomscrolling. No act of resistance is too small or insignificant.

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers: Alabama Shakes Erykah Badu Brandi Carlile Chappell Roan Little Dragon

Strands #688 “Sneak-ing around” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

From today's NY Times Morning: the inciting incident of Sophocles' "Antigone." "Peter Baker, The Times’s chief White House correspondent, contrasts Trump’s support for Iranian protesters with his disdain for those in Minnesota:

Strands #681 “You need to chill” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Awesome. Connections Puzzle #946 🟦🟨🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Connections Puzzle #943 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

James Cameron on AI: "So, millions and millions of images and thousands of hours of performance. What you’re going to get is the average. It goes in a blender, right? Then it precipitates out as a single unique new image, but it’s based on a sort of a generic feedstock...

Strands #646 “On the court” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

“No Good Deed” >> “Defying Gravity”

In the oven, straight-up roastin’ it. And by roastin’ it, let’s just say I mean my pine nuts.

Connections Puzzle #899 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #427 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🟡🟡🟡 Play the puzzle: www.theathletic.com/connections

Connections Puzzle #897 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

30-seat Dem majority incoming

"If you want peace, work for justice." - Pope Paul VI True peace cannot exist where economic exploitation and inequality thrive.

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One idea I've had is for the 2016 Democratic primary to end

Connections Puzzle #892 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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12-team Dynasty Superflex Sent: Geno Smith, 2027 1st (projected late) Received: Sam Darnold, 2026 2nd (projected early)

Yoshinobu Yamamoto: First pitcher to win 3 games in a single World Series since 2001 Randy Johnson First pitcher with 3 road wins in a single WS 4th P to win G6+7 in a WS, joining ‘01 Johnson, 1946 Harry Brecheen, 1925 Ray Kremer — FIRST to do it on road

Strands #605 “"Nevermore!"” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #871 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Connections Puzzle #870 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

On acting despite uncertainty: "No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future." - Ian Wilson

Strands #578 “The slightest touch …” 💡🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #373 🟣🔵🟣🟣 🔵🟣🟣🟣 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟢🟢🟢🟢 Play the puzzle: www.theathletic.com/connections

Elinor Fuchs, on viewing each play like its own world:

Loved playing all 32 NFL Sports Connections boards. Only beat 8 (4 AFC, 4 NFC). 0 mistakes: IND (:26), LAC (:48), DEN (1:00) 1 mistake: CHI (:47), SEA (1:08) 2 mistakes: JAX (1:06) 3 mistakes: TB (1:05), SF (1:18)

Connections Puzzle #841 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #569 “On the syllabus” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Guy opening for Neil Young is giving STRONG “Baby Billy” vibes