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Former composer and academic. Now Cabinet Office digital archivist and technical problem solver. Currently ontologising about government.
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NYT spoiler alert: Breakfast condiments: hot sauce!? Even trying to account for the weird American-ness of that puzzle that one annoyed me.

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You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this; never go in against a British secret agent when death is on the line!

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Technically it's only a king if it's from a kingdom, what you likely have is a sparkling dictator.

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Connections Puzzle #618 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Peak NYT Connections today, one of the groups is basically "not American".

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Connections Puzzle #616 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Yeah "famous"!

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Connections Puzzle #615 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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"The UK is a nation of animal lovers and so its people need a national animal to love; it's been my privilege to fill that furry brief for 14 years and counting." #Larryversary

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Retro computers are one of the highest forms of art.

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Valentyne ❤️ prints in my shop!

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Connections Puzzle #614 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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This is the review that got me blacklisted by EA. Some shitbag executive wanted me fired.

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Connections Puzzle #613 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Connections Puzzle #612 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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From 21 February @royalhistsoc.bsky.social will be closing and archiving its X account. From this date all updates from the Society - and its promotion of work by fellow organisations for #history and the humanities - will be via BlueSky. Please encourage colleagues to join us here #skystorians

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I had to go find out for myself because there were only two explanations for this existing. 1. A Democrat mocking the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, or 2. A southern Republican whose IQ you can count on his teeth. It is the latter, sadly.

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Connections Puzzle #609 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Sunday mud run-day #running

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Doing God's work

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The future of the past

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Connections Puzzle #608 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Connections Puzzle #606 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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Presented without comment.

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Connections Puzzle #605 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

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Connections Puzzle #604 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Connections Puzzle #603 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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You know what markets absolutely love? It's uncertainty, right? Oh no, wait, it's the other thing.

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I had a sudden urge to make emergency welsh cakes.

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There is absolutely no way that the EU and UK can continue to share normal governance or corporate data with a nation state that is being infiltrated in this manner. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Connections Puzzle #602 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Seriously unimpressed with green today.

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Strap the Mudclaws on and embrace the squelch! #trailrunning #running

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