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The Trump regime remains a shitty, segregationist enterprise that is unworthy of anyone’s respect or obeisance.

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Daily Walkoff ⚾️
Orioles #201: after losing my streak yesterday, this was a more manageable one for my knowledge!

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Finally took some time to open my @Topps Series 1 card packs today, ahead of the upcoming Baseball season :)

A hand holds a pack of Topps baseball cards over an open box containing several more packs on a wooden surface with shadows cast across it.A collection of eight baseball cards featuring various baseball players in colorful designs with team names like Guardians, Dodgers, Athletics, Cardinals, Reds, Giants, and Braves.Eight baseball cards featuring players in various action poses are displayed on a black background.Nine baseball cards featuring various players, including illustrations and action shots in a binder sleeve.

Been starved of Baseball — very excited for the start of the Tokyo Series later today between the Dodgers & Cubs!

Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #176
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Think of any game you played as a kid and I can almost guarantee you that you can play that game today “across new devices and in new ways” today. This doesn’t need AI at all, it’s been happening for decades via emulation.

Daily Walkoff ⚾️ | Orioles #199

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Truly wasn’t sure what “Minnow” was — never heard of this before

Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #175
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Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #198 | “Batter Up”

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And another day to keep the streak alive: Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #197.

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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #173: took some time to think about it but landed on a perfect today!

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Spent some time with the pals at Fixtured to tell my story of being a sports fan :)

A person wearing a white Orioles jersey is smiling and standing in an outdoor setting at night with people and lights in the background.

Daily Walkoff ⚾️
Orioles #196: almost broke my now-5 day streak on this one!

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Connections: Sports Edition — got it right at the finish line today!

Puzzle #172
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Daily Walkoff ⚾️ | Orioles #195 A slightly more difficult one today, but still able to pull off a triple and get to a 4-day streak!

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Connections: Sports Edition — nice and easy today!

Puzzle #171

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¡Atléti por favor! Absolutely rooting for the Colchoneros tonight in the #ChampionsLeague return game against their archrival and perennial Karen-team Real Madrid

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Very excited to open this baby up in the next few days: ⚾️ 🃏

A person is holding a 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball card box featuring an image of a player in a baseball uniform.

Daily Walkoff ⚾️.

Orioles #194: a single and my first triple (!!!). I love that this game allows me to use my knowledge of the current team while learning about the previous generation.

“Zone Control”
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🏆Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #170 took me a few more tries but I got there just in time 💪

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lol Liverpool ✌️ #ChampionsLeague

This VaultX album for my Topps trading cards is awesome, if somehow much larger than I had anticipated 😅

A gray binder and a matching glasses case with ‘vaultx’ embossed on them are placed on a gray surface.A binder holds a collection of various baseball cards, each featuring different players in action poses and jersey designs.A collection of baseball cards featuring various players is organized in a binder.

Daily Walkoff ⚾️ 3-day streak: LFG 🧡🖤.

Orioles #193

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Connections: Sports Edition | Puzzle #169
Getting better at this — there’s always a category that is much harder than the others, but after connecting a few dots and tip-toeing, the picture gets clearer.

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📺 Onside: Major League Soccer ⚽️

Recently finished Onside: Major League Soccer, the documentary series on TV+ about the past MLS season. It was a nice and refreshing view compared to team-specific documentaries I’ve seen in the football (⚽️) world, and I really enjoyed the variety of discovering different teams, personalities, and players! For someone like me, based in Europe, it was super useful to learn more about this league and its personalities. I wish more teams were covered, but I’m assuming that this would be the case if the show was to get renewed for another few seasons… MLS has definitely had the perception of being the “soon-to-be in the Top 5 of football leagues in the world” for 15 years now and we’re still waiting to see it happen, but at least the marketing has been good and the level of play has increased significantly.

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Finally a Connections: Sports Edition puzzle I could solve — and perfected it in one go!

Puzzle #168
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Nice little Daily Walkoff today ⚾️ Orioles #192

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Daily Walkoff ⚾️
Orioles #191

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Fun day out today: friends, bike rides, and long walks in our former neighborhood 🌞 🧑‍🧑‍🧒

A group of people, including a child, are seated around a table with coffee cups, small toys, and water glasses.A colorful, striped basketball court is bustling with people playing and watching.A person in a black outfit stands on a street corner next to a colorful wall advertisement in French featuring a nurse and a message about resolving pain and headaches.A city square features ornate historic buildings, a central statue, and a striped pedestrian crosswalk under a clear blue sky.A marble table holds a colorful arrangement of assorted sweets and pastries on two decorative plates.

Passengers wait inside a busy train station in Paris, with luggage, while authorities deal with an unexploded World War II bomb.