Ending the stretch of 4 games in 7 days with a third loss sadly 😒 m.acmomento.com/mo/o6LU8o… @acmomento

Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #164: tough one for me today!

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Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #187

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One for my fellow hobbyists: When you’ve ordered some of last season Orioles cards (as well as a Topps Series 1 hobby box) πŸ“¦ πŸƒπŸ§‘πŸ–€βšΎοΈ

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Discovering _Daily Walkoff_⚾️ Starting with the Orioles #186

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Today in “America is not a serious country”: In this report about AI, they’re displaying the logos of differerent companies in the space, including France’s/Europe’s Le Chat from Mistral, however instead of the proper logo… they used the logo of a laundry detergent

A CNBC report around AI with a list of AI companies logos

A green bottle of LE CHAT L'EXPERT bicarbonate laundry detergent is shown, featuring a red cap and label with 40 washes indicated.The Mistral AI logo: A black square logo with a pixelated yellow and red crown design is set against a silhouetted mountain landscape bathed in a warm, golden light.

Back to back frustrating defeats lately 😩 πŸ€

Tough one today

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What a great opener:

The world can no longer trust American tech. If that sounds dramatic, take a step back and consider the facts.
The United States is a nation in the thrall of authoritarianism, owned and operated almost completely by a far-right doomsday cult intent on betraying every alliance, every contract, every promise it has ever made (…) its decision-making is either erratic and illogical or dictated by interests that cannot and will not align with any reasonable principles of freedom, social progress, or ethical governance.

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Today’s edition of Connections: Sports Edition took about 10 seconds πŸ’ͺ

I’m getting better at this!

Puzzle #158
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Return to Adidas Arena to watch my @ParisBasketball team β€” another Euroleague win against Bayern Munich!

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Connections: Sports Edition - Puzzle #157

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Perfect on the first time β€” really took my time to get this one right and not burn throught my tries

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It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds

Written down like this, it seems pretty bizarre, and that’s because it is. It’s also not easy to realize that our relationship with America is over after 80 years. It took time for me as well to accept that.

But it really is over. (…) The US has dismantled the official privacy framework. The deal is dead.

So stop surrendering our society to America. Have the courage to use different software and services. Even if it takes some getting used to.

Another day, another victory!

Connections: Sports Edition .

Puzzle #155.
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You can take the woman out of the US, but you can’t take the US outta the woman:

“The first time I had a blood orange was in a can of San Pellegrino”

πŸ˜… fun lunchtime conversation with my wife!

There’s a first time for everything! Won my first NYT Connections: Sports Edition

Puzzle #154.
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Absolutely stoked to read a story on my old neighborhood basketball court in the New York Times (by way of The Athletic)

I used to play about 1.5 to 2 hours there every Sunday mornings back when we used to live in Montmartre/Pigalle!

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Unsurprising but insane god-complex coming out of… you guessed it, Silicon Valley:

Zayner wants to create the next generation of pets. β€œI think, as a human species, it’s kind of our moral prerogative to level up animals”

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Huge game tonight! Come on City! #RMAMCI @mancity @championsleague

We’re trailing by one goal but this is a return game in Madrid. Great lineup and hoping for a dominant 3-1 display to go through 🀞⚽️πŸ’ͺ 🩡🀍

Absolute insanity from the US, unsurprisingly:

This executive order instructs federal employees of the federal government to ignore Supreme Court rulings and congressional actions if the President or Attorney General tell them to.

Tell me you’re trying to become a dictatorship without telling you’re trying to become a dictstorship.

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