Jason Etheridge @jasonetheridge@qoto.org

Wordle 863 5/6*

⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A little obscure, but kinda cool.

Wordle 862 3/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Clues from the second guess reduced the possibilities to exactly one word.

Wordle 861 2/6*

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That was surprising.

Wordle 860 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Routine deduction, emphasising the need for luck to discover useful letters.

While I did enjoy Ahsoka, I found this parody from Honest Trailers to be truly hilarious.

https://youtu.be/pHXDbVRxojo?si=G4m3yfKKpS4hnaP-

@nlowell What is truly inspiring about you is that you keep persevering. You are living proof that getting older is no hindrance to creating truly compelling art (and at a truly prodigious rate). And even better, you still actively play games! None of us are perfect, and there are always bumps in the road (sometimes some really nasty ones). But you are living life. That's all that really matters.

Wordle 859 5/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Quite the journey, but satisfying.

Wordle 858 4/6*

⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨
⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨
🟨⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tricksy, my precious.

Wordle 857 5/6*

🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So near, yet so far.

Wordle 856 4/6*

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Unforced error. Boo.

Wordle 855 5/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sometimes the obvious is elusive.

Wordle 854 4/6*

🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

At least the letters were in the right spots. It's finding any others that proved troublesome.

Wordle 853 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Again with the elusive letters! Just... stay... still...

@apaoapa Some things are just objectively evil, no matter what led up to it

There is no excuse for the actions of Hamas. None. Their actions are inhuman and disgusting. There are no valid justifications. Hideous, primitive and barbarous.

Wordle 852 5/6*

🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not my best, again hard to pin down the letters I did have.

Wordle 851 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not too shabby, though for my third guess I used a modern "new" word. I should have stuck to regular English!

Wordle 850 4/6*

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Took me a while to pin down the letters! They were elusive today. I'm not sure I particularly identify with the answer, which didn't help.

@freemo It's only $AUD20. Mandatory voting does have an upside: it means that everyone votes, not just the politically motivated at either end of the spectrum, and the consequence is that our governments are inevitably centrist, as they have to appeal to the middle (i.e. normal people) to get elected.

It's not all bad. :)

This picture, courtesy of our national broadcaster, somehow captures the essence of being Australian. Voting is mandatory for all adults, is always on a Saturday, and can be done on the way to the beach.