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Tomtit & Baobab
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Uncommon words, entertaining puzzles, absurd conversations? We're here for it with our #NYTSpellingBee inspired #podcast. http://apple.co/3MLmql4 #Hivemind #WordNerds
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tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Things are heating up. #BeeTheResistance #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb #Hivemind
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 28, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Wasa." Beatrice's crown is replaced with a dollop of wasabi.
May 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Is there any line today that is not bendable? #BeeTheResistance #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb #Hivemind
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 27, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "GUM." Beatrice is replaced with a yellow Gumby with black bee stripes
May 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
All you need is love(bugs). #BeeTheResistence #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb #Hivemind
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 26, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "HER." Herbie the love bug appears where Beatrice usually is and a small Beatrice is placed on Herbie where there is usually a yellow sticker.
May 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Who needs a king and queen? We have a Boss, America. #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee #BruceSpringsteen
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 16, 2025. The phrase "Queen Bee" is replaced with "BA-BEE, we were born to run." Beatrice has no crown and she looks across to a black and white photo of Bruce Springsteen holding a guitar. He looks back.
May 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Too many people in our country find beauty in the incompetent and ignorant. (We miss being in Japan. Sigh.) #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 15, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Wabi-Sa." Beatrice's crown is replaced with an imperfect, hand-crafted bowl. A column to the left gives the definition of "wabi-sabi": a Japanese aesthetic or worldview charactized by finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence, or simplicity - OED
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
One of our favorite word games: name that animal group!
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · May 15
Q: Why are fish poorly educated?
A: All the schools are below C level.

Now that you've sat through that, please watch this video on animal collective names.
May 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Time for Sam to start including a new "-ee" word...and for Americans to start calling it like it is. #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 14, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Bri-." Beatrice's crown erased and she has Trump hair. She's laughing. A golden plane flies above.
May 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
All talk and no action only gets us so far. #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 13, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Gab." Beatrice's crown is erased and she has speech bubbles above her head that say Bzzz and buzz, buzz, buzz
May 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
‘We have fallen upon strange times, and Heaven only knows the end of them" (says Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby... and half of the US population) #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for March 12, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Nicholas Nickle-" Beatrice's crown is replaced with a top hat and she wears a cravat.
May 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
This one's for the #Hivemind moms. #BeeTheResistance #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 11, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Hap-". "Mother's Day!" is added after "Bee": "Hap-BEE Mother's Day!" Beatrice's crown is erased and pink tulips with green leaves line the bottom of the image.
May 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Long-horned bees are the most diverse group of bees in the Apidae family. Diversity in nature is key to survival, resilience and growth. #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 10, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Long-horned." Beatrice's crown is erased and she has the horns of longhorn cattle.
May 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to the #nytsb! Celebrate! Joy is an act of resistance! #BeeTheResistance #NYTSpellingBee #Hivemind
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 9, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Happy" and "Day" is added after Bee ("Happy Bee Day"). Beatrice's crown is replaced with a purple birthday hat and a blue balloon floats with Bea's dotted line as a string.
May 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Is it possible that Trump really doesn't understand the Constitution? Is it possible that Lisa thought her MET Gala look was a good choice? Is it possible that #SamEzersky excluded CARACAL by accident (for the 38th time)? Probably not. But... #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 8, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "May" and question mark is added after "Bee". Beatrice's crown is replaced with a thought bubble that says "hmm..." and she has a quizzical look
May 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
C's MOTTO: Don't be an A-hole. Seabee MOTTO: “Construimus, Batuimus.” (For more on MOTTO listen to T&B S7E8 "Is it Legal"? apple.co/44nWGXn) #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #nytsb #NYTSpellingBee #podcast
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 7, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Sea." Beatrice's crown is replaced with a sailor hat and she wears a sailor neckerchief. Wave blue lines across the bottom of the image indicate water
May 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Want to know why we're HOGGING all the pigs? Listen to this week's episode of T&B to hear about our adventures with the FAUNA of #Japan (told using #nytsb words, of course)! bit.ly/3GEk74S #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee #WordNerds #podcast
White woman with auburn hair in black V neck tee smiling and sitting on floor holding small spotted pig White woman with dark brown hair in camo hoodie smiling and sitting on floor holding medium-sized pink pig
May 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Even the #nytsb can't save us from these scary times. #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 6, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Heebee Jee" and an "s" comes after B to read "Heebee Jeebees". Beatrice's crown is erased and she looks on with fright. A second scaredy bee enters the picture as well. The lines and letters are slightly doubled to give a sense of unease.
May 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Inspired by Japanese #manga (and America's anti-monarchical roots) we give you today's Queen alternative: Sonic's Charmy Bee is "an extremely hyperactive 6-year old bee with a heart as big as his stinger...." info.sonicretro.org/Charmy_Bee #BeeTheResistance #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb #Hivemind
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for May 5, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Charmy." Beatrice is replaced with an image of Sonic's Charmy Bee
May 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
We're back from #Japan, and we're using #nytsb words to tell you all about it on this week's episode of T&B! There's FAUNA, OOLONG, and TIDIED bathroom talk ahead at bit.ly/3GEk74S [Video: Bamboo Forest as promised. More pix to come!] #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee #WordNerds #podcast
May 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
draber.bsky.social D. Raber @draber.bsky.social · May 1
Did you actually notice that we added @tomtitbaobab.bsky.social to the Community panel in Spelling Bee Assistant?
Because they're hilarious — and they’ve got a sweet tooth for fabulous words.
(And let’s be honest: don’t we all?)

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#hivemind #nytspellingbee #nytbee #nytsb
Spelling Bee Assistant
Spelling Bee Assistant is an add-on for Spelling Bee, the New York Times’ popular word puzzle
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May 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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merriam-webster.com
Here’s a little Easter Egg for you…

www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/rabb...
What's the difference between a rabbit and a hare?
Are they different animals, or just different words?
www.merriam-webster.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Hey, it's legal in NYC. (On this week's episode of T&B we're playing...Is it LEGAL? Check it out! bit.ly/43XgQqY) #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for April 20, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Doo." Beatrice's crown is erased and she's smoking a joint
April 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
If you need a #nytsb brain break.... #Hivemind
alpbeck.com Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · Apr 19
Before I go into today's dystopian nightmare, let's take a minute to bring down your blood pressure. Here is one of my favorite creatures, the #RedPanda. Enjoy. #nature #animals
April 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
It's a special 2-day No Crowns edition. Hamlet-Style! #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for April 18, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "To." Beatrice's crown is erased and a skull hovers above NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for April 19, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "or not to." Beatrice's crown is erased and she is stabbed with a poison sword
April 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
Oh, to be a dog. #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee #nytsb
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for April 17, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Fris." A crownless Beatrice is printed on a yellow frisbee and a dog jumps in the air to catch it.
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
tomtitbaobab.bsky.social
When the dust settles what will be left? #BeeTheResistance #Hivemind #NYTSpellingBee #nytb
NYTimes Queen Bee graphic for April 16, 2025. Queen is crossed out and replaced with "Go." Beatrice's crown is erased. The background image is a photo of a camel in the desert
April 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM