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The Sondheim Hub @thesondheimhub.bsky.social · 10h

New York, 2004. 📸 by Richard Avedon.

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 22h

Same. I had an image of the word, but no idea of the meaning

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 1d

Did I get it? Yes. Did I then have to look it up. Yes!

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 1d

Wordle puzzle created by SMacDonald 3/6

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 1d

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 2d

Capricorn: Prepare for a busy, productive day (you’ll be forced into harvesting ore).

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 2d

You're invited to play a puzzle created by David.
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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 2d

Please, I can’t handle the stimulation

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 2d

I was inspired by another Wordler who used "Emery" -- how many attempts did mine take?

David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 2d

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 3d

GAH! Wish I could see this. One of two or three things I actually care about this fall in theater.... curses!

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 3d

“We gotta bowl.”

David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 4d

This week's #wordlesentence: Extended Halloween Edition!

“I awoke in a roadside motel (a sleazy venue to match my vampiric guise) to find a short, rabid bat perched on my chest—an occurrence I tend to abhor.”

11/6: GUISE
11/5: SHORT
11/4: VENUE
11/3: AWOKE
11/2: RABID
11/1: MOTEL
10/31: ABHOR

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 6d

100% organic batshit dialogue. What a gift!

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 7d

Reading the brilliant book 'Inventing the Renaissance' by @adapalmer.bsky.social, and I think she coined a phrase for the ages:

"History, unlike fiction, doesn't have to be plausible."

a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods

ALT: a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 7d

This person took this when they called the race

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 8d

So THAT’s the plan for lowering rents! I’m all for it

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 9d

And yet, you’re fucked.

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David Cote @davidcote.bsky.social · 11d

New #wordlesentence!

“I gripped the marking gauge like a hammer and crouched behind the lathe as the plump elf, decked in holly, each finger a fetid pink tuber, pawed at the new toys with a greedy glare.”

10/30: LATHE
10/29: GLARE
10/28: HOLLY
10/27: FETID
10/26: PLUMP
10/25: GAUGE
10/24: TUBER

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