Quintalist #787 2/5 U.S. Presidents 1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜⬜ ⬜5️⃣⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 12 quintalist.com #quintalist

"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive." ~Thich Nhat Hanh October 11, 1926 – January 22, 2022

Strands #951 “A slow drizzle” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Wordle 1,939 3/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 91/99 Luck 62/99

Connections Puzzle #1217 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Skill 99/99 Uniqueness 1 in 129

Happy Birthday to Thelonious Monk, born October 10, 1917. A favorite of mine: Don't Blame Me. youtu.be/nuzSR0CBuN4 via @YouTube

Thelonious Monk Don't Blame Me (Live in Denmark)

YouTube video by Thelonious Monk

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Quintalist #786 2/5 Big Ten ⬜1️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜⬜ ⬜3️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 11 quintalist.com #quintalist

The Swedish Academy announced Anne Carson as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday. n.pr/4hKmqDL

Poet and essayist Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in literature

Carson's writing, including The Beauty of the Husband, Autobiography of Red, and Eros the Bittersweet, is eclectic in genre and theme.

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NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations. n.pr/4j6qcZ3

Suicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it.

NPR's Michel Martin hosted a panel conversation about mental health and suicide in the Black community, exploring a difficult subject in deeply personal conversations.

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Hamilton was in her early thirties when she led the team of software engineers that powered NASA's Apollo missions. She later said, "There was no choice but to be pioneers." n.pr/4jdONeD

Margaret Hamilton, whose software sent humans to the moon, dies at 90

Hamilton was in her early thirties when she led the team of software engineers that powered NASA's Apollo missions. She later said, "There was no choice but to be pioneers."

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Quintalist #785 4/5 Sports ⬜1️⃣⬜1️⃣⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜2️⃣⬜ 3️⃣⬜3️⃣3️⃣⬜ ⬜4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣⬜ ⬜⬜⬜5️⃣⬜ Streak: 10 quintalist.com #quintalist

Strands #950 “That can't be right” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵

Wordle 1,938 6/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 91/99 Luck 32/99

Connections Puzzle #1216 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Skill 99/99 Uniqueness 1 in 67

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” ~Groucho Marx

Strands #949 “A star is born” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵

Wordle 1,937 2/6* 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 68/99 Luck 90/99

Connections Puzzle #1215 🟪🟩🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 89/99 Uniqueness 1 in 296

Quintalist #784 1/5 Animals 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 9 quintalist.com #quintalist

Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...

Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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On this day in 1953, a Birmingham police commissioner banned an interracial All-Star baseball game organized by Jackie Robinson since it was a "mixed athletic event."

Oct. 8, 1953 | Jackie Robinson and Others Banned From Playing Interracial Baseball in AL

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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Strands #948 “Color for the cure” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵

Wordle 1,936 5/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 99/99 Luck 48/99

Connections Puzzle #1214 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Skill 95/99 Uniqueness 1 in 84

Quintalist #783 1/5 Bowling 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 8 quintalist.com #quintalist My bowling average is 202.

Strands #947 “Changing course” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Wordle 1,935 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 95/99 Luck 42/99

Connections Puzzle #1213 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Skill 89/99 Uniqueness 1 in 907

Quintalist #782 2/5 Rivers 1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜⬜ ⬜2️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 7 quintalist.com #quintalist

I'm sorry to hear this. I loved reading Kane and Abel. So well-written and constructed. Sold 50 million copies. “Where I come from in the West Country, we say, ‘Tell ’em a yarn, m’dear, and make ’em keep turning the pages, and you won’t be far wrong’” RIP. #JeffreyArcher #WritingCommunity

Jeffrey Archer, Novelist Whose Real Life Rivaled His Thrillers, Dies at 86 (Gift Article)

In a life of achievement and disgrace, he wrote best-selling novels with themes he knew intimately: ambition, self-promotion, misbehavior and scandal.

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