My son, mid-30s, recently told me he'd had a vasectomy as he and his partner don't want children. I was initially surprised, but now get it. Beware the Eye of Sauron. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/b...

I could have sworn I entered my first attempt at purple correctly. 🤦 Connections Puzzle #1151 🟪🟪🟪🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Get in there! I like that word. Wordle 1,873 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Dog's breakfast. Connections Puzzle #1150 🟩🟦🟪🟩 🟦🟩🟦🟩 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good morning. I was puzzling for some time before I finally saw it. Wordle 1,872 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Went down a rabbit hole on green, took ages to see blue and failed utterly on purple. 🤦 Connections Puzzle #1149 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟪🟩 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Good morning. I meant to put the _other_ word at #4. 🤦 Wordle 1,871 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Purple took a long time. Blue? No idea. Connections Puzzle #1148 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Morning. Wordle 1,870 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That was a good purple. Connections Puzzle #1147 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

That had me scratching my head. Wordle 1,869 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I enjoyed that and even got green (eventually). Connections Puzzle #1146 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

G'day. Wordle 1,868 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Did not get blue. Connections Puzzle #1145 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Good morning. That went well. Wordle 1,867 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I should have seen purple sooner. Connections Puzzle #1144 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Good morning. Hit the post! Wordle 1,866 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good grief, according to Luminate 39% of the general US population self-define as content creators - I hope not just because they post pics of meals, pets and children.

That was the most irritating purple I've come across in a while. Connections Puzzle #1143 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

I will now of course say and write* "We're only making plans for Nigel" as often as is not socially weird. www.itv.com/news/2026-07... *And listen. I haven't indulged in any XTC for a while.

Too cynical to think someone high up at the Torygraph has a holiday home in the wildfire affected areas 🙄?

Three days in a row? This is getting silly. Wordle 1,865 2/6 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Mornin'. Two days in a row. That's a first. Wordle 1,864 2/6 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wut?

Purple? A bit dodgy. Connections Puzzle #1141 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Mornin'. Wordle 1,863 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I didn't get purple (honest) and sorting the categories was tough today. Connections Puzzle #1140 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

MAGA influencer changes stance on Ukraine after free Happy Meal. I'm Lovin' It.

Well, quite. Good morning. Wordle 1,862 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Has Mr. Altman yet stated that lessons will be learnt from this? I do hope so. That would amuse me. www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...

OpenAI admits it was the source of the agent swarm that attacked Hugging Face

Sandboxed experiment found itself a zero day, escaped onto the open internet and validated scary predictions about rogue agents

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