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More of Las Setas and the square around them… and who's that old geezer befouling the fountain? 🤔🙄😄

I've been remiss in posting my vacation pics 🙄 …this is a bit of old part Seville at night after dinner, plus La Setas (The Mushrooms),a really cool modern wooden structure

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 4h

(Mon 5.Oct) #Wordle 1,934 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 94/73 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 56/92 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 78 skill/83 luck I didn't play it especially smartly, lol, but I had a hunch on the 2nd turn, so I decided to just go for it. I was close 🙂 …but if the answer had been different, I would have been in big trouble 😮

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11h

(Sun 4.Oct) #Wordle 1,933 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 94/56 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 99/45 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 99/33 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/ Overall 99 skill/45 luck Not as lucky as yesterday, but played it smarter

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just got the flu and COVID vaccines — in the same arm, no less. I can tell that the nanotechnology is starting to take hold, because I'm beginning to be able to snoop on 6G phonecalls. I can also feel the changes to my DNA setting in. I can't shoot webs from my wrists yet, though…

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

(Sat 3.Oct) #Wordle 1,932 5/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 94/30 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 88/11 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 76/70 🟩🟩⬛🟨🟩 0/- 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 66 skill/37 luck Was just rushing through it and played stupidly, lol. The bot didn't think my 4th try was a legit solution (but it's a common word, lol).

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. "Hit it." Lol, I've always loved this movie… 😄😄😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm anxiously awaiting its arrival, because I'm ready to send a big FUCK YOU to Trump, MAGA, and the billionaires… if you're in California, that means YES on Prop 40, and NO on 41 and 42… don't believe the massive billionaire-sponsored ad campaign about all 3 propositions — they're lying to you!

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When someone tries to claim a victim of SA must have wanted it because she didn't fight back or report it right away, remember this video. It's too bad this can't be done to lawyers and judges in courtrooms during SA trials… www.threads.com/share/BAsCV1...

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(Fri 2.Oct) #Wordle 1,931 2/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ 94/98 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75 Overall 99 skill/86 luck There were only 3 words left after my starter (the bot thought there were only 2 😄), lol, so I picked one that either would hit or tell me the answer — it hit 😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An excellent poem for National Poetry Day

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(Thu 1.Oct) #Wordle 1,930 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 94/44 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 93/88 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 96 skill/66 luck Lol, this was a lot less stress than yesterday's 😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The conclusion he reaches in this is spot on, and it's applicable to a LOT more situations than Cornell. It's a fundamental thing — when any injustice is taking place, do you do or say something, or do you just stay silent because you don't want to make waves? www.instagram.com/reel/Dd5IUdL...

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

(Wed 30.Sep) #Wordle 1,929 6/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 94/16 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 93/10 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 68/27 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 0/21 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ 82/69 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 69 skill/29 luck I played two words so stupidly that I thought this would be the end of my 1928 streak… more than 1 in 5 are missing this one.

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(Tue 29.Sep) #Wordle 1,928 3/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 94/74 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 82/43 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75 Overall 91 skill/64 luck Only had 2 words left after my default 2nd guess. One I vaguely remembered was an answer before, so I went with the other, and it hit.

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

(Mon 28.Sep) #Wordle 1,927 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 94/44 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 93/56 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 68/83 Overall 81 skill/61 luck After my 2nd default starter there weren't many choices left, so I typed the 1st one that came to mind. 😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

(Sun 27.Sep) #Wordle 1,926 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 94/62 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 76/11 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 75/44 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75 Overall 83 skill/48 luck Wow, lol, 2 choices left after my default 3rd and guessed right 😊

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

(Sat 26.Sep) #Wordle 1,925 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 94/21 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 86/7 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 75/85 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- "No one in our sample of 54,880 completed Wordles faced the same set of remaining solutions as you!" 😄 Overall 87 skill/38 luck Whoa, an interesting one

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Roman ruins in downtown Seville while walking to dinner, and dinner... 😋

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Outside Seville is a really cool solar power facility (the tower in the distance). Also, the hotel in Seville.

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I haven't posted any more pictures from my trip to Portugal and Spain in a while. This was on the road to Spain…

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

(Fri 25.Sep) #Wordle 1,924 2/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 94/86 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 42/96 😄 Overall 42 skill/91 luck Lol, I just picked the first word to come to mind to place some letters, not solve it… 😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(Thu 24.Sep) #Wordle 1,923 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 94/74 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 86/8 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 77/50 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 87 skill/44 luck Actually, no, it wasn't, lol… The bot dinged me for not trying to solve on the 3rd try, even though I guaranteed solving in 4, lol

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

(Wed 23.Sep) #Wordle 1,922 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 94/66 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 92/37 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/87 Overall 96 skill/63 luck There wasn't much left after my 2nd word, lol… picked a word that either would hit or tell me the answer — it hit, lol…

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

(Tue 22.Sep) #Wordle 1,921 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 94/87 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 73/17 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 99/50 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 91 skill/51 luck Yikes… the bot was not impressed with my 2nd word, lol…

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

(Mon 21.Sep) #Wordle 1,920 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 94/36 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 83/21 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 72/83 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 69/86 😄 "No one in our sample of 1,776,614 completed Wordles [was as stupid] as you!" 😄 Overall 75 skill/56 luck Played it half-assed, but managed to survive. Almost 1 in 8 are missing this one.

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

(Sun 20.Sep) #Wordle 1,919 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 94/87 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 84/20 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 99/40 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 94 skill/49 luck Hmmmm…

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

(Sat 19.Sep) #Wordle 1,918 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 94/33 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ 81/88 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 93/76 Overall 87 skill/66 luck Oh jeez, there were 2 words left after turn 2, and the bot thought the actual answer was less likely than what it would have chosen, so it only gave me 93 for it, instead of 99 😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

(Fri 18.Sep) #Wordle 1,917 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ 94/62 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 76/65 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 99/33 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 92 skill/54 luck Wow... lol, not the best, but reasonably well done

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(Thu 17.Sep) #Wordle 1,916 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 94/33 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 93/7 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 85/66 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 93 skill/35 luck Oh, lol, a better score from the bot than I was expecting 😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

(Wed 16.Sep) #Wordle 1,915 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 94/54 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 69/35 ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 76/67 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- "No one in our sample of 274,721 completed Wordles faced the same set of remaining solutions as you!" Overall 81 skill/52 luck Got lucky, which was good because I didn't feel like thinking, lol

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

(Tue 15.Sep) #Wordle 1,914 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 94/76 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 58/15 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 99/50 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- "No one in our sample of 480,423 completed Wordles faced the same set of remaining solutions as you!" 😄 Overall 86 skill/47 luck Wow, lol... the bot hated my default 2nd here...

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(Mon 14.Sep) #Wordle 1,913 2/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟩 94/91 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 73/94 Overall 73 skill/92 luck Lol, I wasn't trying to solve — I just wanted to place some letters and test some others… turns out my default 2nd would have been a MUCH better choice because I forgot about several possibilities… oops… 🙄🤷

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Chapel of Bones. The inscription over the entrance says, "We bones that are here await yours." Warning: some people are extremely unnerved or unsettled by what you see there.

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

At the Church of St Francis

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In Évora, heading to the Church of St. Francis to see the Chapel of Bones

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Some examples of cork bark shortly after it's been removed from the tree... it's amazing what they do with cork there (lol, my recently acquired hat is made of cork)

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Évora is a really cool UNESCO World Heritage city in southern Portugal with Roman ruins, a chapel of bones, and more... it's a place that never would have occurred to me to visit, but I'm glad I did

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(Sun 13.Sep) #Wordle 1,912 3/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ 94/76 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 79/58 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/81 Overall 89 skill/72 luck Wow, if I'd just gone with my gut instinct on the 2nd turn I would have had it in 2, lol, but I kept thinking of other possibilities, so I decided better to play it safe…

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The next morning, as I was getting ready for breakfast and then time to depart Lisbon, I was greeted by this sight out my hotel window...

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After dinner, one last late night walk in Lisbon...

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dinner that night. Because it was my last full day in Portugal and I still hadn't tried the cod for which they're famous, I decided to go cod-wild and have cod cake for an appetizer along with a fried cod dish that was so gigantic I couldn't finish it all. My dinner partner that night had octopus. 😋

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Walking from St. Vincent's back to the hotel... the last pic is the front of the hotel — that was certainly an interesting place, lol… I never did get over that hallway 😨😮😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Views of Lisbon from the top of St. Vincent's Monastery. It's 163 stairsteps to get all the way to the roof (which is on top of all the stairsteps you walk up to get from the plaza to the front door, lol), and no elevator, so you get your cardio in for the day heading up there, lol 🥵

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(Sat 12.Sep) #Wordle 1,911 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 94/4 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 93/40 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 99/10 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75 Overall 97 skill/32 luck Well, that was interesting...

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

For those of you waiting for more pictures from my trip to Portugal and Spain, I haven't given up posting them and I haven't forgotten about you — I've been sick for several days and the last couple of days all I've done was sleep… …I'm much improved now, so I'm planning to post more this weekend 🙂

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(Fri 11.Sep) #Wordle 1,910 3/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨 94/96 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 98/38 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 99 skill/67 luck OK, this one actually is pretty funny — not the word itself, but because of the number of ways I expect people to get it wrong before getting it right 😄

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(Thu 10.Sep) #Wordle 1,909 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 94/44 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 93/64 ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 0/- 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75 Overall 64 skill/61 luck I was surprised at how little hit on the 1st 2 tries. But after my 3rd there were only 2 choices left. The bot only saw 2 possibilities after turn 2, but I saw several more, so yeah, lol

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