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Gene Ouye

@gkouye.bsky.social
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I'll have to think of something intelligent to put here - but for now, I'm not thrilled with other social media apps. Government is us and it should work for the people, not billionaires and corporations... neurodivergent... oops, out of space...

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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 1h
"[T]he people who built their entire brand on screaming “communist” at school boards and drag queens handed the White House microphone to a woman whose household income once came, in part, from extending credit to an actual communist dictatorship…" deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump’s Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia, Isn’t a Lawyer, But Her Husband DID Bankroll North Korea and the Trail Leads Straight to Jared Kushner
Katie Zacharia’s husband lent MILLIONS to North Korea. It’s founder then walked into the White House and handed Jared Kushner a message from Pyongyang.
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11h
Minute Cryptic - 15 October, 2026 "Are you okay recording rap about overcoming obstacles on the streets?" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (27,425 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... I had no idea this was spelled this way, lol. This one feels clumsy to me…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12h
(Thu 15.Oct) #waffle1728 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 747 🧑‍🎤 #wafflesuperstar wafflegame.net It's really easy to mess up the words, because several look like they should be something that they aren't, lol, and then there are several counterintuitive swaps required to get a 5.
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Waffle
The waffle-shaped daily word game.
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12h
(Thu 15.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1725 7️⃣5️⃣ 4️⃣3️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ Wow, one word that's just hard, and another that's really tough in a game like this.
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12h
(Thu 15.Oct) #Sedecordle Daily #1705 21/21 🔥 2 day streak 0️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣⬛2️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣⬛2️⃣0️⃣ sedecordle.com Holy crap — several of these words are just mean, lol
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12h
(Thu 15.Oct) #Polygonle 1537 3/6︎  ◢︎  ◤︎   ◼︎  ◆︎  ⬢︎  ◤︎  ⬢︎  ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com Lolol, what a word
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12h
(Thu 15.Oct) #Wordle 1,944 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 94/30 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 88/91 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 94 skill/61 luck You know, I don't appreciate them making a Wordle like this that so obviously was about me 🤔🙄😄
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 20h
Minute Cryptic - 14 October, 2026 "Mr. Ying after getting PhD for H2O removal" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (33,680 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... It's clever, but it just made me groan when I realized what the answer was… the indicator, lololol 😄
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 20h
(Wed 14.Oct) #waffle1727 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 746 🧑‍🎤 #wafflesuperstar wafflegame.net There are a few different ways to do the swaps and get a 5. Some of the words will cause some consternation, lol, but they're all doable.
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 20h
(Wed 14.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1724 7️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ Holy crap, this one is super tricky, too 😳
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 20h
(Wed 14.Oct) #Sedecordle Daily #1704 19/21 🔥 1 day streak 1️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣ sedecordle.com Wow, this one is full of super tricky words 😮
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 20h
(Wed 14.Oct) #Polygonle 1536 2/6︎  ⬢︎  ◣︎  ◥︎  ◤︎   ◼︎  ◣︎  ◆︎  ◥︎  ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com I was down to 4 words after my 1st, assuming my guess about what the pattern implied was correct. I typed in the 1st word I thought of, and it was correct, lol
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 20h
(Wed 14.Oct) #Wordle 1,943 3/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 94/54 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 69/91 😄 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- Overall 84 skill/72 luck Lolol, once I saw what was NOT in the answer, there was only one choice left 😄 I imagine there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth over this one 😄
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Minute Cryptic - 13 October, 2026 "I threw contaminated waste away" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (86,660 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... This one is easy 😄
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
(Tue 13.Oct) #waffle1726 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 745 🧑‍🎤 #wafflesuperstar wafflegame.net Wow, so many ways to mess up, lol
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
(Tue 13.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1723 7️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣3️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ A lucky guess to end it, lol
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
(Tue 13.Oct) #Sedecordle Daily #1703 X/21 (15/16) 🔥 0 day streak 0️⃣4️⃣⬛🟥🟥 0️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣⬛2️⃣1️⃣ sedecordle.com Could have finished it, but an ad suddenly showed up when I was typing near the end and I couldn't see what I was typing, so yeah, lol…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
(Tue 13.Oct) #Polygonle 1535 2/6︎   ◼︎  ◢︎  ◤︎  ◤︎  ◣︎  ◆︎  ◣︎  ◥︎  ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com Another word about me, lol 😄
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
(Tue 13.Oct) #Wordle 1,942 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 94/16 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 93/10 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 86/57 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/81 Overall 93 skill/41 luck Hmmmm… this was interesting…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
So… my daughter's cat ended up going to the ER Monday morning while I was traveling home because her kidney numbers and blood counts were very, very bad… she's still there. The numbers seemed stabilized this evening, so now we're hoping they'll have improved Tuesday morning…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Minute Cryptic - 12 October, 2026 "Odds of guys accepting defeat in a photo finish?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (15,865 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... This one isn't too tough, and doesn't really need the '?'
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
(Mon 12.Oct) #waffle1725 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 744 🧑‍🎤 #wafflesuperstar wafflegame.net This was pretty straightforward for a Waffle
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
(Mon 12.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1722 5️⃣7️⃣ 6️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ Wow, this took some thought
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
(Mon 12.Oct) #Sedecordle Daily #1702 19/21 🔥 9 day streak 0️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣ sedecordle.com This one is tough
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
(Mon 12.Oct) #Polygonle 1534 2/6︎  ◥︎  ◆︎  ◆︎  ◢︎  ◤︎   ◼︎  ◥︎  🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com Pleasant word
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
(Mon 12.Oct) #Wordle 1,941 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 94/60 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 58/27 😄 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 99/54 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/74 "No one in our sample of 167,214 completed Wordles faced the same set of remaining solutions as you!" Overall 86 skill/54 luck Lol, this was interesting
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My daughter's old cat still remembers me, plus the other two cats in the household, one vegging on my legs, the other looking for cords to chew
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An overly affectionate neighborhood cat was being overly affectionate to me this evening 😊❤️🐈‍⬛
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
On Saturday I was in Hood River, Oregon at the harvest festival there on the banks of the Columbia River, and the River is so serene there…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The sudden demise of so many MAGA and "conservative" influencers, as well as so many "one and only true love"s, got me thinking that perhaps we should have a moment of silence in their honor… …then it occurred to me — Ukraine already created that for us…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Minute Cryptic - 11 October, 2026 "Handful of diamonds put down the drain" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (9,813 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... At first it seems tricky, but if you look at what hints are available, the kind of clue this is becomes obvious.
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(Sun 11.Oct) #waffle1724 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 743 🧑‍🎤 #wafflesuperstar wafflegame.net A 4 or 5 in this one is really tough
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(Sun 11.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1721 6️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ Some good trickiness in this one, lol
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(Sun 11.Oct) #Sedecordle Daily #1701 20/21 🔥 8 day streak 1️⃣5️⃣⬛0️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ sedecordle.com Some thought required, but it's not super tough
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(Sun 11.Oct) #Polygonle 1533 2/6︎  ◤︎  ◥︎  ◢︎  ◣︎  ◤︎   ◼︎  ◥︎   ◼︎  ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com I was really hoping that this would be the answer and not the word with the different 3rd letter…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(Sun 11.Oct) #Wordle 1,940 3/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 94/11 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 99/94 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/- "No one in our sample of 103,668 completed Wordles faced the same set of remaining solutions as you!" Overall 99 skill/52 luck Oh, my starters made this simple, lol… this one is simple than the last few, lol…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Minute Cryptic - 10 October, 2026 "Lie about rear dashcam after reversing vehicle and smashing" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (60,843 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... Some people think this is brilliant… it's OK…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(Sat 10.Oct) #waffle1723 5/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 742 🧑‍🎤 #wafflesuperstar wafflegame.net Whoa, so many words set up to confuse you on this one…
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(Sat 10.Oct) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1720 8️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ Yikes, this one is hard, too
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(Sat 10.Oct) #Sedecordle Daily #1700 20/21 🔥 7 day streak 0️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣ sedecordle.com Wow, lots of tough words
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(Sat 10.Oct) #Polygonle 1532 4/6︎  ◆︎  ◥︎  ◤︎  ◣︎  ◥︎  ◆︎  ◢︎  ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 www.polygonle.com Was down to just a few words and guessed right on the Wordle, but wrong on this Polygonle, lol
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(Sat 10.Oct) #Wordle 1,939 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 94/4 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 93/7 ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ 87/59 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/83 Overall 93 skill/38 luck I made an educated guess to get it in 4. More than ¼ don't have it through 5 tries, but about 60% of them get it on turn 6.
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My fuck you to Trump, MAGA, and the billionaires that I dropped in an election drop box Tuesday was officially received and will be counted 😊
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Drugged kitty on the way home from the vet
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
She is — and she loves being on my shoulder, lol
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The cat I came to Oregon to visit… (oh, my daughter lives there, too)
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Gene Ouye @gkouye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The dog's eyes and some friendly licks were compensation enough ❤️🐕😊
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