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Marion Sacharin

@marionsacharin.bsky.social
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University lecturer. Software developer. I just want to help make the world a better, kinder, safer place.

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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 11h
Missed yesterday. So annoying that it restarts the streak. So much pressure. Wordle 1,933 5/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wordle in 1 Bonus September 30, 2026 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 1:13
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Having one of those days today.
In the Park
 
In the park,
the tall trees are waving
in the morning breeze.
 
I wave back
only to realize they are waving
at the person behind me.


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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Beat the bot 😁. Wordle 1,926 3/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wordle in 1 Bonus September 23, 2026 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 1:03
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn poem just dropped.
[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:
 
  comm   n pr  ble    whe    writin    p   ems
in the shape of decid o   s trees
is t  at once t   ere ar   ives
the fir   t sti   rings of    he new aut   mn breeze,  
  he       oems will begi    to shake    hemselves ge   tly  
  ntil their letters loos   n like leaves,
an they d start to float down
then
 
[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Phew! Too many choices. Wordle 1,921 6/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Gordon Brown. As UNGA gathers we discuss how to rid a fractured world, look back on the crash and I try to retrieve my stolen tie!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Gordon Brown: How to Fix a Fracturing World
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 20 September · 54min
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This Israeli election could be the country’s last – this week I saw that for myself | Jonathan Freedland
Spend time on the ground and you see how high the stakes are for next month’s contest – for Israelis and Palestinians alike, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1196 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/movers-and... We’re back! A new series of Movers and Shakers begins with an episode about “Parkies” writing about Parkinson’s
rorycellanjones.substack.com
Movers and Shakers: “Parkies” on Parkinson’s
We’re back - after a short break Movers and Shakers, the podcast about living with Parkinson’s, starts a new series today and we can promise you some major excitement over the coming weeks.
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wordle in 1 Bonus September 16, 2026 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 2:51
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
youtu.be/R0DGY3iH9ao?...
youtu.be
"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today’s poem is called ‘Poem, Revised Draft’.
Poem, Revised Draft
 
I had to write this poem again.
I left the first draft on the train
and now it doesn't look the same.

The original was a paean to Love,
to Truth and Beauty; it soared above
the everyday and all that stuff.

It would have healed estranged lovers' rifts,
stilled the sands on which time shifts
and stopped the world before it drifts

further into quagmired crisis.
It was an open heart. It wore disguises.
It employed ingenious literary devices.

I have tried my hardest to recall
its words and rhythms, the rise and fall
of those lines upon their cadenced crawl

through the English language.
But it has only caused me pain and anguish
for there was little I could salvage.

It certainly didn't end with a line like this.
 

Brian Bilston
 
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Today’s poem is called ‘You Can’t Judge a Book’.
You Can’t Judge a Book
 
you can’t judge a book
by its cover

but neither can
you cover a judge
with a book

unless the book
is a foldy-out one
with a map or something


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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today’s offering is an attempt to write a poem in real time while on a train journey.
Scenes from a Train Window
 
A pylon looms like a sini-
Two birds puncture the late afternoon blue as th-
Cows stare into the distance and wonde-
Fields sleep drowsily, waiting for-
Buddleia bubbles up along the tr-
A woman waves at her youn-
Some buildings.
Graffiti.
Wolverhampton Railway Station.
 

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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
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I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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Tom Davenport @tomdavenport.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This leafy part of the Welsh Coast path tells me Friday is the last day of my sponsored walk. We have raised over £500 for people with Parkinson's. May I give a huge thanks to everyone that donated. If you still want to donate this is the link www.justgiving.com/page/thomas-...
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
youtu.be/1krjsz00J4I?...
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"Fingertips" (Official Music Video) - by The Marsh Family
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
nytimes.com
I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1186 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wordle in 1 Bonus September 9, 2026 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 1:07
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today’s poem is called ‘Busman’s Holiday’.
Busman’s Holiday


I had always wanted to go 
on a busman’s holiday
so I saved up for ten years

and then five holidays
came along at once.


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Tom Davenport @tomdavenport.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Coo!! I've got a Mover and Shaker badge on JustGiving. Today I walked from Newport Sands to Cardigan - nearly killed me but the scenery was stupendous.
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Marion Sacharin @marionsacharin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today’s poem is called ‘Love Excels’.
[image description: a poem embedded in an Excel spreadsheet with the words contained within individual cells. Line 3 has words in a single merged cell. Line 4 has text wrapping applied. Line 8 has filters applied to each word]

Love Excels

Let’s spread ourselves on sheets of love
and turn our data into poetry.
Our cells shall merge themselves together
As you wrap your text around me.

Our sum is greater than our parts,
let’s crunch our figures without compunction.
Remove this filter from my heart –
you give me form and function.

We shall frolic among the formulae,
pivot our tables now and often.
I will total all your rows
and you can add my column.

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