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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Jenny was removed from Bluesky by the moderators. She's appealing and hopes to return.

Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm downstairs in the cheap seats. The good news: Sweden's far-right party lost votes in their election. The bad news: the fish n chips lady is hogging the headlines with her debasement of First Nations people, Albo's Mum, immigrants, and Andrew Hastie. Wordle 1,914 4/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'll be joining you again today in the Executive Suite for a Moet. The chorus of concerns about AI is growing louder. Will governments respond to ensure better scrutiny, as is the case for nuclear energy? Wordle 1,913 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'll be joining you today in the Executive Suite for a Moet. The latest revelations from AI companies are very disturbing. Open AI lost control of 700 of their agents, which formed a mob and invaded software. It's very scary. Wordle 1,912 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well done, Jenny. I'm back in the cheap seats. Images I've seen from the Trumpapalooza in Dallas show the usual bevy of blonde brainless women. His promise of a $US5000 check if the Republicans win would double the US budget deficit. He's brilliant!! Wordle 1,911 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Phew, you survived. I'm back in the cheap seats. I'm not a fan of Andrew Hastie, but the abuse he's receiving from One Nation because he testified under oath at Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial is disgusting. I'm glad to see Jacqui Lambie speak out. Wordle 1,910 4/6 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'll be joining you today for a Moet. I've been enjoying the SBS series, The Airport Chaplain, played by Hugo Weaving. Shabana Azeez is dazzling as his boss, the terminal director. Wordle 1,909 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Great play, Jenny. I'm back in the cheap seats with a mimosa. Canadian PM Mark Carney has stood up to Trump, and he deserves the title of leader of the free world. Wordle 1,908 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm back in the familiar cheap seats. How the world has changed in the past 3 decades!! Soviet Russia was on the far left. Now, Russia is courted by far-right parties like Germany's AfD, which just won a state election. One Nation is no different from AfD. Wordle 1,907 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My luck changed, and I'm heading for the Penthouse. Yesterday, I had a lovely lunch at a beachside restaurant with two visiting American friends whom I've known for 46 years since we worked together in Somalia. The pooches had a long run on the beach. Wordle 1,906 2/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Wow, that's amazing. I had a Phew game, and I'm walking home from the phantom bus stop with my pooches. DJT now claims that his war on Iran is 'small potatoes'. I wonder what the families of the 18 dead service men and women think about that. Wordle 1,905 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

At last, I'm back in the clubhouse in the cheap seats. Vale Gloria Steinem. For much of her life, she both championed equal rights for women and fought for women's sense of self-worth. I saw the results among my female colleagues at the US CDC. Wordle 1,904 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Indeed, the War on Terror killed tens of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I came close to the clubhouse, but I only got as far as the tipple van. I've been watching the SBS series on 9/11. It's hard to believe it's almost 25 years since that terrible day. While 3,000 died, the US response cost 7,000 American lives. Wordle 1,903 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Well done, Jenny. Lady Luck abandoned me, and I've been sent home from the clubhouse. I'm on the long walk home. To make matters worse, I can't find any good news today. Enjoy your Moet. Wordle 1,902 X/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'll be joining you today for a Moet. I'm absolutely horrified that Australians missing in Nepal and Tibet are the targets of racist abuse on social media: They're not white, so not Aussies. Who are these bastards? Are they neighbours? Workmates? Unbelievable!! Wordle 1,901 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm upstairs in the Executive Suite with a Moet. As I've been watching My Brilliant Career on Netflix, I've learned more about Miles Franklin. What an amazing life she had. Raised on a farm, she lived in Sydney, Chicago, London, and Macedonia. An early feminist. Wordle 1,900 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's been a long time since I was invited to the Penthouse for a Dom. Yesterday's March for Australia rally in Melbourne descended into violence, but the media scarcely noticed. Wordle 1,899 2/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's ironic that the White Australia Policy was initiated by a Labor minister (Calwell: "Two Wongs Don't make a White") and ended by a Liberal PM, Malcolm Fraser.

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I've still got my place in the cheap seats. My SBS history lesson yesterday was a doco about the 100s of non-white migrants deported in the late 1940s. Many of the men fought with the ADF and were married with kids. Arthur Calwell was the Labor minister. Wordle 1,898 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm back in the clubhouse having a mimosa in the cheap seats commiserating with my team Collingwood that lost last night's final to the Western Bulldogs by a single kick. Our season is over, sadly. Wordle 1,897 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I've taken your place at the tipple van. We've seen heatwaves and wildfires in Europe, North America, and Indonesia. Numerous typhoons in Asia, and disastrous floods in Nepal and Tibet due to a melting glacier. Climate change? Nah, that's a hoax. Wordle 1,896 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've come in from the cold to the warmth of the cheap seats. DJT and his treasurer Bessent are unhinged. Canadian goods subject to a 50% tariff include hockey sticks, mitts, dog leashes and muzzles, Xmas ornaments, tracksuits, buoys, and T-shirts. FFS. Wordle 1,895 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm back at the tipple van, but it's a sunny morning. It was so sad to wake up to the news of Dolly Parton's death. I'm not much of a country music fan, but I loved her songs and admired her persona. She was an inspiration to all of us. Vale Dolly. Wordle 1,894 5/6 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I've researched Craig Murray, whose sole qualification is ex UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan. He is an apologist for Russia and hates Zelensky (maybe because Zelensky is Jewish). He totally lacks credibility. His main claim to fame is that he revealed corruption in Uzbekistan, which surprised nobody.

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Craig Murray is ignoring the fact that Purin will not negotiate unless Russia controls most of Eastern Ukraine. Would Australia negotiate with an adversary if they demanded 20% of the country?

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I almost joined you, but I'll have to make do with a mimosa in the cheap seats. Today, I salute Ukraine's Flag Day. Such a brave people while Putin continues to kill and maim them. Trump doesn't care anymore; he's too busy waging war with Canada. Wordle 1,893 4/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It looks like we've swapped places. I've gone from the Penthouse to the tipple van, and you've done the opposite. Enjoy your Dom. I'm very sad to learn that a fur seal has died of bird flu in SA. This could be just the start of a disastrous outbreak. Wordle 1,892 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I sprinted back into the clubhouse and find myself in the Penthouse. My latest SBS history lesson was a doco on Portugal during WWII where not a shot was fired. This was thanks to the fascist dictator Salazar, who courted both Hitler and Churchill. Wordle 1,891 2/6 ⬛🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'll be joining you at the tipple van and I'll bring a brolly. I hope they have mulled wine. It looks like RFK Jr's gift to Americans is endless outbreaks of gastro via contaminated lettuce, blueberries, eggs, and sprouts. Well done, Bobby. Wordle 1,890 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm back inside the clubhouse in the Executive Suite. At long last, Albo and Penny have expressed outrage at Israel's war crimes. The World Central Kitchen murders should be immediately referred to the ICC. Wordle 1,889 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I found this one difficult, and I'm walking home from the fake bus stop. More history on SBS last night with the latest episode of The Titanic. The ship was clearly built with only enough lifeboats for first class. Capitalism hasn't changed. Wordle 1,888 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Too many options, so I'm back at the tipple van. It's beyond belief that hundreds of Israeli soldiers can't remove around 10 Jewish settlers from their siege of several West Bank Palestinian families, which include an American citizen. Pathetic. Wordle 1,887 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm downstairs in the Executive Suite. I've been watching another SBS doco series on Alexander the Great, who was probably the most powerful gay man in history. After his lover, Hephaestion died, he went into 3 years mourning before he died in Babylon aged 32. Wordle 1,886 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm back at the tipple van with my pooches. I love SBS docos; this weekend, I watched Silent War, which described the impact of >2000 atomic bomb tests. Pacific islands emptied of their peoples. Aboriginal newborn deaths in SA. Waves of thyroid cancer Wordle 1,885 5/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'll have another morning in the cheap seats with a mimosa. The tragedy of Jason Arday's suicide shows that racism isn't confined to the poorly educated. Obviously, it's rampant in the British academic elite and the media. Wordle 1,884 4/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I will have to make do with the cheap seats. It's 5 years today since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. It's been catastrophic for women and girls. Unable to go to high school or university and confined to their homes. The World looks the other way. Wordle 1,883 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Phew! This was a tough one. I'm walking home from the fake bus stop with my pooches. Interesting news coming out of the US stock exchange. SpaceX shares have plunged. Trump Media shares are down 80%. His Bitcoin value is down 25%. There's hope. Wordle 1,882 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'm downstairs in the Executive Suite. I chuckle when I think of DJT crammed in a catering truck at Ankara airport. I wonder if he tried to open the container marked KFC? Did he care that his staff and press corps were exposed in the decoy plane? Of course not. Wordle 1,881 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'll be joining you today. A brilliant interview on 7.30 with Sussan Ley about her epic lone journey on Greyhound buses from North Dakota to Southern Texas. She encountered an American working class totally disconnected from mainstream America. Very moving. Wordle 1,880 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I agree with the article. I was only 'interested' in Eisenkot because he would be Israel's first non-white prime minister. It doesn't mean he would be a decent man in office.

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

You're having a very different week to me; I'm back at the tipple van. Last night's 4 Corners was excellent. It looked at how the Drumph administration has tried to destroy the Federal Reserve. Jerome Powell is one of my favourite Americans. Wordle 1,879 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Wow, well done, Jenny. I'm outside at the tipple van on a cold, wet Melbourne morning. The only recent good news that I can think of is a US federal court prohibiting the construction of DJT's gilded mega ballroom. Wordle 1,878 5/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟨🟩⬛🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I found this one difficult, and I'm out at the tipple van after a stint in the Executive Suite. Last night's SBS doco on Katharine Hepburn was excellent. She was an extraordinary woman, the first female celebrity to wear pants. I loved On Golden Pond. Wordle 1,877 5/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I hope the weather is fine for you and the pooch. I've managed a 6 day streak in the Executive Suite. The latest awfulness in America is the vindictive witch hunt against Dr. Anthony Fauci, continuing their anti-science madness. Wordle 1,876 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'll be joining you again for a Moet. I'm reading Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by NYT journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. It's a brilliant, if depressing, piece of high-quality journalism. Wordle 1,875 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike Toole #I stand with Ukraine and Palestinians @profmiketoole.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'll be joining you again today in the Executive Suite. The US Senate race to watch in November is Michigan, where Abdul El Sayed won the Democratic primary. If he wins, he'll be the first ever Muslim senator. Wordle 1,874 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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