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Phil R

@toxicmonkery.bsky.social
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Middle aged functioning alcoholic. Been building pc's since they came out and playing games. Still playing Quake 2 jump mod. I host a server and have made many maps for it using Quark.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Witness a solar eclipse from 35,000 feet, where the moon's shadow dances across the Earth, revealing stunning optical effects rarely seen on the ground.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Strands #572 “As old as time” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Half expected to find my name in there :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Connections Puzzle #837 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 First completion in about a week. Still went to the wire :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Strands #571 “Simply divine” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Strands #568 “Find an opening” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Strands #567 “Stand by me” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Eeeee :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Strands #566 “Dire straits” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Money for nothing
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Strands #565 “Pour it on” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵 Jesus wept, that took all day 🤪
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Wordle 1,548 4/6* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Strands #534 “Dash it!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵 Tricky one today. Connections Puzzle #800 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Always fun.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Connections Puzzle #795 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 One small mistake here. I'm ok with that. Strands #529 “Honest-to-goodness” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 ^^ This was easy today, once the Spangram was established everything else just fell into place. Did a 5 on Wordle. That's a bugger of a word :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Strands #526 “Find the remainder” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Spangram word was pretty obvious given that clue. Connections Puzzle #792 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Painless today :) I scored 3 on Wordle but play that in Discord and can't copy results here :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Strands #525 “A rip-roaring good time” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Annoyingly again there were two Spangrams and I got the wrong one first. Connections Puzzle #791 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Purples were stupidly obscure today :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Connections Puzzle #790 🟪🟪🟨🟪 🟨🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Very shaky start but got there in the end. Strands #524 “Gastronomic gadgets” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Last couple of words had me going for a bit here. How did we all do?
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Strands #519 “Cutting it close” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Easy one today.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Strands #517 “Pretty as a picture” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Connections Puzzle #783 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟩🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 That was tricky
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Strands #516 “Slithering away” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Another nice easy one :)
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📎𝑹𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒆 🌹💙🐾 @roxierose2.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Fact: The President of the United States has a worse criminal record than 99% of the people he is deporting.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Got lucky with a birdie.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Strands #514 “You've got that right” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Another nice easy one
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Strands #513 “You got that right” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Pretty sure one of those words doesn't even exist.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Strands #512 “Inch by inch, row by row” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Great fun today. Spangram is huge :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Strands #511 “That's a good look” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Wurd puzzels!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
LAWRENCE COUNTY, TN: “Doctors notes no longer excuse absences…” (Under threat of juvenile court intervention) Director of Schools Michael Adkins: “They need to learn reliability and work ethic… we’ve all gone to work sick.” 🤔 Parents: “How does that make sense?”
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Connections Puzzle #775 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Crazy one today. Strands #509 “Step to it!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Had me going for a bit but eventually it all slotted together :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Just be a good human.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Strands #508 “Back away slowly” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 Nice quick one today. How did you do?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Strands #506 “Pet store purchase” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 This was quite easy today. Connections Puzzle #772 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 ^^ Whoever creates these puzzles really needs to give their head a wobble. Those purples are meaningless again.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Strands #503 “Hot enough for ya?” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Nice easy one today :D
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Strands #502 “Abracadabra!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Warning, the Spangram is two (actually three) words long.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Not gonna lie this one took me all day to do without hints. Usually I get the Spangram first but I gave up here just so I could complete. Strands #501 “Find your seat” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵 Was still fun.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Strands #500 “Tech accessories” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Again there were two Spangrams. Lucky I got the golden one first.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Strands #499 “Come one, come all!” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 It fooled me. There were two Spangrams and I got the wrong one first *sad frog*
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Strands #498 “Won't you be my neighbor?” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Tricky one today. Had to stare at it for a while. Last two words took me a bit too.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Strands #496 “In the ballpark” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵 There were 2 Spangrams here. I got the 2nd one first :( This was a bit tricky because USA theme.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Strands #495 “It could be verse” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Spangram was easy. Other words were a bit more tricky.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Strands #478 “Healthful helpers” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 izi Connections Puzzle #744 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 also izi Did a 5 on Wordle. That was hard :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Strands #472 “Down time” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 There were 2 Spangrams, lucky I picked the right one first.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Strands #471 “Make it work” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 I figured it out :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Strands #466 “Gone fishing” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 Easy Spangram today, it was the first thing I saw.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Today's puzzles. Wordle 1,433 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I have reservations about this. Is it even a real word? Connections Puzzle #711 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #445 “Keeping an eye on things” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Good fun!
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
OK today's puzzles. Wordle 1,432 4/6* ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No dirty yellows. Connections Puzzle #710 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Green last ! Strands #444 “Three's a crowd” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Always Spangram first for the extra challenge.
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Today's puzzles. Wordle 1,429 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Weird one :) Connections Puzzle #707 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Stupid purple. Strands #441 “Riding the wind” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵 All good fun with a Sunday hangover :)
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Phil R @toxicmonkery.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Today's puzzles :) Wordle 1,424 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #702 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Strands #436 “Keep on keeping on” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Dunno if I just got lucky with the Wordle but a few of my friends failed it miserably :)
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