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Gene Ouye
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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...
I knew about the Canadian-Danish Whisky War (if you don't know about it, read this just for that, lol), but I didn't know about the Canadian defense of Wismar during WWII. It's a good story.

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How Canada and Denmark "Fought" the Whiskey War
It has been so inspiring to see Canada standing with the people of Greenland and Denmark.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:25 AM
(Sun 15.Feb) #waffle1487 5/5

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak: 508
👑 #waffleroyalty
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Several ways to solve this one... It could be tricky, though, because there are so many yellow letters that can fake you out.
February 16, 2026 at 12:32 AM
(Sun 15.Feb) #Polygonle 1295 2/6︎
◣︎  ◆︎  ⬢︎  ⬢︎  ◤︎  ⬢︎   ◼︎ 
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak:8
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There weren't a lot of options after my first word, which matched a surprisingly large number of letters, lol... Baldrick would approve... 😄
February 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
(Sun 15.Feb) #Wordle 1,702 4/6
#World_NYT
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 94/39
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 75/51
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 82/17
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/74
Overall 85 skill/45 luck
As usual, just typed my 3 default starters. There weren't too many options after that. Guessed one and it was correct.
February 15, 2026 at 11:46 PM
(Sun 15.Feb)🙂 Daily #Quordle 1483
4️⃣8️⃣
🟥6️⃣
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One of the words I typed was a typo, but it wouldn't have mattered even if I'd typed it correctly. There are far too many 50-50s in this one.
February 15, 2026 at 11:45 PM
(Sun 15.Feb) Daily #1463
1️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣⬛1️⃣8️⃣
0️⃣4️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣⬛1️⃣9️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣⬛1️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣⬛0️⃣7️⃣
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#sedecordle
This is another one with some really tough words
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
"On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother....

"On February 14, 1884, Roosevelt slashed a heavy black X in his diary and wrote “The light has gone out of my life.” He refused ever to mention Alice again."

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February 14, 2026
On Valentine’s Day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"A Dutch company plans to build an enormous data center in Independence, Missouri, near two elementary schools and a community college. The company would consume up to 80% of the power generated in the city. So the people are fighting back."

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From The Peace Walk To The Shutdown: Why This Valentine’s Day Is About Relentless Resistance, Re-Raising Pride Flags, and Giving Trump The Legislative Heartbreak He Truly Deserves
The resistance is winning
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February 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Fuck ICE, fuck Trump, fuck MAGA, fuck everyone who enables them...

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NEWS: Trump Lashes Out as Epstein Files Fallout Grows and the Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down
Good morning, everyone.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
If the government is having trouble identifying social media users critical of ICE, I'll make it easy for them — FUCK ICE!!!

"There is a name for governments that ask collaborators to report on citizens who criticize the regime: They are called fascists."

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Homeland Security asks social media companies to identify users that criticize ICE.
February 14, 2026
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February 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Minute Cryptic - 14 February, 2026
"Beau, Victor, Rocky, Neil, Nate" (9)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (22,210 solvers so far).
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February 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
(Sat 14.Feb) #waffle1485 5/5

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩
🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak: 507
👑 #waffleroyalty
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Whoa, tricky... both the words and the swaps... two double swaps, one 4-way, and a 6-way to finish... none of it is simple.
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
(Sat 14.Feb) #Polygonle 1294 2/6︎
◥︎   ◼︎  ⬢︎  ⬢︎  ◤︎  ◥︎  ◥︎ 
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🔥 streak:4
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LOL, not too many words could have the two letters with their colors that I found in the first word, so this was kind of obvious 😄
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
(Sat 14.Feb) #Wordle 1,701 4/6
#Wordle_NYT
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 94/41
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 89/8
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 70/43
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75
Overall 86/42
After my default 3 starters, it seemed like there were only 2 words left. Did a bunch of rearranging letters to confirm that, lol, and yeah, only 2. Picked one and this time it was correct.
February 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
(Sat 14.Feb) 🙂 Daily #Quordle 1482
5️⃣4️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣
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Whoa, several lucky guesses definitely helped with this one...
February 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
(Sat 14.Feb) Daily #1462
0️⃣4️⃣⬛1️⃣1️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣⬛2️⃣0️⃣
1️⃣3️⃣⬛0️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣⬛1️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣⬛1️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣⬛0️⃣8️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣⬛0️⃣9️⃣
1️⃣9️⃣⬛1️⃣0️⃣
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#sedecordle
Wow, some of these words, LOL...
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"That the Defense Department is loaning a military weapon to CBP is itself concerning, but that a weapon powerful enough to cause the closure of El Paso’s airspace was in the hands of someone who mistook [party] balloons for cartel drones is also a problem..."

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February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"... Noem’s performance was not a policy briefing — it was a federally funded campaign commercial wrapped in homeland security letterhead...
1/2

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The Fraud That Wasn’t There
In Phoenix, the Homeland Security Secretary searched for election chaos in a state already audited into exhaustion.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
6 years ago this month, Adam Schiff stood in front of the Senate and made some extraordinary statements… all of them were 100% accurate, and today we're facing the consequences of having ignored them

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Impeaching Trump Revisited: ‘He Has Not Changed’
6 years ago this month, I warned the Senate how dangerous Trump would be if they did not convict him.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"From Tennessee factories to the streets of Minneapolis to Tucson schools, people are organizing, winning, and forcing the Trump regime to retreat in shame."

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Fascism Having A Tough Week, Sources Say
Coordinated resistance forces regime’s retreat from Minneapolis, Tucson schools block ICE intruders, and court rejects Hegseth’s pathetic retaliation scheme
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February 14, 2026 at 7:54 AM
"Trump, the GOP, the 13 billionaires in his cabinet, and the ~150 billionaires who made him president again are all on the side of oligarchy. And we’re already most of the way there, thanks to five corrupt, on-the-take Republicans on the Supreme Court."

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A Vote for Republicans Is a Vote Against Democracy
Can we reject the politics of concentration camps, election denial, and oligarchy by showing up in numbers too large to ignore?
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February 14, 2026 at 7:15 AM
"if Donny had the slightest bit of self-awareness, he’d be embarrassed to be this much of an easily-manipulated shitwit. this is the new game that anyone with an evil agenda of their own can play...
1/3

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just checking in
hi, everyone
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February 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"Canada has a legal obligation, under both domestic and international law, to block the sale of armoured vehicles to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"The mechanism is straightforward: cancel the export permits.
1/2

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Canada Must Stop the Sale of Armoured Vehicles to ICE
Canada has a legal obligation, under both domestic and international law, to block the sale of armoured vehicles to U.S.
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February 14, 2026 at 6:29 AM
"At 38, Ossoff is the youngest member of the Senate, where the median age of Democrats is 66. He also demonstrates a mix of aggressiveness and niceness that few politicians can pull off."

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Undaunted in Georgia
A rising star looks like a winner for 2026.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:36 AM
"It will take years to undo the damage to the residents of Minneapolis, but their bravery will be their enduring legacy recounted for generations.
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The people of Minneapolis show us the way.
February 13, 2026
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February 14, 2026 at 4:13 AM