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Puzzle #1045
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪 Not too hard today.

Wordle 1,767 3/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Process of elimination again.

Big Rock Candy Mountain YouTube video by Burl Ives - Topic

The morning song: "Big Rock Candy Mountain" sung by Burl Ives.
youtu.be/xo1n_PW7GRc?...

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times - Mon, 04/20/26

California means BUSINESS!
enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/lati...

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Puzzle #1044
🟩🟩🟩🟩
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🟪🟪🟪🟪 Not too hard today, but I would not have guessed the last category.

Wordle 1,766 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very tricky today. Process of elimination plus a lucky guess on the first letter.

Sweet Is the Melody YouTube video by Iris DeMent - Topic

The morning song: "Sweet Is the Melody" sung by Iris DeMent.
youtu.be/dSLeOzivpps?...

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Puzzle #1043
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🟨🟨🟨🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦 Tricky one today. Never would have guessed the last category.

Wordle 1,765 3/6

🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy one today.

Poll: Trump's approval rating hits second-term low as Americans sour on the economy and Iran war Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of inflation, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll, with some cracks emerging in his GOP support.

Oh!
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Courting in the Kitchen YouTube video by The Clancy Brothers - Topic

The morning song: "Courting in the Kitchen" sung by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
youtu.be/YRyTjbs5YO8?...

Trump administration promised 'gold standard science.' Scientists say they got fool's gold The Trump administration says it's returning U.S. science to a golden era. Critics say it's tarnished by political agendas.

🖱️🧪 Excellent article from the Los Angeles Times.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...

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Puzzle #1042
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🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪 Easy one today.

Wordle 1,764 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy one today.

Someone To Love YouTube video by Roger McGuinn - Topic

The morning song: "Someone To Love" sung by Roger McGuinn.
youtu.be/tD1s-qNe9Ok?...

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Puzzle #1041
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🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one was trickier than it looks, would not have guessed the last category.

Wordle 1,763 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tricky one today. Took a while.

Former Trump lawyer John Eastman disbarred for trying to overturn 2020 election The California Supreme Court ordered attorney and former law school dean John Eastman disbarred Wednesday for his role aiding the Trump administration's attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

About time!!!
www.latimes.com/california/s...

My Last Go Round YouTube video by ROSALIE SORRELS - Topic

The morning song: "My Last Go Round" sung by Rosalie Sorrels.
youtu.be/ABYIMwJf4ig?...

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Puzzle #1040
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🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦 Tricky one today.

Wordle 1,762 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tricky one today.

Bluesky seems to be having problems this morning. What's up?

We're scientists. We know the climate's changing. And we know why. It was reported in the New York Times (gift link) that U.S.

On The Climate Brink: We’re scientists. We know the climate’s changing. And we know why.

www.theclimatebrink.com/p/were-scien...

The Song Is Love YouTube video by Peter, Paul & Mary - Topic

The morning song: "The Song Is Love" sung by Peter, Paul and Mary.
youtu.be/KOGvvvpeU1c?...

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Puzzle #1039
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟦🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not too hard today.

Wordle 1,761 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tricky today.

A gas that causes climate change is bubbling out of reservoirs How much planet-warming methane is coming from water reservoirs? Environmental groups want California to track emissions.

🧪 Interesting and important article. #ClimateChange
www.latimes.com/environment/...

DOJ moves to vacate convictions of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers from Jan. 6 The request is for those who were previously not covered by President Donald Trump’s sweeping Day 1 clemency grants.

Shame, shame, shame!
abcnews.com/Politics/doj...

Whose Garden Was This YouTube video by Tom Paxton - Topic

The morning song: "Who's Song Was This" sung by Tom Paxton.
youtu.be/k9bOF7BoUwo?...

Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

More #ClimateChange denialism from one of tRump's lackeys!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...