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Steven Goddard

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Retired; keen on science; not keen on flat-earthers and their ilk; very much left-of-centre. AND - unsolicited DMs will result in instant block. No, really, I mean it! INSTANT!

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With the launch of LignoSat, the worldโ€™s first wooden satellite, Japan is leading the way in offering an environmentally conscious solution to space debris.

๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™ โ˜ฎ๏ธ #StuffPamelaThinksIsCool

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dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/japa...

20.02.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lovely!

01.03.2026 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Squaredle Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

Made too many careless mistakes with this one.

I played squaredle.com 03/01:
63/63 words (+9 bonus words)
๐ŸŽฏ In the top 21% by accuracy
๐Ÿ”ฅ Solve streak: 14

01.03.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I havenโ€™t regretted my purchase of the game, and I hope you remember your password so we can maintain our friendly rivalry! ๐Ÿ™‚

01.03.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gracias ๐Ÿ˜Š

01.03.2026 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Strands #728
โ€œDressing downโ€
๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต
๐ŸŸก๐Ÿ”ต

01.03.2026 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‹ I have an admission to make - I relied on Google for the Welsh greeting. Still, I hope I have done some small service to cross-cultural appreciation ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

01.03.2026 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.

Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.

Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

01.03.2026 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2054    ๐Ÿ” 398    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

It is! We're seeing weather records broken on a frequent basis here in the UK too. I truly dread to think what the situation will be by the time our youngest grandchild reaches adulthood.

01.03.2026 10:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ณ

01.03.2026 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope is here ๐Ÿ’š

01.03.2026 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve only come across one of the purples before. ๐Ÿค”

Connections
Puzzle #994
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช

01.03.2026 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was a VERY long way off with my first guess โ˜น๏ธ

#whendle no1132
โ–ช๏ธโ–ช๏ธโ–ช๏ธโ–ช๏ธโฌœ๏ธ
FAIL 0pts

01.03.2026 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, thatโ€™s exactly what I was saying ๐Ÿ‘

01.03.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Huzzah!

01.03.2026 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bore da pawb! A par 4 to greet this sunny St. Davidโ€™s Day morning. Enjoy your day, all ๐Ÿ™‚

Wordle 1,716 4/6

โฌœ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจโฌœโฌœ
โฌœ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌœ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

#Wordle1716

01.03.2026 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminder to self: Put a winking face emoji at the end of every post which is intended to be ironic ๐Ÿ™„

28.02.2026 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜€

28.02.2026 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tightrope, a Daily Trivia Game | Britannica A daily trivia game with 9 interesting questions. If you get three wrongโ€ฆyou lose. Question categories include science, arts, history, animals and math.

The last question was, for me, a straight choice between the only two names I recognised. Yes, you guessed it ๐Ÿคช

www.britannica.com/quiz/tightrope
Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Feb. 28, 2026

T I G H T R O P E
โœ… โœ… โœ… โœ… โœ… โœ… โœ… โœ… ๐Ÿ’” ๐ŸŽ‰

My Score: 2060

28.02.2026 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are several fuzzy areas for me too - Here Be Dragons!

28.02.2026 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So close with your first guess! ๐Ÿ‘

28.02.2026 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜€

28.02.2026 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
๐ŸŽฏMapTap Daily Geography Game Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.

My American geography could stand some improvement ๐Ÿ™„

www.maptap.gg February 28
68๐Ÿ˜ 91๐Ÿ‘‘ 83๐Ÿ˜ 72๐Ÿค— 98๐ŸŽฏ
Final score: 835

28.02.2026 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No - thatโ€™s actually how I would spell it. English is nothing if not inconsistent ๐Ÿ˜‰

28.02.2026 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seemingly, Trump wants regime change. I'm sure many Americans feel the same.

28.02.2026 11:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1839    ๐Ÿ” 263    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
Preview
Squaredle Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

I played squaredle.com 02/28:
46/46 words (+5 bonus words)
๐ŸŽฏ In the top 14% by accuracy
๐Ÿ”ฅ Solve streak: 13

28.02.2026 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can always rely on Keir "Island of Strangers" Starmer to come down hard on divisive politics, of course. ๐Ÿ˜

28.02.2026 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Strands #727
โ€œDressing upโ€
๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต๐ŸŸก๐Ÿ”ต
๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต

28.02.2026 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not too challenging, other than blue, perhaps.

Connections
Puzzle #993
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ

28.02.2026 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like Reform are blaming their by-election defeat on the constituency having the wrong kind of voters. ๐Ÿคช

28.02.2026 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0