Elizabeth S

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Aotearoa / New Zealand. Public servant for life. Enjoy musing on language & grammar. Like kind, thoughtful, funny social media. Invented the Wordle emoji grid: ⬛🟨🟩

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PM Luxon's negotiating skills in DC were so good he got us signed up to a US military alliance against our largest trading partner.

Strands #136 “Park place” 🔵💡🔵💡 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵

Connections Puzzle #402 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙄

Strands #135 “Were you raised in a barn?” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 😎

Connections Puzzle #401 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 okaaaay

Strands #134 “Give it the ol' college try” 💡🔵💡🔵 💡🔵💡🔵 🟡🔵💡🔵 Too niche for me.

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Faine Greenwood

It should read something like: "Man who built career on use of violent political rhetoric is victim of political violence." or "Man who suggested his political rival be shot in 2016 is target of political gun violence."

Connections Puzzle #400 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Easy!

@virgcatt.bsky.social Not replying directly to avoid spoliers, but were you referring to Atom?

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WTAF?

Strands #133 “Say my name” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵 This one was fun!

Connections Puzzle #399 🟪🟪🟪🟪 😎 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy one today

Strands #132 “Hello kitty” 🔵🔵💡🔵 🟡🔵💡🔵 🔵 Hmmm

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Ōtepoti PSA: Did you know @giselledraws is coming here to chat about her book? Tomorrow at Petridish at 5.30pm. Tell your friends. scifest.org.nz/programme/wh...

Why little things are worth looking at: A conversation with Giselle Clarkson | NZ Science Festivalscifest.org.nz Author and natural science illustrator Giselle Clarkson in conversation with Claire Concannon, host of RNZ's Our Changing World podcast.

Connections Puzzle #398 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Didn't fall for the obvious trap. And suspected what 🟪 was, but still rolled my eyes when I was right.

Strands #131 “Auto suggestion” 💡🔵💡🔵 🔵🔵🟡💡 🔵🔵 Took till the 🟡 before I understood the theme.

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Just a wee reminder that I have these tea towels available for pre-order at the moment, closing on Sunday. I'm only planning on buying fabric to cover confirmed orders for this round, and I'd hate for you to miss out! www.thesewphist.com/product/pre-...

Connections Puzzle #397 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟩 🟦🟦🟩🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Was going for a completely different connection for 🟦

In today's team meeting, I had to say something interesting about myself, so I mentioned my role in Wordle. Watching the jaws drop onscreen was a delight! (I was asked if that meant I was 💰💵 from it. Yeah, right.) #aonz #Wordle

Strands #130 “Loaded lunch” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵 🌟🎉😎

Connections Puzzle #396 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Strands #129 “In Neverland” 💡🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 One 💡 and I was off!

Connections Puzzle #395 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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I know the latest NZ election outcome was less than good, but jesus.

Strands #128 “Now on exhibit” 💡🔵💡🔵 💡🔵🟡🔵 🔵 Squeezed those words in today.

Connections Puzzle #394 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 😁 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🙄

Strands #127 “Rise and shine” 🔵💡🔵💡 🔵💡🔵🟡 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #393 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙄

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You know all those new drawing posts I've been sharing over the last few weeks? Did you see that I did something with them? Teatowels are now available on my website. www.thesewphist.com/product/pre-...

Strands #126 “Not just black and white” 💡🔵💡🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵