[Vol. 1 Issue #256]

A brief letter with light stories during a long weekend springing into summer.  Word[le] secrets, Greek Goddesses, and Astro-photography will all give a stunning visual for a few minutes today.

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Winning Wordle

The five-letter, six-guess pandemic phenomenon that is Wordle has now been algorithmically worked out, according to a professor and Ph.D. student at MIT Sloan.  Casual fans of Wordle may or may not play the same word to start each round, but the severe word nerds went deep on finding a starter word that led to more solved puzzles in the least amount of guesses.  The definition for the Wordle Super Word is “ornamentally engraved helmet," if you've seen the word before, you don't need our help or link to the article about strategy; you are a word nerd.

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Soul Asylum Seekers

Rebel Rebel

In Greek Mythology, many women are portrayed as the smarter and, ultimately, the demise of many of their male counterparts.  In Greek culture, strong women are portrayed as villains, in a new article in The Conversation talks about the rebels throughout history and the impact many of the women have had on the culture, especially on our storytelling. 

Big Things

Spotlight

Astro World

Michael Abramyan is a photographer and activist for natural light.  In a big pile of digital links and stories that were not used when initially discovered, we revisited Abramyan’s website and his take on the night skies. 

Big Noise

Sound Checks

Today’s Tune

Social Distortion.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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Words from Gen X

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