Scientist - retired physicist with publications in nuclear physics, nucleosynthesis, solid earth geophysics, atmospheric physics, and computational surface physics - creator of YouTube videos on #ClimateChange - APS Senior Fellow - amateur radio op K6OGDhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mucmx7n2i22pConnections Puzzle #1176 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Easy one today.30 Aug 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucmx7n2i22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mucmrt3ynk2pWordle 1,898 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Starting words had all the letters for TWO different words. Lucky guess on which one.30 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucmrt3ynk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3muckzxszts2pThe morning song: "Sweet Sorrow in the Wind" sung by Jean Ritchie. https://youtu.be/D9XLTLMXCko?si=UjDjhFlzQya1eYXD30 Aug 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muckzxszts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3muaci5oixs23Connections Puzzle #1175 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Easy one today.29 Aug 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaci5oixs23https://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3muac764qw225Wordle 1,897 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Starting words nailed this one.29 Aug 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muac764qw225https://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mua5ite6e225The morning song: "Whiskey River" sung by Willie Nelson. https://youtu.be/RSTDgc7dbyc?si=ipXsykLGXx4b8FCG29 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua5ite6e225https://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu66mrylys2rOh! https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/politics/trump-hush-money-federal-court-rejected28 Aug 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu66mrylys2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu5rtv6jg22r🧪 Arghhhh!!! Neurologist with MAHA ties to lead NIH’s child health institute | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/neurologist-antivaccine-views-lead-nih-s-child-health-institute?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=DailyLatestNews&et_rid=79787811&et_cid=6047564#28 Aug 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rtv6jg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu5phovphs2n🧪 Thanks to assaults on our colleges and universities by the Trump Administration we are losing our brightest scholars to countries that value academic research. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/world/canada/canada-universities-hire-us-researchers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.81A.ohLi.EjkMeEoqwF_U&smid=bs-share28 Aug 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5phovphs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu5ld4zvnc2xConnections Puzzle #1174 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟪 🟪🟩🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Whew! Really tricky today.28 Aug 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ld4zvnc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu5kxkuhwk2xWordle 1,896 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 In four today, a bit tricky.28 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5kxkuhwk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu5j3n4rdc2xThe morning song: "Morning Has Broken" sung by Judy Collins. https://youtu.be/cUiuNfFUJIs?si=scMgik4K2LcuQbDV28 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5j3n4rdc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu32dqo4vs2cConnections Puzzle #1173 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 A bit tricky today. I would not have guessed the last category.27 Aug 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu32dqo4vs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu322nfpy22cWordle 1,895 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slow in three, more than a minute. Tricky!27 Aug 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu322nfpy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu2yt6dl4k2cThe morning song: "Green Grow the Rashes O" sung by Jean Redpath. https://youtu.be/zV4lTPRJWSo?si=0uq77S5idLOwNBkk27 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2yt6dl4k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mu2yf3dlus2cHmmm! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-oil-gas-stock-trades-iran-war/27 Aug 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2yf3dlus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtypk76z3k2tConnections Puzzle #1172 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 This one was trickier than it looks. I would not have guessed the last category.26 Aug 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtypk76z3k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtyp5lacs22tWordle 1,894 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 This one took almost a minute. Process of elimination plus a childhood memory helped.26 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyp5lacs22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtygzochq22tThe morning song: "Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton. https://youtu.be/SyP0Sy9KFf0?si=myTHMZzoIDcyRVXB26 Aug 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtygzochq22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtwgh3q4p22lR.I.P.! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dolly-parton-dies-age-80-country-music-star/25 Aug 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwgh3q4p22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtw66ujrnk2lConnections Puzzle #1171 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Easy one today!25 Aug 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw66ujrnk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtw625sqqc2lWordle 1,893 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Process of elimination and starting words.25 Aug 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw625sqqc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtvzcr7qi22b🧪 The MMR #Vaccine would have prevented this!!! https://abcnews.com/Health/2-people-die-measles-pennsylvania/story?id=13593272325 Aug 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvzcr7qi22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtvz46p2b22bThis is a very dangerous, fast moving fire. Heed evacuation notices. The fire is now over 50,000 acres. https://youtu.be/BMIlodOmmbI?si=S-R82RAzx2L0aUTs25 Aug 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvz46p2b22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtvxxadzkk2bThe morning song: "Green, Green" sung by The New Christy Minstrels. https://youtu.be/MOFwvYKHGeg?si=A6guWhSNp-YBH0EQ25 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvxxadzkk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mttmt4u32s2eConnections Puzzle #1170 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟪🟦🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Very tricky today. Never would have guessed the last category.24 Aug 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttmt4u32s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mttmhrk6qk27Wordle 1,892 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Process of elimination!24 Aug 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttmhrk6qk27https://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mttj72etzc27The morning song: "Freight Train" sung by Rhiannon Giddens. https://youtu.be/LACnsBUsY4o?si=3pXPOAoD-oKJSK4d24 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttj72etzc27https://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtr7y5dap22nConnections Puzzle #1169 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 A bit tricky today.23 Aug 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr7y5dap22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mhshapiro2.bsky.social/post/3mtr7prfjd22nWordle 1,891 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Not too hard today.23 Aug 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:t3kfzctl3s3bmo2owjunb4nz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr7prfjd22n