Connections #990 2026-02-25

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SendMePhotos@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 199d

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SorryImLate@piefed.social · 4 pts · 199d (1 reply)
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I got lucky with blue, had a completely other category in mind.

::: spoiler spoiler
I'm bad with famous names generally but at least usually in hindsight I get it. Not today. No idea who James Harden and James Cook are. I just got lucky that I loosely grouped cook, brown, and harden as the impact of heating, which allowed me to see purple 😆
:::

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 3 pts · 199d

I was on that same line of thought with blue.

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 4 pts · 199d
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Trebuchet@europe.pub · 3 pts · 198d
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KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 198d
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remon@ani.social · 3 pts · 198d
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YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 198d
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AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 198d
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Blue was tricky. I saw two examples I was sure of, but there are just too many of them.

Michal@programming.dev · 1 pts · 198d
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belathus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 198d
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