Blog entry by Cassie Penny
'How do I speak to my child about war in Ukraine?' FEMAIL has asked a team of psychologists, psychiatrists and teachers from across the UK for their advice on how to broach the subject with their children. Stock image
Get TEARY "I cycle through TEARY, PIOUS and ADIEU as a first word, to knock out some common letters and make inroads with vowels. I then choose my next word based on the results, though sometimes I just throw up my hands and use both TEARY and PIOUS one after the other no matter what." --Amanda Kooser
MAKER's mark "MAKER. That word puts me in the mood to 'create' the answer based on the data I get from knocking out the above letter combo. Then I move on to animal names like TIGER. It's not so much tactical as it is about just having fun for five or so minutes." --Mike Sorrentino
Distressing images of families fleeing the conflict dominate our television screens, videos from the frontline play out on social media, and schools are abuzz with things children have seen and heard.
Guess it in two "My ultimate goal in Wordle is to guess the word by my second try. To that end, I use STEAR as my first word, which provides a solid set of letters in unusual positions -- so I can often predict where they'll go if they turn up yellow. From there, I make aggressive guesses, even if they're strategically inadvisable (duplicate letters, few vowels, low-likelihood letters, etc.). Since starting this strategy, my average is about the same as ever, but now I occasionally win in two guesses. So, success?" --David Priest
Three UK's decision to suspend its sponsorship deal with Chelsea sets up a possible wave of corporate boycotts that could see the club deprived of tens of millions of pounds worth of revenue and facing financial meltdown.
The Russian tycoon would not be allowed to take any of the money from any prospective deal - with the club understood to be up for sale for around £3billion - and it would instead be determined by Downing Street.
In a video message to the besieged nation, Zelensky accused the Kremlin of attempting to seize the capital, overthrow the government and install a 'puppet' regime 'like in Donetsk', one of two separatist regions which warmonger Vladimir Putin officially recognised before launching an all-out invasion.
Monday's rally was just one of several outpourings of public frustration after New York Mayor Eric Adams confirmed last Wednesday that the United States' most populous city would remove mandates requiring masks for public school children aged five and over and proof of vaccination to dine out or enter entertainment venues.
An argument for ADIEU "I've been using ADIEU from day one. Hilariously, I still sometimes misspell it. Sometimes to shake things up -- mostly based on pressure from Jackson Ryan -- I'll try something different. But every time I stray from ADIEU, it manifests into a gigantic uphill struggle I barely recover from. Either way, I dunno what we're all arguing about. Someone did an experiment on this. The best word is ROATE." --Mark Serrels
The sanctions - which are part of a broader government package imposed against six other oligarchs - are expected to apply as long as Abramovich owns the club before being lifted in the event of him selling it.
STORY time "I steal Mark's word, ADIEU, and follow it up with STORY. Then it's just a matter of putting all the letters I uncovered into the spots I think they're in, and banging my head on the table, saying, 'I'm not this stupid, am I?' until I figure it out." --Oscar Gonzalez
Angry New York City parents and children flooded City Hall Park on Monday morning - the first day children over five are permitted to shed their masks - demanding that those under five be given the same freedom.
Protesters argued that the mandate is unnecessary because of the low risk of infection for those under five, and that the rule is 'damaging' to the emotional and social development of young children. Along with a vaccine mandate for municipal employees, the under-fives rule is among the only Covid restrictions NYC Mayor Eric Adams didn't lift last week.
We all know Wordle can be tricky. Start words are key: "ADIEU" is popular, since it includes four vowels, though game designer Tyler Glaiel suggests the mathematically optimal first guess is "ROATE," which isn't a word I'd heard of (Merriam-Webster informs me it's an obsolete spelling of "rote").
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The Man in the High Castle imagines an alternate history where the Axis powers (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo) win World War II. Based on a Philip K. Dick novel, the series follows characters in the '60s who live in a parallel universe, where Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan control the US. But there's impossible newsreel footage surfacing of a world where Germany and Japan lose the war, causing some to rebel. To really hammer home its dystopia credentials, The Man in the High Castle is steered by producer Ridley Scott. Fully realized and with a focused plot, this is gripping TV.