{"id":33641,"date":"2025-08-01T08:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=33641"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:07:07","slug":"today-in-sudoku-a-near-miss-for-thomas-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/today-in-sudoku-a-near-miss-for-thomas-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Sudoku: A Near Miss for Thomas Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Near Miss for Thomas Snyder (Special Edition of Today in Sudoku for 2025\/08\/01)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYBCyKzxIfs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first few minutes of this video cover special news like a GAS hidden puzzle series, a SudokuCon stream, and awesome outputs of the GMPuzzles solving community.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of this unusual video cover Thomas&#8217;s recent experiences &#8212; ups and downs &#8212; of living as a bipolar person. August 1st, 2023, was the last time Thomas entered a manic state severe enough to need hospitalization. It was the lowest of lows, but he has recovered over two years and has a far improved approach to care that he wants to share on this important &#8220;recovery anniversary&#8221; date, including things he still wishes he better understood or could better control. The &#8220;near miss&#8221; from the title is about how we all experienced a December 2024 hypomania\/early mania that was not ideal for how the GMP puzzle audience received original ideas even if Thomas avoided hospitalization. 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