lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 9hit's kind of amazing that the first vowel in "speedometer" is (for most people?) KIT/schwi/schwa and not FLEECE 490
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026the average Belgian response to someone explaining a word's origin you were curious about would be more like... "aaaahhhh oké" maybe 0130
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I never realized how "USA" it is that the average caller on A Way With Words goes "oh wow, that's so interesting!" until they had a German lady call in and she went "mhm .... well yes... mhm... I knew that too" 2200
Reposted by lynnOlivia When @oliviawhen.com · 03/10/2026Quick drawing of something I really enjoy. 153569811
Reposted by lynnNick (derogatory) 🎃 @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes, into my twenties I believed that oncologists were named so because they are always on call. 3672
Reposted by lynnoates softbody @himawari.fun · 01/10/2026i like when the ddr hype man says you're not an ordinary fella 2429
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't really believe that that was ever justified but certainly it's a different landscape now 1160
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026in the 2000s-2010s, some people equipped themselves with whatever vile stuff they needed to stoop to to be heard. I can imagine the logic having been: maybe if we say "k*ll all men," people will get so angry they'll listen to what makes us say that 1170
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026a tactical brilliance in woke chess! now any complaint that this is transphobic can be met with a volley about "angry white tears" — haven't you heard it's ok to stereotype if you just add "white"? I think this whole game is kinda dumb 1210
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026another example of all this is people turning their "trans women be like..." takes into "white trans women be like..." 1210
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026it's hard ofc, to talk about systemic issues; neither baseless sweeping statements or statistics or "anecdata" are quite right. there's no short way to say: "I perceive my society as set up to tolerate [bad thing] from men in a way that invites that bad thing" 2200
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'm plugging in a bunch of other demographics now and it's kind of surprising what sounds acceptable to me and what sounds intuitively "hey you can't say that". maybe it also depends on what the category is? 1190
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026a thread I saw has: > Experience tells me most men will do [bad thing]. I feel like anecdotal generalization over a big demographic like this is either rhetorically okay, or not. "Woke 1" allows it if the demographic is a powerful majority, but can we come up with something better for "Woke 2" 2340
Reposted by lynnJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i wish baseball teams could resolve their differences without resorting to baseball 432556578
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wonder if the example.org redesign (!) with animations (!!!???) broke anyone's screenshot testsexample.orgExample Domain 1182
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026if you orbit the earth at just the right speed, it is always bedtime. and so you have no responsibilities #lifehack 1250
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026youtube automatic captions have been failing in this fascinating way where... look at how it spelled "thousand". it's so good. maybe it learned this by analogy with 1st 1273
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I keep mixing up the deplorable Talaricos myself but I think it's a deliberate mix-up/joke on mcc's part here! James Talarico is the actual relevant guy 220
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Daily sleep schedule: 2 sets of flipping the pillow to the cool side. 2 sets of tossing and turning. 10 minutes of ruminating. Then count sheep until failure 1315
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026sometimes I fantasize about localizing already-localized things from scratch as if nobody would get mad. Gensokyo? "Phantasmia." Scarlet Devil Mansion? "Crimsonfell." Korindo? "the Smoke and Myrrh" 1344
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026not meant judgementally, it's just this ofc bsky.app/profile/grac... 020
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026this was the most obvious tell I thought (small paragraph, inanimate subject, sentimental mic-drop contrast) but people are big fans! 161
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I also really liked 马上 mashang, which means: soon, right away. but literally it's "on a horse". as in: I'll send that email to you on a horse 🐎 1222
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 22/09/2026does that mean lethargic has gotten... noticeably "smarter" or "different" as Google Translate improved, I wonder? 130
Reposted by lynnblackle mori @blackle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026his name is lethargic. he's an IRC chatbot I wrote in 2011 and has been through IRC, skype, and is now on discord (in private servers with friends.) the algorithm has been unchanged since the beginning. 6550159
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 20/09/2026oh shoot thanks, I will keep that in mind for the next vid!! it's still pretty non-trivial haha, I believe the golfed version actually multiplies by 10000 and prints 4 digits at a time! 011
Reposted by lynnDog with Glasses Plushie @dog.labeledrude.online · 19/09/2026A new article from me: I've been around for decades of discourse about the GIMP, and it's high time to retire this conversation forever. I'll contribute my last word on it: aria.dog/barks/gnu-im...aria.dogLet's stop debating the Gnu Imp Manipulation Program—Aria’s BarksWe had the same conversation for over 20 years. 17260122
Reposted by lynnlynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I made my first ever math video. it's about the spigot algorithm for π www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchW...youtube.comThe spigot algorithm for πYouTube video by lynn 73914
Reposted by lynnViv @toastergrl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026LOVE IT!!! really appreciate how you went about explaining this, and the c examples... pleasant stuff 021
Reposted by lynnAmry @nimbostratigorus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is superb, the audio production is on point ! I love your voice and the little chords are very soothing :) 141
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I made my first ever math video. it's about the spigot algorithm for π www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchW...youtube.comThe spigot algorithm for πYouTube video by lynn 73914
Reposted by lynnmini‼️ @ministarfruit.itch.io · 19/09/2026the idea that Legolas can't tell the hobbits apart is so funny to me so please imagine: the hobbits can't recognise Legolas if his hair is different 011132
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I don't understand how gboard's voice typing feature is as bad as it is. we live in the future 030
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Kevan is also the author of the original "catfishing" and a big inspiration to me in making little web toys and games: kevan.org/catfishingkevan.orgCatfishing - A Wikipedia Category Guessing Game 010
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 18/09/2026the original is by Kevan Davis, made in 2006 kevan.org/rubicon/ (I tried reaching out to him about my port but I didn't get a response.)kevan.orgRubicon : A Machine-Building Puzzle Game 100
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 18/09/2026a while ago I ported a Java game from my childhood to HTML5 :) it's a proto-Zachtronics about pushing little crates around basically lynn.github.io/rubicon/lynn.github.ioRubicon 2181
Reposted by lynn✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰 58114423887
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I watched the umihara kawase episode bc I was thinking about umihara kawase 240
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026* there sure are retro games!! a few times they show an old game and it's like "yep, that's a game...! anyway" kinda unintentionally funny * Arino has the sense of humor of a Japanese comedian born in 1972. but there is something undeniably sweet about him. he's such an uncle. could grow on me 370
lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I watched an episode of game center cx and I don't get what the fuss is all about tbh 140
![Matsushima (松島) is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. [...]
A well-known haiku describes the islands as so striking that the poet is at a loss for words:
松島やああ松島や松島や Matsushima ya / aa Matsushima ya / Matsushima ya
Matsushima ah! / A-ah, Matsushima, ah! / Matsushima, ah!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qxpuyugoel4svgub7ywotmz/bafkreiba7otpsosbxkvuyfdea7imgj34pgfxzw23lcdsxluovxsd3bj2ka)
