Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 17hMy dad got pretty into Chinese traditions and "proper" (Beijing) pronunciations and now my Chinese is a weird mix of growing up hearing the Taiwan-based Mandarin accents with 70s-80s vocabulary, the ingrained corrections for Beijing pronunciation, and general rustiness. 🤪 120
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026didn't realize it at the time, but having the hourly public bus show up 5 minutes before final bell was mine. I even went to a public meeting to plead for them to adjust the schedule! 030
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026yes, to middle school and kindergarten (I was a shy kid, and so school folks assumed I didn't understand English and put me at a non-neighborhood school that had ESL). Biked otherwise in elementary school, and walked or public bus for high school (just under 2 miles meant no school bus). 010
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Feeling this gif so much right nowstatic.klipy.comSuccession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious PeopleAlt: Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People 020
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Wellesley, Sudbury path. I was trying to get to Needham from the commuter rail and Google gave this as my best option. 000
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It's very pretty, but it just rained and I have my laptop in a pannier! 020
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 14/10/2026When Google thinks this is the best route for your commuter bike. 😬🥴 I'm wearing a dress and thankfully not nice shoes. 360
Reposted by Joan Liu🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This was the second sentence. You know you’re in for a ride when it starts out like this. 3202
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I realized I use this phrase at the table: please pass [x] when you get the chance. Definitely an expectation of soon-ish. 120
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I've repeatedly asked so that I could adjust, but never got an answer. So I limit my interactions 010
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026From my perspective, I've just been answering their questions. I literally don't know what I'm saying wrong, and they never offer any examples. 110
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I told someone I always approach my interactions with them assuming good intentions but know I don't get the same in return so I'm purposely limiting my interactions. They said they disagree and there are many times when I've said something to them that implies [negative view of them]. 🤦♀️ Like I said 230
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yeah I never considered the perspective of a horrible goose before! 🥰 030
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So more l like "put it in your list of things to do, after your important things". There is an implied asap to me, but not immediately next. 020
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026To me, it's close to that but not quite nothing else to do, but rather nothing else urgent. If it's going to be more than a few days, I'll also say something like "it probably won't be until ____, is that okay?" 220
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Though Chelsea had to lower their 15% affordable units requirement, and ours is 20. 000
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There's hope for the Somerville market basket www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/06/n...bostonglobe.comMarket Basket bets on Chelsea housing. If you shop there, you could live there too. - The Boston GlobePlus: WilmerHale hires AG’s second-in-command, 5,200 submissions to be the Voice of Logan, Boston’s busiest board chair. 242
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I laughed and he apologized and said at least he made someone laugh. He wished me a beautiful day. 050
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A boomer townie came out of market basket and saw the bike rack and started angrily cursing. "F&$@! I could have bought one with a seat like this one so someone could come with me! F&$@!! I could have had bought a better one!" 😂 3162
Reposted by Joan LiuBikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 06/10/2026we’re doing bike lanes from Huron out 3345
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I did the 5k in 27:15!! Three seconds off my time from 10(!) years ago. What an incredible feeling for my last weekend in my 30s, knowing I'm faster and stronger than I was when I was 10 years younger. ☺️🏃💪 spitlerracesystems.com/raceresults/...spitlerracesystems.comSomerville Homeless CoalitionSomerville Homeless Coalition - 2026-10-03 280
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I was curious about what the event registration said, and it definitely painted a picture that the cats would mostly be indoors at windows and participants were supposed to make sure their cats felt comfortable and safe. ☹️ 011
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My parents went all in on the standalone GPS, and got three different models, to check each other. Dad reasoned that two/three would probably be the correct direction. Though one time I got to an intersection and one said one direction, 2 said the other direction, and my mom said to take the 3rd. 🤪 130
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My first car (higher trim, but certified used) had a built in gps, which required loading a cd into the trunk and needed a new cd every year. New roads confused it. 130
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Oh I saw this clip recently and it describes it well haha www.instagram.com/reel/DdFbX2n...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 100
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026One of us was always on map/direction duty. There were the AAA paper maps, and then the map book was amazing. My mom once greeted me at the airport on a visit home from college with "my gps is back!" They got one after my brother and I left home. 😂 190
Reposted by Joan LiuOB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why we ride on the left edge of bike lanes. begging traffic engineers to get tape measures 97510
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The non-pedestrians tended to involve Kensington. There was a conference of some sort in Assembly last year. To/from Kensington is better described as coming to/from Kensington or Mama Ana's. Here are the actual sight lines. Movement along Middlesex generally doesn't include Kensington, except bikes 020
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The count doesn't really directly count Kensington traffic, but there's not much else other than Mama Ana's (and now Dunkin), which are responsible for a portion of the count. I'd say Kensington traffic is at least 1 person per light cycle at Middlesex 7:30-7:45 am 120
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026More than one would expect, and the office workers tend to show up just at the end/after of the AM count window. 5 in the time it took me to unlock my bike after the count, for example. I still need to tally today's data but here are the past years data public.tableau.com/app/profile/...public.tableau.com 120
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh I just realized I can sit on one of those new park benches to count. Nicer view too 140
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Last bike/Ped count for the season. This time last year, the bike lanes were on the outside of parking and were highly faded. The Dunkin wasn't open yet, and there was still fencing around the park. 180
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Last couple of days before this race on Saturday! Please consider donating to the Somerville Homeless Coalition! 012
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh, your DMs are closed (following only?). If you follow me back, I'll dm you my friend's bsky account. 100
Reposted by Joan LiuLaurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026man this is another one where I have a blog post bubbling but haven't actually written it. will post a couple things in thread here 183
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe my Chicago-based bluesky bike peeps have some advice? @laurie-merrell.bsky.social @bedubble.bsky.social 140
Joan Liu @joanliu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hey chicago bicyclists! I have a friend who is moving to albany park neighborhood of chicago, near the end of the brown line and wants to start biking for daily errands, haven't biked in a while. What advice would you give? They want to stay anonymous at this time. 213116
