Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 19hI was 33 years old when I learned that Scott Joplin, composer of The Entertainer and The Maple Leaf Rag, was Black. The education system has failed me. 130
Reposted by LyndallPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 30/09/2026This is a photograph of the edge of one of Saturn's rings, looking down from above. Those spiky dark shapes are shadows. Shadows of giant towers of ice and dust grains clumped together that rise up to three *kilometres* above the 10-m thick rings. 16459131
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 22hWatch this for the cinematography (I'm serious) if you don't care about basketball or urbanism. 010
Reposted by LyndallJason Hutt @jthutt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026After 1 full week on Moon Base, I’m here to report that, yep, this is gonna be a challenge. 3324
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Watching a lot of reels of people playing Dressmaker on Twitch and it's so fun watching gamers discover marker design. 110
Reposted by LyndallSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0sshare.inquirer.comPhiladelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | EditorialThe Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable. 9538183
Reposted by LyndallSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People are commenting Save The Academy on all of Drexel's instagram posts and I think that's pretty cool. If you're looking for something to do tonight 👀 223252
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My ankle has puffed up to twice its size and is tight and hot and angry and red, and I still have no sign of hives whatsoever. My skin apparently just doesn't DO hives. (Horribly inconvenient when you're trying to talk to allergists.) 210
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Many people are hating the Vanishing board in Outlier, but I was having a great time. (It's actually easier for me to find words with somewhat fewer letters, creative constraints and all that jazz.) 100
Reposted by LyndallPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 28/09/2026These are what the clouds on Jupiter look up close. The small patches of white are cloud tops, soaring above the main, colourful cloud layer. Image from NASA's Juno spacecraft during its 38th close approach to Jupiter on 29 November 2021, processed by Kevin Gill (@kevinmgill.bsky.social) 18883172
Reposted by LyndallDjinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My Adderall isn't for me. My Adderall is for the whole world. 316313
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Was watching a reel about making hospital birth more cozy to feel like home births, and the comments were all like "Hospitals could NEVER feel like a home and that's why I'M having a HOMEBIRTH", and reading those comments I was like actually, I don't want to give birth at home. 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thinking about how yesterday I was watching a How to ADHD video and someone in the comments said something about how they would get stuck watching videos if they were attempting to body double and I was like WHAT DO YOU MEEEEANNN I get bored watching someone talk. 110
Reposted by LyndallRowan Wiebe @rowanwiebe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A few years back (2018ish) a lynx moved into the backyard of one of my neighbours and missing cat posters went up by the dozens. Squirrels disappeared too but our cats were totally safe. Pictured below, suffering 152
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Of course the hornet stung me on the ankle RIGHT as I was getting really into ankle mobility work, and now that foot is all puffed up and stiff. 020
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Got stung by a hornet on the ankle today. Baby's first hornet/wasp sting. It HOOOORRRTTTSSS. 😭 120
Reposted by LyndallSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Anybody who would decide to close this museum does not have Philadelphia’s best interests at heart. 11751194
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was all sad that I couldn't work the referendum because I do extremely poorly with waking up early, and tbh any time before noon counts as "waking up early" for me right now. . . TURNS OUT there are evening and night shifts though! 120
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I really wish we had leftist email newsletters that LOOK like far-right nonsense, y'know with all the clickbait headlines about "owning the libs" and "woke ideology", and the shitty graphic design, but! instead it's preaching against billionaires. I wanna sign my parents up for these. 110
Reposted by LyndallSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just got the email that holiday rate increases for shipping will start on October 4th, so please please get a calendar before then so shipping is cheaper!! SquidFacts.net 14122
Reposted by LyndallGnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026americans love justifying writing dates crazy-style MM/DD/YY because 'that's how you say it' and then write prices as $5 8454
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So many indie ttrpgs in the world, so few that speak to me. 😭 Because not many people like me are out there making games. 110
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Why the heck are people out here washing their towels in 60C water. Calm down. The bacteria are gonna die in cold water anyway (the detergent will get 'em). Stop wasting the energy and ruining your fabrics! Wash in cold water! 110
Reposted by LyndallGnome Anne @annethegnome.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 arbutus 🤝 larch defying deciduous classification 161
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Supporting my local bookstore, NOT adding to more stuff in my house, and removing a toxic book from circulation? WIN SCENARIO ALL 'ROUND. 240
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Went to the secondhand bookstore today and my only purchase was Created to Be His Helpmeet by Debbie Pearl so that I could DESTROY IT. (Tore it up in my driveway and tossed it in the dumpster.) Some books need to be taken out of circulation. 130
Reposted by LyndallSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Happy first day of fall!! Did you know that fall is, perhaps counterintuitively, a great time to plant things? It gives the plant time to establish their roots in the soil so that next spring they can shoot out of the soil confident in the ground they’re in. Be a good witch and cast summon bug 🪲 919656
Reposted by LyndallPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/09/2026This isn't the diseased skin of some alien—this is Mars! Taken by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, this colour scene shows a portion of the planet's high southern latitudes where frost, dust, and sunlight combine to produce these pink and purple tones. 415926
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Canada's winter time zones this year are going to be so stupid but I don't caaaarrrreeee because I don't have to change my clocks! 211
Reposted by LyndallEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Going to be smug about my EV again 81264
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026if you see this, do it (or not) ✶ name: Lyndall ✶ height: 165cm ✶ star sign: Scorpio cusp ✶ nicknames: not telling ✶ siblings: 2 ✶ relationships: have 'em ✶ crushing on: nope (ace) ✶ fave season: summer ✶ pets: box elder beetles that sneak in ✶ fav color: purple ✶ live: mealworms? 110
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As a hyperlexic enneagram 4, Outlier is a game that is EXACTLY my shit. Turns out I'm pretty good at it too?? 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hey @stabbyabby.bsky.social remember how I said I wanted a game where you do dressup but with actual pattern shapes? Turns out they made it. store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...store.steampowered.comDressmaker on SteamBecome a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking. 001
Reposted by LyndallPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 17/09/2026To be clear, I am 100% in support of the Moon having the shit kicked out of it. More impacts, please. (For, uh, science.) 5702
Reposted by LyndallPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 17/09/2026HOLY SHIT NEW IMPACT CRATER ON THE MOON This crater is 222 m (728 ft) across, and formed in spring 2024. Statistical modelling tells us this is a 1-in-132 year event. So the last time a crater this big formed on the Moon was 1894. 16488127
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have just discovered an absolutely horrific genre of book: salacious foster child memoirs written by the foster mum. They are supposedly non-fiction memoirs, but the blurbs are written like thrillers (and one author, Cathy Glass, is a pseudonym for an ACTUAL thriller author). 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Been listening to a bunch of home management and organising podcasts lately (Clutterbug, The Lazy Genius, Dana K White), and will also yell about how THIS is management skills and systems engineering and psychology. But because women are doing it in the home, it goes unacknowledged. 030
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I will yell all day long about how my Apparel Technology diploma SHOULD be considered a form of engineering and the only reason it's not is because fashion and sewing are considered Girl Things. 250
Reposted by LyndallNome @nome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Rare "white British dude being normal about Trans folks" W. 89310
Reposted by LyndallThinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 13/09/2026Your periodic reminder that “diets to treat autism” are BS. Autism is not a disease. Also many autistic kids (& adults) have GI issues, food sensory issues, &/or dietary allergies. Sometimes specific diets help THOSE ISSUES, and when autistic people feel better, they ACT like they feel better. 1/2 934882
Reposted by Lyndallto wound the autumnal kitty @blurry-line.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The thing to understand about antivaxers is that they don’t think *they’ll* get sick because in their minds, only morally/spiritually inferior people are susceptible to illness. (This applies to both religious-right and New Age–left antivaxers, they just define morality & spirituality differently) 2131
Reposted by Lyndallderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It's very easy to wear a suit and tie in any major city, even if the aesthetic has mostly disappeared from daily life, because there are people outside wearing pink tutus with Army boots. As usual, your liberation is connected to other people's liberation. 1447619768
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Guerilla. . . tree poisoning?? (Don't freak out it's invasive.) youtu.be/tRMjyMEJIqU?...youtu.beThis Tree is Destroying Our CitiesYouTube video by Miranda Pietzsch 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026-Instagram reel about replacing petroleum-based outdoor gear with natural fibre stuff -Uses wool -Comment about unethical it is to use wool -My brother have you ever even touched a sheep 020
Reposted by LyndallAmanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Parents of girls over 12 all over Alberta are now receiving “permission forms” requiring their birth sex as female in order to participate in sports as a result of the Government of Alberta’s “Fairness and Safety in Sport Act”. The more parents who file a challenge in response, the better. 34424219
Reposted by LyndallJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Remember how that video of a sea turtle with a straw up its nose horrified people to get on board with banning straws? Every social media post I've seen that exposes data centre noise and *what it does to animals* has been re-posted by the most moderate, "Is-AI-really-that-bad?" person in my life. 25326