Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 1h(I have rudimentary French from living in Quebec on-and-off for a total of two years, and also doing some spotty Rosetta Stone in my school years. I can catch a drift in most cases when reading (about half as much listening), and I can clunk together words in non-grammatical ways to be understood.) 000
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 1hAlso a bonkers feeling to suddenly realise hang on, this is NOT my mother tongue! 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 1hJust read a sentence in an Instagram story, and didn't even realise it was in French—until I hit the second paragraph and was like hang on, this isn't English?? This is the first time I've been unaware that I'm reading in French, very exciting! 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 13hBut also please remember this is once sentence from an article about pigeons, this is still extremely developing science. 000
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 13hThis is also a fascinating framework to potentially explain why more neurodivergent people have MCAS—if the immune system is a sensory system, we already know that sensory stuff is wonky in people with ADHD and autism. It's part of the same picture. 110
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 13hMy mental framework for MCAS has been that the mast cells are traumatised/have PTSD and thus are overreactive, but honestly I like the frame work of "MCAS means mast cells have sensory sensitivities" better than the PTSD version. 110
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 13hHonestly MCAS makes a lot of sense when you think about the immune system as a sensory system giving information about the environment. MCAS is like, sensory sensitivities that are prone to overstimulation in an immune system way. ALSO mast cells live really close to nerves and now we know why? 000
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 13h". . . the immune system is actually a sensory organ." And all my mast cells said "yeah DUH". 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 13hSo I'm reading this article about pigeons. And at the end it says, "For a long time, people just thought [the immune system is] there to defend us against pathogens . . . we are all investigating how the immune system is actually a sensory organ." www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...cbc.caPigeons are famous long-distance flyers. And apparently the liver could be their GPS | CBC RadioFrom wartime messages to love letters, pigeons have carried our mail for centuries. A new study suggests the secret to how they find their way might be hiding in an unexpected place: the liver. 100
Reposted by LyndallTim Westland @timwestland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Outlining is writing Spitballing is writing Editing is writing Contemplating is writing Oh, and writing is writing... even if you only write a little #scriptsky 2151
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dang 3 hours left and just under $5k AUD to hit the last stretch goal (Solo Society)! Will we get single-player Good Society??? 000
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This tip is for getting 100% quality. Sewing assist + going wildly over the fabric edge at full speed will still probably get you about a 70-80 in quality. It just makes a nasty crunching sound effect while you do it. 😆 010
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Lol I also just bumped that thread so maybe the "this gives me friend migraines" is talking about you twice. 😂 210
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Will submit accessibility report about this though, now that I know it's not just me reacting to that auto zoom. 110
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oooof yeah I close my eyes each time I'm doing just a straight seam, 'cause too much sewing will cause nausea. (If you turn on stitch assist and sew at the slowest speed for around curves/corners you don't have to watch the screen.) 310
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And the lady at the security line entrance who saw me standing and watching my boyfriend until he disappeared, and talked about how she did long distance with her husband, and it was really hard now but I would be ok in a couple days (I was, even though I didn't fully believe her in that moment). 000
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Particularly, the man who was at the gate right after I'd turned away and said goodbye to my entire extended family before leaving Australia at 13. He tried to pronounce my sister's first name (hard), but more than that he was kind and gentle in a way I still remember 20 years later. 100
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Stop, why is this making me tear up? (It's because I'm remembering all the people who were kind to me at airports when I had just had hard goodbyes.) 110
Reposted by Lyndallthemboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026seen a bunch of dudebro types playing dressmaker & getting super into it and that's a positive i think, a reminder that the "feminine" can be of universal interest to everyone, but lmao men can never again pretend to not understand their gf's tastes. you know what a juliette-bishop sleeve is now 11061226
Reposted by LyndallSeren Sterling @artistaudh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I really wish more people understood that household tasks can be some of the *most* triggering things possible for chronic illnesses. I just did a timed kitchen cleaning session not to overdo it, and it was harder than my 5k walk yesterday. 141
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I have not been this loopy or fragrance bombed in a LONG time I forgot how bad this is eurgh. I guess this is good coz it shows how much I am accommodated in my everyday life, both by me and the people around me. 000
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Reminder to self if I can smell fragrance I am reacting to fragrance. 000
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Look you can tell I got fragrance bombed because I'm dropping to words. And adding them. Ugh brain no work good coz smells. 010
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Every month or so I need get put into a room full of people who don't live fragrance free, to remind myself that I am in fact disabled. Blaaaaarrrggghhh. 110
Reposted by LyndallDael Kingsmill @dailydael.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How big do board game designers think tables are? Have they seen tables? 2219631
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I've played a bit of 2e and it's good! Highly recommend! 031
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Damn. Yeah. That's it. Pre-MCAS-crash me did not survive the MCAS crash. 020
Reposted by LyndallSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A limited number of crab and frog facts advent calendars are now available at SquidFacts.net! These need to be made by hand, so we’ve been phasing them out but I was very lucky to have some help this week making some more in the lead up to December. Get ‘em while they’re here! SquidFacts.net 513748
Reposted by LyndallNome @nome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Talking (shouting, hyperfocusing) to the people who had the bad luck to share my table about kei trucks and Robert Moses [derogatory]. 2631
Reposted by Lyndallderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Parisians dressed their dogs up for Paris Fashion Week. Video via @reuters.com 412191292
Reposted by LyndallIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have literally seen dudes tailspin because of a super-casual "Pretty rapey/racist/weird/etc., dude." from a friend. Fuck some girl/brown person and their dumb opinions, they don't care about us. But they are 100% not prepared to hear it coming from you. 22198468
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My ankle is still swollen, 8 days after this hornet sting. Thankfully have most of my mobility back, and it doesn't itch too much. But this is silly that it's still puffy after a week. 010
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Anyways I am totally fine and normal as long as I am not exposed to fragrances. And then BAM! disability. 020
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Me: You know what, maybe I'm exaggerating the MCAS reactions and I was just hungry the whole time. Also me: *goes upstairs and immediately feels nauseous as heck and wants to puke, because my sister is washing dishes and I can't stand the Palmolive scent* 110
Reposted by LyndallJennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026movies also used to have baby blue Alpines with white wall tires and now they have big ugly Chevy SUVs and the characters talk about how easy they are to park with their built-in rearview cameras and hands-free park assist system 022
Reposted by Lyndallabby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can’t let AI write my emails, AI does not know the difference between “Thanks, have a good weekend!” “Thanks!” “Thanks,” and “Thanks.” 2347
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yes this is a subtweet of an Instagram post I saw and also Bridgerton. 010
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026(If your bra or any clothing is leaving marks that last hours rather than minutes, or are chafing and causing pain, then please don't just put up with that! An imprint is different to causing injury.) 110
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026AND YET we have so many "feminist" images trying to Make A Point about the bad scary bras because they leave imprints on your skin—LIKE ANY KIND OF TIGHT GARMENT. Calm DOWN. 110
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Can we stop acting like bras and corsets are bad because they leave marks on your skin. Any tight garment or pressure will do that. I get marks from my socks, or from a pyjama wrinkle I slept on, or even from having a skirt bunched up under me. That's just what skin does under pressure over time. 110
Reposted by LyndallSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently. 10802404
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yoooooo how have I read this book a bajillion times but never noticed this! 000
Reposted by LyndallJennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have noticed that even like, at the backyard feeders, the finches and doves are very disapproving of the squirrels running around burying acorns lmao like they'll stop what they're doing and make STERN BIRD NOISES like that's gonna stop the squirrel from squirreling 082
Reposted by LyndallPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 02/10/2026This will never stop blowing my mind. A 12-year sequence of real telescope images of a star 133 lightyears away. And around it, four planets slowly orbiting. Four real exoplanets, each more massive than Jupiter, imaged as they move around their host star. 292211633
Lyndall @lyndallc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mood. (Thank you for saying this I needed to hear from someone with a similar sentiment.) 010