Mr. Vortex
@mrvortex.bsky.social
𐑒𐑨𐑠𐑵𐑩𐑤 ·𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑡𐑶𐑼.
I'm not religious, but if I were I'd be a Kopimist.
I'm not religious, but if I were I'd be a Kopimist.
I made a Shavian pangram:
𐑖𐑰 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑠 𐑐𐑽 𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑣𐑻 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑝𐑶𐑦𐑡 𐑗𐑸𐑥𐑛 𐑹 𐑿𐑯𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑞 𐑺𐑾: 𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑜𐑤𐑴 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼.
She dropped anchor at the beige pier and thought how her watery voyage charmed or united the area: yes, her crew’s faces all looked aglow with wonder.
(1/3)
𐑖𐑰 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑠 𐑐𐑽 𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑣𐑻 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑝𐑶𐑦𐑡 𐑗𐑸𐑥𐑛 𐑹 𐑿𐑯𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑞 𐑺𐑾: 𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑜𐑤𐑴 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼.
She dropped anchor at the beige pier and thought how her watery voyage charmed or united the area: yes, her crew’s faces all looked aglow with wonder.
(1/3)
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I made a Shavian pangram:
𐑖𐑰 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑠 𐑐𐑽 𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑣𐑻 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑝𐑶𐑦𐑡 𐑗𐑸𐑥𐑛 𐑹 𐑿𐑯𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑞 𐑺𐑾: 𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑜𐑤𐑴 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼.
She dropped anchor at the beige pier and thought how her watery voyage charmed or united the area: yes, her crew’s faces all looked aglow with wonder.
(1/3)
𐑖𐑰 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑠 𐑐𐑽 𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑣𐑻 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑝𐑶𐑦𐑡 𐑗𐑸𐑥𐑛 𐑹 𐑿𐑯𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑞 𐑺𐑾: 𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑜𐑤𐑴 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼.
She dropped anchor at the beige pier and thought how her watery voyage charmed or united the area: yes, her crew’s faces all looked aglow with wonder.
(1/3)
𐑩 ·𐑜𐑵𐑜𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑨𐑐𐑕· 𐑒𐑸 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑲 𐑢𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓 𐑞 𐑚𐑳𐑕, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑝𐑼𐑕𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑯𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑳𐑯𐑦.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
𐑩 ·𐑜𐑵𐑜𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑨𐑐𐑕· 𐑒𐑸 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑲 𐑢𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓 𐑞 𐑚𐑳𐑕, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑝𐑼𐑕𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑯𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑳𐑯𐑦.
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The more I get used to using the Shavian alphabet, the more I realize just how much more sense it makes for English. Like, it's genuinely so superior to Latin letters for English.
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The more I get used to using the Shavian alphabet, the more I realize just how much more sense it makes for English. Like, it's genuinely so superior to Latin letters for English.
Me when it's 3:00 PM on Friday and I haven't gotten the We're Here newsletter yet. My body is ready, @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
a black and white photo of a young boy with his hand on his chin .
ALT: a black and white photo of a young boy with his hand on his chin .
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September 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Me when it's 3:00 PM on Friday and I haven't gotten the We're Here newsletter yet. My body is ready, @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
𐑒𐑤𐑬𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑕𐑴 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑡. 𐑤𐑲𐑒, 𐑢𐑳𐑑𐑕 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼 𐑛𐑵𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑞𐑺? 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑣𐑽, 𐑘𐑩 𐑕𐑪𐑜𐑦 𐑮𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑩𐑤!
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
𐑒𐑤𐑬𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑕𐑴 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑡. 𐑤𐑲𐑒, 𐑢𐑳𐑑𐑕 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼 𐑛𐑵𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑞𐑺? 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑣𐑽, 𐑘𐑩 𐑕𐑪𐑜𐑦 𐑮𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑩𐑤!
𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑤𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑡 𐑯 𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑯𐑪𐑤𐑩𐑡𐑦 𐑯 𐑣𐑬 𐑒𐑮𐑱𐑟𐑦 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑑 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑝𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑟.
Just thinking about language and technology and how crazy it is that we can communicate such complex ideas over such vast distances.
Just thinking about language and technology and how crazy it is that we can communicate such complex ideas over such vast distances.
August 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑤𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑡 𐑯 𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑯𐑪𐑤𐑩𐑡𐑦 𐑯 𐑣𐑬 𐑒𐑮𐑱𐑟𐑦 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑑 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑝𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑟.
Just thinking about language and technology and how crazy it is that we can communicate such complex ideas over such vast distances.
Just thinking about language and technology and how crazy it is that we can communicate such complex ideas over such vast distances.
Me, looking over at my wife's computer: Did Windows just send you an ad in the form of a desktop notification??
Wife: Yeah...
Me: *gestures encouragingly at my Linux computer*
Wife: I KNOW, JUST DON'T EVEN START RIGHT NOW
#Linux
Wife: Yeah...
Me: *gestures encouragingly at my Linux computer*
Wife: I KNOW, JUST DON'T EVEN START RIGHT NOW
#Linux
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Me, looking over at my wife's computer: Did Windows just send you an ad in the form of a desktop notification??
Wife: Yeah...
Me: *gestures encouragingly at my Linux computer*
Wife: I KNOW, JUST DON'T EVEN START RIGHT NOW
#Linux
Wife: Yeah...
Me: *gestures encouragingly at my Linux computer*
Wife: I KNOW, JUST DON'T EVEN START RIGHT NOW
#Linux
Challenge for millionaires: keep track of how much you spend this year and donate the same amount to a charitable organization.
June 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Challenge for millionaires: keep track of how much you spend this year and donate the same amount to a charitable organization.
Wishing the southern hemisphere a fantastic winter ahead!
June 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Wishing the southern hemisphere a fantastic winter ahead!
If enough of us start using the International Fixed Calendar, there's nothing they can do to stop us. Accept no substitute for perfection! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
International Fixed Calendar - Wikipedia
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March 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If enough of us start using the International Fixed Calendar, there's nothing they can do to stop us. Accept no substitute for perfection! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
#Obsidian continues to blow my mind on a regular basis. Today I randomly decided to try transcluding a canvas file into a note just to see what would happen, and it actually creates this beautiful little preview! I'm in love!
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#Obsidian continues to blow my mind on a regular basis. Today I randomly decided to try transcluding a canvas file into a note just to see what would happen, and it actually creates this beautiful little preview! I'm in love!
𐑲𐑥 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑖𐑱𐑥𐑛 𐑑 𐑩𐑛𐑥𐑦𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑲 𐑦𐑯𐑡𐑶 «𐑥𐑿𐑟𐑨𐑒» 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑜𐑘𐑩𐑤𐑼 𐑥𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑒.
January 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
𐑲𐑥 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑖𐑱𐑥𐑛 𐑑 𐑩𐑛𐑥𐑦𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑲 𐑦𐑯𐑡𐑶 «𐑥𐑿𐑟𐑨𐑒» 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑜𐑘𐑩𐑤𐑼 𐑥𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑒.
𐑲𐑥 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑣𐑵𐑥 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑢𐑹𐑯𐑛 𐑿.
January 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
𐑲𐑥 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑣𐑵𐑥 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑢𐑹𐑯𐑛 𐑿.
The cancellation of #Portlandia remains the greatest atrocity ever committed by a cable TV network.
January 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The cancellation of #Portlandia remains the greatest atrocity ever committed by a cable TV network.
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An unrealistic UX goal of mine is to redesign ADP, one of the most prevalent yet horribly-designed pieces of software in existence.
How did it get to be this bad?? Has anyone ever had a smooth and problem-free experience with it?
How did it get to be this bad?? Has anyone ever had a smooth and problem-free experience with it?
December 31, 2024 at 6:26 AM
An unrealistic UX goal of mine is to redesign ADP, one of the most prevalent yet horribly-designed pieces of software in existence.
How did it get to be this bad?? Has anyone ever had a smooth and problem-free experience with it?
How did it get to be this bad?? Has anyone ever had a smooth and problem-free experience with it?
Reposted by Mr. Vortex
Well, it looks like this has general support with one dissent. I think we should try it. If you’re open to spelling suggestions in Shavian put #𐑣𐑬𐑟𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 in the message or your profile. I ask that nobody ‘correct’ any replies to my posts that lack this tag, and will pin a message to this effect.
December 17, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Well, it looks like this has general support with one dissent. I think we should try it. If you’re open to spelling suggestions in Shavian put #𐑣𐑬𐑟𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 in the message or your profile. I ask that nobody ‘correct’ any replies to my posts that lack this tag, and will pin a message to this effect.
I don't believe that people are averse to change as a whole; they're averse to cons outweighing pros, the distribution of which is not always clear in advance.
If I gave you a billion dollars, I think you'd be prepared to make some drastic changes in your life over a very short period of time.
If I gave you a billion dollars, I think you'd be prepared to make some drastic changes in your life over a very short period of time.
December 3, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I don't believe that people are averse to change as a whole; they're averse to cons outweighing pros, the distribution of which is not always clear in advance.
If I gave you a billion dollars, I think you'd be prepared to make some drastic changes in your life over a very short period of time.
If I gave you a billion dollars, I think you'd be prepared to make some drastic changes in your life over a very short period of time.
The first thing you learn in UX design is how important it is to understand what users actually want and need from a product. I'm hearing a lot about what #TheBrowserCompany thinks #Dia should be, but they haven't talked about the research they've done to arrive at these design decisions.
December 3, 2024 at 5:29 PM
The first thing you learn in UX design is how important it is to understand what users actually want and need from a product. I'm hearing a lot about what #TheBrowserCompany thinks #Dia should be, but they haven't talked about the research they've done to arrive at these design decisions.
«𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑒𐑷𐑤 𐑗𐑨𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑸 𐑦𐑜𐑯𐑼𐑦𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕 𐑥𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑟𐑥 𐑝 𐑒𐑷𐑟𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦.» -·𐑣𐑹𐑣𐑧 𐑤𐑵𐑰𐑕 𐑚𐑹𐑣𐑧𐑕·
"What we call chance is our ignorance of the complex mechanism of causality." -Jorge Luis Borges
"What we call chance is our ignorance of the complex mechanism of causality." -Jorge Luis Borges
December 3, 2024 at 7:23 AM
«𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑒𐑷𐑤 𐑗𐑨𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑸 𐑦𐑜𐑯𐑼𐑦𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕 𐑥𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑟𐑥 𐑝 𐑒𐑷𐑟𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦.» -·𐑣𐑹𐑣𐑧 𐑤𐑵𐑰𐑕 𐑚𐑹𐑣𐑧𐑕·
"What we call chance is our ignorance of the complex mechanism of causality." -Jorge Luis Borges
"What we call chance is our ignorance of the complex mechanism of causality." -Jorge Luis Borges
Something that makes me unreasonably angry is when companies write articles promoting their products that masquerade as regular tech help articles. "You could try this really simple thing, OR you could give us some MONEYYY!!"
November 18, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Something that makes me unreasonably angry is when companies write articles promoting their products that masquerade as regular tech help articles. "You could try this really simple thing, OR you could give us some MONEYYY!!"
𐑢𐑦𐑖𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑕𐑳𐑞𐑼𐑯 𐑣𐑧𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑓𐑽 𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑼 𐑩𐑣𐑧𐑛!
Wishing the Southern Hemisphere a great summer ahead!
Wishing the Southern Hemisphere a great summer ahead!
November 3, 2024 at 3:37 PM
𐑢𐑦𐑖𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑕𐑳𐑞𐑼𐑯 𐑣𐑧𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑓𐑽 𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑼 𐑩𐑣𐑧𐑛!
Wishing the Southern Hemisphere a great summer ahead!
Wishing the Southern Hemisphere a great summer ahead!
𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑣𐑬 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 ·𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩 𐑓𐑰𐑤𐑟 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑢𐑳𐑑𐑕 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑓 𐑒𐑹𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟, 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑑𐑕 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑓 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤. 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑲 𐑥𐑵𐑝 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑺 𐑞 𐑪𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑑𐑮𐑵?
October 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM
𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑣𐑬 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 ·𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩 𐑓𐑰𐑤𐑟 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑢𐑳𐑑𐑕 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑓 𐑒𐑹𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟, 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑑𐑕 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑓 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤. 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑲 𐑥𐑵𐑝 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑺 𐑞 𐑪𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑑𐑮𐑵?