Robert Lin
@robertl
Every court needs a jester. 🙂 Building #atproto stuff in public bc I believe in an open web. 🧬 robertl.in/xna 📝 robertlin.substack.com 🕰️ @now.robertl.in 📜 @history.robertl.in 🦋 Joined: Feb 6, 2024 📍 Cincinnati, Ohio - USA 🍄 Chaga
Making sure kids safely get to school in the dark is critical! I just looked this up quickly and it appears like plenty of other places in the world are able to successfully do it. (Eg. Finland) It'll be important for kids to wear clothing with reflectors on them. If others can do it, we can too!!🚶🚶♀️
The British leading the way in democracy! You love to see it!! Count Binface could make history.
What a time to be alive right now. UFC McGregor vs Holloway 2 and Argentina vs Switzerland quarterfinal in extra time tied at 1-1!! Simultaneously!!
11 minutes of stoppage added!! The English are currently hanging on by a thread!!
England under siege for the next 15min!! Down to 10 men too!! What a game!! The last time the English was under siege like this was the Luftwaffe Blitz in 1940-41!! 🙀🙀🙀 Can England survive the onslaught?!?!? 🏴⚽🇲🇽⚽
Kane buries the PK!! 3-1 England!! What a game!! They're down to 10 men though!! It's going to be a siege!!
Went to the Red, White, Blue Ash fireworks event tonight. Traffic control leaving the event was the worst I've ever experienced in my life, for any event I've ever been to. Fireworks were from 10-10:30p. It took 75min afterwards to leave the parking lot. I'll never be going to this event ever again.
Cabo Verde is making an excellent case for expanding the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams. This absolutely phenomenal. Against all expectations, it is 2-2 in extra time right now. I am thinking about actually visiting Cabo Verde now. I literally did not know this country existed until this World Cup!! ⚽⚽⚽
Idk if this is an unpopular opinion but I feel VAR actually makes the World Cup worse. A beautiful thing about soccer was there was always some degree of dumb luck ab what the refs did or did not see. (Maradona's "hand of God" play being the canonical example of this.) My heart goes out to Croatia.❤️
Congrats to the USMNT! Under siege for the final 40 minutes of the game, one man down and finishes with a clean sheet!! What a game!! What a show!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪💪
I've lost ~8 pounds of weight over the past two months since the beginning of May. I started at ~169 lbs and am down to 161.8 lbs as of this morning. My ultimate goal is to get to 155 lbs which at my height should put me at ~15% body fat. For anyone trying to lose weight, a connected scale rules!! 💪
robertlin.substack.com/p/68-in-this... Finally got to writing my monthly dispatch for May today! (I'm going to try posting these sooner than as late as I have been, moving forward.) When I reflected on May though, I realized I'd watched a lot of theatrical movies w/ some great life advice+messages.
www.reddit.com/r/worldcup/c... This Reddit post's so heartwarming to me. International tourists visiting our great nation+loving America! This is what's real!! Watching the WC has reminded me that most of the international community actually loves America once they're here & meet us. Touch grass!!🇺🇸
On X there is a German called Freddy who's visiting America for the first time for the World Cup with his friends and his tweets are hilarious. I love how he's experiencing America in all our glory. Taco Bell, Waffle House, Wendy's, Buc-ees!! Welcome, Freddy!! 🇺🇸🤝🇩🇪
So excited for UFC Freedom 250 tomorrow night at the Whitehouse!! 🥳🎉 www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
In all public playgrounds in South Korea, there are these bamboo gate stands that tell children and adults how thin they should be. If you are too wide (the rightmost one), you are called an "alien"! youtu.be/IT0Aao0LJrw?...
WSJ: Elon is set to be the world's first trillionaire www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Pp1... "One in three public high schools in Sweden is now privately run."
In America, the sickest 5% of the population accounts for about 50% of all healthcare spending.
Classic Tetris World Championships 2026 happening today! Currently playing exclusively on Twitch! This is the American dream. No matter how niche your interest, thanks to American ingenuity, you can pursue it! This is what the internet's built for! This is why we work so hard. Always be inventing!
Had a cheat meal today from the diet and ate lunch at The Root Beer Stand in Sharonville! It was delicious!! 😋
TIL: - 43 to 45 million American adults (21% of the population) are considered functionally illiterate. - Meanwhile, in Taiwan literacy rates are 99.9% and 98.9% for men and women.
Did the Newport, KY Gangster Tour today! I learned gambling in Newport was illegal back in the day but it was a thriving business that at its peak supported 30,000 people in Newport. Cincinnati had the "family friendly" reputation but Newport was known as the "adult area". It was a 2hr walking tour!
A classic: orghacking.com/pioneers-set... Pioneers, Settlers, Town Planners [Wardley] Different stages of an organization requires different people with different skillsets and different priorities. Always know what inning of the game you're in! Credit: Itamar Goldminz
Visited a used bookshop I've never been to last weekend! Conveyor Belt Books in Covington, Kentucky. Really loved it! I honestly seldom buy physical books nowadays (I read mostly on my Kindle and borrow books from the library) but when I do buy, I try to always buy used. Give books a new home!! 📚🏡
Claude has spoken!! Here is how I get a quarter of my protein a day! All hail The Claude!! 🙇🙇♀️🙇♂️
Saw Mortal Kombat II with the crew tonight! Was absolute 🔥 and loved it! The Liu Kang / Kung Lao fight was magnificent and the highlight for me. At some point the famous MK techno theme drops and the entire thing is epic. You also legit don't know who's gonna win which makes it great! 💯 see it!!