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Grant
@syncingsinking.bsky.social
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Married, three kids. White, cishet, he/him. Deaf in one ear. Math, disability, chess, LFC. In Illinois via Texas but born and raised in Cornwall 〓〓
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syncingsinking.bsky.social
the sky heard the reds won
A sunset where the sky is gray and cloudy at the top and becomes bright red in the distance on the horizon. Silhouettes of trees and streetlights are visible nearby.
January 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
White to play and mate in 8.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from White's perspective. White piece locations: King g1; Queen d1; Rooks b7, f1; pawns c3, d4, f2, f6, g2, g4. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen a2; Rooks e8, f8; Knight c6; pawns a7, d5, f5, f7. Colored squares indicate last move was Black Rook from a8 to e8.
January 12, 2026 at 6:38 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
White to play and mate in 5.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from White's perspective. White piece locations: King g1; Queen d3; Rooks a1, f1; Knights b1, f5; Bishop e3; pawns a2, b2, d4, e5, g2, h5. Black piece locations: King e8; Queen d8; Rooks a8, f8; Knights c6, d7; Bishop g5; pawns a7, b7, d5, f7, g7, h6. Colored squares indicate last move was Black Bishop from e7 to g5.
January 5, 2026 at 6:19 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Grassy park close to dusk with a line of trees at the park edge. The sun is shining behind one of the trees, making it appear as if the tree has a large orange object inside it. The sky is yellow just above the trees and light grayish blue above that.
January 3, 2026 at 11:22 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
This is what we used to call a ratio
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January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Yep
Merriam-Webster: Your 2026 word brain rot
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Post a perfect album from the 90s
Cover of Barafundle by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. A board full with pictures of beaches and sunsets, and trinkets such as keys and compasses
December 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
White to play and mate in 5.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from White's perspective. White piece locations: King f2; Queen f3; Rooks a1, h1; Bishop a3; Knight f5; pawns a2, b3, d4. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen c7; Rooks f4, h8; Bishop h2; Knights d7, f6; pawns a7, b6, c6, f7. Colored squares indicate last move was Black Rook from g4 to f4.
December 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
The West Wing is ancient history
Screenshot from The West Wing, Allison Janney as CJ Cregg with caption "I can't computer-generate images of the first lady."
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Black to play and mate in 3.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from Black's perspective. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen d7; Rook c2; Knight e3; pawns a7, b6, d6, e5, f5, g7, h6. White piece locations: King f3; Queen g6; Rook d1; Knight e6; pawns a2, b2, f2, g3, h2. Colored squares indicate last move was White King from g2 to f3.
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Black to play and mate in 6.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from Black's perspective. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen d6; Rooks a8, f7; Knight c6; pawns a6, c4, d5, e6, g7, h6. White piece locations: King c1; Queen h5; Rooks d1, h1; pawns a2, c3, d4, e3, f2, g2, g5. Colored squares indicate last move was White pawn hxg5.
December 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Black to play and mate in 2,

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from Black's perspective. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen d7; Rook e3; Bishop c5; Knight f6; pawns a7, b6, d5, f7, g7, h7. White piece locations: King h1; Queen a6; Rooks a1, d1, Bishop b2; Knight e2; pawns a3, b3, g2, h3. Colored squares indicate last move was White King from g1 to h1.
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
You reminded me I posted this on Mathstodon, where they have TeX
The Indicator function 1_A(x) = 1 if x in A, 0 if not implies the In Decatur function 1_Decatur(x) = 1 if x in Decatur, 0 if not
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
I just put on my shoes and they lead me right there
A pair of black shoes which say Gerry in the inside
December 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
By "booking it" I mean doing the speed limit instead of 15mph everywhere
Umbrella academy meme with two cars passing each other and the drivers looking quizzically at each other. First caption: me at the stop sign driving super cautiously in the snow. Second caption: car that was booking it and couldn't brake in time so slid right on by me
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Got loads of snow mates
A view down a tree-lined street with houses on both sides, with everything covered in snow. The snow appears to be laid thick on the sidewalk immediately ahead and on the street, and dustings on all the trees
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Maikäfer, flieg! Der Vater ist im Krieg, die Mutter ist in Pommerland, Pommerland ist abgebrannt – Maikäfer flieg! Cockchafer, fly! Father is at war, Mother is in Pomerania, Pomerania is burned to the ground – Cockchafer, fly!
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Black to play and mate in 4.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from Black's perspective. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen b6; Rooks c8, d8; pawns a7, b2, e6, f7, g7, h7. White piece locations: King c3; Queen h4; Rooks b1, f1; Bishop f3, pawns c4, e3, f2, h2. Colored squares indicate last move was White Rook from a1 to b1.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
White to play and mate in 4.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from White's perspective. White piece locations: King c1; Queen d2; Rooks h1, h4; Bishops c2, d4; Knight h5; pawns a2, b2, c3. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen e4; Rooks a8, f8; Bishop g7; Knights b6, d7; pawns a7, b5, c4, f5, f7, g4. Colored squares indicate last move was Black Queen from e5 to e4.
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
White to play and mate in 3.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from White's perspective. White piece locations: King g1; Queen f4; Rooks a1, f1; Bishops b2, c4; Knight f6; pawns a2, e4, f2, g2, h3. Black piece locations: King f8; Queen d8; Rooks a8, h8; Bishop c5; Knights c6, e7; pawns a7, b7, c7, d6, g5, h7. Colored squares indicate last move was Black pawn from g6 to g5.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Well, it's been a while since I last performed an exorcism, and this equipment is not what we typically use, but let's give it the old college of cardinals try
Pope Leo XIV in full pope garb in the aisle of a full airplane holding a baseball bat and looking out towards a window seat or window
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
Screenshot from Severance. A white, brown-haired woman in a blue top looking inqusitively at the camera and saying "They were scary. The numbers were scary." A gray-haired man in a blue shirt and sweater vest walks away in the background.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
White to play and mate in 5.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from White's perspective. White piece locations: King g1; Queen f5; Rooks c8, e4; Bishop d2; Knight e5; pawns a2, b2, d4, f2, g2, h2. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen h4; Rook f8; Bishops d6, d7; pawns a7, b4, f7, g7, h6. Colored squares indicate last move was Black Bishop from e8 to d7.
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Black to play and mate in 3.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from Black's perspective. Black piece locations: King g8; Queen c5; Rook f8; Knight f5; pawns a7, b6, c7, e6, g7, h7. White piece locations: King f1, Rooks d2, d7; Knight f3; pawns a4, e5, g2. Colored squares indicate last move was White King from f2 to f1.
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
syncingsinking.bsky.social
Black to play and mate in 3.

#chess #puzzles
Chess board from Black's perspective. Black piece locations: King c8; Queen e6; Knights c6, g8; Bishops f5, g7; pawns a7, b7, c7, d5, e3. White piece locations: King c1; Queen g3; Rook h1; Knight f3; Bishops e2, g5; pawns a2, b2, c3, d4, f4, g2, g6. Colored squares indicate last move was White Knight from d2 to f3.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM