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Day off, SIL still visiting, time for a long-awaited hike in the wonderful Serra da Estrela...

Rare picture of both René and I on a hiking trail. Normally we do not bring a private photographer...!

Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The cat distribution system here in Portugal keeps on giving. This tiny little thing arrived yesterday and now lives in the cardboard box next to our door. Is scared as hell though and won't let us near (yet). Hope we get to win their trust so we can get them a check-up at the vet (and spayed...)

Picture of a tiny kitten with siamese features. Defo not a siamese though, very much a street kitty.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Three more sleeps and my sister in law is coming for a long weekend and I'm so excited. She's like the sister I never had. I have one but we just don't really fit. No bad blood, just... I've stopped trying. All the games, all the DIY, nice beers, a walk if the weather allows and maybe brew a beer!

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Happy Valentines: I Can't Wait!

Alt: Seinfeld, Elaine GIF: I Can't Wait!

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BBC news has posted a blurry photo of five men under arrest, with their faces pixellated. Altered versions are now circulating where they have significantly darker skin and their supposed faces can be clearly seen. Think very carefully indeed before sharing anything about the RAF Fairford incident.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy. For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense. That's our feminism too.

Woman walking down a street outside, wearing a scarf and shoulder bag. The quote from one of the women who signed our letter reads

“I have grown incredibly exasperated at the portrayal of ‘gender critical’ perspectives as representing all women when my feminism has ALWAYS been inclusive and intersectional.”

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lads (m/f/nb), where are we with the UK to EU postage costs and can we order from UK breweries again without spending more on import costs than on the actual beer!? I miss my UK faves.... #BeerSky #UKsky #BlueSkyBeer

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Found out tonight the majority of people in my Portuguese class have been making the exams with their phones as help. Sure, no effect on me, but suddenly feel extra proud of my sole 3 mistakes in the last one. Also, what the fuck teacher...??!!

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's becoming rather impossible here to just boycot anything/events with an AI-generated poster here. Might as well just not leave the quinta if I would do that. Ugh.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The project management team I'm working with at the moment is not taking any real notes and rely solely on Copilot to summarize our days-long workshop discussions and it is so infuriatingly wrong ALL THE FUCKING TIME. The notes of this week's workshop are going to be a shambles. Fuckin' hell.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Choosing the best 21st century TV shows is impossible. I did end up with this list but there are too many left off... Glow, Ted Lasso, Person of Interest, Arrested Development, The Office, Star Trek Lower Decks, Hacks, The Great, Scrubs...

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Insane queue for the #Portimao #F1 tickets... Probably with dynamic pricing as well, so VERY unlikely we'll be going... 300 euros JUST FOR GENERAL ADMISSION. We used to pay 300 pounds for Silverstone Woodcote seats... Just in the queue now really to see how terrible it will be.

The tickets you're looking to buy are in high-demand!

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Please wait and our virtual queue will let you in to buy your tickets shortly.

You can close this window and will not lose your position in the queue

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week is 5 days of full-day workshops that I'm joining remotely which was a choice to save me traveling to the Netherlands for a week, and so I won't be barred from receiving my language course certificate. But gawd is it tiring to sit at home following other people discuss around a table.

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Cute Cartoon Cat Says Blah Blah Blah

ALT: Cute Cartoon Cat Says Blah Blah Blah

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The very first line is a lie, and we all know it. *None* of this was ever designed to help us, which is why it hurts us and we hate it. It really is that simple, but the media simply cannot bring themselves to say it.

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The humans are rejecting the machines that were supposed to help them | CNN Business

Touchscreens and self-checkout machines were designed to help customers. But restaurants and retailers are ditching them to humanize stores and attract workers.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Everyone joking about the crocodile rowing events, but I really hope that they won't kill off or displace the crocs from their natural habitats for this...

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Random Spinvis @dixitspinvis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ik weet niet wat je er nu van vindt als je luistert naar de wolken, als je luistert naar de wind.

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

More anti-AI breweries, pubs and cidermakers have been added to my directory. And before anyone comments, if you don't care that a business uses AI, then don't bother reading the list. Easy.

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Ethical and Sustainable Brewery Directory

A directory of ethical and sustainable brewery businesses in the UK who putting the environment, their community and their teams first.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Changes coming to next year's friends' weekend in Belgium with regards to the beer provisioning. I am in charge of this on the years I join and we just buy loads of different nice ones for people to share. I mean, you can't go wrong, can you? WRONG. And I'm still angry about it.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Back to work after a week in Belgium. It's been fun but also my only week off and I can now conclude: I AM NOT RESTED.

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Ginger Cat Lying Lazily in Corner

ALT: Ginger Cat Lying Lazily in Corner

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Any Belgian beer geeks who can recommend a nice brasserie for a big lunch and tasting menu between Bouillon and Charleroi on a Monday? I know Maredsous and Leffe of the big ones are technically on our potential route but welcome any others. We enjoyed Rochehaut already. #BeerSky #BlueSkyBeer

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The terribleness continues at Brasserie Rochehaut 🍻 #beersky #blueskybeer

Picture of me with a tasting flight at Rochehaut brasserie.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Terrible afternoon in Namur... Obligatory stop at BarnaBeer #BeerSky #BlueSkyBeer

Empty outside bar with wall art - Duvel 666.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Spending a short afternoon in Gent with family but did get to sample some of the local delicacies ... #BeerSky #BlueSkyBeer

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Spending a short afternoon in Gent with family but did get to sample some of the local delicacies ... #BeerSky #BlueSkyBeer

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We live in a world where fascist protest is not breaking the law, but holding up a sign saying “I oppose genocide” is terrorism. Fuck me.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sitting on the balcony in the perfect temperature with a perfect view, a perfect breeze, a perfect buzz and just all-over awesomeness. And that after a great karaoke night with friends. René is away until late and getting some chill in before we go on a week away with just people all the time.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Time for a gummy and a g&t and watching shitty television series on the balcony....

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is why I love motorsports. You sit through endless of boring as fuck races, see people make stupid mistakes, including the stewards.. Just for these little jewels that you will always refer back to when someone asks you 'what race to watch back?' #F1 #ItalianGP #Monza

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Amazing sports achievements always make me tear up a bit 🥹 What a friggin' drive. Take a bow or 10, Kimi Antonelli.... #F1 #ItalianGP #Monza

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Antonelli better be winning this from P19. Come the fuck on. What a result and what a party for him and the Tifosi...! #F1 #ItalianGP

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Antonelli is just amazing. What a kid. #F1 #ItalianGP

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Max Verstappen: Monza is going to be terrible, it's a write off. Also Max Verstappen: Leading the race at lap 12... #F1 #Monza #ItalianGP

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Kind of screwed up my peach jam with too much pectine. Stupid recipe. I've now gone from runny jams to solid jams. 5 jars of peach-jello. At least it does tast nice? even though I'll have to eat it with a steak knife.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This morning is being fuelled by some throwback music, Sonata Arctica 'Ecliptica' (1999, 2008 remastered edition). That's just what I needed to get through a very warm and tired Friday morning...!

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Nederlanders, is Taskmaster Nederland any good? Vanavond eens even uitchecken, maar ik vind Lubach so... Lubach en Nederlandse humor zo... Nederlands, maar ik hoop dat het vooral om de toffe tasks gaat? #TaskMasterNederland #TaskMaster

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I know there are various journalistic rules at play, but fuck me, in this whole Reform UK sting op, which was amazingly well done and I always applaud @channel4news.bsky.social for doing what the BBC should be doing (too), I wish they could also just not blank those names of other terrible donors.

Still with subtitles '[****] donates to us, and he donates through his son'

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Have been walking on my treadmill during meetings for >1 year. Only have had compliments & people have actually ALSO bought one. And now I get a complaint from a senior asking I stop doing it because EVERYONE IS DISTRACTED. I hate it when people try to hide their own problems behind others.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It me with any podcast ever. I am alone in this I guess, but I cannot stand podcasts.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm still quite proud that I have never seen or actually heard anything from MrBeast, just about in passing, and seeing and reading this thread only confirms how happy I should be about that fact.

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've got my desk treadmill up and running (teehee) and at least my days can be less sedentary again now! Feel like a proper millennial like this, but at least I'm a millennial who keeps moving.... Better have lunch with avocados...

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The amount of AI slop generated to explain the Nepal/Tibet disaster is astonishingly ironic. Endless videos/images in support/explanation, contributing wonderfully to the next climate change disaster. If you truly support the communities, be a part of the group that doesn't fuel the next one...

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Greg Davies' Ironic Reaction on Taskmaster

ALT: Greg Davies' Ironic Reaction on Taskmaster

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Harry Hol @harryhol.com · 31/08/2026

De knapste truc van extreemrechts is dat het arme mensen heeft wijsgemaakt dat hun belangen overeenkomen met die van miljardairs en dat de 'echte vijand' arme mensen met een kleurtje zijn.

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