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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 12h

I have invented a pasta dish that is based on a traditional Polish dance. … I’m calling it spaghetti polonaise.

Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TTRPGs work a bit differently: I need a license from the RPG publisher (Chaosium in this case) to use their rules in my book. I can either buy such a license, or publish through their program (Miskatonic Repository) where they get a share. So I can't just put a PDF on my own website, unfortunately.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you. I am not really sure how I am going to publish it. It’s a TTRPG campaign, so a Kickstarter could work, or otherwise via DriveThruRPG.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This summer, I finished writing "Black Lancers", my Pulp Cthulhu campaign which follows the trail of the Polish Black Brigade through WWII Europe. This morning I had a copied printed, and now I am opening the book at random pages, feeling quite proud. #CallOfCthulhu #PulpCthulhu #BlackLancers

Picture of a 342-page thick, spiral-bound manuscript, entitled "Black Lancers: a WWII Campaign of Polish Tankers and Nazi Sorcery".

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After 140 years and four generations, my local bookshop has closed down. 😕

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I will be backing it, if only to hear your various pronunciations of “Huizinga”!

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TIL a baby beaver is a beaver kit. For a minute, I thought you saw the components to construct one.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Me too! (I am no longer employed by Embabel)

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You can take my Kapsalon when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. Presumably because of a cardiac arrest.

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Kapsalon - Wikipedia

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The slipperiness would have to be quite local, so that it does not affect those who could do without said fall.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ik dacht even: wat moeten de Chinezen nou met Croky?

Bericht van nu.nl: Oud-leidinggevende Belgische chipfabrikant verdacht van spionage voor China

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

They do keep your mini stand upright.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Nothing wrong with that. 🇳🇱

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is from a trip to Barcelona. It has more axis than a PlayStation controller.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I’m more of a fan of lukewarm honey myself.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Better yet, you can run it in GURPS!

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Having played the 1st ed in the 90s, and run the 2nd ed some years ago, HotOE is a great campaign. You’ll be able to find criticism saying that it’s “too railroady” 🙄: a blatant example of premise rejection IMO.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Date yourself with a commercial from your childhood. (I was bullied to no end during first grade because I looked like the actor)

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Bichoc (Délichoc) reclame met Bart de Graaff (uit jaren 80)

YouTube video by oonai5000

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Bought a lovely book by Johan Egerkrans on the Norse Gods

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Wish I had learned this before wasting those years on my BA in philosophy.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We’re not in Copenhagen either. Billund!

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I didn’t buy it, unfortunately. Took a picture for Dave who has a house there.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We’re leaving for Denmark now, sorry!

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ik blijf het vreemd vinden dat mijn abonnementsgeld voor @nrc.nl wordt doorgesluisd aan @economist.com en @nytimes.com. Hoe helpt dit de Nederlandstalige journalistiek?

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Lovely quote from “the Eye of the Needle” (Ucho Igielne) by Wiesław Myśliwski. The last sentence reads “History is the science of all sciences.” I couldn’t agree more. (See alt text for full translation)

On more than one occasion, he tried to convince me that history was not the past. No matter how long ago it happened, it was always happening now, during our lifetime. For it is only history that helps us find our place on the map of time. History is the science of all sciences.

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GOTO Conferences @gotocon.com · 06/08/2026

From XML Spring MVC to annotations to functional APIs— @poutsma.bsky.social shares 19 years of "living with past mistakes" in Spring. Expect bubble sort stories, API design lessons, and honest engineering hindsight. Watch: youtu.be/1o2E2n0KDZ4?...

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A Long Spring: 19 Years of Living with Your Past Mistakes • Arjen Poutsma • GOTO 2025

YouTube video by GOTO Conferences

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’m imaging you casting minis from the back of this vehicle.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“Rules for thee, but not for me”

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

“Making things work” is the absolute bare minimum a Spring framework engineer needs to do. Making it consistent, user friendly, and ensuring that it everyone is happy; not “someone”, is much more important.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Editing of my #BlackLancers campaign continues in our vacation cottage, before the rest of the family wakes up.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Our vacation home for the coming week

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