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#Inktober2026, Day 5: Prompt word: #Smack Smack, German 'Schmack' or 'Smak'. A small fishing boat, usually gaf-rigged. Kaweco fountain pens, de Atramentis and/or Kaweco ink #Inktober

A schematic ink drawing of a smack, a sailboat often used for fishing. The boat has two masts and red sails.
The texts 'Inktober 2026' and 'prompt word: smack' show what the drawing was made for. A red stamp shows the date '05.10.2026'

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Inktober2026, Day 4: Prompt word: #Cactus "Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus" is a well-known (in Germany) song from 1934 by the Comedian Harmonists. Kaweco fountain pens, de Atramentis and/or Kaweco ink #Inktober

An ink drawing shows a small cactus on a balcony. The lines suggest the cactus is about to fall.
On the left side of the drawing are the words "Inktober '26 prompt word: cactus", and below the balcony is the text "Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus steht draußen am Balkon...", a song by the Comedian Harmonists.

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✨ Star @ LBX ✨ @thestarfishface.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Working on updating my webcomics powerpoint for Lightbox and adding in some jumpscares

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Inktober #Inktober2026 - Today, I'm inking at sea on the way home from Helsinki to Husum (via Travemünde). And yes, I'm a little late. 🤷🏼‍♂️

A schematic ink drawing in green & a little yellow. On the top left, I wrote "Inktober 2026", "Day One, and "prompt word: Apple" I also wrote "A little late… I 'blame' my travelling :)' and "At sea on the Finnmaid". A stamp shows the date 03.10.2026

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helsinkiruby.fi @helsinkiruby.fi · 01/10/2026

Ismael Celis opened tiny ruby #{conf} with his talk about command-driven Ruby apps.

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helsinkiruby.fi @helsinkiruby.fi · 01/10/2026

Stephan Kämper gave us a lesson on what we should know about Unicode.

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A room with a view. OK, the correct term is 'cabin' ⛴️😃

A photo of a sunrise taken through my cabin window on board a ferry on the Baltic Sea.

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#TinyRuby travel time, leg two: Travemünde ➙ Helsinki onboard the #Finnmaid ⛴️ #Ruby

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's travel time to get to #Helsinki to #TinyRuby! Leg one: Husum ➙ Travemünde

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses.

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My #TinyRubyConf plan: Arriving in Helsinki on Tuesday. If anyone else is also in town the days before the conference: How about meeting for some sightseeing, lunch, dinner?

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am decidedly looking forward to #TinyRubyConf in #Helsinki next week. The travelling (going by ferry), the city, and obviously Athena conference & Ruby folks. 😃🤩

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helsinkiruby.fi @helsinkiruby.fi · 26/08/2026

A special thanks to Typesense for keeping us caffeinated during #tinyruby 2026! ☕️

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helsinkiruby.fi @helsinkiruby.fi · 28/08/2026

Thanks to @kiskolabs.bsky.social for hopping on board as a #tinyruby sponsor!

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I also still have a ticket to give away for the upcoming #Ruby conference in #Helsinki -> helsinkiruby.fi/tinyruby/, organised by @helsinkiruby.fi

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tiny ruby #{conf}

A tiny Ruby conference in Helsinki, Finland. Now in its second year.

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have an AgileTD Ambassador discount code for the Agile Testing Days 2026 ➙ @agiletdzone.bsky.social / agiletestingdays.com (*40%* – valid *only* from 28.09 to 04.10). The code is valid for both on-site and online access. Just ask me for it. 😀 #AgileTD

The text "40% special discount" is in a star-shaped form. Additionally, the texts "I'm an AgileTD Ambassador" and "Ping me for a ticket deal and let's meet at Agile Testing Days!"

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Beaux 🕋 @obsidian.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wonder when the first AI agent/system will hire a killer to murder someone. Yes, there is a 'when' in that question. #AI #Control

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hsbt @hsbt.org · 16/09/2026

RubyGems 4.0.21 is out now: blog.rubygems.org/2026/09/16/4... This release is regular bug fix release. Bundler prevent to update beta version with `bundle update --bundler` now.

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4.0.21 Released

RubyGems 4.0.21 includes enhancements and Bundler 4.0.21 includes enhancements and bug fixes.

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sebs @sebs303.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reminder die Pissplörre nicht zu trinken. Kein Geld für Nazikollaborateure

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For those still learning about Germany’s neo-Nazi AfD, here are the salient facts:

INTELLIFACTS
ALICE WEIDEL BECOMES THE FIRST LEADER IN THE WORLD WHO IS ANTI-IMMIGRATION BUT HAS AN IMMIGRANT WIFE, IS ANTI-LGBTQ+ BUT IS A LESBIAN HERSELF, OPPOSES LGBT ADOPTION BUT HAS ADOPTED TWO CHILDREN, AND IS A HARDCORE GERMAN NATIONALIST BUT LIVES IN SWITZERLAND

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Tobias Geyer (he/him - Tarabiscoté*e) @the-qa-guy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm just a guy, standing in front of conferences, asking them to add alt text to the promotion images of their #accessibility talks 😭 (to paraphrase Notting Hill)

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hsbt @hsbt.org · 02/09/2026

RubyGems 4.0.20 and Bundler 4.0.20 are out. This is a cumulative bug fix release for the 4.0 series, and it backports the fixes for running gem and Bundler under RUBY_BOX=1 on Ruby 4.0: blog.rubygems.org/2026/09/02/4...

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4.0.20 Released

RubyGems 4.0.20 includes enhancements, bug fixes and documentation and Bundler 4.0.20 includes enhancements, bug fixes and documentation.

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Holger Nohr @holgernohr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Merz wegen totalem Versagen der Regierung des Bundeskanzlers besorgt ... Aber allesist gut: Der Bundeskanzler lässt sich regelmäßig über die Lage informieren. Puuuh. Aufatmen ... www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/M...

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Merz wegen niedriger Gasfüllstände besorgt

Wie gut ist Deutschland auf den Winter vorbereitet? Noch sind die Füllstände in den Gasspeichern niedrig - was Kanzler Merz offenbar so beunruhigt, dass er sich nun regelmäßig über die Lage informiere...

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have a (read: one) ticket for #tinyruby (➙ helsinkiruby.fi/tinyruby/) to give away. It's only one. DMs are open (or should be). – The conference is 1st of October and it's in #Helsinki

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tiny ruby #{conf}

A tiny Ruby conference in Helsinki, Finland. Now in its second year.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/08/2026

Hey, all. I got the pathology back on the lump they removed from above my eyebrow. It’s what’s called a pilar sheath acanthoma. BENIGN. NOT CANCER. Please have anything concerning checked out. Don’t wait.

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Little Girl's Relieved 'Phew!'

ALT: Little Girl's Relieved 'Phew!'

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Javier Cervantes @jvrc.ca · 29/08/2026

The raccoon protocol Salesforce kayak pipeline sound like the next big thing in tech.

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Hendrik Mans @hmans.dev · 20/08/2026

If you regularly think "why don't they just [...]" about something, it's much more likely that you are missing a critical piece of information than that everybody involved is simply dumber than you.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"But Jason, self-organisation doesn't scale." If nature teaches us anything, it's that self-organisation is the *only* thing that scales.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2026

“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It doesn't matter if you believe in climate change or not (whatever the cause). It doesn't matter if you blieve in gravity either. Or prime numbers.

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Jorge Sánchez (xurxodev) @xurxodev.com · 14/08/2026

Las nuevas generaciones de desarrolladores con Cursor + Copilot + Claude + Gemini Decenas de Skills de terceros, CLI de skills, decenas de agentes, skills de skills El senior con el IDE a pelo, su taza de café cuando le llaman para resolver las cagadas generadas con IA.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/08/2026

The Google homepage is doing a cool thing right now if you search “eclipse 2026” (or certain variants thereof)

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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 12/08/2026

If you don't have proper eclipse glasses / filters, try a pinhole camera ... When the sun is whole, images will be circles. When partially eclipsed they will be crescents. You can use a colander or even a Ritz Biscuit. Find out more in my book "Up - a scientist's guide to the magic above us"

Ritz biscuit held above a red book. Crescents can be seen in the shadow as the holes work as a pinhole camera.

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Had a brilliant #OpenWater and #SunSet swim 🌊🏊‍♂️🌊 in the NorthSea. 🤩🌅

The sun sets in the North Sea. On the horizon a hallig seems to float in the water. Closer to the foreground, a buoy marks the end of the swimming area. The sky shines in a warm orange light.

A sunset at the small port on Nordstrand.

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today marks the 8th year since my cancer diagnosis. Still alive and kicking - and cancer-free. 👍🎉 Folks, go to the checkups if you can – and the post-treatment examinations if you have to. Also, #FuckCancer

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Stephan @thetraveller.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Yay! Personal distance record: 2,2 km freestyle swimming in the #NorthSea. #OpenWaterSwimming #OpenWater

A fairly calm North Sea under a clear evening sky. The sun is still well above the horizon and reflects in the ocean waves.

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hsbt @hsbt.org · 05/08/2026

RubyGems and Bundler 4.0.18 are out. bundle lock and bundle cache now accept a --cooldown flag, and the release also carries a long list of bug fixes. blog.rubygems.org/2026/08/05/4...

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4.0.18 Released

RubyGems 4.0.18 includes enhancements, bug fixes and documentation and Bundler 4.0.18 includes enhancements, bug fixes, security and documentation.

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 05/08/2026

2026: RAM prices are crazy! 1981: Hold my beer...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

“It’s time to make oil giants pay up to repair the climate breakdown they’re driving. Think how many fire and flood defences we could build, or how many solar panels we could install, if big oil paid their fair share in taxes.” www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Is this cope? Have people actively deskilled themselves and now they’re trying to convince themselves, and everybody else, that skill doesn’t matter anymore?

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helsinkiruby.fi @helsinkiruby.fi · 30/07/2026

Speaker spotlight: Ismael Celis – how architecting Ruby apps around asynchronous commands unlocks real-time, reactive and multiplayer apps helsinkiruby.fi/tinyruby/202...

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Your request is my command: Reactive, command-driven Ruby apps

How architecting Ruby apps around asynchronous commands unlocks real-time, reactive and multiplayer apps.

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