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sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · Oct 21

🐸 my froggy desk setup is my pride and joy 🐸

✿ frog computer by me
✿ kerokerokeys keycaps by me (available at bubblesort.io)
✿ kerokerokeys deskmat by @mogumu.bsky.social
✿ frog chair by byalicelee.com
✿ frog planter is a collab with alice lee
✿ frog hoodie by @maobabie.com

frog desk set up with frog shaped computer and green keyboard with frog keycaps, frog planter, and chair with a frog face

me sitting with a frog hoodie at my frog themed desk

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Witch’s Black Kat Marchán 🐈‍⬛🧙🏼 @zkat.tech · 6h

Please consider helping fund this project and bringing it closer to becoming a formal coop (and cover some basic bills in the meantime).

Conjured Ink does not, and never will take money from “investors” that would take away from the direct power of the community it serves.

Conjured.Ink @conjured.ink · 6h

Conjured Ink is now accepting both one time and recurring donations!

Head to this link to learn more about our finances, or pledge your support:

opencollective.com/c...

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 3h

a great time to be a frog fan 🐸

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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André Arko @indirect.io · 4h

Ruby Central said some really concerning things today. I don’t think they’re representing the situation accurately. andre.arko.net/2025/10/09/t...

The RubyGems “security incident”

Ruby Central posted an extremely concerning “Incident Response Timeline” today, in which they make a number of exaggerated or purely misleading claims. Here’s my effort to set the record straight. Fir...

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 1d

*hitsujibungaku

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

I'm afraid that I have -- once again -- dramatically overestimated my productivity and have fallen far behind on my goals.

But tomorrow, I'll totally be able to do all the things I didn't do today plus all of tomorrow's tasks, right?

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puppy @duckinator.bsky.social · 1d

On RubyGems & Governance: pup-e.com/blog/on-ruby...

Many programmers have no interest in formal governance processes, but letting people act and speak on our behalf without our input is what got us here.

The path forward is for the community to speak up and take direct ownership of what we make.

On RubyGems & Governance

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 1d

happy hitsajibungaku album release day to those who celebrate

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sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 3d

tokyo friends, @shirleywu.studio and i have been working on a datavis + ceramics art show that will open next week!

ephemeral:
capturing seven decades of blooms and foliage in ceramics

📆 2025.10.16(thu)–10.19(sun) 1–7pm
🎊 10.17 (fri) 6–8pm opening party
🗺️ such as gallery, shimokitazawa, tokyo

a photo of a ceramic sakura, maple leaf, and ginkgo, with the text “amy wibowo and shirley wu present: ephemeral 陶器に映し出す、桜と紅葉の70年の季節。(translated in english: capturing seven decades of blooms and foliage in ceramics)

2025.10.16(thu)–10.19(sun) 1–7pm
suchas_gallery shimokitazawa, tokyo

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 2d

nooo 😭

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 3d

i'm so lucky to get to collaborate and make art with my friends 🥹💓

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 3d

毎年春には桜がわずかな間だけ咲き、秋にはイチョウやカエデの葉が色づいて散っていきます。その美しさは儚いものですが、地球の気候変動によって、こうした自然の出来事の時期は予測しにくくなっています。気象庁のデータをもとに、「ephemeral」は過去70年にわたるその変化を記録した、花とデータの展示。

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 3d

Using data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, ephemeral captures these changing dates over the last seven decades.

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 3d

Every spring, cherry blossoms bloom briefly, and every fall, gingko and maple leaves change colors before they fall. These sights are as fleeting as they are beautiful, but as Earth’s climate changes, the dates of these natural events have shifted unpredictably.

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 3d

tokyo friends, @shirleywu.studio and i have been working on a datavis + ceramics art show that will open next week!

ephemeral:
capturing seven decades of blooms and foliage in ceramics

📆 2025.10.16(thu)–10.19(sun) 1–7pm
🎊 10.17 (fri) 6–8pm opening party
🗺️ such as gallery, shimokitazawa, tokyo

a photo of a ceramic sakura, maple leaf, and ginkgo, with the text “amy wibowo and shirley wu present: ephemeral 陶器に映し出す、桜と紅葉の70年の季節。(translated in english: capturing seven decades of blooms and foliage in ceramics)

2025.10.16(thu)–10.19(sun) 1–7pm
suchas_gallery shimokitazawa, tokyo

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puppy @duckinator.bsky.social · 4d

The team formerly behind RubyGems has come together to launch a new gem server for the Ruby community!

gem.coop

I am *super* excited about this!

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André Arko @indirect.io · 4d

announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 4d

your outfit looks so cute & comfy!!

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 4d

they’re all so cute! i love the top left the most!

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 6d

💓

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 6d

omg! i heard back from the san francisco conservatory and got a meeting lined up—cross your fingers for me and hope i can collab with them on a puzzle hunt event for the public!

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 11d

i’ve put together a few more of these puzzle hunt kits, they’ll be at the shop tomorrow!

also, do i know anyone with contacts at the conservatory of flowers? would love to get in touch with them about putting on an event together!

a green postcard with metallic gold lettering that says “a flower by any olher
Name: a linguistic & botanical puzzle hunt by sailorhg set at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers” held up by a hand in front of lush tropical plants in a greenhouse

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Dannel Jurado @demarko.org · 6d

I'm nervous to speak but I'll be there ready to stand with my fellow union members ✊

Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 6d

New York City! Come to our strike rally at noon on Tuesday October 7th in front of Union Square Ventures. We'll have some speakers from our unit as well as @phara4assembly.bsky.social, @opeiulocal153.bsky.social and @nytguildtech.bsky.social

More info here bit.ly/KSRUrally

Kickstarter United NYC Strike Rally
Our union has voted to STRIKE! We are fighting for a 32-hour work week, livable wage for all workers. Join us!
Tuesday, October 7th @ 12 pm
RSVP: https://bit.ly/KSRUrally
Location: Union Square Ventures, 817 Broadway, New York, NY, 10003

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 6d

apothecary diaries has been one of my recent favs as well! currently rewatching to introduce @indirect.io to it!

sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 6d

haha this is my exact flowchart as well

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 6d

if the state of journalism and its capture by the right wing also has you in despair, a real, tangible thing you can do to push back is support/subscribe to worker-owned indie news media!!

@coyotemedia.org (bay area)
@51st.news (dc)
@racketmn.com (mn)
@autonomynews.co
@505omatic.bsky.social (nm)

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 6d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov