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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 6d

Hacker bier 🍺

#Oktoberfest

Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 11d

Sweet reminder of our summer #Japan trip by @polarsteps.bsky.social even if it's just scratching the surface. #Expo2025 was memorable but challenging. Better plan ahead for Expo 2030! 😆 bit.ly/ps-japan25

#tokyo #osaka #disneysea #expo2025 #teamlab #universalstudiosjapan #toyosusenkyakubanrai

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James @purpleidea.bsky.social · 13d

Big News:

Ten years of #mgmtconfig

Version 1.0.0 now released

I've started a company called "m9rx"

We have a crazy deal on our website right now, so please share the news and sign-up today!

purpleidea.com/blog/2025/09...

github.com/purpleidea/m...

m9rx.com/news/10-year...

10 years of mgmt - https://purpleidea.com/

I can't believe it's been 10 years

purpleidea.com

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 14d

Updating stickers on laptops... let's see how many I can tag

@matrix.org @instructlab.bsky.social @undergrounddonut.bsky.social @pytorch.org @github.com @kubefloworg.bsky.social @trustyai.bsky.social

#ramalama #docling #vllm #llmd #ospo #ansible #thinkpad #womeninfedora #expo2025 #cushingcenter

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natalie @natalie.sh · 19d

this is neat. not even considering genai stuff it's nice to be able to convert random stuff to markdown to put in smth else github.com/docling-proj...

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 19d

IBM Granite-Docling-258M

a tiny VLM that fits into the docling toolchain that converts PDF->html/markdown painlessly

this addition is now the default for docling

huggingface.co/collections/...

Granite Docling - a ibm-granite Collection

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

huggingface.co

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 17d

Tally at the end of August: 11 trips so far in 2025. Staying in Finland for the whole of September feels strange but nice. At least I'm actually *in* Finland for my 18th anniversary (tomorrow) here!

(I'll) carry on...

🎦 Snippet from #TheRockOrchestra candlelight concert in #Tampere last month.

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 18d

It was great! One of my favourite places to visit... will be going to UK again next month (work trip in London, but planning a few days for leisure as well) and I've always wondered what if I chose UK instead of US for college studies? (U Glasgow was one of the universities that accepted me!) 🤔😄

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 19d

Pretty cool trip reel created by #polarsteps app for the trip

bit.ly/ps-uktrip

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 20d

w00t! The #Ansible Bullhorn just released its 200th edition! Even though I haven't been involved in it for the past year and half, it's so great to see something you've built and nurtured for ~4 years thriving on with the support of the team + #community 🎉

forum.ansible.com/t/celebratin...

Celebrating 200 editions of the Ansible Bullhorn!

Issue #200, 2025-09-12 (Past Issues) After 5 years, we’re excited to reach 200 editions of our community newsletter, the Ansible Bullhorn. We hope you’ve enjoyed all the news, project updates, and interesting tidbits from the Ansible community over the years. And we’re always looking forward to what is coming in the next edition of the Bullhorn. For now, though, grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea. Let’s take a moment to celebrate this milestone. Because each edition of the Bullhorn is a...

forum.ansible.com

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · 21d

The CFP for #CfgMgmtCamp 2026 is open - submit early, submit often! We're looking for talks, workshops, ignites etc. on #opensource topics related to infrastructure and automation. Check out the details at: cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/cfp

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InstructLab @instructlab.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 Hi all! The #InstructLab Community is evolving to better align with technical changes, with the project components being separated and relocated. Here is the full announcement: blog.instructlab.ai/2025/09/inst...

Thank you for all your participation and contributions in the past year! 🐶

InstructLab Community Evolution – InstructLab

blog.instructlab.ai

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Sep 7

Flight tracklog 🛩️ EFTP ↔️ EFHN

Two lines between Tampere and Hanko airports showing the roundtrip flight tracks, not super straight but also not as squiggly as I imagined 😂

Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Sep 5

thank you! ☺️ And I'm not a pilot, just a wannabe 😅 This was my first time behind the yoke!

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Ms. Jen @msjen.bsky.social · Aug 31

#SilentSunday #Tonight #Photography #PhotobyJeniferHanen

Late dusk sky in shades of violet and dusty pink with a Crescent nearly first quarter Moon high in the southern sky. Foreground is a darker chalk hill with the high Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in the farther background. Photo by Jenifer Hanen taken Aug 30, 2025.

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Sep 4

It was, thank you! 🥰

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Sep 4

Turning 50 is a big milestone (though one that I wasn't too thrilled to commemorate). My partner planned a surprise trip to #Hanko for us "just for lunch", with me taking the wheel for a major part of it! Enjoying views of #Finland from above was icing on the cake. It's like I'm 42 again😂 #cessna172

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The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · Sep 3

Status update: we've restored the 55TB snapshot and subsequent incremental backups, and are about to replay the remaining traffic since the backup. There are still several unknowns, but if things go well the matrix.org instance should be back in 3-4 hours.

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lenicatko.bsky.social @lenicatko.bsky.social · Aug 14

I am addicted to StreetComplete, and I admit it 😎 So when you see me wondering around streets in Brno with my phone, no, I am not stalking people. I just try to find out if the opening hours are correct on #OpenStreetMaps or if the cycling lane is not missing! 😅

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Aug 31

#Amsterdam #vanishingpoint

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Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Aug 30

One week in Amsterdam? Oh yeah I took tons of photos!

#OSSummit #OSSEU #AIDev

Photo album:

A screenshot from photo gallery app showing a 6x12 grid of thumbnails of various conference presentation slides, with location Noord-Holland.

Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Aug 29

Well the t-shirts will be put to good use as I'll have to spend a night at Helsinki airport hotel due to flight delay (and I'll miss the last bus home)

Pic of KLM planes at the C gates in AMS taken at 20:00. Flight was supposed to depart at 21:00 but delayed to at least 22:00.

Carol Chen @cybette.bsky.social · Aug 28

A tale of two t-shirts: the fitted ("for women") XXL is still smaller than the regular size S. From the same brand. 🤔

(Thanks to #OSSummit #OSSEU for the lovely swag! The event has been great, I just think the t-shirt sizing is absurd...)

The XXL t-shirt is on top, at about the same width, but shorter than the S.

The size S t-shirt on top completely covering the "for women" XXL.

Close up of the shirt tags, one showing B&C E150 for women XXL, the other showing B&C E190 S.

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Kurt Overmier @kovermier.bsky.social · Aug 28

Don't vibe too hard!

#solodev #aidev

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The Linux Foundation @linuxfoundation.org · Aug 27

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Open Source Summit Europe! Amsterdam showed us how bicycles + open source have something in common: both depend on collaboration, trust, and shared paths forward. Cheers to thriving together - and continuing the ride! 🚲💙

#OSSummit #OpenSource #OSS

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