We remember Ted Turner (1938–2026), a visionary who reshaped how we experience the news through CNN and left a lasting mark through his philanthropy and conservation efforts. Explore his life and impact through our curated booklist. slpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...

More than a dozen local organizations will hold a general strike and rally across the St. Louis region this Friday. Here's what you need to know:

For clarity I’m not recommending killing a buncha guys. I’m just saying that theoretically that’s the conclusion people draw wrt to the preventing the rot from returning. Like how it’s commonly accepted that the civil war never ended because the surviving traitors were granted reintegration.

Missed our panel on breaking into conference speaking? The replay is live. 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybBy... CFP season is in full swing and this is your sign to submit. Your perspective belongs in the room 💜 #RubyCommunity #CFP #TechSpeakers #WNBdotrb

Simply put, our friends need our help. This is how we can come together and do that. Also, industry folks always get 20% off ❤️ Mondays in May starting with this coming one. ALL proceeds go to keeping our friends and yours in business. Bring in your own food - Mondays only

Catching up on some Marvel and Josh Gad playing asshole Josh Gad is brilliant.

Este fin de semana experimenté con el traductor de @leanpub.bsky.social l para traducir mi libro de RSpec al español. No espero que sea perfecta, pero espero que llegue a quienes no lo tendrían de otro modo. #RSpec #RubyOnRails leanpub.com/everydayrail...

I experimented this weekend with @leanpub.bsky.social's translation tooling to create a Spanish translation of my RSpec book. I don't expect it to be perfect, but I hope it makes the book available to people who wouldn't have it otherwise. #RSpec #RubyOnRails leanpub.com/everydayrail...

Heya, ICYMI, I updated my RSpec testing book for Rails 8.1 and Ruby 4.0! Learn to test the way I did, through a hands-on, full-stack approach. Launch discount through April for $9 (regularly $19). Free update if you got your copy through Leanpub. 🤗 #RubyOnRails #RSpec

I wrote this post about automating guard rails in Rails and Django, and opening up codebases to newcomers. leftofthe.dev/2026/04/04/g... #Rails #Django

💥 I held myself accountable and have shipped the 2026 edition of my RSpec book, updated for Rails 8 and Ruby 4! It's on Leanpub, and a free update for all past purchase, as usual. Please pass this along to your friends and colleagues who want to learn testing. leanpub.com/everydayrail...

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You know what? Mastodon and Bluesky are giving me the same no-good shitty feelings that Twitter did way back. I've removed the apps from my phone, sometimes remember to check on my laptop, and don't feel like I'm missing much besides a bunch of existential hang-writing into the sky.

what the actual is happening here.

I've been thinking, if/when we downsize to a condo and stay in STL for it, I'd want to head downtown. That view 😍

Just putting this out here: I make these little Jayhawk ornaments that also make great lucky charms for March Madness. #kubball #MarchMadness #Jayhawks ko-fi.com/s/e45a2ba841

I published this yesterday, then noticed today that Superpowers have graduated to the official Claude code skills group! 🎉 #ClaudeCode

If you know of someone who could benefit from this, we'd love it if you passed it along!

I've been having a blast the past couple of weeks chatting with other engineers at @oreilly.bsky.social about my Claude Code setup! For everyone else, here's a little article on why I think the Superpowers skills are changing the game with agentic coding. leftofthe.dev/2026/02/19/c...

👇 A new vacancy from the ChicagoRuby community 👇 Tastytrade is hiring: Software Engineer II (Ruby) — Internal Tools 📍 Hybrid (Chicago, West Loop) 💰 ~$146K base + bonus Mid-level Ruby role with real ownership inside brokerage engineering. Apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/tastytrade/j...

These banners are apparently prohibited from @stlcitysc.com stadium next year after having been present the first three seasons. The club still has a Pride night scheduled and just released a Tina Turner tribute kit. You can't just have values on one day or to sell merch. You have to live them.

Johnny Weir's childhood, apparently #TheTraitorsUS

In the spring of 1935, track legend Jesse Owens delivered one of the most astonishing performances in sports.🏃🏾‍♂️✨ This signed photograph of Owens is preserved in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Room at Central Library, honoring a moment that forever changed sports history. #BlackHistoryMonth #TBT

On the same day they launched a kit celebrating a black woman, they told us we can’t display our Black Lives Matter flag anymore that we’ve used since 2023. @stlcitysc.com has picked the side of the oppressor.

I always appreciated how he was able to laugh at himself, like in the underrated “Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23.”

For professional wrestling fans, the theme music that ushers a grappler into the ring is almost as iconic as someone’s finishing move or signature pose. But Florissant resident Paul Morad took recollecting pro wrestling entrance music to a new level, setting a new world record.

Addy is one of my favorite people to talk to about the future of software! I'm really looking forward to this conversation

A belated happy Caturday from One Toof Rüf. #caturday

When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.

Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.

If you're a Ruby dev especially, go grab something! graceful.dev

Profits today being donated to local immigrant support non-profits.

a new bird

THIS 👇 IS TRUE......

anyone who ever tells you non-work tasks are necessary for work (other than, like, reading, and rest) is trying to induct you into a cult

HEY BITCH....... THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU VOTED FOR!! FUCK YOU!!

Think you know your stuff when it comes to sexual health? Grab a drink and put your knowledge to the test with Planned Parenthood experts at @2ndshiftbrewing.bsky.social! RSVP today: ppgr.org/sextrivia

@pragprog.com says 43% Off everything with coupon code "Brrr". Including Programming Ruby 4 (pragprog.com/titles/ruby6...)

"Abolish ICE" was submitted 9,200 times for Chicago's snowplow naming contest, records show. blockclubchi.co/3ZAnDTZ

Civil asset forfeiture for billionaires.

Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.

Some want to see the buildings moved to productive use—and Assessor Shawn Ordway says he’s receptive to tips from the public.

Otherlands Brewing (WA) posted an invoice to its Instagram the other day highlighting a $2k tariff charge for a shipment of German malt. "We paid it. Otherlands Beer in Bellingham, WA. Not the EU, not the government of Germany, not our friends in Bamberg. This American small business."

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