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![the weekly - curated posts from the scuttleverse](&Q9wEqKM6UtKmMpI+W17MuwTSNTQpEtSnLvTFrgVI5EE=.sha256)

# Recent Days in Scuttlebutt

## Totally Random

[@umhi](@7x+lsDrIbLkiub2LVN3YHMYZOGY1ZvaJBcxax9qD854=.ed25519) shared [a bunch of pictures of lovely flowers](%T4VhHsipMgvIsyYdzX3FbDxBxckP9B/cqas9VdK6mRI=.sha256) including this Rip Van Winkle Daffodil.

![rip van winkle daffodil](&ZSZaW8tN2qpogD+XzJyt5sy8/NAYmC6dOb0rrYoN1tE=.sha256)

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[@Beni Grind](@i/gfWqlqxBq9JkYhWIT0whiczxDTySFr9KXVwZgVavw=.ed25519) took their unicycle [down a pretty dirt trail](%5UVVSkNwkIy1THWAM9C0n/960bZgXMdoWpYbzTOPhJs=.sha256). 

![a unicycle hangs from a wooden fence. a rocky dirt path stretches out through green pastures to a mountainous distance](&3l5c+C+9ylrTo+8YYrg1Vhpk9p/tGd209tgbNwZfzvk=.sha256)

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[@Rabble](@0uOwBrHIeiRK7lcvpLwjSFkcS3UHSQb/jyN52zf+J6Y=.ed25519) shared a picture of the unipiper demonstrating significant personal protective measures.

![the unipiper rides a unicycle while playing a flaming bagpipe in a gas mask and plastic suit.](&eww1wlcE/M8o7ovMaIgPZMDjQszXlUcwYkbvfPE8GjI=.sha256)

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[@hoodownr](@YND2Cb9uk3ZdFyzXpaXDH5HZ9udu+qjg4MhNcynK2RE=.ed25519) drew [a surprised man in a sound booth](%WfblU/+n2QQtITQ8MWL0SFnYMoY/u7KLjb0I+pMLkew=.sha256)

![herbert's song drawing by hoodownr](&DTW79YXTrwT+TgKUKvL/jjY++OgdcDZyGI2YArRLNhI=.sha256)

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[@not not charlie](@fFtzTNuTSdOkipPqMItnjwl6QjQda5/zIXNqfgGXS2U=.ed25519)
 [sharpened their own saw](%HQdUBxdbj0tnPwOHnmIF6A1yNaMPK+TmtU+2YcsT6QA=.sha256). 

![a saw in a vice](&HKRV1rPq6effwihLaRdo14p4BS4wL4/BoBjKHWS0abw=.sha256)

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[@David Gómez](@XO687hcrkcQg2S+huhLOYK2WYmBgaVXbiNF2FNpdq3g=.ed25519) shared [adorable dog pictures](%rv2YJcJp6zJUrMkFAXW3ixwQTwCftQBu1LFiT682s0E=.sha256) in a sad story about the power of diabetes.

![small dog Running towards photographer over brown grass](&k8eLyFPNUtEAtl8r92lJooVDMihdMSWAli8H6vAjyhI=.sha256)




## Software 
[@SoapDog (SPX)](@0xkjAty6RSr5uhbAvi0rbVR2g9Bz+89qiKth48ECQBE=.ed25519) has announced [Project Moon Hermit](%/v7WBnJiNuvATx9X08da/cMzgH1TFo1lVp/eStdT5Q0=.sha256)

![project moon hermit](&JL4n8pLaqievH1eCfSp5+arC6N329JRb5hTp1TpMCEo=.sha256)


> It is a new SSB client of sorts. It is not exactly a client but a version of Lua 5.3 that contains an embedded SSB client inside it. It was built by picking #sbotc by @cel and grafting #lua into it.


It's still very early stages and there's lots of geeky stuff in the post for those who are curious.


[@kas](@RuNxm8SRujPcJx6GjtTQHp6hprAFv5voEkcvoAkB8Pk=.ed25519) shares ["Phetch" a command line gopher client](%rB8LZn7Qoe1OlFWCbOto1gEmFA5+9OkLuLzXX1b9bEM=.sha256). 

![phetch-start.png](&W1goktmim+bIaFZWLW+B3ezGxYKEIG1pnt5wG1wct3w=.sha256)



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### Summary Data

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