New posts on this blog now get announced on Bluesky automatically, alongside the Mastodon toots that were already going out. If you’re reading this via a Bluesky link card, that’s the thing working.

It went live on 16 October, with the Inktober “Gangly” post being the first one through, and it’s been quietly doing its job since.

How it works

The whole thing is a GitHub Actions workflow plus a small Python script, with no third-party service in the middle.

Inktober 2026 17, Contraption

Captain’s log, Day 17

The engineer hasn’t slept. Neither have I.

We have to get rid of the thing. A sealed bulkhead won’t hold it for long.

So the engineer built something: welding mask, oxy-acetylene tanks and torch, deck plating riveted into armour, and a cargo claw for an arm. A contraption. Protection. Hopefully safe.

Somebody has to wear it.

We’re drawing straws…

Inktober 2026 16, Gangly

Captain’s log, Day 16

Movement in the corridor outside Medical. Gangly. Jerky. Too many joints, none of them bending the right way.

Then the noises: nothing a human throat should make. It was coming from the medical unit, and the unit was meant to be sealed.

I saw it clearly for three seconds. That was enough. Never unsee this. It will live in our nightmares forever.