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wellreadpanda.bsky.social @wellreadpanda.bsky.social · 4h

Here's an Automeris Io moth I crocheted, following the incredible pattern from Zoe Buchanan. In one picture, it's on the target of a MothBox from @dinalab.bsky.social !

Head-on view of a crocheted yellow Automeris Io moth on leaves.

Crocheted Automeris Io moth on leaves, seen from the back with its forewings spread.

Crocheted Automeris Io moth on the target of a MothBox!

Belly side of a crocheted Automeris Io moth, showing the underside of its wings.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine is an echo chamber. Good luck finding nuanced debates about hot button issues on that touch screen. It’s just soda names and flavored syrups

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 6h

OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 11d

It's official! We are in Open Hardware Month! 🎉 It's time to celebrate all the wonderful ways open source hardware can exist and get those projects certified ;) Also maybe snag a fun variation on our fundraiser merch?

www.customink.com/fundraising/...

Open Hardware Month Fundraiser, Supporting Open Source Hardware Association

The Open Source Hardware Association works to spread awareness and knowledge of open source practices. We work to help show people how and why sharing their work for everyone to make and iterate on is...

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 1d

Man, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social just consistently does the stuff Democrats are supposed to be doing

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes i feel bad lying to my 3d printer.

"Hey we ran out of white ABS filament, can you reload it with the exact same type of filament and color and brand?"

"Uhh yeah" (loads black)

"Oops ran out again, make sure same color and brand and type"

(Searches "can PETG stick to abs)- "yeah"

Franken print with abs and pet and mukti colors

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Indivisible Oregon @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social · 5d

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 5d

This photo from Portland by @reuters.com's Carlos Barria 👌

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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wellreadpanda.bsky.social @wellreadpanda.bsky.social · 3d

Tapir time! Good morning from the best snoot in the biz.

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qdot @buttplug.engineer · 3d

Do you ever think about there are people posting on this site who weren’t alive for The Great Outdoor Fight

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 3d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 3d

WHAT NOW - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELITON AT THERE COMPUTER " CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT LOOK UP MORE COOL SHIT WHEN THE INTERNET STILL WORKED" ,,, THE FUNNYEST THING ABOUT A SOCIETY IN DECLINE IS YOU DONT REALLY EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN TO YOU AND WHEN IT DOES IT FEEL'S LIKE A PERSONAL OFFENSE, WE WATCHED COMPUTERS AND NET GET BETTER AND BETTER FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT IT SEEMED OBVIOUS IT WOULD CONTINUE, WHY WOULD THINGS GET BAD ON PURPOSE, HOW CAN YOU MAKE MORE MONEY WITH WORSE PRODUCT'S , WELL THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT , THEY SOLD OUR COMMUNITYS AND RESOURCES UP THE DAMB RIVER TO MAKE A FEW MORE TRILLION'S, AND WHAT CAN THEY EVEN BUY WITH IT, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ABILITY TO ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE IN PEACE - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN BBUT IM STILL KICKEN A$$ AND ADDING CUSS WORD'S TO MY GOGGLE SEARCHES SO THEY DONT SHOW ME AI SHIT !!!! - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 3d

Could you imagine if like just 5% of the budget that went to cops went to some kind of "Help Squad" that literally actually just was around in case people needed help doing stuff? Navigating, finding things, discussing disputes, cleaning stuff, walking with people who needed help?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 3d

Neat projects all over! With @wellreadpanda.bsky.social

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 3d

A bumping jungle craft night at Dinalab!

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 4d

The ñeques have begun to worship a new idol

Ring of small brown rodents praying to a 3D printed agouti God

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Jesse Louis-Rosenberg @nervousjesse.bsky.social · 4d

We have finally released our new puzzle, the Flummoxagon! We've done more tweaking and playtesting on this than any other puzzle, and I think we've managed to make a unique and addictive game. It's turned into something completely different from our original idea

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Meet the Flummoxagon

We’re excited to announce Flummoxagon, a new geometric puzzle game that might just leave you flummoxed. Imagine a mash-up of Pentominoes and Sudoku. Your goal is to fit all the pieces into the hexa…

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.

Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead

Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 4d

still so pissed by the amount of people who yelled at me when these assholes were first bl *wing up hospitals

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

One of the earlier and most-viewed examples was an animation of Al Shifa Hospital, published in October 2023.

The “underground command room” was recycled from a 2022 IDF animation of an UNRWA school in Tel Al-Hawa; the street above was built from prefab @kb-3d.bsky.social storefronts

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

One of the earlier and most-viewed examples was an animation of Al Shifa Hospital, published in October 2023.

The “underground command room” was recycled from a 2022 IDF animation of an UNRWA school in Tel Al-Hawa; the street above was built from prefab @kb-3d.bsky.social storefronts

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 4d

We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Scans of parking lots, antennas, and pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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