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Contemporary prints: pen plotter, laser, serigraphy, PLOTTERZINE. Making and crafting. And some tech. padcrafting.com https://forms.gle/ddRkgkdUcR49HPkj8

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · Feb 10

#printmakers - here's a way to help. @the-ilrc.bsky.social produces these small red cards with the script to help immigrants in dealing with ICE. They're out of cards, but they provide the PDFs for free www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta... -if you can, print out some, and hand them out to your community

Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC

All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...

www.ilrc.org

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 7d

Measure Twice, Cut Once

xkcd.com/3149/

Comic. “Measure [Twice], cut [Once]” -Carpenty Proverb. [Scatter plot with number of measurements on y axis and number of cuts on x axis. Points in a descending line on graph: surveyor, surgeon, good carpenter, careless carpenter, really bad carpenter, serial killer]

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 7d

Just figured out that in particular contexts, autocorrect will capitalize my variable names while editing my script. #instantbug #macos

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 7d

I hope it’s an illusion, but I think more people are adopting the speaking cadence of online short form video influencers.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 8d

Why are so many tips for ios26 about making behave like the old iOS?

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 8d

Does anyone have a total immersive video of experiencing solar eclipse totality for the Apple Vision Pro?

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 8d

Some pretty interesting books here. And it supports a good cause (EFF) www.humblebundle.com/books/electr...

Humble Tech Book Bundle: Electronics for the Curious by No Starch (pay what you want and help charity)

Pay what you want to deepen your knowledge of video games and technology with our latest Tech Book Bundle: Electronics for the Curious.

www.humblebundle.com

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 9d

I’m not sure if this is vibe-coding - but I’d like to dump a bunch of one off scripts into an LLM and ask it to package them up into a working Inkscape extension.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 9d

I have a working macOS system - I don’t have a compelling need to switch to macOS 26. Specially after reading that I may have to reinstall homebrew and python libraries.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10d

Worried this might be relevant soon

youtu.be/PUtI3xoaHx0

Could we survive eating only humans?

YouTube video by xkcd's What If?

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 10d

Well this is interesting: an open source inkjet printer www.notebookcheck.net/Open-Printer...

Open Printer is an open source inkjet printer with DRM-free ink and roll paper support

The Open Printer features a modular and highly repairable design, and while it uses the popular HP 63 cartridges, it lacks DRM blocks that lock out third-party cartridges. It also allows printing on p...

www.notebookcheck.net

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 11d

Designing for stereograms can be a little tiring for the eyes.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 12d

Without electricity, a heat press can be just a press.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 13d

This is going to be a fun plot. Can you see? #stereogram #vectorart #algorist #plotterart #printmaking

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 13d

But you share your expertise. That’s valuable.

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 13d

This is a stereogram. Which opens all sorts of possibilities

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𝓟𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓪 𝓚𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓰 @patriciakellogg.bsky.social · 14d

congrats @georgetakei.bsky.social

sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 15d

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 15d

AI guided image trace vectorization is a long ways away.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 15d

I had this crazy idea to use Granite3.2-Vision as a crude image trace machine. I fed it an image and asked for an SVG. It kept outputting python.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 15d

Apparently I had this pin on me while attending a conference. On AI.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 15d

Me setting my air conditioner to 82 so the local power grid doesn't buckle for the ai data center set to 64 degrees.

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Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 15d

An idea: Repository of Modern Public Domain Art. Which is to say, art that is intentionally created to be in the public domain. It could, of course, enrich the current public domain art registries.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 18d

Finally upgraded to iPadOS 26. Reserving judgment on Liquid Glass. But I’ve found the multiple windowing very useful so far. Still miffed at poor support for SVG.

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 20d

Saturn done in hexagonal Truchet tiles with gold on maroon. 150x100mm #penplotter #plotterart #algorist #gold

Padcrafting @padcrafting.com · 21d

If you step farther away you’ll see the smile. #parametricportraits #penplotter #fibonacci #plotterart #algorist #printmaking

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22d

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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