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@adafruit formerly - founder of hackaday / writer / editor make, craft, engadget, popsci, 2600 & fallon
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a lot of this today ....
February 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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good night, and good luck printing
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February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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"Claude is writing Adafruit libraries, testing on real hardware, trained on Adafruit repos ... this is the most beautiful ouroboros in open source AI"
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Full-circle Test-driven Firmware Development with OpenClaw 🦞🤖 Ladyada: ...

180 sec version (limit here), check our other places for the rest! youtu.be/iDKODpuzXmo etc ...
February 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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RadioShack Sold You an “AI” Therapist in 1979

RadioShack Sold You an “AI” Therapist in 1979 🤖🛍️ Before ChatGPT, before Siri, even before Clippy, there was ELIZA on the TRS-80. Mall kiosks were doing "AI" first.

blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/01/r...

#retro #retrocomputing #ai
vintage radioshack advertisement for “the amazing eliza,” showing a trs-80 computer with cassette recorder beside a silhouette profile labeled with question marks, promoting “hours of stimulating conversation at your fingertips,” and describing eliza as a friendly, curious computerized counselor that asks questions, talks about feelings, and simulates conversation in english. radioshack instruction manual cover from 1979 for eliza, titled “the amazing artificial intelligence simulation,” showing a black silhouette of a woman’s head with the text “how do you do? my name is eliza. what is your problem?” marketed for the trs-80, illustrating how a simple chatbot was sold as consumer “artificial intelligence” decades before modern ai assistants.
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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gm rise and grind, since 1979... WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM
vintage radio shack instruction manual cover titled “radio shack presents eliza.” cream-colored background with a black silhouette profile of a woman’s head at center. inside the silhouette, white text reads “how do you do? my name is eliza. what is your problem?” large red text below says “the amazing artificial intelligence simulation.” smaller text notes it is for use with trs-80 microcomputer systems. overall look is 1970s–1980s consumer computing design, earnest and slightly uncanny.
February 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Maker Business: We Are Allowed to Look at Things - JLCPCB’s (AI-generated) Presenter

JLCPCB has an AI-generated presenter for SMT assembly tips. We looked at it, and wrote about marketing in the electronics industry. 🤖🔍

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/31/m...

Read past the headline dude.
Screenshot of the JLCPCB Instagram profile showing a mix of content styles: AI-generated presenter reels alongside videos featuring real human presenters and factory staff. The grid includes an AI avatar giving SMT assembly tips, close-ups of PCBs, and human presenters in factory and outdoor settings, illustrating JLCPCB experimenting with both AI-generated and human-led video content on the same account.
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
ptorrone.bsky.social
hi hi @safety.bsky.app limor and i are trying to get this dude to move on, is there anything you can do? we have reported it, documented it, it's been 2 years of this and more on the other platforms he does this on.
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You @symbo1ics.bsky.social are obsessively targeting Limor and Adafruit (and now me since I called you out). 2 years of this on Bluesky, and more across other platforms -pt @safety.bsky.app @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
January 31, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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enjoy @symbo1ics.bsky.social (block limor, block adafruit, and block me) there is no reason to force yourself to watch us as we live our lives and share experimenting with these tools, run an open-source vc-free, woman-owned usa manufacturing company in brooklyn, ny and raise our kids #creep
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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What Is an LRAD, and Why People Are Asking Us About It … 🔊 👂
adafruit.com/LRAD

#lrad
Technical illustration of an LRAD unit on a tripod, with callouts labeling the flat panel acoustic emitter, hexagonal speaker grid, and mounting yoke. The image focuses on the physical design that enables highly directional, high-intensity sound projection. Semi-circular technical diagram showing the directional sound output of an LRAD. A narrow red zone marks the direct beam where hearing damage risk is highest, flanked by yellow off-axis risk zones and wider green areas labeled as relatively safer. Distance markers and angle measurements illustrate how sound intensity drops with distance and lateral movement. Screenshot of the NIOSH Sound Level Meter App information page. The page explains that the app measures workplace noise exposure and combines features of professional sound level meters and noise dosimeters. At right, two smartphones display live decibel readings in the mid-70 dB range, demonstrating real-time sound level monitoring. Illustrated checklist of recommended personal protective equipment for loud environments: foam earplugs, passive over-ear earmuffs, safety glasses, and a glossy poster board used as a stiff sound reflector. A warning label highlights “do not use electronic noise-canceling headphones,” reinforcing guidance specific to LRAD exposure.
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Qualcomm Arduino Q - Blink...eventually (When ‘Embedded’ Means Waiting 46 Seconds)

..."the Qualcomm Arduino Q takes at least 43 seconds before the assistant-MCU runs and 46 seconds before user code starts.
blue promo image asking “why so slow?” because apparently your led needs linux, docker, and a small committee meeting before it’s allowed to blink.
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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the (s)now - brooklyn 4.5-6 inches (as of 1130 hours)
backyard buried under fresh snow, showing a patio table, chair, umbrella, and a small playground structure nearly swallowed by a smooth white layer, captured in stark black and white as snowfall continues. approximately 4.5–6 inches on the ground as of 11:30 hours, furniture officially promoted to landscape. a bundled-up figure on a brooklyn rooftop during a heavy snow squall, wearing a hooded parka, goggles, and face covering as snow blows sideways into the camera, with flat rooftops, vents, and bare winter trees fading into the background. part of a storm dropping roughly 4.5–6 inches as of 11:30 hours, visibility optional.
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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WA State is turning your 3D printer into a cop. not RoboCop. not RoboDuck. Paperwork and risk ahead. If you teach, learn, build, or sell with 3D printers or CNCs, this hurts you directly.

@eff.org @oshwassociation.bsky.social

#3dprinting
January 25, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Apple's "SHARP" for super-quick generating 3DGS from a single image ... github.com/apple/ml-sharp "We present SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image.
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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TikTok Is a Propaganda Tool. Anyway, Let’s Build Monsters and More with Monster City

Aliens, giant balls, blocks of foam that can become anything. These Monster City builds are super fun and the share how it's made... 👾

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/23/t...

#tiktok #monsters
screenshot of monster city studios’ tikTok profile page showing large-scale prop builds, sculpting videos, and the rare sight of a maker account that actually teaches things.
January 23, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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“Enshittification memo”
Autodesk: “This is all according to plan.”
Also Autodesk: Burn the villages to feed AI and the Cloud – cuts 7% of workforce.

✅ layoffs
✅ “AI”
✅ “cloud”
✅ new SKU names
✅ worse support
✅ price increases

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/22/a...
“Enshittification memo” Autodesk: “This is all according to plan.” Also Autodesk: Burn the villages to feed AI and the Cloud – cuts 7% of workforce.
January 22, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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a neon pink wheel clamp marked “stop” and “vehicle movement will cause damage” locked onto the front tire of a parked bmw, with the rest of the scene in grayscale asphalt and metal
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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Groceries at @wegmansofficial.bsky.social shouldn’t require biometric consent.

NYC stores are posting “facial recognition in use” signs with minimal details.

So we’re building IR “opt-out” hats that turn camera feeds into snowstorms.
(Deep Space Nine fanny pack is my daughter’s. Allegedly.)
January 20, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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RIKERSENSE™
Gluteus Maximus Detection System (LCARS UI) 🖖🍑

Making a real multi-sensor demo: capacitive + pressure + distance + thermal.

What should the next Adafruit x Starfleet made-real module detect?
LCARS-style Starfleet interface graphic labeled ‘RIKERSENSE™’ with subtitle ‘Gluteus Maximus Detection System,’ showing a peach icon in a circular sensor diagram and side tabs for capacitive, pressure, thermal, and distance. Star Trek: The Next Generation bridge scene: Commander Riker in a red uniform leans against the control console while a woman in a gold uniform stands beside him and Data is visible in the background and like whaaaa?
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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lights bleeding through the cold, 14 degrees, nyc
January 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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Banned on Shelves and Closed Circuits: How Gatekeepers Pretend It’s About Ethics and Values

Who gets to decide what belongs on shelves, in circuits, and in communities... 🚫

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January 19, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Some tourists in NYC received a skull-covered pamphlet telling them to stay inside after 6 p.m., avoid the subway, and assume help was not coming (1975) ☠️🏙️ welcome to FEAR CITY
January 18, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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The Kix atomic bomb ring was real, not dangerous, and we should do it again

A 1947 cereal toy let kids watch atoms decay, from @GeneralMills #KixCereal , somewhere along the way explaining science got scarier than doing it.

⚛️💍

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January 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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From garroting panic to Instagram: The Victorian claw glove meme!
Victorian women were not roaming London like proto-wolverines, but they did fight back...
🧤🕰️📰
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January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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#micron #semiconductors #centralnewyork

@microntech.bsky.social
@micronceo.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM