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I break things and write detailed reports. Rapid Prototyper. Maker. Apprentice Knifemaker. Sometimes I try to help explain social situations to dudes. Trans rights are human rights and Black lives matter. I love you.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · Apr 5

Support my amazing sister and her beautiful handmade cards by buying one here: www.etsy.com/shop/artistc...

#MakeAllTheThings

www.etsy.com

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 1h

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🇵🇹 snipe, lixo tóxico ⭑⭒⭒⭒⭒ @snipe.lol · 11h

THIS. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Ray [REDACTED] @rayredacted.com · 7h

If you think you can't win, I need you to know that you are wrong.
If you think that it isn't in you, I want to assure you that it is.
If you think you aren’t smart enough or have enough talents, you do. In fact,
Whatever it is, you can do it. You can.
You will. Go do it.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 14h

Oh that looks amazing!

Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 14h

Similar story for me.

Chickens can be such assholes to each other too. I learned what the "pecking order" was when I was a kid on a small farm.

Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 14h

I love seeing this stuff:

jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 18h

"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."

its a picture of a ballerina teaching future young ballerinas!!!

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 19h

Window Screen

xkcd.com/3151/

4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 21h

I've experienced some frustrations with their stuff too

I'd love to be surprised by a strong leadership driven commitment to growing the Maker community outreach aspects of their products though. There's great stuff that we could be playing with and building new products out of if it wasn't so hard

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23h

I've been working on a book proposal and alternating between "this is meaningful" and "this is pointless," and a friend recently shared this quote that she stumble on in a Goodreads review: "Every book is a grand gesture of optimism on the part of both the reader and writer." Keep creating, friends.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 22h

I'm not optimistic... :-/

Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 22h

I can't say I'm optimistic about this; here's hoping that they have leadership who understands the community and our needs:

Qualcomm Buys Arduino, Will Bring AI Tools to Your DIY Tech Projects

The Arduino brand will remain for future products as it becomes part of the Qualcomm business. Plus, there's a brand-new Arduino Uno Q single-board computer.

www.pcmag.com

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

I work on equipment that goes in airports and regularly interact with folks who work there; this is a fantastic thread:

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

13) This isn't news to me, but the manosphere complaint that "you can't compliment anyone anymore!" is bullshit.

I compliment people constantly, all day, and get warm smiles and heartfelt thanks and watch people walk away in a better mood. The secret is not being a gross creep about it.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 1d

😽🫶

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 1d

Ping

xkcd.com/3150/

4-panel comic. (1) [person finds bottle on shore] (2) [person reads message from inside bottle: ICMP ECHO REQUEST...] (3) [person writes on message ICMP ECHO REPLY...] (4) [person puts bottle back in water and leaves]

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 1d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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Shane Becker @veganstraightedge.com · 1d

I have to find (and start!) a new job this month…
Today alone, I've applied to dozens of jobs

In Portland, Oregon / remote
#Ruby #Rails #RubyOnRails #RubyFriends #FediHire

If I don't find work this month, I'll have to start making some hard decisions that I don't wanna make :/

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

The Demo Gods were not kind to me today but I am helping @oshwassociation.bsky.social raise money & they are still livestreaming here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0e...

I did a demo of curved traces in @kicad.org & showed off the Marine Hacking Village @defcon.bsky.social badge which is open source!

Show and Tell 12 hour Membership Drive

YouTube video by The Open Source Hardware Association

www.youtube.com

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

Exactly!

Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

Yeah; that's what sold me on them.

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TracketPacer @tracketpacer.bsky.social · 1d

im just a network engineer standing in front of other network engineers asking them to apply for a position at this rocket company

tinyurl.com/netengjob

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arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking news from the @oshwassociation.bsky.social stream! The Open Hardware Summit 2026 will take place in Berlin :)

Watch the stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0e...

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

I joined this church based on a similar feeling: The Church of the Apathetic Agnostic share.google/iyeMDUu168iy...

The Church of the Apathetic Agnostic

Online since 1995. A refuge for those who cannot make up their minds. We do not know because we cannot know.

share.google

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

So many people trying to paint them as a serious threat in order to justify their various inactions as they allowed some idiots to take over a country and run rampant until it was far, far too late and then suddenly realizing that they really need to do something.

Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

The fetishization of WWII German technology in the US has cooked a lot of people's brains.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 1d

In Normandy, once American infantry squads discovered a bazooka shot to the rear of a Panther or Tiger was basically a kill shot, they got so excited they often had to be restrained by their officers to not chase after them when they retreated

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, lmao, lol, lmao

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