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@adafruit formerly - founder of hackaday / writer / editor make, craft, engadget, popsci, 2600 & fallon
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fuck you, make me. isn't that the reply you want?

you have harassed limor on social media for years, yes, we know who you are and your other accounts. she just had a kid. you also know that you sick jerk. hope it's clear now.
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
hey dude, we usually do not block on bluesky and if we do, we document it so we can learn, etc. limor just had a kid, take a break
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
hey dude, we usually do not block on bluesky and if we do, we document it so we can learn, etc. limor just had a kid, take a break
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
look
for yourself
arduino.cc/en/privacy-p...

arduino.cc/en/terms-con...

that photo of me as taken in 2017 with the email that around nov of 2025 arduino would nuke itself. this train is never late, way to go guys, never change...
Arduino processes personal data of individuals who are under the age of 18 ("minors") to provide our products and services to those individuals as described in more detail in this Privacy Policy. For more information on how we process the personal data of minors and their parents or legal guardians, please see Section 3, "Minors' Data" below.
arduino.cc
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
arduino didn’t update their terms. arduino reflashed itself into a surveillance appliance with proprietary firmware and told everyone to smile Q.
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
because nothing says “open-source heritage” like a clause threatening anyone who tries to understand how the machine they paid for actually works.
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
and don’t forget:
8.2 user shall not translate, decompile, or reverse-engineer the platform, or engage in any attempt to uncover its internal algorithms or logic unless explicitly permitted by arduino or existing licenses
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
termination triggers for trivialities (credential sharing, username quirks)
cross-border data extraction to qualcomm subsidiaries
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
deletion that’s not deletion
minors’ data fused into qualcomm’s ecosystem
geolocation, identifiers, and analytics data sold or shared
five-year public retention of your username
broad military/government carve-outs, bans, and exceptions
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
outrage summary
fully irrevocable license to all user content
surveillance-grade ai monitoring baked into “improvements”
patent-infringement shield clause turning your uploads into liability padding
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
that reads like someone swapped the bootloader with spyware. i use less water than an llm, but dear reader, we’re all going to need a long shower.
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM