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@tensorflux.bsky.social

Fueled by caffeine and novelty. Former tech editor for Make: magazine & co-builder of Battle Royale with Cheese BattleBot. Any/All

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Nobody asked for it. We did it anyway.

If you ever used Winamp during the later years, it had an awesome, awesome visualizer called Milkdrop. The Webamp people implemented a workalike called Butterchurn.

Internet Archive now supports Webamp and Butterchurn. Just click on the llama!

30.09.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 541    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 18
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Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.

the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.

(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)

craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...

01.09.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 594    πŸ” 437    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 127

We live in the stupidest timeline.

29.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A vintage porcelain aristocracy figure that I always find broken at thrift stores. This poor woman is missing an arm. I will build a fun replacement.

A vintage porcelain aristocracy figure that I always find broken at thrift stores. This poor woman is missing an arm. I will build a fun replacement.

This male figure was the first one I did. Using parts from my various screw/nut/washer cans, I fashioned a β€œrobotic” hand for him.

This male figure was the first one I did. Using parts from my various screw/nut/washer cans, I fashioned a β€œrobotic” hand for him.

A close up photo of the replacement hand.

A close up photo of the replacement hand.

The second figure I had was missing his head. I had just recently finished painting a β€œbrain in a jar on mechanical spider legs” figure. I removed the legs and attached the jar to the figures neck.

The second figure I had was missing his head. I had just recently finished painting a β€œbrain in a jar on mechanical spider legs” figure. I removed the legs and attached the jar to the figures neck.

I finally remembered to take a β€œbefore” photo when finally starting a project. The 1st and 2nd finished piece are also below.

19.07.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Website/device age verification is a privacy and security nightmare and everyone who tells you that this is a solved problem is lying to you.

27.06.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2116    πŸ” 774    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 18
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I need your help to reach open source Scotland. This year the Open Hardware Summit will be in Edinburgh May 30/31. I'm so excited about the lineup. We welcome anyone new or experienced working on making and sharing work - from industry to artwork. Highlights below 2025.oshwa.org

21.04.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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If you haven’t built an Akirapunk resistance load for work as a form of stress therapy are you even alive

11.04.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

21.01.2025 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An image of a network scan showing the SSIDs and the channels that they occupy.
The SSID for 'Samsun Fridge[redacted]' is the strongest, and occupying half of the available channels on 2.4Ghz.

An image of a network scan showing the SSIDs and the channels that they occupy. The SSID for 'Samsun Fridge[redacted]' is the strongest, and occupying half of the available channels on 2.4Ghz.

I'd just like to offer out a massive FUCK YOU to our neighbour's Samsung fridge that is hogging half of the available channels on 2.4Ghz WiFi.

As ever the 's' in 'IoT' stands for 'FUCK YOU'.

16.12.2024 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1


Attention Kernel Engineers: The Spotify Car Thing revival project needs assistance with graphics acceleration. The device features a Mali G31 Bifrost GPU on an Amlogic S905D2. Currently, graphics performance is severely limited with Panfrost,

13.12.2024 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have maintained for years cyberpunk is when you find a screen and it is broken or there's something weird about it

12.12.2024 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
blue, white, and pink trans flag colored sign that says: Support TK book auction

blue, white, and pink trans flag colored sign that says: Support TK book auction

There's still time to bid in the Support Trans Kids Book Auction! I've got a signed copy of Mai Tais for the Lost and a 50-page manuscript critique up for grabs! There's TONS of cool stuff πŸŒˆπŸ“š

www.32auctions.com/stkbookaucti...

06.12.2024 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The touch bar has been turned into a standalone gadget, powered by an ESP32 microcontroller:

01.12.2024 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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I Hate Technology - Aftermath The website where I pay rent is down. My vape is out of battery. Too much of my life has been disrupted by technology.

i had to go shopping for a dress and as a result i am now advocating for a butlerian jihad aftermath.site/i-hate-techn...

12.04.2024 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 947    πŸ” 270    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 51
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Calmara: Your Intimacy Bestie for Unprotected Sex Navigate raw sex, friends with benefits, casual relationship, ENM, and all things intimate with Calmara. No cap, just peace of mind for your sexual wellness.

This website says you should send it a photo of your partner's penis and they will tell you if they have an STD, using the power of AI.
This is so misleading, inaccurate, dangerous, YIKES, that I assume it is an elaborate joke.

19.03.2024 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.

Listen, I understand that people believe I exist in an endless state of incandescent rage, but they are going to have to invent new words for how angry I am about Glassdoor adding real names without users' consent.

20.03.2024 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1211    πŸ” 377    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 54

This is a link to a form put on the open internet by the California state university system for the purpose of undermining union activity. You know what to do.

19.01.2024 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Steamboat Willie in 4k, digitized from 16mm film: archive.org/details/stea...

14.01.2024 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 902    πŸ” 247    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 14

Some cool book news this morning! Tor.com is rebranding to Reactor, with expanded coverage/discussion of genre! www.tor.com/2024/01/09/t...

09.01.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.

The law only ever serves capital.

08.01.2024 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 27242    πŸ” 13699    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 236
Front artwork of PhotoDisc #25, Government & Social issues.

Front artwork of PhotoDisc #25, Government & Social issues.

Man in a suit on the steps of the US Capitol.

Man in a suit on the steps of the US Capitol.

A large US flag laid flat with little Canadian and Mexican flags on top of it.

A large US flag laid flat with little Canadian and Mexican flags on top of it.

A boot on the wheel of a car

A boot on the wheel of a car

In the 1990s, stock photos were sold in CD collections. They weren't cheap, but a lot cheaper than buying them separately.

I paid a ton for this crap back then for my old side gig doing political junk mail. Time to share the joy - enjoy PhotoDisk #25, Government and Social Issues from 1995. 1/?

09.01.2024 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Not shocked. Never shocked. But just as thoroughly disgusted.

04.01.2024 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks to my simple rule β€œjust call people whatever pronoun they want who cares” i spend less time thinking about gender issues than 95% of the population. with my free time i imagine cool battles

30.12.2023 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6503    πŸ” 1825    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 30

had a suddenly obsessive thought and had to make it real

14.12.2023 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1621    πŸ” 516    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 21
A Complete Taxonomy Of STM32 Microcontrollers (by Ninji)
collect them all for a prize (it’s probably another STM32)

Tactical STM32: the Flipper Zero
Wearable STM32: the Pebble Time watch
Gaming STM32: the Playdate
Cleaning STM32: the Bob dishwasher

A Complete Taxonomy Of STM32 Microcontrollers (by Ninji) collect them all for a prize (it’s probably another STM32) Tactical STM32: the Flipper Zero Wearable STM32: the Pebble Time watch Gaming STM32: the Playdate Cleaning STM32: the Bob dishwasher

i have created this complete and correct taxonomy of every STM32 microcontroller that exists, for your information

i hope you find this useful

03.10.2023 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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BLASTPASS: NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in the Wild - The Citizen Lab Citizen Lab found an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability being used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware while checking the device of an individual employed by a Washington DC-ba...

There’s an active iPhone exploit being used in the wild against civil society, good time to update your phones. citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blas...

07.09.2023 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The square display we are working on fits in a 3.5" floppy disk drive nicely, "It's in that place where I put that thing that time." πŸ’Ύ will be cool to display what is being emulated on the "disk" (display) too!

29.08.2023 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Starfield Frontier build continues! Mel Ho starts installing lights in the cockpit cutaway, @asavage.bsky.social & I install railings & struts on the ship & Kayte Sabicer & Adam start painting!

bit.ly/3R27LXw

All episodes up on the Tested YouTube channel - new episodes Wed!

#Starfield

30.08.2023 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reskeet with something you own that most people don't.

I believe this is a Microscience HH-1050. I don't remember the exact model number.

I didn't want to open it, but IIRC the head was stuck to the platter and couldn't move. The drive (mostly) works last I checked after some PCB trace repair.

29.08.2023 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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