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19 People From Former Soviet Republics Are Sharing What Others "Just Don't Get" About Communism "My dad described it as living in a country run by the world's most powerful and vindictive HOA."

My 3rd time in the USSR was working in ‘91. Woman I rented a room from proudly showed me men’s shoes and said “Look! Now I can get the door fixed!” Everything ran on barter. And I also stood in random lines to see what showed up. Cuban bananas were a huge score. www.buzzfeed.com/scarymouse/w...

Was my first time visiting today. Loved it.

Mischief night as well in suburban Philly

I the Poughkeepsie, NY area we called it Mischief Night.

Alright, homies, time for some regionalisms. What did you call the Night Before Halloween where you grew up? In my area or Northern NJ it was “Goosey Night”.

Gray skies, gray Atlantic, sandy shore, and wind-blown sea grass

Windy day near Chatham Light House. I love the off season.

Black Whaling Captains. Little known history offered at the Atwood Museum on Cape Cod.

The Lady in the Attic: Ghost of Former Homeowner Haunts Newton Family for Decades Twenty-three years ago, Donnalyn Kahn noticed something peculiar about her daughter’s family portraits. In the corner of the drawing, 4-year-old Julielle Kahn always scrawled an unfamiliar floating wo...

Newton, MA Ghost! bcheights.com/224582/metro...

Matthew 25:35-36👇🏾

Where’s my neck brace? I’ve face-palmed with too much force again.

True Ventures Fellowship Supporting the next generation of founders and innovators

Students interested in tech entrepreneurship, I’ve had several of my students as True Ventures Fellows and all loved the experience. Deadline approaching www.trueventuresfellowship.com

It doesn’t seem there is a clear path to profitability though, is there?

A scene from tonight’s exam when students had to turn a potentiometer to get one of the Sesame Street martians to say “Yip, Yip” faster. Not shown - they also had to get a servo to pop up the head as the speed increases. I continue to write exams to amuse myself.

Video of working builds. Solutions in the course drive at: gallaugher.com

Physical Computing Exam - Fall 2025 Physical Computing Exam Fall '25 with Prof. John Gallaugher Each slide is a different question. Advance the slide and the video should play, demonstrating the final product. 8 builds in CircuitPython ...

Here's a link to today's CircuitPython exam: docs.google.com/presentation... Students had to complete 8 builds in 2.5 hrs. Themes: "Magic-8 Ball Yoda", "Diwali Musical Chairs", An anti-cat distance-activated Turkey, & "Yip Yip Yip" martians from Sesame Street.

The vagrant man who told me I look like Santa is back and he’s now mumbling that I look like Charlie Brown. Dude, I’m in my 50s with a beard. Good grief.

CircuitPython School - YouTube A Playlist containing all of the lessons and projects in Prof. John Gallaugher's course: Physical Computing: Art, Robotics, and Tech for Good.

Hey, Doc. Thx for your work. If anyone in your network is looking for curricula to raid & use in their own work, I post all lessons for my CircuitPython course bit.ly/circuitpytho..., and SwiftUI apps course bit.ly/prof-g-swiftui. Hack on & continue with your goodness!

YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal I Tried the First Humanoid Home Robot. It Got Weird. | WSJ

BizTech faculty. Here is one to get class talking. The Neo robot is loaded with discussion topics: acquiring training data, ethics, safety, business models, timing disruption, and so much more. And it’s really funny, creepy, amazing and awful all at once. youtu.be/f3c4mQty_so?...

Excellent.

Headline writer, see the Wonka factory.

Careful when using AI to edit your work, students. Signed, Cindy “the Netherlands”, formerly known as Cindy Holland.

YouTube video by Build With Prof. G. Connect your Pico W or 2W to Wi-Fi, Get Time with NTP, and Schedule Jobs (CircuitPython School)

Learn to Connect a @raspberrypi Pico W / 2W to the Internet, get accurate time over NTP, and schedule tasks using CircuitPython. An updated lesson for my PhysicalComputing course. Enjoy! youtu.be/mopOuE6L67Y

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda
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YouTube video by Build With Prof. G. Easy Circular LED Animations with PixelBlaze

Let There Be Light! Create magnificent LED animations with a low-cost set of concentric circular NeoPixel / WS2812 lights and an ElectroMage PixelBlaze board. No soldering or programming. A great starting point for newbie electronics makers & LED artists. youtube.com/shorts/FUNCS...

That must yield luck. Exceptional!

YouTube video by Build With Prof. G. Challenge & Solution: Colorful DJ Strobe Light (CircuitPython School)

Use a Raspberry Pi Pico, a Joystick, and a NeoPixel / ws2812 LED strip to create a one-handed "DJ Strobe" that can change colors & strobe speed. Issued as a CircuitPython challenge to my students who just learned to use a joystick, with a solution presented afterward. Hack on! youtu.be/iidICu-8QXk

YouTube video by Build With Prof. G. Add a Joystick with a Raspberry Pi Pico (CircuitPython School)

A CircuitPython lesson on adding a JoyStick to a Raspberry Pi Pico series board. Prepping my students for robotics work, coming soon: youtu.be/YgUIkBt2Pto

Swift SDK for Android now available - 9to5Mac Following the June announcement of the Android Workgroup, the first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was just released.

Swift on Android. Huge for those working with the Swift language. Looking forward to seeing equally strong Swift on Microcontrollers advance. Hack on! 9to5mac.com/2025/10/24/s...

Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild How the threatened monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation.

TIL about the monkey-faced Dracula orchids. Nature is amazing. theconversation.com/famous-monke...

Got some thin square pipe to work in pebble style ws2812 neopixel LEDs. Diffusion looks good. Will experiment with some volumetric animations after creating a filled cube of these but first lots of work for classes to complete.