Blenster @Blenster@qoto.org

The supplies we have been given are SO incredible. I have no words 🥹.

But we do need funds.

Why? We fund low-income babes with attending, travel, food and more.

We are finally expanding to a two-day, local, community non-burner event this Fall.

So much more!

I always invest a ton of my own funds to get us there.

It's *really* tight right now.

Assist us? Options in🧵⬇️

https://www.gofundme.com/f/there-u-glow-radical-educational-electronics-camp-fundraiser

#STEAM #womeninstem #queersinstem #antifa #CommunityFirst #CommunityOutreach

I've been pushing my fundraiser, but I wanna share the incredible supplies we've been given already.

From: @alpenglow, @sjpiper145 and @clomads . Also tools from @flashingjanet (who's made LED outfits for Gaga and Daft Punk, among other things).

Legends. Look them up.

Notice these are all women & queers, who did this *without me asking*, taking immense labor off of me.

Of course. I'm unsurprised, joyful, but I often cry about the complexity.

More requests ⬇️

#STEAM #STEM #maker

My lasercut guillotine earring file went viral in 2020. Been my bestseller since. But the escalating uptick in sales lately is giving eat the rich vibes I need 🤤🔥⚔️

Should you need it's a couple bucks and cricut compatable:

https://laserkick.etsy.com/listing/1052264268

#lasercut #LaserCuttingMachine #eattherich #ResistEverywhere #artistsonmastodon #revolt

Help me run There U Glow, my annual radical femme & queer founded and fronted electronics camp? 😘

A bit of where the fun funds go:

- More potent solar power system⚡🤤

- Projecting video showing over 100 femme/queer engineers on the wall of our space on a raspberry pi running VLC ✨

- USB-C soldering irons & tools

- Opensource die-cut educational PCB art badge (that I'm learning KiCad 9 doing!)

- Swaaag 😎

www.thereuglow.club

You in?

(Direct $ apps in 🧵below)

https://www.gofundme.com/f/there-u-glow-radical-educational-electronics-camp-fundraiser

We're at 1/4 of our goal. Not bad!

We need to get this fundraiser to rad techy people who have the means and drive to make this effort happen. Those targeted, specific shares and investment really mean the world 🤘

Tag, talk to folks who can get hit those scenes with shares 🙏

Also, you get gifts back! Like my popular LED guide:

www.ledguide.info (simple re-route to doc)

More open source in 🧵

https://www.gofundme.com/f/there-u-glow-radical-educational-electronics-camp-fundraiser

#maker #STEAM #womenintech #patriarchy

I cried when I got featured in Make Magazine yesterday. I've been working so hard to make this happen while in a real tough financial spot

https://makezine.com/article/maker-news/there-u-glow-proves-you-can-do-tech/

The more social cred and eyes I can get fundraising the better! I know there's so so much going on right now, but this is not dependent on it causing a pang of stress & guilt. I'm doing it either way, I just want hella teammates and to be witnessed (ok, and money 😂)

Thank you @samdiyfreeman and @makemagazine
#maker #STEAM #STEM

🧵🧵

Fun thing about translucent acrylic - it throws colorful shadows.

Surprised and delighted to randomly see my LED Mapper tool used, along with #PixelBlaze by @wizard, in this absolutely brilliant LED mask build by @Seanhodgins!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shy7WcQO15A
LED Mapper: https://jasoncoon.github.io/led-mapper

Finished V2 of the truncated icosahedron, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. The sides are 32 hexagonal and pentagonal PCBs, joined by 3D printed corner connectors and covered with 3D printed diffusers. The pixels are mapped and it's running 3D animation patterns on a #pixelblaze.

Back from vacation to find some new shiny holographic stickers waiting for me. Which do you prefer: glitter on the left or solid on the right?

Truncated Icosahedron project rev. 2 is in progress, and I'm much happier with this version. It's less (but still somewhat) fiddly to assemble and has 3x the LEDs!

Hey soldering kit makers! Struggling with new coin cell regulations and have a pile of PCBs with coin cell battery holder patterns on them? I made a thing for ours that converts them to USB power, maybe it's handy for you. Ship this instead of a CR2032 holder and boom, your kit no longer contains or uses a coin cell, no compliance needed. It's designed for side-slide style holders (SMT or through-hole) and easy to solder.

Hey hey Oregonians and anyone interested in supporting anti-gatekeeping work in electronics, check out Claire’s feed for info about her camp at SOAK and how you can support it.
https://mstdn.social/@LaserMistress/113981024898056592

EarthVenusMars by starduststorm is brilliant! 🤩
https://www.tindie.com/products/starduststorm/earthvenusmars

If you order a Lux Lavalier Heart pendant now I can't promise it'll arrive by Valentine's Day, but I will upgrade it to priority shipping & try my best.
Powered by #PixelBlaze by @wizard, a small & mighty Wi-Fi LED controller with live-code patterns!
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
https://lectronz.com/products/lux-lavalier-heart-wearable-light-art-pendant