Blenster @Blenster@qoto.org
Hacker/maker, inventor, nerd, apprentice knife-maker, Co-Founder of
@mrblinkybling
. Rapid prototyper. Member of
@LVL1Hackerspace
http://youtube.com/blenster (he/him)
Joined Apr 2022
@freemo I think you're missing the point; the question is are you doing so deliberately?
No one individual of any background or group is perfect. One should instead listen to many voices and seek out patterns and consensus.
Listening to women talk about their experiences in the workforce with men who ignore them, talk down to them, steal their ideas, or harass them will lead to finding universal patterns of behavior you can accept as reflections of a reality we don't typically experience.
Listening to Black women will add layers of understanding regarding how racism plays a role in their treatment in life.
Etc.
Listening to many voices and seeking to find an understanding will help you grow your awareness and learn how to be a more effective helper and ally as we work to overcome these societal imbalances and make a more equitable world for us all to share.
Reducing this to a statement about believing one individual over another misses the point and leads to no new knowledge or understanding.
Today's advice: believe women.
Especially Black women.
Especially trans women.
I have learned so much from doing this even when it was (initially) quite difficult because of what I thought I knew about the world. I am better for having listened.
Blenster
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Hey if your Mailchimp classic templates are suddenly looking like shit on mobile, it’s because they added some Google Translate icon BS at FIXED points in the header, which causes your entire email to be wider than is good for mobile. The solution was to download the template html, search for “gtx-“ remove those divs, then re-upload the template.
You’re welcome.
Blenster
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It's back to school time, and what better way to start the school year than with an Oddly Specific Daybook? This week only, add an Oddly Specific Daybook to your cart and it'll automatically take $2 off. That's $6 instead of $8, a full 25% off of as many daybooks as you care to order! https://shop.oddlyspecificobjects.com/products/the-oddly-specific-daybook
Blenster
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My LED Orb project that I wrote up for @makemagazine is currently on the website with no paywall at https://makezine.com/projects/orb-sessed-led-sphere/ if anyone feels like tackling a fiddly, challenging, time-consuming project with a really cool end result! I'm very proud of the design as well as the very high pun-to-word-count ratio in the article.
@MakeAugusta @joeycastillo y'all! That looks like a fun day!!
@joeycastillo get some good rest; you deserve it.
"What's your favorite part of Defcon this year?"
Meeting so many amazing people. Y'all are so beautiful and wonderful and I love you all.
Blenster
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Made my second sling bag in two days. This one is a "half-moon" bag I made following the instructions on a YouTube video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mub9Kbs3LE) It was surprisingly straightforward to sew, and a good opportunity to use my recent impulse purchase of floral canvas fabric (it was on sale!) The only feature I don't love is that the lining is finished with binding on the inside, but no one else will see that part.
#sewing #sewingproject
Blenster
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Getting to be friends (and collaborators) with super talented makers has some nice bonus benefits! In addition to the gorgeous Fibonacci heart pendant, @jasoncoon sent me a flexible PCB he designed and assembled (!) that has 128 tiny addressable LEDs laid out in a Fibonacci pattern, along with the vector file to cut out a faux leather cover. The whole assembly looks truly stunning in cuff bracelet form.
#wearables #ledjewelry #pixelblaze #pixelart #ledart #flexpcb
Blenster
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Casually reading the new issue of @makemagazine, I see a cool collaborative article and LED creation by @anu1905 and @arturo182. Then I unexpectedly see my name listed as an inspiration. 🥹🤗
@joeycastillo that was one heck of a fast/motivated ride!
Time to start going through my pockets and backpack and looking for all the blades and bladed tools I've forgotten are in there; tomorrow's the flight to #Defcon!
Blenster
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Finished stitching the sides with some waxed linen cord using a collapsible eye needle and some leather needles when I needed to open up the holes a bit.
All credit and glory to @geekmomprojects for the brilliant 3D printed bracelet and laser cut leatherette cover. I just swapped her hex grid for my own flexible Fibonacci128 HDR.
@nuintari@infosec.exchange of course it includes you; you are why I posted this. Because someone needed to hear it and today that was you.
If nobody has reminded you that you're an amazing bad ass of a human being today I'd like to do so now.
Hacker/maker, inventor, nerd, apprentice knife-maker, Co-Founder of
@mrblinkybling
. Rapid prototyper. Member of
@LVL1Hackerspace
http://youtube.com/blenster (he/him)
Joined Apr 2022
