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
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The first ten boards. I suppose I ought to write a backer update right about now. Also: my guys in Georgia are the best. /cc @MakeAugusta
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Low-key: the first ten Sensor Watch Lite boards have been made. The good folks at @MakeAugusta loaded up the pick and place today, made one panel and ran through the full test procedure, a not-so-dry run for the 2,000 boards to come.
Last week I shared this with patrons, but today it’s available for all: scenes from the mad dash to get these boards manufactured. Won’t be long now!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/87702549
Hey there; I see you struggling.
I know it's hard right now but I'm proud of you for pushing forward.
Slow progress is still progress. You got this.
@plinth @MakeAugusta also useful if you've been cutting up a bunch of hot peppers.
@llorenzin yup. I am being a potato. I've read that too.
It's 3:12 PM Eastern and even though I'm still sick I'm also still glad you're alive.
Thank you for being here with me.
@TindrasGrove @dnsprincess I recommend working with @MakeAugusta -- they have experience with badge work and do quality assembly and testing.
@lauxmyth I made it a long time...
I've got paxlovid and Gatorade! Hopefully this fist bout of COVID won't last long.
@freemo yeah; one can quibble over the semantics but the general message is to listen and believe their experiences and use that new knowledge to better inform our actions.
Too often people will listen politely but not believe them and therefore not be called to action to fight for their rights. Merely letting them speak isn't enough; we must actually listen.
Thank you for having a nice conversation about this; I've seen too many who, well, don't.
@joeycastillo I can see why.
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“Most people think that it's going to get easier. It never gets easier. What happens is you become someone that handles hard stuff better.”
- Kara Lawson, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team
@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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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
