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@clomads.bsky.social

I make stuff at vdbx.io I talk about that stuff a lot. I live in a school bus named Gary Bussy. I do all my own stunts. Portfolio: www.clomads.com

After doing DIY HRT for years, going back to dealing with doctors is interesting when they're open to, but confused by, your regimen. Reminds me of that old verizon CS call when I'm arguing the difference between .07 and 0.7 - it's worse when you realize these people have medical degrees

Making a neat little macropad that can live in your usb-c port. I call it Key-Gle - the keyboard dongle. Based on CH552 which is new to me and learning a lot from vibe coding the firmware. Encoding a config blob into 128 bytes is super interesting work so it can be updated in browser without compile

The Key-gle sits atop a finger tip presenting 3 tiny buttons with 2 even tinier buttons between them. A usb-c plug sticks out the back with it's pick-n-place cover still on. The whole package fits nicely within the first inner knuckle and tip of the index finger.Looking from the side - a Key-gle sits in the right USB-C port of a black Macbook Air while a bright orange/red cable is in the left port. The Key-gle's RBG led on the back of the PCB is set to blue and reflecting off the macbook. A web interface using a "neobrutalist" design language sporting thick dropshadows has a hero header with KEY-GLE text subheaded by hardware information like serial number and firmware version - a green button shows the device is connected and the row of orange settings forms like boot layer, double tap speed,  LED brightness slider and an led timeout option. below the hero is 3 rows representing "layers" their color, and the three button actions on that layer.

PwrTool 500 will use ESPHome's managed updates to deliver compiled OTA firmware updates if you choose to run stock. This allows us to push new features and fixes alongside keeping the underlying ESPHome code up to date and secure. If you do wanna hack, I'm looking forward to what y'all come up with.

A screenshot showing the update interface from Home Assistant doing a firmware update on the PwrTool 500 from version 0.9.5 to 0.9.7 "finishing touches and stuff" fix name field to be more human readable

Hasan Piker responds to heckler asking if he called for Charlie Kirk's death "I was supposed to debate Charlie. He respected that. It's sad to see the the conservative movement refuse to carry the flame. I on the other hand, do carry that flame. Because we are Charlie Kirk."

Currently looking for queer femme & poc illustrators who are open to commissions for my product packaging. I'd also like to offer royalties but not sure what that looks like. Suggest yourself and others you know or know of.

Thinking a lot about how the NYT helped push a moral panic about trans youth into the mainstream yet failed to include interviews with actual trans youth in their reporting. It's because if allowed to speak, they'd show how much gender affirming care has allowed them to not only survive but thrive.

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Successfully powering my comms closet with USB-C directly from my 24v battery. Each port can do up to 65w and offers 5/9/12/15/20v - still looking for 100w+ PD sources that can work on 48v batteries without a buck inline, but these are more than enough for this.

A piece of plywood pained black mounted in the bulkhead of a school bus holds various electronics components. A mini pc with a large Noctua fan, a SATA ssd with a usb adapter, a 5 port Ethernet switch, and a 10 port set of usb c chargers in a 3D printed enclosure. Most of the ports are occupied by cables. A 12v USB -C to barrel jack and a DC powered usb c pd source  on top of an organizer bin

I swear someone emailed me about AppleTV modkits earlier today, but I can’t find it for the life of me. To anyone else wondering, we’ve made great progress on bringing them back today. I’d say a month for real this time. 😅