Everybody talks about how nothing is affordable anymore but no one talks about how poorly made and disposable things are. Part of the affordability crisis is because we keep repurchasing things, cars, appliances, clothes etc because things don’t last.

look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work

They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.

Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

Edge-computing architect Rohan Puranik ran circuit simulations on every pedal in Hendrix's signal chain and concludes that he was a systems engineer who iterated fast on a modular analog signal chain.

How Did Hendrix Turn His Guitar Into a Wave Synthesizer?

How did Jimi Hendrix turn his guitar into a wave synthesizer? Dive into the engineering behind his iconic sound.

spectrum.ieee.org

I am super excited for the Electronics Faire next week! These organizations will be tabling from 10:30 - 4:30 on Friday April 10th. Stop by to say hi and learn about the radical work they are doing with electronics. @tudigitalscholars.bsky.social

The electronics faire schedule (keynote, workshops, and more) is now live! Excellent time for a visit to Philly <3 sites.temple.edu/efaire/sched...

grading my electronics students midterm synth projects is so funny because my comments are essentially communicating “this part was cool” and “that part wouldve been cooler if…” using somewhat technical language. and then at the end i write that i took points off for not soldering lol

starting to plan the electronics faire proceedings and designing always helps me visualize the event. this year i am pulling inspiration from maintenance and repair manuals. i loooove the visual language for the brother jp-15x electronic typewriter, found on the @archive.org !!!

the deadline to apply for electronics faire is tonight! <3

Hannah Tardie@delay7.bsky.social · 6mo ago

less than 2 weeks until the Repair Electronics Faire proposals are due on March 1st! We’d love to hear from you 🧑‍🔧🪡

Listened to some atari console soundtracks while having students build their own atari punk console synths yesterday :)

less than 2 weeks until the Repair Electronics Faire proposals are due on March 1st! We’d love to hear from you 🧑‍🔧🪡

Hannah Tardie@delay7.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The 2026 Repair Electronics Faire open call is now live! Please share around with anyone who may be interested :) sites.temple.edu/efaire/repair/

The 2026 Repair Electronics Faire open call is now live! Please share around with anyone who may be interested :) sites.temple.edu/efaire/repair/

been watching the dune spin off series and it's such a wonderful fever dream. its premise is a school for women on alchemy, honing psychic power, witchcraft, eugenics, and manipulation goes to extreme lengths to continue the exile of digitality across the universe lol.

The singularity is awesome

really enjoying reading _The AI Con_ which just came out! "To put it bluntly, 'AI' is a marketing term. It doesn't refer to a coherent set of technologies. Instead, the phrase 'artificial intelligence' is deployed when the people building or selling a particular set of technologies + 1/2

Iffy Books is one of my favorite things about Philly. I’m continually inspired by their programming and community practices. Please consider making a one time donation or subscribing on patreon to keep this vibrant community hub around <3 Share widely!! iffybooks.net/a-letter-fro...

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600

And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.

extremetech.com

We feed you. They hunt us.

Lol just heard the NPR story about the DOGE guy who lost his job when he said he was surprised at how hard it was to find inefficiencies in the federal govt because he came from Silicon Valley where companies always have lots of people sitting around doing nothing

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

Business dudes have been suckered by “yo, this computer *thinks*” since the 1950s.

Yet another example of how “automation” just yields a seemingly paradoxical mix of “responsibilization” and “depersonalization”: you get to wrestle with shitty software and raw data all on your own, with minimal (if any) support from other humans, with their institutional knowledge, wisdom + care

We’re hiring a Program Coordinator at SFPC! If you’re organized, collaborative, and enthusiastic about art, technology, and alternative education, we’d love to hear from you. This is a full-time (4 days/week) role based in New York. 🔗 Read the full job description here: sfpc.study/blog/program...

don't forget: our call for applications to the 2025/26 practitioner-in-residence cohort is open! apply here: forms.gle/D5gZLUi564hw...

Practitioner in Residence Application

Full text of the open call available here

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testing my lil synth on the radio and it was splitting with a weather forecast… radio is so crazy lol ❤️‍🔥

I'm really 🤗 abt taking part in this Peer2Peer conference — rethinking the Internet — at the Feminist Center for Creative Work in LA next Fri/Sat. On Sat afternoon I'll be talking abt intentional infrastructures, emergency media, going offline, friction, Noah Purifoy, + our LibraryField prjct 🌱😎📚📡📫🐢

Peer2Peer: A Critical Internet Studies Gathering in LA - FCCW: Feminist Center for Creative Work

UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry and FCCW Present Peer2Peer: A Critical Internet Studies Gathering in LA Friday, May 2 & Saturday, May 3 FCCW: 3035 Rosslyn St. LA, CA 90065 Info on our space ...

fccwla.org

i have been doing electronics repair for a few years now and want to open it up as a service beyond my immediate community. 🌬️🫧💿 (long thread incoming)