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Alex Glow (merlin)
@alexglow.bsky.social
Sustainable electronics, robots, PCBs, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, open-source DIY hardware... + music, languages, art • Masto: @alexglow@chaos.social • Was @glowascii on bird site • she/her • thoughts & feels my own.
A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Virginia Woolf wythout her cyberdeck
A lot of UK trans people are worried right now. If that's you and you are eyeing the exit, it is possible. It will require sacrifices, but it can cost less than ypu expect. Take a look at How To Get Out, I hope it will help you.
Jenny List@jennylist.bsky.social · 2mo agoHow To Get Out is finally out. It's Trans Rescue's distilled knowledge and advice for trans people and others wishing to escape the UK or USA. This is my first book, and has consumed a lot of my time since last November. I hope people find it of use. Get it here: transrescue.org/how-to-get-out
We've hit capacity already for the Kitchener-Waterloo Infosec and Privacy Salon so I have opened up the wait list. If I get at least 10 people on the wait list I will move the event to a bigger venue, so please don't shy away from signing up.
Straithe@straithe.com · 6d agoMy new meetup, "Kitchener-Waterloo Infosec and Privacy Salon", will be having its first meetup on August 17th. Our first speaker will be Michael Ossmann, who will be giving a short talk on GPS security. More details for the event are here: luma.com/0y6y88oa
This is fantastic
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d agoI work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
anyway I'm sure I represent the antichrist to somebody out there since I am in fact an gay transgender woman leftist trying to indoctrinate with my messages of "trans people are cool" & "we have magic powers" & "it's nice when lesbians smooch" so if you want to help spread my word magicariot.com/buy
Buy Books and Music - Magica Riot - The Official Site
Novels about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot.
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My queer sword & sorcery novella The Cursed Blade of Wek is in this series and I CANNOT WAIT for the cover art reveal you guys it’s so so good. I’m also extremely excited for the first collection by my dear friend and inspiration @shingai-be-like.bsky.social ! SHARE THE HECK OUT OF THIS
Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2w ago📚 Our seventh novella series crowdfund is now live 📚 Boosts appreciated!
UPDATE: we are at $240 now! Thank you so much!!
Blenster 🅅@blenster.com · 2w agoSo I finally got around to getting everything together for the @defconnextgen.bsky.social Youth Soldering Kits (PCBs from @oshpark.bsky.social once again!). I spent $701.43 on parts/etc. if you want to chip in: $Blenster on cashapp. Here's a picture of this year's transparency report spreadsheet:
Awwww yeah!! Caught up with Moldover about his projects & collaborations from the past few years – including how to build intuitive custom interfaces for touring musicians, vs. rugged UIs for museums. I'm more the "build a new instrument & then never use it" type, so am always curious to hear more!
@moldover.bsky.social · 2w agoWant some juicy details on my recent and upcoming hardware projects? Check out this insightful interview with the effulgent @alexglow.bsky.social for @hacksterio.bsky.social Hackster Café! youtu.be/0kegg5Qduro?...
"Auxiliary dung ball spy camera" is not the kind of robot I expected to find Extremely Cute, but here we are ✨
Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 3w agoBBC engineers built robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife at distances no human crew could ever get close enough to reach.
Been quiet lately – wrapped up a PCB badge commission (!!) and now it's full-on Events Summerslam, and working toward launching #Charmware (charmware.tech)! The Open Healthware reception was awesome :D Next: Open Sauce, Crowd Supply Teardown, Def Con, and 1-2 smaller events? See you out there 🤘🤘
Charmware by Alex Glow
Beautiful, privacy-focused jewelry that hides data and lights up your life
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Except that's not just a "skeletal x-ray version!" This is actually a pretty clever, almost perfectly-suited reference with a lot of layers.
Hyperallergic@hyperallergic.com · 3w agoThe activism group Everyone Hates Elon mocked Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign with bus ads that flip between a branded marketing photo of Jenner wearing a pair of Meta glasses and a black-and-white image showing a skeletal, X-ray version of her with the tagline “We’re always watching.”
Day 2 of our @oshwassociation.bsky.social Open Source Healthware Conference is now live on YouTube. While we're focused on medical devices the event is broadly applicable to all hardware developers. www.youtube.com/live/6y4A6bc...
Open Healthware Conference 2026 Day 2
YouTube video by The Open Source Hardware Association
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Sign up & bring your projects to be featured in a big display at @crowdsupply.bsky.social Teardown! ^_^ Hosted by #Tindie in partnership with @ishotjr.bsky.social of OpenBoardsGuide.com ✨ blog.tindie.com/2026/07/show... // #Teardown2026 #hardware #electronics #OpenSource #DIY
Show off your creations with Tindie at Teardown 2026!
Teardown 2026 is happening in Portland, Oregon this July 24-26 at the Jupiter hotel. It’s going to be a fun event, with talks, workshops, breakout sessions, and tons of cool hacks. In collabo…
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Bump :) Live in ~9 hours!
Alex Glow (merlin)@alexglow.bsky.social · last mo.New #DayGlowShow this Thurs! Building #brainwave controlled #robots (my fave!) w/ @ishotjr.bsky.social 👀 Show info: dayglow.show Noon PST, 3pm EST, 7pm UTC: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNk_... ▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/74752... ▶️ www.twitch.tv/glowascii // #EEG #Biohacking #Electronics #Maker #DIY
New #DayGlowShow this Thurs! Building #brainwave controlled #robots (my fave!) w/ @ishotjr.bsky.social 👀 Show info: dayglow.show Noon PST, 3pm EST, 7pm UTC: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNk_... ▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/74752... ▶️ www.twitch.tv/glowascii // #EEG #Biohacking #Electronics #Maker #DIY
DAY//GLOW Episode 12: BRAINS!
YouTube video by Alex Glow
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We are thrilled this design is becoming popular here again! We are proud to have made it available (with permissions) as flags and more! 🏳️🌈 ⭐️ 🏳️⚧️ shop.startorialist.com/collections/...
Space Pride
STARtorialist is a women-owned small business founded by professional astronomers to curate space- and science-themed products, support independent designers, and contribute to STEM education and outr...
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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious@rachellense.bsky.social · 2y agoI made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
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Ooooo... Been meaning to check out more @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social (the Annihilation series is a massive favorite), and I love graphic novels. Result: one week until my used copy arrives 😸 Thx for the rec!
Mike Baehr (he/him)@mikebaehr.bsky.social · last mo.My work dreams aren't as weird as this. One of my favorite indie cartoonists adapts a story by a big time sci-fi guy with maximalist penwork and storytelling restraint in this book published by @dandq.bsky.social. More surreal than Severance, disconcerting but not quite a nightmare. #JustRead
Hi everybody, I organized the #Artemis2 photos for you. Index pages containing all ~10,000 images in chronological order with time stamps and focal lengths, color coded by which of three cameras was used to shoot them. countlessworlds.com/data/artemis/
Emily's data pages: Artemis
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Floral Boys enamel pins will be making a comeback on June 28!! So excited to bring them back 🌸💖
2 more hours to donate! Many small donations = more matching funds :)
OpenArchive@openarchive.bsky.social · 2mo agoONE MORE DAY: @torproject.org 's campaign ends midnight 6/19. If 10-20 ppl donate $5–$50, we unlock thousands. Every $ is matched 5x+. When policy fails, we turn to secure tools. Help us continue to protect our privacy & free expression with Save.🙏 internetfreedom.torproject.org/projects/ope...
Hey, sorry if you tuned in for Tuesday's post-OHS stream, which I missed. 😑 This week I've had some extra heavy fatigue (I think due to a medication), plus the deadline got moved up for a fun-but-urgent project that's taking all my braincells. Meant to cancel in advance, but the fog got me >_<
Going live in ~30! BTW, I got permission to share a preview of a project that's been taking up lots of my time (in an EXCELLENT way): my first PCB event badge commission! It's designed as a cybergem 👀 ✨
Alex Glow (merlin)@alexglow.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew #DayGlowShow today (Thurs)! Building #VirtualPet pals w/ @ishotjr.bsky.social – PLUS updates from #OHS2026, & a sneak peek from Backyard Brains 👀 Show info: dayglow.show Noon PST, 3pm EST, 7pm UTC: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatZ... ▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/74682... ▶️ www.twitch.tv/glowascii
