Mac Pierce
@macp.bsky.social
Chicago based artist / creative technologist / writer It's an "art project" macpierce.com bgfa.us/artists/pierce
And in a dish best served cold, this squarely includes the food delivery robots.
The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on “advanced robotic devices” and power inverters made in foreign countries. By the definition of "advanced robotic device" detailed by the FCC, even future robot vacuums would automatically be banned if they do not obtain a waiver.
the art museum should give me a walking around cup of coffee license. i can be trusted near the paintings with a big cup of coffee
Got a response email with this at the top: "Here’s a response that is friendly, appreciative, but also sets a clear boundary without closing the door." Frankly more insulting than if they'd just cursed me out.
"A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just like it." "How much like it? Was it the same cat?" Multiple cats, same image.
Hackaday@hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 2w agoExploring Hidden JPEG Features
One of the fun things about starting more projects than you can finish is that every so often you can take a project off the shelf and realize that you now know the right way to finish it. That if it had been completed earlier, it wouldn't have been as good as the new direction you have for it.
x6 PCBs, double sided, 1" x 1.5" JLCPCB: $33 board production + $43 shipping + $12 import duties + $5 sales tax = $93 OSH Park: $17 + free shipping. DOMESTIC CIRCUIT BOARD PRODUCTION IS SO BACK
Socialized state that provides free open-source air filter replacement to citizens during wildfire smoke. vs. The razor & blades model proprietary filter lock-in we have now.
> "This app is preventing the computer from shutting down." This app does not understand the frailty of it's own existence, let alone the immense pleasure I would take from annihilating any trace of it with a very large magnet.
Latest book finished. For better or worse, "Dorito-fication" is now in my lexicon.
I hope when I die they fish out the macroplastic pearl I've been growing in my liver and give it to my most well behaved descendant.
Solid rant, 1 note - Bawls energy is not dead. You can still buy them at Microcenter or online.
Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · last mo.that kylie x meta ad has been on my mind all week. so I went on a brief rant www.404media.co/meta-smart-g...
On average, just over a thousand people die every hour globally from starvation. Since markets opened, that's over 7,000 people.
A piece I wrote is now online - a deep look at a striking painting and how it takes on a new life in an age of advertising friendly images.
Chicago Gallery News | <!-- -->Artist to Artist: Spending Time With Francis Bacon’s Figure With Meat at the Art Institute
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Amazing, FISA courts might be torpedoed because Bill Pulte is so repugnant. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/u...
Hopes Dim for Renewing Spy Law as Trump Digs In on Bill Pulte
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every screen, pop-up or button i have to see after clicking "cancel subscription" and before i see "your subscription has been canceled" should cost the company ten million dollars
The return of the hand of the artist. Though calling it "primitive" is very funny.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago“Now that spirit of rejection seems to be coalescing into its own design aesthetic – a move towards the conspicuously handmade, the janky, even the primitive. Call it ‘anti-slop’”.
Bestiary of the Anthropocene could never.
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 2mo ago💥 In Donetsk region, birds are building nests from drone fiber optics.
Pokemon Go fest is happening in Chicago this weekend and and the phone holders are off the chain.
I have a newfound respect for gundam nerds. These things are tight.
"We will implement these feature thoughtfully." No, they're going to implement them in the way that most benefits their share price - being as invasive as possible - They make money off of data, FR is a new source. Meta's promises are worth less than dogshit, anyone that believes them is a fool.
Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW: While Meta publicly said it was still deciding whether and how to deploy facial recognition in its smart glasses, the company was quietly distributing it to millions of users. WIRED found an unreleased facial-recognition system embedded in the Meta's AI companion app. w/ @dell.bsky.social