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I hack on microcontrollers, games, and 3D-printing projects. Also I shitpost. itch: aaronpendley.itch.io Adafruit Playground: https://adafruit-playground.com/u/squid_jpg Printables: printables.com/@squid_jpg He/him/any Denver-ish

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Yeah, the job market may be shrinking but at least groceries and housing are unaffordable.

06.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the biggest unforced errors in retail history. Dumbasses.

06.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Part of the disconnect is of course that techbros insist that a total revolution in the way that software is made is taking place, but anyone who uses software can observe that software continues to suck more than ever before

06.03.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 504 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 9

Tech's seemingly inexhaustable contempt for the rest of the population only seems to increase with thier increasingly mediocre, unwanted and outright hostile contributions to it. I wonder where that's going to lead.

06.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a war going on so reminder that ModRetro is owned by a war mongering, ai weapon profiteer with extremely dubious views on a lot of things

05.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

so much of tech innovation is trying to repackage blatantly abhorrent ideas into forms you don't think so hard about

05.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 395 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 4214 πŸ” 1127 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 34
Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war
Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.

05.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 4641 πŸ” 768 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 58

I’m more worried than ever about how people thought and trusted software was produced *before* this latest trend in production.

05.03.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

PSA: The Bluesky Early Access Program will end at midnight PST. All accounts created with invite codes will be permanently deleted. Thank you for your participation.

04.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Analogue We make products to celebrate and explore the history of video games with the respect it deserves.

Oh right, if of interest to you the Analogue Pocket is back in stock tomorrow morning at 8 AM PST. $239

store.analogue.co#pocket

Imagine an emulation handheld, but a little more awkward for emulation, you can pop real GameBoy/GBA cartridges right in, and it has the most impossibly gorgeous screen.

04.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

hm id rather die than type in 2 to 8 digits from an app actually

03.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On one end, the Anthropic team is a massive user of AI to write code (80%+ of all code deployed is written by Claude Code). They ship amazingly fast.

On the other hand, seeing these beyond terrible reliability numbers suggests there might be a downside to all this speed:

02.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 12
room halfway filled with brown liquid

room halfway filled with brown liquid

not to brag but I’m halfway done filling my basement with gasoline

02.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 1378 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 12

As if any of them would be taken in the rapture anyway lmao

03.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love that Evangelicals apparently think god is so dumb that they can trick him into doing the rapture

03.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

so one question is what happens when the endless assaults on the middle east fail to bring about the second coming of jesus christ

03.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You're absolutely right. I lied about the message being an indecipherable SOS. I imprudently recommended against warning the search party. I violated quarantine by letting an infected crew member back in. And I tried to kill you with a rolled up magazine. That's on me,

02.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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'Evil Dead' Icon Bruce Campbell Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Cancels Future Fan Events The "Evil Dead" actor says that his cancer is not curable but is treatable, and he is canceling future fan events.

No. Absolutely not.

03.03.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate this news, but love Bruce Campbell in more ways than I can count. Ashley J. Williams and Evil Dead 2 was my childhood introduction to "adult" horror films. I'm always so happy to see his face in a film. He's one of those actors that just makes me happy. Hoping for the best

03.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 651 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 1

This is fucking stupid

02.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Four years ago yesterday The CircuitPython Show first debuted. Thankful for all the people I've met on this podcasting journey and thanks to everyone for listening.

02.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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phosphor by loren schmidt fantasy scenery and characters for making roguelikes and other turn based games

in case anyone needs art for #7drl, my ongoing fantasy art pack, phosphor, is free to use. please let me know if you would like anything added! i can patch it in in the coming days.

lorenschmidt.itch.io/phosphor

01.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Veneration of the military is a cultic practice used to insulate the state from the banal reality that the primary purpose of the army is murdering brown people and smashing leftist political movements.

01.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 910 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

The notion you can change the world by buying one product over another is the biggest scam of late stage capitalism. It locks the comfortable bourgeois class into believing donations, consumerism & a few clicks on an app does the same work of civil disobedience, strikes, and protest.

01.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nah

01.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ESPHome e-paper without flicker
ESPHome e-paper without flicker YouTube video by tdfsoftware

**New** I created an #ESPHome display component wrapper for my bb_epaper library. This means that using e-paper on ESPHome devices just got a lot easier. For IoT devices with integrated displays (e.g. this one), 1 line of yaml defines it! (plus flicker-free updates).

youtu.be/-B1YK6_o7dI

01.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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two men standing next to each other with the words " every day once a day give yourself a present " Alt: Agent Cooper telling Sheriff Truman " every day once a day give yourself a present "
28.02.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image from twin peaks meme generator that says "NIP TWEAKS"

Image from twin peaks meme generator that says "NIP TWEAKS"

28.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0