Chris
@exnerd.bsky.social
Ex-nerd. As in irony.
Coder. Maker. T1 diabetic. Dad.
Pro-science, anti-bigot.
Opinions are obviously my own.
@ exnerd or ex-nerd most places
Coder. Maker. T1 diabetic. Dad.
Pro-science, anti-bigot.
Opinions are obviously my own.
@ exnerd or ex-nerd most places
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Chris
@exnerd.bsky.social
· Nov 10
My dad turns 80 this week. Many memories were shared of our family ice cream (frozen custard) recipe that claims to go back over 100 years. But it changes every generation or so as people try to fix it because it usually turns out like frozen vanilla soup.
For posterity, here are some variations. 🧵
For posterity, here are some variations. 🧵
My wife splurged on some ProtoPasta copper filament for us for Christmas. What would you print? Shiny or patina? I mostly design/print functional stuff so I'm always terrible at figuring out what to do with "fancy" materials.
Copper HTPLA | Copper Metal-Filled PLA Filament
With real Copper powder, we've created a metal-filled high-temp PLA (HTPLA) filament for 3D prints. When polished, it has the same bright finish of real metal.
proto-pasta.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My wife splurged on some ProtoPasta copper filament for us for Christmas. What would you print? Shiny or patina? I mostly design/print functional stuff so I'm always terrible at figuring out what to do with "fancy" materials.
I'm sorry … what?! @propublica.org I support you specifically because your team produces high quality FACT-BASED reporting. You throw all trustworthiness out the window as soon as you start using even a little AI-generated content (especially if you don't label it!).
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I'm sorry … what?! @propublica.org I support you specifically because your team produces high quality FACT-BASED reporting. You throw all trustworthiness out the window as soon as you start using even a little AI-generated content (especially if you don't label it!).
They may look asleep but my cats somehow got ahold of a credit card and contributed to the #P4A matching fund.
If you have the means, the Project for Awesome is an incredible livestream event in February and your money will go to many great causes that help make the world suck less.
If you have the means, the Project for Awesome is an incredible livestream event in February and your money will go to many great causes that help make the world suck less.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
They may look asleep but my cats somehow got ahold of a credit card and contributed to the #P4A matching fund.
If you have the means, the Project for Awesome is an incredible livestream event in February and your money will go to many great causes that help make the world suck less.
If you have the means, the Project for Awesome is an incredible livestream event in February and your money will go to many great causes that help make the world suck less.
Since @joeltelling.bsky.social and @davidtobin.bsky.social haven't posted reminders here … the 3D Printing Nerd charity livestream starts in a few minutes. I'm sure there will be cool prizes but @seattlechildrens.org is a great charity to support (despite backtracking on some gender-affirming care).
Massive Holiday Livestream 2025!
YouTube video by 3D Printing Nerd
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Since @joeltelling.bsky.social and @davidtobin.bsky.social haven't posted reminders here … the 3D Printing Nerd charity livestream starts in a few minutes. I'm sure there will be cool prizes but @seattlechildrens.org is a great charity to support (despite backtracking on some gender-affirming care).
Reposted by Chris
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
#PNW folks within driving distance of Olympia who are considering new art should definitely check out Zoe, especially if you're curious about hand-poke.
Now to figure out what to get for my next one…
Now to figure out what to get for my next one…
Hey yall! My books open again January 24th at 6pm pst 💌✍️ my form will be available on my website and I'll be releasing a new series of flash designs, per usual :)❄️ you can suggest flash you'd like to see me draw on my website under the obvious tab for suggestions 💗 #handpoked #tattoo #ladytattooer
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#PNW folks within driving distance of Olympia who are considering new art should definitely check out Zoe, especially if you're curious about hand-poke.
Now to figure out what to get for my next one…
Now to figure out what to get for my next one…
I've been an @altonbrown.bsky.social fan for decades but it's great to see his true humor leak out when not hindered by the Food Network age-appropriate censors. Love these new videos. These look great but I still want a low-carb version because those gluten-free flours tend to make the CGM go ⬆️⬆️.
Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 4: Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
YouTube video by Alton Brown
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I've been an @altonbrown.bsky.social fan for decades but it's great to see his true humor leak out when not hindered by the Food Network age-appropriate censors. Love these new videos. These look great but I still want a low-carb version because those gluten-free flours tend to make the CGM go ⬆️⬆️.
For fuck's sake, are you trying to win a prize for the most logical fallacies in a single thread?
Start with France as an example. Seems to work for them, whether talking healthcare or … other things from history.
Start with France as an example. Seems to work for them, whether talking healthcare or … other things from history.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
For fuck's sake, are you trying to win a prize for the most logical fallacies in a single thread?
Start with France as an example. Seems to work for them, whether talking healthcare or … other things from history.
Start with France as an example. Seems to work for them, whether talking healthcare or … other things from history.
Please @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov explain to your colleagues like @warren.senate.gov that this bill does NOT protect kids. It puts LGBTQ+ kids at risk, and sets up all kinds of problematic rules that endanger the privacy and speech of ALL of your constituents (including adults)!
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Please @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov explain to your colleagues like @warren.senate.gov that this bill does NOT protect kids. It puts LGBTQ+ kids at risk, and sets up all kinds of problematic rules that endanger the privacy and speech of ALL of your constituents (including adults)!
Any/all of them? I've never understood this ability to get enjoyment out of something you've already watched/read/listened when there are so many new-to-me movies/books not yet experienced, and only a limited amount of time in the day.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Any/all of them? I've never understood this ability to get enjoyment out of something you've already watched/read/listened when there are so many new-to-me movies/books not yet experienced, and only a limited amount of time in the day.
Ugh, ran into this #PrusaSlicer bug again. Still not fixed after 2 years. 😔 I've only seen it while printing honeycomb storage wall with 0.8 nozzles, but it means checking everything I slice or forgetting and wasting a bunch of time/filament on a reprint. Hopefully @prusa3d.com fixes it in v3.
Bad/messy/inconsistent slicing in PS with honeycomb storage wall · Issue #11607 · prusa3d/PrusaSlicer
Description of the bug update: See #11607 (comment) I don't really know how to describe this bug other than it creates an incredibly messy layer, like the whole thing is 100% infill instead of reco...
github.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ugh, ran into this #PrusaSlicer bug again. Still not fixed after 2 years. 😔 I've only seen it while printing honeycomb storage wall with 0.8 nozzles, but it means checking everything I slice or forgetting and wasting a bunch of time/filament on a reprint. Hopefully @prusa3d.com fixes it in v3.
Honeycomb storage … ceiling?
I'm upgrading the plant lights in my office and took the opportunity to design better HSW connectors for drywall screws because why not hang some hexagons on the ceiling, too!
#bestagons
I'm upgrading the plant lights in my office and took the opportunity to design better HSW connectors for drywall screws because why not hang some hexagons on the ceiling, too!
#bestagons
HSW connectors for drywall screws by ex-nerd | Download free STL model | Printables.com
www.printables.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Honeycomb storage … ceiling?
I'm upgrading the plant lights in my office and took the opportunity to design better HSW connectors for drywall screws because why not hang some hexagons on the ceiling, too!
#bestagons
I'm upgrading the plant lights in my office and took the opportunity to design better HSW connectors for drywall screws because why not hang some hexagons on the ceiling, too!
#bestagons
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160 years ago, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery. But that amendment came with a sinister loophole: a Slavery Clause that allowed for slavery “as punishment for crime.”
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
December 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
160 years ago, the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery. But that amendment came with a sinister loophole: a Slavery Clause that allowed for slavery “as punishment for crime.”
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
We need to pass @repnikema.bsky.social’s and my Abolition Amendment to #EndTheException once and for all!
Christmas tree acquired. Kudos to the German guy who came up with my new krinner.us stand because wow it's expensive but worth every penny in ease of use and build quality.
Splurged on the one big enough for a 12ft tree (almost twice what fits in my house) because … cats.
Splurged on the one big enough for a 12ft tree (almost twice what fits in my house) because … cats.
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Christmas tree acquired. Kudos to the German guy who came up with my new krinner.us stand because wow it's expensive but worth every penny in ease of use and build quality.
Splurged on the one big enough for a 12ft tree (almost twice what fits in my house) because … cats.
Splurged on the one big enough for a 12ft tree (almost twice what fits in my house) because … cats.
Reposted by Chris
People are all sharing this approvingly, but the reason Halle Berry is mad at Gavin Newsom is because her scam AI menopause supplement health woo company can't bleed taxpayers because of the bill he vetoed.
A pox on all of their houses.
A pox on all of their houses.
"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
People are all sharing this approvingly, but the reason Halle Berry is mad at Gavin Newsom is because her scam AI menopause supplement health woo company can't bleed taxpayers because of the bill he vetoed.
A pox on all of their houses.
A pox on all of their houses.
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🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
There's an interesting Streisand Effect happening thanks to Kaizen3D around www.timeplast.com filaments. Let's just say they have provided less than stellar customer service.
But beyond that, this site is a deep pile of AI WTF. Seriously, their sales pitch is "Ask ChatGPT how our stuff works?" 🤯🫠
But beyond that, this site is a deep pile of AI WTF. Seriously, their sales pitch is "Ask ChatGPT how our stuff works?" 🤯🫠
Timeplast
Discover Timeplast — the future of sustainable, water-soluble materials and breakthrough 3D printing filaments. Eco-friendly, innovative, and designed to reduce plastic waste. Join us in building a cl...
www.timeplast.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
There's an interesting Streisand Effect happening thanks to Kaizen3D around www.timeplast.com filaments. Let's just say they have provided less than stellar customer service.
But beyond that, this site is a deep pile of AI WTF. Seriously, their sales pitch is "Ask ChatGPT how our stuff works?" 🤯🫠
But beyond that, this site is a deep pile of AI WTF. Seriously, their sales pitch is "Ask ChatGPT how our stuff works?" 🤯🫠
First time printing ASA on my #PrusaXL and:
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
First time printing ASA on my #PrusaXL and:
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bear*
Moose*
Loon
Beaver
Whitetail Deer
🍁
(*Both in QC on the same trip, both nearly made me shit my pants, the moose had a calf at side and I was alone when I met the young bear)
Black bear*
Moose*
Loon
Beaver
Whitetail Deer
🍁
(*Both in QC on the same trip, both nearly made me shit my pants, the moose had a calf at side and I was alone when I met the young bear)
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Elephant
Platypus
Toucan
Armadillo
30-50 wild hogs
Elephant
Platypus
Toucan
Armadillo
30-50 wild hogs
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Also Pearl Jam (Didn't like Ten much, but live they converted me)
Thunder. (Don't like, but it was impossible NOT to see them in the 90s)
Fields of the Nephilim. (Incredible)
NIN (Unbearably hot, had to leave)
David Eugene Edwards. (Wow.)
Also Pearl Jam (Didn't like Ten much, but live they converted me)
Thunder. (Don't like, but it was impossible NOT to see them in the 90s)
Fields of the Nephilim. (Incredible)
NIN (Unbearably hot, had to leave)
David Eugene Edwards. (Wow.)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Pearl Jam (a highlight of my teenage years)
Ravi Shankar (a year before he died, so grateful I had the chance, it was transcendent)
PJ Harvey (so good)
Underworld (about 5 times and 100% would go another 5)
Skunk Anansie (dat voice, dat power)
Pearl Jam (a highlight of my teenage years)
Ravi Shankar (a year before he died, so grateful I had the chance, it was transcendent)
PJ Harvey (so good)
Underworld (about 5 times and 100% would go another 5)
Skunk Anansie (dat voice, dat power)
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
You know it's getting colder when the cats start using each other as blankets.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You know it's getting colder when the cats start using each other as blankets.
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This article makes me so mad, I can barely speak. No, I will NOT be linking to it or the bill mentioned in the article. They're just MAGA propaganda.
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This article makes me so mad, I can barely speak. No, I will NOT be linking to it or the bill mentioned in the article. They're just MAGA propaganda.
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
You probably want to turn off this feature if you use gmail and you don't want Google to share all of your private conversations (bank statements, prescriptions, etc) with their AI to accidentally leak to who-knows-where.
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
You probably want to turn off this feature if you use gmail and you don't want Google to share all of your private conversations (bank statements, prescriptions, etc) with their AI to accidentally leak to who-knows-where.
Reposted by Chris
God I would just love for every journalist with credentials to ask all the people who voted for this to define socialism.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
God I would just love for every journalist with credentials to ask all the people who voted for this to define socialism.
If you haven't already (why not!?), go read or listen to The Fifth Season (Broken Earth series) and you will understand why she deserves this (and every other award she's won).
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If you haven't already (why not!?), go read or listen to The Fifth Season (Broken Earth series) and you will understand why she deserves this (and every other award she's won).