dr lee cyborg
@leeborg.bsky.social
Chair of the Open Hardware Summit 🔧 + @oshwassociation board member + Radio Snack Executive Director 📻🥨 PhD in space stuff 🌌🚀
artist. cyborg. professional enthusiastic weirdo.
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they/he/iel + accords masculin 🏳️⚧️⚧️
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artist. cyborg. professional enthusiastic weirdo.
leecyb.org
they/he/iel + accords masculin 🏳️⚧️⚧️
En/Fr
🦯🦮
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dr lee cyborg
@leeborg.bsky.social
· Nov 19
🔋🐝💾Hello! Im lee. I make: zines about electronics, fancy alligator clips, hardware stickers, and custom fidget rings. You may remember me from organizing such conferences as @oshwassociation.bsky.social, @dinacon.bsky.social and more. I run a lil non profit called Radio Snack and am an artist.
Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread. I have assembled your answers in a mini Risograph printed zine. There are 150 copies !
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread. I have assembled your answers in a mini Risograph printed zine. There are 150 copies !
I've somehow managed to prep these 4 zines for Expozine next weekend! Just doing a small run of each, but pretty happy with the range. You'll have to find me in person to get a copy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I've somehow managed to prep these 4 zines for Expozine next weekend! Just doing a small run of each, but pretty happy with the range. You'll have to find me in person to get a copy.
I bought an unmarked cardboard tube that was calling to me at a vintage tech museum collection sale and it turned out to be this Hitachi polyester film antenna and it's so beautiful! 📻 🤩
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I bought an unmarked cardboard tube that was calling to me at a vintage tech museum collection sale and it turned out to be this Hitachi polyester film antenna and it's so beautiful! 📻 🤩
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I am so grateful to have been part of the month long Digital Naturalisms Conference in Desa Les, Bali, Indonesia.
View my stories and reflections of Dinacon 2025 here, with links to underwater photos and more:
paulate.notion.site/Stories-and-...
View my stories and reflections of Dinacon 2025 here, with links to underwater photos and more:
paulate.notion.site/Stories-and-...
Stories and reflections from Digital Naturalisms Conference 2025 | Notion
Thanks
paulate.notion.site
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I am so grateful to have been part of the month long Digital Naturalisms Conference in Desa Les, Bali, Indonesia.
View my stories and reflections of Dinacon 2025 here, with links to underwater photos and more:
paulate.notion.site/Stories-and-...
View my stories and reflections of Dinacon 2025 here, with links to underwater photos and more:
paulate.notion.site/Stories-and-...
i was wondering if anyone had any specific thoughts on what these capacitors might taste like? wrong answers only.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
i was wondering if anyone had any specific thoughts on what these capacitors might taste like? wrong answers only.
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We are officially seeking applications for TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, ART and PERFORMANCES for OHS2026 May 23rd and 24th at TU Berlin! Submit yours today: forms.gle/kDGTVqfVAZXm...
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are officially seeking applications for TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, ART and PERFORMANCES for OHS2026 May 23rd and 24th at TU Berlin! Submit yours today: forms.gle/kDGTVqfVAZXm...
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
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if you're feeling generous a donation of 10$ or more to OSHWA will get you one of these beautiful Move Slow and Fix Stuff riso printed posters designed by @leeborg.bsky.social ! Donate here:
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October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
if you're feeling generous a donation of 10$ or more to OSHWA will get you one of these beautiful Move Slow and Fix Stuff riso printed posters designed by @leeborg.bsky.social ! Donate here:
secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
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New article on the Esto'k Gna struggle against land theft and erasure happening at SpaceX's Boca Chica launch site: icmagazine.org/the-estok-gn...
The Esto’k Gna Fight to Protect Sacred Lands from SpaceX Expansion – Intercontinental Cry
The Esto’k Gna Tribal Nation still hopes to protect what remains of its ancestral lands from Elon Musk’s expanding SpaceX base.
icmagazine.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
New article on the Esto'k Gna struggle against land theft and erasure happening at SpaceX's Boca Chica launch site: icmagazine.org/the-estok-gn...
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I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging!
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging!
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters
Hey Montreal open source! Join us at Café SAT Oct 27 for Open Hardware Month! Bring something you've made or come and connect ! ⚙️ Rejoignez-nous au Café SAT lundi prochain pour le Mois du open source! Apportez vos créations ou venez simplement échanger !
RSVP ici
www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-sourc...
RSVP ici
www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-sourc...
Open Source Hardware Meetup
A free meetup with creators from around the city making hardware! Une rencontre gratuite avec des créateurs open source!
www.eventbrite.ca
October 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hey Montreal open source! Join us at Café SAT Oct 27 for Open Hardware Month! Bring something you've made or come and connect ! ⚙️ Rejoignez-nous au Café SAT lundi prochain pour le Mois du open source! Apportez vos créations ou venez simplement échanger !
RSVP ici
www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-sourc...
RSVP ici
www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-sourc...
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we're (virtually) looking at among other things maps and technology and art with a class from Concordia today and so you should all read this essay from @stephencass.bsky.social because it's poignant and lovely
I just wanted to add this to the map discourse: an essay I wrote for EmpherMAL, the zine from @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social — it's about the glory days of personal cartography in the 80s; text, flip-screen, and FPS games; Discworld books; and D&D then and now (p10): archive.org/details/ephe...
ephemerMAL volume 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
First issue of the Media Archaeology Lab ephemera zine
archive.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
we're (virtually) looking at among other things maps and technology and art with a class from Concordia today and so you should all read this essay from @stephencass.bsky.social because it's poignant and lovely
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The 2026 Open Hardware Summit is coming.... to Berlin, Germany! On May 22nd and 23rd!! Still so much news to come here but we wanted to be sure you knew! For now you can enjoy the beautiful logo designed by @bleeptrack@vis.social and check out the site at 2026.oshwa.org
(livestream heard it first🤭)
(livestream heard it first🤭)
October 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The 2026 Open Hardware Summit is coming.... to Berlin, Germany! On May 22nd and 23rd!! Still so much news to come here but we wanted to be sure you knew! For now you can enjoy the beautiful logo designed by @bleeptrack@vis.social and check out the site at 2026.oshwa.org
(livestream heard it first🤭)
(livestream heard it first🤭)
Here we go!!!
www.youtube.com/live/Yn0e7AP...
www.youtube.com/live/Yn0e7AP...
October 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Here we go!!!
www.youtube.com/live/Yn0e7AP...
www.youtube.com/live/Yn0e7AP...
Me and @cyborggarbage.bsky.social are ready to go in the morning for the @oshwassociation.bsky.social 12 hour Livestream!!!! Tune in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0e...
October 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Me and @cyborggarbage.bsky.social are ready to go in the morning for the @oshwassociation.bsky.social 12 hour Livestream!!!! Tune in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn0e...
This is all you really want to kno tho probably
What do you see? This is an annoying question but here you go. Here's a pic from my trip to Japan. I edited it to show how I remember actually seeing Japan. I had a great time and it was dope.
October 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is all you really want to kno tho probably
October is blindness awareness month and you might have noticed that recently I've been talking more about vision in general lately. I'm going to answer some common questions and give you some facts. First, blindness is a spectrum. Only 10% of us see nothing, most have residual/some usable vision
October 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
October is blindness awareness month and you might have noticed that recently I've been talking more about vision in general lately. I'm going to answer some common questions and give you some facts. First, blindness is a spectrum. Only 10% of us see nothing, most have residual/some usable vision
Doing course prep at the cafe like a normal person
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Doing course prep at the cafe like a normal person
Ive spent so much time working with tech people doing tech things on tech deadlines. In the past few years my practice has turned to analog tools (print making, zines, drawing) in my own personal protest. 1/3
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ive spent so much time working with tech people doing tech things on tech deadlines. In the past few years my practice has turned to analog tools (print making, zines, drawing) in my own personal protest. 1/3
I've always been bad at shipping but the last few months have been increasingly difficult. I've decided to stop shipping to the US. You can still get zines from @sparkfun.bsky.social or find me for clips and more! www.sparkfun.com/books-and-me... 💚
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've always been bad at shipping but the last few months have been increasingly difficult. I've decided to stop shipping to the US. You can still get zines from @sparkfun.bsky.social or find me for clips and more! www.sparkfun.com/books-and-me... 💚
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Finishing up the first ever electronic badge for our Sketching In Hardware conference (the 18th!)
They just need battery holders soldered & programming. A simple but fun design. Designed w/ @leeborg.bsky.social
#badgelife #attiny #avr #sketching2025 #sketchinginhardware
They just need battery holders soldered & programming. A simple but fun design. Designed w/ @leeborg.bsky.social
#badgelife #attiny #avr #sketching2025 #sketchinginhardware
September 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Finishing up the first ever electronic badge for our Sketching In Hardware conference (the 18th!)
They just need battery holders soldered & programming. A simple but fun design. Designed w/ @leeborg.bsky.social
#badgelife #attiny #avr #sketching2025 #sketchinginhardware
They just need battery holders soldered & programming. A simple but fun design. Designed w/ @leeborg.bsky.social
#badgelife #attiny #avr #sketching2025 #sketchinginhardware
I was going to assign my students a salvaging project, but after doing some salvaging myself for the first time in ages I realize how much harder it is these days with smd components etc. What specific things are still easy and accessible to salvage ?
September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I was going to assign my students a salvaging project, but after doing some salvaging myself for the first time in ages I realize how much harder it is these days with smd components etc. What specific things are still easy and accessible to salvage ?
Having waaayyyy too much fun prepping this circuit bending lesson for my students.
September 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Having waaayyyy too much fun prepping this circuit bending lesson for my students.
Unless your image contains text! In which case please write all of the text exactly as is.
Alt text doesn't have to be anything elaborate, just 5-10 words that explain what you wanted people to know about. You don't need to describe everything unless it's relevant. And alt text doesn't need to be written in formal writing style either! Just chill.
September 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Unless your image contains text! In which case please write all of the text exactly as is.
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Hey do you have a cool idea for minimalist AI that can actually help us understand the natural world? I'm a judge for @hacksterio.bsky.social 's @edgeai.bsky.social 's Earth Guardian challenge!
Submit a cool USEFUL concept by September 30!
www.hackster.io/contests/ear...
Submit a cool USEFUL concept by September 30!
www.hackster.io/contests/ear...
Edge AI Earth Guardians
Edge intelligence meets conservation action With EDGE AI FOUNDATION and NextPCB.
www.hackster.io
September 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hey do you have a cool idea for minimalist AI that can actually help us understand the natural world? I'm a judge for @hacksterio.bsky.social 's @edgeai.bsky.social 's Earth Guardian challenge!
Submit a cool USEFUL concept by September 30!
www.hackster.io/contests/ear...
Submit a cool USEFUL concept by September 30!
www.hackster.io/contests/ear...