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@adafruit formerly - founder of hackaday / writer / editor make, craft, engadget, popsci, 2600 & fallon
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Banned on Shelves and Closed Circuits: How Gatekeepers Pretend It’s About Ethics and Values

Who gets to decide what belongs on shelves, in circuits, and in communities... 🚫

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January 19, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Some tourists in NYC received a skull-covered pamphlet telling them to stay inside after 6 p.m., avoid the subway, and assume help was not coming (1975) ☠️🏙️ welcome to FEAR CITY
January 18, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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The Kix atomic bomb ring was real, not dangerous, and we should do it again

A 1947 cereal toy let kids watch atoms decay, from @GeneralMills #KixCereal , somewhere along the way explaining science got scarier than doing it.

⚛️💍

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/18/t...
January 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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From garroting panic to Instagram: The Victorian claw glove meme!
Victorian women were not roaming London like proto-wolverines, but they did fight back...
🧤🕰️📰
blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/18/f...
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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toddler really wanted a pink trench knife. injection molded. carbon-fiber infused. sustainably sourced. made from repurposed abs plastic. reason given: “to keep ’em off her pirate ship.”
fair. 🏴‍☠️ 🗡️ 💖
(readin a lot of peter pan)
@shampoooty.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Salesforce was founded on a visionary insight received from a pod of dolphins, which explains a lot about its current approach to AI accountability.

Users are krill.

I was able to fact check with the dolphins, it's true, here is the ChatGPT translation from the pod.

🐬🐬🐬🐬➡️🤖➡️💰 | users = 🦐
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Salesforce’s AI Testimony in NY: Regulation, But Make It Optional for Salesforce ...

tl;dr: Salesforce describes notice, opt-out, and appeal requirements as “unduly burdensome.” ... our take

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/15/s...
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 AM
a bunch of folks have told us there’s “no way” the rp2350 can do the kinds of audio projects people associate with imx chipsets. cool story. meanwhile, today we ran into a brand-new product from teenage engineering, who tend to ship first and argue later.
January 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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RP2350 Dual-Core CoreMark Results: First Numbers Are In! The repository is live, the changes are straightforward, and the benchmarks are now documented directly in the README. I
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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a hot take on governor hochul’s 2026 ny state of the state tech proposals! 🗽🔥

support open standards.
include small and mid-sized hardware makers.
boost hands-on learning + real-world systems.

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/14/a...

#opensource #hardware #edtech #maker
January 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Wegmans’ press release, translated: how to say “we scan your face” and call it safety
blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/13/w...

@wegmansofficial.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
dead shrimp. living machines. necrobotics is here... blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/12/d... we are going to try to turn seafood waste into flexible robot grippers using nature optimized actuators, and then make a beetlejuice shrimp hand 🍤🤖
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
my latest... New York begins cargo drone trial between Manhattan and Brooklyn...
adafruit.com/nycdrones

@nycedc.bsky.social
#dronedelivery
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
the things i do for latinum, and for the resistance (this is so cool - mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/)
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
placeholders for testing, trying out a dual-cast vertical thing too ...
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
some test recording(s) for some new shows! turned out great, this is going to be fun ... first show, making an open-source version of teensy & navigating the maker business landscape in 2026, AND MORE ...
January 12, 2026 at 1:20 AM
the gul loves the bajor, but not the bajoran.

occupation by night. latinum by day.
swipe right for latinum. swipe left for the resistance.
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
drone delivery in nyc is happening.
wrapping up a big article while high on cough meds and feeding a baby.
here’s dronie, made years ago for our drone film fest, long before ai.
looks like a flying ball gag to me now.
January 11, 2026 at 11:58 AM
how do you like them apples
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Don’t Let the Grocery Store Scan Your Face: A Guide to Fighting Back Against Biometric Surveillance at Wegmans

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/07/d...
January 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
@elkue.bsky.social follow up to your article (good work) Don’t Let the Grocery Store Scan Your Face: A Guide to Fighting Back Against Biometric Surveillance at Wegmans

blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/07/d...

sent an email, want an IR blasting hat to go there scan-free?
January 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
open-source teensy-compatible - what features do you want?
forum.pjrc.com/index.php?th...
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
pet dragon
December 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
the dark is honest,
but it isn’t cruel
December 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM