Jordan
@tensorflux.bsky.social
Fueled by caffeine and novelty. Former tech editor for Make: magazine & co-builder of Battle Royale with Cheese BattleBot. Any/All
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Nobody asked for it. We did it anyway.
If you ever used Winamp during the later years, it had an awesome, awesome visualizer called Milkdrop. The Webamp people implemented a workalike called Butterchurn.
Internet Archive now supports Webamp and Butterchurn. Just click on the llama!
If you ever used Winamp during the later years, it had an awesome, awesome visualizer called Milkdrop. The Webamp people implemented a workalike called Butterchurn.
Internet Archive now supports Webamp and Butterchurn. Just click on the llama!
September 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Nobody asked for it. We did it anyway.
If you ever used Winamp during the later years, it had an awesome, awesome visualizer called Milkdrop. The Webamp people implemented a workalike called Butterchurn.
Internet Archive now supports Webamp and Butterchurn. Just click on the llama!
If you ever used Winamp during the later years, it had an awesome, awesome visualizer called Milkdrop. The Webamp people implemented a workalike called Butterchurn.
Internet Archive now supports Webamp and Butterchurn. Just click on the llama!
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the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance
The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.
craftindustryalliance.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
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We live in the stupidest timeline.
@safety.bsky.app I live in Serbia and guarantee they do not have an age verification law.
As a humanitarian aid worker, unnecessarily asking for my personal info makes me less safe.
As a humanitarian aid worker, unnecessarily asking for my personal info makes me less safe.
July 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We live in the stupidest timeline.
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I finally remembered to take a “before” photo when finally starting a project. The 1st and 2nd finished piece are also below.
July 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I finally remembered to take a “before” photo when finally starting a project. The 1st and 2nd finished piece are also below.
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Website/device age verification is a privacy and security nightmare and everyone who tells you that this is a solved problem is lying to you.
Looks like we’re going to get age verification on our phones. gizmodo.com/supreme-cour...
Supreme Court Says Age Verification Laws for Porn Sites Are Constitutional
Nineteen states have age verification laws.
gizmodo.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Website/device age verification is a privacy and security nightmare and everyone who tells you that this is a solved problem is lying to you.
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I need your help to reach open source Scotland. This year the Open Hardware Summit will be in Edinburgh May 30/31. I'm so excited about the lineup. We welcome anyone new or experienced working on making and sharing work - from industry to artwork. Highlights below 2025.oshwa.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I need your help to reach open source Scotland. This year the Open Hardware Summit will be in Edinburgh May 30/31. I'm so excited about the lineup. We welcome anyone new or experienced working on making and sharing work - from industry to artwork. Highlights below 2025.oshwa.org
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If you haven’t built an Akirapunk resistance load for work as a form of stress therapy are you even alive
April 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you haven’t built an Akirapunk resistance load for work as a form of stress therapy are you even alive
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I'd just like to offer out a massive FUCK YOU to our neighbour's Samsung fridge that is hogging half of the available channels on 2.4Ghz WiFi.
As ever the 's' in 'IoT' stands for 'FUCK YOU'.
As ever the 's' in 'IoT' stands for 'FUCK YOU'.
![An image of a network scan showing the SSIDs and the channels that they occupy.
The SSID for 'Samsun Fridge[redacted]' is the strongest, and occupying half of the available channels on 2.4Ghz.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u2eaxzz4xo2oashvvmp55rbn/bafkreih6acr5z7ie2y2uj4hzfw7giu4cvjbhda7zbcwfqagwyhamykpmle@jpeg)
December 16, 2024 at 5:29 PM
I'd just like to offer out a massive FUCK YOU to our neighbour's Samsung fridge that is hogging half of the available channels on 2.4Ghz WiFi.
As ever the 's' in 'IoT' stands for 'FUCK YOU'.
As ever the 's' in 'IoT' stands for 'FUCK YOU'.
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Attention Kernel Engineers: The Spotify Car Thing revival project needs assistance with graphics acceleration. The device features a Mali G31 Bifrost GPU on an Amlogic S905D2. Currently, graphics performance is severely limited with Panfrost,
December 13, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Attention Kernel Engineers: The Spotify Car Thing revival project needs assistance with graphics acceleration. The device features a Mali G31 Bifrost GPU on an Amlogic S905D2. Currently, graphics performance is severely limited with Panfrost,
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I have maintained for years cyberpunk is when you find a screen and it is broken or there's something weird about it
gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods
December 12, 2024 at 7:31 AM
I have maintained for years cyberpunk is when you find a screen and it is broken or there's something weird about it
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There's still time to bid in the Support Trans Kids Book Auction! I've got a signed copy of Mai Tais for the Lost and a 50-page manuscript critique up for grabs! There's TONS of cool stuff 🌈📚
www.32auctions.com/stkbookaucti...
www.32auctions.com/stkbookaucti...
December 6, 2024 at 3:48 AM
There's still time to bid in the Support Trans Kids Book Auction! I've got a signed copy of Mai Tais for the Lost and a 50-page manuscript critique up for grabs! There's TONS of cool stuff 🌈📚
www.32auctions.com/stkbookaucti...
www.32auctions.com/stkbookaucti...
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The touch bar has been turned into a standalone gadget, powered by an ESP32 microcontroller:
December 1, 2024 at 10:41 PM
The touch bar has been turned into a standalone gadget, powered by an ESP32 microcontroller:
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i had to go shopping for a dress and as a result i am now advocating for a butlerian jihad aftermath.site/i-hate-techn...
I Hate Technology - Aftermath
The website where I pay rent is down. My vape is out of battery. Too much of my life has been disrupted by technology.
aftermath.site
April 12, 2024 at 7:31 PM
i had to go shopping for a dress and as a result i am now advocating for a butlerian jihad aftermath.site/i-hate-techn...
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This website says you should send it a photo of your partner's penis and they will tell you if they have an STD, using the power of AI.
This is so misleading, inaccurate, dangerous, YIKES, that I assume it is an elaborate joke.
This is so misleading, inaccurate, dangerous, YIKES, that I assume it is an elaborate joke.
Calmara: Your Intimacy Bestie for Unprotected Sex
Navigate raw sex, friends with benefits, casual relationship, ENM, and all things intimate with Calmara. No cap, just peace of mind for your sexual wellness.
www.calmara.ai
March 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM
This website says you should send it a photo of your partner's penis and they will tell you if they have an STD, using the power of AI.
This is so misleading, inaccurate, dangerous, YIKES, that I assume it is an elaborate joke.
This is so misleading, inaccurate, dangerous, YIKES, that I assume it is an elaborate joke.
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Listen, I understand that people believe I exist in an endless state of incandescent rage, but they are going to have to invent new words for how angry I am about Glassdoor adding real names without users' consent.
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.
arstechnica.com
March 20, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Listen, I understand that people believe I exist in an endless state of incandescent rage, but they are going to have to invent new words for how angry I am about Glassdoor adding real names without users' consent.
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This is a link to a form put on the open internet by the California state university system for the purpose of undermining union activity. You know what to do.
And just learned that not only has management put the snitch form on the uni website, they've embedded it as a pop-up window in our Learning Management System to directly target our students and try to turn them against us.
app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2a762...
app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2a762...
January 19, 2024 at 5:17 PM
This is a link to a form put on the open internet by the California state university system for the purpose of undermining union activity. You know what to do.
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Steamboat Willie in 4k, digitized from 16mm film: archive.org/details/stea...
January 14, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Steamboat Willie in 4k, digitized from 16mm film: archive.org/details/stea...
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Some cool book news this morning! Tor.com is rebranding to Reactor, with expanded coverage/discussion of genre! www.tor.com/2024/01/09/t...
January 9, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Some cool book news this morning! Tor.com is rebranding to Reactor, with expanded coverage/discussion of genre! www.tor.com/2024/01/09/t...
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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
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In the 1990s, stock photos were sold in CD collections. They weren't cheap, but a lot cheaper than buying them separately.
I paid a ton for this crap back then for my old side gig doing political junk mail. Time to share the joy - enjoy PhotoDisk #25, Government and Social Issues from 1995. 1/?
I paid a ton for this crap back then for my old side gig doing political junk mail. Time to share the joy - enjoy PhotoDisk #25, Government and Social Issues from 1995. 1/?
January 9, 2024 at 3:52 AM
In the 1990s, stock photos were sold in CD collections. They weren't cheap, but a lot cheaper than buying them separately.
I paid a ton for this crap back then for my old side gig doing political junk mail. Time to share the joy - enjoy PhotoDisk #25, Government and Social Issues from 1995. 1/?
I paid a ton for this crap back then for my old side gig doing political junk mail. Time to share the joy - enjoy PhotoDisk #25, Government and Social Issues from 1995. 1/?
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Not shocked. Never shocked. But just as thoroughly disgusted.
California K-12 schools have more police officers than social workers and more security guards than nurses, according to state data released today. Black youth handcuffed 2X rate of white youth in schools. More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/03/california-police-stops-racial-bias
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/03/california-police-stops-racial-bias
California police show severe racial bias in stops and searches, data finds
Black residents were stopped the most, while Native Americans were searched most frequently compared to all racial groups
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Not shocked. Never shocked. But just as thoroughly disgusted.
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thanks to my simple rule “just call people whatever pronoun they want who cares” i spend less time thinking about gender issues than 95% of the population. with my free time i imagine cool battles
December 30, 2023 at 1:08 AM
thanks to my simple rule “just call people whatever pronoun they want who cares” i spend less time thinking about gender issues than 95% of the population. with my free time i imagine cool battles
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had a suddenly obsessive thought and had to make it real
December 14, 2023 at 8:22 PM
had a suddenly obsessive thought and had to make it real
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i have created this complete and correct taxonomy of every STM32 microcontroller that exists, for your information
i hope you find this useful
i hope you find this useful
October 3, 2023 at 9:41 PM
i have created this complete and correct taxonomy of every STM32 microcontroller that exists, for your information
i hope you find this useful
i hope you find this useful