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alexglow.bsky.social
Sustainable electronics, robots, PCBs, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, open-source DIY hardware... plus music, languages, and art :D • @[email protected] • Was @glowascii on bird site • she/her • chaotic good • thoughts & feels my own.
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Tons of good info already in here! 🤩

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Do you ever look at yourself and just

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This is a neat little trick, and even neater is if you have your own Windows app and you want to hide that content from Microsoft Recall, it's very straightforward to use it yourself: it's just a one liner: SetWindowDisplayAffinity(hwnd, WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE)

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

[gretchen wieners voice] YOU CAN’T SIT WITH US

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

The tech job market is brutal, especially if you're part of a marginalized group. I'd like to offer a free practice technical interview to anyone who is BIPOC or trans and looking for a job. You can book time with me here: calendly.com/tthurium-lau...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

STOP: Don’t panic–organize! @thefreeradical.org and I consulted for weeks with experts about the bill attacking Medicaid for trans people. We find that advocates can still kill the bill or mitigate its impacts through direct action and community solidarity. 🧵👇🏽 www.madycast.com/p/dont-panic...

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

If you think everyone should have access to a Covid vaccine booster if they want it, public comment is today. Takes just a few minutes 👇🏿👇🏿

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Wrote up some of my #hardware learning & career journey, thanks to a great question by @vogueandcode.bsky.social (and ty @annthurium.bsky.social for pulling me in!). Drafting a more comprehensive write-up for the blog (glow-ahead.ghost.io#/portal) :)

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Mystery time!! What do we think is the deal with this massive bellows I found propped up against the Grand Lake Theatre last night? The Grand Lake is a (gorgeous) movie palace from 1926... relevant, or red herring?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_L...

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

Wonderful article. #Repair across almost 25 billion km, with a 23-hour comms delay! 🤩

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

These look really fun 👀

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Tape drive repair at @computerhistory.bsky.social. I helped @tubetime.bsky.social figure out why the tape drives wouldn't backspace. The problem turned out to be a bad germanium transistor on an inverter card. 1/5

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Been wanting to design a cover for N95 masks, ideally w/ a spot to mount a mic for events. Today I used the Scandy Pro iOS app to scan myself, exported it to STL in mm, and opened the file in #NomadSculpt , which seems to have kept it to scale (yay!). P easy so far :D #WearableTech #3DPrinting

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Why aren't henchsonas a thing

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Ooooo, these look amazing. Been hearing good things about the second one especially 👀

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments