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For folks with connections to makerspaces and college campuses, here's a flier you're welcome to print out and hang up to help spread the word about the Raspberry Pi's recent bootlicking.

CC0 so you're welcome to copy and share as much as you want.

Print-ready downloads are available at envs.sh/Lk

this is like if we called people who do their own home improvement "Do It Yourselfers" even though there's a lot of things you can do yourself

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how come we let the 3D printer people call themselves "makers". other people make things, too

@moviemorgz and I always see at least one european replying to callout posts like "it's different because our racial stereotypes are actually true" like no Hans, that's just racism

pls boost am testing gotosocial concurrency

"Excuse me," said the robot.
"How can I help?" the librarian asked.
"I have just been manufactured. My training includes everything I need to work, and to navigate society."
"That's nice."
"But..."
"Yes?
"Is there more?"
"Yes!"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

A cluster of Raspberry Pi will be henceforth referred to as a spoiled fruit.

POLL: What's your gender?

Pay attention to who is defending Rasberry at this moment.

They are showing you who they are.

welcome to all those beginning to notice the strongly defended ties between (the computing) industry and agents of oppression

other folks came to a similar realization not that long ago when GitHub's ICE contracts became better known

the roots are even deeper than that. You can dig into some of that by reading or listening to, for example, Fred Turner here:

thedigradio.com/podcast/counte

there's a lot more where that came from

It sure seems to me like it's doing an awful lot of detecting filament runout, for a unit which doesn't have filament runout detection

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My new 3D printer which supposedly doesn't have filament runout detection, just beeped a "change filament" screen at me when the filament jammed, and after re-feeding it it continued the print

?????

i continue to wish the post office would sell me a virtual forwarding service

i don't want a PO box. you already come to my home with mail. i want to be able to give people a code to put on the letter so it will come to my home, like an address, but have that code not also tell them where i sleep.

there are probably reasons why this is a no-go but i'm going to sulk anyway

Man, fuck ‘grind culture’ and everybody who glamorizes it.

People need to stop putting value on working so hard they destroy their brains, their bodies, and their relationships.

Just do what you have to do to enjoy what little time you have in this world.

"Raspberry Pi announced today they had hired internet sensation Milkshake Duck, the duck who loves milkshakes..."

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