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Glen Akins

@bikerglen.bsky.social
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Building gadgets, riding bikes, and fighting the good fight for municipal broadband. Chip designer by day. Fort Collins. Some days you're a mountain goat; other days you're a fainting goat. 🐐

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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 3h
I got pregnant just riding past this thing.
A bronze miata on oversized tires with lots of accessorizing.light bar over windshield and a cassette tape audio adapter and a roll cage.gas pump hose stuck in gas holeammo box with sticker that says tylenol made me autistic
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 7h
. @microchip-makes.bsky.social just made all their compiler optimizations free starting from XC 4.0 and they have a tool to generate a permanent license for all legacy XC compiler optimizations too! Legacy PIC16 USB bootloaders compile for free now! Yayyyyy!
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026
NEW: People who chug their own piss have emerged as MAJOR supporters of AI futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-All
Urine therapy devotees are sharing ways to break past AI guardrails in order to brainstorm ways to use pee as medicine.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's Lydia from Breaking Bad.
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Hal Singer @halsinger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For @prospect.org, I reviewed @lindsayowens.bsky.social’s new book, “Gouged: The End of a Fair Price—and What That Means for Your Wallet.” Apologies to neoliberal economists in advance! prospect.org/2026/09/29/o...
prospect.org
Battling an Army of Price-Setters - The American Prospect
Lindsay Owens’s new book details all the ways that corporations seek to maximize profits at your expense.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Welp, the SureGrip Apex platform lock on my RRS tripod came from the factory with a bent stainless steel retention ring and is, as a result, a ForeverGrip now. First time I've tried to remove the platform. Emailed RRS support tonight. Hoping we can get this covered under warranty quickly.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The traffic signals have Madonna tits (complementary).
A group of three traffic signal faces. One yellow down below. Two red up above. On each face is a transparent cone in addition to the regular hood and what not.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Posted my first two models to Makerworld today. Will post to my blog soon too. Here's the first.
makerworld.com
Quarter Turn Adapter for Outbound Handlebar Mount - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld
Download this free 3D print file designed by bikerglen. OverviewI recently purchased a Lezyne Zecto2 Drive 350 front headlight for my gravel bike. It already has a handlebar mount for an Outbound Ligh...
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've seen maybe 3 and 4 1/2's of these.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ars Technica has some of the best commenters. From this article on Trump and the Republican's new AI program being used to deny medical procedures to seniors on Medicare: "It's like, they told us AI would be the golden goose, and instead it's basically a chicken with diarrhea."
arstechnica.com
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Any amount of free flash storage is worth the risk in the AI age!
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saltcedar @saltcedar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
sprinkling unmarked usb drives on the ground outside but they dont have any exploits on them if you plug one in it just has a picture of my dog stardust on it so you can look at her
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pud333.bsky.social @pud333.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Marcus Burnett: That's My Boy! Bad Boys: Ride or Die
ALT: Marcus Burnett: That's My Boy! Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I bought this when it came out.
me holding up a quicksand cd in front of pud's post on bluesky
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
found a trail fren tonight
a rattlesnake on the trail lit up by my helmet light
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Tauss @yote.gay · 23/09/2026
If you DJ at cons, PLEASE find a way to sample this it would be so fucking funny
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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well done, Joe - you should create one: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Bill Geerhart @conelrad6401240.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The new Titan II marker near Damascus, Arkansas: Front and Back. Unveiled in a ceremony yesterday (9/18/26).
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A tracking link, especially one that requires a login, that takes me to anything other than the carrier's tracking page is bullshit.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's funny how turkeys, much like code, can get stuck in infinite loops.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I built up a W.O.P.R. Jr for 10 inch racks this week using a model on MakerWorld. It uses the same LED modules and controller that I built for the larger 19 inch rack version. I lucked out on the orientation of the controller and first module board and being able to just plug them into each other.
front of the 10 inch rack wopr. It kinda looks like the wopr from the movie. it has green leds that blink randomly.back of the wopr print showing five 32 mm led modules stuffed into the wopr frame and controller board mounted on the back of the first led moduleclose up showing the connect of the controller board to the first module board and the first module board to the second module board.close up of the controller board to first module board connection showign a five pin header mated to a five pin header socket.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hard agree.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
gizmodo.com
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I've stayed at this hotel. I highly recommend it if you're in the Cleveland area.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A backyard squirrel just went on the offensive against a backyard hawk. Hawk waved the white flag (his wings) and retreated. 😂
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 12/09/2026
Ahhhhh that is terrific :D. LOOK AT THEM they are glorious!
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I printed and cut a few on regular copy paper as a test. Will likely dig out the vinyl sticker paper tomorrow!
A stack of not quite stickers yet that read "NOW AI POWERED TALKED TO ME ASK ME TO DO THINGS" They are printed on a laser printer and die cut using a vinyl cutter.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I saw a few stations with $6+ diesel on the drive home today!
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Duke Hyena @duke.hyena.zone · 08/09/2026
Remember when we thought it was absurd that Radio Shack asked us for our phone number?
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
not sure what's going on here
cat in a cowboy hat holding a shark like it's a gun while riding a dinosaur like it's a horse.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This fence is known as the Zion Curtain. I was Behind the Zion Curtain today.
A barbed wire fence cuts a straight line through the middle of the desert. The camera is on the left side of the fence. The Utah side of the fence. On the right is the Colorado side of the fence.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
me sitting on the colorado-utah border today.
Me straddling a wooden fence on the Colorado-Utah border in a pair of bright orange baggy bike shorts. There's a cattle guard bike crossing at my feet. My left nut is in Colorado. My right nut is in Utah.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I saw a weasel or ferret today in the Utah desert backcountry. Leaning toward weasel based on tail color (dark) and length (long).
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Steve Uncle, People's Champion @the-barely-jew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
this one is amazing
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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It used to snow in September in Denver… ❄️
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ah, the posts I are a day old so the drone comment deadline is TODAY! Comment TODAY! It's easy. Took all of five minutes.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Done.
Hi,

I'm both a hobbyist and Part 107 licensed drone pilot. I'm a beginner. I rely on lidar sensors on my drones as a backup to help me fly safe and avoid damaging my drone hardware. Lidar sensors do not make my $300 to $1500 toy drones "military grade" hardware. They just make my hardware safer and easier to use. The inability to have low-cost drones with lidar will negatively impact me while I build my skills.

I can't afford $30,000 for some US-made, high-end drone to get lidar-based obstacle avoidance. Crashing even a $500 drone because it didn't have lidar-based collision avoidance would be a significant economic impact to my personal finances. Lidar is also an essential part of the landing systems on the drones I do have. They all use lidar to sense the ground and make that last 6 foot descent to the ground.

On the thermal imaging capabilities, I don't have drones with this capability but I aspire to be able to own one of these to start my own small drone business some day doing mapping and surveying work. Again, having to buy a $30,000 to $60,000 US-made, high-end drone vs $6,000 to $10,000 for one of the existing drones on the market would negatively impact my ability to start and operate my business.

Please do not ban or retroactively ban drones with lidar and thermal imaging capabilities. Low-cost entry points to drone hardware are essential for beginner pilots and small businesses. There are currently NO US-made drones that do not pose a significant economic barrier to entry for beginner pilots and small businesses.

Thanks,
Glen
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 02/09/2026
hi, if you're a registered Part 107 holder, please please PLEASE file a comment on this change by the FCC to ban drones with LiDAR. comments close TOMORROW. do it RIGHT NOW!!! dronexl.co/2026/09/01/f...
dronexl.co
FCC Drone Deadline Is Tomorrow. Fewer Than 3,000 Comments Are In.
Fewer than 3,000 comments have been filed in PS Docket 26-189 against nearly half a million certificated remote pilots. The window closes September 2.
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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fort Collins finishes with its hottest summer on record (since 1894), with an average June 1-August 31 temp of 74.3°. Denver ties its 3rd-hottest summer on record (74.9°), while Boulder records its 4th-hottest since 1895. #COwx
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Geeoff @itzspelledgeoff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Cat With Aluminum Hat Aluminum Foil Hat
ALT: Cat With Aluminum Hat Aluminum Foil Hat
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What if Mitch McConnell hit his head and came to his senses in his fall and Republicans are keeping him in a drug-induced coma at an unnamed rehab facility to keep him from coming back to fix the mess he made?!
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Hamlet of Melnibone @hamlet10.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The good news is that almost everything is better than it was 40 years ago. The bad news is that almost everything is worse than it was 10 years ago.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Holy shit. I rode 135 miles this week, 85 of which was over the weekend and made fried chicken nugs that are crispy outside and not raw in the middle!
selfie in the mud around mile 125 for the week / 75 for the week. A muddy titanium hard tail mountain bike is in the background.Fried chicken nugs on a blue paper shop towel on a plate.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And suddenly the local pool bar's instagram post where they show a dozen customers trying to move their favorite bar closer to their house with nothing but ropes makes a lot more sense.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
And if you use slide switches with mounting tabs for these, you can easily mount them to your 3D printed projects with screws.
slide switch mounted to 3d printed enclosure. viewed from the outside so you see the slide part of the switch and a few screws.slide switch mounted to 3d printed enclosure. viewed from the inside so you see the switch body, nuts, and heat shrinked and soldered connections to the back of the switch.slide switch with box closed so only switch and screws are visible through a slot in the enclosure.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You ever have everything go wrong while trying to build a one evening project? And it ends with three board designs and weeks of delays? Read on.
bikerglen.com
A W.O.P.R. of a Project
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Derek @ricketyshack.ca · 27/08/2026
Is the default password still root/admin ?
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Hackster.io @hacksterio.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Banking on rising nostalgia, Glen Akins reproduced the classic Linksys WRT router as a digital clock.
hackster.io
That’s No Router! That’s a Clock!
Banking on rising nostalgia, Glen Akins reproduced the classic Linksys WRT router as a digital clock.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
clouds that can't make up their mind over horsetooth rock and a punch of pine trees with some scrub grass and more rock in the foreground.
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Glen Akins @bikerglen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A local legend and all around great guy passed away over the weekend. He used to use his rear tire to kick up rocks at those of us who were riding behind him. :(
michelottisawyers.com
Clinton Knapp Obituary Aug 24, 2026 - Michelotti-Sawyers Funeral Home & Crematory
View Clinton Knapp's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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