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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

More police have been caught and charged with stalking women via Flock cameras than there are trans youth competing in sports. But politicians, billionaire authors, and other bigots feel safer denouncing a thin blue line only if there's pink and white with it.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I cannot overstate how peaceful it is to watch a live-streaming exploration feed of an undersea rover. NA181 is done for now, but look forward to NA182 from Sep 22-Oct 12. These people are following the directive of sentient life: allow the universe to experience its own wonder. nautiluslive.org

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Nautilus Live | Ocean Exploration Trust

Explore the ocean with us! We seek out new discoveries while conducting scientific exploration of the seafloor and stream live to the world aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Successfully replaced a main shutoff valve by freezing the pipe with air duster cans, courtesy of a @hackadayofficial.bsky.social article from 2014 hackaday.com/2014/01/19/d...

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There are many crappy videos of a partial lunar eclipse with clouds streaming by, but this one is mine.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thanks Slack for the insightful tip

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

More true now than we could have imagined when this was written 22 years ago youtu.be/RFoYNVp6k8A

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Jonathan Coulton, "The Future Soon," from "Best. Concert. Ever."

YouTube video by WhatAreRecords

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Éclipse totale du chat.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Repairing a Mac to Massive Attack 🎶

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I really enjoyed the wide shots in Odyssey on 70mm. The close-up shots aren’t good at all on such a large screen, the human eye is not meant to dart around an entire field of vision including 10 foot wide chins and noses. I think I will better appreciate Nolan’s enitre work when this hits streaming.

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Some kind of invasive ape 🏳️‍⚧️ @wargonopsid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Ink sketch of a waffle yaga. Seagull feet bc dumpstercore. Sketch w inks

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I understand the non sequitur appeal of Jimothy but need to point out Pawsimodo was an option.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The only thing better than a new Project Farm video (final boss of neurospicy youtube) is finding out you already bought the right thing.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I'm realizing that nearly all of my successful projects have been things that I'm not good at doing. The areas I struggle to find motivation are where I accidentally got kind of competent. Retained skill may be the greatest productivity killer. You know exactly how difficult a project will be.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A few hundred cherry tomatoes from my garden before heading into the smoker alongside some tri-tip and ribeye. The idea is to make some five-spice cherry tomato ketchup

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I made two circular "neon" rings for a pair of windows in my house, using 3D-printed segments and a polyethylene tube for a diffuser. I did this in the winter. The circumference is about 9 feet, and I must now rejoice in being re-taught a lesson in differing expansion coefficients of materials.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

@ericmigi.com Is there a way to put my watch on a "super stable release" update cycle somehow? I feel like I'm on a beta cycle with the frequent updates and my phone spams the notifications. But I don't want to mute the notifications and miss a critical update.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Someone on Nextdoor insisted as he's seen wind turbines move when he doesn't feel wind, and motionless during high winds, they must spin them using electricity and so they must always use more energy than they produce. If this makes you feel despair, consider voting. That guy does.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I've never seen the human condition captured more perfectly than this video about an egg maker 10 years ago (with the background audio) www.youtube.com/shorts/tQmFa...

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The Rollie egg master

YouTube video by Jennifer Blastow

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Fence lizards are great. I love being able to walk outside at any time and probably see at least one mini dinosaur. This one was chilling on top of the wood pile and doing pushups.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

If you are having trouble figuring out how to access anything via any API; local device, cloud account, bank balances, whatever: type your query in like "<stuff i want to access> homeassistant" and those people will have figured it out.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Never let anyone tell you the kindergarten hand turkey was a skill you’d never use later in life.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I like my EV and lowered dependence on fossil fuels, but in my experience nothing really happens to gas vehicles before 50k either. Oil changes and maybe one transmission fluid change. EVs have less to go wrong but still have mechanical wear. Maintenance shouldn’t be the deciding factor.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This SKIL saw became useless after the plastic depth adjustment lever snapped. It’s not pretty but was able to turn an all metal replacement. Me: 1, Landfill: 0

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

monochrome green 2.4” yet still 128x64 oled is very satisfying.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Addendum: if LLMs do keep getting better and survive the profit-taking scramble, the longer you wait to adopt it the easier the learning curve will be. The very thing they're marketing IS the abolishment of the learning curve. By definition, you cannot be left behind.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to be in the dumbest 10%. Feeling smart perhaps, watching others struggle with nonsensical, gibberish concerns for which I instantly have clear, simple solutions. Sometimes I worry that I'm already in the dumbest 10%.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I heard about a group of authors choosing a new event name as "Writer's Salon" but it was misprinted as "Writer's Saloon" to great outcry by those claiming insensitivity to alcohol abuse. They corrected the typo, but I guess ignored the community concerns because they left "Writer's" in there.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

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Collin 'Appears To Be A Typo' Woodard @collinwoodard.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?

Photo of a fairly generic modern bathroom with a shower/tub combo, a toilet, a sink, a mirror, and a demonic entity coming out of the mirror

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This link is to the rather tame video by Manic Street Preachers "If you tolerate this then your children will be next" on their official account. It has been removed. Look up the lyrics and listen to the song to understand why. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dB...

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YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Michael Crider @michaelcrider.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom: "If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Inconveniently, commands must be obeyed. Instead, why not pour countless billions into technology that trains everyone to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears?

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is how ill-conceived the Liquid Glass design shift is, a real departure from Apple’s traditional approach. The Measure app’s level has a glass sheet that refracts, hides, and distorts the UI tick marks needed to perform the sole function of the app.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

In which we discover that Tuft & Needle mattresses from 2018 use fiberglass and are basically asbestos. I always felt confident what the Tuft was and now think I have an answer for the Needle.

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Garrett Mace @macegr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I need to announce the Holy Grail of multi-room music streaming is at hand. Hardware: ESP32+DAC modules, available with line-out or speaker amplifiers, starting below $20 each github.com/sonocotta/es... ESPHome Sendspin PR: github.com/esphome/esph... Music Assistant: github.com/music-assist...

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GitHub - sonocotta/esp32-audio-dock: ESP32 Audio Developent boards: HiFi-ESP32, Loud-ESP32, Amped-ESP32, Louder-ESP32

ESP32 Audio Developent boards: HiFi-ESP32, Loud-ESP32, Amped-ESP32, Louder-ESP32 - sonocotta/esp32-audio-dock

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We love to see it! Community-created harm reduction infrastructure to contest the alarming integration of AI agents into the Windows operating system (which is currently the most reckless deployment environment) ♥️ github.com/zoicware/Rem...

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GitHub - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI: Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11

Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11 - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

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