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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bin Day cometh.

MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Making some fun shorts of the dev process for the new MeArm controller for the #raspberrypi Pico. #OpenSource #robotics for the win. youtube.com/shorts/fH5H0...

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montage of our #raspberrypi #opensource #robot #arduino

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Robot Talk @robottalkpod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I chatted to Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac.bsky.social) from kevsrobots about how to get started building robots at home. 🤖 🪛 www.robottalk.org/2025/11/21/e... #Robots #Robotics #Making #3DPrinting #AI #Education #Coding

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FreeCAD @freecad.org · 31/07/2026

It’s #FreeCADFriday again. If you’ve opened FreeCAD this week, you’ve got something worth sharing. Post a screenshot, a render, a workflow trick, or even a problem you’re stuck on - and check the hashtag to see how others approach similar work. #FreeCAD #CAD #Engineering #Maker #3DPrint #Render

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

He followed up by calling me a MF and blocking me. I love #OpenSource. It is frustrating that other people don't call out rights infringement. @oshwassociation.bsky.social

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Made a man on Instagram very angry by asking if he had permission to sell a CC BY-NC product. He explained that I was miserable moron and it was a free design. He asked if he could copy my designs without permission and I said yes, you just need to say where you got the design from.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fun playing with the new Pi Pico board this week. Added an LCD two one of the two i2c breakouts on the PCB, drew some silly eyes on it. Wrote a little web based controller to minimise hardware spend. www.youtube.com/shorts/_LleH... github.com/MeArm/mearm-...

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Arduino controlled robot arm coded with the new web app available on our GitHub

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Wildly unproductive desk day today. How do we save things with less than an hour to go before family life kicks off?

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'd also missed this. All good things and all that!

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Same here! Unfortunately still waiting on parts though!

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Remember the golden rule. "If it smells like chicken, you're holding the wrong end"

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

As the weekend fades, we enjoy a bit of Brew York before the working week. It's cool enough to enjoy a stout isn't it?

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There's a pcs setting but to be honest it's quicker just to use the tared weight and match each one. The current BOM is 15x one and 16x another with some sort of individual parts. So very quick

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ah you're here. Looking at the old x account for Mime, since I nuked all the other accounts, and finding the folk I lost in the move.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The answer to today's "what's that burning smell?" is... Glue gun, not burning but very hot and yes, forgotten. Tune in tomorrow for exciting smells like laser, hot end, poorly routed, and software shouldn't make it do that.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just completed a step on Companies House, where the AI that designed it was clearly trained on the works of Kafka, Orwell, and possibly Escher.

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Stamping 'Whatever' on a Notebook

ALT: Stamping 'Whatever' on a Notebook

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If you're not going to do the hard, at least do the mundane. Get on with it! #selfmotivation

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Faith Krogstad @feche.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My heart goes out to friends and family of Ricki Allan Larson, as well as all who were involved - the responders, caregivers, witnesses, and the driver. This was a preventable tragedy. We need to understand what is driving these events and how we can stop it. Media has an important role. 🧵1/x

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The "Key Grip" is there to protect the rest of the production crew, ensuring said lycanthrope is held tightly.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The "Key Grip" is there to protect the rest of the production crew, ensuring said lycanthrope is held tightly.

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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Know alot of you are thinking about the inclusion fund. So going to start posting a bit on it under #InclusionFund. Encouraging anyone with solid experience do the same from world of #Neurodivergency #Disability (@autisticrealms.bsky.social 🙏) Tip 1. Adopt NEST open.ed.ac.uk/nest-neurodi...

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NEST (NEurodivergent peer Support Toolkit)

NEST (NEurodivergent peer Support Toolkit) is a suite of materials to facilitate peer support for neurodivergent young people in mainstream secondary schools. The toolkit has been co-created by resear...

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Raj 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇳💻🖥 (🌻🇺🇦;🇵🇸) @realcainmosni.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

UK Tax returns have gone digital, which is fine in principle. What is not fine is that pretty much only paid solutions are acceptable for submitting a return. If electronic tax returns are mandatory, the government should be providing a cost-free means. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

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Petition: Create a government-owned, free software for Making Tax Digital (MTD)

With the roll-out of Making Tax Digital going ahead, HMRC must provide an in-house, government-developed, fully-functional software that allows easy and confident compliance with MTD. Self-employed pe...

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Absolutely blowing up on TikTok. Last week we increased our followers by 15x. Bringing our total followers up to 15. vm.tiktok.com/ZNRKWC25G/

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TikTok - Make Your Day

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Cleared down the desk today. Whirlwind week back in the office. Laser is lasering, 3d printer is 3ding. On the agenda - count screws into little cups then put them in bags. Did you know that M2.5 is 20-30% more expensive than M3? Learn something new every day eh?

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Freeing up some drive space. Some apps you're like "good riddance!" whereas others it's more "thank you for your service, Sir"

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Feeling inspired this morning. Instagram served me a little slice of Sesame and I was thinking FFS more #OpenSauce slop. But hey this is the real deal #OpenSource. I'm going to build this! github.com/dorianborian... #robotics #ESP32

Small orange robot with one "arm" in the air.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/07/2026

Black text on a white page that reads as follows:

In January, our administration inherited a $12 billion budget deficit — a fiscal crisis greater than the Great Recession.

Today I am proud to announce that our balanced budget has cleared the final step and passed the New York City Council.

We balanced the budget by taxing the rich and making government more efficient. We did not balance this budget on the backs of working people, and we never will.

Every year that follows will build on these principles: Honest budgeting. Fiscal discipline. Transparent government. And an unwavering belief that working people deserve a government that delivers for them every day.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Certainly some quirks but a solid machine. I had a Tivo Tarantula before and that was a full time job!

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Feels like groundhog day though. Change...

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The schemes were to be funded through the East Mids mayor, so gov funding. Highways authority roads I would think, so not maintained by councils. However to the point, yet again less funding for the East Mids

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Improvements to the A46 and A38. Small beer I realise, but small beer seems to be all we get!

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

and we start that by defunding infrastructure projects in the East Midlands to spend on defence. Got it. Nice job East Midlands MPs!

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I've dived back into all of the socials this week and LinkedIn is having a totally normal one. One realisation or reality of MeArm is that it was always political. But FFS LinkedIn, not like that.

A screenshot from LinkedIn, suggesting I follow the Micro:bit foundation, Raspberry Pi, and Reform UK. I suppose 2/3 isn't a bad hit rate.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I just bought the cheapest autodim mask I could find, it has flames up the side because that was cheaper than having a plain one!

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I learned from youtube too. The big level up was getting an autodimming mask, they're not expensive but better than the things you get in the kits

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

You probably already know plenty more about welding than me, but my advice on buying an entry level welder is buy the right one! I got an arc welder first, and wanted to do car body work and that was a great way to eat car body work not repair it.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Interestingly enough detail to completely rip off the design and pass it off as your own but not enough improve it and contribute.

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MeArm Robotics / Ben at MeArm @mearm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Not open source though. Output files included but not source files for example gerbers included but not the kicad schematic or pcb files. This is #OpenSauce

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Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Gears are the "muscles" of robots and yet if you are like me you think robots are cool but have no mechanical engineering training So this weekend I made an explainer of different types of gears/reducers and where they are used now in robotics cpaxton.github.io/gears/index....

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