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Sam

@samdiyfreeman.bsky.social
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Builds and writes about fun things. Resists the urge to post pictures of his dog. Online Editor at Make: magazine.

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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What's even weirder is that's the only cabbage I know of at the faire
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This might be the most fun I've had writing a story makezine.com/article/craf...
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Tour the Hidden Worlds of ILM - Make:
ILM's Rebel Hideout is the real-life galactic center of the Star Wars universe. But it isn't the only theme room there.
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Cards Against Humanity @cardsagainsthumanity.com · 12/08/2026
www.SadLittleBitchWithNoFriends.com
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Oh yeah, I also wrote one for the Substack makezine.substack.com/p/5-lessons-...
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5 Lessons from Open Sauce
When you gather makers in one place, what do you see?
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Oh yeah, I wrote about some stuff I found at #opensauce makezine.com/article/make...
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Bots, Blasters, Bugs, and a Bunch of Open Sauce Hardware - Make:
Open Sauce 2026 was filled with familiar faces, new projects, robots, and all kinds of wings.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What should I see at Open Sauce?
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Oh yeah I writed this thing too makezine.com/article/tech...
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Messing Around With the PolyCast5 Hacker Multitool - Make:
PolyCast5 is an everything remote hacker multitool. Use it responsibly.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I writed this thing makezine.com/article/elec...
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Hypnotic Clock Maker Does It Again - Make:
This mesmerizing rainbow diffraction grating clock puts a little more color in your daily timekeeping.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I talked to cool people yesterday! vimeo.com/1196379217 Ok, they did most of the talking
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Make Live - Inside Volume 97, The Tech Craft Issue
Recorded Date: May 27, 2026 Grab your copy of Make: Volume 97 in the Maker Shed! Join us live to check out the tech-craft fusion in Make: Volume 97: bargello embroidery, LED embellishments, digital ...
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thought this was good to see makezine.com/article/make...
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Betta Wire Is Finally Moving Towards Shipping After Most of the Company Quit - Make:
Rack Robotics aught to have some relieved backers in the coming weeks, as they finally move towards shipping their Betta Wire 4-axis EDM machine.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This is good advice for life
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I don't know if people are very interested in "stuff you can buy" roundup posts, but I at least try to find fun stuff to buy. makezine.com/article/make...
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Cool Crowdfunding: Bits, Bots, and Bananas - Make:
In April we saw crowdfunding campaigns for companion bots, hardware multitools, and a musical banana.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I can't believe "butt cheek" isn't in the thesaurus
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I went to a thing and met cool people and played fun games. makezine.substack.com/p/interactiv... #altctrlgames #gdc2026 #altctrlgdc
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Interactive Art Makers of alt.ctrl.GDC
Simple parts can make big experiences
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Joining from flaky connection, let's see how this goes! meet.zoho.com/fwjf-pqb-amy
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Finally finished my Cloq kit. I don't think it came out too bad.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
See me embarrass myself on the internet today: makezine.com/article/digi...
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Make: Live - Inside Volume 96, The Digifab Issue
At Make: we’ve cheered, and sometimes steered, two decades of rapid evolution in digital fabrication tools for home, hobby, and business use. But this year is an astonishing one. Make: Vol. 96 is all ...
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This was fun to build. makezine.com/article/tech... I was surprised the hardest part was picking a Linux flavor.
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Review: Framework Laptop 13 - Make:
Framework's Laptop 13 isn't just a capable machine, but one you can repair and keep using indefinitely.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Meet the Maker: Robert Quattlebaum of Lumanoi - Make:
Robert Quattlebaum makes high-end interactive Lumanoi light sculptures from wood, acrylic, and custom circuitry.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'd been meaning to build a CNC mill for almost 20 years, so this was fun. Still took s while. makezine.com/article/digi...
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Reviewing the Shariff DMC2 Mini CNC Mill - Make:
Shariff DMC2 Mini is a scrappy CNC mill for those who like getting their hands dirty.
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OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We've got the latest certification round up on Make and Hackster.io! See 3 new certs we loved including the first Vietnamese cert from Long Phan, the first Pakistani cert from Hariz Zoran Farooq & we're so stoked that Ribbit Network has certified their frogs! Read here: makezine.com/article/make...
frog sensor in the desert
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adafruit @adafruit.com · 02/12/2025
Giving Tuesday is here. Four orgs worth supporting if you live online: EFF, Signal, 404 media, and The Trevor Project. Pick one, pick all, just click something good ... adafruit.com/giving #GivingTuesday @eff.org @404media.co @signal.org @trevorproject.bsky.social
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adafruit @adafruit.com · 12/11/2025
MakerFaire Orlando 2025! do-it-yourself science, art, rockets, robots, crafts, music and more!
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
My Maker Faire prep is 50% snacks. My bag now looks like a kid running away from home.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Maker Faire preparation energy status is currently: Jason Webley - Ways To Love
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
My first welding attempts, stick vs laser. @xtool-official.bsky.social MetalFab really is a game-changer.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 31/07/2025
does anyone know if there are any repositories with 'continuously' collected twitter/X data including of retweets of large/most followed twitter accounts? ideal if it goes back a few years thank you kindly 🙏🏾
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I've gotta get people together to play competitive mode. makezine.com/projects/pla...
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Play With Your Own Junk - Make:
Learn how to assemble and play professional-quality party games with the stuff you already have around the house.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
If you need me I'll be checking out the future
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Who among us hasn't waited until their arm went numb to call an ambulance? Raise your non-affected hand.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Happy First Contact Day everybody!
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Well done
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Introducing DeForm 1 - Unbuild Your Ideas
YouTube video by Formlabs
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It's not like I'm oblivious, but I played ToTK when it came out, and I just found a stable.
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Sam @samdiyfreeman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is adorable.
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Rus McLaughlin @rusmclaughlin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Guess who’s back? #GDC
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Sarah Stierch @sarahstierch.com · 12/03/2025
PLEASE READ AND SHARE: 🏞️ DOGE plans to close the Bureau of Land Management Field Office in Ukiah. This will impact public lands in eight counties, including Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Yolo, Marin and Solano. Including mineral rich lands and recreational space. mendovoice.com/2025/03/doge...
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DOGE to close Bureau of Land Management Field Office in Ukiah • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA
The closure will likely impact the management of the California Coastal Monument in Point Arena, Cow Mountain in Ukiah and other public lands.
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Dorothy @catandgirl.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Great Deskilling 3
Girl: Amazon is a conspiracy
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Girl: to make everything available - QUICKLY - in multiple indistinguishable varieties
Cat: The illusion of consumer choice had a meeting
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Girl: all poor and cheaply made -
Cat: It decided not to try too hard
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Girl: so we FORGET - that an object doesn't have to be one in a succession of similar objects, each cheap, and soon broken, and replaced by the next cheap and soon to be broken one -
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Girl: so that any individual object is less important than the system set up to sell and deliver them - like listening to "Spotify" - instead of individual artists or songs
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Girl: so we FORGET - that the well-made object is an OPTION
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Girl: we FORGET - that a well-made object can be repaired - repurposed - why would you FIX something when you can replace it so quickly? How CAN you fix something when it's so cheaply made?
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Girl: we FORGET - that there is value in MAKING the well-made object - but if you care about the quality of your work - you slow down the system -
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Girl: why would they want us to FORGET - that a well-made object feels GOOD to USE - that it works WITH us rather than AGAINST us - unlike our phones and social media and AI and Google and
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(She pauses)
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Girl: Oh.
Cat: I make a pretty good soup!
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Dorothy @catandgirl.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The Great Deskilling 2
Girl: AI is a conspiracy to make writing look like unskilled labor
Cat: AI is a conspiracy to make drawing look like unskilled labor
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Girl: AI is a conspiracy to devalue the humanities
Cat: The moon landing was a conspiracy to justify spending money on math and science education
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Girl: AI is a conspiracy to make understanding the world through the observation of it look like unskilled labor
Cat: Our ideology will MAKE the world in its IMAGE
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Girl: AI is a conspiracy to replace complexity and nuance with binaries
Cat: I know a whole industry based on binaries!
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Girl: AI is a conspiracy to make ALL labor look like unskilled labor except for the labor done in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley is a conspiracy to make all labor look like unskilled labor except for investing done by venture capital
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Girl: An AI prompt is an idea - but an idea is not a thought - THINKING is what brings the idea into the world
Cat: But an idea is what you sell to a venture capital firm
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Cat: So YOU tell ME what's valuable
Girl: The labor of creation - the richness of ambiguity -
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Cat: Good luck monetizing that one
Girl: Thirty years ago ambiguity got you a starter home
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Dorothy @catandgirl.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The Great Deskilling 1
Girl: The assembly line is a conspiracy to make manufacturing look like unskilled labor

Cat: You say conspiracy



Girl: The U.S. is a conspiracy to make governing look like unskilled labor -

Cat: I say MAGIC!



Girl: HMH Into Reading is a conspiracy to make teaching look like unskilled labor.


Girl: Celebrity chefs are a conspiracy to make labor previously considered unskilled into skilled labor now that rich guys with sleeve tattoos are into it!


Girl: Netflix is a conspiracy to make entertainment look like unskilled labor


Girl: Our whole economy is a conspiracy to make as much labor as possible appear unskilled - so we can pay people less and replace them at will - all the while profiting off their knowledge

(Cat is unable to find anything in his top hat)


Girl: No human is replaceable - and all workers can be replaced - ergo - workers are not human

Cat: It’s not working


Girl: What are you trying to do?

Cat: I have to do it?


Cat: I BOUGHT THE HAT!


Cat: I thought the trick came with it.
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