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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

huge congratulations to Abbie and Erica on their amazing talk at DEFCON 34 highlighting all the hard work we do at Springfield.community!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

HUGE CONGRATS to our amazing Springfield.community Co-founder and President Erica Rachel Andrews on her receipt of the 2026 Commonwealth Pride Award!!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

MASSIVE CONGRATS to our very own Erica Rachel Andrews, nominated for a 2026 Commonwealth Pride Award by 11th Hampden District Massachusetts State Representative Bud L. Williams. The award ceremony will be held at 11AM in the Senate Reading Room of the Massachusetts State House Wednesday June 17th.

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We are truly grateful for the amazing donation of tech recently provided to us by Academy Hill! Check out the amazing work they do on behalf of their students and the community we’re proud to share at academyhill.org Rock on, ye good stewards of the next generation 🤘🎸

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

When we work together the possibilities are limitless. The amazing folks at Academy Hill just donated over 40 laptops and numerous desktops, monitors, and peripherals. They save on recycling; we get to continue our mission of helping residents of Greater Springfield 🥳

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

MASSIVE THANKS to Academy Hill for donating this AMAZING collection of second-hand tech! Once we’re done refurbishing, we’re excited to get this all out into the community and into the hands of Greater Springfield residents in need! W😳W!!!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The 3D-printed ASA adapter Erica designed for us in FreeCAD works perfectly! Welcome to the world, spfld.net-0001! #LoRa #MeshCore

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Looks like a successful print! Time to get up on the roof and start the installation of our next (technically first?) #MeshCore #LoRa repeater spfld.net-0001 a full week after the installation of spfld.net-0002 😜

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Mating the 3.34” diameter laminated wooden dowel our #MeshCore #LoRa repeater lives at the top of to a 4.78” diameter iron roof vent pipe isn’t easy, but with FreeCAD, PrusaSlicer, the correct settings for printing ASA, a functional adapter design, and a set of adjustable straps it’s totally doable!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

our original prototype #MeshCore repeater design (heavily based on www.instructables.com/Meshtastic-H...) spfld.net-0001 is going live tomorrow! (It’s too dark to install it on the roof of HQ this evening lol) Huge thanks to Patrick Sliney for donating the solar panel pictured! #LoRa

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Our first deployed #MeshCore repeater, spfld.net-0002, is live! (0001 is on the bench while we work out a few additional kinks) Huge thanks to Strong Young Minds, LLC for the valuable roof space! Check out their amazing work and give them some love at StrongYoungMind.com!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Spoilers: other than making a difference in the lives of the young people of Greater Springfield Massachusetts, the best part of helping out at Strong Young Minds LLC’s 980 Bay St. Dream Center is the combined Amtrak passenger rail and CSX freight traffic and all the art we see!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Holy moly is that… Farmington, Connecticut!? Hello BULLRUN! I have a sneaking suspicion that our little corner of the mesh is about to get a lot more talkative a lot more quickly than we expected 🥳

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A repeater that isn’t ours?! Soapstone Mountain?!?! Oh sh!t Connecticut what up!!!!! We hear them but they don’t seem to be able to hear us - maybe that changes once our first outdoor repeater goes up later this week? Good work Noah and RJS Radioman, whoever you are!!! 🥳

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🥳 🥳 SUCCESS!! After setting baud to 9600 our T-Decks now have GPS functionality and sync clocks automatically (and more or less instantaneously) when turned on! Tomorrow we'll load them with maps and begin range testing in earnest 👾

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The same HT1818Z3G5L module used in hpsaturn’s build is confirmed to be correctly installed but seems to be having a little bit of trouble finding satellites. Could this be because we’re indoors? Perhaps a configuration issue?

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We’re building hpsaturn’s case for the LilyGO T-Deck out of transparent lime green PCTG filament in preparation for all the testing that will necessary to bring meshcore to Springfield! This design is beautiful and looks v snazzy with 5mm sockethead screws www.thingiverse.com/thing:6580397

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A small stack of these laptops was donated, in good condition but with one problem: the rubberized coating had degraded and is sticky. The chassis has been removed for cleaning. Afterwards, they will be reassembled, packaged with software and redistributed.

A used dell laptop is presented with the keyboard and arm rest area removed.

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Our second gaming PC build class is underway! Students too young to remember spinning rust hard drives are getting a simultaneous history lesson AND inside look! HUGE THANKS to the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Springfield Rotary Club for helping make this happen!!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Please join us at Make-It Springfield this upcoming Wednesday February 18th at 4:30 PM for a look at our students’ incredible DIY computer projects! Students will showcase their AMAZING Gaming PC builds! Press welcome! 📸 Visit springfield.community for more info!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Your unwanted tech can make a MASSIVE difference in the life of a Springfield-area resident! To make a donation or learn more visit springfield.community All donations are tax-deductible!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Huge thanks once again to Giovanni Basile from the City of Chicopee DPW for connecting the dots and helping us continue our mission with this AMAZING donation equipment! 👀👀WOW!! Greater Springfield is stronger together! 💪🏋️‍♀️💪🏋️🎉

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

These thirteen laptops will be used in support of Strong Young Minds’ youth programming! Learn more at wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/local-organization-donates-laptops-to-empower-springfield-youth/

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

MASSIVE THANKS to Executive Director Abbie Gonzalez for her hard work getting these laptops ready for donation to Strong Young Minds’ Dream Center this past Monday! Truly a rockstar performance 🎸🎶 strongyoungmind.com

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

HUGE THANKS to Giovanni Basile from the Chicopee Department of Public Works for reaching out and supporting us with this AMAZING donation of laptops, desktops, and networking equipment! WE LOVE MUNICIPAL PARTNERSHIPS!!! 🥳💖🥰

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

A huge thank you to Massachusetts State Representative Bud L. Williams and Committee Director Cynthia Lewis for helping us get the word out about the work we’re doing! Please join us 11AM Monday January 12, 2026 at Strong Young Minds LLC’s Dream Center 980 Bay Street Springfield MA to learn more!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Huge thanks to Alice Rhodes for designing our newest flyer! alicerhodes.com Accessibility is central to our mission, so we love using Abbie Gonzalez’s groundbreaking OpenDyslexic font whenever we can! opendyslexic.org You can download it here: springfield.community/flyers/sprin...

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Join us 11AM Monday January 10, 2026 at 980 Bay St. Springfield MA as we announce our support of Strong Young Minds LLC’s Dream Center! Event hosted by Massachusetts State Representative Bud L. Williams. strongyoungmind.com Flyer by Alice Rhodes, alicerhodes.com using OpenDyslexic, opendyslexic.org

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Huge thanks again to Make-It Springfield and Mass Cultural Council for helping make this wonderful program (among others) happen! Be sure to check both out to learn all about the amazing things they’re doing in your community! makeitspringfield.org massculturalcouncil.org

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Prepping the systems with the system preparation tool 👩‍🔧✨

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

one of the systems appears to need a little bit of debugging… 🤔

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Good cable management is always important 🎓

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Our latecomer to the class mastered assembling and disassembling his miniPC and moved onto a spare workstation we had left over from the previous class. He’s a natural!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L case has a very unique power supply bracket!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We had a latecomer show up who wasn’t able to attend the first class so we set him up with a spare mini-PC and a personalized version of yesterday’s lesson! He’ll be joining us for the next class to share everything he’s learned when he builds his own PC!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Here we go! Time to open up our materials and get building! Thanks again to the Mass Cultural Council for providing the funding to make this incredible class happen! massculturalcouncil.org

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We reviewed everything from the importance of negative air pressure inside a desktop computer case to dividing power supply wattage by wall current voltage to figure out how many amps of power a power supply can deliver!

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Second day of our Build Your Own PC class is underway! Here are Samuel Pascual of PCTV and Abbie Gonzalez of springfield.community leading our students through a quick review of yesterday’s classes. Learn more about PCTV at pittsfieldtv.org

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

👾✨MASSIVE THANKS to the Mass Cultural Council for funding our ongoing Build Your Own PC class! We’re turning love of gaming into tech self-sufficiency!🚀🪐 massculturalcouncil.org springfieldmarotary.org

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Day 1 of our free Build Your Own PC class at Make-It Springfield was amazing! Students disassembled and reassembled Dell Pentium 4 systems to learn the general layout and design of a desktop PC. They even got one to boot! Learn more at makeitspringfield.org or www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your...

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Big thanks to Jim Kinney from the Springfield Republican newspaper for his amazing coverage of our class! Check it out on MassLive www.masslive.com/westernmass/... or Yahoo: www.yahoo.com/news/article... or learn more about the event: www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-innovat...

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springfield.community @spflddot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Our first class with Make-It Springfield, AI Innovators: Creating Your Own Free & Secure AI Platform was a huge success! Huge thanks to alliancefordigitalequity.org for providing the necessary funding! springfield.community/news/2025/10...

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