RadioShack Sold You an “AI” Therapist in 1979 RadioShack Sold You an “AI” Therapist in 1979 🤖🛍️ Before ChatGPT, before Siri, even before Clippy, there was ELIZA on the TRS-80. Mall kiosks were doing "AI" first. blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/01/r... #retro #retrocomputing #ai

gm rise and grind, since 1979... WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM

Maker Business: We Are Allowed to Look at Things - JLCPCB’s (AI-generated) Presenter JLCPCB has an AI-generated presenter for SMT assembly tips. We looked at it, and wrote about marketing in the electronics industry. 🤖🔍 blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/31/m... Read past the headline dude.

hi hi @safety.bsky.app limor and i are trying to get this dude to move on, is there anything you can do? we have reported it, documented it, it's been 2 years of this and more on the other platforms he does this on.

enjoy @symbo1ics.bsky.social (block limor, block adafruit, and block me) there is no reason to force yourself to watch us as we live our lives and share experimenting with these tools, run an open-source vc-free, woman-owned usa manufacturing company in brooklyn, ny and raise our kids #creep

What Is an LRAD, and Why People Are Asking Us About It … 🔊 👂 adafruit.com/LRAD #lrad

Qualcomm Arduino Q - Blink...eventually (When ‘Embedded’ Means Waiting 46 Seconds) ..."the Qualcomm Arduino Q takes at least 43 seconds before the assistant-MCU runs and 46 seconds before user code starts.

the (s)now - brooklyn 4.5-6 inches (as of 1130 hours)

WA State is turning your 3D printer into a cop. not RoboCop. not RoboDuck. Paperwork and risk ahead. If you teach, learn, build, or sell with 3D printers or CNCs, this hurts you directly. @eff.org @oshwassociation.bsky.social #3dprinting

Apple's "SHARP" for super-quick generating 3DGS from a single image ... github.com/apple/ml-sharp "We present SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image.

TikTok Is a Propaganda Tool. Anyway, Let’s Build Monsters and More with Monster City Aliens, giant balls, blocks of foam that can become anything. These Monster City builds are super fun and the share how it's made... 👾 blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/23/t... #tiktok #monsters

“Enshittification memo” Autodesk: “This is all according to plan.” Also Autodesk: Burn the villages to feed AI and the Cloud – cuts 7% of workforce. ✅ layoffs ✅ “AI” ✅ “cloud” ✅ new SKU names ✅ worse support ✅ price increases blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/22/a...

Belarus state media is portraying Ham radio as a “spy network.” The reporting says 50+ held liable, 7 arrested, with charges that can mean life or death—and “evidence” includes logs + QSL cards 📡🚨404 story + reddit thread + sources...

Groceries at @wegmansofficial.bsky.social shouldn’t require biometric consent. NYC stores are posting “facial recognition in use” signs with minimal details. So we’re building IR “opt-out” hats that turn camera feeds into snowstorms. (Deep Space Nine fanny pack is my daughter’s. Allegedly.)

RIKERSENSE™ Gluteus Maximus Detection System (LCARS UI) 🖖🍑 Making a real multi-sensor demo: capacitive + pressure + distance + thermal. What should the next Adafruit x Starfleet made-real module detect?

lights bleeding through the cold, 14 degrees, nyc

Banned on Shelves and Closed Circuits: How Gatekeepers Pretend It’s About Ethics and Values Who gets to decide what belongs on shelves, in circuits, and in communities... 🚫 x.com/ptorrone/sta...

Some tourists in NYC received a skull-covered pamphlet telling them to stay inside after 6 p.m., avoid the subway, and assume help was not coming (1975) ☠️🏙️ welcome to FEAR CITY

The Kix atomic bomb ring was real, not dangerous, and we should do it again A 1947 cereal toy let kids watch atoms decay, from @GeneralMills #KixCereal , somewhere along the way explaining science got scarier than doing it. ⚛️💍 blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/18/t...

From garroting panic to Instagram: The Victorian claw glove meme! Victorian women were not roaming London like proto-wolverines, but they did fight back... 🧤🕰️📰 blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/18/f...

#micron #semiconductors #centralnewyork @microntech.bsky.social @micronceo.bsky.social

toddler really wanted a pink trench knife. injection molded. carbon-fiber infused. sustainably sourced. made from repurposed abs plastic. reason given: “to keep ’em off her pirate ship.” fair. 🏴‍☠️ 🗡️ 💖 (readin a lot of peter pan) @shampoooty.bsky.social

Salesforce was founded on a visionary insight received from a pod of dolphins, which explains a lot about its current approach to AI accountability. Users are krill. I was able to fact check with the dolphins, it's true, here is the ChatGPT translation from the pod. 🐬🐬🐬🐬➡️🤖➡️💰 | users = 🦐

Salesforce’s AI Testimony in NY: Regulation, But Make It Optional for Salesforce ... tl;dr: Salesforce describes notice, opt-out, and appeal requirements as “unduly burdensome.” ... our take blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/15/s...

a bunch of folks have told us there’s “no way” the rp2350 can do the kinds of audio projects people associate with imx chipsets. cool story. meanwhile, today we ran into a brand-new product from teenage engineering, who tend to ship first and argue later.

RP2350 Dual-Core CoreMark Results: First Numbers Are In! The repository is live, the changes are straightforward, and the benchmarks are now documented directly in the README. I

a hot take on governor hochul’s 2026 ny state of the state tech proposals! 🗽🔥 support open standards. include small and mid-sized hardware makers. boost hands-on learning + real-world systems. blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/14/a... #opensource #hardware #edtech #maker

Wegmans’ press release, translated: how to say “we scan your face” and call it safety blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/13/w... @wegmansofficial.bsky.social

dead shrimp. living machines. necrobotics is here... blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/12/d... we are going to try to turn seafood waste into flexible robot grippers using nature optimized actuators, and then make a beetlejuice shrimp hand 🍤🤖

my latest... New York begins cargo drone trial between Manhattan and Brooklyn... adafruit.com/nycdrones @nycedc.bsky.social #dronedelivery

the things i do for latinum, and for the resistance (this is so cool - mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/)

placeholders for testing, trying out a dual-cast vertical thing too ...

some test recording(s) for some new shows! turned out great, this is going to be fun ... first show, making an open-source version of teensy & navigating the maker business landscape in 2026, AND MORE ...

the gul loves the bajor, but not the bajoran. occupation by night. latinum by day. swipe right for latinum. swipe left for the resistance.

drone delivery in nyc is happening. wrapping up a big article while high on cough meds and feeding a baby. here’s dronie, made years ago for our drone film fest, long before ai. looks like a flying ball gag to me now.

how do you like them apples

Don’t Let the Grocery Store Scan Your Face: A Guide to Fighting Back Against Biometric Surveillance at Wegmans blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/07/d...

@elkue.bsky.social follow up to your article (good work) Don’t Let the Grocery Store Scan Your Face: A Guide to Fighting Back Against Biometric Surveillance at Wegmans blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/07/d... sent an email, want an IR blasting hat to go there scan-free?

open-source teensy-compatible - what features do you want? forum.pjrc.com/index.php?th...

pet dragon

the dark is honest, but it isn’t cruel

christmas eve eve in brooklyn

"Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space. They leave distance annihilated, cause things to grow, and improve productivity."

sometimes it's just one candle holding the line

met a snow person today. not frosty. carrots like accusations, eyes made of melted empires. built fast, doomed by noon, still standing there like it knows something we don't ☃️😎🧊

snow in brooklyn, more photos ❄️🖤 @prospectparking.bsky.social #brooklyn #nyc #prospectpark #snow

i tarnish. emotionally, spiritually, occasionally physically. nervous system makes stainless steel jewelry that does not. i wrote about it here 🖤 adafruit.com/n-e-r-v-o-u-s

happy kill bill day to all who celebrate revenge as a form of cardio. it’s not a grudge, it’s a story arc. this club has it all, vengeance, yellow jumpsuits, and strong moral lessons about not messing with kiddos 📜🔪 see you at the alamo once i figure out some logistics ...