The discussion in the UK about Indefinite Leave to Remain is infuriating. It's not easy to get ILR. It's not cheap either. The test for it is difficult too. I made all my colleagues take the test when my wife applied, including an ex-army veteran who was a member of the royal guard, we all failed.

Currently running all my unfinished compositions from the past 4 years through @timexile.com Finalist in order to actually FINISH AND RELEASE songs that have been dormant because I haven't had time to do the last steps. Thank you TIm and team for such a great product!

Finalist is a new way to mix your music with simple controls. It can be as straight forward as picking a preset, with lots of ways to tweak it as well. Also, you own it. Infinite mixes, no subscriptions, no credits. go.timexile.com/48us60k

Autism was first described in 1942. Paracetemol was first released in 1950, (1956 in UK). Tylenol not until 1955. This post was sponsored by Go Fuck Yourself.

Im showcasing some of my work at this little museum in London called the V&A this weekend as part of the Digital Design Weekend. Pop down if you can. It's a free event and an amazing museum.

imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.

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Exciting SPOKE update! Spent the day up at @pimoroni.com headquarters finalising the board and working out the kinks. Almost ready to go!

Dear #BBCNews. You are allowed to not report on everything Reform says just like you don't report on everything the Greens or Lib Dem have to say. Thanks.

They have 4 MPs. We are four years away from a GE. Yet our broadcast media is talking like they’re a government in waiting? This over platforming must end and end now! We have other parties and they must be heard. Sign here now. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Absolutely inspiring, defiant sounds -- from Ukrainians and as expressions of global solidarity, across struggles. Music to beat back the darkness.

Anyone else here looking forward to the women's rugby world cup?

Oh shit. This one hits. I was at their first London gig when they supported High on Fire and met them all most times they came play here. Top blokes. Remission remains one of my favourite albums.

I use my JUMBO PICO in my classroom to explain the gpio. It's a great teaching tool!

It's the final day of our BIG BIRTHDAY SALE! Get up to 50% off a huge range of goodies in store... Also get a free JUMBO PICO with orders over £35 (excl. shipping)! Nice! shop.pimoroni.com

Just saw 28 years later. The music was good. The rest was utter shite.

New skill unlocked. Sorta. I worked out how to create a custom .uf2 file that includes all the example code and libraries needed to run SPOKE in circuitpython straight away. The only issue I have is that it's 4Mb large as picotools copies all the blank space on the chip too...

I submitted SPOKE for the MIDI awards. Public voting starts soon (now?). There's at least 4 other projects in the awards of people I know and who also deserve to be recognised. So, you know, vote for who you think should win :) midi.org/innovation-a...

Making music from mud! Blowing bubbles with a small air pump, and resonating the sound (from a hydrophone) in Ableton.

The packaging for my very soon to be released board is AMAZING. Artwork by the wonderful @jakeblanchard.bsky.social printed by uk company EcoCraft.

Recording lightning with my solar panel microphone. Dramatic cracks and pops! Each flash of light generates an electrical output from the solar cell, which is connected directly to an audio output.

Working on a project that needs to use an i2c to spi bridge. Thinking of using the SC18IS606 so if anyone's got any advice/experience in using it please hurl your wisdom at me. thanks.

A trio of new fungi themed t-shirts now available from my Teemill shop! Here’s the first! Various sizes and colours available. jakeblanchard.teemill.com What’s your favourite fungi?! #fungi #fungus #mycology #mycelium #mushrooms #tshirt

Wrote up some of my #hardware learning & career journey, thanks to a great question by @vogueandcode.bsky.social (and ty @annthurium.bsky.social for pulling me in!). Drafting a more comprehensive write-up for the blog (glow-ahead.ghost.io#/portal) :)

Beyond thrilled with the artwork for SPOKE by Jake. Such a pleasure to work with too. Go buy his merch!

Well that final of eurovision was tense. Best songs didn't win, but thank fuck Israel didn't.

Insane! I'll still continue to buy Adafruit products. Quality products and brilliant companies deserve the business...

Attendees at the #RDconf last Saturday voted on an emergency motion to show their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. Read the motion below 👇 BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in June 2025.

Super simple 26-pin capacitive touch board for a @raspberrypi.com Pico.

Check out our Spring Sale! With up to 50% off hundreds of products we'd really appreciate it if you could help declutter Pirate HQ! So that you can make the most of it we're also offering FREE UK SHIPPING for orders over £100!* shop.pimoroni.com/collections/...

There isn't a story on the BBC News site about today's trans rights rally at Parliament Square where it's estimated 20k attended. But they did have a story last week about the Let Women Speak transphobe rally in Bristol where 100 people attended.

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jk rowling funded a case going before the supreme court that argues it should be legal to discriminate against and persecute trans ppl. yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’. no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.

BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

One of my pupils received a Design Engineering and Technology scholarship to his next school for his project using a network of @pimoroni.com Badger Ws to communicate long distances as a type of free messaging service for areas with no signal.Distaster/war zones etc. Amazing stuff for a 13 year old!

Follow this man. He is amazing.

youtu.be/T1MSsOZ411A?... Name that tune.

Snarl. Painting (acrylic on canvas) from a while ago. Sold.

I've been pushing my fundraiser, but I wanna share the incredible supplies we've been given already. Kits from @alpenglow.bsky.social @sjpiper145.bsky.social, @clomads.bsky.social. Tools from @flashingjanet.bsky.social Legends. Look them up. More requests below ⬇️

I made another musical midi mech. This time it was part of the #BigBotBash that Bill Making Stuff runs. So i had actual constraints and rules to follow! Still tons of fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mphr...

Was in the Co-Op this morning getting breakfast supplies, and No Limit by 2 Unlimited came blasting over the speakers and it was all a bit heavy for a Sunday morning in a quiet Hertfordshire village. I did appreciate the "TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO" part while I decided which hot cross buns to get.

I have set up a Bluesky account for the SPOKE board as it seems silly to keep doing it from here. @spoke-board.bsky.social Go follow for updates and whatnot!

Don't know if I have any rugby followers on here. But that England Wales game was brutal and both amazing and very sad. Come on Scotland!

My Kickstarter for SPOKE ends tomorrow morning and I'm genuinely amazed by the support I've received. I'm still finding more stuff it can do. In this example it's using physical connections rather than capacitive! Opening a whole new way to experiment. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

If a thought like : “Why not transpose Steve Reich’s Pendulum Music to Ondes Martenot amplifiers” resonates with you, I got you: youtu.be/HToHmqdyk_I

One of the excellent features of the SPOKE board is the very customisable neopixel lights. The kickstarter ends today if you want to grab an early bird discounted one! I chose these colours for the demo as #transrightsarehumanrights

My latest build uses a SPOKE-MINI to help me build a capacitive touch miniature midi musical mech. youtu.be/Lm-84dPe5Dc?...