Got mah hurr did

Mad props to David of Bombshell Transformations and thanks to @jamey for the referral ❤️

https://toot.cat/@jamey/116361830972880139

Some days, you just long for fucking global thermonuclear war.

Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking billionaires? I intend to do battle with them and slay them

#WindmillsNeedAGoodThrashing

Pretty much since the start of the COVID pandemic, Naomi Wu has been working to bring affordable high-quality far-UVC lights - deadly against pathogens, harmless to humans - to market.

I missed the product release announcement, but it’s alive! The devices output 222nm UVC for ~$150 per emitter. Each emitter is good for between 8 and 10m^3 of germicidal environment.

https://cybernightmarket.com/products/nukit-lantern-far-uvc-light

Cognitive reframe for the day:

:mastodont: Burned Out
:blobfoxthumbsup: Succumbed after grievous moral injury

YAAAAAAYYYY FRESH COLOR!!!

When my hair gets faded, it really does exert a subtle drag upon my soul, one of those that’s hard to notice until there’s a color refresh, and then …

HALLELUJAH! THE PSYCHIC WEIGHT IS LIFTED!

I LOOK LIKE A *PROPER* WEIRDO AGAIN!

Fortunately, if you’re in the Fediverse, many of those Bad Takes can be undone with liberal application of the “delete” (for self-sourced drivel) and “block” (for the rest) features.

(This also serves as a Personal Policy Statement re: how frequently I delete stuff)

Ventilating our thoughts and emotions - sharing them with someone else, rather than keeping them pent up inside - is vital to mental wellbeing.

Private ventilation (with a friend / partner / therapist) is the most commonly employed technique.

If a private venting partner is not available, public venting may be employed - though it is a riskier strategy.

Hazards of public venting may include:

* Reply Guys. :mastodon_oops:
* Bad Takes (you being source, target, or both) :grinchsmile:

Full project documentation starts here: https://hackaday.io/project/191181-electromechanical-refreshable-braille-module

The “industry standard” modules used in digital braille displays are custom piezoelectric devices, costing around $100 per “letter,” making such displays impractically expensive for most applications.

I just learned about this hackaday prize winner, who has designed digital, refreshable #braille modules that cost less than $1 each, using teeny-tiny magnets and 3D printed parts.

https://youtu.be/BXi1tG78AW4
#OpenSource #accessibility technologies FTW!