Chris
@exnerd.bsky.social
Ex-nerd. As in irony.
Coder. Maker. T1 diabetic. Dad.
Pro-science, anti-bigot.
Opinions are obviously my own.
@ exnerd or ex-nerd most places
Coder. Maker. T1 diabetic. Dad.
Pro-science, anti-bigot.
Opinions are obviously my own.
@ exnerd or ex-nerd most places
Pinned
Chris
@exnerd.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Hello to the new 🐦 refugees! Just a quick thread here with some tips:
- Subscribe to block lists. Start with bsky.app/profile/fach...
- Add/use feeds. I recommend bsky.app/profile/skyf... (and bsky.app/profile/davi... if you like news)
- Be inclusive: add descriptive alt text to images
- Subscribe to block lists. Start with bsky.app/profile/fach...
- Add/use feeds. I recommend bsky.app/profile/skyf... (and bsky.app/profile/davi... if you like news)
- Be inclusive: add descriptive alt text to images
First time printing ASA on my #PrusaXL and:
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
First time printing ASA on my #PrusaXL and:
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
- it doesn't automatically use the entire bed to heat the chamber.
- it refuses to turn on the enclosure fan even a tiny amount (not even manual override!) to prevent fumes leaking out and smelling up my office (VOC sensor hovering around "unhealthy").
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Black bear*
Moose*
Loon
Beaver
Whitetail Deer
🍁
(*Both in QC on the same trip, both nearly made me shit my pants, the moose had a calf at side and I was alone when I met the young bear)
Black bear*
Moose*
Loon
Beaver
Whitetail Deer
🍁
(*Both in QC on the same trip, both nearly made me shit my pants, the moose had a calf at side and I was alone when I met the young bear)
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Elephant
Platypus
Toucan
Armadillo
30-50 wild hogs
Elephant
Platypus
Toucan
Armadillo
30-50 wild hogs
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Orca
Amazon river dolphin
Piraña (and I ate it!)
Beluga
Otter (both river and sea)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Also Pearl Jam (Didn't like Ten much, but live they converted me)
Thunder. (Don't like, but it was impossible NOT to see them in the 90s)
Fields of the Nephilim. (Incredible)
NIN (Unbearably hot, had to leave)
David Eugene Edwards. (Wow.)
Also Pearl Jam (Didn't like Ten much, but live they converted me)
Thunder. (Don't like, but it was impossible NOT to see them in the 90s)
Fields of the Nephilim. (Incredible)
NIN (Unbearably hot, had to leave)
David Eugene Edwards. (Wow.)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Pearl Jam (a highlight of my teenage years)
Ravi Shankar (a year before he died, so grateful I had the chance, it was transcendent)
PJ Harvey (so good)
Underworld (about 5 times and 100% would go another 5)
Skunk Anansie (dat voice, dat power)
Pearl Jam (a highlight of my teenage years)
Ravi Shankar (a year before he died, so grateful I had the chance, it was transcendent)
PJ Harvey (so good)
Underworld (about 5 times and 100% would go another 5)
Skunk Anansie (dat voice, dat power)
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Afro-Celt Sound System
Dropkick Murphys
Great Big Sea
Jake Shimabukuro
My music tastes are nothing if not eclectic, but I've never been that big on concerts (not a fan of crowds or too-loud speakers).
You know it's getting colder when the cats start using each other as blankets.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You know it's getting colder when the cats start using each other as blankets.
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This article makes me so mad, I can barely speak. No, I will NOT be linking to it or the bill mentioned in the article. They're just MAGA propaganda.
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This article makes me so mad, I can barely speak. No, I will NOT be linking to it or the bill mentioned in the article. They're just MAGA propaganda.
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
We've already discussed how worthless Joni Ernst is as a senator before, so we won't even revisit that topic.
Let's talk about the RMP, though. 🧵
You probably want to turn off this feature if you use gmail and you don't want Google to share all of your private conversations (bank statements, prescriptions, etc) with their AI to accidentally leak to who-knows-where.
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
You probably want to turn off this feature if you use gmail and you don't want Google to share all of your private conversations (bank statements, prescriptions, etc) with their AI to accidentally leak to who-knows-where.
Reposted by Chris
God I would just love for every journalist with credentials to ask all the people who voted for this to define socialism.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
God I would just love for every journalist with credentials to ask all the people who voted for this to define socialism.
If you haven't already (why not!?), go read or listen to The Fifth Season (Broken Earth series) and you will understand why she deserves this (and every other award she's won).
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If you haven't already (why not!?), go read or listen to The Fifth Season (Broken Earth series) and you will understand why she deserves this (and every other award she's won).
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
To every single one of these meal prep/delivery services:
Vegetarian meals DO NOT MEAN "full of carbs with no protein." Give me an option that is both "no dead animals" and "not 90% white starch."
FFS, it's 2025. We know more about nutrition now!
Vegetarian meals DO NOT MEAN "full of carbs with no protein." Give me an option that is both "no dead animals" and "not 90% white starch."
FFS, it's 2025. We know more about nutrition now!
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
To every single one of these meal prep/delivery services:
Vegetarian meals DO NOT MEAN "full of carbs with no protein." Give me an option that is both "no dead animals" and "not 90% white starch."
FFS, it's 2025. We know more about nutrition now!
Vegetarian meals DO NOT MEAN "full of carbs with no protein." Give me an option that is both "no dead animals" and "not 90% white starch."
FFS, it's 2025. We know more about nutrition now!
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Graham Platner is running for US Senate as a progressive Democrat. He also had a Nazi tattoo for 18 years. Is he a Nazi? Is he a government plant? Or is he just a shady, lying little PR disaster who will only damage the Palestinian cause? skepchick.org/2025/11/grah...
Graham Platner is an Embarrassing Liar
Last month, I talked about “cointelpro,” the secret US government plan to infiltrate leftist groups in order to discredit and disrupt them. I specifically brought it up in reference to the Trump ad…
skepchick.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Graham Platner is running for US Senate as a progressive Democrat. He also had a Nazi tattoo for 18 years. Is he a Nazi? Is he a government plant? Or is he just a shady, lying little PR disaster who will only damage the Palestinian cause? skepchick.org/2025/11/grah...
Hey @prusa3d.com, how are we supposed to be able to earn one of those snazzy "Printables Promoter" badges if Printables isn't even here to tag/share posts from?
Can I earn one by pestering you to join (and put a link on the website) and at least cross-post from the other sites?
Can I earn one by pestering you to join (and put a link on the website) and at least cross-post from the other sites?
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hey @prusa3d.com, how are we supposed to be able to earn one of those snazzy "Printables Promoter" badges if Printables isn't even here to tag/share posts from?
Can I earn one by pestering you to join (and put a link on the website) and at least cross-post from the other sites?
Can I earn one by pestering you to join (and put a link on the website) and at least cross-post from the other sites?
Who thought up the "why did you hide this?" reasons at Youtube?
- Stop suggesting videos I've already watched!
- I can't dislike a video I didn't watch. Dislike and "not interested in" are not the same.
- I hid the video because it has a fucking AI thumbnail and I don't support creators who steal.
- Stop suggesting videos I've already watched!
- I can't dislike a video I didn't watch. Dislike and "not interested in" are not the same.
- I hid the video because it has a fucking AI thumbnail and I don't support creators who steal.
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Who thought up the "why did you hide this?" reasons at Youtube?
- Stop suggesting videos I've already watched!
- I can't dislike a video I didn't watch. Dislike and "not interested in" are not the same.
- I hid the video because it has a fucking AI thumbnail and I don't support creators who steal.
- Stop suggesting videos I've already watched!
- I can't dislike a video I didn't watch. Dislike and "not interested in" are not the same.
- I hid the video because it has a fucking AI thumbnail and I don't support creators who steal.
Ok, I've wasted way too much time on this. Now it has faces (yes, plural, and also "without" because my family says the plain one looks like Hollow Knight) and a few variations on the lever. But I'm done now, I swear! (until someone sends me bug reports).
Find it on @prusa3d.com Printables.
Find it on @prusa3d.com Printables.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Ok, I've wasted way too much time on this. Now it has faces (yes, plural, and also "without" because my family says the plain one looks like Hollow Knight) and a few variations on the lever. But I'm done now, I swear! (until someone sends me bug reports).
Find it on @prusa3d.com Printables.
Find it on @prusa3d.com Printables.
I don't think it counts as a ratio when 99% of the comments are "thanks for the reminder to unfollow after you fired all of those good reporters last week" but … wow.
Also, thanks for the reminder to unfollow now that you fired the people who have to go elsewhere to tell those stories that matter.
Also, thanks for the reminder to unfollow now that you fired the people who have to go elsewhere to tell those stories that matter.
A letter from the Teen Vogue team regarding the recent changes at our publication.
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I don't think it counts as a ratio when 99% of the comments are "thanks for the reminder to unfollow after you fired all of those good reporters last week" but … wow.
Also, thanks for the reminder to unfollow now that you fired the people who have to go elsewhere to tell those stories that matter.
Also, thanks for the reminder to unfollow now that you fired the people who have to go elsewhere to tell those stories that matter.
Any 3D printer people out there want to test my latest design? After the latest Zack Friedman video, I thought I'd try my hand at a new style of filament clip. These hold tighter than anything else I've used, stay on the spool while printing, and they even look cute!
Spiral Cam Filament Clip by ex-nerd | Download free STL model | Printables.com
www.printables.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Any 3D printer people out there want to test my latest design? After the latest Zack Friedman video, I thought I'd try my hand at a new style of filament clip. These hold tighter than anything else I've used, stay on the spool while printing, and they even look cute!
Reposted by Chris
Kudos to @lastweektonight.com for covering felony murder, an incredibly racist law used to charge people for murder when cops kill someone using "look what you made me do!" abuser logic. Abolish it.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Kudos to @lastweektonight.com for covering felony murder, an incredibly racist law used to charge people for murder when cops kill someone using "look what you made me do!" abuser logic. Abolish it.
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco?...
My dad turns 80 this week. Many memories were shared of our family ice cream (frozen custard) recipe that claims to go back over 100 years. But it changes every generation or so as people try to fix it because it usually turns out like frozen vanilla soup.
For posterity, here are some variations. 🧵
For posterity, here are some variations. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My dad turns 80 this week. Many memories were shared of our family ice cream (frozen custard) recipe that claims to go back over 100 years. But it changes every generation or so as people try to fix it because it usually turns out like frozen vanilla soup.
For posterity, here are some variations. 🧵
For posterity, here are some variations. 🧵
Really wishing DACO was as catchy as TACO because W. T. F.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Really wishing DACO was as catchy as TACO because W. T. F.
Hey @support.bsky.team It appears that new additions to block lists aren't propagating. I've tested with a few accounts and they get added to the list, but not blocked. Manually blocking, and removing and re-adding an existing entry works as expected.
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hey @support.bsky.team It appears that new additions to block lists aren't propagating. I've tested with a few accounts and they get added to the list, but not blocked. Manually blocking, and removing and re-adding an existing entry works as expected.
Reposted by Chris
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Reposted by Chris
EFF teamed up with AV Comparatives to see how well anti-virus apps detect stalkerware on Android phones.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
EFF teamed up with AV Comparatives to see how well anti-virus apps detect stalkerware on Android phones.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Reposted by Chris
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
Reposted by Chris
And don’t trust GenAI for information about voting accessibility/procedures. So many states have different rules that probabilistic slop will misguide you!
cdt.org/insights/bri...
cdt.org/insights/bri...
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And don’t trust GenAI for information about voting accessibility/procedures. So many states have different rules that probabilistic slop will misguide you!
cdt.org/insights/bri...
cdt.org/insights/bri...
Reposted by Chris
Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️