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Natalie
@nataliethenerd.com
Self taught maker just trying to make and learn more.
LEDs and Game Boys.
and a bit of gaming ofc

she/her

https://links.nataliethenerd.com/
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Proper little intro:

Hi I am Natalie, known as Natalie the Nerd. I am mostly known for my led kits for the Game Boy line.

I like to learn and make PCBs. I am self taught and like to share what I learn with others freely online
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I urge you to switch, and switch to open source software where possible. Big tech is erring more and more towards surveillance for evil and not just capitalistic exploitation.
Time to switch to DuckDuckGo if you haven’t already. They have an AI mode, but for now at least, it’s easy to disable.
Google now moves mobile users into AI Mode when they ask a follow-up question in AI Overviews, taking them out of the main search results page searchengineland.com/google-ai-ov...
January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Albanese must lead a strong response to the Boorloo Day of Mourning bomb attack.

After the horror at Bondi we saw that leadership on violence and racism is possible with political will.

The same urgency is needed on rising threats against First Peoples.

My response:

nit.com.au/28-01-2026/2...
Lidia Thorpe urges decisive response to attack on First Peoples and supporters at Boorloo rally
Senator Lidia Thorpe has urged the federal government to respond as decisively to the rising threats against First Peoples as it did to the antisemitic attack at Bondi.The Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab...
nit.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The weirdest game boy that has ever existed
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I'm curious to know what phones y'all use 🤔
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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I have a blog now! Like an old school long form one!
Been meaning to set one up forever and then never got around to it until now.
Starting with something small, a little teardown of a cheap Color E-Ink Android tablet: timonsku.zip/bigme-b6-e-i...
Bigme B6 E-Ink Tablet teardown
For another project I was interested in looking at cheap E-Ink Android tablets and landed on the Bigme B6 Color. A 6" color E-Ink tablet with a 1072x1448 resolution screen. The black and white portion...
timonsku.zip
January 27, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Testing out KiKit's multiboard workflow. Makes connections between boards a lot easier yaqwsx.github.io/KiKit/latest...
January 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM
I've been in my workshop all day and I just packed up and it's 1am. It's because I know I am not hot airing or soldering tomorrow when it's 45°C
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
My child!!!!
January 25, 2026 at 6:23 PM
ive been working on this on an off for so long 🥹 (repost almost doxxed myself)
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
its invasion day and we are worried about the feelings of Isrealis?!? oh australia u joke of a country
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
My dog found a lizard in my front yard! I've never seen one this big before around my house. Shows how dry and hot it's been
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Original Game Boy Advance power circuit vs modern Game Boy Advance power circuit. It's a nice time capsule of electronics today vs 25 years ago
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I need to make an effort to use discrete logic more so I can get better at it
January 24, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I think I might make a Game Boy Micro PCB that takes a GBA cpu...
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
-40 degrees makes NO sense to me as an Australian wtf
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 AM
I have a friend in Iran, they sent me info about Conduit Siphon. Does anyone know anything about this app?
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I have ascended and now I only use screen kits I make myself and OEM shells
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
WHO STARTS PIN 1 THERE fucking SRAM
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 AM
How do you organise your component bags for a project you're working on?
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
👀 nice fit
January 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Paraguay, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.... Isr*el and USA. What a lovely thriving group of countries
BREAKING | Israel’s Channel 24 reports Israeli PM Netanyahu has accepted position as founding member on Trump’s “Board of Peace.” He is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza by the International Criminal Court.
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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🇨🇦 Canadian PM Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum at Davos that the US-led “rules-based international order” is finished & “will not return.”

“For decades, countries like Canada benefited from what was called the rules-based international order,” Carney said. “We joined...

Full speech below.
January 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
January 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Spineless ass motherfuckers
#BREAKING 🚨 Labor’s hate speech laws have passed the Senate 38 to 22 with the support of the Liberals

The Greens, Nationals, One Nation and Australia’s Voice were among those who voted against the legislation
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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I’ve posted this a million times, too many people forgot what social media was like before the algorithm spoon fed you

you can have cool stuff on your timeline if you actually follow people posting cool stuff it’s that easy
bluesky is the #1 app for introspection
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 AM