Roger "Device Hoarder" Braunstein
@partlyhuman.com
Curious person learning to be chill with being bad at things. Made some fun stuff like a multicart for the Suzuki Q-chord and a flashcart for Casio Loopy. 🇨🇦 Lives on an island on the west coast of Canada. Avi by Doug Beekman.
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I'm delighted to announce my English translation of Puppy Love Story on Casio Loopy, a visual novel penned by Kenji Terada. You can play on real hardware with a Floopy Drive, or emulate with LoopyMSE. I translated the manual as a little bonus too! Prepatched available at archive.org/details/pupp...
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Big mistake. Huge.
February 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Big mistake. Huge.
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This is the Casio #WQV-1, the world's first camera watch. Originally you would sync via an IR serial dongle on Win98, but most of the IR pods are long gone. I made a device that syncs, converts, and mounts as a USB drive to get your photos!
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
This is the Casio #WQV-1, the world's first camera watch. Originally you would sync via an IR serial dongle on Win98, but most of the IR pods are long gone. I made a device that syncs, converts, and mounts as a USB drive to get your photos!
This is the Casio #WQV-1, the world's first camera watch. Originally you would sync via an IR serial dongle on Win98, but most of the IR pods are long gone. I made a device that syncs, converts, and mounts as a USB drive to get your photos!
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
This is the Casio #WQV-1, the world's first camera watch. Originally you would sync via an IR serial dongle on Win98, but most of the IR pods are long gone. I made a device that syncs, converts, and mounts as a USB drive to get your photos!
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begging everyone to not believe it when you hear that they’re “de-escalating” here. it’s actively getting worse: abductions are up, legal observer arrests are up, and ice aggression is up. please keep talking about our neighbors! don’t be placated!
A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 AM
begging everyone to not believe it when you hear that they’re “de-escalating” here. it’s actively getting worse: abductions are up, legal observer arrests are up, and ice aggression is up. please keep talking about our neighbors! don’t be placated!
Was just watching MST3K and I never noticed this RFK Jr. cameo before!
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Was just watching MST3K and I never noticed this RFK Jr. cameo before!
Having a "everything breaks and i don't know why and i think i ruined it" day
February 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Having a "everything breaks and i don't know why and i think i ruined it" day
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
America has built and is running concentration camps.
Migrants found dead at Krome Detention Center in Miami, due to possible starvation and dehydration.
The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.
The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.
‘They are being treated like dogs': Families concerned over living conditions at Krome Detention Center
Family members of detainees being held at Krome Detention Center are speaking out about the alleged harsh conditions of the facility.
www.nbcmiami.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:53 AM
America has built and is running concentration camps.
This should set off alarm bells. ONE IN FOUR Canadians experienced food insecurity while TWO OUT OF THREE of those did so while full time employed. And these numbers are rising sharply. There's an upcoming one time tax relief indexed by need but what then?
A quarter of Canadian families are facing food insecurity even when most have a breadwinner working a permanent, full-time job, new research suggests.
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. 🥬 #canlab #canpoli
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. 🥬 #canlab #canpoli
Even Full-Time Workers Struggle to Afford Food in Canada: Study | The Tyee
Researcher Tim Li says it’s a sign that wages aren’t keeping up with inflation.
thetyee.ca
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This should set off alarm bells. ONE IN FOUR Canadians experienced food insecurity while TWO OUT OF THREE of those did so while full time employed. And these numbers are rising sharply. There's an upcoming one time tax relief indexed by need but what then?
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Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does
This was always going to be the outcome of AI decision making. It's a machine that bakes in the bias of its training set. And using it to make policy will perpetuate and accelerate structural disadvantages and inequity while gifting its architects deniability and impunity.
Could AI make it harder for women to get a loan?
Women already face discrimination when securing finance – AI banking tools are expected to make this worse.
My latest investigation for CHOICE.
www.choice.com.au/money/bankin...
Women already face discrimination when securing finance – AI banking tools are expected to make this worse.
My latest investigation for CHOICE.
www.choice.com.au/money/bankin...
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
This was always going to be the outcome of AI decision making. It's a machine that bakes in the bias of its training set. And using it to make policy will perpetuate and accelerate structural disadvantages and inequity while gifting its architects deniability and impunity.
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My Mac updated to MacOS 26 and I cannot stop laughing at how round the corners are!!! and how strong the drop shadows are and the inconsistent stroke on the corners and whatever is happening here and
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
My Mac updated to MacOS 26 and I cannot stop laughing at how round the corners are!!! and how strong the drop shadows are and the inconsistent stroke on the corners and whatever is happening here and
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We’re looking for an experienced journalist to join a growing bureau at The Tyee with a special focus on oceans and rivers in Western Canada.
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
Are You The Tyee’s New Biodiversity Reporter? | The Tyee
We’re looking for a sharp journalist to join our team. Apply by Feb. 8.
thetyee.ca
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We’re looking for an experienced journalist to join a growing bureau at The Tyee with a special focus on oceans and rivers in Western Canada.
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
Apply by Feb. 8 and tell your journalist friends! 🪸📰 #CdnMedia
You won't stop flash users, we're all old as fuck now and we've been hauling our 500-disc CaseLogics full of burned CDs from apartment to apartment for this precise moment
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
You won't stop flash users, we're all old as fuck now and we've been hauling our 500-disc CaseLogics full of burned CDs from apartment to apartment for this precise moment
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I AM FURIOUS.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I AM FURIOUS.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
God damn, chat, should I press it?
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
God damn, chat, should I press it?
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
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Had this idea last night to replace the ATMEGA in this arcade spinner with an ESP32 and make it fully wireless. It presents as a composite HID mouse + keyboard.
February 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Had this idea last night to replace the ATMEGA in this arcade spinner with an ESP32 and make it fully wireless. It presents as a composite HID mouse + keyboard.
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
Had this idea last night to replace the ATMEGA in this arcade spinner with an ESP32 and make it fully wireless. It presents as a composite HID mouse + keyboard.
February 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Had this idea last night to replace the ATMEGA in this arcade spinner with an ESP32 and make it fully wireless. It presents as a composite HID mouse + keyboard.
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Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
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For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker
February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker