Stefan Powell
@spduchamp.bsky.social
Guy who makes things that make sound and then makes sound with those things.
Electoral Reform advocate.
Community Collaborator at RE/Lab@TMU.
Co-founder of Common Sort.
Electoral Reform advocate.
Community Collaborator at RE/Lab@TMU.
Co-founder of Common Sort.
WTF? US Military developing light controlled biological processes? What new nightmare is this? Did I miss a Black Mirror episode?
www.darpa.mil/research/pro...
www.darpa.mil/research/pro...
www.darpa.mil
December 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
WTF? US Military developing light controlled biological processes? What new nightmare is this? Did I miss a Black Mirror episode?
www.darpa.mil/research/pro...
www.darpa.mil/research/pro...
Some Bukowski blowing in the Meshtastic wind this evening.
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some Bukowski blowing in the Meshtastic wind this evening.
Oh just some rats playing DOOM in a custom rat VR rig. ratsplaydoom.com
Rats Play Doom
ratsplaydoom.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Oh just some rats playing DOOM in a custom rat VR rig. ratsplaydoom.com
Grinding concrete
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Grinding concrete
Reposted by Stefan Powell
Got a lil fired up 🤪
Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Got a lil fired up 🤪
Grinding concrete is a very dirtty job.
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Grinding concrete is a very dirtty job.
I commented today on a thread on Hacker News about the need for algorithmic accountability in AI, and the need for mandatory Algorithm Impact Assessments. I have never been down voted so hard. Seems talk of accountability hit a nerve with the nerds.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I commented today on a thread on Hacker News about the need for algorithmic accountability in AI, and the need for mandatory Algorithm Impact Assessments. I have never been down voted so hard. Seems talk of accountability hit a nerve with the nerds.
It's disappointing that this CBC News article by @aaronwherry.bsky.social is dismissive of @beynate.bsky.social critical voice. Aaron, why do you feel you need to do that? An MP speaking up against their own party should always be newsworthy.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | Is Mark Carney's budget a Progressive Conservative budget? | CBC News
Attempting perhaps to turn a story about his own leadership into a story about whether the media have unfairly focused on Conservative dissent, Pierre Poilievre challenged reporters to pay as much att...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's disappointing that this CBC News article by @aaronwherry.bsky.social is dismissive of @beynate.bsky.social critical voice. Aaron, why do you feel you need to do that? An MP speaking up against their own party should always be newsworthy.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Movie reco: Triangle of Sadness.
I don't want to spoil it but I've never had so much gleeful enjoyment watching people vomit.
I don't want to spoil it but I've never had so much gleeful enjoyment watching people vomit.
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Movie reco: Triangle of Sadness.
I don't want to spoil it but I've never had so much gleeful enjoyment watching people vomit.
I don't want to spoil it but I've never had so much gleeful enjoyment watching people vomit.
This near future is weird and terrifying.
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Canadian military will rely on an army of public servants to boost its ranks by 300,000
Federal public servants would be trained to shoot guns, drive trucks and fly drones, according to a defence department directive.
ottawacitizen.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This near future is weird and terrifying.
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
An IIR filter implemented on a microcontroller tracking the amplitude of vibration of a plucked guitar string.(RE/Lab for DSF and BAMM)
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
An IIR filter implemented on a microcontroller tracking the amplitude of vibration of a plucked guitar string.(RE/Lab for DSF and BAMM)
We received the signal conditioning circuit from Dakota Melin for work on the Kellycaster Mk2 at RE/Lab. (DSF and BAMM). IT WORKS PERFECTLY!
youtu.be/hGVRUBE-P3k?...
youtu.be/hGVRUBE-P3k?...
Testing audio signal conditioning circuit for reading directly on microcontroller ADC
YouTube video by Stefan Powell
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We received the signal conditioning circuit from Dakota Melin for work on the Kellycaster Mk2 at RE/Lab. (DSF and BAMM). IT WORKS PERFECTLY!
youtu.be/hGVRUBE-P3k?...
youtu.be/hGVRUBE-P3k?...
Rhythm&Robots. Experiment at RE/Lab for of DSF and BAMM.
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Rhythm&Robots. Experiment at RE/Lab for of DSF and BAMM.
MIDI Chopstick with rhythm synthesis on a rubber band and cardboard box. (Project at RE/Lab for DSF and BAMM)
October 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
MIDI Chopstick with rhythm synthesis on a rubber band and cardboard box. (Project at RE/Lab for DSF and BAMM)
MIDI Chopstick with rhythm synthesis
October 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
MIDI Chopstick with rhythm synthesis
MIDI Chopstick gonna take your finger off. 👈
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
MIDI Chopstick gonna take your finger off. 👈
When installing Debian Linux, I'm able to select the timezone "Canada/Eastern" 🇨🇦, but when installing Ubuntu Linux, that option doesn't exist, and I have to select "America/Toronto" 🤮
Perhaps IANA should not be holders of the TZ database.
Perhaps IANA should not be holders of the TZ database.
October 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When installing Debian Linux, I'm able to select the timezone "Canada/Eastern" 🇨🇦, but when installing Ubuntu Linux, that option doesn't exist, and I have to select "America/Toronto" 🤮
Perhaps IANA should not be holders of the TZ database.
Perhaps IANA should not be holders of the TZ database.
I'll be teaming up with Bryan Walker Bray (AKA Cetacea) for the late night slot for TEMOM on Monday.
October 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'll be teaming up with Bryan Walker Bray (AKA Cetacea) for the late night slot for TEMOM on Monday.
MIDI Chopstick is working!
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
MIDI Chopstick is working!
This is an epic and beautiful album
youtu.be/_LJi5na897Y
youtu.be/_LJi5na897Y
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (2024) Full Album HQ
YouTube video by REALISTIK
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is an epic and beautiful album
youtu.be/_LJi5na897Y
youtu.be/_LJi5na897Y
Here ya go. Enjoy stoner metal covers of Gordon Lightfoot.
gordonheavyfoot.bandcamp.com/album/gordon...
gordonheavyfoot.bandcamp.com/album/gordon...
Gordon Heavyfoot, by Gordon Heavyfoot
6 track album
gordonheavyfoot.bandcamp.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Here ya go. Enjoy stoner metal covers of Gordon Lightfoot.
gordonheavyfoot.bandcamp.com/album/gordon...
gordonheavyfoot.bandcamp.com/album/gordon...
Here is the World of Commode presentation on C64 drone music
youtu.be/UcnK9KRiHQg
youtu.be/UcnK9KRiHQg
Stefan Powell: Experience deep listening through beat frequency compositions on the Commodore 64
YouTube video by TorontoPETUsersGroup
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Here is the World of Commode presentation on C64 drone music
youtu.be/UcnK9KRiHQg
youtu.be/UcnK9KRiHQg