MakerThornhill
@syntheticfuture.bsky.social
• Maker, tinkerer, biscuit lover 🍪
• Electronics, PCBs, CircuitPython, chocolate HobKnobs.
• Riding around on an old bicycle 🚲
https://hackaday.io/Maker.Thornhill
https://instagram.com/maker.thornhill
• Electronics, PCBs, CircuitPython, chocolate HobKnobs.
• Riding around on an old bicycle 🚲
https://hackaday.io/Maker.Thornhill
https://instagram.com/maker.thornhill
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My latest commission: a tactile Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) device!
I was recently tasked with creating a speech-generating communicator for someone who is largely nonverbal and has difficulty using touchscreens.
#AAC #Accessiblity #AccessibleTech
I was recently tasked with creating a speech-generating communicator for someone who is largely nonverbal and has difficulty using touchscreens.
#AAC #Accessiblity #AccessibleTech
Oh hey! I'm B.D., a maker, former geologist, and tinker who loves using electronics, microcontrollers, and 3D printing to make cool little gadgets and things.
E.g... this Augmentative Alternative Communication device
bsky.app/profile/synt...
E.g... this Augmentative Alternative Communication device
bsky.app/profile/synt...
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
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Hey everyone!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Hey everyone!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
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This thread is some of the most exceptional storytelling I've seen in ages?? wow. truly worth your time.
By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪
January 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM
This thread is some of the most exceptional storytelling I've seen in ages?? wow. truly worth your time.
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✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️
Seems like a good moment for a 3rd attempt at making Yorkshire Puddings, this time with eggs.
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Seems like a good moment for a 3rd attempt at making Yorkshire Puddings, this time with eggs.
Every gift I make for someone else is secretly a gift for me because creating something is a goddamn joy.
December 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Every gift I make for someone else is secretly a gift for me because creating something is a goddamn joy.
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She’s done! Pretty girl. 😍
#Embroidery
#Embroidery
December 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
She’s done! Pretty girl. 😍
#Embroidery
#Embroidery
After months of putting it off (because I was worried I’d screw it up), Hoosier door making is finally happening!
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
After months of putting it off (because I was worried I’d screw it up), Hoosier door making is finally happening!
Local newscaster voice: It’s called “Surprise garlic bread”, and some experts believe it could be the next Pokémon Go…
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Local newscaster voice: It’s called “Surprise garlic bread”, and some experts believe it could be the next Pokémon Go…
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She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Rainy autumn days are for cycling to the bakery and only getting 50% drenched.
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Rainy autumn days are for cycling to the bakery and only getting 50% drenched.
Pros: Can jump pretty high, have feather fall, claws!
Cons: people keep picking you up because you’re just a baby! Oh my goodness look at him, he’s just a baby! Oh my-
Cons: people keep picking you up because you’re just a baby! Oh my goodness look at him, he’s just a baby! Oh my-
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Pros: Can jump pretty high, have feather fall, claws!
Cons: people keep picking you up because you’re just a baby! Oh my goodness look at him, he’s just a baby! Oh my-
Cons: people keep picking you up because you’re just a baby! Oh my goodness look at him, he’s just a baby! Oh my-
Normalise immediately voiding the warranty.
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Normalise immediately voiding the warranty.
Normalise carrying big ass boxes on a bicycle.
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Normalise carrying big ass boxes on a bicycle.
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It's Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migration season in Texas. At least 90% of all southward migration passes through Texas, either along the coast, or through central Texas.
They'll overwinter in Mexico, then return.
Let's talk about the utter weirdness of generational migration.
They'll overwinter in Mexico, then return.
Let's talk about the utter weirdness of generational migration.
September 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migration season in Texas. At least 90% of all southward migration passes through Texas, either along the coast, or through central Texas.
They'll overwinter in Mexico, then return.
Let's talk about the utter weirdness of generational migration.
They'll overwinter in Mexico, then return.
Let's talk about the utter weirdness of generational migration.
It’s a cycle to the bakery kind of morning
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s a cycle to the bakery kind of morning
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A rare practical project from me. I live in a building with ~16 units and we all share 2 washers/2 dryers. Very annoying to go all the way down to basement just to find out they're in use. So I'm putting together a low maintenance, non-invasive monitoring setup we can all use 🧵
September 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A rare practical project from me. I live in a building with ~16 units and we all share 2 washers/2 dryers. Very annoying to go all the way down to basement just to find out they're in use. So I'm putting together a low maintenance, non-invasive monitoring setup we can all use 🧵
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Got some nature happening over here today
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Got some nature happening over here today
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So much time is wasted with:
1) trying to detect if something is real or was ai-generated
2) trying to explain to folks why their ai-generated solution is bad
3) having to fix problems created by the hallucination-machines
👏 AI (llms) 👏 WASTES 👏 TIME
1) trying to detect if something is real or was ai-generated
2) trying to explain to folks why their ai-generated solution is bad
3) having to fix problems created by the hallucination-machines
👏 AI (llms) 👏 WASTES 👏 TIME
So, in my day job I have finally run face first into the absolute fucking scourge that is AI.
AI is now wasting about eight to sixteen hours of every work week for me. I expect that number will only grow.
AI is now wasting about eight to sixteen hours of every work week for me. I expect that number will only grow.
August 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
So much time is wasted with:
1) trying to detect if something is real or was ai-generated
2) trying to explain to folks why their ai-generated solution is bad
3) having to fix problems created by the hallucination-machines
👏 AI (llms) 👏 WASTES 👏 TIME
1) trying to detect if something is real or was ai-generated
2) trying to explain to folks why their ai-generated solution is bad
3) having to fix problems created by the hallucination-machines
👏 AI (llms) 👏 WASTES 👏 TIME
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the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
August 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
Celebrate the 18th anniversary of getting your bicycle by cycling it around a lake.
August 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Celebrate the 18th anniversary of getting your bicycle by cycling it around a lake.
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Rowling's 24/7 commitment to being an absolute nightmare ghoul is sort of extraordinary. She has every option in the world for how to spend her life and she commits herself entirely to hatred and self-righteous mean-spiritedness; some are more effective at evil but nobody puts in the hours like her.
August 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Rowling's 24/7 commitment to being an absolute nightmare ghoul is sort of extraordinary. She has every option in the world for how to spend her life and she commits herself entirely to hatred and self-righteous mean-spiritedness; some are more effective at evil but nobody puts in the hours like her.