Kit Bashir
@unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
Hacker. Parent. Scientist. Rantist. Atheist. Roboticist. Treehugger. (they/them¹).
At Accelerando Lab I research, design and build custom IoT and electronics solutions […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://aus.social/@Unixbigot, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
At Accelerando Lab I research, design and build custom IoT and electronics solutions […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://aus.social/@Unixbigot, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
This is my fangrille, it stops¹ me from sticking body parts in a ludicrously fast helicopter fan. Hope you fangrilles like it!
¹ Inefficiently Hinders, Colin.
¹ Inefficiently Hinders, Colin.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This is my fangrille, it stops¹ me from sticking body parts in a ludicrously fast helicopter fan. Hope you fangrilles like it!
¹ Inefficiently Hinders, Colin.
¹ Inefficiently Hinders, Colin.
Only one of those things is supposed to glow red.
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Only one of those things is supposed to glow red.
It’s gone into the Total Package Vortex, we’re doomed!
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It’s gone into the Total Package Vortex, we’re doomed!
Fuckin *nailed* that “so bland and tasteless you won’t even be sure if this is food” brief.
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Fuckin *nailed* that “so bland and tasteless you won’t even be sure if this is food” brief.
I don’t know who designed the name-and-house-number badges for our annual Christmas street-party but they clearly don’t spend much time on the internet. #bonuspanel
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I don’t know who designed the name-and-house-number badges for our annual Christmas street-party but they clearly don’t spend much time on the internet. #bonuspanel
That’s 40% power. I’ve never been game to turn it all the way up.
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
That’s 40% power. I’ve never been game to turn it all the way up.
Fill in your street party name tag. Try to be anatomically correct.
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Fill in your street party name tag. Try to be anatomically correct.
[silly / lewd adjacent]
WTAF YouTube
WTAF YouTube
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
[silly / lewd adjacent]
WTAF YouTube
WTAF YouTube
#tooloftheday: combined drill-tap-chamfer bit. When you only have one hole to tap and you couldn’t be smegged getting out the tap wrench or fitting a tap follower in the mill, there is no tool that will ruin your day faster than popping one of these bad girls in […]
[Original post on aus.social]
[Original post on aus.social]
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#tooloftheday: combined drill-tap-chamfer bit. When you only have one hole to tap and you couldn’t be smegged getting out the tap wrench or fitting a tap follower in the mill, there is no tool that will ruin your day faster than popping one of these bad girls in […]
[Original post on aus.social]
[Original post on aus.social]
#tipoftheday: when you are mounting a motor, take apart an old, ideally burned out, motor of the same type to use as a drilling template. You haven’t got a blown up motor? I’ll wait.
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
#tipoftheday: when you are mounting a motor, take apart an old, ideally burned out, motor of the same type to use as a drilling template. You haven’t got a blown up motor? I’ll wait.
[uspol, picture of cheeto benito]
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
[uspol, picture of cheeto benito]
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
My decadent bourgeois family prefer to buy “cafe style” 25.4mm thick sliced bread. I do not. I’m toasting the crusts to get some working class breakfast.
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My decadent bourgeois family prefer to buy “cafe style” 25.4mm thick sliced bread. I do not. I’m toasting the crusts to get some working class breakfast.
Still Life With Mad Science (2025)
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Still Life With Mad Science (2025)
Mx 21’s cat doing her best “shipwrecked pirate washed up on a beach” mood
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Mx 21’s cat doing her best “shipwrecked pirate washed up on a beach” mood
@MelissaBearTrix see your b&e and raise you leftover hamburgers sliced thin and grilled on toast
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@MelissaBearTrix see your b&e and raise you leftover hamburgers sliced thin and grilled on toast
#tooloftheday: Campbell’s chicken soup. The ideal quenching medium for Rings of Power.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
#tooloftheday: Campbell’s chicken soup. The ideal quenching medium for Rings of Power.
#tooloftheday Adjustable reamers. You don’t need wm very often but when you do they save an asstonne of work. (If you don’t have any, you can make a one off reamer to do the job, but that takes longer).
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#tooloftheday Adjustable reamers. You don’t need wm very often but when you do they save an asstonne of work. (If you don’t have any, you can make a one off reamer to do the job, but that takes longer).
selfie w/ 6 eye contact
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
selfie w/ 6 eye contact
I don't remember why I needed to allow notifications, but I do know that it was you who scorched my trust.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I don't remember why I needed to allow notifications, but I do know that it was you who scorched my trust.
Three of my PCB designs uploaded to Lectronz, a couple more to go.
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Three of my PCB designs uploaded to Lectronz, a couple more to go.
My halloween costume arrived just in time.
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My halloween costume arrived just in time.
I’m featured in issue 95 of Make Magazine (@makemagazine). They picked¹ my most mad-scientist out-take from the photo shoot as the hero image, of course! The article is about how I (ab)used esphome and ESP-skainet to add voice control to my workbench gadgets.
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[Original post on aus.social]
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[Original post on aus.social]
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’m featured in issue 95 of Make Magazine (@makemagazine). They picked¹ my most mad-scientist out-take from the photo shoot as the hero image, of course! The article is about how I (ab)used esphome and ESP-skainet to add voice control to my workbench gadgets.
¹ […]
[Original post on aus.social]
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[Original post on aus.social]
Looks like smoked haddock, tastes like artisanal sourdough, bread rolls rescued from an accidental 24hr cold-ferment. Will toast them for garlic bread with the pasta Mx 17’s cooking tonight.
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Looks like smoked haddock, tastes like artisanal sourdough, bread rolls rescued from an accidental 24hr cold-ferment. Will toast them for garlic bread with the pasta Mx 17’s cooking tonight.