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From the mail bag! Get more [insert popular item] back in stock or, by god, I WILL sign up for notifications and wait in line to place my order like everyone else! Don’t believe me?! Send it and we’ll see what happens! … You guys are awesome. I don’t just mean the faces we see every week (although, they are a delight), but the people that...

ArduCam AutoFocus Skeletal Cover #3DPrinting #3DThursday

SerenityRanch shares: The ArduCam Auto Focus Camera, based on the standard “Pi Cam 2”, needs clearance around the front of the lens/board for the Auto Focus Light and Sensors to work properly. I simply cut out the parts of “Stingr’s” Remixed Pi Cam Cover so that the ArduCam’s front sensors aren’t blocked. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4836043 Every...

ArduCam AutoFocus Skeletal Cover #3DPrinting #3DThursday

Poll: 36% of Republicans support passing both of Biden’s infrastructure plans

Steven Dennis tells Lawrence O’Donnell that Democrats’ strategy to pursue the reconciliation bill on infrastructure in addition to bipartisan Senate agreement will be a complex process, but gives Democrats “one chance to do things that McConnell can’t veto.” Jonathan Alter adds that Biden “has to put points on the board” and infrastructure is the most popular way for Democrats to do that. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3ycHfxI via...

Trump is still bragging about passing his cognitive test

During his trip to Texas and the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump once again brought up the cognitive test he passed while he was president. MSNBC's Brian Williams has the details. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3jwSE7K via IFT...

Donald Rumsfeld, master at 'lies about the most consequential things,' dead at 88

Rachel Maddow reviews the life and legacy of Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration, among a lifetime of government roles, most remembered for his lying and poor planning of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/361CI5r via IFT...

Why the NYC botched election disproves voter fraud myths

“Any systematic election irregularities—whether incompetence or fraud—will out itself. You cannot pull it off without getting caught,” says Chris Hayes, discussing two tainted elections that dispel voter fraud myths. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3jvGfRt via IFT...

See Neil deGrasse Tyson debunk 'alien believers' after Biden Pentagon's UFO report

How should we assess evidence of aliens or intelligent life? MSNBC’s Ari Melber interviews astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and former CIA director John Brennan about that challenge in the wake of a new Pentagon report. Brennan says the U.S. must “try to understand what is unexplainable,” while Tyson expounds on his steep skepticism of the evidence offered while encouraging believers to "go catch the aliens" if they can. (This...

WaPo: Grand jury files charges against Trump Organization, CFO Weisselberg

The Washington Post reports that a Manhattan grand jury has filed criminal indictments against Trump's company and its longtime CFO, Allen Weisselberg. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2UPHws1 via IFT...

ASK AN ENGINEER 6/30/2021 LIVE! #Adafruit #AskAnEngineer

ASK AN ENGINEER 6/30/2021 LIVE! – video. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3jA02Px via IFT...

ASK AN ENGINEER 6/30/2021 LIVE! #Adafruit #AskAnEngineer

ASK AN ENGINEER 6/30/2021 LIVE! – video. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3jA02Px via IFT...

SHOW and TELL 6/30/2021 #ShowandTell

The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 6/30/2021 – video. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3x9INZq via IFT...

Frank Figliuzzi on breaking NYTimes’ insurrection reporting: ‘It was difficult for me to watch’

Former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, shares his reaction watching the explosive New York Times’ investigative video about the January 6th insurrection on the US Capitol and hopes that the new Congressional select committee will discover more about the planning of the riot from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Tn1IRO via IFT...

SHOW and TELL 6/30/2021 #ShowandTell

Paul Rieckhoff: White supremacy is the ‘number one national security threat in America’

Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and president of Righteous media, Paul Rieckhoff, is fearful that the rise in White supremacy in America will make us so busy fighting each other that we won’t be able to defend against our foreign adversaries from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3h3CLUt via IFT...

SparkFun Hooks a Patent Troll

SparkFun Hooks a Patent Troll, will post more about this later (just saw this now before our shows tonight) – … Wait wait wait. You’re suing us over the pcDuino from 2016? We stopped selling that board in 2017. Nothing against pcDuino, it was a neat little single board computer for its time, but of all the products we sell you pick that...

SparkFun Hooks a Patent Troll

The Adafruit Learning System has 2,500 guides – THANK YOU! #adafruit @adafruit

As of today, the Adafruit Learning System has 2,500 guides! Thank you to the entire team at Adafruit who builds and makes learn.adafruit.com one of the best resources online for learning. Thank you to all our authors, and contributors for putting your smarts out there for so many to build their dreams with. Thank you to our teams and friends...

NEW VIDEO: Solder Those Headers – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes

Breadboards & breakouts get along great – all it takes is a bit of solder + header pins from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3y1LJr4 via IFT...

Just two Republicans vote to approve a January 6th select committee

New York Times Congressional reporter Luke Broadwater, former Senator Claire McCaskill, and White House editor Politico discuss the next steps to investigate 1/6 after the House voted to establish a select committee from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3w5nLtv via IFT...

The Adafruit Learning System has 2,500 guides – THANK YOU! #adafruit @adafruit

NEW VIDEO: Solder Those Headers – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes

House launches special Jan. 6 probe, ignoring GOP opposition

As the House advances a special select committee on Jan. 6, Republicans may regret rejecting the Democrats' bipartisan offer. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3y9PdYG via IFT...

Make a Feather Boa React to Audio #WearableWednesday

Snazzy wearable from ploopploop on Instructables that will be perfect for all the upcoming in-person concerts: In this instructable we will be creating an audio responsive RGB feathered scarf. This scarf will be tuned for mainly concerts and festivals (places with loud music in general), but I will also explain how you can tune up or down...

Trump's politicized hiring practices complicate normal government operations under Biden

Rachel Maddow shares reporting by Bloomberg News that a losing congressional candidate, Katie Arrington, favored by Donald Trump who was installed at the Pentagon is now under investigation for disclosing classified information, just the latest example of why federal agencies under Biden can't simply press ahead without dealing with the toxic legacy of the Trump administration. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2TnlHQn via...

Inside the extraordinary effort to save Trump from Covid

Washington Post journalists Yazmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta reveal that Trump was much sicker than he let on. And when he got out of the hospital, instead of showing some humility, he stood before the White House and continued to downplay the virus. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3dvdJvr via IFT...

House votes (again) to remove Confederate statues, bust of disgraced justice from Capitol

Rachel Maddow reviews the history of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision and the sculpted bust that honors former Chief Justice Roger Taney in the Capitol despite the disgrace of that decision sullying his name to this day. For the second time, the House has voted to remove that bust and Confederate statues from the Capitol with hope that the Democratic-led senate will give the bill a better reception than when Mitch McConnell...

вторник, 29 июня 2021 г.

The Ultimate LGBTQIA+ Pride Book List from Penguin Random House #Pride2021

Celebrate pride by celebrating another’s experience through one of the books in this list from Penguin Random House: Celebrate Pride with books by LGBTQIA+ authors! From inspirational memoirs to irresistible romances, these stories honor the journeys of LGBTQIA+ individuals and the larger movement for love, acceptance, and equality for...

The Ultimate LGBTQIA+ Pride Book List from Penguin Random House #Pride2021

Diy Ring With NFC #WearableWednesday

Fun project hacking an old NFC keychain to make your very own spy ring. From tapish101 on Instructables: I always wanted to make nfc ring,but the smaller nfc tags were not deliverable to my location and locally i could not find small enough nfc tag to fit into ring. One day for no reason i opened the keychain styled tag which was lying...

Diy Ring With NFC #WearableWednesday

Rep. Gosar's brother: 'You don't get to say you're not racist when you're cavorting with racists'

Rep. Gosar's brother Dave Gosar criticizes him for his reported relationship to White supremacists. Dave Gosar tells Joy Reid his view of his brother saying, 'You don't get to say you're not racist when you're cavorting with racists.' from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2TnNZKp via IFT...

GOP lawmaker writes fawning letter after Trump accused him of election cover-up

Trump chewed out Wisconsin Republican Chris Kapenga. His letter in response is astounding. “This is the level of Stalinist groveling that is required in the Republican Party right now,” says Chris Hayes. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3hlapnv via IFT...

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: Wave Playback @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #circuitpython

Playback of wave audio files inside CircuitPython is a snap! You can even pick different sample rates to fun effect! Shown here running on QT Py with a NeoKey 1×4 keyswitch board. Learn more about CircuitPython from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3hdkH9m via IFT...

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: Wave Playback @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #circuitpython

Potential criminal charges for the Trump Organization are ‘just the start, not the end’

Former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal and branding expert Donny Deutsch discuss how criminal charges against the Trump Organization could be devastating to the former president from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3hhR3jo via IFT...

Two RTCs with Stemma QT!

Time to do a few more QTifications. Here are our two most popular RTCs, converted over to our favorite format. The PCF8523 (low cost) and the DS3231 (high precision). Both will have the coin cell holder on the bottom for long-lasting replaceable CR1220 coin batteries. Tick tock, these will be in the store soon! from Adafruit Industries...

Two RTCs with Stemma QT!

NEW GUIDE: Key Pad and Matrix Scanning in CircuitPython @circuitpython @adafruit #circuitpython #keyboard

We have a new guide: Key Pad and Matrix Scanning in CircuitPython The keypad module, available in the latest CircuitPython 7.0.0 builds, scans a set of keys or buttons in the background, and gives you key-pressed and key-released events. The keypad module provides three different kinds of scanners: Keys: Each key is connected...

'She's the most loving person': Grandmother missing after condo collapse

Geoff Bennett speaks with Michael Noriega, whose 92-year-old grandmother is missing in the Florida condo collapse. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3y5NweD via IFT...

NEW GUIDE: Key Pad and Matrix Scanning in CircuitPython @circuitpython @adafruit #circuitpython #keyboard

#AdafruitLearningSystem Weekly Update: Game Show Edition

This week on the Adafruit Learning System, we published a few new fun guides, and updated a couple others. Learn all about the new Adafruit NeoKey 1×4 QT I2C Breakout, create a DIY Quiz Show Controller, Program the RP2040 in Arduino, and learn all about the new Adafruit Tinkey QT2040! DIY Game Show This week Dylan Herrada published a new...

NEW VIDEO: Ultimate GPS Teardown – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes

Beneath the Ultimate GPS antenna lies mystery … and electronics. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/2USbmwf via IFT...

#AdafruitLearningSystem Weekly Update: Game Show Edition

NEW VIDEO: Ultimate GPS Teardown – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes

Beneath the Ultimate GPS antenna lies mystery … and electronics. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/2USbmwf via IFT...

Charlie Sykes: Republicans are ‘deeply committed to memory holing’ January 6th

Editor at large of the Bulwark Charlie Sykes on how the responsibility to investigate January 6th will lie on the shoulders of who House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appoints to a select committee, while most Republicans simply want to move on from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3qzSTjA via IFT...

Technology, Biology, and Music in the Art of Yen Tzu Chang

Yen Tzu Chang’s performances involve a dizzying combination of biological design and lighting effects. Their work exemplifies Sci Art. Here’s more from Art the Science: [The term SciArt] seems to declare that you don’t need to treat art and science as opposing disciplines…new terms are proposed to tell everyone that they should be divided...

“in situ web v2” from GIF Artists Valeris

Lovely GIF art from Valeris, titled in situ web v2. Made in response to the prompt “Outside” from the GIF Artists Collective. Every Tuesday is Art Tuesday here at Adafruit! Today we celebrate artists and makers from around the world who are designing innovative and creative works using technology, science, electronics and more. You can...

“in situ web v2” from GIF Artists Valeris

Arizona election circus becomes increasingly a money-making scheme and grifter magnet

Rachel Maddow points out that the spectacle around the ballots and voting machines in Maricopa County, Arizona has become a magnet for grifters, eager to say what it takes to outrage Trump supporters to the point of separating them from their money. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3jtcZur via IFT...

Trump's rebooted campaign rally gets mixed reviews in Ohio

The former president brought his post-White House campaign-style rally to Ohio over the weekend, but the press noticed not everyone in the Trump-friendly crowd stayed until the end of the event. MSNBC's Brian Williams has the details. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3A8N8xR via IFT...

Bill Barr now says Trump's 2020 fraud lies were 'bulls--t'

Speaking out in a new interview, Trump's former attorney general Bill Barr is now saying that there was no truth to any of Trump's attacks on the 2020 election. MSNBC's Brian Williams speaks to Jonathan Karl of ABC News who conducted the interview with Barr. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/35WKOvR via IFT...

понедельник, 28 июня 2021 г.

Sesame Street: Patrick Stewart Soliloquy on B

Patrick Stewart guesting on Sesame Street was so wonderful. 13 years on and we’re still revisiting this clip. Patrick Stewart gives a Shakespearean soliloquy on the letter “B”. Read more. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3doUjs9 via IFT...

Sesame Street: Patrick Stewart Soliloquy on B

'The enormity of the task is daunting': Perilous search continues at collapsed Miami condo

Particia Mazzei, Miami bureau chief for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about how authorities are trying to determine how many people might have been trapped in the collapsed Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Florida near Miami, and the dangerous conditions search crews face as they work through the pile of rubble. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3dl8G0o via IFT...

Shipping Alert: No shipping from July 2nd through the 5th in Observance of Independence Day #4thOfJuly #Shipping

Adafruit will be taking a long weekend to celebrate Independence Day. The last pick up from our shipping carriers will be early on Friday, July 2. The next pick up will be on Tuesday July 6th. Please plan your orders accordingly and be aware that your order may not ship immediately. Check our our Shipping FAQ and Holiday schedule for more...

Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration

NASA is using new composite materials for future low-cost deep space missions. via NASA The primary objective of the ACS3 mission is to demonstrate the successful deployment of the composite boom solar sail in low-Earth orbit. After reaching space, the mission’s CubeSat spacecraft will deploy its solar power arrays and then begin unfurling...

Shipping Alert: No shipping from July 2nd through the 5th in Observance of Independence Day #4thOfJuly #Shipping

Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration

Toyota under fire for giving $55K to 37 Republicans who objected to certifying election

Toyota gave $55,000 to 37 Republicans who objected to certifying the election, according to an investigation by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Joy Reid gives her critique of these findings in Monday's edition of 'The Absolute Worst.' from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3hexHM3 via IFT...

Ibram X. Kendi explains his real anti-racism ideas after GOP Sen. Josh Hawley slams his writings

Sen. Josh Hawley has slammed the writings of Ibram X. Kendi, a prominent anti-racism scholar. Ibram X. Kendi explains how he is not a scholar of Critical Race Theory, and that in his book 'How to Be an Antiracist,' ‘I make the case that we shouldn't believe that anyone is inherently racist, or that we should identify anyone as a racist.’ from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3hdwqot via IFT...

'Orchestrated by Donald': Michael Cohen thinks Trump is in big trouble

As the New York DA prepares to charge the Trump Organization as soon as this week, Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen joins MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber to discuss the pending charges and provide insight into Trump’s strategy as the case moves forward. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3A98xqD via IFT...

Hayes: Infrastructure plan without climate spending is ‘utter madness’

“There is no distinction between an infrastructure bill and a climate bill. They are the same thing. Just go ask the people of Portland,” says Chris Hayes. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3jmyRrg via IFT...

Olivia Troye: Jan 6th taught Pence that ‘Trump is loyal to nobody’

Former Senior Aide to Mike Pence, Olivia Troye, Washington Post senior Washington correspondent, Phil Rucker, and Former Chief Spokesman U.S. Department of Justice, Matt Miller, discuss Mike Pence’s experience certifying the 2020 election results and how the former VP is trying to separate himself from Trump from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3hiIdlc via IFT...

Justice Clarence Thomas says federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary

NBC's Pete Williams reports on comments Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made questioning the federal policy towards marijuana, saying laws against its cultivation or sale may no longer make sense. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2T7sU79 via IFT...

NEW VIDEO: IC Date Codes – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes

Decipher those numbers seen atop an IC package. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/2UNbSLX via IFT...

'I wish I knew' Gideon Lewis-Kraus says of unexplained UFO reports

NBC’s Geoff Bennett is joined by The New Yorker staff writer, Gideon Lewis-Kraus to discuss 143 unresolved UFO reports. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3jku9KD via IFT...

NEW VIDEO: IC Date Codes – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes

Decipher those numbers seen atop an IC package. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/2UNbSLX via IFT...

What Americans are overlooking about Britney Spears' conservatorship

Britney Spears deserves her freedom; but we rarely discuss the need for this type of autonomy in the disability community. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3h3kvuq via IFT...

Rudy Giuliani's law license suspended in New York

Civil rights attorney Charles Coleman Jr. discusses the suspension of Rudy Giuliani's law license in New York and the sentencing of Derek Chauvin. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2UBM6tS via IFT...

Turning Weather Data into Music #MusicMonday

All data can be turned into music, probably. And you can most definitely do it with weather data. Here’e more via Bobby Owsinski Dr. Smart (a fitting name) used a month of data of Christchurch (the second largest city in New Zealand) temperature, rainfall, windspeed and direction, as well as other rainfall, river and sea levels. These were then fed into a computer that converted the data into a musical score that played those...

Turning Weather Data into Music #MusicMonday

5 Ways to Make Your Drone More Powerful #drone #droneday

If you are looking to get a little more oomph out of your drone, check out these tips from Drone Blog: It’s not always feasible to just go out and upgrade the drone, but there are some things you can do to give the drone you have a little bit of a boost in making it more powerful. 1. Install More Efficient Propellers Propellers play a very...

5 Ways to Make Your Drone More Powerful #drone #droneday

Duke University and WCS Researchers Study Seabird Colonies in the Falklands with Drones #drone #droneday