Signs we made for #NoKings protest in #Pasadena. Lots of people showed up and the signs turned out pretty good! Photos by @carlynorama #NoKingsPasadena #NoKingsProtest

While performing official oversight duties, a Democratic senator was violently tackled and handcuffed by federal agents because he dared to ask a question.

This isn’t law enforcement. This is occupation. Sec. Noem made it crystal clear in her own words: She sees her mission as "liberating" Los Angeles from its own elected leaders and residents. That’s the language of an invader, not a public servant.

Sen. Padilla was doing his job by defending our democracy. (video via Bill Melugin/Fox News)

"ICE can end"
Seen in San Francisco, California during the ongoing anti-ICE revolt.

An adorable indie movie that's like a love-letter to the fantasy movies of the 1980s? Yes plz. I really recommend "Man and Witch" https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/man_and_witch_the_dance_of_a_thousand_steps

Cat with giant artichoke plant in the background #Caturday #EveryDayIsCaturday

@crazybutable These are all my own designs. All open source, available on my github repo. A few are in my Tindie store

I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.

Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-threatens-to-eviscerate-nasa-cb96

I've made *many* little SynthDIY boards over the years, targeting: low-cost, for newbies, Pico & CircuitPython. Here are some.
I've never been quite satisfied w/ the results.
Maybe the solution is more knobs & more choc keyswitches?
Good idea?
#SynthDIY #RaspberryPiPico #CircuitPython

Great news! The protests outside our local hotel got the hotel to ask them to move!

Protests work!

If you're looking for what hotels are Marriots here is a link:
https://www.hotel-development.marriott.com/brands

From what I can tell, #Marriot has become a Nazi Bar. All the hotels in LA that I'm hearing that ICE agents are staying at are various flavors of Marriots. Plan your next vacations accordingly...

#LosAngeles

MIDI violin using a USB mouse made with CircuitPython. Mouse movement controls the volume, while capacitive touch buttons determine which note plays.

https://youtu.be/fuEBxg8Sdrc

#CircuitPython #MIDI #Violin #DIY

Perhaps motivated by recent vision loss 😊 I've put together a tutorial showing how to add a round 1.28" GC9A01A TFT display to a @raspberrypi and animate a wiggly eye using #CircuitPython. Thanks to @Todbot for initial code & ideas. https://youtu.be/BBng36VB1S8

Catch up on the latest episode of @thebootloader and learn about the Euroknob. Is it a knob or is it a jack? Here's @todbot on the Euroknob:

I really feel for JLCPCB. With all the visible strike-throughs on their tariff FAQ, you can see they're *trying* to keep track of the febrile toddler's changes, but seem to have just given up back mid-May https://jlcpcb.com/help/article/us-tariff-policy-faq

Now available!: Higher Lower is a 3D-printed, screen-free, handheld electronic game about arbitrary musical intervals. Do the played tones go higher or lower? The more guesses you get right, the harder it gets!

The Higher Lower DIY Electronics Kit includes everything you need to make one of your own. (Well, I guess you bring the soldering iron and optional 3D printer.) It takes about 30min to solder and assemble.

https://www.oskitone.com/product/higher-lower-game-diy-electronics-kit

@flockofnazguls woohoo, congrats! I love my Deluge

@stylus Neat!

@ishotjr "Everybody Needs A 303" 😀

@residuum That's what I thought too! There seems to be some contention on this. From this https://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/index.php?pge=diode & the x0xb0x analysis https://www.ladyada.net/wiki/x0x/voltagecontrolledfilter it's a 4-pole w/ one flawed (I think this is what you're referencing in your followup?) Most 303 emulations I've seen are 4-pole Moog-style ladder filter. Regardless, my code does a 6-pole (3 x 2-pole filters) as the CircuitPython filters are Biquads, not ladder emulations, & I wasn't getting the desired “scrunch"

For the last month or so I've been working on seeing how far I can push CircuitPython into emulating a TB-303 bass synth. With the new audiofilters library, you can "stack" filters to make two two-pole filters seem like a 4-pole filter, getting close to that squelchy sound we need. My efforts so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AflpXbEIno
#circuitpython #tb303 #synthdiy #raspberrypipico