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  Wondering if people would sign this petition. There is a proposed massive #datacentre on the beautiful banks of the Menai Straits in N #Wales. There's so much wrong with thia. It's a SAC (special area of conservation). The nationalised water company Dwr Cymru have raised objections that there isn't a plan for the water... one director of the company has previous charges for 6 environmental crimes... read more on the link! Boosts welcome. #AI #LLM #environment #cymru https://www.c...

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  KLAXXON! Issue 5 of #SOURCE magazine has just been released into the wild! As ever it's pay as you feel, opensource, and the theme this time is #Rockets! Stepping through designing and simulating a rocket with #Openrocket and then making rocket parts with @freecad@social.freecad.org DL here and feel free to tell everyone! https://sourcemag.co.uk/

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  In yet another work related convo about #LLM and dev usage. Pondering post the #Anthropic payout and the reactions and discussions this week around #huggingface/ #github scrape, I wonder if future litigious stuff should focus more on enforcement/takedown and removal of scraped stuff rather than recompense? Technically more challenging but I suspect the 1.5B doesn't actually deter Anthropic that much.

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  Quiet one at the #repaircafe today. My favourite fix was this little Mario night light where my young fixer buddy Leo did a lot of the work. #EachOneTeachOne

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  This is nuts. #huggingface have just scraped the entirety of #github. https://huggingface.co/spaces/HuggingFaceCode/in-the-stack

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  Lol wrong kit (small birdwatching scope on camera tripod) but had a lovely time looking at the moon with Seren trying to take pics with her mobile down the eyepiece! Not high end but breathtaking still! Recent @emily_s@mastodon.me.uk emf telescope experiences inspiring this!

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  I've just made a tiny video as I ran out of time to explain a thing to @robives@mastodon.social in @cccpresser@chaos.social brilliant @freecad@social.freecad.org workshop at #EMFcamp it's about the sketcher workbench and how external projections can sometimes cause "wire not closed" errors. I saw a few in the room so here is a very quick primer! #FreeCAD https://makertube.net/w/ftRLmrNB1ghrpWpYWScfvQ

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  Any #NorthWales people... I'm setting up an evening of talks and informal workshops on #OpenStreetMap in #Bethesda on Aug 11th. Do come and join us! #opensource

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  Yeah yeah I am working on a Sunday... but come on... it's to announce #FreeCAD's most incredible feature to date... https://social.freecad.org/@freecad/116906703302458808

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  Super pleased to write and post the winner announcement post for @freecad@social.freecad.org first ever #community #design competition which I co-ordinated. Not quite the end of the work on the project but good to have a first iteration of the process done and dusted. Also ace that the outputs are cleanly designed and needed parts for #openscience, and all licensed with the great #opensource #CERN OHL V2 licence means that they actually may make a difference in the world. Nice! https://blog.fre...

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  Back on more local patrol with the hooligans. #dogsofmastodon

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  Huh! I was today years old when I realised that the mighty @libreoffice@fosstodon.org has a great tool for generating QR. In a world where online QR code generators tend to re route via themselves this is an awesome tool to find! #opensource

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  @maltman23@mastodon.social trip glasses v2 next?!?! ;)

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  @lpoolmakefest@mastodon.social for those stumbling here for the date.. tis 25th April!

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  For todays #FreeCADFriday and my #mayke I've made a little #bike accessory. I often end up lashing things on top of my rear rack (waterproofs mostly!) and they often obscure my light that used to live on my seatpost. I've whipped up a little #freecad doohickey and #3dprinted it in PETG. It can be loosened and rotated to the side or underneath depending on what I'm carrying. Pleased with it! #biketooter I shall publish the files somewhere soon!

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  Todays #mayke is exploring making a minimal version of my enormous "Planstation" portable standing desk out of this interesting Fjallraven paramedic admin pouch. I've replaced the thin flexi whiteboard plastic with some ply to make a rigid shelf.

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  I enjoyed dipping in and out of the @oshwassociation 12hr live stream yesterday. Just watched Oscars amazing mouth driven mouse section.. awesome. Anyhoo if it's peaked your interest in getting something certified I have written a small guide to certifying #openhardware in the latest issue of the pay as you feel #SOURCE magazine. There's also a #KiCad primer a #FreeCAD beginners project and some #Inkscape stuff as well! Grab a copy here https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/10/s...

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  Bit of tinkering #3Dprinting this tiny parametric box with my logo debossed in the lid. Box is parametric @FreeCAD logo is exploring the "add svg" function in Prusa Slicer. Logo tinkered with in @inkscape

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  Twas last Friday I sent the "please delete my store, account and data" email to @tindie which is the official route to leaving... It's still all there and no response as yet.#tindie

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  Lol, so re a random conversation I want to make a Venn diagram of the following 4 options! #Hardware #tinkerers #anybody please select one option from the poll! #making #engineering #tools #3dprinting

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  Lunch hour helping Charlie rehearse for a small charity gig tomorrow night. He's nervous bless him.

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  ICYMI Yesterday I posted over on the @freecad blog about an excellent new Design For Manufacture (DFM) workbench. #CAD #FreeCAD #opensource https://blog.freecad.org/2026/04/21/new-wip-design-for-manufacture-workbench/

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  Done LOADS of #3Dprinting with the Qidi Q1 machine I got a while back... weirdly despite this, today it is the first day I've loaded up any PLA in it! It's all been PETG so far!

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@concretedog/116447883088537561 Ha furthermore.. this excellent workbench is now directly installable via the addon manager... so I've had to update the blog story! @freecad #freecad

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  I have a controversial take to share... I used to love an unconference... but in these carbon critical times I find the idea of travelling to an unconference to much of a gamble that there'll be useful content. #unconference #climate

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  Just spotted that my #KiCad book on the #RaspberryPi press is included in this Humble Bundle. cc @rpimag https://www.humblebundle.com/books/best-of-humble-bundle-raspberry-pi-and-retro-gaming-by-raspberry-pi-press-books?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=07_ACQ_Bundles_Books_2026-April_RaspberryPiAndRetroGaming_Meta&utm_content=Bundle_Books_RaspberryPiAndRetroGaming_Static-V2-Products&utm_term=2026-April_Bundle_Books_RaspberryPiAndRetroGaming_ROW&a...

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  Working late but thoroughly enjoying today at the #Doghouse space working on iterations of a new #CNC machine project. Nuts and bolts and #tools everywhere :)

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  Been carrying out a service and a small #repair on a #lasercutter this morning. My tool kit for this (stuff on left) is almost smaller than my coffee kit (stuff on right)!

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  @steamengineers cc @huffeec @Snoof but theres also mention of @DoESLiverpool in the blog and @lpoolmakefest etc. :)

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  Some excellent #opensource news this morning. #Thingiverse have just rolled out support for the #CERN OHL V2 licence set across the platform. Fabulous. They also are asking what other licenses would the communty like to see. https://thingiverse.discourse.group/t/cern-open-hardware-licence-ohl-now-available-on-thingiverse/29