A friend designed an ergo keyboard such that many of the components could be soldered on by JLCPCB, and it was definitely more expensive than full DIY but not too pricy ($86 for ten PCBs with all components soldered on vs like $15 for bare PCBs). I think he just picked components that were in JLC's catalog, but lmk if you have questions and I can check if he has answers.
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To improve the accessibility, it would be super cool if at least one version of the design could be prefabbed by JLCPCB using SMD components, so people can get away with minimal to no soldering.
Blind seemed neat in theory but god it was toxic as fuck. Like of course it's full of dirty capitalists trying to make bank, whatever, but Blind was just chock full of misogyny and queerphobia, to a more upsetting degree than even Reddit.
TC or GTFO
(...or did r/cscq stop doing this on every post at some point?)
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why have you thrown all my favorite things into one description
They're probably already on your list, but:
- The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) – live footage from the life of Fred Hampton in the Chicago Black Panthers, very dry content but super cool stuff to have on tape
- Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) – dramatization of William O'Neale's time as an informant on the Chicago Black Panthers, as well as his eventual betrayal of Fred Hampton, very solid (what got me researching the Panthers more in the first place)
This made me go down a rabbit hole researching how long a vial of lab-made estradiol valerate can be used, and it looks like the 28 day figure that gets thrown around is total bullshit for home use – as long as it's stored in a safe, cool, stable area, a vial should last more than long enough to use the whole thing. This research has actually reduced my anxiety about losing access to estrogen during a societal upheaval significantly, because I'll be able to use my prescription vials to backfill 3-4 vials for every one I use. Thank you so much for sending me down this research path!
I'd rather get premade vials for DIY, although I know it's more expensive.
Oh hell yes, this looks useful! I'm a bit squeamish about making my own injectables but that's great info to have if I ever need it, thanks a ton.
Things I am happy about this week:
- I got a haircut two weeks ago and dyed my hair teal over the weekend, it is so very gender.
- I'm going to a queer punk/ska concert later this week and am super fucking stoked.
- I know it's consumerism, but I finally found a pair of heels that suits my style (bc apparently there are now all-black chuck taylor heels) and I had a 20% off coupon from my birthday that was still valid.
Now to the less happy things (CW: discussion of Aaron Bushnell, medical uncertainty, and firearms)
I finally watched the uncensored video of Aaron Bushnell's self immolation, and it really hammered home the point that this country is hurtling towards destabilization at breakneck speed, and this has me worried about a couple of things:
- I ~~want~~ need to arm myself, as a member of a marginalized group, but guns and ammo are expensive af, and making time to go to the range is gonna be a huge pain, especially when the one low-cost range here is frequented by the local PD.
- I'm really worried about how medications will be handled when existing systems are impacted by mass riots and possibly even open revolt. I of course worry about people with chronic illnesses and whatnot, but, selfishly, I'm really worried about having to go off hormones if they become sparse – I have loved living on estrogen instead of testosterone, and frankly, going back to being T-dominant is almost definitely going to massively fuck up my brain function (just like it used to). I think getting infrastructure in place for local hormone and medication production is a must for and major communist/anarchist movement.
- I want to contribute to building out some type of resilient, offline WAN for local commies and queers, because KOSA has me worried as fuck about the future of communication on the internet. And that's gonna take significant organizing work.
I know everything here, except maybe (2), is at least manageable and doable. But combined with the fact I have negative spoons after working 40hrs a week (thanks, AuDHD), it is gonna take some major effort on my part, which just plain sucks.
Anyways yay for hair and queer punk/ska and heels, at least.
Oh no are some the redditors who didn't abandon ship to lemmy finally seeing what the rest of us saw coming last year?
I've been wearing sports bras without the cups for this purpose for awhile now and they work great. Pasties could also be an option, if you're not averse to adhesives.