Nicolas Weidinger

UX Design, furniture, science fiction, and tool-making in the Anthropocene.

[Purple-Green Purple-Blue @dylanhendricks]

In 50 years, the only social network from today that I think might still be around is reddit. They've quietly (mostly) figured out how to balance diverse community moderation needs with town square scale.

Twitter is now essentially a giant, poorly moderated r/musk subreddit.

[Nicolas Weidinger @DrWeidinger]

Trying to make a light change color based on outdoor air quality without doing any coding. Does anyone know what's going on with the @IFTTT integration with @AIRNow?

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These (sort of) ancient monoliths helped us accurately map earth's terrain in a time before GPS. https://t.co/X1dMpUPBMn

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Inspiring story about a struggle for accessibility and unintended positive consequences. From @99piorg https://t.co/4OGlyP9UZw

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@CAPublicHealth Thanks for the vaccine! Can we make the vaccine email subject more descriptive? It's hard to find something in the inbox that says "Thank you for booking your appointment, from: no-reply"

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I published a Thing on @thingiverse! https://t.co/v1rC37uHMg #thingalert

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@adafruit Hi, just wondering where your lovely website went.

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@elonmusk If you're not already on Mars in September, would you be interested in attending and/or speaking at the @IFTF 50 year anniversary conference? Its September 25-27 at the Computer History Museum. Also I want a flamethrower ASAP. For research purposes.

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@altNOAA @Alt_CDC @Alt_NASA My friend claims to have heard a single word for this concept, but they forgot. These are the exact examples used in describing the situation. This word has gotta be out there somewhere!

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Is there a word for a second-order human-caused disaster that precipitates from a natural disaster? asking for a friend. @altNOAA @Alt_CDC @Alt_NASA

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Is there a word for a second-order human-caused disaster that precipitates from a natural disaster? asking for a friend. @Bureaulr @cascio @la_leez @dunagan23 @jerquee @rachelannyes @dylanhendricks

[WikiSeat @WikiSeat]

Apply today for the 2017 WikiSeat Scholarship, and get free Catalysts for your school or library https://t.co/eXmPsOTTwi #makered #DIY

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@noisebridge This was a solid investment back in 2012 :-)

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How do social insects deal with fake news? good question. Find out how in this @iftf podcast. https://t.co/VFv2RnwZCj #fakenews #biomimicry

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

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@substack nice rack!

[BART @SFBART]

All races, colors, religions, genders, ages, disabled, veterans, orientations, sexes & those of foreign national origin are welcome on BART.

[Rogue NASA @RogueNASA]

A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone https://t.co/rdby6A8xN3

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"NASA to Explore Asteroid Containing Enough Mineral Wealth to Collapse World Economy" @RogueNASA keepin' it real. https://t.co/EqfGhzi9Ne

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@MITOpenAG Hi, I see BOM, repo, mention of no standing water & various sensors, etc. Is there a description of how this thing works? thx :)