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Here's a brand new fidget spinner to get you in the winter spirit!

Inspired by winter's cozy magic, it's like holding a mini forest in the palm of your hand 🌲
With 8 spinning evergreen trees, it adds extra fun to your fidgeting experience 😁

Available to download on @Thangs3D
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#3Dprinting #3ddesign #3dmodeling #3d #3dart #toy #toys #gadget #gadgets #fidget #fidgets #fidgettoy #fidgettoys #fidgetspinner #spinner #winter #tree #xmas #christmas #blender #blender3d #b3d #art #design #artwork

I spoke with a man once who, many years ago as a little boy, had a Lionel train set. He looked off in the distance and I could see that he had gone to different place, another time.

"I remember that train set," he said slowly. "I had so many hours and hours of fun playing with it. I grew up, and I guess I left it behind somewhere.

"But oh, how I remember that train set."

Boys and Their Trains art print -- 2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f

#USpolitics #ToyConsumption

Do they know you can't BUY your child happiness ?

"Toy Consumption: Germany 🇩🇪 v. USA 🇺🇸 #holidays #toys #christmas"
by usa.mom.in.germany

youtube.com/shorts/mN4F4F1FyMc

Adendum by umig:
"It's been brought my attention that the German number can range from $65-$115 annually depending varying market segmentation from country to country. I'll be updating this within the video on platforms that allow for it. As always, sources for all my claims can be found in my public spreadsheet clickable through my main pages. 💚

Closed-source technology is evil, especially children’s toys

Yet another proprietary technology that does not work without it’s parent company, is becoming e-waste because the company will no longer support it (due to going out of business). It is even worse when this thing happens to machines implanted into your body, fortunately this time it is “only” a very expensive, animate, talking children’s toy that is now dead and their kids can no longer play with it, unless they are OK with it no longer talking or moving it’s face.

We need better legislation regulating the #RightToRepair . There also needs to be more of an effort to educate people about why you must not trust closed source consumer electronics, and that if you do want to buy something like this, try to #BuyItForLife . Although in our mostly unregulated market economy that is likely never to happen since right-to-repair, and consumers well-educated about proprietary technology, tend to slightly reduce profits for these companies.

Consumers need to know that they should not just buy any nice, shiny, high-tech thing they see, especially for their kids, unless they first check what will happen to the device if the company that made it decides to drop support. If the device requires an Internet connection, the odds are it will stop working at an inopportune time. If it is open source, it is more likely you can find someone to fix it even after the company no longer supports it. Understand this before you make your purchase.

https://aftermath.site/moxie-robot-ai-dying-llm-embodied

aftermath.site · AI Company That Made Robots For Kids Goes Under, Robots Die - AftermathEmbodied, maker of the AI robot called Moxie, is shuttering. With their closing, parents have to explain to their kids that Moxie is dead.
#AI#christmas#toys