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Internet Archive @archive.org · 29/09/2026
What's on your bookshelf that the Internet Archive doesn't have? There's an app for that. Scan a book's barcode or ISBN to see whether the Internet Archive needs it for preservation and digitization. Scan your shelves. Save a book. help.archive.org/help/donate-... 🧵
Four "Tools You Can Use" Upload campaign tiles arranged in a 2x2 grid. Top left, a cream and yellow tile with a folder icon reading "Upload" and "Contribute digital materials that you have the right to share." Top right, a cream tile with bold black text: "Upload digital materials to help preserve and share knowledge with people around the world." Bottom left, a cream tile with a screenshot of the Internet Archive's Upload files page, with the "UPLOAD" nav link and "Choose files to upload" button circled in red. Bottom right, a cream tile with bold black text, "Contribute digital materials that you have the right to share," and a small multicolor line-art icon of the Internet Archive's columned building.
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I made this design in 2019, and it’s been ripped off by countless creepy little Temu shops, as well as by Shein. Seeing it in an AI ad is ruining my day, ngl. If you like it, buy one from me - link in bio. I actually give money to queer mutual aid and medical care groups.
A shitty AI ad on Instagram showing my “you are safe with me” design being sold by a company that is not me.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 09/09/2026
"Yuck!"
Steve Jobs mocks the idea of using a stylus on a cellphone at the first iPhone launch.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Please stop paying for anything Harry Potter. This is where your money is going. At this point, you're not an ally, you're an abuser and we're your victim.
JK Rowling says the lawsuits will keep coming - to prevent trans women from using the right restroom.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 09/08/2026
I had to chat to an AI customer support robot today and it was a revelation. It listened to me, understood what I said, and made intelligent leaps instead of just reading the next question in the script. Mostly this reveals that human intelligence is a very low bar.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 08/08/2026
You're getting old when famous people from your childhood start dying, but William Orbit was famous when I was 19. This really sucks. Famous for other things but I will remember him for "Pieces in a Modern Style", much derided at the time but I have always loved. RIP www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
William Orbit: Madonna and Blur producer dies aged 69
Tributes are paid to the musical "genius and pioneer", who also worked with All Saints, Pink and U2.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 06/08/2026
Dear BBC. (Is @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social the only BBC Bluesky account?) I'm begging you to hire a copyeditor. I promise you that they don't have to have gone to STANFORD. (Only one "D".) Since you clearly don't have one, anyone who knows how to use a spell check would be a cheap start.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Just have someone from More or Less in the corner of the screen at all times. Better still replace the News across the board with More or Less 24, a new channel with facts on it.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 16/07/2026
¡Vamos La Roja! #worldcup
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 16/07/2026
Come to the Vintage Computer Festival West in Mountain View, California, and see cool British computers, and my custom teletext magazine! The Computer History Museum, August 1-2, 10-5pm vcfed.org/events/vinta...
A BBC Master 128 computer showing a custom teletext magazine describing the computers at my exhibit.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 12/07/2026
Put pretty patterns on your Steam Machine's LED light bar: davidcwga.github.io/steampride/
davidcwga.github.io
steampride
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 16/06/2026
@robinince.bsky.social Some extended screen time for the front cover of your book right now, and probably again later, on a feature on bookshops on BBC Breakfast.
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CheapShow @cheapshow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Happy 10th anniversary #Ghostbusters: Answer The Call! To celebrate, i wrote something for @theguardian.com celebrating a film I truly adore! @paulfeig.bsky.social Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later | The Guardian share.google/DgVqd8ilktaB...
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Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later
Ten years ago, the Ghostbusters reboot was released into a firestorm of rage and revulsion. What did the onslaught show us about film, fandom – and does it stand up today?
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 17/05/2026
Moldova was robbed. Absolute scandal. But mostly I'm just happy about who didn't win. #eurovision
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 02/04/2026
It is basically impossible to get Siri to play "Pop Muzik" by "M".
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 23/02/2026
Happy Birthday Link, The Legend of Zelda is 40 years old today. I was 6. A bit disappointing that Nintendo hasn't done anything to celebrate, I guess?
I am holding the 2021 "Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda", a green and gold handheld game with a full color LCD screen showing the Legend of Zelda title sequence.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 17/01/2026
Block all Trump agencies including the new ICE account by subscribing to this list. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 08/01/2026
Why do officers of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency need to be armed with lethal weapons? Serious question.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 25/12/2025
@ashens.bsky.social Good morning. Merry Christmas. All these years, still excellent.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 13/12/2025
The Infinite Monkey Cage was genuinely one of the best things the BBC produced, and if it continues without Robin, it will be infinitely poorer for it. I can't overstate how much respect I have for @robinince.bsky.social for standing up for human rights, for equality, and for kindness.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 12/11/2025
While a theoretical path exists for the US President acting as an individual to sue the BBC, the legal doctrines of foreign sovereign immunity and the First Amendment's high protections for speech about public officials make such a lawsuit exceptionally difficult to win.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 02/11/2025
Yesterday was the first baseball game I'd ever watched in my life. So I've been watching baseball for 2 days and I already hate the Dodgers.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 09/10/2025
There is no longer room for one more. apple.news/Ak91A6FMbTOC...
apple.news
Woman dies of apparent medical episode after riding Disneyland's Haunted Mansion — NBC News
The woman in her 60s became unresponsive after she went on the ride, a city spokesperson said. The coroner's office will determine the cause of death.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 08/10/2025
The new "cheaper" Tesla cars don't have any kind of radio in them. No AM, no FM. You shouldn't buy cars from fascists anyway, but car radios are often becoming many peoples last broadcast receiver.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 01/10/2025
I happened to have a spare Mac so now I can archive Computer Chronicles tapes even faster with my new Dedicated Digitization Station.
A workbench in a dark room on which sits a Betacam SP VCR, a Sony CRT monitor, a Mac Studio, and a small portable LCD monitor connected to the Mac Studio, showing an episode of "Computer Chronicles" being digitized.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 26/09/2025
Three lost episodes of the Computer Chronicles have been recovered, and more are coming. Watch them here. archive.org/details/@dav...
archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 25/09/2025
@lgr-yt.bsky.social I'm a volunteer for the Internet Archive. I know you've been interested in episodes of the Computer Chronicles in the past. I thought you might want to know we're slowly adding previously "lost" episodes found on tape. archive.org/details/@dav...
archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 24/09/2025
Watching (and capturing) a previously “lost” episode of Computer Chronicles.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 19/09/2025
It's that time of year again when I remind everyone who bought a new iPhone that they can transfer their stuff from their old one using a cable instead of wirelessly. It's faster. support.apple.com/en-us/117383...
support.apple.com
Use a wired connection to transfer data to a new iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
You can transfer your iPhone data to a different iPhone using a wired connection.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 11/09/2025
Political violence is a symptom of a diseased state, not the cause. When peaceful avenues for change are systematically destroyed, do not be surprised when people seek other paths. A regime that rules by force and fear relinquishes its right to condemn violence used against it.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 25/08/2025
Because the Logitech drivers require internet access (!), my mouse wheel scrolls the wrong way when my internet is down.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 24/08/2025
There's nothing wrong with flying your flag as an act of patriotism. But the people doing this on poles they don't own (and which are not flagpoles), aren't patriotic, they're nationalistic. They're not celebrating their country, they're advertising their hate of others. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
The questions about St George's and union jack flags lining British streets
With St George's and union jack flags appearing on many lampposts, we visit the epicentre of the phenomenon to find out why.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 12/08/2025
@textfiles.com Is it possible to flag/report an entire user on IA? archive.org/details/@its... All this users uploaded are just text file links to sketchy download sites.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 30/07/2025
This Friday and Saturday in Mountain View! Come see an exhibit about old British computers from some equally old guy. And there's some other stuff there too, I guess. vcfed.org/events/vinta...
vcfed.org
VCF West – Vintage Computer Federation
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 27/07/2025
Oh, this sucks. Tom Lehrer supposedly retired from comedy songwriting because he couldn't come up with anything more satirical than real life. What must he have thought about today. Rest in peace. You will live forever in my music library. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
nytimes.com
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 24/07/2025
VPN endpoints with the lowest latency to the UK are in the Netherlands, specifically, Amsterdam. Ireland, Germany, and Sweden are also pretty close and therefore good choices, but the Netherlands apparently has a good pipe. Just in case that's useful to anyone.
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Sutro Tower @sutrotower.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Millions count on me for emergency alerts, local voices, and adorable puppets with more integrity than half of Congress. I won’t stay silent while Trump guts public media in the dead of night. Your support is essential. Help keep your local PBS station strong. www.pbs.org/donate/
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WETA: public television and classical music for Greater Washington
WETA's mission is to produce and broadcast programs of intellectual integrity and cultural merit that recognize viewers' and listeners' intelligence, curiosity and interest in the world around them.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 13/07/2025
The AI upscaling used for the Live Aid rebroadcast became obvious almost immediately, with long shots of the crowd appearing as if viewed through some kind of diamond-shaped screen door effect. I guess I understand why they thought they had to do it. But a simple scale would have worked just fine.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"At the next junction, take a hard right"
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 11/06/2025
@cheapshow.bsky.social @e-loud.bsky.social Please tell Eli about the 70s Sesame Street disco album. youtu.be/qSk8AGmXI50
youtu.be
Sesame Street Fever (1978 vinyl version)
YouTube video by de.sebastiaan
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Palea 🦖🏳️‍⚧️ @palearaptor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I've had actual arguments with people about "Separating art from the artist." There's no separating this. Like Idk what to tell you, but trans people should be more important to you than like dobby the elf or whatever
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 29/05/2025
I have invented a new geographic coordinate encoding system, which I call "Adaptive Geocodes". You can play with the PoC tool here: davidcwga.github.io/agc.html
davidcwga.github.io
Adaptive Geocode (AGC) Tool
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Picard morality tip: If one side of a conflict preaches purity of bloodline above communal benefit for all, join the other side.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 22/05/2025
The Washington shooting is a tragedy. The over 55,000 killed so far in Gaza is a greater one. Murder is not acceptable, but neither is the ongoing genocide. It is not antisemitic to criticize the actions of the Israeli government. This must stop. All of it. To desire otherwise is bloodlust.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 20/05/2025
I pay for YouTube Premium, but the Google IO stream is showing me pop-up ads for phones over the video. If you still get ads after paying for Premium, what is the point of it?
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 18/05/2025
Israel continuing in Eurovision is not sustainable. If you have to constantly deal with protests and ultimately mute the audience, you should realize something is wrong. If Russia is not allowed in Eurovision then neither should Israel. Pick a side. #ESC
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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 18/05/2025
Hope everybody who voted for Israel has left the telly on to watch the news.
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David Glover-Aoki @davidga.me · 17/05/2025
Well fuck the juries, I guess? What was wrong with Iceland?!
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