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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

TIL that it's 70 years since the first commercial hard drive shipped. It stored 3.75 Mb of data, and was two metres high. 70 years! Today there's > 200 zetabytes of stored data, nearly a billion billion times more. Has anyone found the Marie Kondo of data? www.computerhistory.org/storageengin...

Picture of a stack of 50 black disks and the equipment to read the data around it. Also this text: "In 1954 Reynold Johnson assembled a team at the IBM R&D Laboratory at 99 Notre Dame Ave., San Jose, California charged with developing fast mass storage systems to replace punched cards and magnetic tape in accounting and inventory control applications. Informed by Jacob Rabinow’s ideas at NBS, IBM developed and shipped the first commercial Hard Disk Drive (HDD), the Model 350 disk storage unit, to Zellerbach Paper, San Francisco in June 1956 as part of the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) system. "

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Lavaita @lavaita.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was part of a lottery-funded, British Library-led project called Unlocking Our Sound Heritage which set up a bunch of hubs that should be digitising collections for institutions around the UK. I don’t own a player for those tapes but they do. Your nearest hub was at the Uni of Leicester.

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Professor of digitisation of cultural heritage here, and Transfer Magic are indeed a good shout! Townsweb archiving also another contender (www.townswebarchiving.com/digitisation...) - talk to them both.

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

He asked me: son of man, can these old tapes be played?

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I want to save their voices from the ravages of time and degradation of old tape. To return them to their heyday, half a century past. To resurrect their friends, for just a moment, in the immortality of song.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I want to hear it. I want us all to hear it. Nobody at the church today has heard this recording. I doubt anyone knew it existed, or knows it exists still, hidden at the back of the safe. I want to digitise it. Make copies. Play it at their final service. Give them it as a gift, as we say goodbye.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But here's the thing. I was in the church safe. It's over a hundred years old, and there's always something to be discovered. And at the back, behind the record books, were some tapes. A two-part recording of the choir, from back when they were at their best.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm going to tell you a story and then, at the end, I'm going to ask you if anyone happens to have the niche knowledge I need to help... The story begins, as so many of my stories do, in an ancient church in the middle of a city. But it's not now. And it's not hundreds of years ago. It's the 1960's

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

also genuinely what's the point of doing anything if we have conceded that the state can't apply the existing law on fascists taking violent action? like. we might as well just fold now, lie in the middle of the road and hope to die

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

or "coalition government" as literally every other civilised country would frame it.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If buying isn't owning...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is the news I've been waiting for: Blackwell's will be stocking my new short story collection, which means readers outside the UK can pre-order it for September 15th with FREE INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY... Oh yes, and they have SIGNED copies too! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

My latest book, being guarded by Rod, our friendly garden herring gull.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Emmanuel v Cofnas shows - controversial research eg race & hereditary is protected as academic freedom [sone standards] - racist polemics mostly lawful speech too. No absolute right to extreme speech & esp conduct that override all commitments to collegiate culture, reputation & everything else

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Ghent University suspends Cofnas, a supporter of eugenics and biological racism. Prior to his role in the Arday controversy, the department in Ghent had issued an account doubting the opaque recruitment process was on merit, or that he was qualified for the role www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university

Nathan Cofnas says he is being investigated for discriminating against the late Cambridge professor.

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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

who henches the henchmen?

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Jessica Gale @secretsongoflight.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Who milks the milkman?

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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This “plan” assumes there is never another global energy shock that causes a global gas price spike. It is not a plan. It is wishful thinking.

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@legaleagle.tv was just watching your Tunick video. Could he make an argument that /he/ didn't delete the data, because all he did was say some numbers, which the officer entered? Given the plausible argument that he legally didn't have to comply by giving the correct PIN due to his 5A rights?

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 17/08/2026

Companies will change their API, or their app, or whatever and break things. They should be obligated to carry emergency traffic the same way broadcasters are.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/08/2026

1. Recently I’ve received lots of emails from people I don’t know personally, asking for my feedback on their books or papers. They explain the connection between my work and theirs and ask me to take a look. The catch, of course, is that the emails are transparently, obviously, written by AI.

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

People talking on the phone on TV: "Wait, is this conversation getting more important or threatening? Let me switch to my covert ear"

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Discover more: bettercoalition.co.uk 🧵4/4

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Discover more: bettercoalition.co.uk 🧵 3/4

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Britain is facing a crisis of trust and power. That's why today we're launching Better! - an alliance to remove the grip on power, wealth and information by the few - and return it to the many - for a better future for all. 🧵1/4

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Open Britain @openbritain.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The investigation into Nigel Farage’s £5 million gift can now resume following his return to Parliament. The standards inquiry was paused when he resigned. Defeating Count Binface in Clacton doesn’t settle the questions around political funding and accountability.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The world passed 100 GW of total installed data centres in the last year (UK electricity generation last year was 34 GW, so that's *huge*). I've just spoken to Gigatons, who want a future where datacentres really are net-zero, no water places. Is it possible? Fascinating podcast, out tomorrow!

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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Two-player Elite on the #BBCMicro is finally feature-complete. Phew, that was a long road! Got a few bugs to fix, but the Acorn team at @tnmoc.bsky.social have road-tested and given it a thumbs up, so that's a good sign. September release, I hope... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit #elite

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tell me your view of reality comes directly from extwitter dot com without etc

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Gwyntaglaw @gwyntaglaw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

ROSES ARE RED WISE PEOPLE KNOW LOTS,

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jcb @joshbelville.com · 05/08/2026

You can tell Musk et al desperately want slavery back because they don't seem to understand that there are better, more functional shapes than "humanoid."

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

JYMBOB PLANS TO DEFINITELY COMMIT TO THAT NEW FITNESS PLAN FOR REAL THIS TIME NOT LIKE THE LAST FOUR FITNESS PLANS THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT TRUST ME THIS IS THE ONE I CAN FEEL IT 2026 IS THE YEAR I GET IT ALL TOGETHER

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

JULIA PLANS TO KEEP A BABY DINOSAUR AS A PET

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barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

anyway, the question being posed is something more akin to "is ADHD defined too broadly, such that everyone gets a diagnosis, treatment, and accommodations even if I don't think they deserve them?" and the answer to *that* is a hearty "fuck you."

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 03/08/2026

How many warning signs do we need before we take action? Force this government to step up on climate, before it's too late 👇 goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/time…

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

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Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media

For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

the most annoying thing about the What We Should Have Done With COVID discourse is that the actual viable option to accept more health risk in exchange for less disruption was not to rawdog the plague, it was to push the vaccine wide earlier with worse trial data

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Channel surfing with Harry Belafonte performing "Earth Song" on The Muppet Show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPaK...

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Harry Belafonte and The Muppets - Earth Song (short version)

YouTube video by Lenus

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Open Britain @openbritain.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If this Government wants to rebuild trust, it has to fix the system that keeps weakening it. Start a National Commission on Electoral Reform. Ask whether our voting system fit for purpose. Build a democracy that actually reflects how people vote. www.uglypolitix.com/p/what-is-political-capital-for

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jdmcgregor.bsky.social @jdmcgregor.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

As someone living in the UK, it blows my mind that this is even a debate.

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Can't believe I saw Jerry in "Quiet Posters"

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Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I must share an old friend’s clever reply to someone actually asking, “If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?”, which was: “When you’re smart, you’ll know.” 😏

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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Downplay a book or movie: The hurried and the disgruntled

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hey TV people, don't say stupid things like this on TV.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Robert Jenrick touting for the job of chancellor to run the nations finances yet unable to explain where, when and how Reform gets its money. All political careers end in failure but some deserve to go faster and harder than others.

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