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Looks like 7.5 IPS, mono, if that's helpful to others

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I know someone whose hobbies include very old computers and part of that is getting software off old degraded media. He asks: are there any indicators of whether it might be mono or stereo, and what playback speed?

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

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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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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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Nah, we've got a fair few words for sex, but if you want to know what we /really/ like to describe, it's all the various ways you can be intoxicated.

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

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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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...

Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I vote for the incredibly satisfying final season of Reboot. Alternatively it's "Doreen the Friendly Hammer," the preschool show with talking workshop tools which fix poorly furniture with hugs then sing a song about tool safety I was trying to convince my in-laws existed a couple of months ago.

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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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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I didn't see the original post but her reply just reads as her usual "actually I didn't say that and actually I think something different so you lose and I win again now go away" This is her standard smug reply when someone suggests "do <thing> - Rowling will hate it"

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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 · 18/08/2026

It might be if it were actually going to 1. Increase the amount of locally produced fuel available by more than 1% and 2. Actually create more than a handful of jobs We've added more battery and solar capacity on the last 5 years than Sizewell C is set to generate. We don't actually need oil & gas.

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 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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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

This is the exact reason that when we do our weekly shop I only put about 5-10% of it in my pockets instead of through the till. I view pricing as guidelines and I should not be punished for that by draconian enforcement infrastructure, and do not acknowledge the security guard's authority.

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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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"...operating at PhD levels of intelligence..."

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

"Hmm. The manual says there's an optional remote control. Let me just see if anyone has previously integrated it into Home Assistant... Okay, I've found a github repo with 23 stars last updated in 2019. Grepping... It looks like there's an undocumented API. I'll build a quick web UI to test... Done"

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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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In my day job we encourage everyone to try to think adversarially about the "helpful tools" we're building. Helps that there are so many examples to point at of how a product was just a bit too helpful and someone took advantage of that. 🙄 It's the unknown unknowns I lose sleep over.

... I wasn't going to accept that "they'd call <friend with spare room who knew about the situation>" after I left. We drove together to the friend's house. I can't know for certain but have strong suspicions that if they'd been left on their own that evening it would not have ended happily. 3/3

They are very intelligent and reasonably athletic so delay/diversion tactics they had to discount first included figuring out that actually I meant going with them even if they ran into the woods nearby, or if they climbed a tree, and that while they easily conned the person on the crisis hotline 2/

I have *once* been the person in the room when a friend was in crisis, and only when I'd calmly explained that I wasn't actually going to leave their side until we agreed they weren't going to do anything drastic were they able to actually start to think rationally about how they could get help. 1/

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

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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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Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Quiet conversations about just how long they can keep him sedated "so he doesn't make any unhinged social media posts" before anyone notices