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Martin @martinburch.com · 28/09/2026
Reading the latest #FREEZE64 is going to be much more interesting than looking out the window on this train (that’s restricted to about 30 mph). Say, @freeze64.bsky.social, why is DARTH VADER getting a mention in the issue-number box?
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
techdirt.com
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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Me, Shelle 🏳️‍⚧️ @shellebelle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
apple didnt want to build continuity mode for classic macs so i did it for them
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Low Frequency Ovipositor @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
Oooooh the touch-surface on the new #EMFCamp #Tildagon front-board is a lot of fun. I have App Ideas
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Chaos @shed.gay · 22/07/2026
My Null Sector set from EMFcamp is now on SoundCloud. soundcloud.com/donkfacts/el...
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Banging Donks bought to you by a clocky t-girl what's not to love 🥰 | Electromagnetic Field 2026
Many Thanks to the whole null sector and extended EMF team who spent countless hours making it possible. It's also the set which I've put the most amount of upfront work into and I really hope it sh
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pedesen @pedesen.social.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026
Really havin' a blast at #emfcamp
Three huge letters standing in the field: EMF. Sunset in the background. The photo has a low GameBoy camera style resolution.
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Documentally @documental.ly · 17/07/2026
Rushposting this week's Dispatch from #EMFCamp open.substack.com/pub/document...
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Deliberately Whimsical [586]
Greetings from EMFCamp...
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Martin @martinburch.com · 17/07/2026
#emfcamp #retrocomputing
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 16/07/2026
The hat, it lives #emfcamp
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Oh #emfcamp, I love you so much.
A display at EMF Camp entitled "The Museum of Manky Tea Towels". My hand is holding a zine which says "Why is this? Tea towels tell stories about people, places and things. You can change those stories. An unused tea towel is an insult to nature."
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doop @doop.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
CEEPHAX IS TALKING AT EMF!!!! zomfg i am unbelievably excited! didn’t clock it until someone mentioned - midday saturday arcade workshop omg!!!!
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Martin @martinburch.com · 16/07/2026
Now that’s how you get a good night’s sleep at EMF
A van advertising Dreamland Beds, at wholesale prices
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Martin @martinburch.com · 16/07/2026
Suddenly our EMF train is not an EMF train www.nationalrail.co.uk/live-trains/...
nationalrail.co.uk
National Rail Enquiries - Official source for UK train times and timetables
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Vivian @0x76.xirion.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
I might have an extra EMF ticket available, if anyone still needs one?
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Martin @martinburch.com · 16/07/2026
On the way to @emfcamp.bsky.social #emf #emfcamp #emfcamp26
A cordless phone with a sign in the background which says “powered sockets for laptops and phones between seats “
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Alona @alona.page · 12/07/2026
i was warned about the mad rush to get EMF tickets, but not the mad rust to sign up for volunteering to avoid the mad rust to get EMF tickets
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Tom Stepleton @stepleton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hello! Next Saturday at 4:30 PM, I'll speak at #EMFcamp Stage B on the obscure, innovative, unusual Flex computing environment for #PERQ workstations. (Demo included!) Fitting everything into a half-hour will be tough: expect fast talking, big gestures, and maybe a bell or gong to mark chapters...
Login splash screen for the RSRE Flex computing environment. The Flex logo is shown alongside "Evaluation Kit"; additional text shows a crown copyright notice, a solicitation of feedback, and basic instructions.
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Emma Charleston @undividual.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I keep having to try and explain what @emfcamp.bsky.social is to people who have never heard of it, and it occurred to me that this fake-EMF-talk generator (created by 'the hat village') kind of effortlessly captures the vibe/energy hat-village.codeberg.page/schedule/
hat-village.codeberg.page
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Martin @martinburch.com · 09/07/2026
The interplay of light and shadow on this field ☺️ Can you guess where it is?
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Martin @martinburch.com · 19/06/2026
My copy of @freeze64.bsky.social issue 85 arrived today, and today is a perfect day to read it
A copy of a magazine and a refreshing cold beverage under a shade tree with a sunny lawn in the background
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 15/06/2026
networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/netw... hi, did you like my book Networks of New York when it came out in 2016? you might like the updated 2026 edition which I'll be releasing in September and you can pre-order now
networksofny2026.bigcartel.com
Networks of New York, 2026 Edition (PRE-ORDER)
SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2026! Networks of New York is a book by me, Ingrid Burrington. It helps readers identify indicators of physical internet and telecommunications infrastructure in New York City. Usin...
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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 30/05/2026
New blog post! I came across a fully-interactive offline archive(!!) of a BBS from 1994 and wanted to share an interactive walkthrough of it. Let's explore 90s Kansai online and see what people were chatting about. cdrom.ca/games/2026/0...
cdrom.ca
A Trip to 90s Kansai: Exploring the XD FirstClass Network BBS
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The Centre for Computing History @computinghistory.org.uk · 13/06/2026
Happy Cambridge Pride day to all who celebrate! 🌈
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zhinxy and 1 other @zhinxy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I could have utilized Y2K technology to record and play back a loop of myself reading Goodnight Moon, instead of doing it 10 times a night, but the reason I did it myself SHOULD be obvious...
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The Retro Collective @retrocollective.co.uk · 09/06/2026
Event: www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.p... It's a privilege to announce that our next guest speaker is Hermann Hauser on Sunday 5th July. We recommend booking now as tickets are selling quickly for this one.
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Matt Muir @mattmuir.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Sick of AI, social media and horrible tech? Celebrate the good bits of the internet with THE TINY AWARDS 2026! The Tiny Awards celebrate the small, non-commercial, fun, silly, poetic, frivolous web - nominate your favourite site from the past year here, and please tell the world: tinyawards.net
A screenshot of the Tiny Awards homepage
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Beautifully presented look at how oil and gas exploration can affect wildlife www.nytimes.com/interactive/... by Katherine Chui & @catrineinhorn.bsky.social
nytimes.com
Dive Into a Very Noisy Sea With Some Very Rare Whales
Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Researchers say sonic blasts from oil exploration are a top threat to the species. See and hear why.
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Martin @martinburch.com · 31/05/2026
Thanks to @museumofcomputing.bsky.social for showing me Teletext on the BBC Micro at #RetroFest2026. Here's the souvenir photo from my "modern" Apple QuickTake made in 1995 ;)
A person standing next to an old microcomputer system.
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Martin @martinburch.com · 31/05/2026
Thanks to @computinghistory.org.uk for bringing BBC Domesday Discs to @shortcircuit.org.uk's retrofest.uk. There's nothing like experiencing this pathbreaking project from the 80s in its original format. Look at the size of that LaserDisc! 💿
A person holds a large optical disc
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Martin @martinburch.com · 27/05/2026
I feel like sky-based art is perfect for Bluesky jovijuan.com/first-light/... 🎨 💙 🧡 try making your own light painting by erasing the sky in my friend’s interactive work of art 🖌️
jovijuan.com
First Light: Paint a New Vision of light ||| By Jovi Juan
Scratch out a sunrise, find emergent worlds of colour
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Martin @martinburch.com · 23/05/2026
@reggitsti.bsky.social I wanted to let you know I found a bug on page 91 of Electronic Dreams 😊 which I’m really enjoying reading this weekend
A close up view of the corner of a hardback book showing page 91 and some text with a small green insect
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Martin @martinburch.com · 23/05/2026
@reggitsti.bsky.social I wanted to let you know I found a bug on page 91 of Electronic Dreams 😊 which I’m really enjoying reading this weekend
A close up view of the corner of a hardback book showing page 91 and some text with a small green insect
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Martin @martinburch.com · 12/05/2026
Wait for it...
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Martin @martinburch.com · 07/05/2026
🤷
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Martin @martinburch.com · 06/05/2026
computinghistory.org.uk appreciation post and also this clock in particular
A promotional clock for Digital Equipment Corporation showing the slogan “a solution at the end of every RAINBOW”
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Martin @martinburch.com · 06/05/2026
Silly games on dumb terminals at computinghistory.org.uk “does it look like a cat? YES”
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Martin @martinburch.com · 21/01/2026
It's 2024. Life is different, and @b3ta.com 📧 929 has an idea. * SAY I'M YOUR NO 1 - a quiz that uses all the UK no 1s and looks up how many views they've had on youtube and you have to guess which one has better or crapper numbers. Better late than never 🎉 numberones.martinburch.com
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Norbert Landsteiner @handle.invalid · 09/11/2025
PET Invaders – Release! As the Earth Space Monitoring Network sounds alarm, you and your LASER tank are Planet Earth's only hope… Exciting space arcade PETSCII action for Commodore PET (40 cols, 16K RAM)! Downloads & online emulation at: www.masswerk.at/pet/prgs/#pet-invaders
Teaser poster for "PET Invaders".
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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
When you repeatedly measure the positions of over a billion stars so accurately that you can see a star moving by an amount equal to the size of a pinhead on the Moon, as seen from Earth... you find amazing things! It's great. mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosb...
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John Carlos Baez (@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)
Holy crap! The Gaia space telescope is expected to find 120,000 ± 22,000 planets orbiting other stars! Most will be super-Jupiters, because those are the easiest to find. But we'll know much more ...
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Floppy Days Podcast @floppydays.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Only 12 days left! Please help support getting this book printed about the little-known Sphere computer! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bzo...
kickstarter.com
Go Computer Now! – The Story of Sphere Computers
A book telling the extraordinary story of Sphere, a 1970s Utah personal computer maker far ahead of its time—until its sudden collapse.
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Martin @martinburch.com · 01/11/2025
Feels like a perfect autumn album, like a road trip to a pumpkin patch in a comfortable knit haleyheynderickxmaxgarciaconover.bandcamp.com/track/boars "Haley Heynderickx and Max Garcia Conover return with another set of gorgeous Folk songs ... inspired by the life and music of Woody Guthrie."
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Boars, by Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
from the album What of Our Nature
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Mac Themes Garden @macthemes.garden · 31/10/2025
Halloween - Snowman macthemes.garden/themes/d4ea71672a4…
A preview of the Mac theme "Halloween" by "Snowman"
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 30/10/2025
Recently I’ve been combing through newspapers from a hundred years ago, and in the spirit of the season (and in the spirit of procrastination) I’ve assembled a little gallery of Halloween advertisements from 1925 on my site: dansinker.com/posts/202…
an ad featuring two jack-o-lantern acorns and the text 'It's fun to run a Halloween party
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Martin @martinburch.com · 30/10/2025
Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
A screenshot of the original Quibbles game showing 3 green creatures running across brown tracks and three player characters with stats.
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Martin @martinburch.com · 15/09/2025
Absolutely not. I want my notes to be private and have no chance of escaping, much less resulting in notifications.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 22/08/2025
Spot Daphne enjoying her front-row seat as the sparrows enjoy the spa ...
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Martin @martinburch.com · 13/07/2025
#Podcast and audio people, if you can, get outside and join me at the second annual Tremula Festival this September. I'll be speaking again, this year on tips for international scriptwriting. tremula.network/festival
tremula.network
Tremula Festival 2025 — Tremula Network
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Martin @martinburch.com · 25/12/2024
*beep* PhoenixBIOS Energy Star *dit dit dit dit ... brrrrr* HIMEM is testing extended memory ... done. *chuga chuga whrrrr chuga chuga* Error reading drive A Let's hear your old personal computer memories.
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 02/07/2025
We all like to joke about July being "Gay Wrath Month" but it's actually Disability Pride Month, so have the Disability Pride Flag from VGAPride and my AST Premmia LX MS-DOS machine
A beige desktop with a CRT, showing the Disability pride flag
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Martin @martinburch.com · 30/06/2025
Post your favourite Doctor Who Wrong Answers only.
media.tenor.com
a man in a star trek uniform says please state the nature of the medical emergency while standing in a dark room
ALT: a man in a star trek uniform says please state the nature of the medical emergency while standing in a dark room
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