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Chris Jamieson

@mogwaay.bsky.social
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Retro tinkerer, none of the gear, vague idea... Also at @mogwaay@oldbytes.space

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ahhh I missed so many good bands during the 2010s, I blame the kids! Just getting into DIIV and they are very much my jam...
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Ian Hanschen @furan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The core I’ve been working on for the Graphics Gremlin HDMI now supports the following: - Full VGA feature set (includes CGA and EGA) - VESA support for 8-bpp bank-switched modes: 320x200, 320x240, 320x400, 400x300, 640x400, 640x480, 800x600 - MDA as a configurable secondary adapter on 4-bpp HDMI
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026
Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oof wasn't mentally prepared to wake up to a double bit of fascism this morning, really need to stop casually checking the news whilst making breakfast...
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Since we’re inevitability doing “no return to the failed policies of the 1970s”. Yes, I know there are all sorts of qualifications to the figures and circumstances have changed, but it’s really not as simple as so many appear to think.
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Two-player #BBCMicro Elite now has a two-player dashboard Each player has their own set of indicators: speed, attitude control, fore and aft shields, laser temperature, energy, missiles and compass They share the scanner, which works well It’s starting to feel like a proper game! #retrocomputing
Two-player Elite with a two-player dashboard
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 09/05/2026
This is appalling and totally unsurprising. All populists attack the press and rely on their own personal media to spread their propaganda. It should be resisted at every turn.
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☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The difference is, the UK’s king only has a ceremonial role in its democracy. Whereas the US now only has a ceremonial democracy.
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Holy-Chuck-Knuckles! I've finally managed to get round to trying @snuggsy187.bsky.social AMAZING Chuckulus and I've such a big grin on my face - astounding achivement, really fun to play, great Chuckie Egg feel and looks amazing, bravo! (and my ElkULA replacement is happy with it too, phew!)
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Yeah this article www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... seems to get at what I think is a major issue in UK at the mo "those on top have discovered an even easier formula for building wealth: buy up the basic tenets of our lives, heap them with debt, and push the consequences on to the little people."
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
from 2019
[Scene is a MOON BASE on the moon. The Moonbase has an AMAZON logo on the top of its domed glass roof. From inside it, we hear a voice.]:

WHEEEE

Cut to interior scene. We see it is the voice of a man in a space suit, bouncing around in the low gravity, having a great time. We gradually realise that this man is Jeff Bezos.

Boing  

haha.

Wheeee!

[close in on Jeff's face] 

JEFF BEZOS:
Alexa!

 Set gravity to ‘Earth’.

ALEXA HOME SPEAKER:
Sure! Ending poverty on Earth now…

JEFF BEZOS:
No! 

Alexa, *stop*…

Set gravity levels to 'Earth'. 

ALEXA:
Sure Jeff.

 Whum. [Jeff gently sticks to the ground]

[Pause.]

ALEXA:

Jeff - would you like to continue with:  'End poverty on Earth'?

[Jeff thinks about this for a very long time, his face in a rictus of awkwardness. His eyes dart left and right in his head, while he is frozen in thought. This goes on for many panels.]

[in the final panel it just cuts to Jeff bouncing again, saying "Wheee"]

[Ends]
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Daphne Blake @itscrapcontent.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Do you like retro games ? And do you like lists ? And do you like 80s music ? Then you might like this itv chart show type rip off but games with a hint of music …..thanks youtube.com/watch?v=Koa8...
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#That-Retro-Chart-Show Jun - 1989
YouTube video by Daph Blake
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 16/03/2026
"Iran, which is completely defeated, is disrupting the Strait with the navy and missiles we've completely destroyed and that is unacceptable because it is making the oil price go up, which is good actually, and NATO which I do not support needs to come rescue us immediately. Thank you for your a..."
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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
CHUCKULUS - for the Acorn Electron Version 1.0 now available ! 🥳 github.com/Snuggsy187/C... Download and play on an Emulator or real hardware ! ....or play online in Electroniq - an emulator by @0xc0de.bsky.social
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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This phenomenal bit of 8-bit music is wasted on an Amstrad game from 1987 that no one remembers. youtu.be/Y8CMScjD82o?...
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Hydrofool Spectrum In-Game Music
YouTube video by Chris Wilkins
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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So, the smartphone ban in schools is going well … the Stephen Collins cartoon
What are the implications of the smartphone ban for education?
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Spotted these in an Italian deli out and about and had to pick them up after @adriansdigitalbasement.com featured them in a turbo mail call and they looked so good!
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
When I worked in hotels, calling our local phone number - get this - made the phone ring at the front desk and it was MY JOB to answer that phone and help people. I want us to return to that world. It was more fun when we just helped each other and didn't try to avoid each other.
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Dudley of Yesterzine @yesterzine.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
It takes a village. Lee is also there.
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𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚕𝚒 @rudolphucker.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A rare early rehearsal shot from Star Wars of Chewbacca and Han Solo before they settled on the final costumes we all love today
Geoffrey and Bungle from Rainbow wearing sci-fi space costumes.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 15/09/2025
If you’ve enjoyed my videos over the last few years I’d love to see you at my live shows. My tour starts in a month and sales have been slower than last year - probably partly because I’m not on X anymore. But it’s a fun show and I’d love more people to see it! www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...
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Matt Green Tickets, Tour and Concert Dates – www.livenation.co.uk
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Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
View from my studio. I know because of all the immigrants coming here and erasing our culture it's hard to tell - but this is actually in England.
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Tomb💀Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
i reverse-engineered the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5! check it out at github.com/schlae/cm5-r...
board layout in KiCad with lots of layers and colors
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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
In case you're wondering why racists are scrawling the George cross everywhere instead of the Union Jack, it's because it's much easier to draw and they're all very thick
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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Oops. Forgot to mention the *minimum* age. You ALSO have to be OLD enough to be a university student. So no children or babies please.
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Currently on Caledonian Sleeper train to Aberdeen, love it... Night night 😴
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Had a fantastic time at The Woodcraft Folk #camp100 celebrations, many thanks to the organisers for all their hard work. It had a great festival feel. Loved meeting people of all ages and I even remembered some names too!
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Mark Moxon @markmoxon.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
It's done! I have just released the Compendium version of #Elite for the #Acorn #Electron. This massively enhanced version of the original game contains pretty much every feature of #BBCMicro Elite, but on the Electron. Just add 16K of sideways RAM. Links in thread. #retrocomputing #retrogaming
Lave in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron EliteThe Constrictor mission in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron EliteA Dodo station in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron EliteA Thargoid in the Compendium version of Acorn Electron Elite
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Oof feeling gloomy today. Really feel post WWII folks tried to setup things to stop that kind of thing happening again and it's just been slowly demolished in the decades since as just wasteful red-tape and all that, so here we are again...
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RoseTintedSpectrum @rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This Man Is Buying Commodore.
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museumofcomputing.bsky.social @museumofcomputing.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The Museum of Computing would like to thank @shortcircuit.org.uk for organising the amazing RetroFest event in our home town of Swindon. It was a pleasure to collaborate with them and we met so many wonderful visitors and exhibitors. We look forward to supporting next year's event!
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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I went down a rabbit hole. Looking at Google's search results, the individual film review of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning that it's given the most prominence to isn't from a big outlet. It's from someone who appears to have written two movie reviews in their life. #filmsky #ai
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Google, and the mystery of its top-ranked Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning review
The most prominent review of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning via Google search is, well, something of a mystery.
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Cyningstan @cyningstan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Most of my posts here are about DOS. But about a decade ago I wrote a trio of games for the Sinclair #zxspectrum 16k. You can find the collection on Itch: itch.io/c/1083708/th...
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The Cyningstan ZX Spectrum 16k Collection - Collection by Cyningstan
A collection by Cyningstan
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Gosunkugi @gosunkugi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Remastering Star Wars: A New Hope, but the only change is adding a HP Sauce bottle to all the tables.
Han Solo, in a scene from Star Wars, is waiting for chips at his local wetherspoons with best friend Greedo. Greedo is upset that he used the app rather than going up to the bar like a normal patron.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 02/04/2025
If you are going to report how "reciprocal" these tariffs are or how they quantify trade barriers and economic injustices... ... please keep in mind they're not, becuase that would have required work. Instead just did: COUNTRY'S US SURPLUS --------------------------- = Rate% ITS EXPORTS TO US
Tweet from James Surowiecki. It reads: 

Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.

It quotes another of his tweets which reads: 
It's also important to understand that the tariff rates that foreign countries are supposedly charging us are just made-up numbers. South Korea, with which we have a trade agreement, is not charging a 50% tariff on U.S. exports. Nor is the EU charging a 39% tariff.
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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
FB reminds me of a 13 year old letter to the Daily Mail which rendered all subsequent letters to the Daily Mail redundant. This was the pinnacle.
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Finally! A versioning system I understand without getting tied up in knots about which digit I should bump in my stupid projects!
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Made my own little trace finding, continuity testing brush probe out of some old multi core electrical cable. Just soldered the ends together and attached to a banana jack lead, works quite well, happy with that.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 16/01/2025
Somewhere in China a terrified nerd is trying to explain to a panel of interrogators that the huge USD transfers he's received are just fees for helping the world's richest man, who has the direct ear of the US President-elect, fake being really good at the early-access version of niche video game.
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Last chance to get Moustachios Midnight Moonshine, an amazing ZX Speccy compilation for a good cause! ko-fi.com/s/1bbc65e2e2 I've just snapped up my copy after family members failing to take the hints for Xmas!
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Moustachio's Midnight Moonshine - Midnight Brew Games's Ko-fi Shop
A compilation of our full digital catalogue, plus a wide selection of the very best in Spectrum bedroom coding from the last few years. All proceeds ...
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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Chuckulus > Christmasulus Just wanted to say Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year ! Looking forward to more retro shenanigans in 2025 ! 🥰 .....Still haven't fixed that sound ! 🙄
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WhatHoSnorkers @whathosnorkers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
youtu.be/mZ9GT_OwsR4 Look how lovely and blue that sky is! It must be CHRISTMAS!
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Clyde Bish delivers Santa Post for the ZX Spectrum (1983)
YouTube video by WhatHoSnorkers
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Chris Jamieson @mogwaay.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
This just looks incredible, I am just in love with it, and on an Elk too!
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Snuggsy187 @snuggsy187.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
WIP ! Slow progress due to pre-xmas chaos, but getting some extra features in like bouncing off walls, jumping off / grabbing ladders ! A few alignment issues to sort out, but it's getting there ! 🤯 The sound has gone a bit weird - must fix that ! 🙄
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Dudley of Yesterzine @yesterzine.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
If you're going to be alone or too not alone any time over this period, we're running Sub5000TV again on the 25th, and forever on demand. A feel good youtube gaming/retro TV channel that never mentions any specific holiday. To give you an idea, here's last year's. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Sub5000TV 2023 - YouTube
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