MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Meet my new home phone. Why, is a long story, but this is a VoIP unit which I plug my analogue phones into and it talks over the internet to a new phone provider. I can actually have my home phone on my mobile and do other tricks I was doing with cloud PBX's in 2013, but that's another story. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have some battery powered minecraft ores that were sitting on the shelf. I decided to convert them to USB power and attach them to Home Assistant so they can be turned on and off automatically. 120
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Probably some sex maniac deliberately making the point I'd guess. 011
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Another bodge job. This chinese USB powered light died. The LED's draw 8-9v, so I had to use a step-up transformer. I control the brightness by altering the resistor pot. The bonus is that I can now turn it on and off at the USB socket so Home Assistant can now control it. Not ideal, but it works. 010
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just don't store the file in compressed format. It doesn't work. Store as wav and then convert to tap format later. 120
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026SPACESHIPS ▸ wave 15 · 60 wrecked · #1 today ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ NAVIGATOR I can you beat it? spaceships.treybastian.comspaceships.treybastian.comSPACESHIPSInverted Asteroids: you are not the ship. Place gravity wells and sling the rocks. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026SPACESHIPS ▸ wave 15 · 57 wrecked ▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░ NAVIGATOR I can you beat it? spaceships.treybastian.comspaceships.treybastian.comSPACESHIPSInverted Asteroids: you are not the ship. Place gravity wells and sling the rocks. 011
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The secret? Don't overthink it. Just throw the asteroids around and create carnage. 010
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Aww. Somebody get that man a wheelchair and a blanky for his legs. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's totally safe and you can turn it off... said the company that said you could turn off tracking... but it didn't actually turn it off - www.howtogeek.com/turning-off-...howtogeek.comTurning Off Your Location Doesn't Turn Off TrackingThe many, many ways your phone is being tracked with freakish accuracy. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Live Rewind" now instead of asking your waiter to repeat that last bit, you can break the conversation and leave them standing there like a moron while you fiddle with your watch. thetab.com/2026/09/10/h...thetab.comHow Apple's creepy new Live Rewind feature works, that lets you replay real conversationsWe are actually living in an episode of Black Mirror 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Are Americans really unaware of this? Do they think they're getting free money? This is precisely why he should be politically cripped. 070
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump offered everyone $5,000. That's $1 trillion. Without detail, the obvious conclusion is that it would be added to the national debt, or people would be paying with their taxes. So US citizens would be paying it to themselves, with the largest part of the burden falling on the middle class. 65117
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It took three weeks for the new battery to come, but it's finally assembled and ready for closure. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You're concerned about the loss of your way of life. I get it. I share that concern. But putting fascists in power isn't going to solve it. It'll make it much, much worse. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You're not going to stop one set of extremists taking power, by handing the keys to another set of extremists. Life under fascism is no joke. Ask any German who remembers living through it. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The only blessing that we have is that they don't have guns. But if they got into power they can give themselves that right. And then the whole game changes. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You can see what's happening in the USA with lawful citizens being shot and killed by ICE in broad daylight. What kind of disconnect makes you think that won't happen here? 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What do you think they'd do to you? Right now, the christian far right fascists are a much larger threat to our way of living. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As far as I can tell, she was white, English… all she did, basically, was disagree with them. And she was assaulted to a degree where Reform says she deserved it. Is that really the kind of people you want in power in this country? 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Also, look at the woman who was physically assaulted at the Reform conference this month. Then listen to the Reform people who say she deserved it. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Do you even know what their standards are? If you don't, then examining Nigel Farage's history and beliefs is a good start. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I ask you to consider this… if the far right got into power in the UK today… what do you reckon your chances that you won't be a target? Do you measure up to their standards? 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The disabled, roma, the aged, anyone who didn't fit their bill of the aryan race was a target. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We fought wars against fascism. The fascists weren't kind to the German people either. Anyone who didn't fit their narrative was killed. Look up the T4 euthanasia program. It wasn't only the jews who were gassed by the nazis. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There is truth that some want the UK to follow islam doctrine. It's on the radar. But of bigger concern is the christian far right. And they are using the fear of islam to drive people into their clutches. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Fear is a potent weapon. The fear that your way of living, all that you've strived and fought for, being usurped and torn to shreds is a very real and justified fear. I don't minimise that concern. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The message here is... don't try and use history to justify blatant racism. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What I write now, is purely for illustration to the people who have no sense of history. To those who are banging on about sending immigrants "home"... as a Celt I say, that's fine by me. Pack your bags Norman boy, and don't let the door of the RORO ferry smack you in the arse on your way out. 110
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Sir Ken Robinson did this presentation 20 years ago. I keep going back to it and the more I learn about neurodivergence, the more I keep going back to what he is saying about our society. It is about time that society, our education system and social values changed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9C...youtube.comDo schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TEDYouTube video by TED 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026But also, the suggestion of using a metronome might be worth considering. Outside reference for time. 100
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I'd send the recording to claude.ai and see what it says. Seriously.claude.aiClaudeClaude is Anthropic's AI, built for problem solvers. Tackle complex challenges, analyze data, write code, and think through your hardest work. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026News about MS capping game pass to 15 hours a month cloud gaming. With what Sony are currently arguing in court, I believe we're moving to a pay per play - no more buying a game or more taking out a subscription but I reckon they'll move to an hourly rate while playing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukXbox to limit cloud gaming to 15 hours a month for Game Pass usersXbox said the limits were due to the rising cost of cloud gaming, and would allow it to invest more in its performance 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I know little about Jazz, but I've been following the releases from Analogue October Records and I'm enjoying their selection so far. This is a new one from Henry Lowther and... it's signed! Can't wait to clean this and get it on the turntable. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Mum likes the honey mustard salad dressing, but doesn't get on with the seeds, so we made our own. Next time, a little more cornflour. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026No chance. The only thing that a criminal usually resents, is being caught. In this case they got away without admitting wrong doing or being found guilty. Their law, if I understand it, makes their duty to shareholders their primary responsibility. So, no, they won't. 060
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Reviewed - "Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal" by @robinince.bsky.social msknight.co.uk/reviews/072....msknight.co.ukMichelle Knight's Authors page. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Because while it can't be trusted, occasionally it points to a rock which is worth turning over. 000
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Given the high levels of far right activity and media bias in the UK, I am not surprised. As for the US... yeah... well... 110
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Unfortunately, they have. I cut the list because it would be too long to get in here. Professor Monika Gabriela Bartoszewicz UiT The Arctic University of Norway has signed. 150
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026AI also said, "Some signatories are listed as independent, retired, private, anonymous, or without an identifiable institution, and a small number have multiple affiliations." 130
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Majority are from the US and UK - no surprise. United States 174 United Kingdom 157 Germany 30 Australia 19 Canada 17 Italy 16 Netherlands 15 Sweden 14 France 13 Belgium 12 Spain 11 Denmark 10 3251
MSKnight @msknight.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If you want to know what the fuss is about with the trans issue in the UK today and you've got a few hours to go into the depths, I wrote "The Truth About Trans" which was started in 2018 and has been expanded as things happen - msknight.com/loas/archive...msknight.comThe Truth About Trans – Life Of A Stranger 000