I won't read anything thats not headed by painstakingly created ASCII art

A person with tousled hair, wearing a striped sweater, sits at a cluttered desk with vintage computers and tapes, exuding a retro tech vibe.

The genius 8-bit programmer himself... Matthew Smith.

A doge that is also a UK police officer

UK government dream increasingly made reality

“oi bruv you had better no be posting on ye olde intehnet wivout a loicense”

#neovim Development News

The 0.12 version will improve `nvim_get_commands()` output dictionaries:

- `complete` field will be Lua function if it was used during command creation.
- `preview` and `callback` will also be function fields.

PR:
- github.com/neovim/neovi...

Thought for the day: if there is a UK under-16 social media ban, the party which most appeals to 16-year-olds “out of the starting gate” will win the next election There will be a voter demographic who will suddenly have to make a first time choice re: who to vote for, having also immersed themselves for the first time in social media over the previous 11 mon…

Thought for the day: if there is a UK under-16 social media ban, the party which most appeals to 16-year-olds “out of the starting gate” will win the next election
https://alecmuffett.com/article/145761
#Under16 #censorship #ofcom #uk #voting

Why is the KIM-1, s slow and minimal Computer so relevant for computing history? Let the pope Jim Butterfield tell you: groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.c... :

You can never have too much RAM or too much disk space on your desktop or too many HP calculators on your phone.

The Matrix movie poster.

Post a movie that deserves a sequel!

The comic they tried to ban is back! Celebrating 50 years since the first issue of the controversial ACTION, Rebellion are publishing an all-new oversized Special in April. Stories by Garth Ennis, John Higgins, @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social @stazjohnson.bsky.social Mike Dorey @paddyg.bsky.social & me.

a photo of a 3.5" floppy disk

there is a woman on TikTok who has been arguing for months now with randos that keep insisting that nobody called 3.5" disks "floppy disks" or "floppies" at the time. it's weird. no matter what kind of proof she provides or how many agree with her, people are coming out of the woodwork to disagree

Ready to celebrate the half-century (!) birthday of the KIM-1?

github.com/netzherpes/K...

All hail the 6502 - #ChuckPeddleDay

@burgerbecky.bsky.social is one of the reasons why so many great games came to the Macintosh. If it wasn't for her talent and leadership, an entire generation of amazing titles wouldn't have been accessible to so many.

Becky passed, but her legacy will live on.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Love this photo of Tom and @louisejameson.bsky.social

What an iconic duo

Libera IRC network response to UK age verification and threats of potential censorship and blocking in the UK due to noncompliance:

Ubuntu 25.10 Unattended Upgrades Broken Due To Rust Coreutils Bug - www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Broken...

Mindless Jerks artwork for Hitchhiker's Guide TV series drawn by KJD (c) Pearce Studios Ltd. 1980.

Paula NM Jennings (Worst Poet) artwork for Hitchhiker's Guide TV series drawn by KJD (c) Pearce Studios Ltd. 1980.

#OTD 45 years ago (7 Oct 1980) according to my diary, I drew these images for the Hitchhiker's Guide BBC TV series. Douglas Adams as both the ad exec and as Paula, the worst poet in the universe. I was 19 years old and having fun.

SpaceX Mars Mission Comes Under Fire From The World’s Top Mars Scholar As a backlash builds in Congress to SpaceX delays with its Starship lunar lander, a top Mars scholar is calling for Elon Musk to radically revise his Mars mission plans.

www.forbes.com/sites/kevinh...

🌊Today marks the anniversary of the 35th Brigade’s creation — a good moment to show them support. Their unit needs help repairing 3 vehicles. ~$4550 left.

PayPal: vmiasnykov83@gmail.com

I’m proud that we have been regularly helping 35th Brigade — and this time we’ll stand with them again. 💪

A sign in an elevator On the 19th day of September, 1984 Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford was temporarily trapped in this elevator. VAN PELT-DIETRICH LIBRARY CENTER

Make sure to wish a librarian a happy Gerald Ford Trapped in The Penn Library Elevator Day.

I can trace the first time a KIM -1 left the factory at MOS Technology to January 1976.

The last KIM seems to be made in 1981. As reported by Eric Rehnke in Compute June 1981.
#50yearsKIM1

open-slum.org

Fluffy grey and white cat on a charcoal-colored skateboard, mouth open. Skateboard is on a weathered wooden deck.

Cartoon image still of Catbus from Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 feature "My Neighbor Totoro."

Catbus!

I have to say something not bad about Tulsi Gabbard.
(This doesn't happen often.)
Glad to hear she's negotiated to get the UK not to mandate backdoors in iPhone encryption.

Kremlin interior with opulent gold wall and

White House interior with chintzy faux-gold

“Mom, can we buy a dictator’s palace?”

“We have a dictator’s palace at home.”

The dictator’s palace at home:

Now do Bank Holiday road chaos!

600 MILE WALL OF RAIN TO TO HIT UK AND COULD FLOOD YOU WITH DEATH WATER.

Click here to read more.

[spoilers: In about a weeks time it might finally rain in a perfectly normal way]

The whole point of cup size is it doesn't matter since it's about proportions by volume. It's mostly American but should be more widely used in my opinion and I'm English.

The Online Safety Act risks making everyone less safe | Index on Censorship To be clear: I empathise with concerns around child safety. We all want an internet that is safer for children. But from every conversation I’ve had, and every piece of research I’ve seen, it won’t…

The Online Safety Act risks making everyone less safe | Index on Censorship
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114503
#AgeVerification #IndexOnCensorship #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpn