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Nadia, a fluffy black cat lies sleeping on the arm of a sofa

Happy international cat day 🐈‍⬛💤

This was great fun!

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Radio TechCon 2025, supported by @broadcastbionics.bsky.social, is back at IET London: Savoy Place on Tuesday, 25th November, 2025.

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So whats’s your day job? I build complex radio studios that are simple enough for Jackie Chan to operate:

www.instagram.com/reel/DKMIfer...

I’ll give it another whirl - I’ve not tried it with RAW workflows. I’m tempted to give Capture One a try too.

Email inbox from Adobe Creative Cloud Subject line “Your service will end” First line “We’ve processed your cancellation request”

Cancelled my @lightroom.adobe.com subscription - A 50% uplift per month is crazy. Will wait until Black Friday offers come around, or maybe check out some alternatives.

Jamie in high viz stood in front of a sign for Big Weekend

Nearly ready for Big Weekend!

Cat Sitter / Personal Assistant - London job with GET STAFFED ONLINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED | 9574045 Cat Sitter / Personal Assistant £45-65 per hour Covent Garden Part of Full Time Hours Our client is currently looking for a responsible an

£45-65 PER HOUR for looking after a cat

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Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".

It is not clear that the president has the authority to make such orders to CPB under the law.

From @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

Hope your power remains stable. Which spectrum analyser do you have alongside your Baofeng?

How the April 28, 2025, power outage in Portugal and Spain impacted Internet traffic and connectivity A massive power outage struck significant portions of Portugal and Spain at 10:34 UTC on April 28, disrupting everyday activities and services. The power outage also caused Internet outages across bot...

A massive power outage struck significant portions of Portugal and Spain at 10:34 UTC on April 28, disrupting everyday activities and services. Here's what we observed from Cloudflare Radar:

blog.cloudflare.com/how-power-ou...

BBC Proms The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The 2025 BBC Proms schedule has been released: www.bbc.co.uk/events/rb5v4...

Nadia, a fluffy tortoiseshell cat is peeking from inside a mesh carry bag

Quick check-up with the vet

A browser open at https://ofcomlive.my.site.com/licensingcomlogin

I know it's the real @ofcom.bsky.social licensing service website, but the URL does look super scammy.

Original gumstick has leaked and is dead. Alternative is an ugly AA battery holder screwed to the side.
Love this form factor and I still have a large stash of MDs from my student radio and early commercial radio days.

*gumstick

Did need to clean off a little of the old electrolyte crud with white vinegar.

A silver portable Sony Minidisc recorder is on a glass table with its battery flap open. In front is a “gum stick” battery, featuring a USB-C charging port

A playing minidisc recorder

Giving my portable MD recorder a new lease of life with a replacement gunstick battery that recharges via USBC 💽🔋

Blackmagic Design NAB Live Tweeting Thread! Stream kicks off in 20 minutes.

I’ve been incredibly privileged to go up the successor to this about three times. Terrifying ratchet lift but spectacular views.

Emley Moor Transmitter (partial image)

#OnThisDay 1969 : The 385 metre Emley Moor transmitter collapsed in icy conditons.

Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).

Journalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war Just as we need them most, media outlets are failing to cut through Trump's noise.

This by @iandunt.bsky.social is essential reading for anyone working in the media open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

If you take dynamic ads for a podcast, there's now a standardised "IAB code" block form you fill in, to say you don't want certain sorts of ads. It's INSANELY long. So many categories. Individual *pets*.

You can't choose to say no to ads for:
Crypto
Gen AI
NFTs
Tech grifts etc

Tech bros. Oh well.

“Would you like something to suck on for landing, sir”

TV presenter Henry Kelly dies aged 78 Irish journalist hosted gameshows including Going for Gold and Game for a Laugh in the 1980s and 90s

A warm, friendly and funny person to work with - this is such a shame. Flashbacks to him presenting the LBC drivetime show from the passenger seat of the radio car during a massive protest in Trafalgar Square.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Graph with a single peak of 8257kWh at 13:30

Had a new meter fitted today. I’m sure that the 8.2 Megawatts of gas I used this lunchtime won’t cause any billing issues whatsoever

A-Ha - Take On Me - Mixing on an SSL Analog Console YouTube video by Daniel Duskin

Watch a pro on an SSL AWS (and a ton of lovely outboard) reconstruct multitracks from a-ha/ youtu.be/YXru0FEBPhQ?...