Phew!
That's Retrofest over for another year and, to a first approximation, stuff is back where it should be.
OK, the stuff which needs to go into the loft is in the spare bedroom, but that's close enough for today.
Two weeks to go until #Retrofest2026.
Finalising floppy disk images for Gotek drives and re-testing set-ups.
Oh, look, Ceefax tells me “Look Mum No Computer” didn’t win last night. What a pity. Nice chap.
Less than a week until #RefroFest2026 in Swindon.
Saturday sold out but still spaces on Sunday.
I'll be...
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So...the originators of the nudity detection software which UK gov mandated today say this is all God's doing, so it's a good thing there isn't a Christofascist regime anywhere looking for technology partners or anything like that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkPm...
h/t @owenboswarva.bsky.social
Quite so. The Academy report itself drew parallels with the regulatory history of smoking and said that we should invoke the precautionary principle rather than await proof of causation. www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
"nudity today, political speech tomorrow"
In five words, @signal.org has given a more trenchant critique of government surveillance tech than 99% of UK legislators, pundits, and NGOs.
Westminster Recycles Tobacco-Style Panic Campaign For Internet Crackdown
https://alecmuffett.com/article/159491
#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #SocialMediaBan
Very sad to hear Michael Keating, Blake's 7's Vila has died. He was so good and will be very much missed.
