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#StarTrek #FourthOfJuly

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116855628444343133

I distinctly remember that my edition of Encarta (they released a new one every year for a while) would play a recording of Martin Luther King Jr saying “I have a dream” at bootup. The ability to browse hundreds of such historically significant little clips was considered revolutionary for personal edification. We all had a lot of dreams back then

Bloody clanker!

Congratulations to all my US friends on making it to the end of your epic 250 year experiment with democracy! May the subsequent imperial phase be mercifully brief and the aftermath painless.

Pride is a protest.

And there's a lot to protest. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/pride-protest-party-trans-lgbtq-rights-ehrc-politics-b3007373.html

The Guardian has recreated an audio landscape from across the past 50 years to try to portray the variety and plentitude of birdsong we have lost since tens of millions more birds were in full voice.

#Birds #Ornithology #DawnChorus #UKBirds #Birdsong

Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years | Birds | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/03/dawn-chorus-uk-birdsong-50-years-audio-landscape

David Potter, the man who put Psion in the palm of your hand, logs off at 82

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/07/03/david-potter-the-man-who-put-psion-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-logs-off-at-82/5266624

Physicist, philanthropist, and pioneer of pocket computers, SSDs, smartphones… and duvets

<- by me on #TheRegister

Gertie is 12 inches long, the shark toy is 21 inches long.
#dachshund #GertieFanClub

RT: @ZackPolanski I'm so proud of Yassin. He made Bristol and Britain his home.

He has contributed so much as a Green Party Cllr to his city and to the community in Lawrence Hill.

Solidarity in the face of this Reform fuelled racist hate.

Hope always wins! 💚

THE FIGHT AGAINST CHAT CONTROL IS NOT OVER YET 🚨

MEPs still haven't come to an agreement on Chat Control and will meet next week before the summer break.

Make your voices heard, say NO to #chatcontrol and email your MEPs now: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Every time someone mentions Cloudflare tunnels I think of Sméagol and those bloody spiders.

Public service announcement: Speakerphone is for private calls, not for having a two-way conversation in public. Also, can we all agree that holding a phone like it’s a slice of toast you’re about to eat looks fecking ridiculous? #smartphone #autism #badmanners

SPD und alle staatstragenden Parteien

HE. IS. AWESOME.

Now if only that started a whole wave....courage is contagious.

If you’re one of those people who hovers and chats to people in cafes, or has a loud phone call on speakerphone when you’re sat by yourself, consider that some people around you aren’t taking up the entire space because they have sound sensitivity and are trying to get five minutes peace. #autism #meltdown Take your call outside, and talk at a level the other person can hear you - not the entire cafe. Bubbly personalities are not a defence for a lack of manners.

RT: @GordonFielden This is, with respect, an extraordinary abdication of ministerial responsibility.

If Lisa Nandy genuinely believes that X has become a platform where abuse, intimidation and unlawful content are too readily tolerated, then her duty as the Cabinet minister responsible for digital policy is to address that failure, not withdraw from it.

Public life is not without criticism. Every minister is subjected to robust scrutiny, often accompanied by unpleasant and deeply unfair commentary. That is an unfortunate reality of democratic politics. The appropriate response is not to retreat from a platform used by millions of people, but to ensure that it operates within the framework of UK law.

Where content is unlawful, the law should be enforced. Where the regulatory framework is inadequate, Parliament has the power to strengthen it. Social media companies that choose to operate in the United Kingdom should be expected to comply fully with the standards and obligations set by this country.

Closing official Government accounts achieves none of those objectives. It neither protects the public nor deters those responsible for abuse. Instead, it removes an authoritative Government voice from one of the largest public forums in the world, leaving that space to others.

Leadership is measured not by walking away from difficult problems, but by confronting them, legislating where necessary, enforcing the law impartially, and ensuring that those entrusted with public platforms meet their obligations to the people they serve.

#StarTrek #Heat #Climate🔥

@pluralistic Bought your epub #enshittification I know, about time eh? Thank you for making it available in this DRM-free way. It feels like it should, a file that emulates a book I can keep on a virtual shelf on my hard drive and reference whenever I want, and keep it forever. Why isn’t every book like this? - oh wait, enshittification.