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Had fun at the Retro Computer Museum today in Leicester UK. Plenty of hands-on retro computers and consoles as well as an arcade area too.

Friendly volunteers who obviously were passionate about the collection and helping out there.

Really worth a visit!

retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #leicester #uk

Photograph of a golden Amiga 500 computer displayed on a white shelf next to a framed certificate. The certificate, issued by Commodore, confirms this unit (serial number 090791) as the one millionth Amiga ever produced. It is signed by David J. Pleasance, Managing Director of Commodore Business Machines (U.K.) Ltd. The Amiga features a special metallic finish, commemorating its milestone production status.
Photograph of a grey Atari Falcon030 computer on display, flanked by an Atari 260ST on the left and an Amstrad CPC model on the right. The Falcon030 features a distinctive diagonal vent design, dark grey function keys (F1–F10), and a full-size keyboard with a numeric keypad. The Atari and Falcon030 logos are visible above the keyboard. The Amstrad machine to the right bears a visible signature, adding a personal collector's touch. All three computers are arranged on a white shelf.
Tatung Einstein computer with built-in monitor displaying the “X BASIC MENU”. A black joystick with red buttons labelled “Super” is connected. A ZX Spectrum is also visible in the background, with cables running to a small screen. The setup is arranged on a wooden desk by a window.
Pokémon-themed Nintendo 64 console featuring a large yellow Pikachu figure with glowing red cheeks. The reset button is integrated into Pikachu's foot, and a raised Poké Ball button is on the left. A translucent cartridge labelled “DO NOT REMOVE CARTRIDGE” is inserted. Four controller ports are connected at the front, and a yellow Pokémon-branded controller is visible to the left. The console rests on a wooden surface.

General Admission

Book your tickets now to come and play on our retro gaming and computing systems, view our rare and unique items, browse our extensive software and publication libraries or simply chat to our passionate and knowledgeable volunteers.
retrocomputermuseum.co.uk
#uk #retrocomputing #retrogaming #leicester

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 11 updated and 2 added apps:

* Biometric Bypass: Xposed module to bypass biometric confirmation in System UI 🛡️
* Kreate: a fork of the (no longer updated) RiMusic that prioritizes performance 🛡️

RB status: 573 apps (44%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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The web is broken, IMHO

So there is a (IMHO) shady market out there that gives app developers on iOS, Android, MacOS and Windows money for including a library that sells users network bandwidth. Infatica [1] is just one example, there are many more.

I am 99% sure that these companies cause what effectively are DDoS attacks that many webmasters have to deal with since months. This business model should simply not exist. Apple, Microsoft and Google should act.

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[1] infatica.io/sdk-monetization/

How does the monetization work? We connect your users’ IP addresses to the Infatica peer-to-business network, which allows companies to access web data to build price aggregation platforms, perform search engine optimization, create brand protection and marketing strategies, conduct academic research, produce uptime and performance services, ensure corporate data protection, and more.

Infatica SDK: Monetize Extensions, Mobile and Desktop Apps & Games | Infatica

Monetize your mobile and desktop software and Chrome extensions without ads and complex methods. Simply join Infatica SDK to increase your income.
Infatica
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Playing with various technologies tonight. Managed to setup a brand new debian 12 systemd-nspawn container. Now looking through various documentation and other internet sources to combine it to a working #chatmail relay server. The thing is I only have a single IP address on the host system so I need to adapt it so the nginx running on the host either redirects or proxies to the container. Plus I guess I need to share the certificate in some way so postfix and dovecot can use it too.
#chatmail

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This came up in my downstate townhalls last weekend. Soybean farmers are not happy about Trump's idiotic tariffs, nor about cutting USAID, which bought 1 million tons of food per year. As I've said before, if you think Trump gives a damn about you, you're wrong. nytimes.com/2025/04/20/busines…

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Hurt US Farmers and Benefit Brazil

China has long relied on the U.S. for soybeans. But with new steep tariffs, it is likely to look even more to Brazil and Argentina.
Kevin Draper (The New York Times)

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Ve své roli budu dělat, co budu moct, ale odborně politický boj v digitalizaci nepomáhá.

Soustřeďme se na rychlejší proces a zjednodušení všem zúčastněným, těžiště je v legislativě, nikoliv v systému. Technicky dokážeme cokoliv.
From: @CRoPlus
zpravobot.news/@CRoPlus/114370…

Český rozhlas Plus :bot: (@CRoPlus@zpravobot.news)

Risk je zisk, nebo taky velká ztráta. Pravdivost tohoto rčení si na sobě ověřil bývalý předseda Pirátů Ivan Bartoš. V jeho případě šlo o digitalizaci stavebního řízení. https://plus.rozhlas.
Zprávobot.news
@Český rozhlas Plus

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U.S. protest website

Sensitive content

#politics #activism #fucktrump #trumpisamonster

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“Actively engage with Drupal content and promote each other’s work.” 🔁💬

@mgifford is 100% correct on small, easy things we can do to raise the profile of #drupal. 📣

thedroptimes.com/47719/lets-ge…


Let’s Get Loud: Using LinkedIn to Amplify Drupal

Mike Gifford highlights the opportunity for the Drupal community to use LinkedIn to grow visibility beyond its core audience.
Mike Gifford (The Drop Times)
#drupal @Mike Gifford, CPWA

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Meta v maléru - svědectví bývalé šéfky Facebooku o tajných dohodách s Čínou
marigold.cz/item/meta-facebook…

Meta v maléru - svědectví bývalé šéfky Facebooku o tajných dohodách s Čínou

Meta (Facebook) lítá ve slušném maléru. Sarah Wynn Williamsová, bývalá ředitelka globální veřejné politiky Facebooku (nyní Meta), vystoupila před Soudním výborem Senátu USA s odhaleními o tom, jak společnost Meta tajně obchodovala s Čínou, lhala Kong…
Patrick Zandl (Marigold.cz | Technologie a Společnost)

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I came across this tree today in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. This city can be weird sometimes. Imaginative, creative, amusing, but still rather weird - wonderfully, wonderfully weird!

#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #keepglasgowweird #peoplemakeglasgow #streetart #foundart #treeeatingfence #fence #glasgowtoday

A tree which has grown round an iron railing of a fence, that someone has painted to make it look like it is eating the fence.
#streetart #glasgow #kelvingrovepark #glasgowtoday #fence #treeeatingfence #foundart #PeopleMakeGlasgow #keepglasgowweird
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I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.

How come?

I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp

#fediverse #GoToSocial #fedihelp #mastohelp
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The UK now has the world's first ETCS-enabled steam locomotive, because we're a very silly country.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

A photo of the cab of a steam locomotive. Alongside all the pipes and valves is a Hitachi ETCS DMI (touchscreen display).

‘Nobody has done this before’: Britain’s beloved steam trains trial pioneering technology

In-cab digital signalling was tested last week as part of a project to secure the future of main-line locomotives
Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Despite their Mastodon faceplant, I think the Raspberry Pi 500 could be a great device for using and storing your more sensitive data on, since it has no telemetry and everything can be kept on a high capacity MicroSD card, which can easily be removed and stored away when not in use. Or removed and destroyed quickly and easily in the event that a rogue regime's agents start pounding on your door. Also, the 500 and matching monitor are ~$250 total.
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Naťuknuté rohy, osahané stránky od prohlížení nebo lehce poškozená obálka. To jsou nejčastější „vratky“, které k nám jdou zpět z knihkupectví. Že bychom je měli vyhodit? Ani náhodou!
🐣 melvil.cz/brnenske-vratkonoce/

Brněnské Vratkonoce 2025 - Jan Melvil Publishing

Naťuknuté rohy, osahané stránky od prohlížení nebo lehce poškozená obálka. To jsou nejčastější „vratky“, které k nám jdou zpět z knihkupectví. Že bychom
Bára (Jan Melvil Publishing)

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When words fall short, symbols speak.

Like the patterns Ukrainians paint on Pysanky, their traditional Easter eggs.

They embody the resilience and hope of a nation, unbroken by the brutal Russian aggression.

The European Union stands by the Ukrainians’ side, committed to supporting them through this war and along their European path.

For a prosperous, peaceful future for all Europeans.

A stylised map of Ukraine is shown, filled with a traditional blue and yellow Pysanky pattern. The map is centred on a textured, off-white background. Below the map, in blue text, is the message "Europe's future is written together." The European Union flag is displayed in the bottom right corner.

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The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.”
propublica.org/article/homelan…

#News #ICE #CivilRights #Immigration #Law #Trump #DHS #Deportation #Border


Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Civil Rights Office Freezes 600 Cases

The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS into a mass-deportation machine, analysts say.
ProPublica
#Trump #News #law #civilrights #dhs #immigration #ice #border #deportation

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Harvard pushes back on claim that Trump team mistakenly sent demand letter - The Washington Post apple.news/Abs-By8mYT2SwTZyWl6…

Harvard pushes back on claim that Trump team mistakenly sent demand letter — The Washington Post

Harvard on Saturday balked at claims that the letter was sent in error, pointing out that the Trump administration had “doubled down” on its threats.
apple.news

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New record set as 2 million vote on first day of advance polls: Elections Canada cfjctoday.com/2025/04/19/new-r… #Kamloops

New record set as 2 million vote on first day of advance polls: Elections Canada

Elections Canada says early voters set a new record for turnout on the first day of advanced polls.Nearly two ...
Victor Kaisar (CFJC Today Kamloops)
#kamloops

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Für mehr Utopien: #BeautyInChaos auf dem @easterhegg2025

Ich gebe an Tag 2 von 20:30-22:00 Uhr einen Workshop, wie eine Spielsession angeleitet werden kann. Ein bisschen mehr dazu findet ihr im Programm oder auf unserer Webseite (:

Schreibt gern, wenn ihr Interesse habt vorbei zu kommen, oder Fragen habt etc.

cfp.eh22.easterhegg.eu/eh22/ta…

beauty-in-chaos.de/

Oben im Bild steht: Beauty in Chaos. Buchstaben sind im Regenbogen-Farbverlauf. Darunter sind drei Kronkorken, darauf von Links nach rechts: Das Pesthörnchen, die Fairy Dust und ein Symbol, das die Buchstaben B, I und C kombiniert. Im Hintergrund bunte Kleckse und ebenfalls Regenbogen-Farbverlauf.

Beauty in Chaos - erzählend unsere Utopien entwickeln Easterhegg 2025

Beauty in Chaos ist ein utopisches Erzählrollenspiel. Gemeinsam entwickeln die Spielenden darin utopische Visionen und Hoffnungen, um technische Dystopien in Utopien zu verwandeln.
cfp.eh22.easterhegg.eu
#beautyinchaos @Easterhegg 2025

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Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained.

What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is how her detention was caught on camera.

What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.
propublica.org/article/rumeysa…

#News #ICE #University #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #Boston #Palestine


Inside Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Scholar to Trump Target in Louisiana Cell

“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have been detained without criminal charges.
ProPublica
#Trump #News #palestine #university #immigration #boston #ice #deportation
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