While a theoretical path exists for the US President acting as an individual to sue the BBC, the legal doctrines of foreign sovereign immunity and the First Amendment's high protections for speech about public officials make such a lawsuit exceptionally difficult to win.

Yesterday was the first baseball game I'd ever watched in my life. So I've been watching baseball for 2 days and I already hate the Dodgers.

There is no longer room for one more. apple.news/Ak91A6FMbTOC...

The new "cheaper" Tesla cars don't have any kind of radio in them. No AM, no FM. You shouldn't buy cars from fascists anyway, but car radios are often becoming many peoples last broadcast receiver.

I happened to have a spare Mac so now I can archive Computer Chronicles tapes even faster with my new Dedicated Digitization Station.

Three lost episodes of the Computer Chronicles have been recovered, and more are coming. Watch them here. archive.org/details/@dav...

@lgr-yt.bsky.social I'm a volunteer for the Internet Archive. I know you've been interested in episodes of the Computer Chronicles in the past. I thought you might want to know we're slowly adding previously "lost" episodes found on tape. archive.org/details/@dav...

Watching (and capturing) a previously “lost” episode of Computer Chronicles.

It's that time of year again when I remind everyone who bought a new iPhone that they can transfer their stuff from their old one using a cable instead of wirelessly. It's faster. support.apple.com/en-us/117383...

Political violence is a symptom of a diseased state, not the cause. When peaceful avenues for change are systematically destroyed, do not be surprised when people seek other paths. A regime that rules by force and fear relinquishes its right to condemn violence used against it.

Because the Logitech drivers require internet access (!), my mouse wheel scrolls the wrong way when my internet is down.

There's nothing wrong with flying your flag as an act of patriotism. But the people doing this on poles they don't own (and which are not flagpoles), aren't patriotic, they're nationalistic. They're not celebrating their country, they're advertising their hate of others. www.bbc.com/news/article...

@textfiles.com Is it possible to flag/report an entire user on IA? archive.org/details/@its... All this users uploaded are just text file links to sketchy download sites.

This Friday and Saturday in Mountain View! Come see an exhibit about old British computers from some equally old guy. And there's some other stuff there too, I guess. vcfed.org/events/vinta...

Oh, this sucks. Tom Lehrer supposedly retired from comedy songwriting because he couldn't come up with anything more satirical than real life. What must he have thought about today. Rest in peace. You will live forever in my music library. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

VPN endpoints with the lowest latency to the UK are in the Netherlands, specifically, Amsterdam. Ireland, Germany, and Sweden are also pretty close and therefore good choices, but the Netherlands apparently has a good pipe. Just in case that's useful to anyone.

Millions count on me for emergency alerts, local voices, and adorable puppets with more integrity than half of Congress. I won’t stay silent while Trump guts public media in the dead of night. Your support is essential. Help keep your local PBS station strong. www.pbs.org/donate/

The AI upscaling used for the Live Aid rebroadcast became obvious almost immediately, with long shots of the crowd appearing as if viewed through some kind of diamond-shaped screen door effect. I guess I understand why they thought they had to do it. But a simple scale would have worked just fine.

"At the next junction, take a hard right"

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

@cheapshow.bsky.social @e-loud.bsky.social Please tell Eli about the 70s Sesame Street disco album. youtu.be/qSk8AGmXI50

I've had actual arguments with people about "Separating art from the artist." There's no separating this. Like Idk what to tell you, but trans people should be more important to you than like dobby the elf or whatever

I have invented a new geographic coordinate encoding system, which I call "Adaptive Geocodes". You can play with the PoC tool here: davidcwga.github.io/agc.html

Picard morality tip: If one side of a conflict preaches purity of bloodline above communal benefit for all, join the other side.

The Washington shooting is a tragedy. The over 55,000 killed so far in Gaza is a greater one. Murder is not acceptable, but neither is the ongoing genocide. It is not antisemitic to criticize the actions of the Israeli government. This must stop. All of it. To desire otherwise is bloodlust.

I pay for YouTube Premium, but the Google IO stream is showing me pop-up ads for phones over the video. If you still get ads after paying for Premium, what is the point of it?

Israel continuing in Eurovision is not sustainable. If you have to constantly deal with protests and ultimately mute the audience, you should realize something is wrong. If Russia is not allowed in Eurovision then neither should Israel. Pick a side. #ESC

Hope everybody who voted for Israel has left the telly on to watch the news.

Well fuck the juries, I guess? What was wrong with Iceland?!

I liked Iceland, but no-one else did apparently. I wouldn't be too angry if Sweden won. Honorable mentions to Denmark, Finland, and Spain. #ESC

It is shocking to me how modern technology has replaced more basic devices, without actually being as capable than the things it replaces. I had just assumed that most people still owned a radio, but the Spanish power outage today has revealed that they don't! I'm extremely surprised by this.

Promotion for Best Buy's IT team. Wal-Mart's can keep their jobs. But Target, yikes. Seriously, how are you all not fired.

Upgrade!

I get my news mostly from the radio. Trumps comments about the death of the pope sounded reasonable, if delivered in his usual unprofessional style, but hearing it on the radio hid the fact that he was standing on the White House balcony next to person wearing a giant easter bunny costume. WTF.

Really great night seeing Kraftwerk at the Berkeley Greek Theater. Best live group?

Tonight!

The incredible Econet Elite by @markmoxon.bsky.social - I hope to be demonstrating this at VCF-West, August 1-2 in the SF Bay Area. Come along! vcfed.org/events/vinta...

It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane

Remember to take photos of anything that might make certain people uncomfortable, so it can be recreated later after the burning

Trump is doing exactly what he promised. And you morons voted for him. So I sort of wish this hits you all really hard. But Congress is supposed to be acting in the best interests of the USA. Those of you who didn't vote for hate should be mad at them. They're allowing this. They're enabling this.

guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from? i went to the pit for y'all and brought back the screenshots with alt text

Google is the next Sears. In the 80s and 90s, Sears had a nationwide stock management and distribution system, owned an ISP, and a bank, and still failed to put those pieces together and become Amazon.

SAVE THE DATE! VCF West is back on August 1 & 2, 2025 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Please fill out this survey to help us with planning: forms.gle/R1kSCsVqEyZf... This survey is for everyone!

Haha fuck Disney. www.newsweek.com/disney-chris...

Tomorrow! Please help spread the word by sharing on your socials! #protest #ResistTrump #resistance #ResistFascism #50501 #democracy

Have you considered watching broadcast TV again? It's free, doesn't eat up your data, never lags, and won't buckle under the weight of too many viewers. Your Oscars stream may have failed, but over-the-air signals kept going strong. Some things just work.

I am American, but I do not stand with Trump. I stand with Zelensky, and all great leaders who believe in democracy, freedom, and equality. I stand with my gay brothers, and with the millions of trans Americans who actually make this country great.

FAO teletext types: I’m considering hiring a self storage unit so I can take on @jamesomalley.co.uk ‘s 2,000 VHS tapes. Would anyone be willing to chip in to help with rent? Could any recovery heroes commit to regularly receiving tapes, at my cost? @mrbiffo.bsky.social @ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social

The process of selecting a new Pope