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mySociety
2 days ago
We want to hear from campaign & advice organisations who work in
#Wales
! We'd like to hear your experiences, so we can learn more about helping people get the right message to the right representative on
#WriteToThem
. Please pass this on to any suitable orgs:
www.mysociety.org/democracy/ma...
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Making contact: connecting people with their representatives in Wales
Making contact: connecting people with their representatives in Wales Helping people in Wales get the right message to the right representatives People across Wales contact their elected representat...
https://www.mysociety.org/democracy/making-contact/
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#OnThisDayInNTK
: 2001
ntk.net/2001/03/02/?...
1st (often last) mentions of: Claude Shannon RIP the Isle of Man's very own Data Protection Registrar ...vs the battle to be London's official vampire slayer
rationalwiki.org/wiki/Se%C3%A...
& Unlambda + Erlang:
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reposting for - relative - topicality...
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7 days ago
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sounds like a fun event, especially if attendees all greet each other with the now-traditional: "...Do you remember Acorn Computers? The company designed and delivered the first ARM chip and the BBC Micro!"
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10 days ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2001
ntk.net/2001/02/23/?...
debut mentions of: "All Your Base" meme - vs Iraq's no-fly zone
taner.net/AYB/allyourb...
Bearshare/Limewire Prime-like? ZapItOver (nรฉe WapItOver) .com Wales'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester_...
& Barcelona's ever-catchy
youtu.be/PWVGdMPuwVo
14 days ago
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Adam Roberts
15 days ago
I wrote a brief thing about Rob Grant:
profadamroberts.substack.com/p/rob-grant
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Rob Grant
(1955-2026)
https://profadamroberts.substack.com/p/rob-grant
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2001
ntk.net/2001/02/16/?...
Future Publishing closes MP3 Magazine, Arcade, Cult TV & "Connect" (us neither) maybe try Ruby while waiting for Perl 6 aka Raku, due around 2015? & early days of "Copyright Infringements
@milmillington.bsky.social
/
@dailymail.co.uk
Have Argued About"
21 days ago
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although: is Kind Hearts and Coronets arguably a toned down version of the novel it's loosely based on - Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907)?
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25 days ago
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Jamie McKelvie
26 days ago
Everyone's talking about wuthering heights but no one wants to acknowledge the very real risk of wuthering lows
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2001
ntk.net/2001/02/09/?...
a young(ish) Julian Assange proposes crypto to confound - at-the-time-theoretical - captors
web.archive.org/web/20010308...
Arnie "ponders" California governor bid ...neither quite as frightening as - you've guessed it:
web.archive.org/web/20010207...
28 days ago
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Ben Moor
about 1 month ago
A Three Thing Day is happening threely this month: 12/2: Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar London N1 19/2:
@oldwoollen.bsky.social
Farsley W.Yorks 27/2: Tom Thumb Theatre Margate It's a comedy concerning affinity, vertigo and phone reception and is smart, warming and weird. Tixdeets via Linktree in Bio.
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mySociety
about 1 month ago
In-person tickets for FOI Fest have almost sold out, so act now if you are hoping to join us in London:
pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
(online spaces are limitless, but still a good idea to book now while you're thinking of it!).
#FOI
#freedomofinformation
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2001
ntk.net/2001/02/02/?...
@billt.bsky.social
backs Net Proficiency Test
web.archive.org/web/20010419...
final mention of Erich von Daniken - currently residing in the Was God An Astronaut? file & KPMG herald new "golden age" of dire CORPORATE ANTHEMS
youtube.com/watch?v=NCvK...
about 1 month ago
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[email protected]
about 1 month ago
I'm co-hosting this talk by science fiction writer Joan Slonczewski, this Saturday at Frontier Tower in SF! Don't miss it!
luma.com/minds-in-tra...
#SanFrancisco
#ScienceFiction
#AI
#BioPunk
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Minds in Transit: Science Fiction, Biology, and the Future of Intelligence - Open Registration ยท Luma
Joan Slonczewski โ renowned microbiologist, feminist science fiction author, and longtime explorer of the boundary between science and speculative futures โโฆ
https://luma.com/minds-in-transit-science-fiction-biology
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2001
ntk.net/2001/01/26/?...
quirky
h2g2.com
Wikipedia-alike sold to BBC, resold in 2011 to "the owners of Lycos Chat" debut mentions of: Bonsai Kitten
@bruces.bsky.social
's Viridian
@theregister.com
's society/gossip correspondent Kieren McCarthy & SchNEWS hassled by [its own] PCs
about 1 month ago
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similarly, the entry for
@danny.spesh.com
feels compelled to include "his [...] presenting role in 1999 on the single episode of Doors to Manual" - it was actually a series:
grokipedia.com/page/Danny_O...
...yet omits "introduced Stewart Lee to internet in 1988"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJx...
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about 1 month ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2001
ntk.net/2001/01/19/?...
MI6 memoir The Big Breach published in Russia, then confusingly in UK by directory-enquiries dissidents 192 .com inventor of then-unannounced Segway aims to manage expectations
zdnet.com/article/inve...
& "My God, it's full of stars!"
about 2 months ago
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a) most people on BSky think they're temporarily-underrecognised creative millionaires, & b) we're only 2-5 years from this Eno quote applying to the current artefacts of generative AI?
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about 2 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2001
ntk.net/2001/01/12/?...
final mentions of: RedHotAnt unmetered (/illegal) ISP DoBeDo Island Terry's Chocolate Raspberry Indigo Children 3D0 Magazine
web.archive.org/web/20000824...
hahabonk .com
designweek.co.uk/issues/11-ma...
& RMS' intergenerational grudge-bearing skills:
about 2 months ago
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ditto this salacious weekly invitation - "They've left you all alone in the living room, which means it must be time to..."
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about 2 months ago
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ok it's not that NTK "foresaw" this nightmare scenario in 2004 but great that you're finally looking into it - still don't know why it didn't capture the public imagination like fixing the Odeon/ Hutton Inquiry sites...
www.ntk.net/2004/01/30/?...
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2 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK
: 2001
ntk.net/2001/01/05/?...
A Wiccan's guide to life at "RAF" Menwith Hill - sadly lost to the mists of time? - prophetically ponders the ethics of hitting locals with cars Inside other NSA sites
web.archive.org/web/20200103...
& Dr Who audio reboot speculation hits fever pitch:
2 months ago
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on older records, usually a Mellotron?
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2 months ago
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Not now, rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu!
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2 months ago
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b3ta
2 months ago
Just updating the clan Artist: Iawn Cont
https://b3ta.com/board/11424054
From the 'Ob3tuaries' challenge
https://b3ta.com/challenge/ob3tuaries/popular/
#Ob3tuaries
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minor spoiler, but surely Avatar's default plot device of "character gets captured by villain, then a different character gets captured during an otherwise successful rescue attempt" is a tribute to decades of classic Dr Who?
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2 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/12/22/?...
Demon founder in NOTW
theguardian.com/media/2000/d...
DVDplus gives customers "power to decide how much [not] to pay"
theguardian.com/technology/2...
Iraq's 4000 PS2s *probably* not WMDs
pcmag.com/news/20-year...
&
@mjhibbett.bsky.social
Xmas party!
3 months ago
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arguably a bigger melodic inspiration on 1971's Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Stewball (Was A Racehorse), a folk song going back decades if not centuries before this 1963 hit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6AQ...
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3 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/12/15/?...
"Internet Content Rating Association" replaces "Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet", gives up 10 years later & rogue O'Reilly marketing blurb sneaks into Amazon synopsis - seems to have been fixed in the last 5 years or so?
3 months ago
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Tom Coates
3 months ago
While Iโm at it, hello Londoners! Really nice to be back home for a bit. Howโs everyone doing? Any recommendations of things to do while Iโm here?
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mySociety
3 months ago
Here's something to look forward to in the new year - a one-day event to mark the 21st birthday of
#FOI
! Join us to discuss the achievements, challenges, and future of the UK's Freedom of Information Act. Meet others, get inspired, and discover the lasting impact of FOI.
pretix.eu/mysociety/fo...
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#OnThisDayInNTK
: 2000
ntk.net/2000/12/08/?...
Envision TV Licensing wins "Most Invasive Company" award debut mentions of 2nd-gen MP3 sharer Audiogalaxy Satellite, legally problematic forums for Popbitch & presumably this tech was neutralised shortly before it became self-aware on "Judgement Day"
3 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/12/01/?...
launch of FaxYourMP, final mentions of: BBC's "Bleeding Thumbs" gaming show Argonaut's Jez San
web.archive.org/web/20001204...
"A Day Without Weblogs"
web.archive.org/web/20010124...
&
@wired.com
mag prophetic as ever re iPad-style "Clarke Omniputer"
3 months ago
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James Wallis
3 months ago
December 1st, that time of year, and time to broach the 2025 UK Bonne Maman Jam Advent Calendar of Jam (And Some Other Spreads). This is different from the US BMJACoJASOS: our pots are slightly larger, and the range of spreads is not the same. Compare! Contrast! 24 delicious days to go.
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NB this also applies to rarer DVDs, 1st-party Nintendo releases & valuable Pokemon cards...
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3 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK
: 2000
ntk.net/2000/11/24/?...
Furby "hacked", supposedly LAN Party at Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker & from 8:00 -
@benmoor.bsky.social
typecast as
@danny.spesh.com
/ Dave Green hybrid in
@almurray.bsky.social
/
@herring1967.bsky.social
pub sitcom
youtube.com/watch?v=H-gZ...
3 months ago
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DANIELPEMBERTON
4 months ago
Doing this tmrw!
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/11/17/?...
made-up .mudpie .seagull .name gTLDs? Robin Dunbar: Mobiles as Lekking Devices Among [Scouse] Males
sfgate.com/news/article...
+Church of England's "head of signal logistics" cancels "potentially offensive" Cranberry Aero
web.archive.org/web/20010119...
4 months ago
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Iguanadon Quixote
4 months ago
in this episode the Anti-Ken Barlow, from an antimatter universe, is determined to become ruler of all realities. he's battled by Bet Lynch from Corrie Prime and the alternate version of Chas Dingle from Emmerdale-One
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/11/10/?...
George W Bush election win delayed by a month - Florida recount blamed on hanging chads, absentee ballots, Bill Gates etc still online:
@khaosworks.bsky.social
's
khaosworks.org/filk/
& truth in merchandising from Daphne & Celeste
4 months ago
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you could always purchase it second-hand, or only via platforms which offer no risk of financially benefitting the creators - eg Spotify or Youtube?
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4 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/11/03/?...
widely-sued Napster forms "strategic alliance" for BMG to (unsuccessfully) try and buy it in 2002 & "if this wasn't on UKNM, you'd assume it was a troll" - Godado was a UK search engine where users "paid for higher rankings"
chinwag.com/uk-netmarket...
4 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/10/27/?...
Steganography may be "3rd biggest threat to US security after biological & chemical attack"? debut mentions of: Google Ads "Zombie Nation" C64 remix hit Zadie "White Teeth" Smith & list songs: easy to write, hard to pace?
youtube.com/watch?v=OsuI...
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We Didn't Start The Weblogs (Nikolai Nolan, 2000) - Lyric video
YouTube video by fakebitpolytechnic
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OsuIkCdMkGw&list=PLO1B9Gc9IrRMZ7uS9YFNdLnop7cnsXJUF&index=4
4 months ago
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"& their birth cry will be the sound of every phone on this planet ringing in unison!" (via
@danhon.com
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5 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/10/20/?...
@kithonline.bsky.social
's Scott Thompson spoofs Eminem
youtube.com/watch?v=Hick...
Nanoloop 1.0 chiptune synth reviewed for GameBoy ...city of Leeds unimpressed
web.archive.org/web/20001217...
& BT - rhetorical as ever:
5 months ago
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surely not... Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman?
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5 months ago
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/10/13/?...
O'Reilly author eschews popular SQL trope "Humans as numbered entities"
web.archive.org/web/20001030...
still online: S-Club 7-Headed BEAST OF REVELATION
darryn-reeds.tripod.com/S-Club-7-sec...
&
@tomstandage.bsky.social
introduces us to "temp tracks"
5 months ago
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Terence Eden
5 months ago
We (OpenUK) are running a free unconference in London next week to discuss AI.
agentopenunconference2025.eventbrite.co.uk
Boosters and sceptics very welcome!
#Unconference
#London
#AI
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Agent Open Unconference organised in partnership with the AI Alliance
Agentic technology will be explored in a day of technical and security discussions, with maybe some governance and ethics in an unconference
https://agentopenunconference2025.eventbrite.co.uk/
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Dan Davies
5 months ago
Riyadh Comedy Festival is an absolute joke, all the hotels booked up, silly money for airbnbs, venue owners absolutely taking the piss and too many shows with not a hope of getting the attention they want. I swear I'm not going back next year, is this something send bloot
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#OnThisDayInNTK:2000
ntk.net/2000/10/06/?...
Industry Standard mag optimistically launches European edition, goes bust within a year almost-the-last mentions of
x.com/JulieMarieMe...
Anthea Turner's Flake wedding Microsoft Netmeeting & retro fun for BBC FutureWorld
web.archive.org/web/20000929...
5 months ago
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