Antronics Ltd
@antronicsltd.bsky.social
Developer of embedded microntroller-based systems. Contract/consultant. Specialist in IoT, M2M communications and interfacing.
May also contain cats, steam engines, and more.
May also contain cats, steam engines, and more.
Another Boris Broken Promise
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It could be two decades before Basingstoke's new hospital is built
'Truly shocking' Basingstoke new hospital could be delayed for two decades until 2046
A new hospital in Basingstoke could be delayed until 2045, according to the National Audit Office.
www.basingstokegazette.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Another Boris Broken Promise
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A touch of Schultz's genius for #RomanFortThursday 👌😊
Perhaps we've been getting it wrong on AD43 all these years 🤔
Perhaps we've been getting it wrong on AD43 all these years 🤔
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 AM
A touch of Schultz's genius for #RomanFortThursday 👌😊
Perhaps we've been getting it wrong on AD43 all these years 🤔
Perhaps we've been getting it wrong on AD43 all these years 🤔
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Without any sponsorship, Ada Lovelace Day relies on the generosity of the community to get anything done. Could you chip in to help me attend a couple of ALD-related events? I'd love to raise another £400, which would see me through the month.
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
Donate to Ada Lovelace Day 2026, organized by Suw Charman-Anderson
Support Ada Lovelace Day and women in STEM!
It's really great that Ada Lovelace Day con… Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Ada Lovelace Day 2026
www.gofundme.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Without any sponsorship, Ada Lovelace Day relies on the generosity of the community to get anything done. Could you chip in to help me attend a couple of ALD-related events? I'd love to raise another £400, which would see me through the month.
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
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I've had confirmation from the British Library that they do indeed have copies of some letters between Ada Lovelace and Florence Nightingale, so now planning a trip into London to see those. If you can donate a fiver to help me continue ALD-related work, I'd be very grateful. And please share!
Last year, nearly one hundred people donated to ensure I could move the Ada Lovelace Day website to a new hosting platform, go to four events, and run ALD online in October.
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
Donate to Ada Lovelace Day 2026, organized by Suw Charman-Anderson
Support Ada Lovelace Day and women in STEM!
It's really great that Ada Lovelace Day con… Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Ada Lovelace Day 2026
www.gofundme.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I've had confirmation from the British Library that they do indeed have copies of some letters between Ada Lovelace and Florence Nightingale, so now planning a trip into London to see those. If you can donate a fiver to help me continue ALD-related work, I'd be very grateful. And please share!
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Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!
January 18, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Last year, nearly one hundred people donated to ensure I could move the Ada Lovelace Day website to a new hosting platform, go to four events, and run ALD online in October.
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
Donate to Ada Lovelace Day 2026, organized by Suw Charman-Anderson
Support Ada Lovelace Day and women in STEM!
It's really great that Ada Lovelace Day con… Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Ada Lovelace Day 2026
www.gofundme.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Last year, nearly one hundred people donated to ensure I could move the Ada Lovelace Day website to a new hosting platform, go to four events, and run ALD online in October.
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
Sister Sludge
Ruin a band by changing one letter.
Men Without Hams
Men Without Hams
Ruin a band by changing one letter
Spanks
Spanks
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Sister Sludge
Was it a pincer movement...?
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January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Was it a pincer movement...?
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Our "fake" tree must be over 30 by now...
Sick of people's snobby attitude to fake Christmas trees. Had mine for over 20 years so far better than digging up 20 real ones and leaving them out to die
January 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Our "fake" tree must be over 30 by now...
I recognise the above-ground bits, as there is one of these ROC posts near where I grew up.
Never seen the underground structure before, though!
Never seen the underground structure before, though!
"When it was built in the late 1950s the bunker was more than 100 yards from the sea." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nuclear bunker nears collapse due to coastal erosion - BBC News
The brick building, on the East Yorkshire coast, is thought to be about 70 years old.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I recognise the above-ground bits, as there is one of these ROC posts near where I grew up.
Never seen the underground structure before, though!
Never seen the underground structure before, though!
Now that's what I call carrots!
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Now that's what I call carrots!
It's only a diskette if it comes from the Disquette region of France.
Otherwise it's just a 3½" floppy.
Otherwise it's just a 3½" floppy.
I am the exact kind of pedantic nerd that would make this kind of argument if it were true, but I am also old enough to have used these. And yes, we just called them floppies. Almost nobody actually said diskette.
there is a woman on TikTok who has been arguing for months now with randos that keep insisting that nobody called 3.5" disks "floppy disks" or "floppies" at the time. it's weird. no matter what kind of proof she provides or how many agree with her, people are coming out of the woodwork to disagree
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
It's only a diskette if it comes from the Disquette region of France.
Otherwise it's just a 3½" floppy.
Otherwise it's just a 3½" floppy.
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It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I have been reminded that I already wrote four years ago about how to design a control system for agentic systems. apenwarr.ca/log/20211201
100 years of whatever this will be
What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something?
Last time, we explored why various bits of trendy technology are, in my o...
apenwarr.ca
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I have been reminded that I already wrote four years ago about how to design a control system for agentic systems. apenwarr.ca/log/20211201
January 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
This doesn't sound specific to bicycles - I think the same applies generally to physical product development, manufacturing, & sales.
As the saying goes, #hardware is hard - not just to develop, but also to manufacture & scale.
As the saying goes, #hardware is hard - not just to develop, but also to manufacture & scale.
"The bike business has survived world wars, depressions, and the automobile. It will survive venture capital too." #bikeshoplife velomedia.io/rad-power-ba...
Rad Power Bankrupt: More Proof That High-Growth Venture Capital and Cycling Don't Mesh
The cycling industry has now watched multiple VC-backed companies flame out spectacularly. The pattern is consistent enough to be a lesson. High-growth venture models and cycling don't mesh—and the e-...
velomedia.io
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
This doesn't sound specific to bicycles - I think the same applies generally to physical product development, manufacturing, & sales.
As the saying goes, #hardware is hard - not just to develop, but also to manufacture & scale.
As the saying goes, #hardware is hard - not just to develop, but also to manufacture & scale.
Do people still refer to switching TV channels as seeing what's on "the other side"?
Or is that just showing my age?
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Or is that just showing my age?
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January 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Do people still refer to switching TV channels as seeing what's on "the other side"?
Or is that just showing my age?
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Or is that just showing my age?
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If you’ve ever logged data to an SD card or saved files on a #microcontroller, you've probably used FatFs without realizing it. As I'm working on a port for it, I'm reminded what a great embedded #OpenSource project looks like.
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shawnhymel.com/3113/an-ode-...
#embedded #programming #Arduino
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shawnhymel.com/3113/an-ode-...
#embedded #programming #Arduino
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you’ve ever logged data to an SD card or saved files on a #microcontroller, you've probably used FatFs without realizing it. As I'm working on a port for it, I'm reminded what a great embedded #OpenSource project looks like.
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shawnhymel.com/3113/an-ode-...
#embedded #programming #Arduino
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shawnhymel.com/3113/an-ode-...
#embedded #programming #Arduino
High numbers of people checking when is Bin Day - who'd have thought it?!
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@basingstokegov.bsky.social
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December 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
High numbers of people checking when is Bin Day - who'd have thought it?!
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@basingstokegov.bsky.social
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Absolutely!
Christmas Day is the *first* day of Christmas.
See also: Easter...
Christmas Day is the *first* day of Christmas.
See also: Easter...
Attention people who take their tree down on Boxing Day. This is entirely wrong-headed. Christmas is a period that starts with Christmas Day not ends with it.
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Absolutely!
Christmas Day is the *first* day of Christmas.
See also: Easter...
Christmas Day is the *first* day of Christmas.
See also: Easter...
The Italian Job (1969) - a prophetic lesson in #cybersecurity
* A brownout attack
* Malicious software upload
* Denial of Service
* A brownout attack
* Malicious software upload
* Denial of Service
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Italian Job (1969) - a prophetic lesson in #cybersecurity
* A brownout attack
* Malicious software upload
* Denial of Service
* A brownout attack
* Malicious software upload
* Denial of Service