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J.R. Raith
@jrronimo.bsky.social
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Giant nerd, IT manager/support for physicists.
Co-founder Slow Jam Studio.

https://hotdog.zone/

He/him.
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polpo.org
I got up at 5 AM to record with the TWiR crew… totally worth it! It was really fun getting to chat retro with them. What a great bunch!
thisweekinretro.bsky.social This Week in Retro @thisweekinretro.bsky.social · 1d
PicoIDE, the CD-ROM and HD replacement, is here and so is creator @polpo.org to tell us all about it! youtu.be/NcWE9F3F85c
Then it's preservation problems with Little Computer People and Alternate Reality: The City, and a discussion of the all-in-one TV/VCR combo on This Week in Retro 253!
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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cara.city
90% of the reason I own a Commodore 64 is to listen to cool SID music
January 31, 2026 at 5:13 AM
jrronimo.bsky.social
I know that @markmacdo.bsky.social doesn't check here, so @gabrieldeleon.bsky.social and @johntv.bsky.social and @tinabuttz.bsky.social please let him know that I missed nicknames this week. It feels like something is just missing from my life. 😢
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM
jrronimo.bsky.social
This loud, dirty, adorable dirt elemental. 🥰
Juniper, a Great Pyrenees dog, looking proud of herself while she gets some scratches on her chest.
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 AM
jrronimo.bsky.social
Dear people on the Strontium team at work: Please do not dip your arms in Strontium-90.

I know you already know this way more inherently than I ever will, but this comic made me chuckle.
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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radiantsword.bsky.social
Once, when I was digging in FFT map files, I found an unused map file where each of the 4 camera angles allowed you to see a different room. I thought it was so cool, I was determined to make a level like that in Radiant Sword. Now it's real! #rpg #jrpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegames
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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herfst.bsky.social
Three-panel comic of a puppy where the original text saying "please throw? no take, only throw!" has been replaced with cuneiform characters
November 13, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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moudhy.bsky.social
May as well dive right in.

Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?

According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”

Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
A round, light brown tablet made of clay with three lines of cuneiform scripts. Two rulings, or traced straight lines, enclose the writing. The photo also shows the sides of the tablet, including a few damaged parts.
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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artifice.bsky.social
Artifice - Gyromancy out today on streaming platforms
Gyromancy - Single by Artifice on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 1 Song
music.apple.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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theplanetaryguy.bsky.social
Time to post this rather incredible photo again.

The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, with one of the Solar System's smallest moons, Phobos, crossing it.

Photographed from Mars orbit.

Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social CC BY
The surface of Mars occupies most of the scene, the limb of the planet to the right (with space beyond). In the upper centre is the massive Olympus Mons. The small dark body is the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos.
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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usili.bsky.social
Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.
January 28, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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esper.bsky.social
neo geo pocket horoscope said today would be a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💰 Day for us leos and:
-i got a new ongoing gig i’m excited to talk about soon
-a client paid me ahead of schedule
-i just got $55 from a class action settlement i forgot about

so YES astrology is REALER THAN SCIENCE and this is hard proof
pockethoroscope.bsky.social ✨Neo Geo Pocket Horoscope✨ @pockethoroscope.bsky.social · 5d
January 27, 2026
#NeoGeo #PocketHoroscope
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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sacaitlin.bsky.social
anyone I know in the UK like lringles enough to get me a code for the bowtie in wow

I like pringles but they won't give me the code in the US 🥺
January 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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jparish.bsky.social
Anyway, this is still the world's best, most comprehensive guide to the stuff you can newly play on NSO today:

limitedrungames.com/collections/...

Or you can fall back on the video version if that's your jam:

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

(If nothing else, check out The Mansion of Innsmouth)
Virtual Boy Works Hardcover Book – Limited Run Games
After Nintendo achieved world-shaking success with its Game Boy handheld system, a next-generation follow-up seemed inevitable. Yet few could have predicted the form it would take—or how poorly it wou...
limitedrungames.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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nfpublishing.bsky.social
As hoped for in our newest issue, Dragon Hopper has just been confirmed for release 30 years after its Summer 1996 release plans were cancelled!
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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wario64.bsky.social
Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics – Overview Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVva...
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM
jrronimo.bsky.social
Holy Shit: Nintendo is putting Zero Racer and Dragon Hopper on the Switch 2 Virtual Boy Classics release! www.videogameschronicle.com/news/2-unrel...

For Virtual Boy fans, this is basically equivalent to Nintendo casually releasing Mother 3. Or maybe the N64 version of it. This is astounding! 🤯
2 unreleased Virtual Boy games are coming to Nintendo Switch as part of the NSO Expansion Pack | VGC
Zero Racer and D-Hopper will be playable for the first time…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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jimmytwohands.bsky.social
Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
large boulder the size of a small boulder tweet from San Miguel sheriff, dated 1/27/20
January 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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tedstryk.bsky.social
Today in 1986, Voyager 2 made humanity's first and only encounter with Uranus, revealing its clouds, rings, and fascinating zoo of moons.
Uranus and its rings as Voyager approached it from the south Uranus, enhanced to make discrete clouds visible The rings of Uranus in a deep exposure. The spacecraft tracked rings, so the stars are smeared and appear as trails. The major moons of Uranus to scale.
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
IT Dance - Gator Days
IT Dance - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 August is at the office and looking at a computer that's being difficult. It can't seem to connect to the network. The screen says "ERROR No connection So alone". Poor computer. August tried the usual fixes but the problem isn't obvious. He's begun searching for answers on his phone with a search engine called "searchle". August: This might take a while to fix. Robin: Okay, let me know when it's- Panel 2 Robin has noticed that August is searching online for solutions. Why did he even bring IT into this when he could have done that himself? Robin: Wait, you're just looking up how to fix it on your phone! I could have done that. August: You still can do that. Panel 3 Robin looks to the side and contemplates the situation. August wouldn't mind being able to skip this task but is also aware not everyone knows the right thing to search for and he will probably still have to do it in the end. Panel 4 Robin has decided to stop questioning things and take this as an opportunity to get some coffee. This moment is a gift. August is unbothered, he would probably do the same thing. Robin: I'm going to get some coffee. You want anything? August: No thanks.
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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wes.readonlymemo.com
Hello! Would you like a long, distracting read about chasing a dream, perfecting analog video, battling AI-driven manufacturing shortages, and sticking to the principle of doing right by the open source MiSTer community? Here's that
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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developerdamien.bsky.social
I am officially 37 years old today. If you want to get me something for it, buy any/all of the 20ish games that I have on sale for either yourself, to corrupt a friend, or to show someone that's been too chummy that you two aren't that close

itch.io/s/179084/bir...
A maze where the player's main character is being followed by so many characters that they go off of the screen. A crafting menu where for 50 of two resource you can craft the offhand item Bathrrom Sidearm with the description "You PRAY it never comes to this. After Turn 9 in battle, STR +250%." A low-res first person 3D view of golf on the green. The text box asks "How will you swing?" with the choices of Cautious approach, Moderation, and Full send it. A pixel art crystalline hallway with a toilet at the end.
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
may i offer you some space in this trying time?
Shining blue stars are sprinkled throughout glowing clouds of orange, pink and bluish gas, alongside dark clouds of dust. A particularly bright star shines against the inky dark dust of the lower right quadrant. Misty, bluish-white gas nearly fills this image. A few scattered stars shine through the gas. To the bottom left and just near a bright star, a dark cloud of dust interrupts the glowing, nebulous landscape. Within a field of glittering multicolored stars, bluish clouds of gas edged in glowing red cluster at the top of the image and in a bubble-shaped clump to the mid-right. A single shining star throws diffraction spikes across the upper left of the image. Narrow, knotted clouds of purple and green glowing gas are seen against a field of stars.
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 AM
jrronimo.bsky.social
Today has been a hard one for all of us. If you're feeling overwhelmed, don't succumb to fear and desperation. Reach out to family or a friend; reach out to me. In the words of The Four Tops: I'll be there.

youtu.be/2EaflX0MWRo?...
Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) (1967) HD 0815007
YouTube video by Clara0815007
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January 25, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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jrronimo.bsky.social
Are you a Windows IT person looking for a job? You'll build computers and fix Windows issues and hand out RS232 cables! I could literally be your boss! Come work for me at @jila.colorado.edu!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Windows System Administrator
jobs.colorado.edu
January 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM