Retro Tech Shop
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A mix of science, vintage computing fun, and tips on navigating the maze of modern technology.
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#8bit August is on at the 1078 Gallery in #chicoca. Celebration of the golden age of gaming, local art, & upcycled tech rescued by Tech Toss.
📅 8/22 – 9/14
📍 1710 Park Avenue
🎮 #atari2600 & #nes classics
💾 MS-DOS with #vintagegames
📀 1980s LaserDisc Player
🕹️ #arcade tower with thousands of games
📅 8/22 – 9/14
📍 1710 Park Avenue
🎮 #atari2600 & #nes classics
💾 MS-DOS with #vintagegames
📀 1980s LaserDisc Player
🕹️ #arcade tower with thousands of games
Lookout TikTok, here comes AI Slop
#generativeAI #aislop #washingtondc
www.404media.co/real-footage...
#generativeAI #aislop #washingtondc
www.404media.co/real-footage...
Real Footage Combined With AI Slop About DC Is Creating a Disinformation Mess on TikTok
What is going on in DC? Do not ask TikTok
www.404media.co
August 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Lookout TikTok, here comes AI Slop
#generativeAI #aislop #washingtondc
www.404media.co/real-footage...
#generativeAI #aislop #washingtondc
www.404media.co/real-footage...
#8bit August is on at the 1078 Gallery in #chicoca. Celebration of the golden age of gaming, local art, & upcycled tech rescued by Tech Toss.
📅 8/22 – 9/14
📍 1710 Park Avenue
🎮 #atari2600 & #nes classics
💾 MS-DOS with #vintagegames
📀 1980s LaserDisc Player
🕹️ #arcade tower with thousands of games
📅 8/22 – 9/14
📍 1710 Park Avenue
🎮 #atari2600 & #nes classics
💾 MS-DOS with #vintagegames
📀 1980s LaserDisc Player
🕹️ #arcade tower with thousands of games
August 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#8bit August is on at the 1078 Gallery in #chicoca. Celebration of the golden age of gaming, local art, & upcycled tech rescued by Tech Toss.
📅 8/22 – 9/14
📍 1710 Park Avenue
🎮 #atari2600 & #nes classics
💾 MS-DOS with #vintagegames
📀 1980s LaserDisc Player
🕹️ #arcade tower with thousands of games
📅 8/22 – 9/14
📍 1710 Park Avenue
🎮 #atari2600 & #nes classics
💾 MS-DOS with #vintagegames
📀 1980s LaserDisc Player
🕹️ #arcade tower with thousands of games
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In this week's Current Climate newsletter, U.N. reports say clean energy hits a global tipping point; NYC congestion pricing is working; danger for the Endangerment Finding
Climate: Solar And Wind Power’s ‘Unstoppable’ Global Growth
In this week's Current Climate newsletter, U.N. reports say clean energy hits a global tipping point; NYC congestion pricing is working; danger for the Endangerment Finding
www.forbes.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In this week's Current Climate newsletter, U.N. reports say clean energy hits a global tipping point; NYC congestion pricing is working; danger for the Endangerment Finding
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A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
July 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
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Look at this thing of pure beauty! If some company were to reproduce this today I'd raid my savings to make one pride of place, front and centre in our living room! 🤗
1951 Admiral 321F47
AKA the Telebar
Featuring a 20 inch picture tube and radio and record player combo as well as storage for bottles and glasses in addition to an area on top to serve from
AKA the Telebar
Featuring a 20 inch picture tube and radio and record player combo as well as storage for bottles and glasses in addition to an area on top to serve from
July 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Look at this thing of pure beauty! If some company were to reproduce this today I'd raid my savings to make one pride of place, front and centre in our living room! 🤗
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This will help you find a public radio or television station that stands to lose 50 percent or more of its revenue:
Adopt A Station
adoptastation.org
July 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This will help you find a public radio or television station that stands to lose 50 percent or more of its revenue:
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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This Chris White painting for The Space Gamer is fantastic. This is one magazine I never had.
July 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This Chris White painting for The Space Gamer is fantastic. This is one magazine I never had.
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One of the clearest images of Venus taken by Japan's Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter.
-Credits: JAXA
-Credits: JAXA
July 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of the clearest images of Venus taken by Japan's Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter.
-Credits: JAXA
-Credits: JAXA
The #fediverse feels like the internet we were promised. Welcoming, independent, and without predatory algorithms or ads lurking around every corner. It is "possibly the only safe and ethical online social media space one could be in right now."
#federated
#federated
Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media
This video is a colorful introduction to the Fediverse, guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini. Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where privacy is res...
videos.elenarossini.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The #fediverse feels like the internet we were promised. Welcoming, independent, and without predatory algorithms or ads lurking around every corner. It is "possibly the only safe and ethical online social media space one could be in right now."
#federated
#federated
June 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
If your Speak and Spell had wheels.
Chrysler Electronic Voice Alert (EVA) Talking Car System (October 27, 1981)
#1980s #retrotech #retrocars #1980vibes
Chrysler Electronic Voice Alert (EVA) Talking Car System (October 27, 1981)
#1980s #retrotech #retrocars #1980vibes
May 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If your Speak and Spell had wheels.
Chrysler Electronic Voice Alert (EVA) Talking Car System (October 27, 1981)
#1980s #retrotech #retrocars #1980vibes
Chrysler Electronic Voice Alert (EVA) Talking Car System (October 27, 1981)
#1980s #retrotech #retrocars #1980vibes
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BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
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200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
Redirecting to: https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live
wclivestream.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
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Why the "big beautiful bill" is the single ugliest bill you can imagine... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is
Why the one big beautiful bill is the single ugliest you can imagine
The truth
robertreich.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Why the "big beautiful bill" is the single ugliest bill you can imagine... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is
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AOL 3.0 Channels, thanks to the P30L project!
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL #AmericaOnline
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL #AmericaOnline
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
AOL 3.0 Channels, thanks to the P30L project!
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL #AmericaOnline
#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL #AmericaOnline
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So, right now, you can still go the NASA website, and read about Rose Ferreria's inspiring story of resilience.
It does not mention that NASA fired her immediately after she returned from medical leave and had embarrassed the agency into restoring the webpage.
www.space.com/space-explor...
It does not mention that NASA fired her immediately after she returned from medical leave and had embarrassed the agency into restoring the webpage.
www.space.com/space-explor...
May 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So, right now, you can still go the NASA website, and read about Rose Ferreria's inspiring story of resilience.
It does not mention that NASA fired her immediately after she returned from medical leave and had embarrassed the agency into restoring the webpage.
www.space.com/space-explor...
It does not mention that NASA fired her immediately after she returned from medical leave and had embarrassed the agency into restoring the webpage.
www.space.com/space-explor...
NASA celebrated this employee's story of resilience, then tried to scrub it from the internet. Then fired her.
"It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little."
www.space.com/space-explor...
#NASA #doge #dei #sciencenews #spacenews #space #roseferreira #science
"It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little."
www.space.com/space-explor...
#NASA #doge #dei #sciencenews #spacenews #space #roseferreira #science
NASA celebrated this employee's story of resilience, then tried to scrub it from the internet. Then fired her.
"It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little."
www.space.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NASA celebrated this employee's story of resilience, then tried to scrub it from the internet. Then fired her.
"It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little."
www.space.com/space-explor...
#NASA #doge #dei #sciencenews #spacenews #space #roseferreira #science
"It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little."
www.space.com/space-explor...
#NASA #doge #dei #sciencenews #spacenews #space #roseferreira #science
Canadian VPN Windscribe scores a major victory for online privacy protections.
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#onlineprivacy #privacyMatters #buycanadian #privacy #supportcanada #canadianmade #elbowsup
These guys are doing great work and deserve our support. Buy some swag to help them out: swag.windscribe.com/collections/...
#onlineprivacy #privacyMatters #buycanadian #privacy #supportcanada #canadianmade #elbowsup
May 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Canadian VPN Windscribe scores a major victory for online privacy protections.
These guys are doing great work and deserve our support. Buy some swag to help them out: swag.windscribe.com/collections/...
#onlineprivacy #privacyMatters #buycanadian #privacy #supportcanada #canadianmade #elbowsup
These guys are doing great work and deserve our support. Buy some swag to help them out: swag.windscribe.com/collections/...
#onlineprivacy #privacyMatters #buycanadian #privacy #supportcanada #canadianmade #elbowsup
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The Casio TM-100 Transmitter Watch from 1987 could broadcast to an FM radio frequency
May 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Casio TM-100 Transmitter Watch from 1987 could broadcast to an FM radio frequency
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Found a super top secret morse code military transmission. Who better to decipher it than my green glowing Apple IIe from 1983?
#apple2forever #appleiie #appleii #apple2 #apple2e #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrocomputer #retrocomputers #AmateurRadio #hamradio #retrotech #retrotechnology
#apple2forever #appleiie #appleii #apple2 #apple2e #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrocomputer #retrocomputers #AmateurRadio #hamradio #retrotech #retrotechnology
May 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Found a super top secret morse code military transmission. Who better to decipher it than my green glowing Apple IIe from 1983?
#apple2forever #appleiie #appleii #apple2 #apple2e #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrocomputer #retrocomputers #AmateurRadio #hamradio #retrotech #retrotechnology
#apple2forever #appleiie #appleii #apple2 #apple2e #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrocomputer #retrocomputers #AmateurRadio #hamradio #retrotech #retrotechnology
Home lab inspiration
#homelab #vintage #retro #retrocomputing #retrotech #retroart #vintageart #1980s #dougbeekman #fantasyart #fantasy #scifi #scifiart #paperback #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #darkmage
#homelab #vintage #retro #retrocomputing #retrotech #retroart #vintageart #1980s #dougbeekman #fantasyart #fantasy #scifi #scifiart #paperback #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #darkmage
May 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Just finished setting up my anti internet demon network shield using a #raspberrypi and #pihole. Bit of a learning curve but worth it. If you'd like some tips let me know.
#ddwrt #raspberrypiproject #Antispyware #Antispyware #internetsecurity #adware #adblock #adblocking #adblocker #adblockers
#ddwrt #raspberrypiproject #Antispyware #Antispyware #internetsecurity #adware #adblock #adblocking #adblocker #adblockers
April 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Just finished setting up my anti internet demon network shield using a #raspberrypi and #pihole. Bit of a learning curve but worth it. If you'd like some tips let me know.
#ddwrt #raspberrypiproject #Antispyware #Antispyware #internetsecurity #adware #adblock #adblocking #adblocker #adblockers
#ddwrt #raspberrypiproject #Antispyware #Antispyware #internetsecurity #adware #adblock #adblocking #adblocker #adblockers