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Tao Neuendorffer
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🚋 on the T 😷 in Pittsburgh 🎤Songs and stories of computer science💾 We are none of us alone🎵 People of all colors and genders keep making tech history🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
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Tao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 2d
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
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As the pioneers in the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) product category, Apple is closely listening to the market to ensure that we deliver next generation products that meet customers' needs.
—Shane Robison, January 30, 1995 #AppleNewton #RetroComputing
Info to go. image of a lady holding a Newton MessagePad 120 and stylus The New, Enhanced Apple MessagePad 120. The new Apple MessagePad 120 is powered by the just-released Newton 2.0 operating system, recent winner of "Best of COMDEX" in its category at COMDEX '95. You're organized while you're mobilized. Weighing only 1 Ib., the MessagePad 120 has the functions of an electronic organizer, and more. It stores hundreds of names, phone and fax numbers, street and e-mail addresses. It keeps track of your schedule. You can write to-do lists, notes, memos, or even make sketches. Its handwriting recognition has been greatly improved. It not only organizes, it communicates. The MessagePad 120 works with the way you communicate today. It can send and receive faxes. It also allows you to receive wireless paging messages and news bulletins. You can exchange e-mail via the Internet. It even has an optional keyboard so you don't have to carry a laptop. An easy connection to your PC. The new MessagePad 120 connects to both Windows and Mac™ OS-based computers. So you'll be able to create backup files, take your PC files with you, or access your PC from the road. That's because, with new connection software, you can easily download and upload data from your personal computer to your MessagePad 120. Check out the new Apple MessagePad 120. You'll soon discover how it can make you more efficient and productive when you're on the go. The New Apple MessagePad 120 Newton light bulb logo Apple rainbow logo
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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vgmaps.bsky.social
Is The Tetris Company going to celebrate what should be "Tetris Month"?

In February 2026, the four weeks are lined up perfectly as four lines - which is exactly what a Tetris is!

The last time this happened was in 2015, and the next two times will be in 2037 and 2043.

#Tetris
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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bruces.bsky.social
*Way to go Denmark #skininthegame
gerryhassan.bsky.social Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 2d
Bruce Springsteen is currently number one in iTunes in 19 countries.
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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a11yawareness.bsky.social
If you're struggling to know how to write alt text for award shows and red carpet events, this resource by Veronica Lewis will help you get started.

#GRAMMYS
How To Create Image Descriptions For Red Carpet Looks | Veroniiiica
Learn how to describe and write image descriptions for celebrity looks from red carpet awards shows and galas for people with vision loss (low vison/blind)
veroniiiica.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Just a reminder…

Black history, pass it on.
February 2, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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Girl math is when you study math, learn programming, get hired to work on a NASA contract, add some defensive code because you think through the whole thing, and then your code corrects an issue when the computer gets overloaded and saves the Apollo 11 landing.
idhrendur.com Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 2h
Girl math is when you become one of the six operators of some new machine, help win WWII, be consulted for the design of the first programmable computer, but then for 50 years everyone sees you in photos and says you're just a model.
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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These findings add a new layer to this piece I reported:

www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
February 2, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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taonf.bsky.social
Keep telling your officials to defend the rights of minorities. We’re halfway through the poem and it’s not a very long poem

US Capitol Switchboard
(202) 224-3121

@resist.bot turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives
Text RESIST to 5041 Resistbot turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives image of resistbot, fist raised, wearing a rainbow pride and trans flag as a cape Text RESIST to 5041 Resistbot turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives US Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 One number to call your US Senators and Rep. Save to your phone contact list. Choose Your Crew! image of armed ICE men vs image of people wearing inflatable animals
January 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
💯💯
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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"Black-appeal stations were instrumental in propelling R&B into the mainstream while broadcasting news of the ever-growing civil rights movement."

How Black Radio Changed the Dial:
How Black Radio Changed the Dial - JSTOR Daily
Black-appeal stations were instrumental in propelling R&B into the mainstream while broadcasting news of the ever-growing civil rights movement.
daily.jstor.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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sifu.tweety.fish
sometimes the fact that I never watch videos really messes me up, because the story that Prof. Raginsky is telling here--the soviet origins of ML, while the US was farting around with goofy AI--is important and rules and as far as I know has never been told as a coherent narrative except... here?
mraginsky.bsky.social Maxim Raginsky @mraginsky.bsky.social · Sep 4
In the meantime y’all can enjoy this (context: during COVID, a friend of mine organized an informal series of zoom talks so we could all tell each other what we do and such): youtu.be/wlpVoJeIXWM?...
"In Soviet Russia Machine Learns You" by Max Raginsky
YouTube video by Drink Think
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February 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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Waves of cerebrospinal fluid washing your brain while you sleep
September 29, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Much of the classic #LucasArts catalog is currently 65% off over on Steam and GOG:
store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...
www.gog.com/en/games?dev...
February 2, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Hey #StarTrek and #StarTrekTNG fans, a recorded chat with Jonathan Frakes,Brent Spiner and THEE @levarburton.bsky.social . What a gift.

youtu.be/kjkhxe9A8Qk?...
After all these years, back together again
YouTube video by Dropping Names with Brent and Jonny
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February 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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shlead.bsky.social
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 RIP.
www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.
www.npr.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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Redirect the funds is another option that has always been there: 202-224-3121

Fund solutions, not cruelty and goons.

Use @resist.bot to amplify support for things like this bill.

Text ‘sign PLLGZX’ to 50409

resist.bot/petitions/PL...
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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ouinne.bsky.social
i just think things would be a lot nicer if everyone were to be taken care of to the very low standards i maintain for the chloe. warm, safe, fed, & loved, it would be a good world.
brindle greyhound fast asleep on the other side of thr couch because a chloe has no interest in watching french pow movies
February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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theoldinternet.bsky.social
Those were exciting times. Every new phone was special.
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Yikes.
New Study Examines How Often AI Psychosis Actually Happens, and the Results Are Not Good
Researchers at Anthropic found that issues of "user disempowerement" among AI users are far too common, a growing trend.
trib.al
February 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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sharkabytes.bsky.social
Two panels from Princess Bride with Buttercup asking about ROUS's, Rodents of Unusual Size, to which Wesley says I don't think they exist A crt TV snap from Ultima V's battle screen with GIant Rats attacking the party
February 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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admirablewomen.bsky.social
Archaeologist Gertrude Caton Thompson was born #OTD in 1888.

She was one of the first in the field to use aerial surveys to identify sites, using them successfully for her famed work in Zimbabwe & Egypt. She led the first all-female archaeological expedition in history in 1929.

#WomenInSTEM (1/2)
Gertrude Caton Thompson (1888–1985), the pioneering English archaeologist and Fellow of the British Academy renowned for her groundbreaking work in Egyptian prehistory (including distinguishing Neolithic cultures in the Faiyum depression) and her 1928–1929 stratigraphic excavations at Great Zimbabwe—which conclusively proved the site's medieval African origins, debunking racist colonial myths attributing it to Phoenicians or other non-African builders—poses in a classic black-and-white studio portrait from her mid-career years. The composed woman gazes directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent expression, her dark hair neatly styled in soft waves typical of the 1920s–1930s. She wears a light-colored blouse or dress with intricate embroidered zigzag and floral patterns along the neckline and shoulders. The soft, neutral dark background and subtle lighting highlight her dignified features and the fine details of her attire, capturing the determined spirit of a trailblazing scholar who advanced rigorous, evidence-based archaeology in male-dominated fields and challenging political contexts.
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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I learned of Thompson through her work in the Faiyum Depression in Egypt (1924–1928). She & geologist Elinor Wight Gardner conducted the first systematic survey of the depression & discovered Egypt’s earliest known Neolithic farming culture, dating back to approximately 4000–5000 BCE. #archaeology
A historic black-and-white photograph from Gertrude Caton Thompson's 1920s excavations in the Faiyum Depression, Egypt, captures her field crew carefully excavating a remarkably preserved Neolithic basket lining from a storage pit. In the foreground, several Egyptian workers—dressed in traditional light-colored robes, turbans or headscarves, and simple attire suited to the desert heat—kneel or crouch around a shallow, rectangular pit dug into the sandy, barren ground. One worker in the center leans in closely, gently brushing or handling the large, coiled basket structure (made of woven straw or plant fibers) that fills much of the pit, its dark, textured form contrasting with the surrounding pale soil and rocks. Nearby, another worker supports or examines the basket's edge, while others stand or observe attentively, one with a hand to his face in thought. The vast, flat desert landscape stretches endlessly behind them under a clear sky, emphasizing the remote, arid setting north of ancient Lake Qarun where Caton-Thompson and geologist Elinor Wight Gardner uncovered key evidence of early farming communities, including these basket-lined silos containing domesticated wheat and barley from around 5000–4500 BCE. The image highlights the meticulous, hands-on nature of early 20th-century archaeology and Caton Thompson's pioneering stratigraphic methods in defining the Fayum Neolithic culture.
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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a very dangerous operation from the 80s
February 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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cwebbonline.com
Liam made people look. Now don’t look away.

We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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#ICEMonsters will infiltrate your protests. Remember CoIntelPro? This is WAY worse w new technology.

This is why it is ESSENTIAL to #WagePeace only.
BEWARE of ANYONE trying to goad your people into adopting violent or destructive tactics, esp in the heat of the moment.

DO 👏 NOT 👏 FALL 👏 FOR 👏 IT 👏
cajunblue.bsky.social CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 10h
📌 The development of ICE’s sophistication in terms of social integration within communities cannot, must not be underestimated. Let us learn from this, share this, and create new ways to protect our neighbors.
February 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM