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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · Jan 28

I've been reading Code The Classics
magpi.raspberrypi.com/books/code-t...

Volume 2 is now also available.

I've started work on a new version of my favourite Atari 2600 game. Combat.

Maybe I'll be done in time for the 50th Anniversay in 2027
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_...

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him) @duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social · 19h

Become ungovernable

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 18h

Stupid tech illiterate mother fuckers.

Pissing around and doing more harm than good because they don’t know how to fix the problem of running the country, so they desperately try to tinker.

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures

The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures

The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour

www.thecanary.co

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 22h

There's absolutely an audience out there who doesn't care what you did to who or what you sold out for how much. If you're someone who abuses others or sells out for a big bag, congratulations, that's your audience. Enjoy it or don't, but don't come bitching to your ex about who you're with now.

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 23h

The one thing you could say about Is Johnny Cash cool? Is that there was a long period in the 70s and 80s when he definitely was waaaay outta fashion.

But that was Fashion's problem - not Johnny's ...

two men are playing guitars together in a black and white photo .

ALT: two men are playing guitars together in a black and white photo .

media.tenor.com

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 22h

If you're in Leicester, Northampton or Bristol I'm coming to see you next weekend and it would be great to see you there. They're all lovely venues and there are plenty of tickets available. Come along, have a laugh and meet some like-minded people! www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t... 2/2

Matt Green Tickets, Tour and Concert Dates – www.livenation.co.uk

www.livenation.co.uk

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 22h

I like Omid Djalili, but I don’t like his take here.

Claiming that bringing comedy over there can help open it up.

You went under the terms of their government. Don’t criticise or make fun of their government.

That’s not showing Saudi how we do things. That’s confirming that their way is best.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 22h

I don't think for me it is so much "criticism" as "if you were a comic I still listened to before you went this thing, that's not what you are anymore, so long and thanks but no thanks."

There are plenty of other funny people out there to listen to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 23h

See also people will stop sending their kids to fee paying schools if you charge them VAT.

They didn’t.

In fact. The current cohort had so much spare money they prepaid years of fees to beat the VAT deadline.

Tackle wealth inequality and never apologise.

They sure as shit never do.

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 1d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 23h

So the Nobel Prize has gone to Machado. For her decades of work with Kimberly and Coconut Creams.

It’s been a long time coming but very well deserved.

The Ginger Nut will have to wait another year.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

Human Rights Watch be like…

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

They didn’t just refuse to give him the prize, they kicked him in the balls and told him to go fuck himself.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up in an Ireland with mass emigration and people crying out (literally) for the government to do something, create opportunities at home.

Government created a country that people move TO, and now there are some who want to stop that too.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

“The injection of youth into a political party can only ever be good for the part……”

Oh shit.

Never mind.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

You that thing where you hear an album and the production is so clean, so perfect, that the album goes past good and back around to bad.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus Christ.

Whoever wrote that will discover Dolly Parton is cool 10 years from now.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve got to love a guy that uses crime watch cctv footage to promote his show.

David O’Doherty @phlaimeaux.bsky.social · 1d

Last tickets on sale for the Dublin debut of my new show this weekend in Vicar Street. I am buying sandpaper. I am sanding my show to perfection. You can get a ticket here: www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/11521...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve bailed. That one account I was going to follow isn’t worth it.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t want to use Instagram, never have. I signed up to follow ONE account. That’s all I want to do.
Oh my god it’s so horrible.
It’s the most aggressively horrible UI Ive ever seen.

I can barely focus on the content I want I’m being hounded so bad to follow other people. Or look at other people.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

In front of any Irish Jury, that guy’s entire story is getting believed just on the basis of that comment.

Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

And if you do get experts to say “ this green bit is ok, but protect this brown bit” or vice versa. You’ll immediately have a dozen more disagreeing.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 1d

The whole topic is a combination of vested interests, emotion, and desperation.

Housing is one area of life where it’s near impossible to be dispassionate and objective.

People are either desperate to get something. Or desperate to protect what they have.

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 2d

It's impressive how quickly Paris has transformed car-dominant roads, prioritising more efficient modes of transportation. One lane for drivers on the right side, made to wallow in their own stop-and-start inefficiency, two giant lanes for bikes.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 2d

I do think some people argue to protect land without any objective understanding of its value.

Some green areas might be ideal for houses with minimal environmental impact.

Some brownfield development might be a terrible move.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 2d

I had a chat on here with some experts saying that some of the brown field sites are more valuable from a biodiversity perspective than some green field sites.

This may be part of that nuance.

So you have people protecting green and others protecting brown.

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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 2d

Massively restricting where houses can be built benefits capitalists and hurts the general public even more.

In fact I would not be surprised if the NIMBY culture isn’t encouraged somewhat by developers.

For the same reason OPEC don’t pump oil as quickly as possible.

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