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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · 6d

@atomic14.bsky.social just watching a documentary about Clive Sinclair, where they are about to launch the ZX81 successor. One suggested name was “Rainbow”, but then they went with Spectrum. Coincidence, or was that your inspiration for the name? 🙂

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you! ⭐️

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · 24d

Nice! Is there a description how to do that? Or an idea for a video? 😉

Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · 24d

@atomic14.bsky.social hi Chris, how easy would it be to add a battery to the ESP Rainbow?

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Aug 29

Mit Luka wird alles besser 😶

Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jul 2

However, the lyrics are rather progressive…

Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jul 2

24/7

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jul 2

@hotgpod.bsky.social hi Dirk, happy to listen to diversions, they’re very interesting!

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jun 26

@hotgpod.bsky.social twitter.com/medievalists...

Medievalists.net on X: "Otto the Great’s Tomb Opened for Investigation and Conservation Work https://t.co/QGrlr879uO #Medieval #archaeology #Ottonians #Germany" / X

Otto the Great’s Tomb Opened for Investigation and Conservation Work https://t.co/QGrlr879uO #Medieval #archaeology #Ottonians #Germany

twitter.com

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jun 17

I admire your ability to be positive in this time!

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · Jun 7

Doge saved very little money, gutted crucial departments, directly led to 100s of 1000s of avoidable deaths, trashed Musk’s business reputation and ended after less than five months in a gruesome bust-up with the president. But sure, copy that model

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 7

Zia Yusuf announces return to Reform UK two days after quitting as chair

Party chair says he will lead a ‘Doge team’ inspired by Elon Musk and Donald Trump Zia Yusuf has said he will return to Reform UK, just two days after quitting the party. Yusuf was the rightwing party’s chair but resigned on Thursday after suggesting it was “dumb” of the party’s newest MP to ask the prime minister if he would ban the burqa. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · Jun 6

Anyone making an argument that any group should "accept reduced rights" invalidates their legitimacy on principle.

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jun 6

Actually, it does sound a bit more monotonous, but otherwise really similar.

Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jun 6

@hotgpod.bsky.social I‘m impressed by the cloned voice. Without you mentioning it I wouldn’t have known that. But then, I listen to it at 1.5x, so maybe that makes it harder to identify.

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Jun 6

What always puzzled me was the origins of the „Amerikaner“, a semispherical dough thing with a sugar glaze.

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Blocks @blocks.bsky.social · Apr 27

wir sind nur für den gag hingefahren

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · May 1

😂

Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · May 1

Sounds like they’re speaking either an Eastern European language (initially), and in the meeting clearly a version of French.
Bohemians 🙂

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 1

The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot

The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 1

Everything Tony Blair has ever said and done is right. He is a superhero. He is the saviour of Mankind. He is the Lord our God.
Or so John Rentoul has been telling us for almost 30 years.
It turns out you can make a living this way.
Journalist? Or courtier?

John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · Apr 29

Tony Blair has exposed an inconvenient truth about Net Zero. Me for Independent Premium www.independent.co.uk/voices/tony-...

Tony Blair has exposed an inconvenient truth about Net Zero

Most politicians will not dare say that the Net Zero emperor is naked – so the former prime minister is brave to admit there is a ‘credibility gap’ at the heart of it, says John Rentoul

www.independent.co.uk

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · May 1

Renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels or nuclear.

Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · May 1

Well, if we don’t switch to 100% renewable energy everything collapses when we run out of oil and gas 🤷🏼‍♂️
Plus the added bonus of less pollution and cheaper energy prices.

Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · May 1

@atomic14.bsky.social Reading your Rainbow updates really brings home how complex it is to produce something; so many steps and things to consider! Really looking forward to it 🙂

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Oliver Mason @ojmason.bsky.social · Apr 8

Neither distinguished nor a gentleman, but I’m riding for men’s mental health in Birmingham on May 18th. It would be great if you could sponsor me, but don’t feel obliged to.

Support me in The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride gfolk.me/OliverMason6...

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Faust-Bot @faust-bot.bsky.social · Mar 10

Ach Gott! die Kunst ist lang;
Und kurz ist unser Leben.

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