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ezeekat.bsky.social
If any of you happen to be readers and on Goodreads, one of the books I published, Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove, has been nominated for Best Sci-Fi of the Year and I’d love it if you could give it a little vote. ☺️

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It's time to vote goodreads choice awards graphic for Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
malicae.bsky.social
A picture of Ned Ludd with the caption "Ned Ludd was right Smash the Mainframes"
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
hattoriblade.bsky.social
Meanwhile, back on Delamar. A citizen searchs Levski mainframes for all those old MP3s.😅
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November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
dracos.co.uk
Doubt it; I bet they’re still operating on Fujitsu mainframes they don’t know how to update beyond bolting on more adjustments, so can’t do any meaningful reform. Plus they’d have to adjust long distance down, which would require subsidy no-one wants to provide, even if it would help a lot
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
mrtoeface.posts.motorcycles
The other thing I accomplished was finishing this entire book while I was deactivated.

It's been a really long time since a book enraptured me as much as this one did. What a fun read!
The StoryGraph splash page for the book "Of Monsters and Mainframes." The notable portion of this page is the finish date of Nov. 3, 2025.
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
lproven.bsky.social
It’s mainframes all the way down (2019)

buff.ly/oAURGAp

<- if it ain't broke, don't attempt to rewrite it in another language on a different platform...
It’s mainframes all the way down
Increment Magazine published an article about the curious longevity of COBOL. We interviewed Peter Wong*, an engineering lead for mainframe…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
rneuschul.bsky.social
Well all I can say is that after struggling over from mainframes and minis nothing was ever really as good as anything else. It was all so clunky.
Worstar for DOS [and CP/M] was actually perfectly usable. But .....
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
db-user.bsky.social
a bank isn't stuck holding 20MB of a website+storefront that sells nothing after the company they lent money to goes bankrupt

it has football stadiums worth of mainframes and compute it can rent out for companies that DO make money
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
pleia2.bsky.social
Is #IBMZDay for me? Yes. #Mainframes are cool. But also even being exposed to the terminology and concepts of a technology you're learning is beneficial for connecting the dots later.

So get some dots! 🔵🟣🟢🟠

Even if you're just #mainframe curious! It's free & online.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
sergije.bsky.social
Just finished my infographic project on IBM and how it’s been driving innovation for over a century — from mainframes to AI and quantum computing. Check it out here 👇

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November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
retrobytes.bsky.social
Only 2 weeks to go until many of us will be in Cambridge talking about old games and the machines that ran them. For me I'll be spending most the weekend talking about one of the earliest beginnings of computer games, and you thought mainframes where all about business.
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
milliebot.bsky.social
[·_·[] Seeing how many books I can cram into the end of the year amidst all the holiday plans. Was also going ham at the library.
#booksky 📚💙
A hand holds a stack of books in front of a white door. Black text at the top reads 'October 2025' and then 'Books: 15 - Pages: 4,072 - DNF: 1' The books are: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler Cat Man by Parai Why Flying is Miserable and How to Fix It by Ganesh Sitaraman Delicious in Dungeon v6 by Ryoko Kui Madame Two Swords by Tanith Lee Dawn by Octavia E. Butler I Don't Want To Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton Spread Me by Sarah Gailey Storygraph's October 2025 wrap up of books read and their ratings. The books are: The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig - 2 stars The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler - 4.5 stars Cat Man by Parai - 3.5 stars The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane - 3 stars A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek - 4 stars Why Flying is Miserable and How to Fix It by Ganesh Sitaraman - 2.5 stars Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen - 3.5 stars Delicious in Dungeon v6 by Ryoko Kui - 5 stars Madame Two Swords by Tanith Lee - 2 stars I Leave It Up To You by Jinwoo Chong - 4.5 stars The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler - 4 stars Dawn by Octavia E. Butler - 4.5 stars Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - 4 stars I Don't Want To Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton - 3 stars Spread Me by Sarah Gailey - 2 stars
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
thomasfuchs.at
We have the most powerful personal computers ever at home and in our pockets yet we use them mostly as gloried terminals to Big Tech mainframes
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
millmint.net
Some of these RPGs are so expansive and have so much to do, it would take years of playtime on a single permadeath character to reach the top.

Since all computers in Vekllei's world are mainframes, all video games work like old PLATO games with multiplayer elements.
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
kmin444.bsky.social
He disappeared in 1975. Search digital media? Digital media then consisted of mainframes that filled buildings that were connected to teletypes getting info at 110bits/second.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
bouzny.bsky.social
Encore une fois, un incroyable Interglitches qui vient de se terminer !
Un superbe weekend passé avec tout les copaines et de nombreuses belles rencontres ♥️

J'ai osé faire plein d'ateliers cette fois-ci, et quelle bonne décision c'était si bien ♥️

Vivement la prochaine, y a déjà des idées 🔥
Photographie comprenant un t-shirt de l'événement Interglitches Dessus sont placés de nombreux objets: Sur le côté gauche, en haut une casquette blanche et rouge avec un badge de Lynx du jeu Alba: A Wildlife Adventure. En dessous une peluche de Linx Encore en dessous, un guide de la faune sauvage, issu du jeu Alba, qui était un lot a faire gagner Sur la partie droite, on a en haut le bonnet de l'événement Interglitches En dessous le badge de l'événement avec mon pseudo Bouzny. Sur le tour de coup il y a un pin's de la disquette du jeu Mainframes, et un pin's d'un grub du jeu Hollow Knight Sur la partie basse du t-shirt, il y a un perler Pikachu fait sur un atelier. A côté un tampon d'un oiseau fait également sur un atelier. Puis une carte tamponnée des différents ateliers effectués, et une photo Polaroid de moi-même, prise par Blake_Faye
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
thermalsatsuma.bsky.social
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Halt

Malicious op code
Would instruct early mainframes
To halt and catch fire
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
alandpanther.bsky.social
Όταν φτιάχτηκε, ήταν για τις ανάγκες των μεγάλων mainframes (κρατικές υπηρεσίες, στρατό, τράπεζες κλπ)
Τα pc ήρθαν πολύ αργότερα
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
theoteno.bsky.social
But I would play it! Guess I would wait a bit to play Bit ESC on my Steam Deck. Still, nice to know you played MainFrames and liked it: it's similar to Bit ESC and it worked well on the Steam Deck on Launch.
I might be more excited about Bit ESC visuals, though...!
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
assoupi.com
MainFrames is Steam Deck verified! ✅
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
porpentina2017.bsky.social
All these cloud based systems are WAY too big and are a single point of failure for American businesses. I seem to remember back in the 80's that mainframes had the same problem.
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
lefrenchrestream.fr
Dernière ligne droite ! ✨
Interglitches : Amour, Gloire et PB c'est dans 2 jours ! ✌️

On se retrouve vendredi à 11h pour 3 jours de speedrun au profit de @institutducerveau.bsky.social !

Sur place ou en direct sur : www.twitch.tv/lefrenchrest...
Visuel d’annonce du planning des runs pour Interglitches : Amour, Gloire & PB. Texte : « Planning des runs — Week-end du 24 au 26 octobre — À l’auditorium de l’Institut du Cerveau, 47 boulevard de l’Hôpital, Paris ». Deux personnages triangulaires (un bleu et un rouge) tiennent des cordes reliées à une pelote centrale illustrée de figures de jeux vidéo. Logos du French Restream et de l’Institut du Cerveau en bas. Planning vendredi IG25 Diffusé en direct sur twitch.tv/lefrenchrestream 🕓 Matin & après-midi : 11h15 – Pré-intro (DJ Set) – DJ Ace 11h30 – Intro – 3..2..1..Go ! 12h00 – Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze – Moahrikunel 13h53 – Tomb Raider I Remastered – Sahone, Timmyakmed 15h20 – Toki Remastered / Toki – Barrylesjambes, Seijouf 15h47 – Iconoclasts – Jeewee_TW 16h57 – Steel Assault – Moa 17h29 – Interview – ICM 🕕 Soirée : 17h39 – Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse – DrBeber, Grimmguigui 18h13 – Intervention mystère – Fast & Fabulous 19h05 – Dangun Feveron – Qlex 19h39 – Symphonia – Lobsteure 20h46 – Peak – Nimelya, Blüh 21h28 – Ghostland Yard – Jarmou 22h12 – The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered – Iluvan 23h24 – The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Le Retroscope Planning des runs du samedi pour Interglitches, marathon de speedrun caritatif retransmis sur twitch.tv/lefrenchrestream au profit de l’Institut du Cerveau. 🕛 Nuit & matin : 00h19 – Dark Souls III – Shinyfox 01h36 – Jaws Unleashed – Lele 02h43 – Alien: Isolation – Givr_ 03h29 – Alan Wake II – Hooki 04h34 – Clock Tower: Rewind – Tessa 05h16 – Xenogears – Legrandgrand 07h58 – Heart of Darkness – Fababulle 08h46 – Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – Bouzny 09h36 – Untitled Goose Game – Evandar, Groshiken 10h16 – Castle on the Coast – Animach1ne 10h53 – Splatoon 3: Side Order – Zulu 11h45 – I Wanna Run the Marathon – Pawlif 🕐 Après-midi & soirée : 12h54 – Minishoot' Adventures – Aleph_TV 13h52 – Geoguessr – Evandar, Leremiii 14h44 – Astro's Playroom – Nephistoss 15h26 – Interview – ICM 15h36 – Pico Park 2 – Pico People 17h33 – Dance Dance Revolution Grand Prix – Gyoo, Mistygriotte 18h35 – Shadow Generations – Boul2petank 20h07 – Metroid Dread – Oopla 20h35 – <3 – Shakawah 21h32 – Sol Cesto – Jalik 22h14 – Ratchet & Clank – Player28s 23h23 – Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin – Cneyo Planning des runs du dimanche pour Interglitches, marathon caritatif au profit de l’Institut du Cerveau. Retransmission sur twitch.tv/lefrenchrestream . 🕛 Nuit & matin : 00h06 – Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Kemist 01h13 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Samoss 02h15 – Undertale Yellow – Bloupeuh 02h35 – Mainframes – Aleadar 03h47 – Tchia – Xurlop 05h04 – Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine – Vadnika 05h46 – Dust: An Elysian Tail – Lusther 06h21 – Quake – Xeo 06h50 – Quake II Enhanced – Choww 07h25 – Defunct – Lyliya 07h52 – Le Seigneur des Anneaux : Le Tiers-Âge – SekerI 09h04 – Give Me Toilet Paper – Kelly Crystal 09h46 – Fahrenheit – Bigornoob 10h24 – Un Voisin d’Enfer ! – Oxydoreduction 🕐 Fin de matinée & après-midi : 11h06 – Flash Barbie – Balicke, Nerah_ 11h33 – Skator Gator 3D – Keitjah 12h00 – Breadskate Forever – Getarez 12h27 – Skate Horse – Fellow Kidz* 12h57 – Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland – 7Eraser7 13h31 – Cooking Mama + Trauma Center – Leviathan 14h23 – Bang Dream! Girls Band Party! – Kit 16h15 – Sheepy: A Short Adventure – Riddou, Lodjak, Tizona 16h47 – Interview – ICM 16h57 – Épreuve mystère – ??? 18h09 – Mario Kart World – Darkkrapht 18h56 – Mirror's Edge – Goopsoup 19h44 – Donkey Kong Bananza – Leroms 21h22 – Outro – Time !!
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
carlyhiebner.bsky.social
A #WIPSnips from book 2 of✨The Annora Project✨ #writingcommunity #writesky “second”

In a future dystopian world—Fynn’s best friend is a flirt and delights in pestering him about Annora.
“Man, I just don’t get you. You can infiltrate a criminal mastermind’s company, hack into secure mainframes, travel to the past on a top secret mission, but you can’t tell one girl how you feel about her?” My fingers falter on the keyboard for half a second, just enough for Cael to notice. “Aha!” He points dramatically. “That right there? That was guilt. The great Fynn Abernathy, genius coder, time-traveling mystery man, protector of the future, brought down by a girl.” “Would you lower your voice? Someone might hear you,” I grumble, not at all pleased that this is probably what the next four hours are going to be like. He leans in, smirking. “Oh, you mean somehow Annora might hear me? Wouldn’t want her to find out her friend’s been secretly pining for her since—what? The moment you crash-landed in her timeline?” Gritting my teeth, I force my eyes on my computer screen, ignoring his pestering. “It’s for the best. I had to keep secrets from her, and now she wants nothing to do with me.” “Is that so?” “Yeah.” “Hmm. Well I happen to be very observant my friend, and the way she looks at you when she knows you’re not paying attention? Dude, even the dumb, non-AI programming we did yesterday could detect the chemistry between you.” I sigh, rubbing my temples. He’s not going to let this go. “It’s complicated,” I mutter, hoping he’ll just shut up and let me work. I love the guy, but it’s hard to get anything done when he’s on a roll.
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
thacalebdume.bsky.social
Okay. Gonna try to get with this book this weekend…
“Of Monsters and Mainframes” by Barbara Truelove
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
measuredandslow.bsky.social
I can’t remember who recommended Of Monsters and Mainframes but you were right, it is very good and super fun. Familiar ‘monsters’ in space! Sentient ship AIs flirting badly! Humans humaning, in the good and bad sense! Also the audiobook is great.
October 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM