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"Introvert friends" by Sarah Andersen (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9053889...
25 December 1978 (sh.itjust.works)
Two of world's first desktop computers found during house clearance (www.leicestermercury.co.uk)
Two of the world’s first desktop computers have been discovered during a house clearance. The Q1, which was launched in 1972, changed the way we use computers today....
I Need To Admit I’m Never Going To Play My Giant Board Games (www.thegamer.com)
CW: article contains swears...
Coogan and Vorderman back Liberal Democrats' electoral reform pledge (www.bbc.co.uk)
Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK’s general elections are run.
Why do Americans measure everything in cups?
Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?
I'm not ready for the Internet (assets.oldbytes.space)
hmmm (lemmy.world)
'Glitter ban' comes into force across EU but critics say it's not enough (www.bbc.co.uk)
People be receiving fewer glittery Christmas cards this year as harmful microplastics have been banned across the European Union....
Woman returns from holiday to find home demolished (www.hertsad.co.uk)
A woman is mulling the next step to take after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in Atlanta in the US....
Toyota to offer manual gearbox in next-generation electric cars (www.autocar.co.uk)
I don’t really see the point of this. It’s just adding complexity for the sake of it. As far as I can tell when you change gear it just changes some software parameters, there are no physical gears. Yet there’s a clutch and the ability to stall?
Chris Packham launches legal challenge over UK’s watering down of climate policies (www.theguardian.com)
Chris Packham has filed a high court legal challenge to the UK government over its decision to weaken key climate policies....
END-OF-LIFE FOR Z80 CPU AND PERIPHERALS ANNOUNCED (hackaday.com)
What this effectively means is that after just under 48 years since its launch in 1976, the Zilog Z80 will no longer be available for sale as discrete components, which is likely to primarily impact hobbyists and people who are trying to keep retro systems going. This does not mean that it’s the end of the road for Z80,...
Can you recommend a book for me please?
I’ve basically been ordered to pick up any fiction book and read, after a friend discovered I’ve not read anything but non-fiction for a decade....
The end of the world is nigh (feddit.uk)
BBC News - Blackpool Tower 'fire' was actually fluttering orange netting (www.bbc.co.uk)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail's official board game includes a working catapult (www.dicebreaker.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/6777301...
Would this DM let the party slay the dragon? (i.pinimg.com)
Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/7945802...
Witches series by Sandara Tang (cdnb.artstation.com)
Source: www.artstation.com/artwork/D5J1w0...
'Otterly Adorable! Vulnerable otter species at Woburn Safari Park welcome their first pup.' (www.bedfordtoday.co.uk)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/7318641...
Please wait patiently (hackers.town)
Source: hackers.town/@calcifer/111876003862283842
Bauer radio stations to leave Freeview platform following satellite and cable exit (radiotoday.co.uk)
Radio stations owned by Bauer will be removed from Freeview in the coming months, RadioToday can reveal....
‘Left without a voice’: October general election could leave students in UK unable to vote (www.theguardian.com)
Maybe that’s the plan?