⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

For more on Engelbart, the Mother of All Demos, and my keyset interface, see my blog post:
https://www.righto.com/2025/03/mother-of-all-demos-usb-keyset-interface.html

'After Burner II' was released on the SEGA Mega Drive 35 years ago today in Japan.

UPDATE: There were less than 4 entries, so no draw tonight :(

Today's #MARCHintosh giveaway is a bit fancier than usual... I’ve had this Macsense PCI Ethernet card for ages, but no PCI Mac to go along with it, so it could use a better home!

To enter, reply to this toot with ‘vroom!' and a photo of the Mac you are going to put it in.

The Hat-o-matic will draw one winner tomorrow evening, Monday 24 March. Good luck :D

@anon_opin All that “Spanish” lager? Brewed down the road in Burton Upon Trent. Want some decent lager? Find an independent pub that does craft beers or a tap attached to a micro brewery. Or even better. Drink ale.

The switch to 20mph roads in Wales meant:

🟢 100 fewer dead or seriously injured
🟢 26% fewer injured
🟢 The lowest 3 month casualty figure since records began 46 years ago

That's in just the first year. Real lives saved, real families spared a lifetime of pain and hardship.

We're selling our house in #Oxford.

If you know anyone who wants to live somewhere with world-famous solar panels, a big garden, off-street parking with car-charger, and a short bus-ride to the city centre - please send them our advert.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/159284459#/?channel=RES_BUY

"Why do you need a 3D printer" they asked?

Because...this 👇

Move over, Alexa and HomeKit: A new Assistant is here to open source your smart home
https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/smart-home/move-over-alexa-and-homekit-a-new-assistant-is-here-to-open-source-your-smart-home/
Home Assistant gets a boost from the Open Home Foundation, a nonprofit meant to ensure that smart home projects remain open and accessible to everyone.

Chomsky? I'm afraid I don't Noam.

The OSA is bad for accessibility, bad for privacy, and bad for sex workers - and it doesn't even fulfil its intended purpose. #porncensorship #onlinesafetyact

Whoa: The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft got a spectacular view of Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) as it passed close to the Sun. Look at that enormous, splintered tail!

This comet won't be seen again for another 600,000 years.

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter #space #science #art

Australian government: 'AI worse than humans in every way at summarising information'. https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/03/ai-worse-summarising-information-humans-government-trial/
UK government: 'Great, we'll use it to match medical conditions for Employment and Support Allowance claims!': https://www.gov.uk/algorithmic-transparency-records/dwp-employment-and-support-allowance-online-medical-matching#detailed-description
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We are happy to announce that 56 teams and individuals will receive funding to support their work on improving the core technologies of the internet.

We'd like to congratulate them and thank them for making the internet better for us all.

Come and take a look at the projects to see the marvellous work being done to upgrade the open internet architecture.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-call-announcement-core.html
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI

Been a collector of synths and music tech for 30 years. My studio takes over two full rooms of the house, much to the annoyance of my wife, who believes that I need it all to make music. I recently had my first hit record which I made on a train, using only my laptop.

8/10 What happens next?
✅ Apple and Google will face a Strategic Market Status (SMS) designation
✅ Binding rules are coming — including lifting the engine ban
✅ The designation will happen within 9 months

9/10 This is historic.
The 🇬🇧UK joins the 🇪🇺EU and 🇯🇵Japan in forcing open competition on iOS.

The web will finally be free to compete head-to-head with native apps.
The open web can win. Let’s make sure it does. 🌍🔥

— Open Web Advocacy (@openwebadvocacy)

1/10 🚨 The 🇬🇧UK regulator’s final report is out and it’s clear: Apple’s browser engine ban harms competition.

Forcing all iOS browsers to use WebKit hurts developers, users, and the web itself.

Change is coming. 🧵

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/uk-regulators-final-verdict--apples-browser-engine-ban-harms-competition/