Lord Iffy Boatrace
@iffyboatrace.bsky.social
Interests:
Retro 8-bit computing, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, NFL, Music (Everything from Leonard Cohen to Lawnmower Deth, but skewed towards Metal)
Hail the Hoff!
Retro 8-bit computing, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, NFL, Music (Everything from Leonard Cohen to Lawnmower Deth, but skewed towards Metal)
Hail the Hoff!
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BEHOLD
THE APEX PREDATOR HAS HUNTED A SOCK
THE APEX PREDATOR HAS HUNTED A SOCK
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
BEHOLD
THE APEX PREDATOR HAS HUNTED A SOCK
THE APEX PREDATOR HAS HUNTED A SOCK
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The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
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I've finally finished pimping my David Braben-signed BBC Micro B+, and it can now run more variants of Bell & Braben Elite than any other contemporary machine ever.
The #BBCMicro B+ is officially the Commander-in-Chief of #8bit #Elite. 🫡
See thread for details.
(1/8)
#retrogaming #retrocomputing
The #BBCMicro B+ is officially the Commander-in-Chief of #8bit #Elite. 🫡
See thread for details.
(1/8)
#retrogaming #retrocomputing
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I've finally finished pimping my David Braben-signed BBC Micro B+, and it can now run more variants of Bell & Braben Elite than any other contemporary machine ever.
The #BBCMicro B+ is officially the Commander-in-Chief of #8bit #Elite. 🫡
See thread for details.
(1/8)
#retrogaming #retrocomputing
The #BBCMicro B+ is officially the Commander-in-Chief of #8bit #Elite. 🫡
See thread for details.
(1/8)
#retrogaming #retrocomputing
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● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
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Ever wondered what those engine management lights mean?
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ever wondered what those engine management lights mean?
@kevedwardsretro.bsky.social still got some more to go to complete my Acornsoft collection! Not pictured are the hundreds of superior software titles (both pre and post Acornsoft buyout) I probably ought to document this lot somewhere
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@kevedwardsretro.bsky.social still got some more to go to complete my Acornsoft collection! Not pictured are the hundreds of superior software titles (both pre and post Acornsoft buyout) I probably ought to document this lot somewhere
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Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some are querying whether Andrew can renounce a dukedom without an Act of Parliament.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
But you can parse a duchy and he’s left outside.
Good night.
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The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
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In the light of breaking Doomlord news, I feel like this is worth sharing again... I had a long chat a couple of years ago with actor Mike Mungarvan, who played heroic journalist Howard Harvey in Eagle's original 1982 Doomlord strip. He was great - it's here:
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/09/13/m...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/09/13/m...
Mike Mungarvan, Doomlord and Eagle Comic
I am nine years old, and – in the bathroom mirror – I am examining my face and neck for angry red blotches. The reason? My fingers have brushed the concluding frames of the final instal…
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
In the light of breaking Doomlord news, I feel like this is worth sharing again... I had a long chat a couple of years ago with actor Mike Mungarvan, who played heroic journalist Howard Harvey in Eagle's original 1982 Doomlord strip. He was great - it's here:
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/09/13/m...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2022/09/13/m...
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Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
August 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
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If the snooker championship was like this they’d get a lot more viewers
August 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If the snooker championship was like this they’d get a lot more viewers
August 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Curry Wartburg
Your Gregg Wallace Private Chatroom chat handle is the last thing you ate and the model of car your parents drove when you were a kid.
I'm Fajita_Hilux.
I'm Fajita_Hilux.
July 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Curry Wartburg
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Morning sweethearts, it's long read day, so it's off to the West Midlands in the 1960s and a story of how to reinvent a football club from the ground up. Here's the story of Coventry City and Jimmy Hill.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-long-r...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-long-r...
July 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Morning sweethearts, it's long read day, so it's off to the West Midlands in the 1960s and a story of how to reinvent a football club from the ground up. Here's the story of Coventry City and Jimmy Hill.
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-long-r...
unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/the-long-r...
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Unlike CEOs and other executives, individual contributors understand concert OPSEC
July 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Unlike CEOs and other executives, individual contributors understand concert OPSEC
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They should show it but get Gerry Adams to overdub Wallace's voice
BBC deciding what to do with new series of MasterChef fronted by Gregg Wallace
BBC deciding what to do with new series of MasterChef fronted by Gregg Wallace
Latest episodes were filmed before Wallace was sacked and more co-workers made allegations against him
The BBC is facing a fresh crisis over whether or not to show this year’s series of MasterChef, in which the sacked presenter Gregg Wallace features prominently.
The Guardian understands this year’s series, which was recorded in 2024, has been completed and delivered to the broadcaster by the production company Banijay. Wallace appears as a judge right up until the series finale. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
They should show it but get Gerry Adams to overdub Wallace's voice
Proper lol at this. *applause*
I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
July 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Proper lol at this. *applause*
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My wife actually stitched a full size section of the #BayeuxTapestry using the proper stitching techniques, with added Tardis. She exhibited it at the Dublin Worldcon and it's currently on our wall! #DoctorWho
July 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
My wife actually stitched a full size section of the #BayeuxTapestry using the proper stitching techniques, with added Tardis. She exhibited it at the Dublin Worldcon and it's currently on our wall! #DoctorWho
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I see the Bayeux Tapestry will be going on display at the British Museum.
I wonder if they will be reinstating the missing panel kept in UNIT's basement?
#DoctorWho
I wonder if they will be reinstating the missing panel kept in UNIT's basement?
#DoctorWho
July 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I see the Bayeux Tapestry will be going on display at the British Museum.
I wonder if they will be reinstating the missing panel kept in UNIT's basement?
#DoctorWho
I wonder if they will be reinstating the missing panel kept in UNIT's basement?
#DoctorWho
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Broke: it’s an embroidery actually
Woke: it’s a graphic novel actually
Woke: it’s a graphic novel actually
July 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Broke: it’s an embroidery actually
Woke: it’s a graphic novel actually
Woke: it’s a graphic novel actually
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FFS THE BAYEUX "TAPESTRY" IS NOT A TAPESTRY. IT'S AN EMBROIDERY. TAPESTRIES ARE WOVEN. THE BAYEUX "TAPESTRY" IS SEWN. IN ABOUT 50 YEARS WE'LL HAVE THE 1000-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PEOPLE MAKING THIS ELEMENTARY MISTAKE. SORT IT OUT, PEOPLE.
Nor is it from Bayeux.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Nor is it from Bayeux.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Bayeux tapestry to return to Britain for first time in 900 years
Tapestry to go on display in British Museum next year, with treasures from Sutton Hoo lent to France in exchange
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
FFS THE BAYEUX "TAPESTRY" IS NOT A TAPESTRY. IT'S AN EMBROIDERY. TAPESTRIES ARE WOVEN. THE BAYEUX "TAPESTRY" IS SEWN. IN ABOUT 50 YEARS WE'LL HAVE THE 1000-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PEOPLE MAKING THIS ELEMENTARY MISTAKE. SORT IT OUT, PEOPLE.
Nor is it from Bayeux.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Nor is it from Bayeux.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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I'm not feeling particularly patriotic this 4th of July for obvious reasons, but I wrote about the complexities of American culture, what truly makes America great, while wearing my cultural anthropologist hat to observe the US after 14 years of living in the UK.
One Day in Kentucky and What Actually Makes America Great
Reflections on American identity after visiting a gun range and a hipster speakeasy in deep Trump territory — and a cultural guide to the United States, a maddening, dysfunctional, wonderful place.
www.forkingpaths.co
July 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'm not feeling particularly patriotic this 4th of July for obvious reasons, but I wrote about the complexities of American culture, what truly makes America great, while wearing my cultural anthropologist hat to observe the US after 14 years of living in the UK.