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laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
Laserdisc Turtle (Ewan)
@laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
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He/Him. A programmer with thespian leanings. I have a love of laserdiscs and physical media in general. Expect lots of rabbits, nerdiness, video editing, and unhealthy levels of Highlander 2.

LGBTQ+ welcome. Fascists not.
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techconnectify.bsky.social
Let's do this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
I've not had much time lately so it's taken me too long to get around to @techconnectify.bsky.social latest video...but wow!

This is probably the most powerful video I've seen on YouTube for a long time.

It's a long one but recommended viewing for everyone.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM
You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:08 AM
laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
With BlueSky verifying and endorsing ICE this account will be going quiet for a while until I see how this thing plays out.

Follow me over on Mastodon at @LaserdiscTurtle@mas.to.
January 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
Turns out that there's a whole 1984 film called "The Audition" (ザ・オーディション) about the group and it heavily features the Jim Steinman track throughout...

Sigh...I'm going to have to track down a copy of this aren't I?
A picture of the cover of the 7 inch single of Jim Steinman's "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through". It shows a painting of a winged, muscular male angel standing on a blue cloudy background, the full moon in the background. A woman in a red dress clings to the angel. In one hand the angel holds a guitar, while in the other he holds up some chains. A picture of a Japanese album cover, it's the original soundtrack for the film "The Audition" from 1985. English text on the Obi strip highlights "Rock 'n Roll Dream Come Through." The cover shows a shot of four Japanese girls dancing on a stage in blue leotards. Behind that is a blue stylised collage of the four girl's faces. A picture of the four girls who make up the group Saint Four. They all stand together, looking towards the camera, a cloudy scene in the background. A picture of the laserdisc cover of the 1984 film "The Audition."
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
I love Jim Steinman and I love J-Pop, so I love the handful of times that his songs got turned into J-Pop hits.

I recently discovered one that had previously passed me by, a Japanese cover of "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" by Saint Four (セイントフォー) and I love it!

youtube.com/watch?v=0vNH...
Rock'n Roll Dreams come through
YouTube video by セイントフォー - Topic
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January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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techconnectify.bsky.social
I don't identify as a Christian, but somehow the message of "love thy neighbor as yourself" managed to make it through to my brain and I take it seriously.

Even brown people are my neighbors and I don't care if they "shouldn't be here" I don't want masked thugs kidnapping them.

That's not liberty.
January 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
I love Jim Steinman and I love J-Pop, so I love the handful of times that his songs got turned into J-Pop hits.

I recently discovered one that had previously passed me by, a Japanese cover of "Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through" by Saint Four (セイントフォー) and I love it!

youtube.com/watch?v=0vNH...
Rock'n Roll Dreams come through
YouTube video by セイントフォー - Topic
youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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nmsni.co.uk
Moment of appreciation for the lady who wrapped my eBay parcel. What a perfect job
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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toohot4tv.bsky.social
I could end my relationship with just a click of a button.
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
I like to think that she just gave him a chocolate medal and hoped he wouldn't notice.
January 16, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
Right, I think I've finally got the hang of this new year thing...time to get back to listening my way through all my surround sound albums.

I'm into the 1980s now with Queen's "The Game" in 5.1 on DVD-A.

A nice surround sound mix of an often overlooked album in Queen's large back catalogue.
A hand holds up a DVD Audio disc of Queen's The Game album. A close-up of the back of the album showing a table which details the three different formats you can listen to the album in: DVD-A 5.1 on a DVD Audio player, and DTS 5.1 and PCM 2.0 on DVD Video players. "Production Notes Considerable care has been taken to ensure the audio on this disc is of the highest quality. The original 1980 24-track analogue master recordings were transferred to a Pro Tools HD digital audio workstation at 192kHz 24 bit. For each song, the 24-track elements were meticulously compared with the stereo mix to ensure all the correct parts were selected for the multi-channel mix. It should be noted that some of the vocal performances on the 5.1 mix of Coming Soon are different from those on the stereo mix because the exact multi-track tape used for the original mix was not available. The multi-channel version was created with a Neve 72 chan- nel 88R analogue mixing console. Additional analogue outboard processing included vintage equipment by Pultec, Fairchild and EMT. The self-powered monitoring system was comprised of five matched Genelec 1031A speakers and a Genelec 1094A sub- woofer. The 5.1 mixes were recorded on an analogue Studer A827 machine with an 8-track headblock and 2 inch EMTEC Studio Master 900 tape. Mastering for 5.1 was done from the 2 inch tapes and the resultant 96 kHz 24 bit files were used to generate the DTS 96/24 and DVD-Audio versions. A PCM 96/24 stereo version was mas- tered from the 1/4 inch original analogue mix master and is compatible with all DVD players."
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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jaythechou.bsky.social
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765
Paddington in Godzilla Minus One (2023)
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Andor has a lot to say about the world we live in now.
Screenshot of a post on X by Jamie Raskin (@jamie_raskin) that reads: “Remember what Nemik said in Andor:” followed by the quote: “Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.” The post continues: “No Kings in America or in any galaxy. Stand strong for the people.” Below the text is a photo from a protest showing two people holding signs that read “No king can break our union” and “Vote yes!! to protect our courts,” with other demonstrators and signs in the background.
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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eyepatchwolf.bsky.social
Keep hearing devs say that they only use ai for "pre-concept art"

There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept.

You're using ai for concept art.
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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frostek.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
Welcome to new Bluesky users.

Here’s how we do things:

1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol

2. No flisking

3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology

4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on

5. No questions

Good luck!
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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vgdensetsu.bsky.social
This is the first time I have seen this cartridge, designed for the Linguaphone Education Gear, the Japanese version of the Multi-Mega/CD-X.
xcancel.com/mega_dra/sta...
auctions.yahoo.co.jp/category/lis...
Screenshot of an auction with a photo of a Linguaphone Education Gear and a cartridge labelled ‘CD-ROM Multi seminar’
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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gavinwinters.bsky.social
Trump looks out a window The Watcher from Doctor Who
January 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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mortenbay.bsky.social
In case anyone is wondering how Greenlanders feel right now (credit: @andershemmingsendk.bsky.social on FB)
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
This is how they played The First of Us
cyco1414.bsky.social Cyco @cyco1414.bsky.social · Jan 10
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
caillou en forme de manette xbox
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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dikkii.bsky.social
Tweet by Jatin @jatinkmalik The reason why RAM has become four times more expensive is that a huge amount of RAM that has not yet been produced was purchased with non-existent money to be installed in GPUs that also have not yet been produced, in order to place them in data centers that have not yet been built, powered by infrastructure that may never appear, to satisfy demand that does not actually exist and to obtain profit that is mathematically impossible
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
I spotted a lovely pulpy edition of a collection of Arthur C. Clarke's "Tales from the White Hart" stories in a Guisborough charity shop.

I love these playful short stories, definitely amongst my favourites of his works...but I've already got them in a complete collection of his short stories.
A picture of a hand holding up a paperback book of "Tales from the White Hart" by Arthur C. Clarke. The old fashioned pulpy artwork shows a giant squid sitting on top of a traditional English pub, some of it's tentacles draping over the side of the building while others are raised to the sky. It looks as if the giant squid is roaring. The ground around the pub appears to have turned to slime. A sticker on the front shows the price of £1.99.
January 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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thespaceshipper.com
Fritz Lang's Metropolis was released 99 years ago today!
And the story took place in... 2026 😁

And since it's never too late to (re)discover one of the first sci-fi classics...
Metropolis | 1927 | VOSTFR, Muet | Science-fiction
YouTube video by Bonjour Le Cinéma
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
laserdiscturtle.bsky.social
After falling in love with this Polish film on Mubi I finally got a Blu Ray copy of "War of the Wolds: Next Century".

Why does no one talk about this film?! It's incredible!

A genuine dystopian classic about the power of government propaganda that still feels horribly fresh and relevant today.
A hand holds up a Blu Ray copy of the polish film The War of the Worlds The Next Century. The cover is the original polish artwork for the film which shows a bald white cartoon man in profile, a big leather gag across his face that is forcing his face into a smile. A polish city street with the focus on the corner of a building. On one side of the building are armed and armoured police, on the other is a TV station van. A TV camera is pointed at the building. People are standing and celebrating on the top of the building. Banners are hanging from the top of the building, they read in English: "Martians Love Law" A group of bored looking people sit at a table which is draped in colourful and patreotic flags. Banners behind them reads in English "Your blood is wanted. Welcome martian friends." A white middle aged man in a bad blonde wig standing on a stage, a microphone stand in front of him as he gives a speech, his lef hand raised as he holds the microphone with his right. Behind him is a scaffolding structure with a big bannee on it. The banner is for SBB TV and has the slogan "Reality! We Create It"
January 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM