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foxes-in-love.bsky.social
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue jumps in shock as Green floats idly by him. Green: I don't feel like doing today. Blue turns his head to follow where Green is going as Green floats further away. Blue: Doing what today? Green: Just the whole day. Any of it. As Green drifts out of sight, Blue raises his eyebrow, puzzled, watching where Green drifted off to. Blue: Also why are you floating? Green, out of frame: I got excommuned by gravity. Blue stares after Green, now in blank bafflement. Blue: ...What?
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
The VTech Precomputer Powerpad
A grey laptop of early 90s design, with dozens of 'function' keys for each built in application - and a surprisingly nice mechanical keyboard - but the 'screen' is a tiny 4 line 20 character LCD surrounded by a faux Windows interface.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
The Sharp Tranket transistor radio (1960)
A radio that combines the design language of old American muscle cars and the spacerace. The top is forest green with tailfins, the bottom is ivory white, and the front is shining silver, on a silver stand. Up top we find a single antenna, a red power/volume dial, and you turn the 'intake" of the rocket to change the stations (the tuning display is immediately behind the engine, incoporated into the body).
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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jessicacalarco.com
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
mr-styx.bsky.social
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My gym has a bank of TV’s in front of the cardio machines, tuned to every cable news network, presumably so that my day gets started off on a bad foot. I try not to look, and even though I know it’s p...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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animalflix.bsky.social
The most majestic thing you will see on #bluesky today. 😇
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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gabrielmj1.bsky.social
The clearest image of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
Hacker (Activision, 1985) (Source.)
An image for Hacker, from the October 1985 issue of Amstrad Action. Top left: "HACKER. You've stumbled into an unknown computer system. Now what?" Center, a man looks over his commodre 64 late at night and chews his pen, an unfamiliar interface on the screen. Bottom: "'Logon'. One word appears on your screen. What do you do now? You don't know the password. You don't even know what computer system you've hacked into. But you do know that you must find out more. There are no instructions. No rules. No clues. You're completely on your own. You've found your way in. But is there a way out?"
May 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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obialik.bsky.social
The third iteration of sub-ice map of Antarctica (Bedmap 3) from @bas.ac.uk is here. It is always fascinating seeing this continent as it might have looked before the glaciation. 🧪⚒️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/n...
Bedmap3 reveals new insights into the topography of Antarctica. From Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica by Pritchard, H., et al.
April 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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tinytuberclips.bsky.social
Found a dish towel that I need in my life.
A white dish towel hanging on a cabinet with the words “don’t worry dishes, nobody is doing me either.”
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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mnateshyamalan.bsky.social
i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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mrlovenstein.bsky.social
worth it
March 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
mr-styx.bsky.social
No tail, no problem
March 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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weblamer.bsky.social
This is not Diana Troi from star trek.
A screenshot of a news article about gas prices and it kind of looks like something from Star Trek also it's kind of old I found it on my Facebook memories
March 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
COMPUTER GRPAHICS
In this William Geise illustrated ad, the title "Computer Graphics" appears up top, being cast from a giant Apple II monitor on an iceburg; the casts are a gradiant from purple to orange to yellow to green to blue to purple again, hewing towards neon tones. From the tan Amdek monitor flies a red biplane, a parachuting penguin, and a leaping unicorn; dolphins jump from the ice into the monitor. Around the iceberg, a sea otter peeks up, a penguin tap-dances, and a whale tale lifts a unicorn on a floe. The monitor is sitting on a giant Apple II. Down below, breathless text describes three different programming packages: "For the artist: Special Effects by David Lubar and Mark Pelezarski. Paint on your computer in over 100 colors with 96 different brushes!" "For the designer: The Complete Graphics System II by Mark Pelezarski. Everythign needed for computer-aided design." "For the programmer: The Graphics Magician by Mark Pelezarski, David Lubar, and Chris Joehumson. Add fast, smooth animation and hundreds of pictures to your programs." In the bottom left, the penguin software logo appears next to ordering information, with a sunfish floating to its left; at the very bottom it says, "All Penguin applications products are now on unprotected disks for your convenience."
March 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
"We have Doctor Who at home." Doctor Who at home: (Source.)
Top left, the phrase "Hot pursuit through space and the vortices of time!" Top right, a vampire with scarred cheeks looks over a painting of a nose-shaaped spaceship flying through space. Center, the title "Ramware Presents... Time Lord." Down below: "The fallen Time Lord, who presumptuously calls himself The Master, is at large. The elders of Waldrom have suppleid you with the hyperspace-worthy vessel TARDIS, and commissioned you to eliminate the evil 'Master'. Your resources include clones who will fight for you, the formidible CRASER weapons of the TARDIS, and magic weapons such as Fusion Grenades and Borelian Matrix Crystals. Travelling through hyperspac ein search of the evil one, you will encounter Time Eaters, Neutron Storms, and other alien creatures and phenomena. Entering real space to search planets, you will encounter still other dangers. You will enter native settlements to buy food nd supplies - or to fight for survival. And once you find The Master can you destroy him? Bassed on Dr. Who of PBS fame. Apple Integer Basic, Disk, 48K... $29.95." Bottom left, the cylindrical CRT and keyboard logo of TSE Hardside appears, allong with an order number (with Visa and Mastercard presented).
February 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.”

— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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altyellonatpark.org
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
Closeup of a fox in the snow.
February 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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spockresists.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
mr-styx.bsky.social
Chasing
February 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
Man, 80s computer books made even non-relational databases look fun. (Source.)
The cover to the book, "Writing Your Own Program: Creating A Database: Adventure Game." Each line is in its own font. The computer (a black affair with rainbow keys" depicts a scuba diver swimming, handcuffs in hand, as it is attacked by a giant cross octopus; the painted octopus is literally bursting out of the monitor. A tiny little banner in the corner states: "For Commodore 64 And Apple IIe Computers"
February 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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foxes-in-love.bsky.social
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are in bed, cuddling up to each other. Blue looks groggy, like Green just woke him up. Green: I love how you sound when you snore. Soft purring engine noises. More awake now, Blue turns to look at Green, who looks back with curiosity. Blue: Did you know that you snore, too? Green: No? What do I sound like when I snore? Blue and Green kiss each other. Blue: Like someone was trying to push a bicycle through a woodchipper.
January 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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miketorkelson.bsky.social
A #testing colleague passed this onto me... 🤣
We do not test on animals. We test in production.
January 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM