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I just hit 900 miles. In 26 days. Today was my first day where I did over 100 km (roughly 115km - around 71 miles in total).

Turns out I am BADASS.

Good news, everyone! Break Space magazine Issue 5 is here!!

News, reviews, interviews & all the latest #zxspectrum gubbins!

We have 2 stunning games on the cover - Go Go Bunnygun and Sweet Fightin'+2 - and plenty more inside.

Come get it...it's FREEEEEEEEE!

https://breakspace.itch.io/break-space-issue-5

We Need to Talk About the IPv8 Draft

The Good, The Bad, and the Heinous

wolfy

Today on the 114th anniversary of the sinking of the #Titanic let us all - Belfastards and Honourary Belfastards alike (so this includes you!) - recite the Belfast Titanic Mantra:

**It Was Fine When It Left Here**

Enjoy this gorgeous drone footage of a ghostly Titanic leaving Belfast Lough that BBC did for a promo.

AmigaVision 2026.04.16 Released with Massive Platform Expansion, Fixes 30‑Year Old Amiga Emulator Scaling Issues, Adds 2,955 Game Manuals + 137 New Games and Demos

We are happy to announce that a new version of AmigaVision is available!

AmigaVision

Another request for the wider fediverse. I'm trying to hunt down the name of an old website I used to go to that was basically a bunch of chiptunes that could fit on a floppy disk. I think it had weekly and monthly popularity charts.

It was for original music, might have had floppy or 8bit in the name, but I think I remember it having a ridiculously yellow background.

Does anyone remember its name or even if it exists. I think I might have hallucinated it...

EDIT: I FOUND IT - https://floppyswop.co.uk/

EDIT 2: 2nd site found - https://micromusic.net

Bonus: https://songfight.org

Thank you everyone who suggested sites though - I have lots of things to search through

A:// FLOPPYSWOP / MADE FOR 56K / ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

FLOPPYSWOP.CO.UK A resource for any files that fit on a floppy disc; art, media, sound, noise, from all over the world, all available for taking and swopping, please send us your files and share ours.

The EU Parliament hosted a public hearing on the "Stop Destroying Videogames" initiative, a proposal asking that publishers be prevented from rendering video games unplayable once official support ended. The initiative raised crucial questions about digital consumer rights, licensing, and ownership. During the hearing, organizers presented their case to lawmakers, who will then discuss potential regulatory actions and next steps with the EU Commission.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSla5vfGi3A

Stop destroying video games

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GODZILLA MINUS ZERO IS JUST GODZILLA

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

https://docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open-url&token=EG60KWHEDG&linkId=JnZzdChtiOV5FlG3GkJNcuUXn55S6jH59La_pFtdHaC-A0Fu0I5v4vbOrD6zTZUa-x6JD-qG-C7AGIhus3pnhw%3D%3D#7P2AL5m6PPzT

#digitalsovereignty #opensource #europe #tech

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