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[Gregorio Naçu @gregnacu]

Holy shit, YES! Retro Innovations is now selling "REU Grande." It's $75, for a stand-alone, 16MB 1750-compatible REU in a compact cartridge. #C64

Spread this news.

https://t.co/leWvgJL7Km

[Ale @pegasteksetter]

@Cloudflare My Commodore 128

[Cloudflare @Cloudflare]

Italy’s "Piracy Shield" forces providers to block content in under 30 minutes without judicial oversight, which leads to overblocking (taking down legitimate websites alongside infringing ones).

We're appealing a €14M fine to protect the Internet from automated censorship and ensure infrastructure providers aren't forced to overblock.

https://t.co/hd7jMLH0lP

[Joachim Ljunggren (The Sarge) @j_ljunggren]

A small update on the ongoing The Secret of Monkey Island project on the Commodore 64 in collaboration with with Andreas Larsson
I made a section on my website for this game showing some more graphics and screen recordings from actual game play.
Enjoy.
https://t.co/WtkH9XmWoE

[Mare_libero @mare_libero]

Il sindaco di Spotirno aumenta le spiagge libere dal 3.5% al 40%! #Spotorno #marelibero

[Brad R. Torgersen @BradRTorgersen]

Why I have loved STAR TREK since I was 13 years old.

This is your TL;DR warning.

I didn't fall for TOS, even though I'd seen it a lot in UHF re-runs. I didn't even fall for Wrath of Khan, though I saw it first-run in the theater in 1982—and it's still widely regarded as the best Trek movie for very good reasons. I fell for The Search For Spock. And not because of the contrived way they undid the tragic beauty of the second film's ending. But for the notion of Starfleet as presented on film.

Something about the gliding return to Spacedock. Rand standing there shaking her head at the repaired damage to the hull. Kirk, Scotty, and Sulu remarking on the Excelsior. And then (of course) Kirk's ballsy decision to choose loyalty above duty. The theft of the Enterprise.

That scene in particular. I never don't get chills with that scene. It still moves me in ways I cannot sufficiently put to words.

Anyway, right movie, right moment in my life. I re-watched it endlessly on VHS, then backed up and re-watched Khan and also The Motion Picture. And fell for them in different ways, for different reasons. Have seen all three countless times. Love the original crew mated to 1980s quality film special effects. Love the NCC-1701 refit. And consider it peak Enterprise after all these years.

And I went back and rented almost all of TOS from Blockbuster when they had it in VHS. Appreciated the true standout episodes like "The Doomsday Machine" and "Balance of Terror."

All of this was hugely impactful on my adolescence. Leaving a mark that's lasted all the way to now.

Some people seem to love the idea of the UFP. Especially people on the Leftward side of American politics. Who insist that it's a Socialist utopia.

I found it attractive when I was young, for most of the same reasons the Lefties do, but as I got older I realized it was just wishcasting. Especially those TNG scripts with all the snobby, "Your primitive planet is not ready for us evolved and superior Feddies, dear prole!" episodes.

Side note: part of what makes Quark great is Quark is the perfect foil taking the air out of the Federation's tires during DS9's run. Some very good writing (and on-the-nose reflection) in those scripts.

But Starfleet itself? Remained a wonderful representation of a space navy. I have never not been enamored with it.

Yes, some folks consider it too goody-two-shoes for their taste. I can see why. But Starfleet—and especially the TOS crew at motion picture scale—made me want to *BE* on the Enterprise. They could make me a fobbit POG who never does a single away mission and I wouldn't care. Just being aboard. Being part of that. That's what ignited my 13 year old brain. And kept me going into successive films, and also TNG, and then DS9, and then VOY. The fascination with Starfleet never left me.

And while 23+ years of IRL military service has shown me all the mistakes and misguided notions—especially that moronic "Starfleet is not a military!" stuff certain script people tried desperately to shoe-horn into the plots—I've never lost my admiration for the idea: a fleet of ships, crewed with the finest the galaxy has to offer, exploring and patrolling the far reaches of interstellar space. Armed for war, they nevertheless go in peace. To seek out and catalogue new solar systems, new planets, new species, new civilizations, Boldly Go, and so forth.

What a wonderful idea. It doesn't get old. Not to me.

And maybe that's why I get so damned unhappy with Nu Trek Product™? It cheapens the characters, their service, even the very conceit. Turns it into a gimmick, a parody, or just downright vandalizes Starfleet.

I don't hold with that. I refuse it, in fact.

And I remember. I remember what it was like to be young, and feel the magic.

Ever since Captain Styles pressed the button on his arm rest and said, "Kirk, you do this you'll never sit in the captain's chair again." And Kirk, unblinking, orders, "Warp speed." 🖖

[Paolo Ziliani @ZZiliani]

Forse se i media invece di parlare di “giochetto”, “mossa” e “furbata”, quasi esaltando Pavlovic per aver devastato il dischetto del rigore prima della battuta di Stanciu favorendone l’errore, parlassero di atto sleale e di vigliaccheria, insegnerebbero qualcosa ai giovani lettori a proposito del concetto di sportività e anti-sportività.

[Tancredi Palmeri @tancredipalmeri]

Come fa questo a non essere espulsione di Pavlovic e rigore per il Genoa?

Che ci sta a fare il Var?

#MilanGenoa

[Alex Buccino @buccinoalex]

Ad una sola squadra viene concesso di rifare il manto erboso prima di un calcio rigore,accerchiare gli arbitri,chiamarli figli di buona mamma e xdere tempo mentre i loro tifosi vanno in giro x il web a dire che sono angeli venuti dal cielo e i mentre l inter e brutta e cattiva

[Guglielmo Mastroianni @gumas75]

Indecente.

[Sito dei Grifoni @sitodeigrifoni]

Ma pensate... @AIA_it

[Salvo Di Grazia @MedBunker]

Sul British Medical Journal (BMJ), una delle più prestigiose riviste mediche al mondo, parlano dell’assurda gaffe del nostro ministero della salute con il comitato NITAG.
Che figuraccia.

[Ale @pegasteksetter]

@MuseumCommodore Yes, I primarily used Geos 128 on my C128 in 80-column mode. Really impressive for the time, especially to the eyes of a nerdy teen! I used GeoPublish for my class magazine too. I always thought a 80-column version of GeoPublish would’ve rocked, but sadly it was never released.

[Computer ♥ Records @ComputerLove_]

30 years ago, The "RealAudio Player" was introduced, allowing users to stream audio over the internet for the first time.

[S.C.D. Ligorna 1922 @Ligorna1922]

👨 | FESTA DEL PAPÀ

Un grande abbraccio a tutti i papà dei ragazzi della grande famiglia del Ligorna! 🤍💙

#LaTerzaSquadraDiGenova

[Genoa CFC @GenoaCFC]

❤️ Per sempre nel nostro cuore 💙

17-03-1960 ♾️ 17-03-2025

[Steve Vai @stevevai]

Today is the 39th anniversary of the birth of Jack Butler in the movie Crossroads! It's so interesting how any people have commented to me about my contribution to the film & that for some people, it inspired them to pick up the guitar. My appreciation for all this is huge 🙏

[CommodoreBlog @CommodoreBlog]

Defender of the Crown. Cinemaware, 1986. #Amiga #Commodore

[𝔾 💫 𝕝 𝕕 𝕣 𝕒 𝕜 𝕖 👽 @goldrake_____]

È un qualsiasi lunedì del 1987,la mattina sei andato a scuola, l'interrogazione è andata così così..Il pomeriggio hai studiato (poco)..e qualche ora di svago con il commodore 64.
Papà è rientrato da poco, la mamma prepara la cena e alle 20.30 tutti a guardare il film del lunedì

[Ale @pegasteksetter]

@MuseumCommodore Commodore 128