Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! (In enhanced #Acorn #Electron #Elite, that is.) The speed isn't bad, considering the sun is probably the most screen-memory-intensive (i.e. slow) feature of #BBCMicro Elite. More clips in thread. (1/3) #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit

Two-player #BBCMicro #Elite is coming along nicely. It now supports two pilots in two ships with two controllers and a split-view screen Here are some work-in-progress videos - see the thread for an explanation There’s lots to fix, but at least we have a proof-of-concept… (1/6) #retrocomputing

The enhanced version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite continues to grow. I've now added the ship hangar, which gets shown when you dock. This feature was only in the BBC and NES versions, and not the Commodore 64 or Apple II, so that's a one-up for the Elk. 🫡 #retrogaming #retrocomputing #8bit

Latest features in enhanced #Acorn #Electron #Elite: * Proper disk access menu * Military lasers * Extended system descriptions (edible poets!) * System search * Planetary details (meridians/equators and craters) * Fast, flicker-free graphics Looking good! #retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro

The videos show player 1 (top) in a Cobra Mk III and player 2 (bottom) in a Viper They demonstrate both ships independently flying past each other This clip shows the rear view working too Though it’s a bit hard to demo a two-player game when there’s only one of me! 😂 No lasers yet… (2/6)

The second speed-up is to replace the loop-based multiplication and division routines of the original with the log-based routines from the #C64 and 6502 co-pro versions. You can see the speed increase here: loop normal routines on left, log-based routines on right. (3/4)

It's #Thargoids Thursday in the enhanced version of #Acorn #Electron #Elite. Here's me misjumping into witchspace and being ambushed by Thargoid motherships and their Thargon drones. Electron commanders can now join in the bug-hunt - at last! #retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro #8bit

Overall the speed improvements aren’t too bad. They don’t quite reach the speed of the #BBCMicro shown here, as screen memory and zero page are still accessed at 1MHz, so there's a limit to what's possible. But hopefully it’s enough to support Thargoids, suns, planetary details and more! (4/4)

The first speed-up is to move speed-critical code into sideways RAM. Main memory on the Electron is shared with screen memory so it can only be accessed at 1MHz, but SRAM can be accessed at 2MHz, so this can really help. You can see the speed increase here: original on left, SRAM on right. (2/4)

My new project is a version of BBC Master Elite, but with a twist. Sure, it’s pretty niche, but this has never been done before, which is always fun. Can you tell what it is yet? The clue's in the clip... #retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #8bit #elite

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Comcast News-MSNOW donated to both proven racist felon Trump's Ballroom, Triumphal Arch, and Duffy's Road Trip. What does Comcast News-NBC, MSNOW get in return? What is the mindset of the person writing the checks? Why do the anchors keep it on 'the down low?' Tax loopholes, media megamergers?

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Roger Marshall beats war drums but won't face a single Kansan in public. Won't explain your grocery bill, your rent, the tariffs, or why he's silent on the Epstein files. That's not a senator. That's a coward.

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BBC Politics asked me about Liberal Democrats’ chances at the elections on the 7th of May. We’re going to be strong contenders where we’re competitive against the Conservatives, & in many parts of the country we are now the only contenders against the divisive politics of Nigel Farage & Reform.

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Es gibt keine Steuerschlupflöcher? Naja.. lieber Thorsten Frei, das sehen (nicht nur) wir ein bisschen anders. Ricarda Lang bei Hart aber fair vom 15.09. - und wenn ihr mehr über krasse #Gerechtigkeitslücken im Steuersystem wissen wollt, dann folgt mir doch gerne!

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I still can remember my earliest experiments with photogrammetry from 2014, and falling in love with the process and possibilities. I could never have known all the many paths it would take me down. This is one of my early projects using my scan of a muntjac deer skull. Sign up on my mailing list...

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You feel anxious or exhausted because your system is out of balance. Your body can stay stuck in constant stress or drop into burnout and shutdown. 🎥 Full video — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Zz7fbMcng

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#Indonesia #mudflow #rain #ecology #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechangey 🇮🇩 May 27, 2026 🌊 A powerful mudflow occurred in Bolaang District, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Streams of water, mud, and rocks rapidly spread across the area after heavy rainfal

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Join us for No Kings 3 to stand up for the principles of our democracy. Grab your signs, bring your energy, and let’s make some noise! 🇺🇸✊✨❤️ • This Saturday • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM • Falmouth Village Green #NoKings #nokings3 #IndivisibleFalmouth #FalmouthMA #resist

Work in progress of the Sedlec Ossuary in VR. We hope it will give access and education beyond the monument itself, and inspire more people to visit the Sedlec Ossuary in person. 💀 Mailing list, art prints, and more! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechan... ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝...

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Betty heard there was a little football game on this afternoon with #arsenal and some other team so she decided to celebrate by rolling around on the grass and periodically feigning injury #catsoccer #catfootball #tuxedoBetty #caturday #catsofbluesky

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A few hours after NYT reported that the U.S. bombed an elementary school in Iran, killing many children, the White House last night posted this video mixing airstrike footage with Top Gun, Iron Man, Gladiator, Halo, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, John Wick, Superman, Transformers and Dragon Ball Z

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