If you haven't listened to the show yet, and want to, dare I suggest https://www.mixcloud.com/NoiseboxRadio/i-couldnt-speak-a-word-of-english-4-may-2023/ as a decent standard episode. But if it's guests you're after [FX: Protracted Fanfare] then...

.. one ELIS JAMES will be knocking at the I Couldn't Speak A #WordofEnglish Celebrity Showbiz Door, once diaries are sorted. or an incredibly niche chat about Ysgol Bro Myrddin but a much wider one about Gorky's, Datblygu and general Cymrupop. Massive. Massive it is. Diolch, Elis! @noiseboxradio

@scatterkeir AND YOU SHOULD RAISE YOUR GAME TOO, RADIO RENTALS

@leefreshprince Thanks! There was a new rework of Funky Guitar every year for a while around 1991-3ish, as I recall. Excellent stuff

The version of the story that's spreading sounds like "Everyone is supposed to pledge allegiance to the King," whereas it's more like "if you want to, you can say this bit wherever you happen to be watching the ceremony."

Unfortunately, I can see, distressingly easily, anyone who doesn't look white enough, "British" enough who goes to a public gathering to watch the Coronation getting side-eyed to check that their "oath of allegiance" is sufficiently clear and fervent.

The entirely predictable trajectory of the invitation for the public to swear allegiance to King Charles III is fascinating (and a tiny bit alarming) to watch.

It's just the Common Worship urge for congregational involvement, writ large and with more shiny hats. It's the same urge that sees the congregation being asked to promise they will pray for the newly-married couple at a wedding, or the newly-baptised baby and their family at a Christening, or the newly-confirmed at a Confirmation.

Happy Birthday, guys.

Sorry, I didn't get you anything... again.

#ZXSpectrum #RetroComputing #80s #Sinclair #Geek

Happy 41st birthday to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and all who've sailed in her. I mean it's no Acorn Electron but let's face it, that is probably a good thing.

I proffer this, the conclusion of which I utterly disagree with by now (frank would have emerged anyway: Chris Sievey was gloriously stubborn) but it is what it is.

And Camouflage is objectively a •fantastic• pop record. You know it i(sniiiip! - Ed) #retrocomputing #retrogaming #zxspectrum

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history-science-technology-medicine/how-the-zx-spectrum-and-zx81-shaped-frank-sidebottom

@dafyddt Diolch am yr 'add', ys dwedodd ein cyn-deidiau. O ran hynny, ydy gwaith Vince Rogers yn gyfarwydd i ti? Ffefryn ar Noisebox https://youtu.be/tnkXvw8szgM #synthpop

@nic Falle fyddi di'n cofio - pryd gychwynnodd y stori taw chwarelwr oedd Rheinallt H a gollodd ei gariad (neu efallai ei waith?) ar y noson fu Ian Curtis farw? Digon posib nad syniad Mick Houghton mohono, ond mae rhywbeth Ford Timelord-aidd iawn yn perthyn i'r stori.

Gwyliais i hwn yn hwyr neithiwr, ac wedyn gorfod gwylio pob fideo arall #KLF sy YouTube. Roedd tipyn ohono fe'n gyfarwydd, ond do'n i ddim wedi clywed y stori am Jimmy Cauty cwrdd â Tammy Wynnett am y tro cynta a sylweddoli ei fod e wedi ei chymysgu â Dolly Parton ers cael y syniad o weithio gyda hi.

The KLF - Beyond The Band That Burnt £1,000,000 - #TrashTheory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWn3QygKFwo

@nic Fersiwn newydd o lyfr John Higgs (gyda deunydd ychwanegol) ar y ffordd mae'n debyg. A diolch am atgoffa fi bod angen i fi gasglu archeb Fried and Justified o siop lyfrau'n y dre. Gen i theori, cwbl anghywir siwr o fod, taw Mick Houghton helpodd ddyfeisio'r chwedloniaeth oedd o amgylch Rheinallt H Rowlands.

Just one of the exciting movies we have available to rent on VCD is Sleepless in Seattle.

Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, the film follows a VHS store own (Ryan) who, despite being newly engaged, becomes enamored with Tom Hanks who owns a VCD player and an AOL email account at the same time.

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Five bags of popcorn

@Jyoti we’ve been federated since about 2010. The same year we started a social networking project. In 2016, Mastodon was created as an alternative version of our social project. History on this stuff is easily forgotten. I need to do a better job of putting stuff up on the site.

@Jyoti Thanks so much! Will try to drop you something later today.

The Online Safety Bill (UK) will bring in client-side scanning, a tech for moderating content on encrypted services. Apps will have to compromise encryption to scan your message, putting a spy in your pocket.

Join our campaign to #StopTheSpyClause

👉 https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me

#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #surveillance #e2ee #ukpolitics

@Jyoti Hiya. It's a mighty long time since uk.m.a. Mind if I contact you privately about a possible radio interview that you might or might not be up for? Ta

Ai dyma'r tŵt Cymraeg cyntaf?

A familiar mix of trepidation and anticipation: walking to BBC Swansea for a live discussion on Radio Cymru about data protection, Facebook and, I'd suspect inevitably, Cambridge Analytica.

@Holly I'm tempted to play down any tech concerns as reinventing older ones, but I guess every medium has its distinct characteristics, at least some of which should give us pause before we rush to implementation.

I'm a sucker for books that give a long-historical view on supposedly contemporary phenomena, and this one looks fascinating. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/qualified-self