Robin Ince
@robinince@mastodon.social
Writing, performing #poetry #photography #nature #books Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal
mastodon.social
Requiem For Long Wave, As The BBC Goes Silent https://hackaday.com/2026/06/27/requiem-for-long-wave-as-the-bbc-goes-silent/
#History #News #RadioHacks #198kHz #Bbc #Longwave #Radio4
Simon Walters
@cymplecy@fosstodon.org
Retired engineer and educator. Open Sourcerer Block programming language evangelist especially #Snap! and #Microblocks (and #NodeRED) Love #MQTT and #IoT #fedi22 #software #robots #astronomy #python2 #python27 #python #scratch Euxton,Lancashire,England https://github.com/cymplecy (if you want to see bad code :) ) Profile pic is from helping out on DIY SOS at Blackpool
fosstodon.org
Philip C James
@PhilipCJames@mas.to
English/German-speaking Brython living in Austenland; careless as carless, hard-science grasping, liberal-leaning, creativity-yearning, Bohemian-aspiring humanist. Allergy Warning: May Contain Fiction. And Nuts Banner: ISS over NZ (Getty) Avatar: Horsehead Nebula, Six Star System, Alien on an Asteroid (Own Work)
mas.to
Wasn't aware until recently that Economy 7 electricity meters are synced using a longwave #Radio4 signal transmitted from Droitwich (#RTS).
Loving the idea that this service is time-limited by a single banal condition. As Wikipedia puts it:
"n October 2011, the BBC stated that the Droitwich transmitter ... will cease to operate when one of the last two valves breaks, and no effort would be made to manufacture more nor to install a replacement longwave transmitter."
😱
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_teleswitch
Judith
@aroundthehills@mastodonapp.uk
⚽️ TRFC 🏟️ 80/92 Walking, camping, taking it easy. Benchmarks, Trigpoints, cycling, miscellaneous interesting things. Gardening and enjoying the huge variety of things that live in my garden. New (August 2025) owner of a VW #Caddy which I'll be converting into a #MicroCamper. #VanLife #PaddyTheCaddy she / her England, UK
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Gothic Card (Robert G)
@gothiccard__dup_38124@mastodonapp.uk
Human, listen to the radio, ukulele strummer, bass guitar, animals, history, 3D photography, rugby (both codes), and many other things. #ukulele #bassguitar #RugbyUnion #RugbyLeague
mastodonapp.uk
They've just had the a bit about Rugby League, and the York Knights on the Today on BBC Radio 4. This must be a first!
#rugbyleague #superleague #yorkknights #BBC #Radio4
Philip C James
@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to
English/German-speaking Brython living in Austenland; careless as carless, hard-science grasping, liberal-leaning, creativity-yearning, Bohemian-aspiring humanist. Allergy Warning: May Contain Fiction. And Nuts Banner: ISS over NZ (Getty) Avatar: Horsehead Nebula, Six Star System, Alien on an Asteroid (Own Work)
mas.to
Replying to
@PhilipCJames__dup_644@mas.to
How quaint, Justin Webb, presenting #BBC #Radio4's Today Programme, still thinks President Donald Tantrump can be reined in by Republican losses at the mid-term elections in November this year.
Why does he think #TyrantTrump will allow the mid-terms to take place if there is a risk that he will lose them?
#R4Today #NoKings #GOP #MAGA
#Trump #Krasnov #USpol #UScoup
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_fourfm
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