bananabob :tinoflag: 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

I have been involved in IT since the 1960s. A health crises brought that to an end in the 1990s. Now fully retired I produce and present radio shows which I provide free of charge for radio/web stations around the world. Main interest is the music of the 20th century. Also keen on old movies I find on You Tube. Love to read anything from cereal boxes to books.
I have been using #linux as a desktop since 1999. Started with #debian then #ubuntu now using #linuxmint and some #raspberrypi servers.

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2025-12-31 02:55:48 GMT

New Zealand opts not to join international statement warning of deteriorating situation in Gaza
Either this government doesn't read the will of the people or it just doesn't care.
My money is on they don't care.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/582978/new-zealand-opts-not-to-join-international-statement-warning-of-deteriorating-situation-in-gaza
#RNZ #Gaza #NZPol

2025-10-22 06:42:06 GMT

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What about the increasing number of companies that do not have a web presence except for FB!

2025-10-10 22:34:07 GMT

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I like to download on wifi connection and listen on my phone when I am exercising/walking as I don't have a large data allowance.

2025-10-10 22:21:25 GMT

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Have wmpg got an RSS feed so I can download the podcast.

2025-09-09 00:22:43 GMT

You can't cover it up.
#Banksy #PalestineAction #GazaGenocide
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/171/479/176/241/997/original/5fd54ea2800ab611.jpg

2025-07-15 21:55:46 GMT

The shocking truth behind the death of Jaffas – a Spinoff investigation
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/16-07-2025/the-shocking-truth-behind-the-death-of-jaffas-a-spinoff-investigation
#NZ #TheSpinoff #Jaffas #RJs

2025-05-16 05:32:08 GMT

Ok peeps - How do I get #Ubuntu Forums from sending me Happy Birthday emails. I haven't used Ubuntu in years?

2025-01-31 21:12:45 GMT

Just out of interest I can wiggle my ears, how many of you can do the same?
‘A neural fossil’: human ears try to move when listening, scientists say
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/31/neural-fossil-human-ears-move-when-listening-scientists-say
#Biology #TheGuardian #Ears #Hearing

2025-01-01 21:18:16 GMT

Scandinavians came to Britain long before Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, finds study
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/01/scandinavians-came-to-britain-long-before-vikings-and-anglo-saxons-finds-study
#TheGuardian #Archaeology #Vikings #Britain #Romans

2024-12-18 07:08:03 GMT

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A sad loss. I had only just discovered her music when I read about her death.

2024-11-04 21:54:16 GMT

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Thanks for that clarification. But aren't their stars that do the same?

2024-11-04 21:40:07 GMT

How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
I know we talk of gas giants, but why doesn't it qualify as a star? Am I wrong in my assumption that planets should have a solid surface?
https://theconversation.com/how-can-jupiter-have-no-surface-a-dive-into-a-planet-so-big-it-could-swallow-1-000-earths-231901
#TheConversation #Space #Jupiter

2024-07-19 22:44:50 GMT

When something like #CrowdStrike occurs I am reminded of the story The Machine Stops by E M Foster. I guess it will happen one day.
https://archive.org/details/e.-m.-forster-the-machine-stops_202008

2024-07-11 01:53:53 GMT

#Linux #FlatPack
I have several directories left in my .var after I have uninstalled the apps. Can I delete these directories without "damage" to the flatpack apps I still have installed?