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Tim Holyoake
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RetroComputing. Liberal Democrat. Caterham 7 Owner. In remission from Mantle Cell Lymphoma.

More often at https://oldbytes.space/@psychotimmy

Blogs at https://z80.timholyoake.uk/ , https://mcl.timholyoake.uk/ & https://railwaywalks.timholyoake.uk/
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457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.

Trump avoided military service 5 times.

How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
My goodness the weather in Ottery is hideous today (and has been all week). As my normal outdoor activities have been curtailed, I've started #AdventOfCode 2020 in #Fortran 77 (mostly). 11 days completed. Will I get to the end before the weather perks up?! #RetroComputing

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GitHub - psychotimmy/aoc2020: Advent of Code 2020 in FORTRAN 77 (mostly)
Advent of Code 2020 in FORTRAN 77 (mostly). Contribute to psychotimmy/aoc2020 development by creating an account on GitHub.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Britain is one of the best places in recorded history to be born, live, work and grow old. Lots of room for improvement obviously but combat the pessimism, it’s the forerunner of fascism.
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
January 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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As someone who grew up in America & is very fond of the American people, I never thought I would see the day when an American president would threaten the UK with tariffs for refusing to allow them to ‘buy’ the territory of another sovereign country and NATO member against its clearly expressed will
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing.

Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Liberal England: Saying Reform UK are "just the same old Conservatives" may not be the smart line some think liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/01/sayi...
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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“Britain has been in decline” says Robert Jenrick who served in the Conservative government for 12 years.
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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One more rat is leaving the sinking ship - the Conservatives are out of ideas and Reform only have bad ones.
January 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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It’s another Labour U-turn! My @libdems.org.uk colleagues and I have been calling for the Government to drop their unworkable and costly compulsory digital ID plans - delighted they have seen sense! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID
Scheme intended to verify someone’s right to work in the UK will be optional, government admitted in 13th U-turn since taking power
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
New from me: Ottery St. Mary

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January 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Well well well...

That tells us everything we need to know about Reform, which is quickly becoming a retirement home for disgraced former Conservative ministers.

If Mr Zahawi decides to stand for elected office here in Stratford-on-Avon, I can only say
Bring it on! 💪🔶️
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Usual Brexiter garbage on regulations - the UK didn't diverge much because it turned out there weren't obvious places in which to do so
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Here's what a map of crime by population actually looks like. It doesn't fit the 'London is a hellhole' narrative.
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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New from me: Building a Pico RomWBW

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January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
1983 called. This keyboard is actually an entire computer etc. etc.
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set.
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
New from me: Building a Pico RomWBW

z80.timholyoake.uk/building-a-p...
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Started blogging in ’95. Nearly all site’s my content from the past 30 years is still up. Sadly, the same can’t be said for most third-party content I linked to. Happily, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer solves much of this.

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Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer
Automatically fix broken links by replacing them with archived versions from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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The UK government may still be on X because they're very stupid.

There are around 19.5m families in the UK. Baroness Anderson claims here, on behalf of the government, that 10.8m = 55% of them "use X as their main news source".

This is an obvious lie.

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January 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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I keep trying to write something to wrap up this year. I went into 2025 with a lot of plans – I did a few goal-setting sessions and just kept writing the phrase ‘change your life’. Which, as was kindly pointed out by people wiser than me, was a ridiculous goal.

emilyholyoake.com/2025/12/27/c...
Change your life; or, how to set realistic end-of-year goals
I keep trying to write something to wrap up this year. I went into 2025 with a lot of plans – I did a few goal-setting sessions and just kept writing the phrase ‘change your life’. Which, as was ki…
emilyholyoake.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here's my account of solving this year's #AdventOfCode using #Fortran 77 (mostly). #RetroComputing ftw!

z80.timholyoake.uk/advent-of-co...
Advent of Code 2025 in Fortran 77 (mostly) – retrocomputing ephemera
z80.timholyoake.uk
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Penultimate article in the #AdventOfCode assistants 🤖 .

Write-up about days 9-11 where Kimi-K2 pulls a Dieselgate and all AIs happily try to re-invent the wheel!

emma.has-a.blog/articles/adv...

#python #AI
emma.has-a.blog
December 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The Good Life - Silly But It's Fun (26th December 1977). "The ooh-ah bird is so called because it lays square eggs".
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Season's Greetings to all.

If you've nothing else to this Christmas Eve, here's my account of solving this year's #AdventOfCode using #Fortran 77 (mostly).

z80.timholyoake.uk/advent-of-co...
Advent of Code 2025 in Fortran 77 (mostly) – retrocomputing ephemera
z80.timholyoake.uk
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM