Jason Simón de Souza 🇵🇸
@jasesdesouza.bsky.social
*Drum roll* Trade Unionist. 1st Class Honours Journo Grad, MA from Centre of Latin American & Caribbean Studies/School of Advanced Study and PhD candidate @Brunel University.
Interests include: politics, gaming, electronics, positivity and more.
Interests include: politics, gaming, electronics, positivity and more.
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This is a redux thread from the other site that's been expanded with additional reflections and info.
I purchased this C64 from a parent who'd decided to profit from the possessions of a child who'd left home. 1/13
This is a redux thread from the other site that's been expanded with additional reflections and info.
I purchased this C64 from a parent who'd decided to profit from the possessions of a child who'd left home. 1/13
This thread will remain pinned to my profile to allow people to easily find the threads/posts regarding my #retrocomputing and #retrogaming repair/restoration/mod/overhaul projects in one place.
New content will be added here over time. ☺️
1) Commodore 64 Repair Thread.
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New content will be added here over time. ☺️
1) Commodore 64 Repair Thread.
bsky.app/profile/jase...
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This.
I only learned about it with YouTube.
Here, a gaming crash never happened.
It was not a global thing like many game historians like to portray it nowadays.
I only learned about it with YouTube.
Here, a gaming crash never happened.
It was not a global thing like many game historians like to portray it nowadays.
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This.
I only learned about it with YouTube.
Here, a gaming crash never happened.
It was not a global thing like many game historians like to portray it nowadays.
I only learned about it with YouTube.
Here, a gaming crash never happened.
It was not a global thing like many game historians like to portray it nowadays.
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The author notes that the "performative reader" frequently mocked on social media is male.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
Now Watch Me Read
“Performative reading” has gained a curious notoriety online. Is it a new way of calling people pretentious, or does it reflect a deprioritization of the written word?
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The author notes that the "performative reader" frequently mocked on social media is male.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
Reading has declined in part because it became coded feminine. The obsession with STEM as the path to a career and insistence that the purpose of education is career training facilitated this.
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Thought for the Day…
December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thought for the Day…
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It went up for sale a number of years ago. Don't know wht the final sale price was but the estimate was eye-watering enough.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It went up for sale a number of years ago. Don't know wht the final sale price was but the estimate was eye-watering enough.
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BTW, if anyone can ever find me a copy of the scarf that Khan wears, that blue around the neck that fades to oil and shadow, LET ME KNOW.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
BTW, if anyone can ever find me a copy of the scarf that Khan wears, that blue around the neck that fades to oil and shadow, LET ME KNOW.
Quite. I wasn't even aware till the 90s that the North American video game industry suffered a collapse. In the UK it was business as usual with consoles and computers on sale and games available for both. Unfortunately, the average hack doesn't know that much and their fact-checkers, even less.
Watched a NES retrospective by a (presumably) US YouTuber. Was pleasantly surprised that he took 5 mins to explain that the US experience wasn't global and most of the rest of the world was happily playing on home computers during the mid-80s "gaming crash". More attention to detail than the BBC.
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Quite. I wasn't even aware till the 90s that the North American video game industry suffered a collapse. In the UK it was business as usual with consoles and computers on sale and games available for both. Unfortunately, the average hack doesn't know that much and their fact-checkers, even less.
One of my older cousins always had the latest table top games during the early 80s and among them was Astro Wars, which well and truly ignited my passion for video games.
In a world of endless Pong clones and variants, Astro Wars demonstrated that better offerings were available to play at home.
In a world of endless Pong clones and variants, Astro Wars demonstrated that better offerings were available to play at home.
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
One of my older cousins always had the latest table top games during the early 80s and among them was Astro Wars, which well and truly ignited my passion for video games.
In a world of endless Pong clones and variants, Astro Wars demonstrated that better offerings were available to play at home.
In a world of endless Pong clones and variants, Astro Wars demonstrated that better offerings were available to play at home.
Blockbuster could've purchased #Netflix during the early 2000s for $50m and they reportedly laughed Netflix out of the door. Netflix is now poised to purchase Warner Bros. and as for Blockbuster, all that remains of them is an independently owned store in Oregon that's the last Blockbuster on Earth.
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Blockbuster could've purchased #Netflix during the early 2000s for $50m and they reportedly laughed Netflix out of the door. Netflix is now poised to purchase Warner Bros. and as for Blockbuster, all that remains of them is an independently owned store in Oregon that's the last Blockbuster on Earth.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The Vectrex Mini captures retro charm with modern technology. 🕹️
OLED screen, Bluetooth controller compatible with the original Vectrex, microSD slot, video output, clock mode and more.
Around $175 on Kickstarter.
👉 Less than 2 days left to back www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
OLED screen, Bluetooth controller compatible with the original Vectrex, microSD slot, video output, clock mode and more.
Around $175 on Kickstarter.
👉 Less than 2 days left to back www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The Vectrex Mini captures retro charm with modern technology. 🕹️
OLED screen, Bluetooth controller compatible with the original Vectrex, microSD slot, video output, clock mode and more.
Around $175 on Kickstarter.
👉 Less than 2 days left to back www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
OLED screen, Bluetooth controller compatible with the original Vectrex, microSD slot, video output, clock mode and more.
Around $175 on Kickstarter.
👉 Less than 2 days left to back www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
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"Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later"
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Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
Washington, D.C., November 26, 2025 - On General Augusto Pinochet’s 60th birthday, November 25, 1975, four delegations of Southern Cone secret police chieftains gathered in Santiago, Chile, at the inv...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later"
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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🌎 2025
🗓 29th - 30th November
🕤 21:30Z
🛰 GOES18
🗓 29th - 30th November
🕤 21:30Z
🛰 GOES18
November 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🌎 2025
🗓 29th - 30th November
🕤 21:30Z
🛰 GOES18
🗓 29th - 30th November
🕤 21:30Z
🛰 GOES18
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The BBC Micro is 44 years old today, Happy Birthday! However, many customers had to wait until early 1982 for delivery of theirs due to limited supply availability before Christmas. During its lifespan just over 1.5 million were sold - exact figures are not known. I still have my original one.
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The BBC Micro is 44 years old today, Happy Birthday! However, many customers had to wait until early 1982 for delivery of theirs due to limited supply availability before Christmas. During its lifespan just over 1.5 million were sold - exact figures are not known. I still have my original one.
I'd love to buy the Babylon 5 Blu-ray but it's pricey and I'm broke at the mo. The DVDs have technical issues but I've managed to obtain the series in decent quality 4:3 SD and this will tide me over. ☺️
What a fantastic piece of TV Babylon 5 is. The storylines and themes are even more relevant now.
What a fantastic piece of TV Babylon 5 is. The storylines and themes are even more relevant now.
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'd love to buy the Babylon 5 Blu-ray but it's pricey and I'm broke at the mo. The DVDs have technical issues but I've managed to obtain the series in decent quality 4:3 SD and this will tide me over. ☺️
What a fantastic piece of TV Babylon 5 is. The storylines and themes are even more relevant now.
What a fantastic piece of TV Babylon 5 is. The storylines and themes are even more relevant now.
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Fixing Commodore 64s is some kind of fun, but not a normal kind of fun like fixing broken Japanese computers. #commodore64 #retrocomputing
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Fixing Commodore 64s is some kind of fun, but not a normal kind of fun like fixing broken Japanese computers. #commodore64 #retrocomputing
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Kingfisher,
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Kingfisher,
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
Watercolour painting.
#Kingfisher #Birds #BirdsArt #Watercolour #Art #Painting #BirdsWallArt #ArtPrints #BirdsGiftIdea
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More experiments showing some interesting results .
It doesn't really take off marker, and does not take off adhesive at all, and behind the black tape it was its original yellow. You can really see the difference.
And the SNES front button bezel came out great, the darker grey plastics did not
It doesn't really take off marker, and does not take off adhesive at all, and behind the black tape it was its original yellow. You can really see the difference.
And the SNES front button bezel came out great, the darker grey plastics did not
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
More experiments showing some interesting results .
It doesn't really take off marker, and does not take off adhesive at all, and behind the black tape it was its original yellow. You can really see the difference.
And the SNES front button bezel came out great, the darker grey plastics did not
It doesn't really take off marker, and does not take off adhesive at all, and behind the black tape it was its original yellow. You can really see the difference.
And the SNES front button bezel came out great, the darker grey plastics did not
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Now this is one I was NOT aware of back in the day
Altered Beast got a licensed release (by Asmik) on the Famicom?!?
It’s got a few positive changes tho really neither Famicom nor SMS really deliver imho!!
#8bitSunday
Altered Beast got a licensed release (by Asmik) on the Famicom?!?
It’s got a few positive changes tho really neither Famicom nor SMS really deliver imho!!
#8bitSunday
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Now this is one I was NOT aware of back in the day
Altered Beast got a licensed release (by Asmik) on the Famicom?!?
It’s got a few positive changes tho really neither Famicom nor SMS really deliver imho!!
#8bitSunday
Altered Beast got a licensed release (by Asmik) on the Famicom?!?
It’s got a few positive changes tho really neither Famicom nor SMS really deliver imho!!
#8bitSunday
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Contra Rebirth ! Stage one ! Right here !!
- www.youtube.com/shorts/oAZlX...
- www.youtube.com/shorts/oAZlX...
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Contra Rebirth ! Stage one ! Right here !!
- www.youtube.com/shorts/oAZlX...
- www.youtube.com/shorts/oAZlX...
A wonderful film that really succeeds in capturing the essence of a what makes a comic book adventure fun. It's a shame that the sequels were nixed. Perhaps the Oyelowo project will be green-lighted. 🙏
The Rocketeer (1991) 🎥
Directed by Joe Johnston
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly.
However, evil forces of the world also want the jetpack at any cost.
#FilmSky
Directed by Joe Johnston
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly.
However, evil forces of the world also want the jetpack at any cost.
#FilmSky
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A wonderful film that really succeeds in capturing the essence of a what makes a comic book adventure fun. It's a shame that the sequels were nixed. Perhaps the Oyelowo project will be green-lighted. 🙏
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It's been ten years since we traveled the US to meet teachers for our book Schooled.
They shared many challenges, some of which have worsened. And this was before the pandemic, device proliferation, rising authoritarianism, K-12 censorship wave, AI...
www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/201...
They shared many challenges, some of which have worsened. And this was before the pandemic, device proliferation, rising authoritarianism, K-12 censorship wave, AI...
www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/201...
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's been ten years since we traveled the US to meet teachers for our book Schooled.
They shared many challenges, some of which have worsened. And this was before the pandemic, device proliferation, rising authoritarianism, K-12 censorship wave, AI...
www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/201...
They shared many challenges, some of which have worsened. And this was before the pandemic, device proliferation, rising authoritarianism, K-12 censorship wave, AI...
www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/201...
This is the goal that I've been working towards for many years and I'm almost at a stage where everyone around me is positive, warm and inspirational - and I feel all the better for it.
The negative are kept at arms length, which is exactly where they should be.
Embrace people who make you happy.🙂
The negative are kept at arms length, which is exactly where they should be.
Embrace people who make you happy.🙂
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is the goal that I've been working towards for many years and I'm almost at a stage where everyone around me is positive, warm and inspirational - and I feel all the better for it.
The negative are kept at arms length, which is exactly where they should be.
Embrace people who make you happy.🙂
The negative are kept at arms length, which is exactly where they should be.
Embrace people who make you happy.🙂
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I have a Sony Walkman that still works. A 1995 CD 5 disc changer that works really well still!
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I have a Sony Walkman that still works. A 1995 CD 5 disc changer that works really well still!
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I agree. Modern day planned obsolence is extremely anti consumer and only benefits the myth of infinite growth by trying to constantly squeeze money out of people.
Shit needs to stop. They can design products to last. They could go back to that if they weren't so fixated on endless profits.
Shit needs to stop. They can design products to last. They could go back to that if they weren't so fixated on endless profits.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I agree. Modern day planned obsolence is extremely anti consumer and only benefits the myth of infinite growth by trying to constantly squeeze money out of people.
Shit needs to stop. They can design products to last. They could go back to that if they weren't so fixated on endless profits.
Shit needs to stop. They can design products to last. They could go back to that if they weren't so fixated on endless profits.