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Peter Fletcher

@rectapete.com

Cyclist and Atarian. User of Apple products. Philly Born. One of the people responsible for hosting Atari Party East. #Cycling #Atari #Retrocomputing

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Those too will live on forever.

10.03.2026 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well yeah and likely will forever. So much winning.

10.03.2026 23:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember during COVID when sea shanties were all the rage for three months and we all thought life really couldn't get much worse? Damn I miss those days. Everything sucked, but boy oh boy it is so much worse now.

10.03.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Everything fucking sucks. Time to go ride my bike for a while.

08.03.2026 11:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 136 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Each day I am surprised that I still get surprised at how low we as a nation can go.

Tomorrow I will be be surprised again. Itโ€™s like Groundhog Day, but with more despair and embarrassment.

07.03.2026 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Done

06.03.2026 20:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Running from now until Friday, March 13th, I need your help with some research I'm conducting. Full explanation in the survey. Let's have fun with this!

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(Please share this link. The more responses, the better the data collection.)

06.03.2026 18:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had an impromptu lunch with Dr. Bob at a MacWorld NY. We were in a very crowded food court area in the Javits Center and agreed to share a table as it was the only one left. Fascinating fellow and I am glad we chatted for that 20 minutes.

06.03.2026 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
๐ŸŽค INTERVIEW: l'รฉquipe SAMSOFT au complet, pour la sortie de Miracle Boy in Dragon Land sur Atari ST๐ŸŽค
๐ŸŽค INTERVIEW: l'รฉquipe SAMSOFT au complet, pour la sortie de Miracle Boy in Dragon Land sur Atari ST๐ŸŽค YouTube video by GENERATION MICROS

Interview de l'รฉquipe derriรจre "Miracle Boy in Dragon Land" avec @samoteph.bsky.social sur la chaรฎne "Gรฉnรฉration Micros". J'y parle de la musique du jeu.
#retrogaming #AtariST #chiptune #plateformer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSQS...

05.03.2026 18:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Just life. Physically fine, but this country of ours sure hasnโ€™t been good for my mental health.

05.03.2026 16:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is a solid 35% that will vote Republican no matter what is thrown their way. No bottom for so many.

05.03.2026 16:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m still standing. A bit wobbly, but standing.

05.03.2026 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Too many things

05.03.2026 16:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dow in the red

Dow in the red

I was told we were at Dow 50K so nothing else matters.

05.03.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That would be something

04.03.2026 17:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The very MAGA fellows that work in the warehouse next door are blasting Bronski Beatโ€™s Smalltown Boy, which was not on my BINGO card.

04.03.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't get it either. He is a toddler that kicks over the board game when he feels like he isn't winning. Petulant is the word of the day.

03.03.2026 19:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well isn't that special. One of our big suppliers is from Spain. The 25% tariff has already been a burden on our business and now the orange overlord is making things even more painful.

03.03.2026 19:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yep. Sadly, that's exactly the case most of the time.

03.03.2026 13:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm tired boss.

02.03.2026 18:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not sure if that counts for #MARCHintosh, but I'm running System 6 on my Atari ST, and I'm loving it !

02.03.2026 08:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trying to update to Sequoia on the Mini from 12.7 (the os that was cloned from my 2015 MacBook Pro) via the macOS updater failed spectacularly.

Thankfully the update went just fine from USB media and after more hours of pain than I'd like to admit, the Mini is once again functional.

02.03.2026 00:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ditto

01.03.2026 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wasnโ€™t really planning on doing anything for #Marchintosh, but my 2018 Mac Mini decided to crash hard and I needed to reinstall an OS. Sadly everything I tried would fail and even tried to restore firmware in DFU mode, nada. Carbon Copy Cloner from an old Mac at least got me to desktop on the Mini.

01.03.2026 21:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Went to New Hope today to try to avoid the horrors of today's news and saw my childhood friends Sigmund and H.R. Pufnstuf hanging out in a store there.

01.03.2026 02:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was included with the art program Degas from Batteries Included if I recall correctly.

27.02.2026 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Atari Mega STE

Atari Mega STE

Timeline cleanser. #Atari

27.02.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 69 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tears for Fears โ€œSongs From the Big Chairโ€ turns 41 today. ๐ŸŽ‚

โ€œThat album has legs,โ€ Roland Orzabal said. โ€œIt doesnโ€™t seem to date. It still sounds fresh to me. I think thatโ€™s because we were very meticulous in the studio โ€” and also because the songs were honest.โ€

โ€œShoutโ€

@jamellebouie.net

25.02.2026 11:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 833 ๐Ÿ” 127 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It (Official Music Video)
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Twisted Sister

I was never much of a Twisted Sister fan, but "We're Not Gonna Take It" plays in my mind often these days and I am disappointed that many of my fellow American GenXers didn't learn anything from this song.

Fight the power people. Fight the power.

25.02.2026 01:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I fell for the red herring as well.

24.02.2026 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0