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What to know about Threads : Today, Meta is launching its new microblogging platform called Threads. What is noteworthy about this launch is that Threads intends to become part of the decentralized social web by using the same standard protocol as Mastodon, ActivityPub. There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.

The return of Radio London on 1206 kHz (July 29 – August 14, 2023) : Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, WD3C, who shares the following announcement: RADIO PIRATE: The return of Big L Radio London on 1206 kHz, 24 hours a day, from July 29th to August 14th. Back with, in my pocket, a temporary license issued by OFCOM. This time Big L will be broadcasting not from a […]

Arnold Levine - Radio Concord, Dynamite 235 : In this new episode I’m talking to Arnold Levine from 1970’s station Radio Concord. We chat about how Concord started, and,  how it went on to be the radical voice of the 1970’s counterculture in London. We also talk about his excellent book, “Banned by the BBC”,  and finally what he has been doing since the end of Radio Concord.  Mark Wakely