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It's done! I have just released the Compendium version of #Elite for the #Acorn #Electron.

This massively enhanced version of the original game contains pretty much every feature of #BBCMicro Elite, but on the Electron. Just add 16K of sideways RAM.

Here are the links:

* Play in your browser: 0xc0de6502.github.io/electroni

* More info about the Electron version: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite

* Download links: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite

* All about the Compendium: elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/elite

Right on, Commanders!

Democratic Assemblyman #Zohran #Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory in New York City
has prompted an #elite #panic, the likes of which we’ve rarely seen:
Billionaires are desperately seeking a general-election candidate to stop him,
former Barack Obama aides are publicly melting down,
corporate moguls are threatening a capital strike,
and CNBC has become a television forum for nervous breakdowns.
Meanwhile, Democratic elites who’ve spent a decade punching left are suddenly trying to align themselves with and take credit for Mamdani’s brand
(though not necessarily his agenda).
On the surface, this freak-out can seem as if it’s about policy.
Mamdani’s proposals for
free buses,
universal free child care,
faster small-business licensing,
higher taxes on the rich,
some publicly owned grocery stores,
a higher minimum wage,
and rent freezes
are indeed shocking to oligarchs conditioned to getting everything they want.
💥When you’re so accustomed to privilege, the most minimally humane policies for others can seem like oppression
— and Mamdani’s agenda probably feels that way to New York’s billionaires, CEOs, and neoliberals.
And yet, the intensity of the nervous breakdown over his win suggests this is about way more than one mayoral candidate’s important-but-hardly-radical agenda for a single metropolis.
🔥This is about power
— specifically, the power of money and establishment authority to control outcomes

rollingstone.com/politics/poli

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during his primary night victory party at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Rolling Stone · Why the Oligarchy Fears Zohran MamdaniBy David Sirota

"Wer nur hart genug arbeitet, schafft es bis nach oben" - je ungleicher die Gesellschaft, desto unerschütterlicher ist der Glaube an diese Idee.

Die Realität ist jedoch eine andere: seit über 100 Jahren bleibt die Oberschicht vor allem unter sich. Die Zahl der Aufsteiger ist um nur 5% gestiegen.

Zum Vergleich: Deutschlands Bevölkerung ist seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg um 20% gewachsen.

#Armut #Chancengleichheit #Aufstieg #Elite

fr.de/wirtschaft/herkunft-schl

www.fr.de„Herkunft schlägt Leistung“: Studie widerlegt Mär von der LeistungsgesellschaftNach oben kommen seit Jahrzehnten stets dieselben gesellschaftlichen Schichten, belegt eine neue Studie. Eliteforscher Hartmann fordert eine „Arbeiterkinderquote“.

I'm really interested in code literacy and the aesthetic value of code so it was amazing to ask software archeologist Mark Moxon a few questions about the beauty of the source code to the classic space sim Elite! Thanks @markmoxon !

tychomagazine.com/article/mark

tychomagazine.comThe original Elite, INSIDE OUT | Tycho MagazineExclusive interview with Mark Moxon, software archeologist, on the source code for the original Elite.

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!

(In enhanced Acorn Electron Elite, that is.)

Video 1: The sun at Diso in Electron Elite

The speed isn't bad, considering the sun is probably the most screen-memory-intensive (i.e. slow) feature of BBC Micro Elite.

Video 2: Approaching the sun through a minor asteroid belt.

I've always loved flying towards the sun in BBC Micro Elite, so it's good to see it on the Electron. That ball of flickering fire hanging in the blackness of space always has such a feeling of remoteness and grandeur.

Video 3: Fuel scoops

I've also implemented fuel scooping, so those fuel scoops can finally be used for... well, scooping fuel, and not just cargo canisters. Don't leave home without them!

Here's a video of the latest features in enhanced #Acorn #Electron #Elite:

* Proper disk access menu
* Military lasers
* Extended system descriptions (edible poets!)
* System search
* Planetary details (meridians/equators and craters)
* Fast, flicker-free graphics

It's looking good!

Enhanced Electron Elite is for the Acorn Electron with 16K sideways RAM. It uses the SRAM to speed things up, and I'm backporting faster code from the #BBCMicro and #C64 versions too.

The plan is to add as many cool features as I can: on the list are suns, lots of ship blueprints, Thargoids, a proper docking computer and more.

Showing the Elk some well-deserved love! Watch this space...

245. Jahrestag der Gordon Riots

2. Juni 1780: An diesem Tag begannen in England die #GordonRiots, die bis zum 9. Juni andauerten. Die Unruhen begannen als #Pogrom gegen #Katholiken. Sie entwickelten sich jedoch zu einem #Massenaufstand der #Arbeiter, an dem ehemalige #Sklaven, zwangsrekrutierte #Seeleute und #Schuldner, #Engländer, #Iren, #Italiener, #Deutsche und J#uden beteiligt waren. Die Aufständischen befreiten zweitausend Gefangene und zerstörten alle großen #Gefängnisse in #London. Sie schrieben an die Gefängnismauern: „Befreit durch die Autorität Seiner Majestät, König Mob“. Die Randalierer zerstörten auch die Häuser von Mitgliedern der herrschenden #Elite sowie #Zollhäuser und die #Bank von #England. Die Reichen flohen in Panik aus der Stadt. Es war der zerstörerischste Protest in der Geschichte Londons. Das #Militär wurde gerufen. Es tötete bis zu 700 Arbeiter. Der politische Hintergrund für den Aufstand waren niedrige #Löhne und #Inflation aufgrund der Kriege Englands mit den #USA, #Spanien und #Frankreich sowie der Wunsch nach allgemeinem #Wahlrecht

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Danke für den Text an @MikeDunnAuthor