David Mills

I was late to the story about the attemped coup in the US because I had opted out of putsch notifications.

Eight years ago when I became a z list celebrity! 😆

Paul really knows how to write 'em

LBJ's Oval Office view before he gave withdrawal speech tonight 1968:

Thanks for ending the meeting 4 minutes early and “giving me some time back.” Now I can finally pursue my passions

@wolvesfancast I was!

An unforgettable moment, in our romping of League 1 as Liam McAlinden heads home in our 1nil away win at MK Dons. Were you there that day? #10KtoMK #wwfc #wolves

paul mccartney & george harrison the same day they signed the papers that would dissolve the beatles - december 19, 1974.

London Transport produced some lovely posters over the years advertising transport to major sporting occasions. This one, by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, is for the Oval Test of 1939, the last Test to be played in England for almost seven years

Living room display in the DDR Museum in Berlin.

My mom and dad had 7 photos of me between 1971 and 1983, and I have 253 of my dogs from 7:00 to 7:05 this morning.

Tony Blair: We must end left’s unholy alliance with the Islamists thetimes.com/article/e5e6ee…

When you want to buy a train ticket

I often think about the technical limitations that game designers of the 80s had to work with - both in terms of software and hardware. The game that stands at the very top is Elite. Think about this for a second: The core game code on the BBC Micro version occupied roughly 22 KB of memory. Now think about what Braben and Bell turned that into: a universe with eight galaxies, each containing 256 star systems (for a total of 2,048 planets/systems). Each system featured unique details: government type, economy, technology level, population, commodity prices, and even descriptive text (e.g., a planet known for "carnivorous arts graduates" or similar quirky combinations). If you still need a bit more help to contextualize that, try this: Elite was smaller than many modern text files or desktop icons, yet it contained (and let you freely explore) a multi-galaxy-spanning universe that felt vast and limitless. Oh, and by the way, the game also rendered 3D wireframe ships, stations, and planets in real time on a 2 MHz 6502 processor. This is no slight on today’s game designers. They work with what they have, and that's okay. But when you think about the worlds that some programmers created with the tools they were given, it sometimes breaks my brain trying to understand how they did it. Elite is a true masterpiece on so many levels. I played the C64 version back in the day, and even 40+ years later it still feels like one of the most incredible programming wonders ever.

Japan's "pointing and calling" safety method dates back over a century. nippon.com/en/japan-topic…

I actually don’t understand how France has 69 million people. Where are they? 5 largest cities: Paris 2 million Marseille 0.8MM Lyon 0.5MM Toulouse 0.5Mm Nice 0.3MM Where are they all hiding? In the countryside? The “big” cities are so tiny.

@MuseumCommodore It used icons, like The Fourth Protocol, another great game.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1985) – The WEIRDEST Commodore 64 tie-in that is actually AWESOME! Developed by Denton Designs (the geniuses behind Shadowfire) for Ocean Software. You start as a mundane suburbanite in Mundanesville, performing tasks like probing kitchens, lifting flying ducks, and feeding milk to cats. Hidden within this everyday life are portals to madness and the Pleasuredome! Boost your "personality" (Pleasure/War/Love/Faith to 99%) by completing over 60 tasks and engaging in trippy minigames: shoot symbols, play bat pong, raid over Merseyside in a shooter, and even solve a MURDER MYSTERY! Why it's a must-revisit even after 45+ years: ✅ Bizarre 80s Liverpool atmosphere ✅ Fred Gray's SID magic: "Relax" loader and hypnotic tunes from the band ✅ Zzap! magazine rated it 97% ✅ Commodore Force magazine ranked it #1 in the Top 100 C64 games Frankie says... RELAX! Still hypnotic in 2025.

It's funny how, after he lost in 2015, all sorts of commentators said "history will remember him kindly", but history has actually made the coalition look even worse in hindsight.

Jews and allies queuing up to deliver Gail’s to the editor of the @guardian.

This is one of the greatest visual gags in history. The way Emu quickly glances to the side to check no one's looking before grabbing Hull's neck and chucking him in the freezer. And the somersault at such a tight angle. A visual gag artist at his absolute peak, sensational.

In tearful pop-up windows, the Guardian begs me to support its free independent journalism. I won’t. To use your own motto, @guardian , rejection hurts.