simonvarwell, Esperanto
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I often dwell on how generations heading into middle age are in weird in-between times: while older generations’ experiences were mostly not digitised and today’s young folk are over-digitised, only some of my generation’s past is digitised. That leaves us in an existence where life is patchily recalled.

I’d never imagined there being equality dimensions to this, however. A fascinating article.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/tv-episode-black-britain-gay-history

timrichards,
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@simonvarwell Interesting read. There must be so much valuable TV content - especially docos - languishing offline.

simonvarwell,
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@timrichards yes, in basements, on old videos etc. And the unfashionable or prejudiced-against will in many ways be the most interesting. I have a bit of a fascination with lost media stories.

timrichards,
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@simonvarwell When I was at uni in the '80s I looked up old political campaign ads, which the library had on U-matic tape (!), a predecessor of modern video recorders. God knows where that footage is now.

Susan60,
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@timrichards @simonvarwell
Probably digitised.

simonvarwell,
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@Susan60 @timrichards hopefully.

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