iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-

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Philip @puggle18.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well that was an absolute blast. Public Service Broadcasting @psbhq.bsky.social at Alexandra Palace celebrating The Race For Space 10+1

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Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bats' extraordinary adaptations to promote long life and stave off disease have long fascinated researchers who are attempting to harness those attributes for human health. Now a genetic trove promises new clues to bat biology - and to the creatures' mysterious origins. www.ft.com/content/7aa3...

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Genetic trove aims to unlock bats’ secrets to long life

Genomic and fossil records could offer clues to the mammal’s ability to kill damaged cells that might eventually improve human health

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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 21/09/2026

A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...

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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks

FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If an Irish newspaper doesn’t run a “Senior Orangeman Calls For A United Ireland” headline, then the newspapers are dead.

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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.

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Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Stem cells have extraordinary powers of regeneration - but some clinics offer treatments that may be ineffective or even unsafe. My @financialtimes.com colleague @antoniacundy.ft.com and I investigated a growing industry that critics say urgently needs better regulation. www.ft.com/content/007e...

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The cowboy clinics selling unproven longevity treatments

An FT investigation has found a thriving market for stem cell therapies in the US promising longer, healthier lives. Experts say such claims are dangerous

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The way that AI does absolutely nothing but simply repeat back to you whatever you’ve said using a different order of words and expects us to believe that means the computer understood us makes me want to TEAR MY FUCKING HAIR OUT

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · 28/08/2026

Add up all the 10-minute hacks and where has your day/week/life gone? Spot on.... www.ft.com/content/226f... via financialtimes.com

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Have you got 10 minutes?

The fightback against online ‘life-hacks’ starts here

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · 27/08/2026

RIP Yayoi Kusama. Some images from her recent retrospective at Museum Ludwig

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/08/2026

FT Exclusive: The prime minister said his government is 'acutely conscious of how hard the operating environment is for businesses, big and small'. ft.trib.al/IPHp94k

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Colleague didn't join a call but I had Gemini Notes switched on and it the transcript caught me talking to the cat.

Summary

Meeting logistics review addressed attendance verification and confirmed denial of additional catering requests.

Addressing Catering Request
Denial of secondary meal requests was finalized for shouting individuals. It was confirmed that participants had already consumed dinner.

Meeting Attendance Verification
Clarification regarding confirmed attendees occurred. Questions were raised about pending arrivals for the session.

Connection Status Check
Technical connection status was assessed. The presence of additional participants on the call remained under review.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10

Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair.

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels.

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

THE DOCTOR WHO - LABOUR LEADER CORRELATION. 1. WILLIAM HARTNELL - HAROLD WILSON's 1st term 1964-1966 Hugely popular as the public are dazzled by the white heat of technology.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026

This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.

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Heidi Alexander MP @heidialexander.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

BREAKING: We're stepping in with @richardparkerwm.bsky.social to protect 750 buses per day running for millions of people across the West Midlands, securing thousands of jobs while the bus network transitions back to public control. 🚌🚏 www.wmca.org.uk/news/mayor-a...

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Mayor acts to protect West Midlands bus services as WMCA Board approves acquisition deal

Services to continue as normal after West Midlands Leaders approve acquisition deal for regional bus operation

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

British people should “enjoy” multiple heatwaves and shrug off warnings of dangerous climate change while enjoying more English fizzy wine, the deputy leader of Reform UK has said. www.ft.com/content/49ea...

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Reform UK’s deputy leader tells Britons to ‘enjoy’ heat amid record drought

Richard Tice’s call for people to ‘celebrate’ hotter weather comes as farmers warn of one of the worst harvests on record

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15/08/2026

After decades of campaigning about their health risks – at least one in two long-term smokers will die from their habit – cigarettes were mostly removed from screens and magazines in the early 2000s.⁠ But now cigarettes are circling back into style. ft.trib.al/Pz1FyvY

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Harry Rose @harryrose.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Seeing a bit of surprise that the FT comes top here. But it makes sense -- young professionals who need/want to be informed and can often get a corporate sub. (Plus free student access is smart, surprised others don't do it). pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

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Which UK national newsbrands reach the most under-35s?

New research based on Ipsos iris data reveals proportion of young amongst audience of major online newsbrands.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 06/08/2026

The insurgent parties of left and right are united in opposing plans to develop more than 5,000 acres — or 10% of the marshland — for solar panels ft.trib.al/TOMuTVD

Rows of solar panels stretch across a large field at a solar farm, with countryside visible in the background.

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · 04/08/2026

Not sure this is gonna' catch on.... www.ft.com/content/d98a... via financialtimes.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/08/2026

The city has become the largest hub for AI power centres across Europe, competing with homes for energy, space and water. But its priorities are being called into question: ft.trib.al/fxkkxVA

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Since 2025, America has had more cases of measles (4,500), than in the previous 25 years combined after the disease had been declared eradicated. Almost all the US measles outbreaks have been in unvaccinated communities. Most of its fatalities are children www.ft.com/content/570e...

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The twilight of Dr Fauci

Scientist’s congressional testimony came amid the most sustained assault on US public service since the McCarthy era

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And here is @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on a pre-holiday roll pointing out the right sound a bit delusional (also IMHO hoping for the country to fail is neither a strategy nor very attractive) www.ft.com/content/5fa1...

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There is no modern-day Maggie to save Britain from Burnhamism

The right hopes that Labour’s new leader will fail, but who exactly is going to step in and shake things up?

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I maintain that if Burnham made it legal to confiscate phones from people who watch video or listen to music without headphones, then called a snap election, he could actually increase his majority.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 22/07/2026

Northern PM for two days and already imposing flat caps.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/07/2026

The ChatGPT maker said the ‘agent’ escaped a testing environment, gained internet access, stole login credentials and hacked into the start-up Hugging Face by itself, in one of the first public examples of a cyber attack by an AI system acting outside human control. www.ft.com/content/9db7...?

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We’re sourcing our reshuffle news from an alternate timeline of the 1980s…

To summarise yesterday evening, Mr Benn is out of the Cabinet, Mr Healey has returned to the Cabinet and Mr Kinnock has joined the Cabinet for the first time.

Quoted as an image because it’s a friend’s joke from Facebook and I can’t take credit for it.

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 16/07/2026

Canvassers out in force in Clacton.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

REOPEN NOMINATIONS

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Darren Dodd @badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com · 10/07/2026

Some cheering news for a Friday.... www.picturehouses.com/blog/an-upda...

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 08/07/2026

Please stop whatever you're doing and read Alphaville LLC's first research report on SpaceX, with an initial price target of ∞. www.ft.com/content/1344...

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Alphaville LLC initiates coverage of SpaceX with Buy recommendation

Good heavens

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"Emergency podcasts, sir. Thousands of 'em"

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/07/2026

A new online system to pre-authorise entry to the EU is set to be delayed until next year, after the chaotic rollout of a separate electronic border-check system disrupted visits ft.trib.al/6D8zIEg

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/07/2026

Keir Starmer’s former chief adviser, who was forced out of his job over the Peter Mandelson scandal, talks for the first time about what went wrong: ft.trib.al/qowo5Ao

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

NEVER let the Lib Dems access this technology

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