iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty good, a bit like a harsher PiL, without Annoying Little Rat-Faced Git (also Stickdog, if anyone remembers that) 2020.bandcamp.com/album/2020-3

2020.bandcamp.com

2020, by 2020

9 track album

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 11h

Up there with another of life's great mysteries: single sock migration. It has to be some form of teleportation.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh you legal experts and your tricksy questions...

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ah, great example of what I try to explain to people who think you can just OCR images or pdfs easily, with standard settings, and without any artefacts. No one ever listens.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I can neither confirm nor deny this information. [winks]

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What can I do? Do I tell them? I'm more or less aware of the potential cost, it's certainly not cheap for stuff that size. And now my name's attached to obviously shoddy work. So I checked I'd sent the correct files (I did) and tried to forget about it.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

... quite like my turn of phrase there", etc. And suddenly... "Wait, that's US spelling... oh no, no, no, they took the WRONG fucking files, these are not my corrections, these are the originals". I obviously have to spot check everything and maybe 3/10 are the wrong texts. It was just so deflating.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I once did copy editing for a museum exhibition, got invited to the opening, for once my name's on the website, the fliers, etc. Feeling pretty good about myself, walking around, in one of the rooms there are these giant 3x1s with the text, By habit, I'm scanning it "Oh yeah, remember that bit ...

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

She has an osso buco in the fridge.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mr @sifu.tweety.fish, sir. To follow up on the t-shirt front, my friend received his ocean blue one today ... and he absolutely luuuuuves it, as he had a very early TRS-80 which he later donated to the Computer Museum in Boston. Synchronicities, man.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

From what I remember reading a few years ago, it's basically a non-competitive cartel setting insane prices (in particular for frames). Search being broken, I found this: www.latimes.com/business/laz...

latimes.com

Column: How badly are we being ripped off on eyewear? Former industry execs tell all

Charles Dahan knows from firsthand experience how badly people get ripped off when buying eyeglasses.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy belated by the way, I think I saw something over the weekend?

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Up your hot desk game by switching to a lava desk.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Had a meeting with my accountant today and apparently I spend way too much money on music gear and not enough on dog treats..

Sara, a black and tan dog lies on a grey textured blanket and looks toward the camera while wearing black eyeglasses.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's not bad, although as someone who had long hair and was semi-bearded for long bouts, flaming shots are a good way of flapping around like a headless chicken at the bar :)

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know my market :) Seriously, since I'm from the land of vodka, we traditionally infuse shitloads of stuff in vodka, from spicy to fruity. Because let's be clear about one thing: if you're savouring the taste of pure vodka, erm, no you're not. Which why it's best kept in the freezer, etc.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You may be interested in this combo then: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%9B...

en.wikipedia.org

Wściekły pies - Wikipedia

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They can't use a *sex*tant because all the testosterone injections make them too horny to be able to operate it safely..

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My nephew (18 now) tried to "Ok boomer" me (56) a few years ago and he very visibly withered under the look I shot back at him.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You come at the Pope, you best not miss.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You wake up in a strange room. A small lamp in the corner is turned on.There is a giant white poodle lying on your chest.

Fabian, a giant white poodle lying on my chest and watching me. His nose looks gigantic.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Real Men™ just smash their eggs on the supermarket floor and lick it all off.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ok, but AI can make utter bollocks really really fast.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh no, Alex blocked me in order to spend more time with his new, bespoke range of "I'll have you know *my* legitimate concerns are not even racist" t-shirts.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh, Jeanne Moreau would manage it as well.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Shatner's agent just reached out, it'll be an epic mumble rap version this time around.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I fear this would necessitate a level of self-examination beyond the ken of a Very Special Boy like Alex.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🎶 I wanna live like the liberal people I wanna do what liberal people do Wanna sleep with the liberal people I wanna sleep with liberal people like you Well, what else could I do? I said "I'll, I'll see what I can do"🎶

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The invisible hand of the market makes a giant wanking gesture.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Look, Alex is just mildly racism-and-xenophobia-curious and keeping his options open, like the good, simple people of the land. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ...

youtube.com

Blazing Saddles 1974 - People Of The Land

YouTube video by phantasm 57

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

See? He's not racist or xenophobic, just mildly curious. Also, he never explicitly said he was racist, so by definition, he can't be. QED.

Alex Wilson:
But it can also be acknowledgment that immigration from culturally similar and economically developed countries imposes different costs to immigration from culturally distant and less developed countries.

I think that's something we need to be honest about in any discussion about immigration

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thar she blows. And I think you shouldn't be a part of any discussion about immigration before... well actually, never.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's always someone else's fault, isn't it? Not you for not understanding inference is a part of logic and not some handwavey construct. Now fuck off back under your rock, you preening imbecile.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't do the "debate me bro" bullshit before I've had enough coffee. Again, to pander to your evident comprehension issues, if you set up a dichotomy between rest-of-the-world immigration / EU immigration, the only sensible way of understanding it is within a "white"/"non-white" context.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kindly, you either have the reading comprehension of a newt, or are arguing in bad faith. You think there are large "non-white" populations in Eastern Europe? Not that I would mind if there were, but there simply aren't.

"But what we had was a more revolving-door form of migration, where people would come here in their younger years. Many people did from Eastern Europe.
"They'd maybe spend a few years here in their mid to late 20s, and then go home and start a family, and that was a very common form of immigration."

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exactly, I met most of my friends through music at the time. Either in record shops, at gigs, or in school because we recognised each other by our plastic record shop bags. "Ah, weirdo, ok". And with some, we're still friends 40 years later, even though I've moved multiple times since.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Brains: ugh, what are they good for? Absolutely nothing.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'd choose the easier route of setting up a print-on-demand web shop, which takes only 3 clicks (or around 2-5 years at current projections based on historical data). I'll let you know, innit.

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michael blurbflyski @blurbfly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm apparently an extreme layering trendsetter. Mostly because my current working definition of a "wild night out" is walking the dog in sub-zero temps.

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