iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Moving back to London soon, so I gingerly set my online news editions back to UK to see what's happening there. Not enough space here to convey how disgusted I am by this Jason Arday story and what it says about Britain.

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Didn't think I would end up being this emotionally invested in a Spain v Argentina WC final

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Will Wiles @willwiles.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

(I make a "mouth" with the side of my hand and draw little eyes above it) Richard Dawkins: hmmmm (I put lipstick around the "mouth") Richard Dawkins, suavely: well hello

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The other day a work colleague was wearing a New Order "Technique" t-shirt so I complimented him on his music taste. Turns out he'd never heard that New Order was a band

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

AI slop cover of Billie Jean plays in background: I furrow my brow but don't really pick up on the fakery AI slop cover of The Message comes on next: by the time the second bar begins I've already pulled the speakers out of their sockets and hurled them across the room in disgust

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If sulphur is a "niche yellow powder" then I wonder what counts as a "mainstream yellow powder". Sand?

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 13/02/2026

My jaw dropped at this quote

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Made it to the last day of the Art of Manga exhibition at the de Young museum on Sunday, cosplaying as a culture vulture. It was educational - I'd never realised manga's breadth and diversity. A curatorial panel described it as a medium rather than a genre, and by the end I saw what they mean

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

My dentist can do it all, from a simple cleaning to identifying my charred remains

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Days since last out-of-body experience triggered by Model 500 Starlight (Intrusion Dub): 0

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konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds

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Gigi Economy @dan-bean.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

It's that special time of year again...

Season's Greetings card depicting a monster clawing at another monster, festively.

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

After watching episode 7 of Pluribus last night I had to go straight to Bandcamp and start mainlining "Esperanza" by Hermanos Gutiérrez hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/track/espera...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The Daily Mail has been relentlessly attacking the BBC over the editing of Trump quotes in a documentary and look: It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.

Clarifications & corrections
•A COMMENT piece in Wednesday's paper wrongly
In fact Mr Robinson made no
• To report an inaccuracy, please
such statement. We apologise email corrections@dailymail.co.uk.
claimed that BBC Today
for the error.

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

In a just world, RZA would be a billionaire and Dr Dre would have a voice acting credit on Minions: The Rise of Gru

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Just got woken up at 3am by a legitimately scary earthquake and realised that I have terrible earthquake instincts - went running to my kid's bedroom when I should be rolling under the nearest bit of furniture

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Dan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Is this the coolest backdrop on Channel 4 News ever? I mean, Cluster &Eno?!

Man on Zoom with CDs behind him, including Joy Division, Cluster and Eno, MARRS, Talk Talk etc.

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Props to whoever is writing these "Cloud+" phishing emails, they've been running rings around Gmail's spam filters for a good few weeks now

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Found this old PC Hipsta cartoon in the archives and was glad to see that @pchipsta.bsky.social made it over here

Cartoon of hipster police officer saying "can you stop filming me like that" to a person holding a smartphone. The person thinks his rights are being violated but the hipster policeman's objection is actually that the video is being filmed in portrait mode

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Chris Plummer @chrisplummer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Annoying to get an email saying that Mozilla is shutting down Pocket. I'm sure it's extremely niche by now but it's been my main app for long reads for years & years. Mozilla has been making it worse since they acquired it though so I guess it's not a huge surprise. Time to look for alternatives

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Mine was that the BBC once had ad breaks in their TV shows and had only stopped them when I was ~5. I got very indignant with my parents about this

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

you will never look back on art you've made as time wasted

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Always partial to a bit of ambient acid - it turns out that the 303 is fine with leaving its drum machine friends behind and heading out on its own from time to time. Here's today's ambient acid tip, Transmission III by No Moon: craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/track/transm...

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Transmission III, by No Moon

from the album Spins, Parities & Multipolarities

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Went for a run on Sunday and had a nasty fall after tripping on some uneven paving stones. Continued running, eventually came back along that street, and fell again in the exact same place. Not my best moment tbh

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Cecil Sharp House @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

STATEMENT FROM ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Carrying out seismic strengthening work on my email inbox in anticipation of Bandcamp Friday

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A i d a n _ B y r n e @aidanbyrne.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance 1988 #1C000LEST www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsR... I recently saw a comment that said “I like living in the future because I can listen to Buffalo Stance whenever I want” and that is definitely in the plus column for this future business

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Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by NenehCherryVEVO

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A mix I listen to a lot on SC has a track near the end that just kills the energy and snaps me out of the zone. In a real club, the DJ would get feedback from people heading to the bar (or chucking things) but what's the digital equivalent? Leave a comment saying "this was a bad choice, DJ"?

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This was musical ground zero for me. You might as well have welded the tape to my Walkman

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A mid-life crisis takes hold — I start considering buying a synthesizer

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Losing my mind trying to track down a Lee Perry track which I thought was on Super Ape but isn't. Similar atmosphere to that album, slow and slightly marauding bassline, and the only vocals are the occasional booming moan from a jungle animal (similar to the sound in Children Crying). Any ideas?

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Apparently last night I killed the "friends we made along the way" meme by using it in a conversation with my teenage kid. Felt like Grandpa Simpson when trying to explain how far back it goes.

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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 13/02/2025

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

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Fuzzy Logik @fuzzylogik.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Black Dog Productions 92 – The opening track of this EP, Otaku, is superb. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFq7....

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Black Dog Productions – Black Dog Productions E.P.

YouTube video by Sascha G.

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Home time on BART going through the Port of Oakland = Phylyps Trak time. Yes, around 30% of my Bluesky posts are about Phylyps Trak. One day I might get bored of this record, but not today

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Nick Griffin of the BNP appearing on Question Time in 2010

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Taking my second trip in a self-driving car and this time I've managed to persuade it to play Phylyps Trak instead of its usual insipid corporate ambient

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I'm not surprised, he must have been exhausted fighting on his own

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Mike Bird @birdyword.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

In total market cap, the Nvidia selloff today is a little bit bigger than if the entire listed market of Mexico went to zero.

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brelson @brelson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Not hugely interested in Deepseek but still nice to see the world of technology still has the capacity for surprises. Silicon Valley's dreams of an airtight oligopoly aren't as ironclad as they hoped

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