iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Well... Now I've got my C64U all set up, I've finally populated my Twitch account. Not quite ready to stream (yet), but looking forward to eventually playing games I used to be good at as a teenager... (test runs indicates I'm awful at many games I used to be good at). Twitch.tv/daddyhoggy

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

@paragraphplanet.bsky.social I've only just noticed the butterfly logo on the PP website. So glad to be following you again (having abandoned the former bird site a couple of years ago).

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

My youngest is in London tonight with mum to see 21 Pilots. Because of his autism this has taken months of careful planning. I'm very proud of him. As I have the house to myself, I have rewatched Tron Legacy on *LOUD* because I cannot do this when he's in the house. The juxtaposition amuses me.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I started building this SFF 'luggable' rig back in September 2024. What started as just a white case with a bit of ARGB has turned into somewhat of an addiction. I must stop... #pcgaming #pcgamer #radeon

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Energy production from my 2.2kW PV system was a thing of beauty today. Near flawless and over 10kWh for beginning of March is excellent. In two days of blue skies my PV has already produced 1/4 the energy of the whole of a grey and wet February.

Chart showing a beautiful arc of power production from sunrise to sunset.

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

It’s not often that I claim to speak on behalf of the dinosaurs that I illustrate. But just this once, on behalf of dinosaurs everywhere , F*ck you William Sitwell, and f*ck you The Telegraph.

Screenshot of an article from the Telegraph website, written by William Sitwell. The headline reads:
“Why should I queue to see the dinosaurs? It's time foreigners paid to get into our museums
Millions visit our country every year and enjoy our paintings, sculptures and stuffed dodos for free - we need a Trumpian solution”

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Wes Streeting dumps women’s health target from NHS plan, but has committed to publish a men’s health strategy. “There already is a men’s health strategy: it’s called the NHS; it’s already designed by men for men,” said Dame Lesley Regan, the government’s first women’s health ambassador for England.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I've read the vulture article on Gaiman... Fuck you Neil. Fuck you for hurting all those women because you wouldn't go to fucking therapy. Fuck you for forever tainting some of my favourite stories and characters with the knowledge that the person who created them is a fucking monster.

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Danielle's the best. Fingers crossed you head into a LCBS, you get served by a Danielle. Absolute rockstar.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Currently in Basingstoke and my weather app has just issued a 'yellow snow warning'. Who's peeing in the snow in this weather?

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

My youngest, 17yo, trans, on seeing Zuck's video about changes to Meta: 'See, this is why I didn't leave Twitter and just locked down my account and only interact with my friends, mostly by DM, because it was obvious Threads would go the same way...'

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Thanks to all those following me back as we set up here and we look back at the other place, mumbling, 'well, that was a short tenancy, but it was nice while it lasted'

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I'm very late to Arcane, but, I'm 8 episodes in now and it's just absolutely stunning. I am completely blown away by the characterisation, story, acting, style, animation, soundscape. I also completely understand why so many of you are Cosplaying Vi/Jinx/Cait - amazing characters.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year and all that. 2024 was a year I had a lot of trouble with my eyes - hopefully now under control (although I will likely be on antiviral forevermore).

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 28/12/2024

Would be a shame if a bunch of authors were to pull out due to having some principles, idk

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 28/12/2024

New Writing Prize here with some fabulous judges - includes writers from UK & Ireland and is for novel, play or screenwriting. Please share :)

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Launch of Oxford/42 New Writing Prize: now open for submissions

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 28/12/2024

Weatherglass Prize for a novella (rare in this day and age), with the wonderful Ali Smith as judge. International. Please share: weatherglassbooks.com/novella-priz...

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget Pls do the same.

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Nileo (He/They NB) 🍓 @nileoart.rip · 26/12/2024

Warnin y'all about this account that's followed me and has followed a few others I know. One of their recent podcast episodes is all about "advocating for accountability in medical gender transition" and obsesses over detransition. So y'know, fuck em. Best to assume they're just here to gather data

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

New mouse and keyboard for Christmas - my RGB collection grows!

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Hey everyone - the amazingly talented Amelia Tyler (who you may know most recently as the narrator of BG3) has joined us.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I've waited a long time to play Cyberpunk 2077 - to build a PC that would do it justice - but, by the gods, it was worth that wait. I'm only a few hours in (just met JS) and my jaw keeps falling open. I'm wandering around Night City like a tourist, gawping at everything. It's soooooo good.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This fantastic collection is just a few hundred pounds shy of its Kickstarter goal. If you're a retro, 8-bit fan, please share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pix...

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3D Combat Classics

A ZX Spectrum collectors edition cassette boxset release of the ground breaking 3D games: 3D Tank Duel, 3D Starstrike and Starstrike 2

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Harvey, a gift from my family when I was very depressed, has travelled with me whenever I work away from home. The hotel cleaning staff had placed him here when I returned to my room this afternoon.

A small brown floppy earred toy rabbit, sitting comfortably between two large white pillows.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Currently in Orlando for work, but, it's Sunday and 5he Conference doesn't start until tomorrow. America really does know how to build its Cathedrals to Consumerism.

A panoramic of a Central atrium filled with sparkly Christmas paraphernalia while huge vaulted glass ceilings curve away to the horizon.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I'm slight disappointed to report that my reconstructed hip does not trigger the body scanners at Heathrow Airport.

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Charlotte Betts @charlottebetts.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Looking forward to meeting up with @lizharris.bsky.social for coffee and plotting at the Windsor farm shop this morning.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Today my new Sapphire RX 7700XT Frostpunk2 arrived. It's gorgeous. Barely fits in my luggable case, but matches the theme perfectly. It also makes the 1080Ti it's replacing look like a toy.

Large black GPU box, matching the artwork from the Frostpunk 2 game (the face of a man wearing oversized orange goggles)

Three large white fans on the cooler shroud, in the centre of the fans are the letters F P 2

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sometimes I forget how damn pretty the vinyl experience can be - both the physical record itself and the art work of the sleeve.

A vivid red 12" record playing on a silver record deck. To the left is the retro 1980s themed synthwave neon dust jacket.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont... It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I've given up on 'Black Friday', hunting for bargain GPU that ✅ all my boxes was becoming a 2nd job. I've bought the card that 1st caught my eye 3wks ago: Frostpunk 2 RX 7700XT. It's white (obvs) to match rest of build. Never owned new AMD GPU, they were still ATI last time I bought non-Nvidia.

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Charlotte Betts @charlottebetts.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello! New to Bluesky and hoping to find old and new friends here, especially authors, readers and book lovers!

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 22/11/2024

On Monday, Book at Bedtime features five short stories by me, separate but interconnected, one each night over the week. Hope you enjoy :)

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BBC Sounds - The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal on BBC Sounds.

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Rescued my old Kenwood amp and my Ion record deck from the youngest's bedroom as they don't use it. I love the convenience of having hundreds of hours of music available on my phone, but the tactile, ceremonial nature of picking a record, moving and lowering the needle... Just lovely.

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LT (Liz) Ward @ltwardwriter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Last spring, I wrote a flash piece about a dating revolution. Accepted for publication by The Windward Review, you can now read it online (on pg. 29) along with other authors' wonderful, rise-up words! www.yumpu.com/en/document/...

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Windward Review Vol. 22 (2024): REVOLUTION

"Revolution" is Windward Review creative journal's 22nd Volume, published in print and digital versions in October, 2024.

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JC Eberdt @jceberdt.eu · 15/11/2024

I'm offering my first book (fantasy) for free on my website jceberdt.eu in weekly instalments. This week, I've released Episode 7. #fantasy #Alagariel #TalesOfVatan

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JC Eberdt – Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY!!!!!!!!! THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS releases today in the US (and Italy)!!! I have waited SO LONG to share this book with everyone and I'm so excited that it's finally out in the world!!!!!!!!!

A copy of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS held up against a background of sunlit trees

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John Hoggard @daddyhoggy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

So, today I had a lump removed from my 'good' eye, which is a hang-over from when it was my bad eye because it had an infected sty. So, now my 'bad' eye is my 'good' eye for a few days because I still have shingles in that eye and everything is blurry... Hope that's clear? (pun intended)

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