iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

People who have to go into a care home and sell their house will lose out in comparison

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Tell me about your classic three-bird roast..."

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yet more signs of the impact of climate change on our flowers. #poppywatch

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 05/10/2026

Lots of gratitude to @carlbergstrom.com for quoting probably my favorite of my own sentences about AI at @arl.org

Carl Bergstrom stands onstage at an Association of Research Libraries meeting, beside large projection screens displaying a quotation from Ted Underwood: “As in any fairytale, accepting magical assistance comes with risks.” Underwood’s name and University of Illinois affiliation appear beneath the quotation. The ballroom is dark, with blue accent lighting on the ceiling and stage curtains; a lectern and conference signage stand near Bergstrom, and the main slide fills most of the left side of the image. The quotation comes from Underwood’s essay “Will AI make us overconfident?” at tedunderwood.com.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We know what we called people who in the 1980s said John Barnes wasn't English. It's the same word we call those who say the same about Jude Bellingham. Saying that doesn't work today is just nonsense.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At the risk of going liquid Bluesky, media orgs don't tend to show photos of Grenfell Tower, Lakanal House, etc on fire, as it can (understandibly) cause distress to anyone who was there (residents, fire officers)

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The pre-AI state wasn't perfect. Blog posts and web pages were sometimes written for SEO optimisation rather than humans.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

See also Huel: Complan for men

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Obviously ill-informed about public libraries...

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My grandparents found the modern world strange. But would my great-grandparents, or their parents, have felt any more at home in it than someone who moved here just ten years ago?

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Abel @abeliansoup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

burying a time capsule: a frontier model explainer on transformers in the style of a 60s documentary. autonomously created by Opus 5.5 given some initial style pointers and occasional redirection. 10.26.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As a sovereign citizen of the EU. Seems legit,

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In technical writing, we tend to distinguish between task, concept, reference (DITA) or tutorials, how-to guides, reference, and explanation (Diátaxis)

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He announced they're nationalising sausages

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'll be speaking at Techsmith's "Build an AI-Ready Workforce" webinar. Date: 15th October, 2026 at 1600 (London time). For more information, and to register, see techsmith.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It was a really interesting episode

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

UK undergraduates typically specialise from day one. But nearly all our Prime Minister have studied PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics).

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was reflecting on how many random contingencies went into creating the current accelerating AI moment and had Opus 5.5 put together a video, inspired by old science show Connections, to try and point out how a series of initially unrelated ideas led to the moment we are in now.

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The new members room at the BM is very nice

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just sat opposite a very stylish Bonnie Langford on the tube.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Come fly the furry skies on a WhiskerJet

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Cherryleaf Ltd @cherryleaf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hairdressers & tech writers: There's always been people who believed they don't need one. Home perms, shavers, your mum cuts it; it works for some people. There's a reason hairdressers still have jobs - and why tech writers do too. You could go without, but don't be surprised when your "roots" show.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Come fly the furry skies on a WhiskerJet

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The teachers asked a girl from my class to go up on stage and show off the Jim'll Fix It medal she'd got from the show. Decades later at our one and only school reunion there was one thing every one wanted to know. The answer was, no he didn't and yes she was fine. bsky.app/profile/andr...

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our very formal deputy headmaster gave a talk on folk traditions; he suddenly disappeared and reappeared wearing a Morris Man outfit (handkerchiefs and all), and then prompted to do a morris dance to music. It was never mentioned again. bsky.app/profile/andr...

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If only sinking a boat were illegal...

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was surprised how much of the show we watched (all of it). The presenter as observer in the room worked well.

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Cherryleaf Ltd @cherryleaf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jev is the new kid in town, and it's something we'll be including in our documentation audits and new managing documentation course. But what is Jev, and how could it help Technical Writers? This blog post answers that question. www.cherryleaf.com/2026/09/jev-...

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What Jev could mean for Technical Writers

Jev is designed to make fast, structured AI decisions rather than write prose. Here is where it could help Technical Writers manage documentation at scale.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

True but they're called Gregory and Gregory in LibDem areas.

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Piddington,winners of Bigots in Bloom 2026

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know everyone is saying it's lesbian Christopher Walken, but I can see a bit of 1960s Terence Stamp bsky.app/profile/mike...

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RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A very sad farewell to Stephanie Cole, queen of British comedy in every form. May an inexpensive charter jet fly her swiftly to her rest on gilded wings.

A cartoon version of Stephanie Cole as Carolyn in the BBC radio series Cabin Pressure

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Ellis Pratt @ellispratt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Re UK Eurovision entry. They should pick a folk band. The Unthanks, Julie Fowlis etc. It worked for Ireland, they couldn't do any worse, and would be a boost for niche part of UK music. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...