iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 02/10/2026

I think it’s a great litmus test. If you see a politician say it’s one of their faves you can safely ignore anything else they ever say.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 02/10/2026

The front page could be a long list of bullet points with p.t.o. at the end.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 01/10/2026

Trump heard about 'gilding the lily' and thought it sounded like a great idea.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 30/09/2026

Its like Postman Pat but with less job security and benefits! I don't see the bottle you are meant to keep for emergencies though.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 30/09/2026

If you are ever unsure about your position on something, it’s good to use the Daily Mail for moral bearings.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 30/09/2026

I'll definitely get it, but that price will put it out of reach for many vulnerable people. I guess its also possible that some employers will offer it alongside the yearly flu jab?

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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Newscorp spreads climate denialism in Australia — and now?

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/09/2026

That’s great to have a goal! I wanted to be a scientist and my sister aimed to be a therapist I think. Somewhere along the way we just decided to follow career paths within the organisations we joined (public service for her, tertiary education for me)

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/09/2026

We've moved from Stage 3 to Stage 4 of Crisis management. "Maybe we should have done something, but its too late now." www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHw...

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Yes, Prime Minister - Foreign Office Crisis Management - the four stages

YouTube video by John Doe

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/09/2026

"I could be your dad!" "... I'm fully Bajoran?" "I did say 'could be'."

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/09/2026

I wonder how many people end up doing things related to their fields of study? I did microbiology at Uni and my sis did sociology. We have both somehow ended up in business intelligence related careers.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/09/2026

I used archive.is to access it as creating a fake email address is just extra steps.

archive.is

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 23/09/2026

That’s right. His sale tactic is “Over Promise and Never Deliver” cos he’s a carnival barker for the stock price.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 23/09/2026

A slight rearrange would get you the acronym CHEW.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 22/09/2026

Out of interest, were they not able to use a non-internet enabled computer with a printer? I basically had that for my university experience about a decade earlier.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 22/09/2026

Huh. A promise of a new product by the end of next year. Long enough away for most people to forget it when it doesn't happen and close enough that people will think it must actually be in the pipeline.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 22/09/2026

They will definitely bow down to any security agency that feels they should listen in to a conversation where someone is wearing an Apple Watch.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 22/09/2026

I'm just assuming they will steal anything they can from online data repositories they have control of. I moved all my data to Proton Drive a while back as I have more faith they are unlikely to steal it.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 21/09/2026

Just watched a trailer. Slacker politician son getting caught up in international espionage? or something?

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 21/09/2026

I imagine it will look a lot more like the famous hockey stick graph...

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 17/09/2026

@ivalaine.bsky.social an adorable thing to brighten your day.

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here's a tiny baby sloth to brighten your day . 😍

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 17/09/2026

Is Sloth due to nature or nurture? Has anyone actually tried to raise a sloth as a track runner for instance?

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 17/09/2026

I think its ridiculous when people attack ROP for its diversity or tweaks to the source material. We have an amazing fantasy story with amazing production, along with beautiful sets and glorious looking fantasy beings. These shows are clearly a labour of love and I really appreciate their existence

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 17/09/2026

I think these things were a more siloed back then - you had to actively seek out these groups to see the hate. I mostly frequented the SFX Forum for my fan connections so I only really remember the love for it. These days the social media platforms like X would make you more aware of the negativity.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 15/09/2026

I’ve just remembered! It had peas as well.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 15/09/2026

I like the more recent gameplay innovation where you can assign any ridiculous combination of stat boosting gear to your character but visibly wear the coolest looking items so you look like a motorbike ninja or white knight or whatever whilst wearing a banana skin jacket and copper saucepan helmet

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 15/09/2026

I got bored reading it by the second day. Reminds me of the bachelor I worked with who had a single meal he prepared at the start of the week and had every night - rice with chopped up pepperami mixed in. There may have been a vegetable but it’s been 25 years so I only remember those two ingredients

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 13/09/2026

Yes, my wife makes these and I am cursed to be forever washing little silicone muffin cups. They are very tasty though!

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 13/09/2026

Some people declare retirement with a letter, some find other more creative ways.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 11/09/2026

Because I'm a contrarian I went and found out that F1 racing is also a sport where people of both sexes can compete. I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 03/09/2026

I barely used the crafting system in Elden Ring until near the end as I thought I could get anything I needed from merchants/loot. Then I discovered the crystal dart things were awesome against the stone cats and had to go learn how to make some.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 03/09/2026

Is it cost? I bet it’s cost. The man screaming has just seen the cost of a Saturn V build.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 03/09/2026

I hope its one of those pointless additions you can completely ignore. I utterly ignored cooking in Skyrim and I don't believe it had any affect on my enjoyment.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 03/09/2026

I bet you we will see countless posts about some unrelated rouge trooper as well…

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 03/09/2026

That’s a shame. I love the Firefox plugin that allows me to just automatically login anywhere I use Firefox.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 02/09/2026

Hyperbole is not pronounced "Hyper-bowl" as I assumed when I was a child, like some sort of superfast version of bowling. Its "Hi-per-bow-le".

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 01/09/2026

That suggests it must have scanned and replicated the officers brain perfectly and left it running in the background whilst it did its own non-sentient microbe tasks. Kind of an interesting concept that a dumb organism could copy an intelligent being without itself gaining sentience.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 31/08/2026

i can foresee a future where everyone writes like an illiterate gibbon so people don't mistake their thrown feces for LLM script.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 29/08/2026

Has anyone seen Nyx the Tuxedo kitty? No idea where she is.

Cat tree beside a window. From the top layer two black and white legs stick up in the air.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/08/2026

Are these the claws you will find in the standard terms and conditions?

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another UK Prime Minister, this time a Labour one, who has not read the Good Friday Agreement. The Northern Ireland Act also expressly provides there must be a referendum if certain conditions are met.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/08/2026

Seems to me that a very good way to ensure it is on the table and at the forefront of citizens minds is to insist it is off the table. This looks like a political own goal to me that was entirely unnecessary.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 27/08/2026

I find it fascinating that on a crowded rush hour bus, I still have a seat free beside me, with people preferring to stand. I think it’s because I always wear a mask on the bus.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 25/08/2026

See she hasn't flip flopped! She flop flipped which is entirely different.

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