iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

thanks Matt! I'm a little shocked to see how old that is, but glad that it still rings true

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

hey i made a book out of some old internet you can buy it for a few squids gilest.org/books/old-hat/

My hand holding up a copy of the book. My garden is blurry in the background

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I found some old bits of internet down the back of the sofa, so I turned them into a little book gilest.org/books/old-hat/

A photo of a book titled Old Hat. The book cover shows a boy standing on a beach, staring out at the sea. It's a book about talking dogs, sarcastic cats, strange sports, bizarre rituals, dumb jokes, stupid advice, and weird ideas. It's all old, but there aren't many hats.

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

seb made a useful eclipse-view-tester sebbacon.github.io/eclipse-find...

sebbacon.github.io

Will I see the eclipse? — UK explorer

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

if you were one of the people who grabbed one of these -- thank you! i'd love to hear any thoughts or feedback or you know, you could write me a letter (seriously: dm me for address)

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

the roses have been enjoying the heat

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I'm not on Medium but this is relevant to my interests. Maybe I can help somehow?

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

got myself a bit of a bargain on the ebays a while back: job lot of Select tapes; that Journeys by DJ tape was responsible for sending my music taste in a whole new direction, if i remember right

A drawer with about 20 Select magazine tapes in it (also some sticky notes but they are peripheral)

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

what, you mean these gorgeous things?

Two cassette tapes from the 1990s. Select magazine's FAC305c compilation, and the Creation Tape.

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thanks for doing this. I had one back in the day but it has mysteriously shrunk ahem

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Dave Briggs @da.vebrig.gs · 28/04/2026

Sourcefeed creates standalone RSS feeds: No website, no newsletter. Just your words, delivered to your readers’ rss reader. It’s an appealing, if eccentric idea, explained more in a blog post. ift.tt/3CRsqEm

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Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It’s been 10 years since I published Building Successful Communities of practice…. To celebrate I’ve published a second edition. Currently at a special price to pre-order (UK only) hellotacit.com/building-suc...

hellotacit.com

Building Successful Communities of Practice Second Edition (pre-order)

Pre-order the second edition of Building Successful Communities of Practice.

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

more power to yer elbow (and yer pancreas), get well soon Matt

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

oi oi didn't see you there! 👋

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

What Mark said. I sometimes suggest trying "pretend openness" where you write the posts / show the things but in an internal doc or channel for a few weeks. Then show this to management and ask "Would you have been worried about any of that happening in public?"

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

i had it last week, now son has it, happy happy joy joy

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

How did I miss that you were doing this? What an amazing project!

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

doing my bit to uphold tradition

A Christmas tree made of sticky notes, in the window of my office, viewed from the the street outside. We're looking up at an old building with lovely yellow stone walls and large arched windows.

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits

Still from the Silent Running movie, showing Lowell (Bruce Dern) with two of the robots

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Another +1 for radio generally, esp the astonishing breadth of stuff, both music and speech. I've almost entirely ditched podcasts in favour of the Sounds app and there's just *so much* there

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Ah yes, you must be one of those Top Men

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Did not expect a capybara explaining brexit to be so affecting

"Explain Brexit"

"Grunt.
Waddles heavily over to the center of the enclosure.

Click-click-click-click-click...

Nudges a large collection of lettuce, melons, and carrots into a big, tight circle. Lays down in the middle of them. Looks cozy.

Purrrrrrrrrr.

Hup!
Stands up abruptly.

Isolate: Pushes a single, lumpy turnip away from the main pile of delicious vegetables. Pushes it far away, into the muddy corner.

Observe: Looks at the big pile of food. Looks at the lonely turnip.

Bark!

Drags a large branch over and drops it between the turnip and the rest of the vegetables. Then adds another branch. And a rock.

Walks over to the big vegetable pile.

Pick up: Grabs a delicious carrot in mouth.

Attempt: Tries to walk over to the turnip.

Block: Bonks nose against the branch barrier. Thump.

Drop: Drops the carrot on the wrong side of the wall.

Whimper.

Stares at the turnip in the mud. It looks wet and alone. Stares at the carrot stuck at the wall.

Heaving sigh.

Plops down in the water. motionless.

Wheek?"

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

That is a seriously impressive collection 🫡

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

someone gave me an amaryllis so consider this the first of a new potato update style series

An amaryllis bulb perched in a pot, all bulb and no leaves or anything. Potential, if nothing else.

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...

ox.ac.uk

OpenSAFELY team awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further

Oxford’s OpenSAFELY team wins the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for revolutionising secure NHS data research, protecting patient privacy while unlocking life-saving health insights.

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

can confirm, this was a terrific show (cc @gidcoe.bsky.social in case you're inspired to mention it)

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Teenage Fanclub - Falling into the sun ?

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Can you pop round and do our patio when you’re done with that wall?

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zuz @zuz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I’m on the lookout for a new contract (preferably inside). I’ve got over a decade of experience working in the public sector, mostly in agile delivery management. Two weeks notice. Not got DMs here but Signal is zuz.1337, or LinkedIn is good. Thx :)

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Giles Turnbull @gilestur.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

listening to my copies this evening, hurrah \o/

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