iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 07/10/2026

The social media ban is coming. That means every adult having to show their ID to get online. Age verification puts privacy at risk. Curbs freedom of expression. And simply doesn't work to keep kids safe online. The government needs to change course. But the clock is ticking. Sign the petition ⬇️

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Say No to ID for online access

Protect people. Regulate powerful platforms. Keep the internet open. The Government is planning to introduce tough new laws that require all adults to show ID to access to go online. They say this is ...

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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’ve never met anyone with this misapprehension. But students rightly think that universities are harvesting their essays to train AI, via a third party EdTech company called Turnitin.

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sept. 30, 1926: A meeting in Paris of gentlemen who support—all appearances to the contrary—more casual and looser dress styles. They call themselves the Anti-Stiff-Collar League.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For 9 years this cat has attempted to get me to feed him at 4 am every day and for 9 years he has not succeeded one time and his only takeaway has been well it's certainly not happening if I don't try again, and I'm starting to find him quite inspirational

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Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I thnk one of the worst things about social media is it puts you in touch with the thickest, most ignorant people in the world who you'd spent your entire life filtering out.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

Not downplaying the atrocious service suffered by the passengers in the parent thread but who tf is not doing this?? Never get on a plane without everything you most need for 24 hours after landing.

Skeet: Having similarly been stranded overnight without my bag (which somehow made a later flight I was not able to get on), I am considering always carry toothpaste and an extra pair of socks in my carry on.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/09/2026

When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music

Depressed kermit the frog costume guy sitting hunched over on a park bench

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

In case you wondered how the old Severn Bridge viewpoint is looking at the former Aust services sixty years on, the answer is: somewhat neglected. @motorwayservices.uk

Overgrown wall and viewing scope, with no view of bridge behind.

Former Aust services building in morning mist, sign advertising "Gympanzees" leisure facility.

Original Severn Bridge and M48, morning.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026

Dear WHSmith, some bastard's tidied one of your shops up and removed all the stuff for the jumble, hope you can catch them and prosecute.

A WHSmith concession at a motorway services, looking unusually clean and uncluttered.

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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Mary Poppins Collection, only on Disney Prime

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 02/09/2026

the perfect candle doesn't exi.....

a half melted wax bust of Major Arnold Ernst Toht, the sadistic Gestapo officer from Raiders of the Lost Ark who's screaming head is melted by the opened Ark

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026

Aka "What if the poor HAD better die though?"

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It also became clear that Uni exec were leaning on the advice of a consultancy firm that has been shaping HE policy in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK: Nous (or Nousferatu, as they’re now known). The fact VCs and others are delegating policy to consultants, despite £400k salaries, is disgusting

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s never the push alert you’re hoping to get, is it?

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 25/08/2026

See, it's not so hard to be rich, famous and decent.

She supported Black Lives Matter and transgender rights, opposing a North Carolina “bathroom bill” that restricted transgender people’s access to toilets

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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Tonight on BBC Four there's the rare repeat of an episode of Bird's Eye View from 1969. Basically the original version of Coast, this is the first time in two years that any single episode has been repeated and not much of this series has been seen since the early-90s. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Two - Bird's Eye View, Beside the Seaside

Sir John Betjeman traces the origins of the British seaside holiday.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026

This is how I find out that Mangan is another part of the Guardian's general circling of the drain as they willingly propagate fascist ideas.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

colanders across the country are sharing incredible tales of parks and streets and high-rise locations with baking trays, pans, and dishes, all gathered round in a circle in their cupboard

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way.

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Matt Craddock @mattcraddock.com · 12/08/2026

we get it, thing moves between us and other, it goes a bit dark. it does that every night

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026

Andy, right now the "pragmatic" approach looks like this: DON'T EXTRACT ANY MORE OIL OR GAS, YOU FUCKING IDIOT.

Burnham promises 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea oil and gas

Extreme heat England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows

Hundreds evacuated after 'apocalyptic' wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The firestorm of age-verification laws have done almost nothing to prevent minors from accessing porn online. What they have done is give the state a powerful tool to harass speech they don't like by declaring it pornographic or "harmful to minors."

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026

Well this ought to address at least one of the shortcomings of the wooden horse film.

None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words. There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible.

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Richard Gaywood @penllawen.favrd.social · 28/07/2026

area man who constantly predicts ai will take all the jobs predicts that he is the Most Special Boy and hence the only one who is immune

A Business Insider headline: "Sam Altman says people don't really want an Al to act as CEO: 'I think the world wants to know about the person'"

Underneath that is a picture of his incredibly punchable face.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026

Me, staring dejectedly at the half-finished wooden horse in my yard: "Well fuck, I guess the Natwest bank isn't gonna fall for this now."

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 27/07/2026

Tbf, "there are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible" is a criticism you could level at a lot of modern film & tv.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 25/07/2026

This morning, bloke at the coffee kiosk opened with an innocuous remark about the hot weather and then launched into a muttered rant about cloud-seeding and how it was all due to "the government". "Trails in the sky, the stars look peculiar, they're up to something!", etc.

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to public safety, wildlife, and emergency services. They also contribute to unnecessary waste. Will you sign and share this petition asking for them to be banned? Ta. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

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Petition: Ban on sale of disposable BBQs

We want the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on the sale of single-use disposable barbecues. Disposable BBQs are increasingly linked to preventable wildfires, which poses a serious risk to pu...

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Lots of the UK’s rising fascism problems are causing by bored well off 60 year olds in villages with too much Facebook screen time

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julia @naomishambles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

could my grandmother be a bike if she had wheels

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 18/07/2026

Entangled is a great song but unfortunately Guy Garvey is murdering it here. #bbcproms

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.

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@DanielJHannan
Reminder that Britain went from being the slowest-growing European economy in the 1970s to the fastest-growing in the 1980s.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The idea of staff who are well paid, have substantial autonomy, high cultural capital, are effectively impossible to sack, and hard to performance manage, is a complete anathema to those who now view the future via the lens of geopolitical turbulence and balance sheets.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions

• Durham University
• Newcastle University
• Northumbria University
• Lancaster University
• University of Cumbria
• University of Lancashire
• University of Liverpool
• University of Manchester
• University of Huddersfield
• University of Sheffield
• University of York
• Loughborough University
• University of Lincoln
• University of Nottingham
• Aston University
• University of Birmingham
• University of Warwick
• King's College London
• Kingston University
• Queen Mary University of London
• University College London
• University of Oxford
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Surrey
• University of Bath
• University of Bristol
• University of Exeter
• University of Plymouth
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of Strathclyde
• Cardiff University
• Swansea University
• Queens University Belfast
• Cranfield University

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
14 July 2026
UK Universities Betray Public Trust by Joining MoD's 'Battlefield Advantage' Alliance
Without Debate
A coalition of campaign groups has accused UK universities of quietly integrating themselves into Britain's defence infrastructure after 35 institutions signed up to the Ministry of Defence's Defence Universities Alliance (DUA).
The Ministry of Defence says the alliance aims to "reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security", strengthen links between universities and the defence sector, and translate research into "battlefield advantage".
Campaigners say the move represents a significant shift in the role of higher education and has taken place without meaningful public debate.
Among the founding members are the University of Oxford, University College London, King's College London, the University of Manchester, the University of Edinburgh, Cardiff University and Queen's University Belfast.
"We are witnessing the formal incorporation of Britain's universities into the defence ecosystem," said Jinsella Kennaway, Founder and Executive Director of Demilitarise Education.
"The Ministry of Defence is explicit about its intentions. Universities exist to advance knowledge and foster critical inquiry, not to become pipelines for military research and defence recruitment.
Students and staff deserve to know who agreed to this and why."
Campaigners are calling on all 35 universities to publish the governance documents and board minutes relating to their decision to join the alliance, and to explain whether staff and students were consulted.
Many UK universities already maintain relationships with major defence companies, including BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo, Thales, Lockheed Martin and QinetiQ. Critics argue that the DUA formalises and accelerates the integration of academia, industry and the state.
The coalition warns that, at a time of rising defence spending, universities risk becoming increasingly aligned with governme…

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026

Interesting to think who among those left will one day get the Sam Neill-style tributes and who will get the Lindsey Graham-type response. And who, from their latest action, is mistaken about which sort they'll get.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences

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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 08/07/2026

Being a Vice-Chancellor simply involves celebrating the achievements of your "colleagues" while threatening them with redundancy. The excessive remuneration helps to ease this conflict, obvs.

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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Academia, performing arts, written content, pop music, computer games, and professional services are the things that the UK is unequivocally brilliant at, and every plausible contender for government's economic policy consists of fucking them over and hiring morons to hit things with hammers instead

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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 07/07/2026

My kingdom for a political class that recognises modern Britain’s biggest strengths and wishes to reinforce them

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"

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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 04/07/2026

The whole internet loves Larry the Truffle Cat, a lovely cat that digs for truffles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Larry is AI generated

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026

Oh fuck off, you are not serious about this.

The ceremony was officiated by Adam Sandler, a Swift spokesperson said in a Friday statement confirming the nuptials.

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Ade @ishmethit.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026

BBC Archive have uploaded a classic John Pitman docu about the declining permanent residents of "God's waiting room" Eastbourne, including the irrepressible Mrs Bloom, seen in the thumbnail. A delightful if poignant 40 minutes. youtu.be/zgpK5YxqmDo

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1988: Last Days on Grand Parade | Forty Minutes | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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