iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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JL Kaufmann @jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 16h

Oh look, the AI bros overhyped some bullshit we all told them was bullshit and they implemented it anyway and it turned out to be bullshit.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 20h

The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 20h

Love the idea that the US President has been sitting in a Situation Room for days now, obsessively monitoring the movements of a bunch of diesel thieves in the Cotswolds.

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 22h

rare column from @stephenkb.bsky.social that combines my interest in the state of the UK charts in a siloed culture with my interest in public policy giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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What ‘Choosin’ Texas’ tells us about Burnham’s social care obstacles

Convincing the British public to pay higher taxes for something they wrongly assume the state provides will not be easy

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 21h

That amazing moment when you've sent off one piece of work and notes on the other thing aren't due quite yet and the giddy sense of freedom hasn't yet turned into gazing into the abyss.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you follow me and I'm not following you back and you would *like* me to follow you back (you weirdo), please like this post and I will remedy my terrible oversight.

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's absolutely wild how all this *gestures at fucking everything* is all down to, legitimately, a tiny little group of rich people who all know each other, linked by networks of fixers and favours.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Apparently someone had already booked this seat?

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Laura Kuenssberg - who is paid over £400k a year - asks Andy Burnham where the money to pay for social care will come from. One obvious answer would be higher taxes on people paid over £400k a year.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There is IMO something absolutely spot on about the British ruling class not at all recognising that smashing up the state to sell it for scrap and cocaine might be a problem, until it started to somewhat impede their ability to wage a really serious war.

I've spent a few weeks asking people if Britain is prepared for war, among other doom scenarios. The short answer is no and the condensed reason for why that happened is that we spent the last forty years stripping off and selling the most resilient systems in the country for parts.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OMG, this would also be a great security measure against cops trying to take your phone and unlock it without your permission by pointing it at your face!

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Looking through the first draft of this manuscript and did a Cntrl F for 'sort of' as I'm vaguely aware I might overuse this particular phrase: ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT OCCCURANCES.

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We should reconsider the term „energy crisis“ when speaking about the effects of the Iran war. This is very specifically a crisis of fossil fuels and their single point of failure. Fossil fuels are no longer synonymous with „energy“. We have other, better options.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a nice idea www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you follow me and I'm not following you back and you would *like* me to follow you back (you weirdo), please like this post and I will remedy my terrible oversight.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Off to the vets later, where earlier this week I was quoted £500 for cat's dental work, talked into adding a blood test when I was there for £125, then presented with a final bill for £850, to which even I, a pathologically conflict avoidant person, said, 'Erm, I don't think so?'

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And let's talk about the broader chilling effect of our anonymous donor's endless willingness to fund litigation. Why won't a single major newspaper in Scotland report this story for what it is - dark money infecting our politics on the left - when they are mostly happy to report it on the right?

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When we talk about dark money infesting our politics we generally think about Reform's Russian links, or the ADF pouring overseas cash into Christian anti-abortion and anti-LGBT lawfare. But here we see dark money in the heart of the Labour movement, quietly funding transphobia and exclusion.

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE

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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I suppose it's a thing that happens with age, but when I reach for a thing at an even slightly awkward angle, bits of my arm make an audible pinging sound and some other bits fall off and just now a different bit caught fire?

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Been asked if there's anything I *don't* want to talk about in an upcoming book event and it's so tempting to say,'My activities in East Germany between 1987 and 1991 and what was going on with that private zoo I had for a while.'

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1)how to create an illicit fags & booze economy run by spivs that'll deprive the Treasury of tax revenue 2)you don't get people "back to work" by making their lives impossible (note cut of a third to long-term benefits). It makes the problem worse 3)you bastards

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rru.eurosky.social @rru.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

'Wood mice were among the first species to thrive, creating hundreds of burrows that helped aerate compacted soil. Since then, harvest mice, water shrews, dormice, voles, stoats and weasels have all increased. Badgers and foxes remain regular visitors, while pine martens have yet to be recorded.'

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks for all the kind words! If you're interested in the kind of research mentioned in the blog, I wrote a book this year about procedural generation, game design and making things that make things. I talk a lot about culture, community and people, too: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/next-leve...

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is such a good article. I'm so pleased that someone who actually knows their stuff is still passionate about procedural generation rather than AI, because I know almost nothing and it *fascinates* me.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yesssss, finished the first draft of me new book 'What If Muppets Were Real Tho'*, still not sure whether last word should be 'mental' or 'apeshit', but I'll probably know by the time I've read it through. *Working title obviously.

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Muppet Show Gonzo Plays Trumpet with Bubbles

Alt: Muppet Show Gonzo Plays Trumpet with Bubbles

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Daughter just had the classic British train experience of hearing the announcer make a long statement, of which the only discernible words were 'wartime bomb'.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 23/09/2026

Email from @draft2digital.bsky.social actively promoting a Spotify offer to create slop audiobooks with AI voices. I do not want offers of slop trained on stolen work from a publishing service, and particularly not in an email that carefully says "digitally narrated" throughout, rather than AI.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Important reporting here

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I see that today, Pagans is 722 in Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy, a sub-genre in which, rather sadly. it does not remotely belong.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, I *was* going to reward myself for finishing writing this book with a charming looking video game where you play a dwarf who's wandered into Moria and is now basically tidying up the place while building forges, making hammers, occasionally fighting goblins, etc...

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Narnia books as Isekai Manga

1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fancy giving my book #IntoTheGroove a try-out if you haven't yet had the pleasure? It's currently reduced to just £3.89 for its Kindle format - and is perhaps as a consequence now #2 in the Music History and Criticism chart. YES. www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Groove-...

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Into the Groove: The 1980s: The Ultimate Decade in Music History

Into the Groove: The 1980s: The Ultimate Decade in Music History eBook : Lewis, Justin: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Jonathan Tweet @jonathantweet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Forty years ago when we were working on this game, we sure didn't foresee the rules being given away for free over the Internet, but here we are.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

This is the shit we need. Can you imagine being able to cut the CO2 emissions from air travel virtually overnight? There'd obviously still be production pollutants from batteries & the planes themselves, but come on: call it $200 of electricity for DC to ATL, fully loaded? Vs ~$4k in jet fuel? Shit…

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Sin, young man, is when you treat people as things." Terry goddamn Pratchett

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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...

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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall

A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Reading a Wired article about the difficulty AI would have in creating a virus to wipe out humanity and when it said 'A bad actor would need to obtain the necessary gene fragments' I genuinely thought 'Surely a 'good' actor would be better, as they'd at least have done some research or whatever?'

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

wow

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026

I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Somehow this bluesky post now has a date of transmission (29th October) and official artwork.

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