iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

James @jbeston.dev · 29/09/2026

I absolutely LOVE this concept! This would be so much better than stilted Alexa chats, or Siri offering to show me if I ask the question again on my phone.

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James @jbeston.dev · 25/09/2026

Trump met Xi at the airport? Who else has he ever done that for? Oh yes… Putin.

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James @jbeston.dev · 25/09/2026

I can confirm: IT IS TIME TO MOVE TO NORWAY. 🇳🇴

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James @jbeston.dev · 23/09/2026

Every day I open this app, listen to the news, or read a paper, and this song becomes more and more apt. youtu.be/ac4E_UsmB1g?...

youtu.be

MUSE - WE ARE FUCKING FUCKED (Official Performance Video)

YouTube video by Muse

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James @jbeston.dev · 29/08/2026

Oh fuck. Don’t send him back here! We’ve got more than enough of them thank you.

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James @jbeston.dev · 19/08/2026

I can’t be the only developer who sees the word AI and inside screams “oh, fuck off!” I use AI to debug because I like how it can trawl through data at speed. But AI is not smart, it’s killing the planet, it’s made me sceptical of all I see and read online, and it’s making rich people richer.

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James @jbeston.dev · 19/08/2026

I can’t believe that just when you think Bryan Johnson has reached peak weird & creepy, he finds another level.

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James @jbeston.dev · 17/08/2026

It better be! I’m just waiting for the BAFTA nod any day now.

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James @jbeston.dev · 17/08/2026

For anyone who thinks Jason Arday wasn’t hounded because he was black, I’ll just leave this here. With over 3 million papers submitted every year, this interest in the ‘truth’ would have meant plagiarism in academia should have been front page news. Every day. For decades.

A recent meta-analysis (combining the results of multiple previous studies) estimated that 2.9 percent of researchers had admitted to plagiarism or other types of misconduct – falsification or fabrication of data. Another study estimates that 1.7 percent of researchers have plagiarised while 30 percent have witnessed others plagiarising. This discrepancy might be due to individuals’ reluctance to admit their own misconduct and the greater likelihood of observing others’ behaviour.

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James @jbeston.dev · 16/08/2026

Reform UK have come up with an amazingly enlightened way to deal with the pesky fact that people with disabilities sometimes need extra support… Pretend they don’t exist! Sorted!

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James @jbeston.dev · 15/08/2026

I’m pretty certain Harry Hill is at this celebration of life for my wife’s uncle. Passing himself off as a friend of the departed. To be honest, I can see him doing it. I think he’d find it amusing.

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James @jbeston.dev · 14/08/2026

It’s just reminded me. How is his AI Odyssey remake going? Or is this it?

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James @jbeston.dev · 14/08/2026

I’ve been an Economist subscriber in the past, I’ve enjoyed the journalism and what used to be balanced output. But with everything happening on the right it does smack of an agenda when you focus so much on the left.

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James @jbeston.dev · 14/08/2026

Les Anderson asking Justin on the Today programme “would you like 6 Afghani men living next door to you?” Genuinely sounds like he was making an offer. As though he had them in a van, ready to drop off.

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James @jbeston.dev · 14/08/2026

Turns out Nige the saviour of the UK put on a massive party to celebrate his win at Clacton. He just chose to put it on nowhere near Clacton.

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James @jbeston.dev · 13/08/2026

We just haven’t had the time to prepare for this change. It’s crazy! www.nytimes.com/1988/06/24/u...

nytimes.com

Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate (Published 1988)

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James @jbeston.dev · 13/08/2026

If only we’d had some sort of warning that our weather would get warmer. That warming would happen. Globally. It’s all happened so fast. publicdomainreview.org/collection/f...

publicdomainreview.org

First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)

The first paper to link carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and earth heating.

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James @jbeston.dev · 12/08/2026

My wife really has the toughest life.

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James @jbeston.dev · 04/06/2026

I genuinely think you just nailed the major issue with social media. I 100% agree it’s easier to be negative and succinct. I certainly fall into the trap and then the algorithm promotes it.

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James @jbeston.dev · 28/05/2026

I just realised my last reply may have come off as snarky, but I meant it! They are!

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James @jbeston.dev · 28/05/2026

Thank you to everyone! Pets, plants and podcasts are the three noble truths in this current cluster**k 😊

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James @jbeston.dev · 28/05/2026

I have just listened to the local, UK, and World news headlines and can save you the bother. This gif sums up exactly what is happening. Everywhere. To everyone.

static.klipy.com

Constantine Walks Through Hellscape

Alt: A clip from the movie Constantine with him walking through a hellscape

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James @jbeston.dev · 03/04/2026

At first I thought this was a normal sized screen and very, VERY small man. I think I need to sleep.

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James @jbeston.dev · 03/04/2026

Is this what the new Apple Siri device will be based on? I hope so! 🤞 Also loving the punk chain just hanging at the back.

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James @jbeston.dev · 03/04/2026

A month ago I was bemoaning the state of @sanity.io - I was wrong. I’ve just spent the past couple of days setting up a new site & getting to grips with all the new features. Sanity haven’t spread themselves thin. They’ve made an epic platform to build… ANYTHING! 🥰 🤓 🧑‍💻

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James @jbeston.dev · 12/02/2026

Please don’t tell me F1TV will be commentated by Crofty this year!

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James @jbeston.dev · 09/02/2026

Joy of ADHD #36 A plan I made yesterday has now altered three times. So the decision part of my brain has now checked out and left me to it. 🧠

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James @jbeston.dev · 07/02/2026

Guess who recently discovered @prestomusic.bsky.social! A 1953 recording of Tosca with Maria Callas and Mozart’s Requiem performed by @ensemblepygmalion.bsky.social 🥰😍❤️🎼

Record covers for Tosca and Mozart’s Requiem

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James @jbeston.dev · 05/02/2026

That’s it! I got it to work though. Then I have issues with the ts.config not liking me adding a src alias. I miss the v2 days! I’ve got the t-shirt (and 2 hoodies) to prove it! 😍😂

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James @jbeston.dev · 05/02/2026

Don't get me wrong though – I love Sanity and always have, but the bigger and broader you've got, the more complicated the dev experience. This is true for all systems I guess. 🤷

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James @jbeston.dev · 05/02/2026

TBH I have really struggled since the move to Vite (I've been following Sanity for a while!) - one error I found was with the icon for the Studio (can't find the page now!). This had tsx code in a ts file - copied straight from the docs. I had to create a tsx component.

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James @jbeston.dev · 05/02/2026

Anyone else feel that @sanity.io has lost its way a bit? I still love it, and the team behind it. But the quality feels like its dipped as they try to do so much. I spend more time debugging than I do building 😢

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James @jbeston.dev · 31/01/2026

Here’s a thought: maybe don’t replace the nuclear weapons, because they are F**KING EVIL. Article from the Economist.

Mark Rutte, the secretary-general of NATO, told the European Parliament that Europe would still rely on America for its future defence, and that if anyone thought Europe could defend itself they should "keep on dreaming".
Europe would have to spend more than the 5% of GDP on defence it has pledged, he said; replacing nuclear weapons would cost billions.

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James @jbeston.dev · 24/01/2026

Palantir managing the NHS data is equivalent to Elon Musk managing all our schools data. Plus another sign of privatisation through the back door.

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I have loved Lucy & Yak and their drive to be inclusive. However, I will not be buying from @lucyandyak.bsky.social again until they reverse their decision to remove size 32/4xl from their range. That is all.

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James @jbeston.dev · 18/01/2026

When I say ‘we’, I don’t mean the UK, but Europe as a whole.

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