iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m starting to think my TV-to-academia career trajectory may not have been the wisest choice.

Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Absolutely loving the achingly hip new deli next to campus, which is doing a roaring trade for students who haven’t yet realised that none of us can afford a £6 iced vanilla cold foam matcha.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today, I ordered a boxed set of Brett’s Holmes series. This sort of thing is why.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hey Siri, what’s the EV equivalent of ‘field to fork’? Siri:

A wind turbine, with a blue Enyaq apparently plugged directly
into it.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I do hope @alomshaha.bsky.social receives statutory funding for his dal recipe being forcibly rolled out to all primary schools.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

/me: adds ‘mushy peas’ to the shopping list. /iphone: adds ‘mushy owls’ to the shopping list. Close, Siri. Close.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Anyone else notice that wasps are getting smarter? Thirty years ago you had to coax them into a glass or they'd be in your face for hours. These days they find their own way out after a few minutes.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trying to convince my kids that I can time travel. I’ve lived my entire life in the past, and I’m spectacularly consistent at entering the future at a rate of 1 second per second.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Me: "How's the new laptop?" Her: … Laptop: "An unexpected error has occurred" [reboots] Her: …? Me: Was it something I said? Oh, Windows. You had one job.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.com

Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This should be the end of the Reform party. But it should also prompt a complete overhaul of the polling industry and the Electoral Commission. The priority has to be securing domestic politics from foreign influence. That that’s happening is no longer a hypothetical, it’s demonstrated.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’ve never really worked with Martha, but would like to. She’s awesome. Contract her now so I can’t.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Soldering a beginner circuit. So far, I’ve had to remove the IC holder (missing some pins), got an electrolytic cap the wrong way around, then soldered the desoldering braid to the board. I’m four components in. FML.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 24/08/2026

The first question the professor posed to her new invention, the consequenceometer, was: "If I can learn the consequences of decisions before deciding, will I be more decisive?" "No," the device said, "you will probe the consequences in ever greater depth, indecisive." She never used it again.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Boss move: Canada starts referring to Lake Michigan as Lake Snowflake President.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The adventure playground was closed. “Take a good look, children. Inside that fence is freedom!”

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So we’ve had Jurassic Trek, Horror Trek, Psychadelic Trek, Film Noir Trek and Muppet Trek. “It’s our last season; let’s go round the room and everyone gets to make the genre they like best” is… well, it’s _an_ approach, I guess.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near? Because you smell like carrion.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This week, I shall mostly be thinking about this bruschetta I just cooked. Home-grown tomatoes roasted in the air fryer, Alex Gooch sourdough from his Monmouth shop. One of the best things I’ve ever cooked.

A slice of toasted sourdough bread with roasted cherry tomatoes and fresh basil.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I wonder precisely how much of an average lifetime is invested in the packing and unpacking of boxes and bags? Related: back from @deershed.bsky.social 2026. Awesome time. I made a butter knife!

A Swedish-style (so I’m told) butter knife, carved by myself at a wonderful workshop in the Wilderwild, Deer Shed Festival, 2026.

In the background: a pile of camping clobber, not yet unpacked.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Could you wear this latex glove, then put that hand in this rubber glove full of lard?" "Why not just put my hand in the lard glove?" "Well…" "Oh, let's get on with it." – Our new chancellor, John Healey, 20 years ago. True story. Fair play, he saw what was needed and did it.

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genesismachines.bsky.social @genesismachines.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Our jokes, much like our hacked breadmakers, are on fire.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Nobody does a clipsreel like BBC Sport.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ooh, lovely sound-reactive Pico jellyfish project for #EMFCamp, by @pimoroni.com shipmates: learn.pimoroni.com/article/buil... Awesome. Looking forward to EMF when the kids are a bit older.

learn.pimoroni.com

Building a Swarm of Sound-Reactive Jellyfish

How we made a bunch of glowing jellyfish for EMFCamp, powered by Raspberry Pi Pico 2. – Pimoroni Learning Portal

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Good morning. Do you want to know the football result?” “Go for it.” “England one, three to Mexico.” “Ah, shit.” “What do you mean?” “Well, that’s it then.” “?? England won. Three-two Mexico.” “That is *not* how you quote a football score.”

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is brilliantly written. Bravo! nesbitt.io/2026/06/26/i... (Assuming, of course, that it’s not a real report accidentally transferred with `scp —future`)

nesbitt.io

Incident Report: CVE-2026-LGTM

A series of unfortunate agents.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Watching Rivals, finally. Spotted a DigiBeta deck in the back of shot. Ruined for me now.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Claude: This timeout issue we’ve been chasing… Me: yeah? Claude: you’ve taught PHP, right? Me: yeah, we still use it for some… Claude: Whatever. You’ll never guess what the bug is. Me: Oh no. Claude: Yep. Me: No! It’s not one of _those_! Claude: it’s one of those. Me: Nooooo! empty(0) == true. FFS

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

As a special treat, I get to go to the supermarket for the weekly shop _with_ my kids! Happy Father’s Day.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"Hmm… I wonder what a node-based audio engine would feel like if it was driven by sensor outputs from a loose network of Micro:Bits?" [an hour passes, during which I bake a cake] "Thanks, Claude." (wasn't quite that simple, but… almost)

Screenshot of a prototype web application which takes inputs as data sources into a node-based graph, applying transformations, and feeding audio generators. It looks pretty stylish. Not evident from the image: it's also functional.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Alternative: crossover with Celebrity Traitors. Everyone’s playing a part, in the grammar of the show the murders are real, but one of them is playing The Doctor.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

“There are literal cheers for unified window radii.” — @reckless.bsky.social

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Dragons' Den dragons haven't a clue what a good invention is. They even turned down my talking measuring jug. That speaks volumes.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

From the late 90s to the mid 10s there was a sofabed in Stoke Newington that was occupied constantly by a rotating roster of MacBook-wielding freeloaders. We all watched a kid called Tycho grow up. He was cool. His band just dropped a single. It's great, & he's still cool. youtu.be/Hazbekrofsc?...

youtu.be

myohmy - berlin

YouTube video by myohmy

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... There’s an obvious use case of confession-as-a-service, where Claude watches what you’re doing and tallies indulgences. Pay through your Anthropic account, they take a cut, pass the rest to the Vatican.

theguardian.com

Pope Leo to issue text on human dignity and AI with Anthropic co-founder

The pope’s encyclical will address ‘the protection of the human person in the age of AI’, the Vatican says

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This looks to me to be full of excellent advice. Universities differ, so this perspective from multiple admissions tutors is valuable. Thanks for doing the legwork, Joe!

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Been doing some image-to-text analysis recently, with proprietary datasets I’m not allowed to upload to a cloud service. So, running local models. In most cases I’m finding a 7b-parameter model is adequate. While I can run a 32b model on my hardware, the execution time difference isn’t worth it.

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

All these breathless newspaper articles about how ‘the Spitfire’ ‘could return to production,’ and (a) they all seem to have the same wording. So: regurgitated press release, huh? Also (b) not a single reporter thought to ask what engine they had in mind? That’s… that’s just a little important, no?

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Jonathan Sanderson @jjsanderson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Fun fact: I used to be able to judge the refresh rate of CRTs by humming while looking at them, and judging the beat frequency between the refresh ripple and my vibrating eyeball. Got quite good at it; was an occasionally useful skill in TV studios. And yes, 75Hz+ FTW.

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