iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

As long as it’s not Victoria Meldrew’s hedgehog.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12h

Hegseth: “Theocratic regimes should never have access to nuclear weapons. Trump recognises that.” The man who last week was manifesting the Christian god in the Pentagon and calling for a crusade.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Documents obtained by Freedom of Information requests show that parts of the 'simplification drive' have ended up closely reflecting the demands of fertiliser & chemical companies to roll back environmental & health safeguards Insects in EU have declined 75% in 3 decades www.ft.com/content/3c86...

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Chemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rules

European Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards

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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 5h

Athens has been colonised before. Those pretty sunlit columns behind Rubio have had monuments to foreign kings added to them - a couple of those are still there. The Parthenon has been a church, and a mosque, and then a different sect’s church. It’s been a house.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 4h

The idea that Oxford “competes for students” is laughable. But this is the great unsaid principle; that some universities are inherently superior, that they must be enabled to survive, and that all other institutions (and staff, and even students) are expendable.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 4h

Anyone else think having British care homes sold off for over a billion by a very wealthy man to a consortium from California is not a healthy way to provide a service? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/del...

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'Delighted': Yorkshire businessman's care home company seals £1.1bn deal with US firm

A Yorkshire company which develops UK care homes and owned by one of the region’s wealthiest entrepreneurs has sealed a £1.1bn deal to sell 45 properties to a Californian investment firm.

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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Farage is hugely concerned that the Treasury isn’t getting taxes he claims are lost because tax dodging super rich are leaving UK Farage & Tice are passionate about tax going to HMRC Fun fact — both of them used off shore tax schemes to avoid huge sums of tax, they don’t see why they should pay it

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3h

This is AWFUL — it’s exhausting being an author in the age of mass AI copyright fraud. If you can, support Alex (a real historian) against the fake copy 👇

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 3h

The Times reported that Land & Climate Review, which announced the decision on 7 Oct, said sources in the council claimed "the mood [against data centres] has shifted rapidly in the last six months” as a result of protests. Stop Burning Trees has campaigned against Drax and its data centre.

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Stop Burning Trees Coalition | A just transition for all

Access our resources about Drax, biofuels, and just transition for Yorkshire.

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Calliss Clan @callissclan.bsky.social · 16h

Hi-ho, hi-ho

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 17h

Trump: "Today is Vladimir Putin's birthday. I'm sure you're going to celebrate it. Are you going to celebrate his birthday? I have a call set up." What the hell is wrong with you?! Celebrate? You sure? The birthday of a butcher responsible for murdering 25 people in Ukraine today?

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 23h

Compaints

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19h

If you close the loophole that lets people like me avoid tax, I will make good on my threat to avoid tax by moving to Monaco, which I actually did 40 years ago, to avoid tax. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h

i should take this time to remind you: superman was ALWAYS woke. from issue one, nearly 100 years ago. ALWAYS. WOKE. bsky.app/profile/owil...

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good news at last as Australias High Court rules that emissions from Australia’s coal exports (Scope 3) must be taken into account when approving coal projects in Australia. This is massive as Australia is the 2nd largest coal exporter on the planet. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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Breaking: High Court rules in favour of climate in Hunter Valley coal mine case

Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 19h

Old photo: as winter approaches, a look back to a glorious summer's day in wonderful Yorkshire, and the River Swale as seen from Richmond Castle.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 23h

"old people need to work until they die!" "children need to work as soon as they can walk!" FFS

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 23h

Book now for our cushion weaving course with weaver, designer and author, Angie Parker, and learn the therapeutic process of hand-weaving on a professional multi-shaft loom. Sat 27 Feb, 10.00-16.30. Tickets: £185 (Members £148), includes all materials, lunch & refreshments. tinyurl.com/wh8r8x9j

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Karen D @kardray.bsky.social · 19h

13° in south Devon near enough to 6 pm but it’s windy so “feels like 7°”. Very grumpy.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h

From the new Private Eye

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 22h

New Director General wants the BBC to *checks notes* die on a toilet

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/10/2026

Millionaires and stars line up at Super-Rich Tax Match to tell Chancellor: “Tax extreme wealth” Millionaires, comedians, footballers and content creators are taking to the football pitch to call for a fairer tax system ahead of the Budget @patmillsuk.bsky.social

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Millionaires and stars line up at Super-Rich Tax Match to tell Chancellor: “Tax extreme wealth”

Millionaires, comedians, footballers and content creators are taking to the football pitch to call for a fairer tax system ahead of the Budget

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century in date. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #CarlisleCathedral

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WildDartmoor @tonydartmoor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So perhaps the future of our uplands shouldn’t be framed as insiders versus outsiders. The harder questions are: What does the evidence tell us the land can sustain? What do the places we belong to ask of us? And how do we negotiate the remaining choices fairly, together?

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/10/2026

I think it's a combination of: 1. People earnestly believing the Israeli government is so heinous that any form of resistance/opposition is justified. 2. People earnestly believing the mainstream narratives about Hamas/Hezbollah/Iran are propoganda. 3. People responding to clout incentives.

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jessstilllife.bsky.social @jessstilllife.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Definitely not a British hillfort, part ll. The ancient mud brick ruins of Ayaz-Kala, built at the end of the 4th century BCE to protect Khorezm and the Silk Routes, now Uzbekistan. #HillfortsWednesday 📸 intrepid daughter

Pinkish beige ruined mudbrick walls with arrow slits? and tower fortifications in a desert landscape with blue sky and high clouds

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Tom Ward @tomdward.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... These so called settlers are completely out of control. The rest of the world should insist that Israel returns to the pre-1967 borders

theguardian.com

Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank

Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles

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Onkar @onkar01.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The same Jeffrey Archer who used sex workers and was convicted of two counts of perjury and two counts of perverting the course of justice? That Jeffery Archer?? #abolishthemonarchy #grifters

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/10/2026

"Tell Truss it was me."

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OmegaMom (she/her) @omegamom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hubs has been on a sentimental journey to Kansas to locate the house his dad was born in. Along the way, he has visited lots of grand little tourist attractions. Herewith, the award-winning Toilet Bowl in Lucas, KS:

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.

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Lauren Beldi @laurenbeldi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I saw some people on the train with some serious nods and was reminded I did not have any narcan with me. In Australia you can get it for free at any participating chemist (there are many). You don’t need to give a reason. Narcan is inert unless reversing an overdose, when it can be life saving.

A box of nasal spray Naloxone which reverses opioid overdoses

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The French police are so militarized they blew up a 15-yr-old’s hand and took the eye of another one. Why are grenades being used to quell student protestors who are unarmed? Now the labour unions are stepping in to protect the students

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 07/10/2026

I just met Liz Truss.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

FUCK YES. This is the energy, morality, and courage that I expect from leaders. Unbelievably brave.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This came up on my Facebook memories and reminded me how fascinated i am by people who share this meme and don’t stop to think “hang on, how can these radically different dystopias overlap and how are we at the centre of all of them?”

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Dougie Taylor @dubhglas4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have a problem with 'SUBSIDIES' when used in the context of ultra wealthy businesses. ALL of these subsidies should be stopped before there is any talk of cutting BENEFITS in the context of helping people in need. The wealthy don't need subsidies, they need to be paying more tax.

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 05/10/2026

This is the fourth incident today, and the 13th incident in a week. A fire is currently burning in the engine room of this vessel, which for anyone that has never served on a ship, is terrifying and life-threatening. This is escalation of violence toward merchant sailors and still isn't reported!

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From Katy Brand on Insta www.instagram.com/p/DeJq9Xvo-o...

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is still my favorite measles editorial cartoon. It was published by The New Yorker on February 2, 2015, created by cartoonist Emily Flake. Know any better? Please post in comments ⤵️

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 05/10/2026

Research suggests all of the world’s songbirds can be traced back to Australia. 👉 tcnv.link/cbPOQMd

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A necklace commission I made for a US customer who adores thistles: it started with a Victorian silver thistle flower charm, I made a recycled silver flower bud & thistle leaf,added a facetted peridot & fluorite (I think the natural stripes echo tartan just a little)& a clover-shaped charm holder☘️ :

A recent necklace commission I made using a Victorian silver thistle flower charm

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Michael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Al Capp saw this one coming

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So this explains the bizarre attack on Zelenskyy by the South Korean president He probably knew this was coming out and wanted to get ahead of this investigation showing that SK is assisting the Russian terrorist genocidal regime

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Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Remember my article last week with the Naomi Klein quote that cities are inherently anti-fascist? This is part of that idea.

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Karen D @kardray.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looks up at sewing machine on dining table and sighs.

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We don’t solve our real cost of living pressures by punching down on refugees and migrants. We need positive leadership that brings us together.

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