iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

None of the commentary on Monty Don leaving gardeners world has addressed the fact that it will no longer be partly presented by a dog.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.

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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

AHRC PhD funding for 9 awards at Universities of Liverpool, RNCM, and Lancashire, for 2027 start. Deadline for Expressions of Interest 1 Dec. Themes include craft, care and curation, archival work, and options to work as part of collaborative arrangements. ahrc-crafting-care.ac.uk/home/how-to-...

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How to Apply

The competition for October 2027 Entry is now open! The application process has two stages: Expressions of Interest are invited from prospective candidates by the 1st December 2026, after which sho…

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Can anyone recommend a particular brand of hojicha?

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just signed up to the 2027 cricket tickets ballot. I think i join a lot of other people when I say “…HOW much?!”

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

First day of waking up in the dark to go into work. It was so early that the dogs (usually very enthusiastic at any time of the morning) were not into it and kept sleeping.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Returning to say please read “Everything Will Swallow You”. I would struggle to say what it is about but I can say it’s the best book I’ve read in a long while and when you’ve read it we could have a chat about it if you like.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/08/2026

So many of these folks are like “ooo we’re daring free-thinking mavericks” and it’s like nah man you’re just super racist

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Two books by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social arrived in time for my small holiday! Newest one is on pre-order.

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Sam ooOOooOoo Turner @renrut-mas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The ADHD conspiracy and the gender critical movement and the Prof Arday story and the crackdown on disability support are all the same story. There is a default ideal human: a cishet non-disabled white male. The further you deviate from that ideal, the more suspect you become.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Just got to grit my teeth through the last of the athletics now…

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hundred final: despite the AI and the terrible marketing around the team, I can’t help but support Manchester. And they did nearly managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. And then Bluesky broke so I couldn’t write this message. Classic cricket.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Every day jobs.ac.uk emails me to say my job search is wrong because there have been no jobs. How do I explain to it…?

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Wrote about Music and Language and now you can read it. This is a co-authored chapter which kind of has 3 artist statements from me, Annette Schmucki and Ari Benjamin Myers. Christian Grüny draws it all together. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Artists’ perspectives on music and language

AbstractThe work of artists can make an important contribution to the research on language and music. Their practice encompasses reflection on their materi

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The Noise Upstairs @noiseupstairs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

AUGUST NOISE UPSTAIRS

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G @grassi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

BOUNDARIES 2026 20TH AND 21ST NOVEMBER PROGRAMME, TICKETS & INFO VERY SOON. TOOK A WHILE TO GET HERE AND IF IM HONEST I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS EVEN GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT WE'RE DOING IT! 6TH EDITION THIS NOVEMBER. BRINGING SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING ORIGINAL ARTSTS TO SUNDERLAND. LETS GO.. G

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Last year I appear to have misunderstood word counts on many things that I wrote. As a result this year is characterised by deleting a lot of words in editing phases. I find this hard.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I did my auto reply wrong and put that I was going to return to work a day too early and now people are *mad* that I don’t appear to be working. Calm down, folks.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

COMP. If anyone would like a signed book and a lovely hare postcard just repost this & pop a reply below. I'll choose the winner in about 30 minutes. If you'd prefer to purchase & help some niche weird fiction survive, you can get it here with free delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

My latest novel Everything Will Swallow You, now out in paperback. You might like it if you like any of the following:
Knitting. Crocheting. Old records (and other old dusty things). An unexpected queer love story. Folklore. The sea. Walking. A hyper-intelligent semi-aquatic cryptid. Abandoned buildings. Community. Silliness. Crows.

a psychedelic hare, cut from Lino, by my mum, Jo

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Today’s annoyance: bought the wrong book, brought it on holiday, only when I start reading it do I realise the mistake. 🤦

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

TODAY I imagine you will not be near this concert but if you are, how amazing, please come

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The UK gov is consulting on limiting the sale of some fireworks and the permitted loudness of those that are sold. If you care about the impact of fireworks on wildlife and animals please respond and urge them to go even further than suggested: www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK

We are seeking views on the regulation of pyrotechnics and fireworks in the UK.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

You can have an artist residency or a holiday. You may want to go to a residency and pretend it is also a holiday but the suitcase says no. No, all these cables do not fit. Too many books. Sea shoes? No. But what if…? No.

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Sarah K Whitfield @sarahinthepark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If you would think of yourself as an LGBTQ+ ally, go read the education advice that comes into force in August. The language around "living in stealth" is appalling, and is moral panic turned discrimination and humiliation which will cause untold pain to trans young people

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I went to a lovely conference today - Augmented Vocality at RBC. Every paper was interesting with so many intersections/synergies. Productive and supported conversations. Met new people with great ideas. I haven’t felt that I’ve been to such a good event for a long while.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We can smell the Dovestone fire at our house in South Manchester. Apparently this may have been caused by fireworks. And the government are still not interested in banning them because “most people” use them “responsibly”. Most people haven’t caused a huge fire but we still have one.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Without Ann Widdecombe there would never have been this work of genius, and everyone should remember that: youtu.be/T0X-dCNUxTY?...

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Anne Widdicombe Song - Victoria Wood

YouTube video by Zachary Wilson

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 30/06/2026

if your 'defence' of women involves invasive and scientifically unfounded testing to determine who qualifies, you're not defending women, you're defending the patriarchy

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

No-one could claim this test has not been eventful. Something has happened behind the scenes and we are seeing the players’ reaction to it. It will probably not win the match but I hope it will get them what they need. A shame that will be too late for Stokes.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

10 years :( I remember I had been to an experimental music concert, came home, saw the result from Gibraltar on TV, went to bed and woke up to the news. Had to go into Canterbury the next day to see half naked men walking around wearing St George’s cross flags as capes.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Summer solstice: - went out early to go to a big park with trees and water for a big dog walk - iced tea and a cake in a cafe - outdoor picnic lunch - 🇿🇦 v 🇮🇳 World Cup match in perfect weather - tea in the garden - early night Making the most of the middle of the year.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Good day yesterday at the Women’s iT20 World Cup. Saw 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v 🇮🇪 and 🇦🇺 v 🇿🇦. Qualifier match was in fact the best one and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 perhaps the best team we saw all day! A shame the sun did not come out but at least both matches were played.

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John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Academic writing should be addressed neither to the public nor to other academics. It should be addressed to a single interlocutor with whom you have a petty rivalry and whose work you are trying to discredit

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Manchester Supergiants marketing continues not to land. The kit is red and blue so “you don’t have to choose”?! Lads, no-one wants a half and half scarf. PUT A BEE ON IT and people will buy it.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

More than 3 everests were achieved! I personally ran 20 miles and then walked 3.5. Someone did 63 miles, someone else back to back marathons, someone else 50. A few people got a marathon and lots of people their longest ever running distance. A good day, lots of money raised.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My run club set out to climb Everest via a 24 hour run of laps of a bridge/hill by the Tescos. Remarkably, they’ve already climbed Everest twice. We may yet get to space. I am on my way to put in a 5 hour stint to the finish. It’s for a great cause: www.justgiving.com/page/tescohi...

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Batch Running Club for Trafford Carers Centre

Help Ian Holmes raise money to support Trafford Carers Centre

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I complained to itsu about how they are removed the tofu poke bowl and replaced with tuna and they gave me some vouchers as an apology. As a result I have tried veggie balls. I can confirm that they are not as good as tofu.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Did what I set out to do this morning:

White woman who has just ran a half marathon. She is holding up the medal and a bottle of water and wearing a blue and red Manchester Harriers vest

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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This morning the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have published a refreshed and updated list of Areas of Research Interest. These are an important way for researchers to engage with policy, so please do read them! www.gov.uk/government/p...

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DCMS Areas of Research Interest

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Everything I do today has a typo. And not a small typo but a weird one that has come about by touch typing one thing while being distracted by something else. I am sorry, there will be more typos. I cannot do all this work without them.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

1st in my age category at parkrun this morning! I think all the fast people stayed at home today 😂

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today in “the whole world is against me”: - itsu no longer sells the tofu poke bowl - M&S no longer sells the garlic butter beans. They have also made their Greek salad have considerably less red onions it - veggie train picnic options on the whole seem woeful.

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Weebl and Bob! And then later the radio 3 forum that became the many break out forums and then combusted. Those were the days.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

GIVEAWAY! Dead Weight is coming out next week and to celebrate I'm giving away two copies that have been personally bitten by Uggi and will be personally signed by me and shipped to the winners wherever they live! To enter just like and share this post and I'll select the winners on May 26th!

Uggi the dog next to my hand, holding a copy of Dead Weight

Two copies of Dead Weight with teethmarks

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Lauren Redhead ☮️ @laurenredhead.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Monday seems to come around quite fast these days?! I see this week we are predicted the longed-for warmer temperatures but also still rain. So the weeds and moss from my drive I’ve spend ages clearing will be able to grow back and I still won’t be able to put sand down. Perfect.

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