iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is a thing of splendid apophenic wonder. A very welcome and weird distraction from the other bits of life and thank you @ballantine70.bsky.social for sharing it with me.

The pages arrive unbound, ready to be shuffled, dealt,
traded, argued over. Each one starts with a question
and ends somewhere unexpected: in the stock market,
your immune system, the bestseller list, a dice tower,
a jury room.

Tom Whitwell, Founder Music Thing Modular

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Congratulations to @countbinface.bsky.social for an excellent result. My eldest has honoured you with a special lookalike-ish in his favourite game! #binsarewins #eldenring

An elden ring knight styled to look a little like Count Binface

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Another lovely weekend spent providing moral support and file formatting for my teens doing the #GMTKJam - 96 hours to make a new game from scratch. No AI code. No AI art. 💯 human handiwork. ☺️ If you get a moment please do play and rate their game - and others - here! itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam...

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Rate Down for the Count by Unlucky_Charm for GMTK Game Jam 2026

Looking after the Count is no laughing matter.

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Rate Down for the Count by Unlucky_Charm for GMTK Game Jam 2026

Looking after the Count is no laughing matter.

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Society for Hopeful Technologists @hopeful.technology · 01/07/2026

Hello, everyone! A little about us: We are a solidarity network that: 1) Strengthens and activates Hopeful Technologists, so more people can make, advocate for and stand-up for the technology they believe in and want.

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I don’t usually share the little apps I make for myself but I’m really pleased with this one… An amazing archive of *2458* live gigs recordings by Aadam Jacobs, from the 80s to 2010s, was recently uploaded to the Internet Archive. aadam-radio.vercel.app

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Aadam Radio — Chicago Live Archive

Stream hundreds of live concert recordings from the Aadam Jacobs Chicago archive — raw, unfiltered documents of nights that would otherwise exist only in memory.

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Rose Judson @rosejudson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I learned this fact about medieval war “horses” about halfway through writing a medieval biopic for my MA, and it made it so hard to finish because I kept giggling through the battle scenes.

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Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Tangential to DLSS 5 yassification: I demoed a project using Nvidia's genAI NPC tech a few years ago, and one of the things the dev told me they were working on was fixing gender bias that was baked into the AI. They had a female character named Iron, but the AI kept using 'he' to describe her.

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Ed Freyfogle @freyfogle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026

Fun and successful evening #geomobLON #geo100

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This is excellent news, although following on from both Mary Berry and Prue Leith, she has some pretty big Chouxs to fill.

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Steve Parks @steveparks.me · 17/01/2026

So here’s why Palantir is keen to get its mitts on UK health data, possibly at a ‘best in market’ price… so it’s all ready to offer a Farage Fascism App with address data that people have to keep up to date for their health…

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact. The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

In celebration of #GISDay I'm delighted to share the winners of the #GEO100 2025. Go to www.geo100.com/geo100_2025 to view the full list! 🎉 🙌 And if you're not in this year's list, make sure to get your nomination in early next year! #awards #geospatial #gisday

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Celebrating Geospatial Excellence

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Let's be clear: The flood of hatred sloshing across Britain right now is 100% a product of the political and media elite scapegoating minorities for the harms that those elites have visited upon the country.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

She's a great rider, but we do need to acknowledge how well-trained that chicken is.

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Last call for ratings on our #GMTKjam submission… if you get five minutes between now and 6pm we’d love your feedback!

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Nick Drage @sonofsuntzu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The tone of this is just 🤌💋 ...

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

And scoring is LIVE! If you spare a few minutes it would be amazing if you could play and rate our #GMTKJam submission. It’s a nice, creepy little time capsule. Enjoy! itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

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Feedback is important to your continuing development.

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

And that’s a second #GMTKJam completed! All code and design by eldest (15) and this year youngest (13) got involved too and made all the art.🎨 My role this year limited to QA and keeping everyone fed and motivated. 🥪 So proud of the little slice of digital playfulness they’ve made 🙌👾

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Sym Roe @symroe.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I've made a browser extension that replaces _that_ dot with a random emoji. github.com/symroe/GOV.U...

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

So, a few weeks ago I thought it would be fun to run a community awards programme for folks in the UK geospatial sector - from established leaders to the brilliant individuals who contribute so much (but don’t always get the credit!). So here it is 🤗 Apply now or nominate a colleague! www.geo100.com

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GEO100

Celebrating Geospatial Excellence

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I fear I’ll be using this sentence a lot if the IveAI thing takes off…

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

My biggest advice to new managers relates to this: Create safe spaces for failure. People have to fail to learn. They have to fail to innovate. They have to be confident they can fail to report issues. The happiest and most effective teams are ones that treat failure as a necessary part of the job.

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Someone’s dad got a bit too ambitious with the den building…

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Chris King @northernwrites.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

How does the new Pope like his Pizza? Deep pan, crisp and even #Chicago

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 21/04/2025

Sorry for venting but another example today of how What3Words have engineered an over reliance on their platform in UK emergency services. Came across a car which was up on the verge at a strange angle, obviously not parked - 3 cars ahead of us drove past it but experience makes me always check.

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Jonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

It's What3Words accounts filing day 🎉 The good news! They reduced yearly losses to £10.6m from £16.4m, and turnover increased from £1m to £2.1m! The bad news! They achieved this by laying off 36 staff, and that £1m increase is probably from a single EU client. They have £15m in assets remaining

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geochicas.bsky.social @geochicas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

[EN] 1/2 Since 2016, Twitter (now X) has been our primary platform for sharing the objectives and activities of Geochicas. However, on March 31, 2025, we will be closing our account. Moving forward, you can follow us and stay connected on Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Mastodon.

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

@lauredm.bsky.social just wanted to let you know how much my 12yo daughter *loved* Botany Manor. It’s a really special piece of work. ✨ Can’t wait to see what you and the Balloon Studios come up with next!

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Stephen Clayton @stevepclayton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This is superb!

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I missed this absolute gem of a post the first time around. Even more applicable today as we try to extract value from AI.

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Every single person is of huge and equal worth. I need to keep saying that, because some pop by to tell me I'm being prejudiced if I don't fantasise that half of autistic ppl are 'severe' (severe= whatever they think it means at the time). Nope. It's about correct provision of correct services/

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 08/12/2024

My big project: The Death Generator. It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything. deathgenerator.com

The Mario 64 intro scene with a letter from Princess Peach, reading:
Dear Mario. Please come to the castle. I'm down bad. Yours truly-- Princess Toadstool (Peach)

CATS from the video game Zero Wing (the All Your Base Are Belong To Us game), saying: "I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is Futile"

Dracula from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, saying to Richter "Get out of my house"

The transportation advisor from SimCity 2000, saying "YOU CAN'T STAY ON TWITTER! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!"

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Michael Dnes @roadscholar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Does HS2 have a future? And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

In matters of map-based data graphics it’s good advice to always start with @kennethfield.bsky.social

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This video stirred a surprising amount of controversy on Twitter. So I want to talk about how to think about the fit of men's pants. 🧵 www.tiktok.com/@wisdm8/vide...

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Honestly just wear a northface puffer

TikTok video by Wisdom Kaye

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Oh my days. Those are beautiful 🤩 #MapSky will love this…

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Hamish @polemic.nz · 28/11/2024

#gischat

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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion" (more examples below)

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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

You had me at Tiger.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🧵SALT🧵 It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question: Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from? The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised. 1/14

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Alex Wrottesley @lexonic.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Alex Notay dropping truth bombs in the opening keynote today at #GeoCom24

A conference slide showing the relative speeds of 4 things, from slow to fast: a cheetah (fast) a jet (very fast) a proton (really really fast)…. People becoming specialists in ESG - Instant!

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