iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 27/08/2026

You're legally not allowed to mention Black Narcissus without an image of Kathleen Byron in it. So...

Close-up of Kathleen Byron as Sister Ruth, hair wet and straggled across her face, with blood-shot, crazed eyes.

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 07/07/2026

Bit on the nose from Mason - "...his aim is to frame this as 'the people versus the establishment' as one friend put it." That's what Farage himself said, so just whose friend is this? Also the "what his critics see as a self-serving stunt" is a pointed remark, when the rest is plainly opinion.

Chris Mason: "Nigel Farage - as so often in the last couple of years - has managed to upstage Sir Keir Starmer again, albeit via what his critics see as a self-serving stunt.
"Speaking to his allies this afternoon, his aim is to clearly frame this as 'the people versus the establishment' as one friend put it."

101

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 07/07/2026

This one did make me LOL. I guess you can read it one of two ways...

Einstein user (yep): "The establishment don't want him in number 10 where he'll expose years of corruption like Trump is doing in the US."

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 30/06/2026

I literally came upon this a few weeks back, and got close to throwing it out, but then thought ... hmmmm ... do I have a 5¼" drive somewhere about...? That other one looks *very* modern(!) and not floppy at all.

An open floppy disk case with a number of 5¼ inch disks inside, with 'Elite' as the first disk shown.

120

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 27/06/2026

Works fine for me. Don't off me!

010

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 27/06/2026

I see the delay-repay site is working well too.

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 18/06/2026

Just cos ... the 1900s OS map shows there was an Abbey (and Priory before that) behind the houses so the land must be fairly stable - I'd think the subsidence be not that bad. Nice to see the old Cemetery is now a park ("they're here 👻")

110

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 03/06/2026

Brent Crude price over the last 6 months. No comment. Very Stable gEnIUs

Brent Crude price over the last six months, starting around $62.5, leaping to over $110 at the beginning of March, then hanging around $98 from thereon.

010

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 31/05/2026

I know it feels a little 'data careless' but I think it might be time to dump my BBC Micro backup files from September 85, and the 'Disk Utilities', along with Quest Paint. I mean, that's not *too* reckless is it?

Collection of some BBC Micro 5¼ disks from the mid 80s, including "Backup 01" "Utils 04" and "Quest Paint".

120

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 18/05/2026

Ta ta lovely break. Grim up North.

Seaside view with sea to the left and rapeseed covered fields in the background. To the right foreground is the top station to the cliff railway lift. The sky is blue with fluffy clouds.

100

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 13/05/2026

At last my friend, we met again.

120

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 12/05/2026

Well, it's accurate, but is it news? Has the bar opened early today?

"Watch: Reporters shout questions at ministers leaving No 10"

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 08/05/2026

Keep on eye on this, the 1999 results 2 years into Blair (who won 2 more GEs of course).

074

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 08/05/2026

I am staggered by just how many now watch GB News - OFCOM need to decide if it's a news channel (in which case it has to provide a balanced output) or entertainment (in which case it shouldn't be able to attend news events).

GB News Breakfast on weekdays averaged 103,000 viewers, with Sky News on 54,500 and the BBC News Channel on 29,700 (at a time when BBC One airs BBC Breakfast).

010

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 06/05/2026

Fairly decent phishing attempt, in that it links to a genuine google domain, but I guess this will be a scam API with a reasonable looking screen. Google ought to do something about these...

Email with subject "Seamlessly pick up where you left off, with more room". It's a phishing scam but the link is to a googleapis domain.

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 18/04/2026

Nominative determinism writ large. Yorkshire lad, I bet.

"Dr Neil Buttery, a chef and food historian, ..."

020

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 15/04/2026

Pick 5 from 5 options. All good. (source "British Heart Foundation: Eat Better")

Drawing of a hand, with Fresh, Frozen, Tinned, Dried, Juiced written on each digit, and "1 Handful = 1 Portion" on the palm.
Image from British Heart Foundation literature.

1182

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 13/04/2026

The UK had this empty-headed bag of wheat as PM for 49 days, realised a lettuce would do a better job, and got rid. Now, why exactly haven't the US done the same?

061

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 26/03/2026

Dear IOC, I'll quote myself from 'tother place, and this was 7 years ago. Nothing has changed.

Tweet from May 2019: "I'm sure I have more testosterone than Caster Semenya but I don't think I'd beat her over any distance. It's not the testosterone, it's her hard work and dedication, through training.

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 21/03/2026

Just who is writing the BBC news these days? I suspect that meant 3 square miles / 8 square kilometres, but why the odd '3-sq-mile' wording?

"...Kharg Island, an 3-sq-km (8-sq-m) slice of land..."

011

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 14/03/2026

1971. Possibly the greatest album ever.

Cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" album.

170

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 09/03/2026

This tweet raises many questions... And if the Mammoth Onion is out of use, do you get off at the Whopping Carrot?

Lancaster: Due to works the stop at School Lane Forton is out of use. Passengers are advised to use the stop at the Mammoth Onion.

010

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 26/02/2026

Wow. This is some hot take. Somebody get the guy a history book, stat.

210

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 24/02/2026

Bloody hell, I didn't know he'd died, and since when has Davey been into the dark arts? Crickey.

Capture of iPlayer screen with Ed Davey being interviewed, above a caption reading "Liberal Democrats to raise Andrew in Parliament".

020

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 30/01/2026

The Express gonna Express. Like, why didn't they deploy the CONSTRUCTIVE US naval fleet?

Youtube video clicky thing from Daily Express with title "High Alert!" and subtitle "ALL OUT WAR? WW3 fears EXPLODE as Trump deploys DESTRUCTIVE US fleet to Iran". Image shows an Ayatollah, a nuclear mushroom cloud, and an open-mouthed Trump.

010

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 21/01/2026

To those of you using Hargreaves Lansdown, there are a lot of #phishing emails coming in rn. Fake, cos the link is bad, among other things.

email NOT from Hargreaves Lansdown asking for confirmation of a tax form for the year. Looks convincing but the link to click is dodgy site.

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 15/01/2026

The reporting on this is quite odd, as when you look at the details, altho still very poor, have all improved in the last year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Monthly data on 12-hour waits is published by NHS England. In 2024, 10.5% of patients waited 12 hours or more at major A&E units from arrival to the point where they were treated and discharged or found a bed on a ward if they needed to be admitted. In 2025 it was 10.1%.
Waits are measured slightly differently elsewhere in the UK, but the other nations are all experiencing problems too.

Figures have also been published on the waiting list for planned hospital treatments, such as knee and hip operations.
At the end of November 7.31 million patients were on the waiting list - down from 7.4 million the month before - the lowest it has been since February 2023.
And NHS England has published an evaluation of its programme of support for areas with the highest rates of economic inactivity.
NHS trusts in the 20 areas with the worst joblessness have been given extra support with specialist teams of doctors and managers sent into to try to get the waiting list down.
Over the past year the waiting list has fallen by 4.2% - three times faster than elsewhere.

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 10/01/2026

Nothing really sums up how the US is capitalism unfettered than this: "Yeah, we're blocking this, unless you pay for it" It's the complete absence of understanding of the issue, coupled with the sales pitch.

020

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 10/01/2026

So, I'm in the UK, no VPN, and just went to Twttr, and asked it to remove the pins from this Trump image I captured earlier, and ... I though image editing was now paid for? I was just looking for the link which says "you now need to pay to do this" and ... you don't????

100

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 10/01/2026

WTAF is this?! I'm looking at the pin, but could possibly relate to anything in the image.

Image of Trump with his hands folded on the desk in front of him. On his left lapel are two badges - one of the US flag, and a second a cartoon image of himself. Egotistical fucker.

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 06/01/2026

Up to 5 clones trying to goad me into parting with personal details...

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 06/01/2026

One of the few reasons I stay on Twttr is the ability to raise queries with businesses. But nowadays you just get fake accounts spamming you with DM requests instead...

Twitter notification page with lots of fake looking Argos accounts all asking to DM me.

100

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 04/01/2026

As we're posting Marvel. Chris Claremont in 1986. (sorry, about ALT text - too hard to transcribe)

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 30/12/2025

"Five Go To Demon's Rock" - I remember my friend, Ian Brown*, pointing it out to me at school. Can I attach an audio of Jan Francis reading it, I wonder... *not that one

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 02/12/2025

Apparently "not looking at the ball" is a foul these days. Be fun seeing it ending 27-28 tomorrow in all the games, with these clear and obvious errors getting overturned.

"After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of no penalty to Newcastle United."

Referee announcement: “After review, Tottenham number 30 makes a holding offence at the back post and clearly does not look at the ball. My final decision is penalty kick.”

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 28/11/2025

Tell me you don't know how to sort, Mr Pension provier...

List of 'Payment Date' sorted descending, except it's sorted by the number of the date dd/mm/yyyy i.e. 28/11/2025 followed by 28/11/2024, 28/11/2023, then 28/10/2025, 28/10/2024, etc.

000

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 27/11/2025

'Liz Truss' is the to Tories what Liam Byrne's "there is no money" note was to Labour, and they should carry on using her in that way. And link that to Farage's "the best budget since Thatcher" tweet.

Nigel Farage tweet on 23/9/22: "Today was the best Conservative budget since 1986."

010

Mike from the UK. True. @michaelfrom.uk · 24/11/2025

More 'credible actions for a US president' stuff. "the judge ruled that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as interim US Attorney was unlawful - Halligan is Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and has no prosecutorial experience" Wonder why Trump appointed her? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...