iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Look, I'm gonna come out and say it, Big Brother is a huge guilty pleasure of mine because honestly where else can you hear absolute gold like this line?

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Got my hair dyed today! Feeling cute. Definitely will not delete later.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Oh hey I should use bluesky more often. LOOK AT THIS THING I CROCHETED FOR MY HOUSEMATE'S BIRTHDAY!

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 23/09/2026

I need you all to know that Subway's marketing is actually a subliminal message telling people to "GOON". And now I can't stop giggling.

An excerpt from a Subway marketing image that reads "WITH EXTRA CHEESE? GO ON" but the spacing between the words is very small so it looks like it says "GOON".

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 07/04/2026

I looked up but its cloudy so I can't see it, does that mean there aren't 4 astronauts around it??? Where did they go??? Why does their location depend on my ability to observe them, is this some weird quantum effect??? How do I get them back???

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 30/03/2026

Made a birb friend! 😄

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 24/03/2026

3 months ago today I started learning to crochet. Heres a rough timeline of all my attempts so far, from left to right. Crazy to see the improvement.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 23/03/2026

Seeing one of my first attempts at crocheting in rows right up next to a perfectly square patch I did last night is kinda wild.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 05/03/2026

Been learning to crochet recently. Made a couple of small granny squares. The one I did tonight took me just under an hour, just from memory without checking the pattern. Definitely feels like progress!

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 25/02/2026

I like the alliteration of Kingdom Kidneys. That's definitely a game I'd play.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 25/02/2026

Slightly diminish a game Fiefdom Hearts

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 06/02/2026

I literally got them out of our DM history because I think that's the only place I have them saved now 😂

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 06/02/2026

Looks almost as unhinged as my layton notes

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 05/02/2026

If I could actually focus on any of these things I'd be goddamn unstoppable.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 05/02/2026

I feel like I've had such a huge urge to be creative recently, but I'm struggling to channel that into actually creating things rather than just exploding in every direction into wanting to learn to crochet, learn the piano, want to write more, make games, run a D&D campaign, cook more, etc etc etc.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 05/02/2026

Almost 6 months on hrt, managed to get my prescription increased today now blood test results are in, yay.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 05/02/2026

There was a mixup at throne, I think you might have got an email meant for me, sorry

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 05/02/2026

I've gone my whole life feeling like I'm not very creative and seeing the absolute soulless plagiaristic crap it spews makes me feel like my creations actually have some value. Fuck gen AI and may it slither back to the turgid festering swamp of world-ruining techbro bullshittery it came from.

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Vital Vial News @vitalvial.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Breaking News: Skirt Go Spinny

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 30/01/2026

I am manoeuvering with difficulty

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 30/01/2026

I think my first run was worse. I think I got about 20 game overs mostly in death egg?

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 29/01/2026

I'm ill at the moment but always happy to provide pet pics.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 29/01/2026

Yayyy me too, crushed by fever and lead sinuses today. Hope you feel better soon. 💜

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 29/01/2026

Oh I genuinely cannot stand Pikmin. Having a strict time limit like that stresses me the fuck out. Something inefficient happened? Didn't finish everything I wanted to do that day? Game ruined best restart from day 1. I wish I understood how people enjoy that game.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 26/01/2026

Book tracking website. app.thestorygraph.com/profile/mindez I'm just a little obsessed with tracking and data and their challenges are really motivating to find new books.

app.thestorygraph.com

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 23/01/2026

Ooh I've been getting into reading lately too. Am on Storygraph if you have one.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 22/01/2026

I always collapse in bed after work and have a good food thubk

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 14/01/2026

In Waterdeep getting destroyed by a Red Dragon and a Displacer Beast.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 10/01/2026

I don't really have a train of thought. It's more like a replacement bus service of thought with a missing tyre during a bus driver's strike.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 04/01/2026

Can't believe they're putting Ze in there.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 04/01/2026

Exhausted after First Saturday! 2 mission banners earned, lots of walking (on a still painful ankle from spraining it on Christmas morning), got over 2 million AP and now severely need to restock on resos. Can't level up until I get 2 more gold badges but already 1 million AP into the next level.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 14/12/2025

First Onyx badge! Just about 3 months into playing. It pays to be super anal about keeping everything charged. ...I literally don't have any of the other badges at platinum level. Although Translator isn't far off.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 24/11/2025

The first RetroAchievements SMW level design contest is out! I was one of the judges for the hack, and it's awesome to see the work the community put into all the levels!

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/11/2025

Does the tooth's teeth have teeth too?

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/11/2025

I think... I am satisfied. Thank you, pizza hut driver. (For real though this question sent me into a whole existential spiral with how actually dumb it is.)

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/11/2025

But then... Maybe that's the point. Maybe it's a metaphor, or a statement, of the fleeting nature of personal connection in the age of AI companionship and gig economy convenience that gives you ever more reason to never leave the house or interact with anyone. What if.. This is an art performance?

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/11/2025

And as soon as they handed me the food, they just... Left. We didn't exchange numbers, maybe they already had mine but I've not heard from them since, not even a "Hey how are you?" check-in... I never even knew their name. Pizza hut driver, please rekindle our personal connection. I miss you.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/11/2025

Pizza Hut's feedback survey asked me how satisfied I am with the personal connection the driver made with me. I didn't realise that was a thing that they were graded on, but not once did they ask me about my hobbies, my life goals, treasured memories...

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 07/10/2025

It meee! Can confirm cake was tasty, if extremely lemony. And Storm Amy managed to not completely ruin all the triangles for my first ever #IngressFS

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 25/09/2025

My latest gaming hyperfixation is Ingress, and recently I found it was possible to make a 4-layer homogeneous field around a local(ish) park, so last night we went and did it :D The whole triangle is 4 layers of fields on top of each other. Hella nerdy? Yes. But it's getting me out of the house.

A screenshot from the map for Ingress. A large green triangle consisting of lots of smaller triangles.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 23/09/2025

Okay no this is worse IT'S STILL IN THE PLASTIC

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/09/2025

I miss blue burstttt 🥺 God that brings back memories

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/09/2025

How do @lucyandyak.bsky.social dungarees make me feel so damn cute Oh my bedroom is baby trans pink now and I'm very happy about that.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 21/09/2025

My new girlfriend just opened the maltesers box like this. I'm not okay.

A box of Maltesers opened from the SIDE of the packaging. It stands unashamedly on a table surrounded by board game components. A nearby token representing gas sits there in stunned awe, as if wondering how such a travesty could take place. In the background, a plushie axolotl hides from the horror behind an orange beanbag, freshly traumatised by the savage opening.

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 18/08/2025

472 days of peak streak for @retroachievements.org, and it's over. It's a shame it had to happen this way, but it's probably for the best. This is the longest streak I've probably ever done at anything ever, and I am very proud of it. But time to move on. New challenges await.

Forum post from RetroAchievements.org with a list of games covering days 466 to 472. Day 473 is just listed as "...".

Text follows:

...And with that, my streak comes to an end. I totally blanked and the high stress I'm going through at the moment made me completely miss the deadline. It's been an honour to streak with you all for the last 472 days of my life. It's an accomplishment I'm proud of, but I knew this day would come eventually. It's a shame that it had to happen this way, but it's probably for the best with where my life is at at the moment.

I'm going to take a little time off mastering games to step back and get in some healing.

Good luck to everyone still going.

Signing off of peak streak for the final time. 🫡

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 13/08/2025

Oh noooo. I love a good thunderstorm but a migraine doesn't sound fun. Look after yourself! 🫂

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 13/08/2025

I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment, but hopefully it's the start of me getting better. How about you?

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Mindez @mindez.co.uk · 13/08/2025

How you doing??? :D

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