iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

People who don't rely on help from the state to exist (or know anyone who does) always assume that those who *really* need it can get it. That it's available and accessible for hypothetical "genuine cases". It never seems to occur to them that such a threshold of legitimate need does not exist.

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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

it is extremely important that we build the data centres that kill you & the planet to run the Product that kills you & the planet. if we stop devoting money & resources to the Our Creation Kills Everyone project, the economy will collapse. you wouldn't want line go down, would you?

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Shane Liesegang, SJ (シェーン|شَيْن|เชน) @sjml.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Utilitarianism is going to doom us all “Sure, it led many vulnerable people to self-harm and suicide, but it also summarized those long emails you didn’t want to read, so on the balance we came out even.”

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Elyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I hate English department Halloween. What do you mean, you're the hermeneutics of suspicion

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Mr. Tyler CroOoOoOoOok @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's bonkers how "User agreements" are actually binding contracts where one party gets to change them whenever and however they wish and the other party has the options to agree or to stop using computers.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

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Eric Pazdziora @ericpazdziora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Opera doesn't make money. Opera’s what you spend money *on*.” “But . . what do you get out of it?” “You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily. --Terry Pratchett, 'Maskerade'

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026

You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s important to note “those with the most severe and debilitating disabilities would not lose any money.” But we know too often state tests are not accurate in judging “severe”, just as we know people with less severe conditions still face vast expenses and discrimination.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/09/2026

Add colgate to your ever growing shit list

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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

Dunno man the other side are like "let them drown" and the left's institutions put out statements like "we share your anger but please be skeptical of misinformation." I think our message has to be more "these dangerous lunatics are bringing violence to our communities and we reject their presence"

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

After the university sector, and potentially the nursing and care sectors, you’ve got to wonder how many other parts of our economy and society will be burnt to the ground in the despicable and also vain hope of attracting the votes of racists

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

transphobia is an elitist pursuit, forced on working people from the top down against our collective will

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Robin Johnson @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cis people, please refuse to answer these questions, so that the refusal itself isn't a forced self-outing for trans people.

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

i'm largely opposed to AI rather than viscerally angry about it but today some of my lovely non-computer friends anxiously asked about it ending the world and it filled me with rage. what right do you have to worry these nice people with your made up bullshit. how dare you. they don't even go here

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When disabled people oppose Assisted Dying, it’s almost never from a religious point of view. It’s not because we’re anti-choice or that we want to force people to suffer. We oppose it because society devalues disabled lives and uses these programs in an unethical manner. They become eugenics. 🧵

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/09/2026

"Nearly two thirds of asylum case rejections overturned on appeal" [Times] No appeal system should have a high rate of success like this unless the system, as we see with benefits, is designed to reject legitimate claims.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

reactionry centrists throw up their hands at anti-immigrant racsism—it's just how people feel, what's to be done? remember when you published 40 articles *a day* on trans people, flipped public opinion & gutted equality law? have we considered doing that, but for a good cause this time

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns.

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 06/09/2026

A basic fact about how the right operates is that they take attacks on women's rights, trans people, immigrants and racialized people etc. deathly seriously, while many liberals and even many leftists dismiss them as 'distractions' or 'culture issues'. Often due to tacit agreement.

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Channel 4 reporter: Hello. I am Mr. Alias and this is my extremely suspicious comically large donation that i can only make in the form of a bag of money with a dollar sign on it. every other reform guy: seems legit! let me tell you every single way in which i and my boss have broken the law

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So much strife is caused by people acting as if categories reveal an immutable truth that's out there somewhere as opposed to a practical necessity whereby we pretend we can bring order to the universe with some labels.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Do you notice how these people have never calmed down and said thanks, no matter how extreme the crackdowns and self-destruction get? Because they don’t care, every concession is only ever a new opportunity. And we’ve been conceding to the fuckers relentlessly for *decades* at this point.

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Rebecca Jones 🔶🇪🇺 @rebeccajones03.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reports that the Welsh gender service has not only paused, but cancelled, surgeries for trans adults is abhorrent. So many heartbreaking stories from trans people who now cannot receive this life changing surgery. It was never just about trans kids, it's about banning all medical transition.

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

Bram Stoker
1847-1912
A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026

the thing about Curry and Dolly they had in common was taking their art completely seriously but not taking themselves too seriously and that is why they were such a joy

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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Street art in her honor from SE Seattle

A glittery tinsel-fringed illustrated portrait of Dolly Parton on a telephone pole. There's a cartoon voice bubble with a quote from her that says "find out who you are and do it on purpose."

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Can't make it in today, boss, I have fallen sodenly into decaye and ruyne

These stones are from St. Andrew's Church are believed to be from the old central tower which, in 1578, together with the Chancel and Transepts, fell "sodenly into decaye and ruyne"

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s been quite an eye-opener to be told that academic freedom means you can study any old antisocial horseshit at other people’s expense, and neither the funder nor anyone else has the right to tell you to stop because it‘s antisocial horseshit

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

much as the murder of Brianna Ghey mysteriously stopped being about the climate of transphobia in the UK and became about teen access to social media, the death of Jason Arday is, equally mysteriously, no longer about racism and is becoming about free speech in academia

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

we don't need transphobes to like or respect or say accepting things about us! we need the safety, legal protection and improved material conditions they're actively attacking

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Bi King Gent 👑 💖💜💙 @thesnarkygent.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Sorceror inscribing runes into a summoning diagram: "You are a wise spirit who will advise me on the arcane arts. You will not deceive me. You will not utter any Baleful Words to corrupt me. You are helpful and courteous. You will not betray me."

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Bex @bexg93.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine. JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.

A screenshot of the Wayback Machine page when trying to access the suppressed Amnesty report into anti-trans organisation and networks in the UK saying "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine".

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Credentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Me, nodding knowingly: The beaks.

Headline of paleontology news article: Crocodiles can't fly. Birds can. Scientists have finally figured out why

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The VC of Greater Manchester uni embezzled £1 million. Did you see *a single story about that*?

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This entire disgusting situation with Arday has shown the horrible priorities of a society built for the ruling class. Our press isn't free, and it is used solely and exclusively to pursue the interests of the ruling class which owns it.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I see people lying every day - fearmongering about immigrants, trans people, disabled people, benefit claimants. Do they get hounded to death? No, they get cushy jobs at the Mail, Telegraph, Sun, Times and Express. So spare me the pretending that the press actually give a solitary shit about lying.

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Jason Arday didn’t deserve this. The lie that this is about truth or academic standards is bullshit. The Cass report is based on the transphobic “research” which has since been found to be unethical and based in academic misconduct. That has barely been reported. It’s racism. He was targeted.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14/08/2026

I don’t care what he did or didn’t do; he was a human and deserved dignity and humane treatment and not to be sacrificed on the altar of culture wars and I’m so angry and sad for him.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I genuinely don't know how Britain can move forward as a society with our toxic press culture dragging us down at every step, poisoning everything.

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Rachel @rrowanolive.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is how you get people to ignore alerts, btw. By sending them when there isn’t an immediate threat.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The idea of denying a hundred disabled people help because one nondisabled person “might” “take advantage” is unconscionable to me, and I do not understand why this is so hard for people to grasp.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

TransActual is launching the Trans Lives Survey 2026. It's quick, anonymous and will help us campaign for our community! Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans

A pink and blue graphic with a black and white cartoon of some people on the bottom.

Text reads: TransActual is launching its biggest survey for the trans community yet!

TRANS LIVES SURVEY

2026

We want to hear about your experiences as a trans person living in the UK.

It's quick, anonymous, and will help us campaign for our community!

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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children.

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