iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 08/10/2026

BIG NEWS: Today I’m excitedly launching The Small Ideas Initiative. We want you to submit ideas for non-controversial fixes, e.g “live sewage updates for beaches” or “standardised allergen menus” to turn into proper policy. Full info here... blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2026/10/mart...

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cracking sense of humour!!

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lose the pink and make the fencing less Fisher Price and it might be less embarrassing.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 06/10/2026

just turned down BBC London radio and telly because there's no fee. I don't particularly need the fifty quid or whatever it is, but it irks me no end that so many programmes rely on external expertise, usually from freelances, for no fee. Exposure ain't going to pay the mortgage.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

But there's an extra Q: do you trust they'll spend the money wisely? A: probably 'no' and, where local authorites are involved, defo 'no'.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You absolutely can “rely on the state pension” and be working!

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ah. That's where we're going wrong lads.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh goodness yes! Sooo many people aged 20-40 who have no flippin' idea how tech works beyond social media!!

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well done. Not accepting it is the only way it doesn’t become the norm.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do they nean eating or burying your head in it?

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Halo @eatmyhalo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anyone out there over 65, or with a terminal illness, if you’re struggling to care for your pets, The Cinnamon Trust can help 👍 cinnamon.org.uk/support-for-...

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Support for you and your pet - The Cinnamon Trust

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"I have nothing against cyclists. I just don’t think it’s OK for some to decide rules are for other people. And I find it baffling that so many cyclists who purport to be law-abiding want to make that argument." Now recorded for posterity in the New Statesman www.newstatesman.com/politics/fut...

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A lesson in empathy from arguing with cyclists on the internet

The logic seems to be that because some drivers don’t care about their safety, they shouldn’t care about anyone else’s

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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our latest report ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub... More on our research project ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res...

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Coordinating and Scaling the UK’s Public Finance Bodies

Authored by Mariana Mazzucato, Anna Pick, and Anna Hope Emerson

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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Next week I'll be at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to share our work on green industrial strategy and public finance, including our new report on the UK's public finance ecosystem. Liverpool | 28–29 September | Schedule of public engagements below.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ahh - saw you doing this recipe on TV the other night. As I remember you bought a HUGE bunch of grapes!

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

...and, because you're a marketing person, you'll be clairvoyant and just know what the uni needs to communicate.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/09/2026

I may get shouted out for this, but it's a real observation: Polanski has a pattern of behaviour of making trouble for himself by telling fibs when he absolutely doesn't need to do so. He lies reflexively and then creates several more news cycles as a result.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A job is only a job if it involves physical objects, preferably turning one into another or changing its location.

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don’t know about you, but I am always just on absolute tenterhooks to hear the latest sneering horseshit from malevolent billionaire dickheads who changed their domicile location to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, then routinely disparage it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Brace yourselves. I have found the most annoying thing on the Internet. Behold: fridge styling. Frankly I think we might as well let our AI overlords finish us off.

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John O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ratcliffe promised to build his Defender copy in S Wales, but patriotically preferred to build it in France. He patriotically migrated to Monaco so he doesn’t pay too much tax in the country that generated that wealth. But his views on what matters in the UK hit the headlines.

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Matthew Randall @matthewrandall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well no because it happened in the US but they commented:

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.

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Yakhunt @yakhunt.net · 14/09/2026

It's time to keep the cranks out of the National Trust again.

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Caroline @carolineartist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’m launching a weekly sketching and watercolour workshop right here in Devizes, starting Friday 2nd October. When: Every Friday, 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM Where: Sheep Street Church, Devizes What: Sketching and watercolour Secure your spot via the link below! 👉 shorturl.at/mVeme #watercolour

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Michael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

No doubt this is going to irritate some, but I think Burnham is right to skip the assisted dying vote. It's a matter of conscience and not party political, but if he did participate the coverage of the PM's views would hijack the debate and distract from all the other crucial work he's doing.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just noticed the 'E'. Have they really wrapped it round the corner of the building?

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Both Cream and The Jam were going to reunite for gigs in Devon and Cornwall this year, but the venues couldn't agree about who should go on first.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 09/09/2026

Ugh, this is not good at all.

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"I note, minister, that you sport a neat short back and sides, rather than Hasidic payots. Why should anyone listen to you - a proven bacon sandwich chomper - who probably thought Iran were treated shabbily at the World Cup? Can you, for example, quote me ten word-perfect Lenny Bruce routines..."

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 09/09/2026

hate to be That Pedant, but we haven't cured cervical cancer. We've shown that we can reliably prevent it if you get the HPV jab early enough: older women are still getting and dying of cervical cancer, and younger women who don't have the jab will still be at risk of it.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“I’m a tolerant woman”! 😂

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oh bless her; she really does love swimming!! ❤️

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

With the imminent publication of THE HYENA, I am looking for podcasts, radio shows and events where I can talk about this book that means a lot to me. All recommendations welcome! Especially if you host a podcast, radio show or event.

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My book is going to be on shelves in just under SIX MONTHS. Finalising the third and final draft from next week. All being well, I get typeset proofs at the end of THIS ACTUAL MONTH?! This one! And then there will soon be a thing, with a cover, I will hold in my hands and sob pathetically over.

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It's always a life-affirming joy to revisit Walter, the Sicilian labrador, whose owner popped a camera on him and let him bomb down to the sea... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uowk...

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Run Walter, RUN!!

YouTube video by sciu89

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The headline doesn’t do justice to this piece. It is extremely good, thoughtful and philosophical. I hate the pervert glasses so much, and this expresses exactly why. (Yes, with a carve out for people who actually need assistive tech, as the piece also says.)

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It's a typo; they meant 'costly' season

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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Having felt my calves, am satisfied they don't look like billiard table legs so am carrying on with my day.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

'Essentially everyone in the book trade knows loads of memoirs are fake and there are near-zero checks' is one of those stories I keep expecting to tank that part of the industry, yet it never does.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.

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I am devastated. I just learned that Dolly has moved on. I know that millions are mourning and I want to say this - more than anyone I have ever known, Dolly will always be with us because she was so present, so powerful, so generous and playful that she is woven into all our lives and hearts forever. We have our memories of her, her songs, Dollywood, "9to5," the millions of books she got into the hands of children, all the iconic images that bring her to us. And they are all blessings. Let's be grateful for all that she has left us to ease our sadness now. I never knew anyone like her. She was simultaneously a naughty, playful southern gal from the hollows of
Tennessee and a deep, soulful thinker who could see through people right down to their true selves. She was many things...lyricist, songstress, player of many instruments, writer, prankster, visionary, loyal friend, who'd never go to bed before she and her friends had laughed so hard
they'd have to cross their legs.
She had a survivor's instinct and seemed to always know just what to do, just what to say, to make things right....and then she's stick her butt out the car window and moon Kenny Roger's home. She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy. That's something of hers she'd want us all to take with us.
To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she's an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
RIP, beautiful woman. We love you.

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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We are hiring three people to work directly in my office at our institute, @IIPP_UCL.

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Susie O @paracom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Neat assembly of legs Abbey.

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