iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Was watching Buffy’s Anya backstory episode. Friend asked why I sighed. “She’s not of a sufficiently high social class to have domesticated rabbits that far north in Europe in that century, but the writers couldn’t know, the paper was only presented at a conference yesterday.” Accuracy is fleeting.

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Lindsay @revteapot.bsky.social · 19h

"I sometimes hear people of my generation describe yours as a generation of snowflakes, ... I find myself thinking almost exactly the opposite. I am astonished by the courage of many of the young people I meet," writes @pfonagy.bsky.social in a really beautiful letter to the rising generation.

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'You are not fragile. You are outnumbered.' | BPS

Professor Peter Fonagy, Chair of the Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism (2026), with his letter to a young person.

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 19h

Super excited to see this article in print in the APSR: 📚 “Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from England’s National Health Service” - with the brilliant @zachdickson.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

hymn nerds: I've been trying to remember the (modern) hymn where the first verses end with 'for your own good I'll nail you to a cross' and the last verse ends with 'for your own good they'll nail me to a cross' and search isn't helping. Thought it was Sydney Carter but maybe not?

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 20h

I understand the calendar is on the liturgical commission’s to do list. These are definitely questions that need asking. (I’d also like the lectionary looking at - my bugbear is prodigal son only appearing once on Lent 4, when lots of places displace it for Mothering Sunday readings).

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Sarah-Jane @porschespider.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'm asking for genuine advice here. How do we navigate the fact that my husband and my eldest child simply cannot get along? Husband can't seem to moderate how he treats 10yo, which sets off his PDA. Eldest says hurtful things back to his dad which makes things worse. I'm caught in the middle.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

A good time, it seems, for a thread about public sculptures of, and by, women that have been installed in the last 10 years or so... Aphra Benn in Canterbury, Licoricia in Winchester, Mary Anning in Lyme Regis, Dervorguilla in Oxford...

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 11/10/2026

No Sunday’s Psalm post this week as I had a sermon to write. But you can listen to the psalm from about 15:15 in this video (no need to log in to Facebook. You can even carry on watching for the sermon, if you like! www.facebook.com/FlitwickChur...

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.

A plastic dolls house sitting on a wall, taken from an angle which makes it look as if it might be one of the houses on the street.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 11/10/2026

We’d have put ours on this morning if it wasn’t broken…

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

What — you might not be wondering — is the relationship between Ann Carson, poet and new Nobel laureate, Helen of Troy, Professor Laurence Grove, @robfordmancs.bsky.social , ace political scientist, @bryce.lol , celebrated alphavillein, and Baloo B Bear, our beloved puppy…? Buckle up etc.

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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

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Lizzie Reed @lizziereed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just a reminder that you can read a review directly, rather than relying on bad faith headlines. You're likely to find a compassionate and ambitious set of recommendations: www.gov.uk/government/p... For e.g. social, cultural and economic conditions are increasing mental distress and govt must act

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Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: final report

Final report detailing the findings of the independent review into the prevalence and support for mental health conditions, ADHD and autism.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 09/10/2026

Yes, I had to do it in batches of less than 100 per hour. It also took some time to get it to send from the email address I wanted to use. I have now written myself a guide for next time!

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 09/10/2026

Have you tried mailmerging? (No BCCing required as it sends individual emails.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Simply read this summary on what is driving the increased prevalence of mental health distress from the long awaiting final independent report into teenage mental health. Now compare it to the public discussion on mental health which basically comes down to social media and over-diagnosis.

The rise in mental distress among children and young people has unfolded alongside profound changes in the conditions of childhood. No single cause explains it. Family life, education, communities, digital environments and economic security all influence whether children feel safe and connected, have time to recover, can participate in everyday life and can look to the future with confidence.

Among the possible drivers, digital environments and educational pressures show the closest correspondence with the timing and pattern of rising distress. Neither is likely to be the principal cause. The evidence indicates that these environments have become more significant contributors than for previous generations, interacting with family circumstances, economic insecurity and existing vulnerability rather than operating alone. Continuous comparison and visible evaluation, disrupted sleep, reduced opportunities for belonging and recovery, and growing uncertainty may reinforce one another.

The strongest protective factors for mental health are supportive parenting relationships, positive educational experiences, and community participation and belonging. The pandemic, economic insecurity, pressures on families and the decline of community infrastructure do not explain the trend on their own, but they have intensified pressures and weakened sources of protection. These effects are not evenly distributed. Children experiencing poverty, discrimination, SEND, care experience or family stress often bear the greatest burden.

Prevention cannot rest solely on helping children cope with environments that place growing demands on them. It also requires action to improve those environments: more inclusive schools; protected time for rest, play and belonging; stronger community infrastructure; reduced poverty and insecurity; practical support for parents and carers; and enforceable duties on digital platforms to protect children while preserving the connection and support they can pro…

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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

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ADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surge

Landmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold

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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Telling that Wes Streeting considers someone diagnosed with ADHD has been 'written off'. Also telling that the government commissioned a review in the face of independent reviews finding there is no overdiagnosis, just increased awareness & historic underdiagnosis of girls & women.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 09/10/2026

This is great but I have one question. Why is ‘summit-tree’ pronounced ’she’ and not ‘see’?

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 09/10/2026

INÉDIT 🎬 À quoi ressemblait le verre au Moyen Âge ? Inès Pactat, archéologue, s’est lancé le défi de reproduire un four de verrier tel qu’il en existait il y a plus d’un millénaire, en utilisant les techniques de l’époque. Le reportage complet 👉 lejournal.cnrs.fr/videos/fabri...

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Stickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Being out and about using a wheelchair or walker is a very different experience to an able-bodied stroll. Cars parked on the pavement (genuinely trying to be considerate and park out of the way!) often mean we can't get past and have to find an alternative route or head into the road. Please -

Leaflet that says "Please leave a gap so wheelchair users and pushchairs can get past. Thank you." With an illustration of a stickman in a manual wheelchair looking rather distressed/trying to work out a solution - as they face a car parked snuggly up against a wall, blocking a pavement.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 07/10/2026

What?? Just when I thought we really had someone capable in post to properly sort out safeguarding she’s leaving. This is not the first time this has happened… which is worrying.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 06/10/2026

@garius.bsky.social did a really interesting Untitled History podcast on this a couple of months ago. I had no idea!

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 06/10/2026

That’s really interesting. Presumably the neumes also read from right to left, which must have taken him some getting used to to notate.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 06/10/2026

This is a good thread on arts funding. May also resonate with academics…

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 05/10/2026

I think there have been questions at GS asking about those who leave ministry that but no data available iirc. I have a vague idea something was going to be done to try to get data from dioceses but I suspect it hasn’t got far. @samwilson.bsky.social can you remember better than me?

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 05/10/2026

I have recently discovered one ball will make one adult pair, one toddler pair and a baby pair so I’m making the kids ones for a craft fair to use up the wool.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 05/10/2026

A general request: if you like a thread (especially a long one) please could you quote post either the first post or your favourite (perhaps with a recommendation to read the whole thread) rather than reposting every post separately and gumming up your followers’ feeds? Thanks!

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 05/10/2026

One of my teaching practice schools didn’t do Friday afternoons! School officially ended for pupils after lunch and extra curricular activities were timetabled in the afternoon for those who wanted to do them. It was great - staff got paid for clubs & went home mid afternoon.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 04/10/2026

"He's an investor, not an inventor." Filmmaker @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Musk, like Trump, built his name on work he didn't do. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/this-filmm...

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 04/10/2026

Today’s psalm (no recording today as we had a harvest all-age service this morning, which didn’t include a psalm).

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 04/10/2026

I’ve done that! (Helps to have an electric piano with an organ sound and in-built recording.)

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Human beings are called to be co-workers in the work of creation, not merely passive consumers of content generated by artificial technology.” — Pope Leo XIV

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 02/10/2026

#CofEPeeps Here's this week's Sunday's Psalm post. Quite a lot to say about the translation of this one, but I am particularly pleased with the picture I found for it - do click through for a closer look (info link at end of post).

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Verse eight[1] is set as the refrain: O God turn us back to the light of you presence, and we shall be saved. 9 Lord, you brought a vine from Egypt, you drove out the nations and planted it. 10 You cl...

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is insane.

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NEW: According to a bombshell report in the New York Times, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah threatened to walk out of Pope Leo XIV's Al encyclical launch in May because the pope rejected the idea that machines can be conscious.
Olah's team then privately lobbied the pope's advisers "to take the possibility of model consciousness seriously." Pope Leo XIV held firm.
For months, Anthropic has wined and dined theologians and religious scholars under nondisclosure agreements, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing.

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Open Table Network @opentablelgbt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

US evangelist Franklin Graham's #GodLovesYou tour is in Manchester tomorrow. If you've ever felt broken or unwelcome because of who you are: God created you. Your identity is not sinful. You are beautiful. ✨ Find your place at the table: opentable.lgbt #ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"GenAI is here, so I'm going to teach my students how to use it well." Are educators who choose to do this aware that they're complicit in exploiting and traumatizing data labellers in Global Majority countries? I guess they would have willingly enslaved people 200 years ago.

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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 30/09/2026

Indeed. I hope it needs another hyphen!

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

question for any Pratchetteers out there: I don't get the ref to the Lay of Barking Johnnie (The Shepherd's Crown). Can anyone clue me in?

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Becky Mynett @psalteryandharp.uk · 28/09/2026

@lynneguist.bsky.social has quite a few posts on the different prototypes Brits and Americans have for things too. For example.

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prototypical <I>soup</I>

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That said, the fact that there is so much interest makes me feel like I should mention them at least a little. This thread in no way can stand in place of working with a sensitivity consultant with lived experience! Here is a brief, nonexhaustive list of harmful disability tropes in fiction.

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