iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Chris Messina @chrismessina.me · 22/03/2026

This is so anti-web. Soundcloud blocked me after trying to sign in with 1Password. Reasons "may include": - Rapid taps or clicks - JavaScript disabled or not working - Automated (bot) activity on your network (IP ---) - Use of developer or inspection tools USE OF DEVELOPER OR INSPECTION TOOLS?!?!

A message states that the user has been blocked, indicating unusual activity detected from their device or network. The message lists possible reasons such as rapid taps or clicks, disabled or non-functional JavaScript, automated or bot activity on the network with a partially obscured IP address, and use of developer or inspection tools. It includes an invitation for the user to submit feedback if they need help. The background is mainly white with text in black, and a red prohibited sign icon is at the top next to the blocked status.

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 12/03/2026

Today I made friends with a jumping spider. So it’s not all bad.

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 10/02/2026

Hello world - does anyone know anyone who’d be interested in this? Looking for comments, ideas, criticism… thanks 🙂 #digitalhistory #buildinpublic

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 30/01/2026

I’m making a thing and writing about it… what do you think? info.lifespan.dev

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 26/09/2025

You wanna see how conspiracy theories start? I watched the most recent Jimmy Kimmel intro on YouTube… the voice says “now… Jimmy Kimmel!” but the auto-generated captions translate this to…

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 14/09/2025

There are these two young frogs in a pan on a stove, and they happen to meet an older frog paddling the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?”

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 09/07/2025

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 03/06/2025

Had fun talking at an @orcid.org event today. This is my new favourite slide 🙂

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Title:
SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

ACTIVE VOICE
e.g.
Our team collected samples and then we tested them.

CLICKBAIT VOICE
e.g.
We collected some samples...
You won't believe what happened next!

PASSIVE VOICE
e.g.
Samples were collected and tested.

HAIKU VOICE
e.g.
Quiet science lab.
Workers arrive with samples.
The testing begins.

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE
e.g. We did all the collecting and testing.
No need to thank us.
Just doing our job.

CONSPIRACY VOICE
e.g.
Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 19/03/2025

Him takes my taxi Him helps me with my English Him tells me it’s “he” #haiku #uber #procrastinating

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 13/03/2025

Something I've been working on 👨‍💻🙂 I'd love to hear your thoughts... 🤔 #researchintegrity #RIVER

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 08/03/2025

There might be better way to defend against academic fraud, and it doesn’t involve magic black boxes and fighting AI with AI… and I’m writing about it - first report here stm-assoc.org/document/tru... and second report (with ideas) coming next week 👍🏻

stm-assoc.org

Trusted Identity in Academic Publishing - STM Association

The central role of digital identity in research integrity. For centuries, academic publishing has operated on a basis of trust, with an implicit assumption that individuals interacting with an academ...

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 07/03/2025

Ben’s brilliant, for the record 🙂

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 02/03/2025

So if I post here, do people say hello like in the olden days?

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Richard Northover @richard.northover.info · 02/03/2025

Finally got round to importing old Twitter follows into Bluesky... hello everyone :-)

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