iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

today i rescheduled a dentist's appointment that was cancelled in early july what is executive function

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i’ve just seen this picture and i’m sorry but is this really how fuel prices are represented in the US? why is there a fraction? it’s already in decimal… 😐

heathrow third runway discourse is genuinely tiring and has been going on my entire life just make a decision and GET ON WITH IT (or don’t, as applicable)

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clearly i have become a slave to the statistics dashboard and i'm not happy about it

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i really wish substack had better ways to visualise the change in performance of individual older posts, see where views are going each day, etc currently trying to piece together a picture from random old posts getting likes and comments

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IT IS NOT A TRANSIT BLOG

Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I AM ABSURDLY EXCITED THAT THIS EXISTS (but can you tell why?)

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Very much enjoying that this post seems to have also broken containment and taking every like, comment and susbcription as SWEET VINDICATION of my long held hatred for these screens

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

weird bit of minutiae but there are two versions of the tfl lift pictogram with differently sized up/down arrows: the bigger arrowed one seems to be original and is in the 2009 pictogram standard whereas smaller used consistently recently

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can’t help noticing that my mood meant going to something i should have taken time to enjoy this morning yet ending up leaving of general apathy (although i’ve seen it before)

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@doug.city wildest of shots in the dark but if you are the Doug I unexpectedly recognised and met this morning then nice meeting you once again! (if not, as you were)

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got a thing making another cushion

Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

there’s like a tingling anxious unease and impatience that i just want to shake out of my finger tips and i cannot

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sometimes (but very rarely) i will buy myself a Nice Thing™ today was one of those days

iconic transit maps book by mark ovenden

doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Important because sensory overload is prevalent right now; that said, some TOCs have been much better than others with CIS but there has to be a joined up approach under GBR

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i always used to think it was odd how creators would find themselves obsessed with stats but now it makes perfect sense i’ve half a mind to turn it off (but also intensely flattered)

screenshot of blog dashboard showing subscriber graph

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NEW POST: Let’s not be clear. In which I REALLY BITE MY TONGUE while explaining why these colour departure boards aren’t good enough. nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/lets-not-b...

nowletsbeclear.substack.com

Let’s not be clear.

I think they got a bit carried away...

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The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com · 22/09/2026

A workthrough of the latest crop of railway station departure boards by @ryanbate.bsky.social on his Now Let’s Be Clear site. Have someone explain why you’re vaguely discomfited by them in ways you can’t explain yourself. nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/lets-not-b...

nowletsbeclear.substack.com

Let’s not be clear.

I think they got a bit carried away...

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the way my ears prick up when i hear a north east accent in london omg

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

things that were probably actually as big a deal as they felt at the time

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

can heinz just decide if they’re doing mustard mayo (or mayomust or whatever they want to call it) or not? because if you’re doing it then it needs to actually be available alongside the seventeen other mayo types nobody asked for

Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

i’ve written a whole thing titled GBR IS NOT ABOUT LIVERIES (yes in caps) and idk if i fancy facing the wrath of the nation’s train foamers

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

was thinking of starting a series “THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ARE SHIT” but then i realised that would be better suited as a new name for the blog

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Many people think that the words [insert term] are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to [the exact same term].

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

can’t say i’m in love with my next post just feels like a perfectly justified yet watered down whinge very possibly being coloured by my ever variable mood

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

missing my upload spot because my post isn’t ready is rather annoying i must say and yes i have an upload slot (or three of them) it’s all a carefully over optimised machine as you can imagine

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just found the original file for my "pacers of the north" calendar i made as a joke christmas gift for various friends in 2014 (and printed and bound and everything) actual masterpiece

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definitely AI announcements with completely random voices being used for certain things on this LO platform because it’s so hard to pay someone to record it properly

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it’s like i’ve died and gone to hell #euston

mmm yeah maybe i’ll stand

Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ngl glad i have been putting better photos on my original superloop post since i originally did it

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“worst thing [i’ve] written so far” and “it just goes on and on”

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

just opened my laptop and it's on 2% battery (because of course it is) and my instinct is "oh i'll just do this really quickly before it dies" instead of taking all of two seconds to actually plug it in

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

last night i dreamt that blackpool was hit by atomic bomb and had to explain ionising radiation to mum and nan <100 mi away

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new post scheduled 🥔

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couldn’t have done it without me

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much less annoying to sit and rewrite the same thing and think “this is actually pretty decent” about the result

Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

curious little tidbit that can’t be a coincidence SL12 going toward Rainham announcing Leytonstone on iBus now the W16, which goes nowhere near Rainham but does go to Leytonstone, is showing destination as Rainham on apps

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i’m not usually one to whinge about rebrands but bombardier’s new logo is very much not it

Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

very annoying to sit and write for two hours and think “well that’s shit” about the result but i think that’s probably coloured by my bad mood