iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 29/09/2026

if I had the 920, you could have the 0.7, pal

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 29/09/2026

blimey. I am now going to misstate my finances by £920.7 million. are you ready? I have £920.7 million.

241

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 28/09/2026

this is not to say that everyone on mastodon is like that, not at all. But everyone who is like that is on mastodon. and obviously you don't get replies (contrarian or nitpicking or notice-me-senpai or otherwise) from people who are _not_ inclined to nitpick, so the reply guys are self-selecting

020

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 28/09/2026

yeah. If a person is reflexively contrarian and they're mostly in tech and responding to tech speech (which is what you're saying and getting responses to) then they're probably on Mastodon. (If they're anti-authority about politics they're here on Bluesky.) Also open source is anti authority too

120

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 28/09/2026

because Mastodon didn't take off among the general public. Therefore being there at all is a small act of contrarianism. This doesn't mean that all people on Mastodon are reflexively inclined to look for reasons why an authority can be shown to be wrong, but many who are like that are on Mastodon.

110

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️

611339166

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This artwork was created over the past year by a local Birmingham artist collective who wanted to bring unty from discord by repurposing the divisive Nationalist flags into a massive Brummie Reunion Jack. Suffice it to say, the inspiration for Goldship's magnificent work has not taken it well.

55376110

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Come on down to the Council House for International Day of Birmingham, see the Re-Union Jack ♥️ #OneBrum Goldship have repurposed dozens of dirty & torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts to create a huge Union Jack, adorned with the names of people who have called Birmingham home

Photo of artwork description
GOLDSHIP Re-Union Jack 2026

Repurposed polyester flags/Mixed media.

Re-Union Jack is an ongoing community art project conceived by GoldShip, the creative duo of textile sculptor Clare Elisabeth and event producer Sam Shipman.

Repurposing dozens of dirty and torn polyester flags removed from Birmingham's lamp posts, Clare and Sam, alongside countless contributors from the wider community, pieced them together to create a huge Union Jack.

The flag was then transformed over several months by countless more contributors into a visual celebration of the people and stories that have helped shape the West Midlands. Across its surface are the names of influential Midlanders, spanning from the Anglo-Saxon Beorma, after whom Birmingham takes its name, through to the present day. Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.

Together, these names reflect the region's extraordinary history as a vibrant melting pot of cultures, ideas, talent and communities - and the positive contribution that migration has made to its identity.

The flag has since been signed in black by many of the people whose names feature upon it as a collective endorsement of its message of unity, inclusion and community.

Photo of huge Union (Jack) Flag on lighting truss in the hall of the Council House.
It's glorious and bears many names upon it of the people of Birmingham
Each has a connection to migration, immigration or the positive influence of people who have made the West Midlands their home.

4300105

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 25/09/2026

a small part of me even today thinks this is a magnificently impactful and profound ending. I reckon if I'd have rolled that out when I was at uni I'd have thought it was on a par with friends, Romans, countrymen

030

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 24/09/2026

you're never more than ten feet from a Tony Blair going on about ID cards

011

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

2893742662

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 23/09/2026

"local-only, run in the browser, don’t track anything, aren’t full of AI features nobody asked for, and are designed to be as useful and as lovely as I could possibly make them." Certainly something I'd like to see more of. (Early release, so I suspect work is still to be done on keyboard nav etc)

020

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 23/09/2026

since politics opinion-havers are talking about an early election again, i shall reiterate the same point: why would anyone do this ever

000

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 23/09/2026

so happy I opted for a Roamer :)

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 23/09/2026

I am very disappointed that this is not a thing. Not because of the subject matter, or the characters who I don't actually recognise, but... I would very much like to see a world where I can get egg and chips in pubs. Specifically my mum's egg and chips from the late 80s which we had every Monday

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 22/09/2026

awh man, have you no humanity at all? now Apple will have to rename "Apple Intelligence" to "Siri Intelligence"!

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 22/09/2026

Looking forward to seeing people here!

011

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Looking for someone who can do 90’s point-and-click style pixel art for a commission. Short notice but it’d need to be done in the next two weeks. Lemme know if that’s you, and share your portfolio please!

39125118

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

the earliest fashion label in the British Isles was Tommy Hill Figure

318534

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 21/09/2026

Goodness, some American press people discover a picture of some balls. Let’s see how long it lasts. Hopefully for long enough for TTACO

010

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Bruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

CMA: The Umpire Strikes Back? brucelawson.co.uk/2026/cma-the... - my report from the trenches of a meeting called "Time to Reset: Unlocking Growth & Sovereignty Through Digital Competition" in the Financial Times building with movers and shakers.

brucelawson.co.uk

Bruce Lawson's personal site

» CMA: The Umpire Strikes Back?

031

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 20/09/2026

That said, given some… discussion… today, I would also be curious about the prevalence of such Actual Players in Northern England and Scotland.

6233

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 21/09/2026

the mark of a proud web developer

Screenshot of a website footer saying that it is built with modern, vanilla HTML. CSS, and JS. Below are performance stats from that page load: TTFB 466ms, LCP 676ms, INP 48ms, and CLS 0.00

1342

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 17/09/2026

things I did not expect for today: feeling a little bit sorry for Death as she makes things worse for everyone

011

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

Correction: the Birmingham Dispatch are on Ghost, not Substack. I didn’t realise, and I’m very glad: well done @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and sorry for traducing you

120

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

Ooh! They did! They’re on Ghost! I didn’t know that! That’s fab

000

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

Admittedly a bunch of beers does help bring on the giggles

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

Actually LOL at this, which is rare

141

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Me: I’d like a slice of pizza Server: that comes with three sides Me: I know what shape it is

128131722126

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

There is always supporting their private freelance work, but (and this is a problem with the Dispatch as well) I don’t really want to be further funding Substack who are (a) ok with the fash and (b) yet another big tech American firm who are good at marketing. But that’s not journos’ fault. Unsure.

210

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

We’ve got a couple of decent journalists here in the people’s republic of Brum, and I know of a couple in other cities, who are at Reach publications. I honestly don’t know whether I should be supporting their good work for these papers or sacking them off in favour of the Birmingham Dispatch et al

200

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

Yeah. I was thinking about “people using Facebook instead of having a website” (and trying to convince them not to). I didn’t think about “people de facto forced into using Facebook to tell people about the website they’ve had for decades”. My apologies again for that, and my sympathies!

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

Fair. My answer in the old days was “they search and Google puts you up top “ but… not any more. I wasn’t complaining at you, promise. It’s terrible that Facebook have taken something so easy — pointing to another place — and held it to ransom. Sorry if I came across as blaming you!

110

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

open notepad type hi this is my website. type here is a link to elsewhere: <a href=“https://sil.kryogenix.org/“>me on Bluesky</a> There, you have a web page. You still need to publish it, but that’s no more difficult than signing up for (and ignoring crazy people on) Facebook, I promise.

131

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

(a) if I want to buy “ugly thick 1980s NHS glasses” then Poundland sell a bunch already (b) it is so good that “pervert glasses” has caught on as a phrase just like “glasshole” did and for the same reason. I wonder if anybody who makes them will recognise this? Doubt it.

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 16/09/2026

I don't know why every newspaper in the land doesn't have an "Opinion: Vegetables" section, I really don't

180

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 15/09/2026

Cor, maybe I picked it up through the aether or something :)

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 15/09/2026

haha! I took the on-stage bottle flip video to make a little celebratory thing out of it about four hours ago this afternoon! is there something in the air making everyone think of bottle flips today or something?

200

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 14/09/2026

"er, Mr Jobs, do you mean... upwards?" Steve Jobs (putting on a second turtleneck over the top of the first) "yes! when you scroll a page, stuff moves upwards! why would it ever move in any other direction?!"

040

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 14/09/2026

In web development teams across the land, someone wrote up a task which said “you know Reader Mode? that browsers do to make a clean easy way to read pages? Make sure that’s broken on our website so it doesn’t work.” And then a developer implemented it. I wonder if a little bit of their souls died.

0100

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 13/09/2026

I don’t normally do this: If you’re an archivist or metadata sicko who is doing working to preserve/collect/organize TTRPG materials and/or Actual Play & you’ll be at PAXU, let me know. If there’s already something brewing I don’t need to be involved unless it’s useful. But it needs to be there.

1016579

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 13/09/2026

OK, what’s next in Project All Public Conversations Must Be About AI All The Time? Well, “we’ve achieved AGI” only lasted a few days but “AI will kill us all” has legs. And “AI will take your job” is still strong. Goooood. What’s next? We have “AI girlfriends” and “AI food” cued up for November

The Bilderberg Group, or the Trilateral Commission, or the World Security Council, or something: a bunch of shadowy figures controlling everything

020

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 13/09/2026

oh look, looking at my inbox I have also achieved enough fame to get oppressive "helpfulness" by some bot from ilands. Can someone explain why a company like this gets given a huge pile of money that they can set fire to like this?

000

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 12/09/2026

this is... a Nick Cave song covered by Johnny Cash, I reckon

010

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 12/09/2026

What’s your origin story? I was born [predictive text] I was born in the same time as you and I was born in the wrong time and I was a little bit older than you but I was born in the right time and I am now a little older than you and I am a little older than your age

210

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 12/09/2026

I like the bit where a big chunk of the graph filled in green last week. Nice when weeks like that happen, isn't it?

000

Reposted by Stuart Langridge

Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Rod Hull, time traveller. Villa Romana Del Casale.

Roman mosaic depicting man carrying a large bird like an emu.

231297313

Stuart Langridge @sil.kryogenix.org · 12/09/2026

this looks pretty amazing. I suspect it hits harder if you know who Mr Boozler is, too.

010