iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Logging in to Bluesky solely to see @kierongillen.bsky.social's take on Adam Driver as Sinister, only to discover instead that Aliens vs X-Men is a thing. To the comic book shop!

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On my way, Clacton.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Game on, Nige.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

All other parties need to stand down for the Clacton by-election. Except Count Binface. Obviously. Come on.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Condemning riots isn't enough. We need policy action, including an immediate appraisal of X as a vehicle for coordinating far-right disorder. And we need political leadership, to challenge white nationalism as an idea, not to validate it daily and then complain when it turns violent.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I wrote a new short story, which is essentially me processing the trauma/accomplishment of visiting Speedwell Cavern in the Peak District. Short story: We Go To The Pit open.substack.com/pub/simonkjo...

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Short story: We Go To The Pit

Don't look beneath the surface

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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 20/04/2026

If an AI was a good creative co-brain it would say; this bit’s shit; that’s weird; you wrote that metaphor already; who talks like that?; wow the snarky girl suddenly got polite; who cares what a tree looks like; bored now!; that rhymed, cut it; what does this add?; you spoilt the joke…

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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This is very lovely to hear, and I just want to 100% co-sign on ‘more sci fi comics for kids please’ 👍

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Some interesting online events about publishing, books and AI coming up in these seminars from the day job:

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

@labourlewis.bsky.social - Norwich has a long history of creativity which continues to this day. Plus don't let it be dismantled to help a bunch of US tech megacorps.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Nobody here needs to be told that Reform's claims of cheating are utterly absurd but it's worth noting that the anti-Reform vote was so large that even if the Greens and Labour had split it 50/50 Reform would still have lost — in fact they would have come third. They only value democracy if they win

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

My guide for healthy usage of Bluesky: 1. Open Bluesky 2. Check to see if @jon.inkle.co has posted anything interesting 3. Carefully ignore everything else 4. Close Bluesky

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Went to a dumpling restaurant in London, where the coasters all had a little cartoon dumpling picture. The walls of the place were covered in sketches people had done. I, of course, drew Dumplingus Prime.

A dumpling in the form of Autobot leader Optimus Prime.

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Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Always start your week with our Political Monitor newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/creative...

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Political Monitor: 9 February 2026

SIC codes, video games and Digital Arts

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I've been writing a weekly serial for 4 years, and finished it last week. September 2021 - January 2026 244 chapters 408,912 words (erk) In paperback, it would be ~1,169 pages — which is about the same as the entirety of The Lord of the Rings I'm tired. simonkjones.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...

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How to read Tales from the Triverse

A weekly dose of science fiction, fantasy and detective fiction. Pick from individual stories or read the whole thing from the beginning.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

There are two writers that I always listen to if they show up on podcasts. @jon.inkle.co is one of them. open.spotify.com/episode/58Z5...

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Jon Ingold, co-founder Inkle (80 Days, Expelled!, TR-49).

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

My main observation from this accidentally going low-key viral is that a surprising number of Bluesky users can't detect sarcasm and lack a functioning sense of humour.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials

Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Trump has said he won't use force, and the good thing about Trump is that he always keeps his word and tells the truth.

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CBCC🔜NYCC @cbccpodcast.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Art by Daniel Warren Johnson. From his Insta.

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James Marsh @jamesotron.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I think if you're a Transformers fan and you're angry at the DWJ sketch of Optimus defending innocent people from ICE then you're not actually a Transformers fan and you're a bootlicking dipshit.

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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago

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Haunted Lakes fan account @vscomputer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

To paraphrase @charalanahzard.bsky.social : the more you know about a topic, the more AI tends to get it wrong, so you should only ask it about things you know nothing about

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I was annoyed by the Online Safety Act over the summer, primarily from the point of view of a reader/viewer/etc. A couple of weeks ago, I had to consider it from the point of view of a creator. That time my writing was censored by the British government: open.substack.com/pub/simonkjo...

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That time my writing was censored by the British government

Which is not a title I anticipated writing today

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

New Triverse chapter is out. open.substack.com/pub/simonkjo...

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Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

From the UK Skills Explorer to Creative SME Exporters ➡️ Our latest Political Monitor is now live, featuring a round-up of this week's key policy updates in the creative industries and key dates to watch out for. 📧 Read more and subscribe to receive next week's edition:

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Political monitor: 8 December 2025

Skills Explorers and Creative Exporters...

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

My son is that little bit too old for The Phoenix, and I'm struggling. He's fine, of course, because he's just growing up. @jamiesmart.bsky.social and @neillcameron.bsky.social - can we have BvM and MRB 'Next Generation' spin-off books aimed solely at sad parents suffering from withdrawal, please? x

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The higher up a company hierarchy you go, the less those people understand how anything in their own company actually works. Anyone not already in management worked this out decades before AI was on the scene.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Time to get disappointed again when the chancellor doesn't drop the suitcase to the floor, kick it, and suit up as Iron Man.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I cleverly set up a subscription to DIE Loaded, and managed to miss off issue 1. Thoughts and prayers, please.

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Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

📬 Our latest Political Monitor has landed in inboxes! Read below for a round-up of key cultural policy updates and live consultations that present important opportunities for organisations and practitioners to have their say. Subscribe to stay up-to-date on the latest policy news:

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Political monitor: 17 November 2025

Social impact investing, AI Growth Zones, R&D funding...

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I listened to Off Panel's chat with Kieron Gillen, which inevitably made me question everything I've been doing for the last 4 years. This is the inherent danger of listening to a KG interview. open.substack.com/pub/simonkjo...

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Figuring out the serial publishing model

(and how I got it wrong)

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

In 2025 it seems to be OK to mount an insurrection, but it's not OK to accuse someone of mounting an insurrection. In 2025 it also seems to be OK to behave in a racist way, but it's not OK to accuse someone of behaving in a racist way. This seems the wrong way around to me.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Joe Marler to play Jackie in Cyberpunk 2077 movie. I mean, he's already played Zoltan Chivay in Witcher 3, so has history with CD Projekt Red.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Dispatch feels like something altogether new: a game and a TV show rolled into one, but not really either of those things, either. open.substack.com/pub/infinite...

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Dispatch: Episodes 1 & 2

Probably the best superhero TV show of 2025

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/09/2025

It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue. You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist

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Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London

US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

People screenshotting X and then responding to the screenshot on Bluesky is one of the reasons I don't really enjoy Bluesky.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

No gods in this one (yet), but there are definitely robots. open.substack.com/pub/simonkjo...

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Gods and Robots: part 2

Background reading

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Some sketches for Monday morning.

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I've been writing a weekly serial for the past four years and it's reaching its conclusion in the next couple of months. Seemed like a good moment to re-introduce it! Check it out if you're into crime fiction, science fiction and fantasy mash-ups. open.substack.com/pub/simonkjo...

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What is Tales from the Triverse all about?

Let me tell you a story

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

In which I moan about relying on summaries rather than going to the text itself. open.substack.com/pub/simonkjo...

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Author + reader = story

Don't skip the conversation

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Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Today I found a keyhole in a wall. Not in a door. In a brick wall. Not obviously connected to anything. This is, of course, very exciting.

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