iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 1h

Three cartoons I keep in favourites for reposting (too often) XKCD one stops me posting

Tom Gauld on how dystopian scifi gets turned into techbros products

Shannon Wheeler on how free speech gets perverted by people validating dangerous ideas as Just asking questions

Emily Scart on trying not to talk politics too much but…those fucking idiots

XKCD on someone is wrong on the internet

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Chris @songschris.bsky.social · 12h

Ordered for my son (and I'm interested 😁) cos Neills comics are very very good and funny

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 14h

Genuinely a brilliant book, will inspire as much as it will entertain 🫡

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Rachel Parris is an extremely entertaining, clever and funny performer and if you’re in the UK and have the opportunity to go and see her you absolutely should.

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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

oh no. what a loss, what a legend. RIP dolly parton, our only collab was brief and also you weren't aware of it, but i'll never ever forget it

screenshot of an old tweet from me, rob dubbin

MY MAN: (comes home)
ME: (nervous) how was the stoer
MY MAN: fine
ME: oh thank g —
MY MAN: ran into jolene
ME: oh no
MY MAN: she mentioned you left kind of an intense voicemail

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

imaginationlibrary.com

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Chris @songschris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly was one of my favourite songwriters ever. Very glad I saw her live in concert - she was world class. Very impressive philanthropy. I was hoping to see her live again, or hear another album. We were lucky to experience the star she was. Rip.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Turns out it happened on July 23rd. Give him a boost and let's do something nice

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Denmark just passed a law that every person owns a copyright to their own face, voice, and body. In the age of AI, this places more legal control in a person's hands, and there are real, large consequences and fines for breaking this law. We need to make this worldwide.

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Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is absolute gold and a must read. Bravo @gilesyb.bsky.social!

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Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

HISTORIC MOMENT Today at 14:40 Dr Mark Russell from KCL pressed the button to execute the first ever job on the new OpenSAFELY service. Until today, OpenSAFELY was COVID only. Now we are open to critical analyses that improve all patient care, on GP records, securely, at scale. PICS! THREAD!

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One of our Mule maxims, of which we have a long list, is "a project will be successful to the extent the client cares about it failing." A project where someone says "my job/company is on the line"…great! "We had some extra budget and wanted to try something"…miserable disaster.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

David Sacks argues that while Anthropic talks about open source models being “dangerous”, the real danger to businesses is deploying Claude and Anthropic uses your IP to compete with you. He implies this is what happened with Figma and Claude Design.

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Chris @songschris.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

You've emmed your last and emm

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

More evidence of animal inner lives! Zebra finches were played back recorded sounds from other zebra finches. Sometimes they confused calls with the same meaning rather than the same sound, implying they have mental imagery of the meaning of their vocalisations! www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

theguardian.com

A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong

Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures

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🌅 Patricia Wallinga 🌇 @pwallinga.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I've expanded the graph. Personally, mine veers a little towards Coach Dad, but remains firmly in The Lawn Zone™

The graph above, with colored zones of different types of dad.

Strongest Touching Grass, in order from Trekkie to sports fan: last remaining Sharper Image customer, mandatory yearly fishing trip, Coach Dad.

Leans Touching Grass to true neutral, from Trekkie to sports fan: still wants to be John Wayne when he grows up, still goes to see rock bands with multiple dead members, The Lawn Zone (trademark).

Big Bookshelf half of graph, from Trekkie to sports fan: don't touch Daddy's minifigures they're not toys, has a favorite war, your father is in the garage, baseball autism corner.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I want to shout out www.outdoormobility.org - an amazing oganisation making the beautiful outdoors accessible to those who can't walk far with their bookable Trampers :-) Also to @nationaltrust.org.uk who offer similar at many of their sites! My mother has had the *best* weekend in the Lakes!

photo of my mother on her tramper in beautiful Langdale valley

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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding? | Discussion

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

the psychology of computer programming gerald weinberg 1971

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 08/06/2026

By far the biggest problem with delegating judgement to machines is the people who own the machines can tune them towards outcomes they prefer but those who don't own anything can't. It's not the technology. It's a transfer of decision making power from rational accountable systems to capital.

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David Kernohan @dkernohan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Got to say I agree with every word of this: www.cityam.com/there-should... If you are going to pitch anyone, write it yourself. If I wanted Claude's take I could prompt it. But I don't, because, it will say nothing and nobody would want to read it.

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Daniel Burka @dburka.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Each morning, I spend 45 min searching for design and product jobs at orgs that actually make the world a bit better. E.g., today I saw that Genomics England is hiring a senior service designer. I think we already have one of the best job boards for designers: www.hardproblems.com/jobs

hardproblems.com

Hard Problems

A not-for-profit helping tech people to work on the hard problems that matter in the world.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove

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Arthur Turrell @arthurturrell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Come and work @downingstreet as a data scientist! We're hiring for a data scientist working on health and education. You'll be right at the heart of UK policy making and (IMO) working with the best tech stack in the UK public sector. Link: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

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Quick Check Needed

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Rob Chambers @robchamberspfc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Upfest artwork finally picked up from the fundraiser.

Artwork with "My ducks are absolutely not in a row. I don't even know where some of them are. And I'm pretty sure one of them is a pigeon " with a picture on of a pigeon head leaning into frame

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Chris @songschris.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

That's my local walk. We're on the map, we've arrived! People will speak of my area in hushed tones. Also, it was very warm last night.

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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Jony Ive's Ferrari | Discussion

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sarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 25/05/2026

This is the greatest description of humanity I have ever read.

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Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 23/05/2026

This is incredible and you should see it

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Priyanca a11y 🌈 @priyanca.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A reminder that the accessibility sessions are this week! A lot of these sessions don't require background knowledge so are great for engaging people outside of digital roles and people who may not consider themselves as technical We all have a role in making services more inclusive #gaad

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Andrew Hick @andrewhick.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

UK public sector people! It's a fantastic line up for next week's government events for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Also I'm doing a piece on WCAG 3. If you have a UK public sector email address then sign up here: accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/11/g... #gaad #accessibility

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Get involved with Digital Accessibility Week 2026

Digital Accessibility Week 2026 is a cross-government online event taking place from Monday 18 ending on Thursday 21 May which is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This is a very interesting video. After a brief intro, the first 3 minutes are a monologue starting in the English of 600AD and transitioning to modern American. Where do you start understanding it? youtu.be/842OX2_vCic?...

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From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue

YouTube video by Simon Roper

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Ann Kempster @annkempster.com · 16/05/2026

Fantastic to see the Magenta Book updated to include Test and Learn. This is hugely important. www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Test and Learn (HTML)

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

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Attenborough at 100 — A Nature Documentary Archive

Explore nearly 5,000 episodes across 90 series — from Zoo Quest in 1954 to Secret Garden in 2026. Search by animal, habitat, location, or theme.

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