iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 5h

Relevant re. this piece: One thing never mentioned about the pensions triple lock is there is no other equivalent in the welfare system There is no *single* lock for Local Housing Allowance or the benefit cap (they don't ever have to rise). And child benefit, JSA, ESA, etc only get an annual review

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 2h

I agree, let’s reduce energy bills by removing these silly and expensive projects. I’ve long thought that they are diversionary activities designed to keep us locked into fossil fuels.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 10h

This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 10h

I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not commenting on this case (don't know enough) but it would be a smart move to place legal limits on damages. There's a growing pattern of rich men using the law to cow the press. This twat. Sweaty Andy. The Tangerine Toddler. It's bad for democracy www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

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David Sullivan sues BBC for £150m over Panorama’s sexual misconduct claims

West Ham co-owner and former pornographer lodges high court claim over episode, in which several women accused him of abusing power

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 20h

I was an IT professional, fellow and chartered engineer. I’ve used a fair few AI models and some appear useful. Sadly they often produce unusable crap. We all need to be very careful about trusting AI.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 23h

This amounts to an admission that Israel is acting illegally. Why are more Jewish organisations not making it clear that they don’t want to be associated with Israeli behaviour?

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 05/10/2026

UPF is one of those tells like “fish disco” or “legitimate concerns”. It means you can ignore anything the person has to say. When I was diagnosed with bowel cancer a colleague said to me that it was probably down to the UPFs I had eaten. Dear reader, I bit them.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The logical conclusion from this is that he will support the currently elected government. I don’t think that is what he intended.

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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Science and medicine work. ⬇️

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline

The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off

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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Benches are important mobility aids - they allow people to take frequent rests, enabling them to walk greater distances, by breaking them down into stages

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Makes sense. Then Tories/Reform either have to back it in an election or be quizzed on what they'll cut to pay for it.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When a commentator or reporter says Badenoch is an impressive politician my first reaction is that they shouldn’t be doing crack at work

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dylan punctured this hypocrisy in "With God on Our Side" written in *checks notes* 1964

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Might you have been dropped on your head repeatedly as a child?

Bizarre speculation from Isabel Oakeshott, speculating that UK national suspects re the RAF base somehow have diplomatic immunity

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 30/09/2026

I am willing to make the ultimate sacrifice and send Gove and Sturgeon to Russia. Immediately.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They’re taking their name literally.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is your semi-regular reminder that pensioner poverty: a) is real b) is significantly less prevalent than working-age poverty and half the rate of child poverty, and c) is such that a pensioner is statistically more likely to live in a household worth over £1 million than to live in poverty

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’ll be an interesting case. The tapestry is a visual artefact. Will all paintings etc also need an audio guide? Not sure how one would produce an audio guide for a sunset.

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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Absolutely fucking not.

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 29/09/2026

Let's be clear. The is nonsense. 1. There is limited evidence at best to show that AI will safely reduce processing costs and increase operational efficiency. 2. There is growing evidence that AI will vastly increase the loading on public services and require more human agents.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a matter of logic you cannot be “hard working” if you rely on the state pension. I hope ministers will keep (start?) explaining that the state pension isn’t paid out of an investment fund but by the contributions of those currently working.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Badenoch probably didn’t read / understand the report. Khan was looking at the narrow self interest of London retailers. What a surprise. And Cebr have given their clients what they want, and accepted the damage to their reputation. Thanks Dan.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I worked in London the problem was parking as much as slow traffic speed. I usually parked the car, needed for other parts of the journey, and walked or used public transport. London is a nicer, cleaner, place than it was 20 years ago.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is NO evidence that asylum seekers pose a particular risk to women. There is NO data showing they are any more dangerous than any other man. And no, memes and random highly manipulated graphs on social media don't count! Every time a claim surfaces suggesting otherwise, it is debunked🤷‍♀️

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Bob Medley @bobmedley.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

They're not "ordinary British men". They're a small minority who are members of racist far-right groups who engage in events organised to intimidate, threaten and promote unrest under a banner of lies and disinformation.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My periodic reminder to ministers and commenters that silver bullets are used to kill vampires, werewolves and other supernatural beings, as well as by The Lone Ranger as a symbol of the high cost of taking a human life. Magic bullets are what you have in mind.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Maybe he’s not concerned about his own health, or “thinks” that only kids are affected by air pollution.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rory Stewart is an odd cove. This is him being a naive populist, I wonder if he wants to get back into the Tory Party? It’s amazing that he hasn’t tried these ideas on his usual oppo, I’m sure Campbell would explain why his ideas wouldn’t work.

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 24/09/2026

I’d agree but for the experience of NI, and Portsmouth in 2000.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s a pity that Local Authorities can’t tax the private schools to fund the additional costs their congestion creates.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An interesting read. Maybe the Home Office, assisted by GCHQ, should mandate a secure approach to communication, particularly email, for the police. And also ensure other important government agencies have secure communications.

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have canvassed for the Lib Dems but no more. This is simple populism with no chance of happening. Your party is prioritising tax giveaways over funding healthcare and defence. I agree that reversing Brexit would improve our GDP, but it’s a long term effect. You’re copying Reform to get clicks 🦨

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 23/09/2026

To be fair, stupidity is also an answer

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

they should study him in a lab. I don’t think I could write this badly on purpose. still, glad this has higher billing than coverage of last night’s far right escalation

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's the ROYAL National Lifeboat Institution. Time for Charles, William and Kate to show some support.

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble

Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Social services should be involved in the case of this groomed child.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Quite the contrast between the PM’s words in NY last night (left) and those of the govt’s spokesperson in response to the latest Daniel Thomas outrage

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ThinkGov @thinkgov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Although the NFU realised the disaster that Brexit would create many farmers didn’t. The number of displays in support of Brexit in farmers fields illustrated that.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 22/09/2026

It's sweet that Piers Morgan thinks his reputation has been damaged.

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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Next time a conspiracy theorist tries to tell you what really happened, confront them with an even more outlandish theory and accuse them of trying to cover up the truth…

Conversation between two ladies "the moon landing was faked!"
"Pfft, you believe in the moon?"

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22/09/2026

Hard to explain how gobsmacking this is. The government opened applications for farm subsidies this morning at 10. And closed it just before 4 because they'd run out of cash. Applying for your livelihood like it's Oasis tickets. defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/22/s...

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SFI26: Window 2 now closed

Window 2 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) has now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit an application.

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