iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Waking to another Trump outrage as he bails out his pal in the Kremlin by buying his diesel oil just in time for a winter offensive against Ukraine. This just weeks after tough new sanctions on anyone who buys Russian oil. But for the Times this llatest betrayal is not big news, just fifth story

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Astounding Badenoching. Pure, liquid Kemi.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 06/10/2026

New film out, on the extraordinary, 20-year saga of the Rainham Volcano.

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Nobody will put out this East London fire

YouTube video by Martin Robbins

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026

If software can be easily decompiled, it reinforces my argument that security through obscurity is no longer an option. We need to build the data centres to fight the looming digital security crisis. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-case-f...

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The case for Nightingale Datacentres

Britain isn’t prepared for the looming AI national security crisis

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And add more salt. It makes salty butter even more delicious. #DragonWelshButter

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Martin Robbins @mjrobbins.com · 05/10/2026

Coming out this week, here's a trailer for my most ambitious film project to date, about the man-made volcano in London that's burning for six months of the year.

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Teaser: The Rainham Volcano

YouTube video by Martin Robbins

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 04/10/2026

Still think Labour should just fix this. I reckon they could use it to justify bringing the 45p rate down to either £80k or £90k (whichever is best for the sums) and still get minimal grumbling. It's as close as you'd get to free money in the real economy.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also, his defence for saying it was *terrible*.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 04/10/2026

The "zionism is racism" motion that has just passed on the Green Party's conference floor is truly gross, and deeply racist. The party's MPs deserve some credit for opposing it, though they should've done so more stridently and sooner. This is now a millstone around the party's necks. Deservedly.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I see Polanski still has his hypnotic abilities - he's managed to make an even bigger tit of himself.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Labour should be doing this anyway. It's a bizarre piece of tax silliness in the system.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh noes a sex hosepipe ban 😢

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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hi, I'm @trouteyes You may rember me from such tweets such as I'm a thin bald wizard, cndnsd mlk, and I'm Simon & Garth's Uncle.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New variant on the Kinsley definition of gaffe: a public figure complains when his remarks are used entirely in context by people inconvenient to him.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 28/09/2026

NEW YIMBY Pod! - Why progress almost necessarily has winners and losers (and one poor loser from the new Universal theme park) - And we speak to @anyamartin.bsky.social about why we need an autonomous vehicle tax now, before it's too late! Listen/subscribe: www.abundancepod.com/p/progress-h...

abundancepod.com

Progress has winners and losers

Plus why we need to tax autonomous vehicles now, before it’s too late!

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm 30 years out of N.Ireland, it's unbelievable that this shite is a thing again.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Watching #GBBO and struck by how difficult Nigella is finding it to eat the cake.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just junk the triple lock.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026

"The early days of Andy Burnham’s government have made Starmer’s look positively energetic: a PM who usually loves nothing more than being on camera has studiously avoided saying a word as he loses control of law and order in Britain, and his home secretary seems determined to appease the thugs."

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If Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?

Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026

Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano

Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Would be good to see this registered on OpenBenches openbenches.org

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OpenBenches Welcome!

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

To this farmer boy, AI will *always* be artificial insemination, and everything should read through that lens.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Another man who's used the UK to make a fortune, complaining that now that he's made a load of money, there's no-one left to rinse, so dismisses the UK. What heroes we create!

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There seems be a lot of media trumpeting (largely through clumsy wording/lack of understanding) N.Ireland's newfound desire for independence, which struck me as surprising.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Jim Radcliffe, UK entrepreneur who benefited from the UK system to make billions, then choked it of his tax by moving to Monaco and now complains it's a country in the slide. What a guy.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Because I share your pain 🫶🏻, here's me trying to complain to OpenReach using the only method that they accept complaints by... except, you can't.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm convinced these are the same people that argued against the canals and the railways and the motorways and every other piece of progressive societal infrastructure. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy 20th birthday to the song that made you feel old when you first heard it 20 years ago

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The Killers - When You Were Young (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TheKillersVEVO

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When I was kid, my dad used to do it, and had it as his party trick to bamboozle the youngsters, when they needed a distraction. I decided to learn how to do it and can now bamboozle my kids. (Great when you just need 5 mins to take their mind off something... queuing, or waiting for a bus or that)

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Like most things, it just needs a little practice....

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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Northern Ireland's devolved government is in effect insolvent. It has become an unwelcome UK experiment in what happens when fiscal discipline collapses - and Stormont has little incentive to control its spending. London talks tough, but keeps acting weak.

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Northern Ireland cannot balance its budget. Nobody cares

The most expensive part of Britain

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some people might think that making Ed Sheeran some kind of Judas goat for all the sins and suffering of a conflict is a little harsh but honestly, given the prospects of anything else working, is it maybe not worth a chance? A little ginger sacrifice for the gods of peace and prosperity?

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 16/09/2026

Remember this absolute charmer who nicked a delivery of cat food off my doorstep in July? I've just had an actual copper request the footage so that the video forensics team can have a look and see if they can identify her and if it might help build an actual case.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Christ but I've never dealt with a company so terrible and chaotic as OpenReach. (If you try to make a complaint about a company and the process is worse than Kafka, you know they've got serious organisational problems)

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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 13/09/2026

I've been checking the source of quotes for my forthcoming book, and the performance of Gemini is extraordinary. I paste the quote into Google, and Gemini will barge in with the wrong answer over and over again. It's not an occasional thing - it's reliably wrong. Very odd.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Had to pick up Child No.1 at 9pm and was running a bit late, but was hurrying as best I could. First chastising phonecall arrived at 9.02pm. Car speed immediately reduced to 'mosey'.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I hadn't realised N.Ireland was seeking independence. That's news to me.

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Wes M @twmble.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tbf, he's just saying it like it is. "There’s also a viciousness and a toughness. Let me tell you, you are some of the most vicious bastards... but when you want to be nice, there is nobody nicer."

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It would unfortunately be very funny if this was how it happened.

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