iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Sherrill Stroschein @sherrillstroschein.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

An important read by @gsoh31.bsky.social on the end of UK universities as we knew them. isrf.org/blog/what-do...

isrf.org

What Does It Feel Like to Live Under the Threat of Redundancy?

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I signed. This is a good cause, though the title could be re-written a little more helpfully c.org/yYyz2KZPX4

c.org

Sign the Petition

Save Britain's Cooling Towers

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Is there some sort of list to show what your pension fund / superannuation is investing in AI

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

every single time someone discloses that they're a wikipedia editor i instantly think "but you were cool already and you didn't need to be cooler and i want to be your friend" (just for the record: 0% sarcasm in this post, you all rule)

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Deep down I feel the fundamental failing of Kant was to waste the term ‘categorical imperative’ on something that wasn’t actually about categories

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

One day in the future there will be the very last “Cybertruck Owner is Monstrously Stupid” headline, and think how sad you’ll be then www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Tesla Cybertruck pulled from Texas lake after attempting ‘wade mode’

Police said the vehicle became disabled and took on water, prompting the driver and passengers to abandon it before calling for help

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Some countries really do love academic titles

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

could the ancient traditions of bullying and dance be the solution to the male loneliness crisis www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_m...

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GENER8ION - STORM starring Yung Lean

YouTube video by GENER8ION

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

When will antichrist be a banned word?

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

old man post but why is it always so hard to find just a button that says 'print in colour'

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I assume no one is ~less~ interested in getting off fossil fuels now?

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Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) @jscicom.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Shifts in communication technologies are reshaping the #scicomm landscape. @willozap.bsky.social argues that in today’s “bewildering times”, understanding the technological forces shaping how knowledge flows is essential for effective #scicomm. Read the commentary: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

So... not really meeting the deadline then

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

what actually is the difference in meaning between 🤘 and 🤟

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I’ve always pondered about a ratchet theory of trumpian politics - do worse / more authoritarian until you hit the limit. And it’s seems the limit is shooting people to death in the streets. But then what?

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Look there's some sensible advice here, but when it comes to the key paragraph on how to remove a splinter it's basically still 'draw some circles' and 'draw the rest of the fucking owl'.

theconversation.com

What’s the best way to remove a splinter?

You don’t need any special hacks – but taking a few simple precautions can save you from pain or an infection.

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Grammar question, is it 'that opportunity would be right up our students' alleys' or 'students' alley', or perhaps best not

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

When you advertise a beer as full flavour what

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen is what Lana del rey would write if she were a boy named Bruce Springsteen and that is the highest compliment that can be paid

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

‘Rubs him the wrong way’ is a very normal phrase until you stop to visualise it

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Going to start a petition to change the number plate slogan for Canberra to ‘bless your cotton socks’

A green waste bin inspection certificate.

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common". Just such a great line. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong

The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

No one is ever disappointed if you turn up with a tooheys old

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Do you practice your emoji on your own face before sending?

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

There are just so many awesome points in this mapping out of the actual problems with AI by Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...

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Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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The Centre for the Public Awareness of Science @ ANU @sci-comm-anu.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Calling Australian biosecurity comms professionals! 🐝🌾🦠 What do you think about new ways to help people become more resilient to misinformation about science? 15 mins, anonymous survey 👇 anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share! #Scicomm @mattnurse.com

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Trump is a goddamn wizard pharaoh

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Christina ricci’s Wednesday is still better

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Once this Trump era is finally over I would be fascinated to know his wellness regime

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

just found out I was one of 9 reviewers for a paper. wtf. seriously what a waste of time.

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Has there ever been a technology that has remained so laughable for so long while attracting such billions of

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

slippery sentence right there

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 30/07/2025

i'm sorry for posting facts:

meme:

two books
left book: THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

right book (much fatter and split into blue and red, red is far longer than blue):
THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY IF MERRY & PIPPIN HAD A GUN
red: defeating Sauron
blue: taking the gun away from Merry and Pippin

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I'm sorry but quantitative research is really stupid sometimes

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Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

No one is “replacing” teachers with AI. People are redistributing money to tech companies for AI and replacing permanent salaried workers with contingent, poorly paid ones whose labor is to patch together the system that is being broken by AI.

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