Ian Volante
@sometimehippy.bsky.social
Quiz presenter, writer, and doer; korfball veteran; rugby league stats wrangling; silly bugger spending too much time working and not enough having fun. Excited by newness. On Mastodon too. The 2024 World Quiz-Running Champion.
In the I Owe You Nothing Video, why does Matt (or is it Luke?) have a leather jacket on the back of the chair when he's already wearing a denim one? #totp
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In the I Owe You Nothing Video, why does Matt (or is it Luke?) have a leather jacket on the back of the chair when he's already wearing a denim one? #totp
DID YOU KNOW? The estate of Dmitri Mendeleev makes more money from the use of the word 'titanium' on posters of the periodic table than David Guetta earns from Spotify for streams of the song of the same name.
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
DID YOU KNOW? The estate of Dmitri Mendeleev makes more money from the use of the word 'titanium' on posters of the periodic table than David Guetta earns from Spotify for streams of the song of the same name.
Just a reminder: if you don't like someone's views, it doesn't make much sense to promote them further.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just a reminder: if you don't like someone's views, it doesn't make much sense to promote them further.
Been a while since I listened to this caprine classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLYvZ5sX28
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December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Been a while since I listened to this caprine classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLYvZ5sX28
Did I mention the other week (please tell me off if so), that it appears that peanuts in pubs are still sold by the temptation of seeing a plump-breasted individual as each packet is gradually removed from the sheet on the wall? However, nowadays it seems to be darts players in that role.
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Did I mention the other week (please tell me off if so), that it appears that peanuts in pubs are still sold by the temptation of seeing a plump-breasted individual as each packet is gradually removed from the sheet on the wall? However, nowadays it seems to be darts players in that role.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
Reposted by Ian Volante
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
A new scourge in the quizzing community: AI-generated dingbats.
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A new scourge in the quizzing community: AI-generated dingbats.
Well done again Sir Kev.
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Well done again Sir Kev.
Reposted by Ian Volante
Sport FACT: Tennis star Coco Gauff’s full name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio Coco Gauff.
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sport FACT: Tennis star Coco Gauff’s full name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio Coco Gauff.