iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Agreeing to a creative consultation with someone who unexpectedly drags ChatGPT into the process is like that scene in Judge Dredd where he thinks he's offered sex and ends up with a strobe-lighting machine strapped to his face.

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Bix F. @that.slow.dog · 11/10/2026

Jeez, all sorts of things in my To Consider list are on sale right now. Just picked up @aijiang.bsky.social's A Palace Near the Wind, blurbed by @marthawells.com and @pdjeliclark.bsky.social.

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A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang

From a rising star author, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful science-fantasy novella. A st...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 14h

This is no different than the narcissism of the sad texh brow who want every game and movie AI custom made to their specifications. This is sad.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 16h

St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago has placed more than 100 crosses outside the parish. Each bears the name of someone who died in ICE custody or during an immigration enforcement action. Union workers built the traveling memorial, which began at Holy Name Cathedral last month.

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Can you help keep us going with a small bit of support? > ko-fi.com/radiolento If Lento helps you sleep or switch off. Or our photos and videos give you a boost of green space. Or you just like what we do. It would really help. Thank you.

view of rolling hills on a warm October day. This is the landscape near Berkhamsted.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14h

Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...

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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO

Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.

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fionnulamac.bsky.social @fionnulamac.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today’s Business Post front page. What on earth are our politicians doing?

Headline: Four tech giants use one-fifth of Ireland’s electricity

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 22h

There are many ways to destroy a university. Texas Tech, Texas A&M + the University of Texas have each taken a different approach…But the result will be the same: substandard education, substandard research + graduates who are less prepared for their future… + more prepared to obey without question.

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All The Things You’re Not Allowed To Say In Texas

The state now controls what professors can teach.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 22h

“Someone who is Indigenous is going to carry those values and beliefs that they were raised with.. Their storytelling is going to be anchored around that." - Tamara Voudrach "[An AI entity] that passes itself off as Indigenous is just another form of colonialism and erasure,” she said. #CriticalAI

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‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News

The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...

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Tracy @poppyphlox.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

So thanks to this week’s Law and Order I had to try my best to explain what Ai is and isn’t and how it is a bubble about to burst to my Mom… after 30min she just pointing asked “so it’s a Ponzi scheme, a big scam of this guy lying to rip of this sucker and then that sucker turns around and does it

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 10/10/2026

Dive into the world of the Meridian, from Hugo Award-winning author Rebecca Roanhorse! Whether you're a die-hard fan or just hearing about it now, this world holds promise, destiny, and adventure for your gaming group. Sign up now and receive a free bookmark set when you pledge! mymcg.info/beas

A WORLD UNLIKE ANY YOU'VE KNOWN—OR PLAYED
In the world of the Meridian, you’ll meet—and play—people from across a vast magical continent. Priests and cultists blessed by, and transforming into, their gods; remote villagers living among sacred ruins from before the great war; reclusive northerners from the cold wasteland graveyard of the gods; nobles, scholars, merchant lords, and sailors form the great cities; and even Teek sirens from their reclusive island sanctuary in the Crescent Sea.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 10/10/2026

This is pure bad faith from MRM—they are not new to this business and are perfectly aware this is all bullshit. These magazines essentially no longer exist: they were bought simply to use their reputations as a trap to suck IP out of writers and artists who don't know any better.

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

1. By your logic, every artist working in publishing is violating copyright with their portfolio (they're not). 3. You can strip moral rights w/o using those words. 4. I'd love to know who that attorney is because... 5. Writers & artists weren't born yesterday. Stop trying to exploit us, my god.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 21h

Very dystopian that on the article about a A.I. data center poisoning the air, there's a little rainbow A.I. chatbot button just lurking at the edge, waiting to poison the air some more to answer your banal question

The article below with a rainbow tab on the side which initiates a chat bot
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Gadget Revieu_

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EMERGING TECH / AI

Virginia Data Center Ran
Diesel Generators for 24
Hours. Residents Fled Their

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Sterling residents had no legal recourse as
189 of Virginia's 197 data-center air permits
allow emergency diesel runs without public

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You can read more of my interview with Frances Haugen here. It's taken Hollywood a full DECADE to even try to tackle Silicon Valley. The Social Reckoning is long long overdue & a chilling reminder of why we HAVE to regulate these bros. 6/ www.thenerve.news/p/frances-ha...

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‘We have a $1tn company acting desperate’: Frances Haugen on The Social Reckoning, Zuckerberg, and Facebook's growing fragility

The whistleblower whose explosive revelations about her employer inspired Aaron Sorkin’s new film tells Carole Cadwalladr that, despite Silicon Valley’s power, ‘we have the ability to change a lot of ...

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Gwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Dear people at #FantasyCon who are looking up our books on Amazon. The paper editions are cheaper here than online. The ebooks are the same price but Amazon doesn’t get a cut so the author gets more money.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Five days left on the Lightspeed & Nightmare kickstarter, and they still need $10k to meet their funding goal! Love short fiction? Go pick up a subscription and help spread the word! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...

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LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror

We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The fascists being made fun of will not change their behavior, but to communities, knowing there are other people out there who hate Thiel or Musk or Trump's guts is _hugely_ important. It gives them permission to show their own contempt, and it swells from there.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA): "At this point in time in 2022, a little over 200,000 Virginians had voted. At this point in time in 2026, approximately 450,000 Virginians have voted early.”

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026

People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 23h

The Long Neolithic lives as call to mystery, call to wonder. Whether we respond to those calls as archaeologists, ley hunters or stone pilgrims – we respond with stories. The Long Neolithic tithes in narrative. With typology or folklore, we all pay our dues. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

School boards are way under the radar in a big year like this, but the same battles you've heard about (book bans, Moms for Liberty, trans kids) are happening this year too. I identified 19 school boards where there battles like this — and what's up: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We @txfreedomread.bsky.social had the opportunity to tell the Texas Senate’s Ed Committee, where book-banning bills SB12 & SB13 originated, what their laws have done to students in the state. Here’s what we told them: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/what-we-to...

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What We Told the Senate Education Committee

Our big report on Texas school book bans in 2025-2026 just dropped. You need to read it.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In other words, it is the job of scientists to devise experiments that can test their claims, to always be cautious abt what they are claiming, and to critically evaluate the claims of other scientists. By these well-established standards, no serious science is happening behind Anthropic's claims.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10/10/2026

Yes. Your chatbot is not a real boy.

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So... I get a bunch of publicity emails and a lot of the Harper ones feel like they've been run through the plagiarism machine. It's not lovely. Tor, Orbit, not a whiff so far. The difference is palpable.

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Join me or @ktempestbradford.com for a live @writingtheother.com worldbuilding workshop where we work through writing exercises that dive into aspects of a world/culture that authors often overlook. 📅 October 17th and 18th 🪙 $100 - $150 Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/worldbuildin...

On the left a lush world growing out of a book floating in the air with clouds and birds. a waterfall cascades out of the setting. On the right, text identifying the class title.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 10/10/2026

Come see us at the Lone Star Zine Fest, from 12-6pm on Oct 10 and 11 (TODAY & Tomorrow!) at Austin's Blue Genie Art Bazaar. Admission is FREE, open to all ages, with tons of great booths to browse. Find us at Table 81! www.lonestarzinefest.org

Image shows a grackle in a bow tie with some scissors, with 80s/Vaporewave vibes. The 2026 Lone Star Zine Fest, Ten Year Anniversary. Oct 1- & 11pm, 12-6pm. Over 100 vendors. Zine making, comix jam, door prizes & more. Free, all ages, 80s prom vibes encouraged. Blue Genie Art Bazaar, 6100 Airport Blvd, Lonestarzinefest.org.

A map of about 100 booths at the Lone Star Zine Fest. Texas Observer can be found in the middle row of the event, at table 81 near the "Austin Friend Zone" (which exhibits Lonestar Zine fest merch and anniversary materials).

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The state of this fucker, who sees fit to victimise people who are routinely a thousand times braver than he'll ever be on his best day. Of course he makes his money by being AI adjacent. Can't even manage his parasitism at first hand. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists

Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/10/2026

I would be EXTREMELY annoyed to discover my PR is "AI"-generated, and as someone bombarded with dozens of "AI"-generated emails daily, I assure you the stink of "AI" is immediately noticable and immediately dismissible. Publishers are not doing their new books any favors in using it.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ended the night editing to the halfway point in the raw audio from my Worldcon lunch with @marthawells.com as I continue removing any infelicities which would interfere with you absorbing her wit and wisdom. Join us one week from today on a new episode of Eating the Fantastic! pod.link/1083737796

A screen grab of the sound waves of voices in GarageBand with the cursor at the halfway point. There are many snips to the left and untouched audio to the right. The time stamp reads 48:59.127.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

1. This software did nothing 'on its own'. The human who approved its programming and release is responsible. 2. These programs are based on scraped government website instructions and millions of illegally obtained novels without any attempt made to distinguish between fact and fiction.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ed is being as overly kind as he was when it wrote the foreword to ‘Hookland Fragments’. However, I have to agree, two of the stickers might be considered a little ‘spicy’.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I do love me a story that takes a simple, elegant idea that has horrible connotations and just runs with it. youtu.be/jwpodBVHd2k

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New Group (2026) Official Trailer

YouTube video by The Creepy Calendar

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Well, well, well. What is this that is here?

Cover of WICKHILLS by @premeemohamed.com

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Autumn comes to the ponds with a hope that Stay Belows will soon be at mud. Comes with fear that they aren't yet sleeping. – #DAKilory, 1982 #Autumn

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I’m registered for this and I’m hoping to enjoy it live, although it’s accessible for a while after it happens. A yearly tradition richly worth investigating

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Past national day, new book's out in the world, I can post spooky stuff! Chinese #horror storytelling and detective fiction have traditionally been closely related, a connection that's very much kept alive. Released this year, 民间奇案录 Chronicles of the Extraordinary, Republic Era crime mystery #Cdrama

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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Y'know, the set makes a great gift for an eager book lover. And there's a convenient BACKER LEVEL for just that. I. AM. JUST. SAYING. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...

All three novels in the Khumalo Family trilogy side by side. Breath Warmth and Dream, Amnandi Sails, and Khumalo Tales.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

lolsob

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

From a former student. Never going to stop fighting.

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We’ve hit 2500 sign-ups! I’m going to a party tonight and will see if I can get that little dance on video! Thank you so much, everyone! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!

The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.

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Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i couldn't be happier that this story is reprinted in OTHERSIDE. thanks for giving my communal eco-grief story a second home 🌰🩸🫶

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