iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I feel like society is running on Aldous Huxley software and the government is running on George Orwell software

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026

Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.

A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tomorrow (19th September) is #TalkLikeAPirateDay and your annual reminder that when we talk the way we talk when we're talking like a pirate, it's because of a film that was based on a book, inspired by an earlier book, inspired by a real life pirate from #Orkney! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️👇

An illustration of a pirate with a tricorn hat and a bushy moustache

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Then I saw two huge eyes. It was the Old Dark Frog. He was standing near me.”

The Old Dark Frog, a giant frog with terrible eyes, looms over little Frog.

From "Shivers"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Personasama @persona.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I originally drew this for pinyuzumo.bsky.social's incredible book "Game Memories vol.4　セガのハードは世界いちぃぃぃ！" I recently turned it into a full color poster. Please check out Game Memories vol.4 here! yuzumo.booth.pm/items/8528380 Or get this illustration as a poster: black.storenvy.com/products/370...

Page from Game Memories vol.4　セガのハードは世界いちぃぃぃ! with my illustration. On the other side are some lovely ladies

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Personasama @persona.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🎂🎂🎂Happy 27th Birthday, Dreamcast!🎂🎂🎂 I'll never forget the depth of your game library and how wonderfully diverse and creative your peripherals were

An illustration of Sonic holding the Dreamcast Twin Sticks next to Ulala from Space Channel 5 Part 2 holding a Dreamcast controller with a Seaman microphone, with Beat from Jet Grind Radio behind them holding a fishing controller. They are all intertwined by the cords of their peripherals, while behind them is a giant Dreamcast glowing gently over them. In the background are floating Chao, Light Chao, and Dark Chao, Amigo from Samba de Amigo, and a Chu Chu and Kapu Kapu. Also Seaman looking upset at Ulala, maybe Ulala said some crass words that he didn't enjoy

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 07/09/2026

the most realistic part of the metal gear saga is the military industrial complex's dogged, decades-long dedication to developing and testing a weapon that has never, ever, ever won a fight

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Jay Howell @adilegian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

excellent reading for the dark dark Olympic Peninsula forest, words courtesy of @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4

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John Calhoun @engineersneedart.com · 18/06/2026

I hope to finally get this to Steam this time (and this summer).

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is the news I've been waiting for: Blackwell's will be stocking my new short story collection, which means readers outside the UK can pre-order it for September 15th with FREE INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY... Oh yes, and they have SIGNED copies too! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

My latest book, being guarded by Rod, our friendly garden herring gull.

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Josh Scherr @joshscherr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The glass is half full Pessimist: The glass is half empty Game Writer: why did no one tell narrative there's a glass in this game

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Jay Howell @adilegian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Doc's gym in Smash Ultimate is now the roof of Arsenal Gear. Points for style: the relative character levels are canon.

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Jay Howell @adilegian.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is a thoughtful take on MGS4, and it’s worth your time to read. I also appreciate the shoutout to “Monstrous Births,” my MGS4 analysis written some time ago.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Cow helps his Dog pal get his stuffy and they play

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I am going through Bram Stoker’s earliest notes on DRACULA today - they include a list of the powers and features of the Count (then named “Wampyr” before Stoker stumbled on “Dracula”), many of which are never elucidated in the book…

• panters cannot pant hım; looks like someone else (38b)
• insensitive to music (38b)
• despises death and the dead (38b)
. is affected only by relics that are older than he is (38b)
• can create evil thoughts in others, banish good ones, and destroy will (38b)
• cannot be photographed; photographs come out black or like a skeleton corpse (4, 38b)
• can tell if bodies are dead or alive (4)
• sees man semingly dead and says "no" (4)
• has to be brought or carried over threshold. Dracula visits an asylum where he stumbles on the threshold (4, 16)
• named "Count Wampyr" (1)
• can determine and prove if people are sane (24)
green taper with blue flame in Count's house (43va)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

in robocop the ed-209 is a piece of garbage that doesn't follow prompts properly and kills people and it does not matter because it's still profitable and the "ai" that does work is just a dude who they don't have to pay a full wage

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RiffTrax @rifftrax.com · 24/07/2026

We've got movie (ticket) sign! Get your tickets now to see The RiffTrax Experiments in theaters nationwide! www.fathomentertainment.com/releases/mst...

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Jay Howell @adilegian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Tom's a delightful writer, and this is one hell of a deal.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

500+ Americans buy book on import from UK in first fortnight after publication (plus 1000+ in hardback). Many of them instantly read it & love it. The publishing industry: "I am sorry. We can't sell this book to an American audience. They will find it too British." blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

The recently released paperback of my third novel Everything Will Swallow You, hanging out in an apt spot on a Jurassic clifftop.

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bog landlord @pondslurp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

great recs. all the classics

Youtube recommended topics: Shapes, Numbers, Words

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Weirde & obscure wordes are not an elitist control thinge. Thei have hidden all thys tyme, & thei carrye wyth them great poweres & unforeseen futures. Wordes you have to looke up are wordes that businesse hath not bent ynto sad smooth chains to harness desyre. Lookinge up wordes ys rebellion.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 28/06/2026

everyone with an English degree rn: WELL, WELL, WELL,

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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“You cannot make billions of dollars without hurting lots of people. And you can’t hurt lots of people without, in some sense, believing that they’re not really people.” Corey Doctorow

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Riverboatjack @riverboatjack.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am." - The Reflecting Pool

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Color of Seattle @colorofseattle.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The color of the sky in Seattle is outer space #484e51

2026-06-20 01:55:00 #484e51 outer space | [#484e51 - 41%] [#716f64 - 18%] [#575a59 - 13%] [#89836e - 7%] [#393e40 - 6%] [#878b89 - 6%] [#9e9272 - 5%] [#3a4243 - 2%] [#383e3e - 1%] [#83888a - 1%]

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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · 14/06/2026

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is now officially on YouTube. Current.org reports "up to 10 new full episodes added to the channel monthly, ideally based on a theme or holiday." There were 896 episodes filmed. Plus compilations. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...

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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Posting this for a specific audience here.

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Just think when it happens the whole country will look like nyc tonight

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Jay Howell @adilegian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I’ve read everything Harkaway has published (that I know of), including the Truhen novels. I am beyond excited for this.

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𝓔𝓻𝓲𝓷∘₊✧˚ 🎃💀🦇👻 @astrokittycat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I feel this in my bones. I’ve come to realize that I need to only be getting games I truly plan on playing. “Looks interesting, might get to it, it’s on sale” = never playing it, wasted $

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I increasingly turn to non-US papers for honest reporting. Kudos to The Guardian for a headline that would send the NYTimes editors into a meltdown 🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏻

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Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 02/06/2026

Sun-drunk Seattleite Accidentally Says ‘Hello’ to Stranger: tinyurl.com/3z3b6au2

Man happily saying hi and waving to someone outside on a sunny day

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/05/2026

A gentle reminder

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS A BUSINESSMAN

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Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com · 10/05/2026

Memories of a forest-fire-fighting videogame that I played at the Ontario Science Center in Toronto around 1980-ish. blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/fire...

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That firefighting game I played in Toronto

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