iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Mitchell Anderson @mandersonmn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The secret to happiness is setting up your life to resemble Richard Scarry's Busytown as much as possible.

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 22/09/2026

rolling into autumn like

framed needlepoint of Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm wearing puritan garb driving a pumpkin car instead of an apple
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Andy Charman @andyandz.bsky.social · 10h

This thread! 👇. Just perfect poetry all on it's own.

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just as we imagined - the writers have assembled!

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

spent the weekend in madrid with the @saloneurope.bsky.social and I can't say often enough how impressed I am at the talented people I meet there, and how grateful I am to participate in such an inspiring, brilliant, well-filling community. I've come home with so much <3

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Cari O. @cariwriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On a train to Germany after the beautiful weekend in Madrid with @saloneurope.bsky.social - and all of what I absorbed is slowly sinking in. I feel like there are not enough notebooks in the world to hold it all. 💜🌟 Thank you gorgeous writing tribe.

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

this is EXACTLY what I was thinking when I heard it this morming

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Two days to go until all the writers convene in Madrid! Who is coming? Who is excited? We can’t wait to write, tour, and hang out with you all 120 of you....

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

a thread of the loveliest poems you didn't know you needed to discover on a monday morning

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered

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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

just learned this today

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 15/09/2026

the recent breakthrough of the A.I. doomsday narrative wasn't a psy-op, nor was it *just* marketing; these guys believe their rhetoric, albeit for reasons that have little grounding in reality. allow me, a longtime observer of the scene, to walk you through what's goin on: slate.com/technology/2...

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The A.I. Doomsayers Are at It Again. There’s a Good Reason You Shouldn’t Fall For It.

Industry insiders have been offering absolutely terrible odds for humanity’s future—on bizarre pretenses.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sleep when the novel sleeps.

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Ivan Aivazovsky @ivanaivazovski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Calm Sea. Landscape with fishermen www.wikiart.org/en/ivan-aivazovsky/…

"Ivan Aivazovsky’s 'Calm Sea. Landscape with Fishermen' captures a serene seascape with softly illuminated waters and a delicate sky, embodying the tranquility of a peaceful day at sea. The composition skillfully blends detailed man-made elements like the fishermen's boat with the vastness of nature, showcasing Aivazovsky's mastery in maritime painting."

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve signed a contract with @politybooks.bsky.social for ‘A History of Folklore’ – the first major history of the discipline of folklore in Europe in decades. It will chronicle folklore’s key role in European nation-building and propose a new way forward for the discipline. Coming 2028! 📚

An illustration by Arthur Rackham of an elf getting his beard stuck in a tree as two girls look on

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Bryan Blessed @bryb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's maddening to see how easily AI is demonstrably shown to just be ELIZA with an AOL connection but sure, let's sacrifice our future -and burn our present too- at its altar.

en.wikipedia.org

ELIZA - Wikipedia

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

there are no rules! read however you're happiest--it should be for you!

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

imagine living in such a way that this is what raffi thinks of you.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I can't believe we have AI datacentres everywhere instead of one of these in every train station

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

come join us! come to my panel! come back in all things literary with the loveliest people!

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Adrian Dallas Frandle (aka Sartrelo Ponti) @adrianf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

so obsessed with commas, i grew one

an upsettingly comma-shaped cucumber placed on a wooden table

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

hey people sorry if some of you breeze past this part but it’s Friday. We do AI discourse on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is for stuff that rocks and is actually fun. It’s in the TOS & the packet you got at orientation. get it together please

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

petition for footage of bangtan on the cop slide

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

got my @tacobellquarterly.org rejection letter yesterday AND made huge progress on a new project synopsis i have been avoiding writing for months; SOLID writing week and it's only thursday! 🥳

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

just saying, if you choose this sampler, you get two of my poems (and you definitely want them)

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Silence is the wrong response. That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI. Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)

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Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books

Bona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ...

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Join us tomorrow evening. It is fun and friendly and FREE and you can hear from @susannacrossman.bsky.social @jamesgwriter.bsky.social @donalconaty.bsky.social and many more brilliant writers Plus quiz! Join us 😊

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 02/07/2026

At this point I am begging literally everyone I know to come eat the plums that are in the icebox this thing is 110% plums by volume it’s plums all the way down when I open it plums fall out in a little cartoon cascade I am drowning in a sea of plums I see them in my dreams and

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Alisha Erin Hillam @aehillam.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

got some very nice writing-related news today, and would like to just hug everyone in the spirit of it. may you all get a bit of news you were hoping for too!

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Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

open.substack.com/pub/markbowl...

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Seth Peterson @sethpeterson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Nice poem @rustandmoth.bsky.social published last year. This is exactly what my oldest son used to do, list of people who loved him. It’s a nice practice for everyone, really

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12/06/2026

Just a thought but if all you want to do is cosplay being a novelist, you don't need AI. Just put on your crappest sweatshirt, make a cup of tea, open Word to a blank page, then go on Bluesky for the rest of the day, and you're sorted.

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Read more about our weekend salon in Madrid.... Just a few places left: 👫 new friends and community 🎤 excellent readings and salons ✍️ workshops and free writing 🚶‍♀️tours and exploration 🍷good food and wine ☕️ plenty of coffee and chat Join us!

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 10/06/2026

Most people on earth would say they want to write a book. Being able to express something deeply meaningful of yourself to others is like one of the only things people want besides money, and being a writer is a fantasy in which they give you money for it

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 09/06/2026

If you're not writing a book, you could just start one

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Pope Leo: "Every boat that arrives does not bring only migrants; it brings with it a question: what world have we built, if so many brothers must risk death to seek life?"

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The key is to keep asking yourself the same question, again and again and again: this is your life - what do you want to pay attention to? -- Catherine Price

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.

The former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on post-
traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more com-
mon and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than
combat veterans. He wrote me, “The science on the subject is pretty
clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about
four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a moment— being raped is four times more psy-
chologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and
blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural nar-
ratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow he-
roic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater.”

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Alex Nicholson @allpunandgames.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Lexical gaps are just frolicsome watering holes for fiction-writing humanities graduates

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