iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've read through my employment contract 3 times and at no point does it specify that I can't unleash bees in the office

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should have known, of course. We might have looked like the IRA on a mission, but left to their own devices the police at the checkpoints had just reverted to their default position. They were only stopping black people.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 28/09/2026

genuinely can’t remember for the first so Americans, without searching, what do you think these two things are

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i was shouting BOO!-urns @supermathskid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wrote "ouch" on a piece of paper and sent it through the photocopier. What happened next chilled me to the bone

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 23/09/2026

The far right in France has accused Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian writer whose novel has been widely acclaimed, to have used AI to write it The accusation is, unsurprisingly, based on shaky grounds as described in this excellent article but the damage is done www.mediapart.fr/journal/cult...

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Thélyson Orélien : mécanique d’une polémique

La campagne accusant l’écrivain canado-haïtien d’avoir eu recours à l’IA est orchestrée depuis l’extrême droite médiatique. Mais elle prend aussi son essor dans le vertige de ce que l’usage des outil…

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 23/09/2026

We know too well why the far right is doing this and the consequences are very clear and yet so many continue to tiptoe around the far right media as if they are a legitimate part of a democratic debate rather than the enemy of democracy pure and simple

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Our beavers have been a lot less eager ever since IT clamped down on their access to what our furry friends claim are legitimate beaver-themed websites.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Plenty of other reasons to hate AI: It's making people stupider. The Trump/Musk slop art. It's destroying journalism. It's environmentally damaging. The attempts to force it on us are part of a larger anti-democracy project. But deadly robot armies ain't it.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Anyway, I know that the "we're all going to die by a robot army" hype is really fun for folks, and so that's going to have way more power than the "nah, dawg, that's dumb" skepticism. That's my cross to bear. But please do consider the possibility it's just very silly hype.

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Mike Noble @mikenoble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ultimate Man shook my hand and then told me exactly how I was going to die.

WSJ EXCLUSIVE
Belgian Scientists create “Ultimate Man" AI sex bot that they believe will replace real men entirely by 2035

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.”

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 14/09/2026

If you’ve been ingesting a load of AI-related bullshit online and despairing at your fellow human beings I can highly recommend living with a four year old who, when picked up from school, shouts DADDY WE MADE A MONSTER OUT OF TWIGS

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Is it too much to ask from the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to grab the largest microphone and television camera in his immediate vicinity and shout "STOP TRYING TO LYNCH ASYLUM SEEKERS YOU RACIST CUNTS!" from the top of his lungs? Yes. Apparently.

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

writing a paragraph this stupid is a great way to get St James, the patron saint of the vast pilgrimage economy of the Middle Ages, mad at u

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Where Reformers stand out is in the lack of public spirit. They are more inclined than traditional Tories to think that most people would cheat an honesty box, and twice as likely to say they themselves would keep a bag of banknotes they found in a bush". www.economist.com/britain/2026...

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The misanthrope party

Reform UK’s miserabilist streak is Nigel Farage’s asset, and his problem

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Alycia the Artist 🪶 @alyciaart.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Did I just imagine section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023?

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today, the anniversary (one way or another) of three deaths: one that wasn’t supposed to happen, because Henry II, Count of Champagne and King of Jerusalem, was only 31, but on this day in 1197 had a slight mishap with a window...

Excerpt from Steven Runciman’s A History of the Crusades, Volume Three: On 10 September 1197 his troops assembled in the palace courtyard; and Henry reviewed them from the window of an upper gallery. At that moment envoys from the Pisan colony entered the room. Henry turned to greet them, then, forgetting where he was, stepped backward through the open window. His little dwarf, Scarlet, was standing by him and grabbed at his clothes. But Henry was a heavy man and Scarlet very light. They crashed together on to the pavement below and were killed."

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

we have got to become comfortable once again with calling dumb selfish assholes, dumb selfish assholes

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

THEY ARE ALL NOW IN THEIR FORTIES, WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY 'IN BETWEEN' AT THIS POINT? LOSING THEIR VIRGINITY AND THE ICY GRIP OF THE GRAVE?

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 05/09/2026

Has your cat been gaining weight and staying out at night, only to arrive home reeking of marijuana? These are just some of the signs that a neighbour is trying to entice them away ...

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The unsettling rise of cat seducers: ‘My little companion was missing – and I was consumed with anger’

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"In what must be the most plausible line of dialogue in any film about litigation, one member of Coyote’s legal team wonders aloud about who will pay for the photocopying."

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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Damning silence from Labour on their Napoleon III exhumation policy

Tom Harwood tweets:

BREAK: Nigel Farage says under a Reform government the body of Napoleon III could be returned from England to France.
The last French emperor's final resting place is in The Imperial Crypt at St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough.
He died in exile in England in 1873 following the fall of the Second Empire. His body was never returned to France because they didn't want it, and due to his wife's wishes. She was later buried alongside him.

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Oni Kidou @thepinkhobkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is honestly my favorite one of them all. Very wholesome and empowering.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 02/09/2026

All the AI guys should have to survive using just advice from their own models and no other help. Pay-per-view it and AI will become profitable.

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I hear you—and I apologize. That mushroom was one of the poisonous ones, you’re right. That’s not just useful feedback—it’s you setting a boundary.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 01/09/2026

Goodnight. Mouse, 19th century/Edo Period Shibata Zeshin 柴田是眞 www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

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grace @acab4cutie.top · 01/09/2026

baby boi update: he’s doing so well!! he’s settling in more & healing perfectly from his neuter. he’s responding well to ringworm meds. he is SUCH a cuddlebug. he met lauren & absolutely loves her. can’t wait to take more pics once i don’t have to worry about ringworm spores getting on my phone lol

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Right, just giving this a gratuitous plug because I’m desperate for attention, and also because I want to say that tomorrow is... NAUGHTY NUNS (in the 16th century)

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fuck OFF, Morrisons ☹️

The end of a supermarket aisle. There is Christmas chocolate on sale. It is August.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Painted in 1910, just a year before his tragic death at the age of thirty-six, Hishida Shunsō’s Kuro Neko (Black Cat) stands as a towering masterpiece of modern Nihonga (Japanese-style painting) and a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Positioned near the base of a vertical hanging scroll, a jet-black cat crouches with quiet, muscular tension, its glowing yellow-green eyes locked onto the viewer with remarkable intensity. Suspended above the feline, slender branches bow under the weight of ripe persimmons, their warm ochre globes and soft gray-green leaves drooping with seasonal gravity against the luminous, bare silk ground. Shunsō’s execution of the cat’s fur is a technical tour de force: rather than defining the body with sharp contour lines, he applied ultra-fine, painstaking brushstrokes over soft ink gradations, creating a delicate, velvety halo around the form that conveys both tactile depth and the subtle impression of breathing life.

The work embodies Shunsō’s mature stylistic synthesis, bridging classical Japanese decorative traditions with mōrōtai ("hazy" or "vague style")—a revolutionary painting technique he developed alongside Yokoyama Taikan under the guidance of art theorist Okakura Tenshin. Emerging in the late Meiji period, mōrōtai abandoned traditional black ink outlines (sh線/shisen) in favor of soft color washes and tonal shading, seeking to capture light, atmosphere, and volume in response to Western impressionism and realism. In Black Cat, Shunsō brings this technique to its highest expression, contrasting the soft, lineless volume of the cat with precise, delicate line work along the leaf veins and fruit calyxes. The composition depends heavily on yohaku (meaningful negative space), using the quiet expanse of raw silk to evoke the stillness of a crisp autumn afternoon.

Created while Shunsō suffered from severe kidney disease and the heartbreaking threat of total blindness, the painting carries a poignant psychological resonance. The cat’s enigmatic presence—poised between domestic tranquility and wild alertness—anchors the visual field with an arresting, timeless quietude.

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Mark Yarm @markyarm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Gen X Hemingway:

Twitter pic: Butthole Surfers t-shirt, never worn

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

dearly hope that the publication of this story involved a discussion with legal about using a photo of a specific marmot in conjunction with criminal allegations www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

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Marmots Are Terrorizing California Hikers and Stealing Their Shoes

The cute but destructive rodents are criminal masterminds, easily circumventing humans’ meager defenses.

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Auntie Social @auntiesocial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In the memory of the great Frank N Furter, Bluesky will be going down on everyone

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Right above a Tim Curry post

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: cup is half full pessimist: cup is half empty First Bluesky Reply: That's a mug actually go kill yourself Second Bluesky Reply: Shame on you for having a mug when there's people who can't afford one

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Mike Sager @mikesager.net · 20/08/2026

I'm sorry. The Denver Republican party is run by a dude named Hugo Chavez and he's in trouble because he won't back a candidate named Marx?

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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Rethinking this

I just saw a TV reporter pronouncing it as 'aloo akbar' which literally translates to 'potatoes are the greatest'

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You have to think how utterly soul-destroying it must be to be so low down the pecking order of the pro-Iran hacking groups that you are sent to sort-of take down Bluesky.

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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

May I recommend to you most heartily the courgette parmagiana. Most of the joy of the aubergine version (arguably more if you like your food extra light in summer) but SO MUCH LESS WORK.

A courgette parmagiana in a blue pie dish sitting on top of a hob to cool

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 21/07/2026

gen x is the only generation completely incapable of not declaring their generation upon hearing mention of another generation in a way that clearly isn't about them at all

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

slow day in the office so we're starting beef with archaeologists

One of those 'STOP DOING X' memes, ripping into archaeology. It has images of soil stratum, a trowel, and a flint shard. The text mocks archaeologists for digging for pottery sherds and saying everything has a 'ritual purpose'.

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