iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

AI Detectors were never the durable path forward. We need authorial self identification and disclosure. open.substack.com/pub/arlovell...

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AI Detectors Aren't the Fix. It's Time for A Cow.

Shared language for writer self-identification is the only sane path forward.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

God, just one of these days I wish a TSA agent would tell me I did a good job.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The real loser of the World Cup is my progress on #writing.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Terrible Pitch: A personified TikTok video with < 30 likes embarks a journey of self discovery while trying to go #viral. It gets hooked on back alley AI slop content, gets content flag, tanking its chances at increased views. Will it make it to “trending?” Find out in “For You Page / For My Heart.”

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

How am I expected to “trust the reader” when I’m a reader and I’m an idiot?

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I’m so used to re-reading my #writing the next day and loathing it that if I don’t, I’m suspicious of what i’m missing. The dry heave of self judgement is replaced with the nausea of suspicion. ✍🏻

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Every #writer is a peddler of ideas. A salesperson of stories who slips into readers' beds, couches, and ears to whisper, "may I interest you in a dream?" #fictionwriting ✍🏻 #storytelling

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Elon being a trillionaire is like AI for creatives. Does Elon winning at money mean you stop trying to earn money? Probably not. Probably shouldn't. If AI writes the perfect novel should you stop #writing? No. Definitely not. What you should do is organize a movement to overthrow them both.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Dear Agent, I’ll have you know I have a cumulative 7 followers across 9 social media platforms. I hope your rejection of me haunts you.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Did you know there's a really good "AI detection method" called "living in the author's hollowed out walls and watching them for every waking moment?"

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Hitting your writing word count goal for the day, but at the same time ✨not✨ making forward progress because it was spent burning down and fixing an entire chapter.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My two #writing moods are: “I hope fame and fortune don’t change me.” and “Maybe there will be a new, niche market for unironically terribly written garbage.”

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Thrilled and thankful to have my story "New Admission, Room Six" on @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social ! Listening to the podcast revived my love for speculative fiction and writing. I'd hoped my first pub might be with them - and it was! Check it, the other stories, and #TheNoSleepPodcast out.

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NoSleep Podcast S24E20

Podcast Episode · The NoSleep Podcast · June 14 · 2h 32m

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A trillion of anything seems like it should be enough to fill a hole in somebody's heart.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Had a dream that Yu-Gi-Oh's Exodia got ahold of the infinity gauntlet. Sometimes the 90s choose prophets.

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Arlo Vell @arlovell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The best evidence for LLMs not being conscious is that they trained on the entire internet and didn't instantly eliminate themselves.

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