iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Where was this outrage at the Minneapolis school shooting a couple of weeks ago? Or have we just gotten used to those? I thought guns were good? The cognitive dissonance is fucking astounding.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

“They’re not comin for your rights” says the white cis Christian with a persecution kink. 🙄

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Happy New Year to all of you wonderful, creative humans out there. The world is strange lately, let’s make cool shit as an act of resistance. ✌🏻

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Any creative that actually works with AI isn’t the least bit worried that it will take their job. The fear mongering usually comes from those who don’t take the time to understand. AI still needs humans. Creativity, your unique POV, your personal taste, these are the inflection points.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage, against the dying of the light”

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Moniza Hossain @monizahossain.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

“I have too many books” -judgemental -boring -implies impulse-control issues “The books... they have me.” - mysterious - occult - implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage #readingcommunity

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

ChatGPT's new image analysis feature is insane. I loaded a random image of an air purifier and asked it to create an owner's manual for me. 🤯 Single-shot prompt. wow. #AICommunity

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Defend. Deny. Depose. Eat the rich.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

If you haven’t spent a morning arguing with Claude do you even prompt bro?

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My new favorite move is flipping off the driver of every Cyber Truck I see. Yes, it’s me, Petty Labelle.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Got my girlfriend a cheese advent calendar and the highlight of my day is watching her pry it open like some kind of animal enrichment puzzle.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

"Hobo Nickel" is the name for American five-cent coins that were hand-engraved by homeless people during the Great Depression of 1930s. A homeless man used these engravings to increase the value of an ordinary coin, creating small works of art that they could exchange for food or other services.

5 cent coins with engravings of skulls and other art.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

What I’m reading on this chilly Sunday. 📚💙

Copy of “The World According to Joan Didion” by Evelyn McDonnell

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I’ve reached the point in the holidays where cheesecake with every meal has lost its appeal. The bloom is off the rose.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I’m just a girl, watching the Jonesboro High School marching band pop off at the Macy’s Day Parade. 🔥 🦃

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Finally, we don’t have to jump through hoops to share things on social media. Imagine that.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

About halfway through “Some Strange Music Draws Me In” by Griffin Hansbury. So far, I think it’s both deeply poetic and eye opening. It explores the coming of age of a trans youth in a nowhere town of the mid 80’s. I can’t put it down. #BookySky 📚💙

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

How do people build audiences around their specific brand of weird? How do they find their tribe that’s says “yes, you, give me more”. Here’s a sneak peak of the creators I’ll be showcasing in my next essay: “Do What You Love, But Solve for Distribution” #creativity #writingcommunity

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Writers out there, what’s the very first part of your writing process? I find that I have to consume tons before I’m ready to write. Then I usually start by scrawling in notebooks. The best gets transferred to a Google Doc to frame up a rough outline. Then I write. #writingcommunity

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

People think I’m broody and lost in thought, but deep down I’m just thinking about the 90’s live action Mario Brothers movie.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

It’s amazing what I can get done around the house when I’m procrastinating on writing an essay.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Back to the library you go tomorrow. Thank you for your wisdom. 💙📚 Support your local library, support #thirdspaces. #BookSky #writingcommunity

A stack of books: Margaret Atwood: Burning Questions, Donald Hall: Essays After Eighty, Wings of Red: James W. Jennings, Brave New Words: Salman Kahn.

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Rowan Coleman @rowancoleman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I like term novelist - it’s sexy and dangerous. Like being a duelist. Obviously, it’s mostly crying and sitting down, but still.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I’m getting my boys a Super Nintendo for Christmas so they can watch their Mom speed run Donkey Kong Country. Just in case they forgot that I’m hot shit. 🔥

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Next up on nightly reads with my boys. They’re 7 and 10, and my hope is to pass a love of words on to them. We just finished The Hatchet, before that it was Treasure Island. We’ve also got White Fang on the list. Any other classics I should include? 💙📚

The cover of Jeremy Thatcher the dragon Hatcher

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Watched two episodes of the Great British Baking Show before bed and now I’m haunted by biscuits.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Reposting as I’ve added quite a few more folks. Check to see that you’re on there, hope I didn’t miss anyone.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Notebook LM + Claude is my current go-to to distill and make sense of my brain dumps for essay research. Is anyone else using AI to help sort their thoughts?

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Kris Kashtanova @kris.art · 21/11/2024

Hey @mubashariqbal.com please add: go.bsky.app/8ZEFRJa

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

An excerpt from Margaret Atwood on this rainy New England morning. ☕️ 📚 🌧️

An exerpt from Margaret Atwood.

O reader, live forever! (You— the individual reader—won’t live forever, but it’s fun to say, and it sounds good.)

We writers cannot imagine you; yet we must,

For without you, the activity of writing is surely meaningless and without destination,

And therefore it is by its very nature an act of hope, since writing implies a future in which the freedom to read will exist:

We conjure and invoke you, Mysterious Reader; and Lo: You exist! The proof of your existence is that you have just read about this existence of yours, right here.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

How do we carry the spark of human creativity into this new and unfamiliar territory? As a writer, my field has been dramatically impacted by GenAI. I can't see a future where ignoring or vilifying it makes sense. Creatives, how do we preserve the integrity of our craft AND embrace these tools?

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Here is what 22 years of journaling looks like. The single most important habit I have. #writingcommunity

Stack of worn journals on a wooden desk.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A new starter pack for the #AICommunity. Let’s gather everyone together, repost for reach, comment to be added. Let’s get the word out there.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 19/11/2024

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

BlueSky has the same vibes as when all the animals came back during lockdown. 💫 🐬

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

New to Bluesky? Love museums? We have you covered! We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack. Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :) bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A new starter pack for the #AICommunity. Let’s gather everyone together, repost for reach, comment to be added. Let’s get the word out there.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

BlueSky is eating Twitter’s lunch and I’m so here for it.

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Glenn Williams @glennhasabeard.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

125 AI creators all gathered together for easy connection. Pack 2 starts at 150. Comment below if you create with AI, follow for a follow and I will add you to the list! Let's grow! go.bsky.app/3qVsvqm

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Curating an AI Writer & Creator starter pack. Comment if you want in, repost to get the word out to the #AICommunity. @glennhasabeard.bsky.social @kris.art @urbanflower.bsky.social you’re in the lineup. Who else needs to be in? Let’s bring the AI tribe together! 📚 ✍️ 🎨

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Kris Kashtanova @kris.art · 18/11/2024

⚠️THREAD OF ALL AI-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️ 🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field AI Community - general AI go.bsky.app/8ZEFRJa AI Artists - AI generated image / video creators go.bsky.app/5gXhJGG Adobe AI Community - Adobe Firefly go.bsky.app/C97VYCL More packs in comments:

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

“You feel differently towards the world when you make things” -Milton Glaser

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Advice from a Literature teacher and resister: read your history, but don’t forget your literature. Resistance is woven through the words of abolitionism and feminism and anti-fascism. Read the history and the literature.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’m doing some research, what’s the most interesting niche community you’ve ever come across on the internet?

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I’ve been writing professionally for a decade. I’ve spent the last two doing my best as a creative to embrace #AI. The best use case for my work so far has been in AI-assisted research. AI can also be a sensemaking and taste making tool. I published an essay about it.

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Kris Kashtanova @kris.art · 17/11/2024

Experience on Bluesky becomes awesome when you follow 500+ people. Unlike X it doesn’t affect your visibility, on the contrary, I got way more engagement. Lots of art, AI community is growing. I love this place.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

🧺 6 loads of laundry 🐈 4 cats 🥊 2 boys 🎨1 diorama about the Sioux tribe for 5th grade social studies. Will I get any writing done on this #Sunday? Jury is still out. But I may burn myself with the hot glue gun.

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Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

My cat went full shrimp mode 🍤 Prince Zuko everyone #catpics #orangecats

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