iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6h

The parish newsletter should have 1990s clip art as nature intended

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 5h

The lyric “And as for me? Ha ha, you’ll see!” in the Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” is a storytelling triumph. What will we see? WHEN will we see? The Chekhov’s gun established in act one, just as it should be!!

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 14h

My GP recommends swimming for my back. I want to go. There are 2 communal changing rooms. Labour say I should use the mens. I am a visibly female woman with a GRC. If I use the mens there's a serious risk of me being confronted and worse. So where do I go? I don't. I'm segregated from society.

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Khonri 🫜🎃 @khonri.com · 04/10/2026

I'm feeling attacked by @theonion.com but also 10/10.

"How a Book Becomes A Bestseller, The Onion demystifies the publishing process."

1. Proletariat becomes literate.
2. Author's creative inspiration flourishes upon marrying spouse with high-earning, unethical job.
3. Author chooses magical being to have sex with, then works backwards.
4. Author lands agent by running full speed into them while holding loose-leaf copy of manuscript.
5. Penguin Random House blackmailed into seven-figure book deal.
6. Editor removes typos and originality.
7. Famous author who hasn't read book reminded they got three glowing blurbs last year from authors who hadn't read theirs.
8. Publisher contacts Merriam-Webster to license all words it's using.
9. Marketing completely misrepresents plot, tone, and author.
10. Terrified independent bookstore owners gamble their razor-thin profit margin on this one.
11. PR firm hires thousands of people through Craigslist to performatively read book on subway.
12. Colman Domingo, contractually obligated to appear in all things, voices audiobook.
13. New York Times oracle nods.
14. Book written for sole purpose of becoming movie becomes movie.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I saw a screencap somewhere of someone saying Newsom has Gul Dukat energy and I can’t stop thinking about how correct it is

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

TIL there’s a fish that lives in the lowest depths of the Congo River that has stunted growth, no color pigment, and no eyes. And locally it’s called “mondeli bureau,” which translates to “white man in an office” LMAO

A very small blind pasty white yellowish fish in the palm of someone’s hand.

Lamprologus lethops, a fish that lives in the lower Congo River, is pale and blind like fish that dwell in caves deep underwater.
(Image credit: Courtesy of Melanie Stiassny)

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 02/10/2026

like for real, I am trans, I didn't come out until decades later, but this knowledge means *this morning* I have learned I grew up watching a trans woman on my favorite TV show as a kid and just didn't know.

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

she had to hide and be stealth, it’s never mentioned the character is trans but there’s something truly magic in knowing that the next time i rewatch TNG, i will see her there and i will know that someone like me helped make the show that ignited my lifelong love of Star Trek 😭

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

excited to see every catholic university in the US triple down on arts.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph

Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wasn't this Frankie and Sol's house??

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A year earlier, Pope Leo XIV put the contradiction plainly: “someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion,’ but says, ‘I’m in favor of the death penalty,’ is not really pro-life.”

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided. "I can hold your hand," the mayor offered "What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked. "I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...

abc7ny.com

Mayor Mamdani holds hands with one-time rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot

An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All of this. I also want to add that, in my research, I found that a lot of “inconsistencies” in a victim’s story actually came from gender bias affecting investigators’ record keeping and interview methods.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

Look, I'm not trying to dunk on this guy, but I think more people need to understand that AI is functioning as a religion right now. "There would be actual counterarguments against Jesus" is a thing you see logicians arguing in medieval times.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I keep saying the epigenetic study done on subsequent generations is gonna be *fascinating*

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 01/10/2026

Was pleasantly reminded of this thread of mine today; might be useful for some of you girls

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Terra Field @rainofterra.gay · 18/06/2025

This is what instantly popped into my head when I heard Dear Leader was ranting about "Transgender for Everbody":

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Now that’s what I mean by profesh

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How your email finds me

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Brandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey #MedievalSky, does anyone have something to answer this question from the medieval period? Now I’m personally curious if anyone has ever seen a medieval author writing about having an “earworm” (to use a recent term) like this. (Link to full reddit post below.) www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Screenshot of Reddit question on r/AskHistorians, with the title, “Do we have any historical record of someone describing having a song stuck in their head prior to the advent of audio recording and playback?” (For full text of the post & comments, follow the link in the skeet.)

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

People are always posting pictures of 35 year old bigots who look 73, but what you have to understand is that the bigot year is roughly 7 normal people years

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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

thank a trans person today for being in your life while surviving in the face of a world that would prefer we didn't

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sexual assault is on the rise. And recent examples in higher ed and across multiple industries, remind me how many grown men still apparently struggle with the concept of CONSENT. Here’s a useful illustration my colleagues in academia show incoming 17 and 18-yr-old freshmen: youtu.be/oQbei5JGiT8?...

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jadehawk "FREE ŁINK" @jadehawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the arts have been recalled due to salmonella

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Every time I see someone use their religion as an excuse to exclude trans people in some court case or other, I think about how I genuinely believe that it is my religious duty towards God to transition, and how stressed a judge would be if we ended up opposite each other in the same case.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally.

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Len @len.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This might be the funniest achievement Paradox has ever added.

Papal Bull
Make your Puppet Pope sleep with your spouse

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And all the next day Toad played music for his seeds.

Toad, an accomplished musician, plays violin for his seeds.

From "The Garden"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 29/09/2026

🚨 We need to hear from YOU Have you had a problem accessing gendered services since April last year, outside of school and the workplace? Are you a service provider worried about remaining inclusive? PLEASE let us know through this form - and share widely goodlaw.social/mzb3

goodlaw.social

My branded typeform

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026

I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...

store.steampowered.com

Dressmaker on Steam

Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Making fun of overwrought queer community drama is only acceptable (and truly appreciated) if you yourself are queer. So, str8s interested in the Covid Conscious Lesbian Bar Drama: either have some gay sex or get out of our business.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I want to make another point here, that I think Faine does an excellent job of highlighting: there isn't anything particularly wrong with putting on sex parties with consenting adults A big issue here is that women are being pressured to attend in order to network *professionally*

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The supposed party of the working class when they restrict their women’s conference to the most privileged women only and nobody shows up: 😯

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We can learn from our queer elders 🫶🏻

bisubites 4h
when my masc lesbian aunt died, women just kept coming, screaming, crying, and saying they were her wives. Eventually we just had to start telling them to join the others. They were all devastated to learn about each other. Except for one who came in, kissed her dead mouth and showed us all that they had matching tattoos. She actually won all the mourning wives over and they all agreed she was the wife. It was so weird.

Did not expect more than a few people to see this but yes it really happened, yes it was insane

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They also ALL read love letters at the podium. It was painful and awkward but the final gift my aunt gave the family

from my mom

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How many crying wives were at
Aunt Chrissy's funeral
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I need a final count
I think 5 maybe 7 why

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And a couple girlfriends she was a popular and very liked lol

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the "iced coffee at a job interview" discussion is obviously stupid but also a great representation of the fact that every single HR person/recruiter has their own different made up rules for candidates and all of them think they are absolutely correct

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026

reading this, it does seem as if “rationalism” is an elaborate intellectual architecture designed primarily to support the idea that if you were born white, male and clever then you are the genetic elite and entitled to rule.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As someone with AuDHD, this can mean the difference between life or suicide. And they just decided people can wait *at least* 2 years. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

theguardian.com

NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses

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