iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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KM Apothecary @apothcarysees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When I saw Ghost, the Pacific Giant octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific she was entering senescence and slowing down. I captured her color with airbrush, so now she has a portrait.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Did turning 56 hit anyone else out there especially hard?

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Home. Got to speak w/ my former high school bandmate/my current US Senator, @warnock.senate.gov It’s refreshing to be inspired, not incited; urged to be better, not bitter. To live the truth that we all matter or none of us do. And all means all We can change it all for all for the good of all

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Truth told by someone already categorized as an outsider is read as a threat.

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Is there a German word for the nostalgia of navigation by paper maps???

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barryrossnick.bsky.social @barryrossnick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@michaeldgreen.phd @darthbluesky.bsky.social @goldengateblond.bsky.social Paper maps allow you to see the relationship between places, let you see where you are in relation to place. Electronic maps center you & show everything in relation to you. They also take away your decision making.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Paper maps are great. Never run out of juice, let you see the close up detail and the big picture at the same time (because they're three feet wide, unlike your phone), and the more you use them the more you learn your way around without them, unlike obeying a machine.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Communist Dahlia

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Supplemental Song for the Day: No More Kings - Schoolhouse Rock youtu.be/3R1tZ6l876Q?...

youtu.be

No More Kings - Schoolhouse Rock Boston Tea Party

YouTube video by Schoolhouse Rock

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Traveling. Spent all the day with a sesame snap stuck to my ass.

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👻Spooky Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 19/06/2026

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The fight America wants to see. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-fight-...

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Casey @cannibal.holiday · 10/06/2026

THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING!! View from inside a small tornado. Tagging @faineg.bsky.social for drone content :) www.youtube.com/shorts/Z5unE...

youtube.com

OTUS deployed its new experimental drone on Tuesday into a tornado, armed with thermo sensors & 360!

YouTube video by The OTUS Project

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Maybe he'll just select himself out of the pool.....

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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Emergency kitten- tiny squonks edition

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

MeanCat wants this picture of him, your orangey ruler, from 2021 posted and spread widely. Or he will poster it across all government buildings and parks. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 26/03/2026

I'm scared. The a-pollo-pocolypse is upon us.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 08/05/2026

Photo by @nicolehester.bsky.social for The Tennesseean www.tennessean.com/picture-gall...

Caption via The Tennessean:

Rep. Justin Pearson D- Memphis attempts to attend a Senate Committee meeting and is denied entry by the Sergeant at Arms on the second day of special session concerning redistricting at Cordell Hull State Office Building in Nashville on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Hey internets!!! Any diabetic scuba divers out there? If you're out there, how do you manage sensor, pumps , alarms highs lows, ect.? Is it actually possible to still dive with T1 diabetes? Just starting the whole insulin thing and not feeling too happy about it all # Type 1 Diabetes. # scubadiving

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Anyone else out there be driven mad by their cgm alarms?? Feels especially rough when it interferes with sleepy time.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Do they think they can sideline a man who can teleport to Waffle House? You can't contain that man with mere earthly bonds and orders. #ScatteredSmotheredCoveredTeleported

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Here's @democracyprof.bsky.social on the deeper meaning of "No Kings" and why it's a much more complex and motivating slogan than you might think. Transcript: newrepublic.com/article/2085...

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Shout-out to every other Gen Xer that was holding their breath the entire time for the first five mintues of the launch For r e a s o n s

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 01/04/2026

Crew members will include NASA astronauts, Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This video shows the process of tapping a rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) for natural latex, which coagulates quickly. Done right, this is non-harmful to the tree, which heals over at the scar. Let's talk about why trees make latex & what it has to do with condoms & heroin.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This machine kills fascists

A baby goat standing on top of a tortoise

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This is SUCH a cool paper! Huge congrats to the team.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Good afternoon/evening/morning Please enjoy these feathers. That is all.

A deliberately unfinished drawing in colour pencil of magpie and pigeon feathers trapped on a twig, held by long pointy thorns. The top part of the drawing is fully coloured, and the rest of the drawing gets less finished as you move from top to bottom.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"President Trump will hit the home run, score the touchdown and win the marathon. He will bring home the bacon AND fry it up in a pan. He will bring in the funk, he will kick out the jams. And I assure you -- he will, he will rock you."

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 21/02/2026

Mary Oliver is my all time favourite poet. Isn't this magic? (alt text too) #maryoliver #dogsongs #poetry #poem

He puts his cheek against mine
and makes small, expressive sounds.
And when I’m awake, or awake enough

he turns upside down, his four paws
in the air
and his eyes dark and fervent.

“Tell me you love me,” he says.

“Tell me again.”

Could there be a sweeter arrangement? Over and over
he gets to ask.
I get to tell.

-Mary Oliver, in “Dog Songs”

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Me talking to dog's people like I talk to them: Hey Honey! Don't you look cute in your little sweater! Are you being a good human today? Huh? (maybe a little scritch behind the ears or a head pet) Are you enjoying your walk today? Good Human, Good One! It's a great day for a walk , right? 😂

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

They’re friends. Imaginary friends. They are paying for the illusion of a friend posse.

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Spooky Simonson @thedansimonson.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

So basically the song 99 Luftballoons, minus the nuclear war part

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Important public service announcement!!

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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@BeckCactus @beckcactus.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm sick to my stomach .....

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Becky Gallagher Swadner @beckysrn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

For the intentionally obtuse: there are many many ways to enforce laws. Stop framing issues as ‘don’t enforce the law at all, or enforce it in the worst way possible.’ Your false choice is intentional. This is deliberate. And it’s going to be our downfall if we persist.

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I’m just gonna disagree with literally everything she said

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