iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 27/09/2026

Why does most body hair - armpit/nose/pubic/leg - stop growing at a certain length, but head/beard hair does not? What's going on here

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 27/09/2026

Introducing the kids to my lord and savior Minnesota Lynx tomorrow

Minnesota Lynx ticket confirmation screen for Lynx vs. Liberty tomorrow

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 26/09/2026

We're so lucky to have the Driftless

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 25/09/2026

If I was the photo editor I might have picked a photo of a live salmon

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 24/09/2026

Got my first antipode for my lowest score ever www.maptap.gg September 24 100🎯 89🎉 92🏆 0🤮 71😐 Final score: 586

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nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I made multiplayer Windows 98 Solitaire. It's called Solitaire Alone Together. You can play together, with the whole internet, but you can't chat or talk. solitairealonetogether.com

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 18/09/2026

Unclear, did we need this rain?

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 15/09/2026

Do we know where to stream the Lynx game on Friday now that victory is done?

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected

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Ryan O'Horo @ryanohoro.com · 06/09/2026

Twin Cities, I need to have this trailer sandblasted and powdercoated. Got a single quote $1500-2250. If anyone does this work or has a referral for a place that works on large powdercoat jobs like this, please let me know. Also looking for someone to help out with a new PCB design for the lights.

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 06/09/2026

That USA/Italy game was tough to watch but the Italian coach is my new favorite side character

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 01/09/2026

I started editing openstreetmap for fun and it's honestly so satisfying. Highly recommended

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 28/08/2026

I built a custom art installation / instrument for Eaux Claires and I'm so pleased with how it turned out! 3 modes: play live, record, or play back. Each recording got a custom receipt that could be scanned for playback 450+ people recorded music on it and it played 400,000 notes in 2 days

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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶

A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.

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Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Generate QR code that looks like 3D tree, by Manish Kumar. - Enter a URL and it grows a 3D tree from the code itself - The ground grid is the actual scannable QR - Switch between Spring, Summer, and Autumn - Tap the tree to flatten it and scan tree.icqr.com?q=MDBodHRwcz...

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Olivia Miles appears determined to beat Washington herself, what a sequence

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 16/08/2026

Ok so wolves DEFINITELY shit in the woods, just need some proof about the bears

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 15/08/2026

Manufactured at 3am, in my belly at 10am. As they should be

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 14/08/2026

The Phillies sure have a lot of wet guys tonight

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 13/08/2026

I've watched this about two billion times, it's perfect

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 11/08/2026

Proud to vote Hong / Berge today in WI 3rd district

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Abby Sliva @abbysliva.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

If 34 year old Kayla McBride can set a WNBA record for most 3 points made in a game, I can make it through this week

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 08/08/2026

One thing about me, if I rent a beach house next to a lighthouse I'm going to photograph the shit out of it

A lighthouse in Kewaunee, WI is framed by reeds, grasses, and wildflowers in the foreground. It's dusk and the colors are serene.

A lighthouse in Kewaunee, WI at the end of a long pier. The photo is composed in quadrants, with the lighthouse in the center. The incoming waves are bottom right. The pier is bottom left. The morning sky is above with a bit of color. It's gloomy

A lighthouse in Kewaunee, WI is in the background with five gulls flying in the foreground. The lake is calm and flat. A couple of guys are fishing on the pier

A sunrise behind a lighthouse in Kewaunee, WI. Its deep orange and reflecting over the waves.

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 05/08/2026

@benhol.men meet me at the marina in 15 minutes if u want an ass kicking

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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

There’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 31/07/2026

I've fallen into the trap of answering slack messages. My only reward is more slack messages

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 29/07/2026

Olivia Miles may be the coolest person ever

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 26/07/2026

Incredible sunglasses for a baseball player

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Phee admiring her scoring line

12 points in 19 minutes on 8/19 shooting with 8 rebounds

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."

From a Reddit forum, a photo of a can of coconut milk with a blue label, papyrus text and a flip-top, on a sidewalk. It seems to hover because there's no visible shadow. The pavement is sort of unevenly colored, with bright spots, and the grass along it is green and lush.

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 16/07/2026

Tonight's progress. I need to have this thing completed in 9 days 😅

My custom chime instrument in progress. Dark walnut radiates from the center

Side view of the instrument loaded up with 37 chimes

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 14/07/2026

I've been pissed off about this for a while. As we generate more slop documents, humans will inevitably start subconsciously mimicing the writing style of these models. Feed it back into the machines and repeat. It's gonna make all of our communication worse, even when we're not using AI to write.

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 14/07/2026

All of my spare time is spent doing things 37x

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 14/07/2026

How do you not love this Lynx team??

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 10/07/2026

@natepentz.bsky.social I'm going to the game tomorrow, are we gonna see Phee's return or not just yet?

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 10/07/2026

I think it's time for panniers

Overloaded bike rack and bag with a shopping bag strapped on top

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

RETVRN but it's just shooting a firehose of federal funding for a new WPA

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 07/07/2026

Deranged chime art project is progressing nicely 🔨🔨

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Dr. Twink, Microplastic Surgeon @subtlebeast.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 05/07/2026

Pretty perfect day for a ride along the Chippewa

Three lovely humans are standing on a bridge looking into the water. They're on bikes and looking for turtles. The sky is a perfect blue with puffy white clouds

A kid on a bike looks back on a bike trail. She's surrounded by tall mature trees

The Chippewa River reflects the bright blue July sky. There are some weeds and algae in the foreground, and puffy white clouds up in the sky

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 01/07/2026

Today the good people of the world commemorate the passing of Google Reader thirteen short years ago on July 1, 2013. To honor their memory (and in lieu of flowers) please add an RSS/Atom/JSON feed to your web site and keep building a web that connects people in meaningful and positive ways.

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Ben Holmen @benholmen.com · 30/06/2026

I am accidentally creating an instrument whose lowest notes ring for almost 3 minutes Might need to figure out a dampening system!

A workbench covered in aluminum tubes of specific lengths. One very long tube is in the foreground, it's the largest tube in the instrument

Just a laser beam of a spectrogram showing a very high peak at C4 (middle C on a piano)

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