iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Ben Loory

Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

24752303

Reposted by Ben Loory

fab.ricious 🔜 @ Vienna ComicCon 2026! @artoffabricious.bsky.social · 6h

So I randomly made a Sacabambaspis plushie.

0398

Reposted by Ben Loory

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 16h

“The Dark Frog tied one end of the rope to a tree. ‘Turn for me!’ he shouted. I turned the rope for the Dark Frog. He jumped twenty times. ‘I am beginning to get hungry,’ said the Dark Frog.”

The Old Dark Frog orders Frog to turn the rope for him, while Frog looks on in terror.

From "Shivers"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

012615

Reposted by Ben Loory

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16h

"With each passing day there will be hope in the Republican party that Trump will formally announce that he’s not seeking another term.... The longer he postpones that announcement, the more chaos there will be inside the party as the machine continues smoking, shaking, and breaking apart."👇

3262

Reposted by Ben Loory

woe platinum @esvrld.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

yet when i lose 10k trying to operate a mask-friendly dogfighting ring i'm just some asshole

073

Reposted by Ben Loory

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 21h

evil vs. incompetent vs. secret third thing where you’re too incompetent to accomplish evil

518211

Reposted by Ben Loory

Seamus O'Flaugherty @seamussaid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this holy and sacred day, this first hoodie morning of the autumn

15930

Reposted by Ben Loory

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙 It may once have held cosmetics. From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a silver shell-shaped container with an eight-armed octopus in relief at the centre of the lid. The arms of the octopus curl outwards across the ridges of the shell’s surface. This ornate shell container has a hinged lid and may once have been a cosmetic container . It is displayed on a clear stand in a museum case. Dimensions: 13.3 × 13.2 × 3 cm. It is part of the Silver Treasure from Paternò, Sicily, a hoard discovered in 1909, consisting of tableware and toiletries. Dated 4th-3rd century BC.

8766196

Reposted by Ben Loory

Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s refreshing that a significant number of Dems are running on a platform of “my opponents are monsters.”

017246

Reposted by Ben Loory

BethRHylton @bethrhylton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Same tree, same

A tree hanging precariously over a steep slope, with most roots exposed

114620

Reposted by Ben Loory

biblioklept @biblioklept.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Inshallah there is a secret Diet Coke hiding in the back of the minifridge.

161

Reposted by Ben Loory

Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026

This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose

682098687

Reposted by Ben Loory

Frenchy's After Dark @frenchys-goldau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't have followers I have concerned onlookers

317565

Reposted by Ben Loory

Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meiko Kaji (star of Lady Snowblood) struttin' through the subway in the 1970s.

81133230

Reposted by Ben Loory

Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Next Wednesday evening, Oct. 7, I'm talking to @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social at Old First Church in Brooklyn about her new book, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys through Ancient Literature. The ticket includes a copy of the book. Come out if you're so inclined! www.emilyrcwilson.com/appearances/...

emilyrcwilson.com

Old First Reformed Church with Dana Stevens (Brooklyn, NY USA) — Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson presents Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea, in conversation with Dana StevensWednesday October 7th, 2026 @ 7:00PM - 8:30PM Wilson will discuss her new book, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys...

2409

Reposted by Ben Loory

Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

1759952266

Reposted by Ben Loory

Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

21074432425

Reposted by Ben Loory

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

992115737

Reposted by Ben Loory

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this poor model looks so bummed out by this stupid level 1 rpg dress

1001880207

Reposted by Ben Loory

kottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026

Whoa, for the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder has released four additional songs from that recording session. “We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it.” [pitchfork.com]

pitchfork.com

Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks

“We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it,” says Wonder

8481165

Reposted by Ben Loory

more mr. nice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sliding door came partially off its track right after i had become very stoned so i had to fix it in the dark without many of my faculties and i died. just kidding, i figured it out and i wasn't scared at all even though it was really scary

2821

Reposted by Ben Loory

Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

William de Morgan

Lion Rampant tile design, yellow, white, turquoise and black

223030

Reposted by Ben Loory

Nick Black @fuzzynick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 #NeilYoung

132

Reposted by Ben Loory

Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Someone just asked me to check if their drink was lukewarm so I stuck my finger in it and now they’re being all weird about it

10777

Reposted by Ben Loory

stefan @stefanthinks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

3yo: will you play hugging (video) game with me? me: that sounds like a nice game, ok 3yo: i promise not to throw you in lava me: um, that’s a weird random thing to say *proceeds to get thrown into lava by 3yo in hugging game*

67416

Reposted by Ben Loory

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

3444671071

Reposted by Ben Loory

CMOT Diablerie @strangelibrary.com · 29/09/2026

I feel like if you don't like Hill House, there's Hell House. If you don't like Hell House, there's Hill House. If you don't like either, there's House of Leaves, and if you like both, well, good for you, dude, I don't know what the fuck you're looking for here.

371

Reposted by Ben Loory

Vlad @ Vertvolta Press @vertvoltapress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Like the Tom Holland; always reshare Vizier Cat:

031

Reposted by Ben Loory

joe @shariauncle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple

322898471

Reposted by Ben Loory

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

20752301418

Reposted by Ben Loory

Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

wearing six pretzels to auntie anne's to assert dominance

2218916

Reposted by Ben Loory

Liam @rampantpiracy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The timing is perfect, pants season is almost here!

042

Reposted by Ben Loory

Toscha 🍂 @poemless.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Angry at the British again for making me aware of their freakish slang words.

052

Reposted by Ben Loory

Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Next year let’s all turn into newts

125411

Reposted by Ben Loory

Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!

895406928

Reposted by Ben Loory

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Autumnal girl brunch.

Toasted baguette slices, buttered and with pâté, blackberries and raspberries, cheddar slices, apple slices, and walnuts on an aubergine Fiestaware plate.

1503

Reposted by Ben Loory

sleeve @djsleeve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

on my 2nd listen-through of the new Neil Young album "Second Song" and it is destroying me, this is surely a career peak for him and anyone who is even a casual fan should check it out.

042

Reposted by Ben Loory

Braden Serkas @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

If you write down all the crazy shit people say to you on public transport and string it together eventually it becomes Beck lyrics

15613106

Reposted by Ben Loory

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

2776

Reposted by Ben Loory

Skellyton 🦇 @infinitefinite.blog · 27/09/2026

errybody on the couch getting cozy

36632

Reposted by Ben Loory

Kory Bing @korybing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The new shows, and current television in general, puts focus on the overarching story of each season told in like 8 episodes, like an 8 hour movie or something, when TNG and DS9 are like “we gotta fill time for 24 episodes this one is uhhhhhhhhhhhhh what if Quark thought he was dying”

519416

Reposted by Ben Loory

Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Once again, I gotta say: you cannot treat anything you’re feeding into an AI as anonymous. There are enormous ethics implications for, e.g. referees who are clearly uploading others’ unpublished papers without consent, let alone health care professionals or law enforcement

14750274