iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

tracking the Ring

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Lee Gardner @leegee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

John Coltrane was born 100 years ago today. We should all get off work and schools should close.

An image of a young John Coltrane in the studio with his tenor, later used on the cover of Blue Trane

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I fucking hate Democrats so much

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An otherwise perfectly cromulent introduction to the topic. Although Zero History is better.

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fucking hell. The WSJ popularizing one of my few passions, as a good friend referred to it recently after I described the Iron Hearts I had just purchased, in a word, sucks. www.wsj.com/video/series...

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Why Japanese Denimheads Love Iron Heart’s $500 Jeans

This is how a Japanese biker built a loyal following of denimheads unlike any other.

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I am watching a pain med as on mute and it is absolutely terrifying

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have come to hate the word "officially" with the fire of a thousand suns. "Studio officially announced..." "Person officially named to thing" "News story officially updated" In general, adverbs officially suck.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

... ... Girl, your husband has been cheating on you with Karlach for three years.

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The 5 Simpsons lines I've uttered most off the top of my head: 1. It's gonna take a lot of firecrackers to clean up this mess 2. Just a little dirty. It's still good. 3. You shot who in the what now? 4. Everything's coming up Milhouse! 5. It's pomo. Postmodern. All right weird for the sake of weird

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Media theorist: The cup affords manifold states of existence.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:

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University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Three out today! -Next Time on Dragon Ball / @vincenthaddad.bsky.social: new in the Mass Markets series -A Perfectionist Impulse / @elleryefoutch.bsky.social: "Truly vibrant" (Mark Dion) -Multiracial Mandarin / David Shuang Song: a "crucial intervention in educational linguistics" (Agnes Weiyun He)

Book cover for Next Time on Dragon Ball: Playing with a Manga and Anime Franchise by Vincent Haddad. Silhouette of Goku as an adult against an orange background with title and author above and below in black.

Book cover for A Perfectionist Impulse: The Art of Stopping Time in the Nineteenth Century by Ellery E. Foutch. A realistic glass passion flower stem with two buds and two blooms against a black background, with the title at bottom in large light yellow lettering.

Book cover for Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language by David Shuang Song. Blue background with Mandarin lettering in darker blue. Title, subtitle, author in large white letters top to bottom, separated by short rules.

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Angine de Poitrine were fuckin siiiiihck

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

When the story of America is finally told, it will be shot in 9mm

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

BRACE FOR DISCOURSE So The Odyssey is fuckin loud.

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This spring, APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New He-man movie is pretty fuckin fascist

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Future unvetted Dem senate candidate

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Shut up refrigerator you are not the boss of me

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

✨ listen to your body ✨

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

senior male academics giving a conference paper, after being shown the "one more minute" sign

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

And if you like this kind of work and want to see more of it in the world send your pitch to @gerrycanavan.bsky.social and me

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If you’re a Dragon Ball fan, or if you’re just looking for a great case study in the transnational circulation of contemporary culture, @vincenthaddad.bsky.social has written a book for you.

Vincent Haddad’s new book Next Time on Dragon Ball

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin (1968)

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I noticed you are not giving me rubz

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first list of your current WIP?

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Bex @wordofgreen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Mr. Norrell: Years did I study, reading obsessively and cultivating my great library in the hope that one day I'd rewrite English magic in my own image and on right virtue. Jonathan Strange: So a man under a hedge sold me 3 spells to duck a vagrancy arrest, and I was trying to impress this girl.

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Brosephine Wires, Perennial Soup-Lover @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal

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Dr. Scandal Piñata @dr-g.myatproto.social · 03/07/2026

It’s astounding how much the functioning of universities depends on a significant fraction of faculty being workaholic people pleasers with poor boundaries and ADHD

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy (1985)

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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I am this cat

Photo of a tabby cat and a cream coloured small dog, both digging holes in a forest.
The text explains that the dog is a trained truffle hound, finding truffles. The cat is not trained, just likes to dig holes with the dog, does not find or care about truffles.

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Ben Robertson @benrobertson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

...while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

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