iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 12h

Absolutely the fuck not

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) Autumn, 1905. - oil on board. #Autumn 🍂

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

“Oh, drat,” said Toad.

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The Canadian Border 🇨🇦 @canadianborder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 08/09/2026

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

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Technically I am from California, but I moved when I was two and my formative years were all east of the Mississippi. I don’t know what to think about this.

A map of the United States with different colors representing how I scored on a 125 question test about how I say certain words and what I call certain things. California and Oregon are darkest red (most similar), the Deep South and New England darkest blue (least similar). I mostly grew up in a yellow
section (in the middle).

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My Merlin Bird of the Day was not very obvious. Im glad I had finished my coffee.

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Calvin C @cals-a-dem1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

*** BREAKING NEWS *** Tonight at 6 on Fox News… More Bullshit. #FauxNews #CorruptAndComplicitGOP #Resist

Fox News director giving instructions to the anchor…”Lights, Camera, Bullshit.”

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Why do people follow me? I don’t post very often I lurk. A lot. I block most who ask to follow me because I can’t see a good reason why they would. And I rarely follow someone back. I’m boring.

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’m tired of this Alternate Universe

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Can we please stop this criminal?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026

When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Too much doom-scrolling today. I need a break.

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AnneA @annenc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A dessert for your holiday menu: Reflecting Pool Jello. 🇺🇸 💚

Green jello in a clear glass Pyrex dish with white cutouts of the Lincoln and Washington memorials on the ends. Photographer unknown but cheers to them!

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Something beautiful for the weekend! An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago! From West Tofts, Norfolk 📷 MAA Cambridge University collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/4509... #Archaeology

The photo shows a Lower Paleolithic Acheulean biface handaxe knapped from dark grey flint with a creamy-white cortical layer, shown against a black background. The handaxe is roughly tear-drop shaped with a pointed tip and rounded bottom. There is a fossil shell centrally displayed on one face, identified as the Cretaceous bivalve mollusc Spondylus spinosus. Above the shell to the right is a small rectangular museum label. Likely made by an early neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) population or an alternative Middle Pleistocene hominin species (H. heidelbergensis s.l.). The toolmaker has knapped the flint in such a way as to seemingly retain the shell in a central position. The shell’s central display has often been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker. A recent study (“The West Tofts handaxe: A remarkably average, structurally flawed, utilitarian biface” by Emily Flanders and Alastair Key) concluded it was likely ‘an average utilitarian tool’ in the eyes of its Acheulean maker, and that the aesthetic intent is assumed by the present-day beholder, and not supported by objective evidence.

Measurements 79mm x 35mm x 132mm. Weight 0.375kg.

Collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn…

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Why none of my children liked to go on a nature walk with me.

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Ctenophores Rock! @ctenophoresrock.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Happy #CtenophoreCtuesday! Enjoy this bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer) for your moment of zen 🔊🪼 The color red is nearly invisible in deep-sea allowing these jellies to hide from potential predators. Credit video to @mbarinews.bsky.social. #sciart #science #scicomm #ctenophore

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I moved from NM in May and I miss green chiles something fierce. I had a green chile cheeseburger for lunch nearly every Friday

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Ed Grey @greyed.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Cursive is an anachronism.

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thought as I opened this app: “I wonder if we are at war yet?” Oh shit.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Bollards save lives AND bring immense joy and happiness to the world. #WorldBollardAssociation

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Spiro’s Ghost @antitoxicpeople.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

How big is Greenland? Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

“Jack-booted government thugs" … "Masked, massively armed mobs of screaming, swearing agents invading the homes of innocents.” A description of the current Homeland Security reign of terror? Nope. This was the National Rifle Association's rhetoric in 1995. 1/5🧵

A National Rifle Association official calls federal agents "black-suited, masked, massively armed mobs of screaming, swearing agents invading the homes of innocents." If that's not descriptive enough, how about a fund-raising letter referring to them as "jack-booted government thugs."

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

ICE: Revenge of the Bullies

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

What’s up? The aurora is up! I took a few pics from central Missouri

A series of cell phone photographs taken the night of November 11th, 2025 showing a red sky, some with a green horizon, all from the aurora borealis, caused by particles shot out from the sun that hit our atmosphere and ionize gases. These photos are from central Missouri, which is pretty far south, so red is the predominant color, seen only in strong storms.

The red glow of the aurora borealis through trees that have mostly lost their leaves.

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

The Mystery of the Missing Suet. The new block of suet is gone, yet the feeder is secure. Who could do such a thing and how? (No doubt the Raccoon, last night with the nimble fingers)

A green wire mesh cage bolted into a tree. The cage is closed, yet the former contents, a block of suet, is gone. It’s a mystery!

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Burrowing Owl from New Mexico

Close up photo of the head of a Burrowing Owl, a small owl that lives in holes in the ground, mostly found in the western half of the United States. The bird is brown with white spots and large yellow eyes

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Too much doom scrolling today. Ugh. In contrast, I looked for and found some LeConte’s Sparrows this morning in Missouri. (Probably) a Life Bird, I bought a pie to celebrate.

A LeConte’s Sparrow on dry weeds in a Missouri prairie. More colorful than many sparrows, the face is mostly amber. there are brown streaks across the chest and along the flanks.
I “identified” one in Minnesota over 40 years ago, but I’m not certain I was correct (I used the Chandler Robbins field guide at the time). It might as well be a “Life Bird” (one I’ve never seen before), and I bought a pie to celebrate.

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Erin O'B @erincle.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

NATIONAL ICON ATTACKED BY RADICAL RIGHT WING ORGANIZATION

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

We need one more repost to hit 1000.

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Eating some #LiferPie today after finding a Connecticut Warbler in Illinois! I noticed quite a few sightings in the last two weeks so I knew it was possible, but not very likely. I got great views of a bird that is usually very hard to see well. No camera, so I just watched as long as it let me.

A banana cream pie that I bought to celebrate seeing a bird for the first time-a Connecticut Warbler. This was a “Life Bird” for me, so I got to eat some “Lifer Pie”

A map of northeast Illinois (the Chicago metropolitan area) with red dots representing sightings of Connecticut Warblers over the last two weeks. There are so many red dots I thought I might get lucky enough to see one for the first time (and I did!!)

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Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."This doesn't just constrain Democrats. It applies to all officeholders, including you. You took an oath to the Constitution not to Donald Trump.

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 03/07/2025

Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish! You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Your legacy is the way you made people feel. Your words and actions and rhetoric. It’s how you’ll be remembered. It’s your lasting impact on others. We should be helpers in this world, not only because it’s right and good and just, but because it is the legacy we leave for others.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Some very interesting bollard history for you. #WorldBollardAssociation

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Learned something new today!

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

A problematical checklist I may not submit to eBird. The curlew was heard only and not recorded. I’m sure it won’t be confirmed by the reviewer, but I’m also sure of what I heard (which would be quite rare)

An eBird checklist from 6:16am August 22nd from my porch. 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 1 Long-billed Curlew (rare!), 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 1 American Goldfinch, 3 Northern Cardinals.
The curlew was heard only and is quite rare in Missouri. The local eBird reviewer has balked at approving heard-only birds *with* recordings, and I didn’t get a recording of the curlew.

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Soapy @soapy2019.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!

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Bob Nieman @bnieman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This goldfinch kept climbing the pole, then slowly sliding down.

A gray and white possum is struggling to stay high enough on a pole to continue feeding at a yellow finch feeder filled with nyger seeds

A gray and white possum is sliding down on a pole and losing its grip on a to yellow finch feeder filled with nyger seeds. It fell down soon after the photo was taken. We love our possum

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