iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 8h

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

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Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools

Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We are saddened to say goodbye to our dear friend, Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint. One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, we’ll forever be grateful for unforgettable contributions to cinema, her generosity and her humor. Our thoughts are with her loved ones.

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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Voyager 1 is running on less memory than a single photo in your camera roll—69 KB. Its data is saved to an 8-track tape & software was developed when "the cloud" was in the sky. NASA sends commands and the old thing answers. And yet your brand new laptop freezes because you opened too many tabs.

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Mark Duggan @boxofvisions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The other day, at the public radio station where I work, a co-worker ran down the hall frantically shouting that the station was “glitching.” It was “It’s Gonna Rain,” played in excerpt on a Fresh Air episode honoring Reich.

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Celebrating minimalist composer Steve Reich at 90

Reich, who turns 90 on Oct. 3, created a vocabulary that influenced nearly every form of music — classical, electronic, jazz and pop. He talked about his groundbreaking work in 1999 and 1989.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026

53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.

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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

So wild to me that the entire economy is propped up by companies who think living your best life is being a middle manager to a collection of bots.

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𝙹*𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎 🍏 @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“The Cobolt Passage” by Canadian Chinese artist Yehan Wang.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We lost a lot this year and we still have three more months left. So the universe decided to give us something. A brand new cat just dropped.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A 70yr old FRED ASTAIRE — that's SEVENTY — gets his stylish groove on at the 1970 Academy Awards.

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missinglinkage.bsky.social @missinglinkage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

David Frazer is an Australian artist. "The Tangled Wood," 2018 wood engraving

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Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 18/09/2026

I wrote recently about some keyboard symbols that were lost to time! The first part has the PC side, and the absolutely beautiful, proofreading-inspired symbols for Insert, Delete, and other things: unsung.aresluna.org/key-symbols-...

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.

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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026

Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yeah, I think so. The breadth increases while the depth dies. We have access to everything, but everything arrives flattened, films without color, objects without craft, buildings without place, art without thought or soul. An infinite menu of impoverishments.

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

anyway, the American id understander himself, Hunter S. Thompson, the next week for goddamn ESPN of all places. the party's over, folks.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."

Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history -- which is no doubt true -- but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a war-time economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.

That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks. The time has come for loyal Americans to Sacrifice. ... Sacrifice. ... Sacrifice. That is the new buzz-word in Washington. But what it means is not entirely clear.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

Further, Apple is fully in lockstep with this administration. Check the map. That their new suite of tools is offering a persistent wiretap should be met with a great deal of suspicion.

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Mark Duggan @boxofvisions.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“and my kerning is harmonical…”

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Mark Duggan @boxofvisions.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s rare to see many RAW books in the wild these days. These were at Bart’s Books in Ojai, California a couple weeks ago.

Several books are seen on a shelf. Two copies are titled “The Illuminatus Trilogy” by authors Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. Two more books bear the title “Masks of the Illuminati” by Robert Anton Wilson.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol

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Mark Duggan @boxofvisions.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Which brings to mind the Unholy Trio attacking Public Enemy in a woodshed. Results are more than satisfying.

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"Bring the Noise"

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Mark Duggan @boxofvisions.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

2026 is giving some damn blows, I swear Remembering Cassandra Wilson tonight. youtu.be/-vvyVe8tILc

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Closer to You

YouTube video by Cassandra Wilson - Topic

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KSUT Public Radio @ksutpublicradio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Cassandra Wilson, whose deep, dark contralto and casual disregard for musical category made her one of the most arresting and influential jazz vocalists of the last 40 years, died on Wednesday in Jackson, Miss. She was 70.

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Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, dies at 70

Wilson, whose deep, dark contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz, died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Miss.

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Mark Duggan @boxofvisions.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What a voice. Vale, Cassandra Wilson.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hubble's Wide View of 'Mystic Mountain' in Infrared - From Goddard Space Flight Center - flic.kr/p/7VDifk

NASA image release April 22, 2010

This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared-light image of a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby stars in the tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina. The image marks the 20th anniversary of Hubble's launch and deployment into an orbit around Earth.
The image reveals a plethora of stars behind the gaseous veil of the nebula's wall of hydrogen, laced with dust. The foreground pillar becomes semi-transparent because infrared light from background stars penetrates through much of the dust. A few stars inside the pillar also become visible. The false colors are assigned to three different infrared wavelength ranges.
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 observed the pillar in February and March 2010.
Object Names: HH 901, HH 902
Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

To read learn more about this image go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/hubble20th-img....

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.

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Mark Duggan @boxofvisions.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cloudy in Ventura, too. Steve Roach is always a good alternative. (I’ve been zonking to Drone Zone nearly every night for 15+ years, so this is most welcome.)

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was one of the last things nearly all Americans loved

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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