iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ok ‘Day’ was pretty good but ‘Night’ is career-defining good, for someone whose every album is essentially perfect…

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Carly Rae Jepsen has never once in her life missed, you can jot that down.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The first politician to run on a platform of Device Etiquette In Public Spaces will win (my vote) by a landslide.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Table of septuagenarians talking about their friends who run a funeral home: “Oh they’re so busy these days!” “Cause everyone is dying.” “And you can’t beat their rate for a funeral.”

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

so far my accomplishments in Berlin include walking 50 miles and getting my first tattoo

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Whenever my doc discusses a new medication with me, he starts with listing off the recreational drugs it shouldn’t interact with. He thinks i’m party girl 365 and I haven’t had the heart to say otherwise.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think we’ve done enough movies about jesus. We need to hear the other side of the story. Who is bold enough to make the redemptive biopic ISCARIOT. It will be a complementary film to Noah (2014).

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Anyway when I was 15 years old at church youth camp, I performed in the talent show a word-perfect lip sync to the italo-pop breakout hit “Alla Luce del Sole” from Josh Groban’s 2001 self-titled (flawless) debut album. Nobody knew I was gay.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I got my first ever eye exam today (age: Standard Bluesky User) and that shit is 20/15. Truly sorry to brag about genetics or whatever makes that happen.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

stream The Womack Sisters. Do it now and you can still say you knew them from the early days, I think.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Six months shopping at my grocery store before realizing they had a loyalty program. And then another four months before realizing, just now, I had to self-select any rewards from the little kiosk thing. I am wealthy with grocery store rewards.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Using scrivener for the first time and honestly wondering how and why I have been living without it

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

new thrift store jacket, kind of obsessed

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Cashier at the big clothing retailer pitched me a tight two minutes on how american manufacturers have been poisoning the general populace since WW2. I told him I agree completely and wished him a lovely afternoon.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 04/08/2026

I must inform you that Rebecca Black’s “Friday” just went platinum, according to the RIAA. www.riaa.com/gold-platinu...

Rebecca Black’s certification for Friday, announced last week

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

my bluesky feed (complimentary)

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

so Elvira has way more pop songwriting credits than one might imagine

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Gave directions to a sweet old lady, she thanked me, and then instead of “You’re welcome” or “No problem” I awkwardly chirped “Your problem!” and walked off.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

my new thing is reading outside at night

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

shout out to my across-the-street neighbor who’s had their patio door propped wide open all afternoon

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

great times for sensitive boys

Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide” and Ryan Beatty’s “Sweet Fortune” on vinyl

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

accumulated 1000 points at the weed store without knowing I was part of their customer loyalty program. it’s a pride miracle.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

it’s not that I hate change but I really hate this so much

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I had to verbally threaten the ticketmaster queue a couple times but I did it

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

New job offer accepted which means I can fuck off for the next two weeks yay

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I am not interested in paying for a career coach or whatever but on the other hand I am interested in telling a working professional whom I trust “Ok here is my situation, what should I do?” So….

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

fifth round interview today wish me luck

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

my mother is in Brussels and accidentally overlapped with Brussels Pride today. her text update opened with “No offense to a cause you care about but…” ☠️

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

found a cute record store in Bed Stuy on my walk today and had to bring this home

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

CMAT is a fucking star and I love living walking distance from Brooklyn Paramount

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“If this tooth was a cat, it would be on life 7 of 9. Don’t push it.” - my dental hygenist this morning

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

apparently my fav SFF authors have all conspired to release new books at the same time. not complaining. just need a couple weeks in the woods to get thru new installments in Children of Time, Captive’s War, Murderbot, Imperial Radch, Dungeon Crawler Carl…

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I think my festival days are mostly behind me, but this All Things Go DC lineup is so stacked with artists I love that I will immediately go listen to all the ones I haven’t heard yet

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

fuck’s sake this Noah Kahan album is incredible. Willing and Able wrecked me.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

wishing a happy Holly Humberstone day to all

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 03/04/2026

Zara Larsson defends Chappell Roan to The Guardian: “When a woman has boundaries, I think people freak out. Men can do violent criminal things and people applaud them, but when a woman says, ‘Stop following me,’ it’s controversial? It’s like: you guys just hate women, actually.”

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Slayyyter stuns. Robyn delivers. Raye… I will never listen to that again I’m so sorry

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Earliest favs from new Harry: Pop, Dance No More, Carla’s Song, The Waiting Game

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Gate agent says “We have a completely full flight today” but the app shows 75 open seats on that plane. what is the truth.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

LinkedIn has sent me a push notification letting me know I’m a perfect applicant for the role I left three months ago which my old agency is still trying to fill.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

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My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

JADE tickets secured everyone can calm down now

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

plz point me toward the first known performance of Rose Gray’s smash hit “April” by a queen in April O’Neil drag

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

nothing quite like the rush of serotonin through my body every time Self Saboteur transitions to Lip Service 🥰

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

wouldn’t it be cute & fun if the people who designed streaming apps were also people who ever used streaming apps?

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brian w @bwwhalen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I owe so much to these white women

Top: Dolores, Westworld; Caprica, Battlestar Galactica
Bottom: Mother, Raised By Wolves; Demerzel, Foundation

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