iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Do you like maps?? I’m in a briefing where the USGS shared these amazing 3D Elevation images that are just so cool. Find your state/district, and behold this example of DC! www.usgs.gov/3d-elevation...

A 3D Elevation Program image from the USGS of the District of Columbia, depicting (in their words) “the ‘bare earth’ surface, stripping away vegetation and structures, revealing ground surface.

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

I just took the NYT dialect test and it said my vocabulary most resembles that of people from Fresno or Modesto, which is ridiculous because I'm from Bakersfield.

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026

Breaking: Congress funds government. I'm old enough to remember a time when that wouldn't have warranted so much as a mention. This is tiring.

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026

I guess now we have to rename Ontario, California to "America, California."

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I wrote for Vogue about 5 very different books that each in different ways shaped my approach to translating the Odyssey (the first time). www.vogue.com/article/requ...

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Required Reading: Five Books That Inspired Emily Wilson’s Translation of ‘The Odyssey’

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

They did it, those sons of bitches actually managed to get them in a row.

A line of ducks all sitting in a row, on a partially submerged log in a pond.

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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

HITC: Trump once claimed two MLB teams scouted him in his youth, as a ‘power-hitting catcher.’ Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.😅 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

They're wearing the cats.....

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Lisa @islandicies.com · 05/08/2026

Now that’s a caprese salad!

Rings of heirloom tomatoes layered with fresh mozzarella sprinkled with basil and drizzled with balsamic glaze

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Here's a recommended book-list-interview, for a UK publication. For everyone who has had enough of discourse (as I certainly have): it has a tiny mention of Nolan as the hook, but then we move on to some reading. www.countryandtownhouse.com/culture/emil...

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‘Homer Is For Everyone’: How Emily Wilson Elucidates & Obfuscates In Equal Measure

Classicist Emily Wilson has made headlines in recent weeks for slating Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey – for which the director,

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Dr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Two for two on banger essays.

Nolan shot the Calypso episodes in the disputed Moroccan-occupied territory of Western Sahara without the consent of the Indigenous Sahrawi people. The choice underlines the lack of seriousness in Nolan’s thinking about his themes: the ethical and cultural costs of entering other people’s homes uninvited, for the purpose of extracting resources without respect for an unwilling host.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

A town sign seen through a train window.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I’ve been writing a counter narrative of shutdowns that has me revisiting media from that time. And let me tell you, the only other option was everybody die. So yeah.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What the US government is doing to Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of what they are doing to scientific infrastructure overall.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Justice served, or embarrased or something. The sham case against Olympic Canoeist Davey Hearn has been dismissed by the DOJ, which admits "botched installation" by the crony contractor -- not any phantom vandalism claimed by Dear Leader Trump -- created the damage at the reflecting pool

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026

My favorite part of The Odyssey Discourse on Bluesky is I found out Clair Danes read the audio version of Emily Wilson's translation and I just bought it for $2.12.

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026

That guy who thought it would be a good idea to wrap a paper barcode label around each pencil in a box of Prismacolor ColErase NP Blue? Bring me his head.

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026

I don't know, man, I'm just not enjoying Hot Diarrhea Summer all that much.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

it's so funny that people will forever write articles about this guy like he has a "philosophy" or "thoughts" -- he's an angry frightened child who has moods. oh is he skeptical? oh has he grown skeptical? get the fuck out of here

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Ohwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

You’re absolutely right. We should not have so many people on SNAP. Because jobs should pay enough FOR PEOPLE TO EAT.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 23/07/2026

This collective argument we're now having about the appropriateness of casting Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy is the stupidest argument I have heard (outside of a waterfront bar) in my 75 years on this planet.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Texas Republicans doing recruitment for us.

A post from the Comal County (TX) Republican Party:

Democratic Socialists of America

The DSA's mission is to replace capitalism with democratic socialism by shifting economic and political power from corporations and wealthy owners to workers and the public.

Is this what you want for America?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/07/2026

uh...yes?

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 21/07/2026

Are we really expected to fall for unattributed "breaking news" that Trump is angry about something? It's contentless click bait but sure gets people riled up -- so, I just answered my own question.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“The Guardian wins the ‘Caption of the Year’ competition: - William Merrin @theguardian.com

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Chestbursty @chestrovert.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

my mom showed me Aliens when I was 5yo and the women in that movie (especially Sigourney Weaver) imprinted on my tiny brain that women will fuck your shit up and not stop until one of you dies, which is an important lesson for little boys to learn early

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A bio-inspired robot crosses paths with a real insect , 400 million years of evolution face to face with human engineering.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 17/07/2026

A Tinder just for buff chicks? You have my attention

Takeout deli container of buffalo chicken strips marked BUFF CHICK TNDR

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov: “Here’s what’s gonna happen tonight — the world’s most famous sore loser will deliver a primetime presidential sour grapes 🍇 address to pursue his 6yo grievances about the 2020 election while his war spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise.”

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In the seventh month of the second year of the second term, the heat will become unbearable, the skies will turn red, and bowels will loosen across the land.

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𝖐𝖆𝖞𝖙𝖊 𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖓 🧠 @kvyte.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ohhhhh I forgot I took an edible hahahaha I was like wait what’s going on

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026

Today's weather is "Try not to breathe, and whatever you do, DON'T go out in the sun."

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Brosephine so scary 🎃 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

how many dead gop senators does it take to unscrew a country

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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly of them, they should have behaved better” - Anne Lamott

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Maybe I'm not overthinking, maybe I'm just regular thinking about stuff that’s overhappening

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Kwertzy Industries @kwertzy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." -- Anne Lamott

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Ahead of England v Norway in the World Cup, enjoy this classic from my old pal Patrick Kidd in The Times

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HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Jarell Quansah has his red card ban extended to two matches. FIFA will consider an appeal, if the England defender can prove he’s either American or Argentinian or a brown envelope stuffed with cash

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Steve Clason @caminante.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026

My wife has demanded I wear this around my neck when we go out together.

Equipment tag. Reads "Trouble Department
; Not Grounded, Not Dead."

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

stunning Paris was how this whole mess got started

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