iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Skip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know) @badposter.lol · 07/10/2026

more business owners need to be like this

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I swear to God. STOP YELLING AT MY FUCKING EMPLOYEES. They are children. This job, for most of them is their first. They are going to make mistakes. They aren't in charge of anything. This can all be fixed with a smile and a polite attitude. It's ice cream for crying out loud. Grow up and act your age.

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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 20h

Bonjourrrrr

Un personnage manifeste "nous voulons des droits !"
un autre personnage en tenue de CRS le tape sur la tête.
Le manifestant répond alors "Hey va te faire encore... !"
A la TV on diffuse l'image seulement du manifestant en train d'insulter le policier après avoir été frappé avec le commentateur qui dit "Un pauvre policier lourdement protégé a été agressé par un civil extrêmement violent".
Source @furody.bsky.social

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Naturally. Of course. Indeed. Who doesn't? Absolutely. You bet.

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

But, by god, Brexoids get apoplectic protecting them.

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Writing or plagarising (allegedly)?

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Management are such special little snowflakes.

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As my father used to say "Life isn't fair". Boy was he right! #dontcopythatfloppy

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Deaf dad reassuring his 'kid' spooked by the scary sounds of fireworks. 🐕😰🥰 (Cr @robertandmaggie) #asl #signlanguage #deaf #dog

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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

www.oglaf.com/damselfly/

Comic strip!

panel 1
a prince climbs through a window. A princess watches him enter.
Prince- Sure I could rescue you

Panel 2
Prince- but withing three months, ninety percent of rescued princesses are back inside a tower

Panel 3
Prince is really narrating this one now
Prince- at 'staircase down' we believe real change comes from accepting you're part of the problem

panel 4
Prince- and that's the most difficult part of the journey

panel 5
Princess- apart from the fire breath
Prince- The what?

Panel 6
Princess breathes fire, incinerating prince

Panel 7
Princess stands over smouldering prince skeleton

Panel 8
ghost of prince hovers over the smoking bones
Prince- I have to accept, on some level, that I needed that to happen

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In this week’s newsletter, we go behind the scenes for the making of the cover of Brandon Sanderson’s OATHBRINGER—a massive feature with 25 preliminary concepts, sketches and studies leading up to the final painting! theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/knight-rad...

A dark haired, tan skinned woman hovers in the air in front of a wall made of uneven stone. White steps materialize beneath her feet in a tight spiral arch. Her left hand reaches out for a Shardblade. The pearlescent sword is longer than she is tall. It has an asymmetrical guard with one quillon curving up and the other down. Midway down the slender blade, the sword ripples as it is taking shape. Projecting from her right hand is a line of golden metal flowing like liquid to fill a massive breach in the wall. Through the gap beyond, a Thunderclast—a giant made of stone—can be seen in the distance. The figure is so large it's head and shoulders extend out of frame.

DEFENDING THAYLEN CITY, wide preliminary concept for OATHBRINGER featuring Jasnah floating with arms out in Y backed by a still standing segment of wall. A gleaming shardblade with cutlass style blade and basket hilt levitates above her. Through the U-shaped gap in the wall a powerful thunderclast with wolf-like head twists its body, one heavy-fisted hand swinging forward.

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Unwilling to forgive people for their mistakes." "Mistakes" doing an obscene amount of heavy lifting there. So, woke isn't suicidally empathetic after all. Who fucking knew?

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Illuminated @illuminatedcomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It came to me in a dream. #comics

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Capitalism is wide wake and working as designed.

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent

Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

your response to “I was raped” should not be “I was right”

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple Woman looks distraught, on the verge of breaking down. She says “that man raped me”
Orange Guy standing next to her is absent-mindedly checking his nails. He says “Wellll, I’ve always disliked him and his work.”

Panel 2:
Purple Woman begins to cry. Orange Guy adopts an incredibly smug expression and says “Guess I must just be a good judge of character”

Panel 3:
Purple Woman dissolves into sobs. Orange Guy notices, puts his hand on her shoulder and says “Aw”

Panel 4:
Purple Woman crumples to the floor. Orange Guy, looking bemused, asks “Are you crying because you’re jealous of how smart I am?”

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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every con man dreams of finding a whale to land. And the AI industry has found multiples of them in governments.

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And no-one in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, or New Zealand sees the problem.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Market forces hate AI and it ain't working for the tech bros. So they shit the bed and deploy the m̴̧͖̥͇̯͔̼̟͇͋̓̑̓͠è̴̡̤̤̅d̴̨̮̤͈̥̞̔̂͠i̷͍͑̒ã̷̛̩̫̻̹̲͈̮̇͊̄̇̄͘

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz359bs

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Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My b-day is in a couple days and I just got the lovely notification that I have -$200 in my account. So! If anyone would like a commission, a cover, really anything done for them, I am available! Kofi for commissions: ko-fi.com/sablepod Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com Please share

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Self-publishing has a history much longer than 25 years. Profession has a legal definition.

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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah so I was just on The One Show! Got to visit a brilliant school in Barrow and talk about the amazing LICAF-led Comic Town initiative there, and how great comics are for getting kids reading (and writing and drawing!). It’s on iPlayer here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

My face, on the telly! Photo (and pointing) courtesy of Joe List.

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Carl Bateman @carlbateman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At least he's got Thatcher to keep him company.

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