iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

That’s a Mixam founder boasting about their new AI business 😬 Mixam has been a quality lottery for some time and I’ve been telling people to avoid them for a while. Another reason to be glad I’ve ditched them

• Operate with Al agents every day. One person, the output of a team.
Two unusual things about this role:
1. Part of the interview happens at the keyboard. You will build an agent workflow live.
If that excites you, you are our kind of person.
2. The successful version of you becomes our CMO.
Remote. North America, the UK or Europe.
Meaningful founding equity.
Apply: careers@rendreal.ai with three things.
Something you grew. Something you wrote. An agent workflow you built.

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

I am once again asking people to stop shitting on self publishing. Self publishing is one of the best ways for marginalized people to get their stories told, and we work hard as fuck. Stop equating selfpub with low quality, low effort.

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Rowan MacColl @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Undying Devotion Drawn for My Liege: Queer Knights in Love, an artbook by by @novamali.bsky.social and @damesprod.bsky.social prod.bsky.social!

An illustration where a dark knight mournfully carrying a shrouded skeleton wearing a crown who clings to the knight.

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Nixie in the pond @shimmeringecho.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Buy the dyke knights! You won't regret it!

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Claire @carmineclaire.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

People need to let stories end.

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Claire @carmineclaire.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This suitably terrible and also one day late bad comic is inspired by the UK heatwave and dedicated to the inflatable paddling pool in my garden #badcomicday

Claire tries to draw a knight in steel armour and a fire breathing dragon during a heatwave, feels sorry for them and pops them in an inflatable pool instead. Debra the dragon points out the knight is gonna rust.

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Claire @carmineclaire.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

SATURDAY 27th JUNE, 1PM 🌈⚔️ QUEER SWORDFIGHTERS THROUGH TIME @ British Museum (Great Court) ⚔️🌈 Hark! Your fave drag museum mansplainer Eugène Delacroissant is back for a FREE Pride takeover of the BM em-ceeing a queer history sword demonstration by London Historical Fencing Club!

Claire in her drag king persona outfit as mustachioed flamboyant drag king Eugène Delacroissant, holding a big Montante sword

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Lynda Barry did not squeeze your heart and simultaneously explain the point of all art with the barest of line drawings so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

HOW TO LOOK AT ART by Lynda Barry

In the first panel, a dog-headed woman, a mother, looks at a painting in the "Madonna with Baby Jesus" vein. A small blobby child is standing next to her.

Mother: IM NOT SURE HOW TO LOOK AT ART.
Child: WHATS SPOSTA HAPPEN?

In the second panel the dog-headed mother holds up her hands (paws?) trying to explain to the child.

Mother: SOMETHING BIG. A REVELATION.
SUDDENLY YOU JUST UNDERSTAND.

In the third panel dog-headed mother goes back to looking at the painting. The child holds up their arms to be lifted.

Mother: NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
Child: HOW BOUT LIFT ME UP SO I CAN SEE BETTER

In the last panel, the dog-headed mother is holding the child, their position mirrored by the Madonna and baby Jesus in the painting.

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 25/06/2026

The news saying we shouldn’t get aircon in the uk due to environmental concerns have been very quiet about ai data centres.

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Claire @carmineclaire.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

#LGBTQWriteAThon June 23: I (17 m) lost control of my fire abilities because my lab partner (18 m) is annoying and too nice, then I went on a (tiny) rampage taking revenge on my childhood bullies, and also took out a big corp asshole's ugly building. Lab partner is upset with me now. AITA?

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La Fumettista @lafumettista.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Stop giving your money to billionaires, resist Prime Day. #shopsmall #supporthumanartists #artist

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H.L. Roberts @hlroberts.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

If you want to see how I personally think people should be buying their comics, and how I do it: I've put together a Comic Chain of Command. (Just imagine if you really dont want to give your money to the last two, Vinted would be the replacement)

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Krispy @feathernotes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

have some weights by your desk to lift every now and then as a habit to build muscle! It doesn't have to be super heavy, but just something to keep you strong and help prevent certain pain you may receive whole drawing for long hours

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Frank&Stein @brandtandstein.com · 19/06/2026

I am somewhat heartened that even Conan was not immune to waking up and immediately scrolling social media

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Emily Cheeseman @emcheeseman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

the sketchbook, lately

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Catherine Baker @richmondbridge.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A Palestinian musicians’ initiative is calling on #Eurovision boycott supporters to share a song recorded as an Israeli military drone flew over a children’s music session in Gaza City last year: www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...

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'Cultural genocide': Palestinian musicians urge Eurovision boycott over Israel's inclusion

Palestinians urge attention for musicians in Gaza as Eurovision semi-finals begin under cloud of controversy

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Ruu | HIATUS @marmaruu.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

*tapping aggressively on this sign* GUYS, ARTISTS WILL ACTUALLY ADORE AND WORSHIP U AND GIVE U AMAZING RESULTS IF U DO THIS WHEN U COMMISSION THEM!! We do not shame u for ur "horrible" skills, it actually gives us a better idea to chat u want and it results in a better execution ✨✨

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Sometimes you just have to pause and admire how direct Sappho was

As for you girls, the gorgeous ones, There will be no change in my plans.

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Claire @carmineclaire.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Honestly so grateful now that I do HEMA and can do my own swordfighting references because it is ROUGH out there

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𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖒 @teradiamart.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A petition to photographers that make references for artists: PLEASE hire people with experience in HEMA for swordfighting pictures. I always struggle finding models who hold weapons correctly and don't make silly poses 🥲 Historical manuals has so many cool stances fr...

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 09/05/2026

"this must hit so hard if you're stupid" is one of the best sentences i've ever seen, absolute perfect put-down, jealous i didn't invent it, incredible. it applies to something in my daily life every day. pantheon sentence

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Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

In 1841 Mary Richardson married John Jones of North Carolina. They carried free papers when they settled in Chicago & Mr. Jones established a successful tailoring business. Active in abolitionist politics & voting rights campaigns, they hosted & dressed John Brown & crew en route to Harper’s Ferry.

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

There is a huge difference between "I want to make comics" and "I want to have made a comic that everyone loves and praises me for and gets turned into a movie and makes me a famous person with lots of money".

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moon ‼️ @fruitgravy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

the gentleman vampire's evening routine #iwtvoc #originalcharacter

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Tomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Wonder Woman's debut as a newspaper comic strip came on May 8, 1944 (following her blockbuster 1941 comic book debut). Here’s the first strip:

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The 2026 Calarts Producers' Show Opening is a lovely tribute to art & animation (directed by Sofia Kondrasheva & Veda Lee). Every year, Calarts school has a showcase where they select a handful of student films to be screened in a Hollywood theater. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsmu...

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"hottie with a body" implies the existence of other hotties, hotties beyond our mortal ken. hotties without form or substance

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Julia R @jurimaart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

me listening to any song ever made

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Ale @alepresser.com · 01/10/2025

#repostober 1: Nimona vs. Barbie!

That mugshot meme from the Barbie movie, but it's goldengloin in Barbie's place, and Nimona is photobombing the Ken's place.

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about CABARET IN FLAMES by Hache Pueyo. A powerful novella of Brazilian vampires unafraid to shy from weighty themes married with twisty interpolations of dreams, journals, and news reports, this was a marvelous read! Our drink is a Cabaré!

[Image desc: A hardcover of CABARET IN FLAMES by Hache Pueyo alongside a hot pink drink in a cut crystal glass in the garden in front of a bruise red-purple iris.]

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mimi 🩵💛 @knightlyaffair.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

being hyperfixated on your own ocs is so funny like okay everyone here's the same two guys i made up in my mind again

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eliushi @eliushi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Was doing some pilot reviews and editorial feedback on webcomics and came up with the following guidelines (ymmv and exceptions apply ofc)

List of things to consider in your opening comic pages

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Genuinely, one of the most fun things about being a comic book creator is going to a comic shop and seeing all your friends books on display. It's just awesome. You get so excited for them.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Speculative fiction fans, can you *please* stop using YA as a way to insult adult fiction? YA isn't devoid of subtext or descriptions. It isn't lesser. If you notice those trends in adult, it's not because YA trends have infected it. And if you notice that in YA, then you need to read better books.

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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/05/2026

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Things you read on a blog might make you angry. They might upset you. Stop visiting that blog. Don't waste your time posting comments. Move on and find a new blog. There are so many fun blogs on the Internet. You'll easily find a better one.
There is always another fun new blog to read online.

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skatuya 🌼 @skatuya.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Jousting is hard work 💋⚔️ #art #illustration #knight

Illustration of a knight's helmet covered in lipstick kiss marks with a ribbon around saying: "You should see the other knight."

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 28/04/2026

Turn Sound UP. Go WayBACK. DANCE, Hampster, DANCE ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19990423...

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.

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Claire @carmineclaire.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

If you're a museum* that uses planet-destroying generative AI to replace your in-house creative and intellectual talent while also having sustainability goals I am unable to respect let alone understand your reasoning.

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🍼 BₑwᵢDₒₒdₗₑz 🍼 @bewidoodlez.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

For my fellow Clip Studio Painters, if CSP ever crashes on you and/or corrupts your files: I have the solution 🌟 This method has saved my ass MULTIPLE times‼️and also CSP has a feature in which you can have your progress autosaved, and you can customize how often it saves :3

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 25/04/2026

This isn't a joke. Cis male authors only do this when they're very stressed or feel threatened

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Artwork I painted for the fantastic novel "Of Feathers and Thorns" by @kitvincentbooks.bsky.social

Two young men wizards hold hands and cast spells in bright pink and blue swirls. Behind them looms a victorian mansion and zeppelin

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 23/04/2026

🧵 We tend to think the internet is permanent, but VANISHING CULTURE—the new 📚 from Internet Archive—starts with a simple reality: our digital record is far more fragile than we think 🕳️ 📖 Read for free: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta... ⬇️

Book cover titled “Vanishing Culture” on a teal background. Pixel-art style graphics show a VHS tape, open book, film reel, chain link, and vinyl record dissolving into digital fragments. At the bottom, a cursor icon points to the word “SAVE,” alongside an archive-style building icon, evoking digital preservation.

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