iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Let's talk clothes! My dark fantasy novel, THE SCARLET BALL (now out!) has a lot to say about clothing in general, especially dresses. (Thanks very much to the generous online archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where all these pics came from).

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Turn The Page! - Syosset Public Library 🎤 @splturnthepage.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Pick a face, pick a fate. Nghi Vo returns to the show to discuss THE SCARLET BALL, an all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed set in the upper echelons of an evocative NYC fantasy setting. @nghivo.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2026/10/08/t...

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This puts unrealistic pressure on the rest of us to be doing something arty when the prize committee calls. I can't be "doing the laundry" or "picking my nose".

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Lucynka @lucynka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This whole thread, but perhaps especially this: "Stop pretending people being depressed and breaking up (or 'discovering reality') is more innovative than people navigating human relationships and love."

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Art, music, movies, books, tv shows, plays, games, these are a huge part of how we form bonds, know we can vibe with another human being. AI “art” seeks to replace it with algorithmically personalized content no other person experiences. It sticks a stake in the heart of human connection.

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 08/09/2026

I have received news of a perfectly named cafe located on the waterfront of Nova Scotia's capital, if you know what I mean

"Broken Man cafe" sign on a big plate glass window, through which one can see cafe tables and chairs and backs of people's heads. In the distance, a sign indicates that this is Pier 22 on the Halifax waterfront

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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At this point, I assume any defense of AI was written by it. I’ve not been wrong.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

macklemore calling kraft's bluff is so good

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Because I love this stuff: the original Coyote Vs Acme article from the New Yorker, upon which the excellent movie was based: archive.md/UTgus

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ChronicBitch @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My friend loves the Gnoles in @tkingfisher.com 's World of the White Rat books. So I dressed up this little guy for her (I did not make the plush- not that many spoons). But the advantage of being a reenactment nerd is when you ask friends for Wool scraps, they deliver.

Side view of a badger plush in a crazy quilt vest.

Other side view of a badger plush in a crazy quilt vest.

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

the thing is...... it's just.... ya know, like ........................ i i want heated rivalry season 2 right now.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026

Look, guys, the data centers really need that water to make more csam

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I re-read this recently, and frankly, the fact she was only twenty when she wrote it is feckin’ outrageous.

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Make hay while the sun shines…and if you’re in a hurry, hire a helicopter. It costs a Swiss farmer about $3000 an hour to haul hay. Watching this, I was struck by how fast they worked…but at $50 a minute, it made sense. What surprised me was that hay would be worth it. Enjoy your cheese.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶

A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 11/08/2026

….some of our hats are fabulous, though?

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 07/08/2026

A panel I was on at the Celsius festival got an audience question along the lines of “there’s so much romantasy around now, what about the men?” and my response was basically “men can write romantasy.” It turns out this was not actually the issue, but still. Nobody’s stopping them!

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My TV job is apolitical, but I’m proud that one of the things we make is a space that’s trans- and nb-friendly, and that’s not going to change either. ⬇️

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have seen the Odyssey and my main takeaway is that it’s time to give John Leguizamo an award for not only being great but singlehandedly improving EVERY FILM HE IS IN.

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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Lashing myself to my theater seat during the third hour of The Odyssey to resist the siren song of the urinal.

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Julian @minikinetic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My illustrations for the Odyssey.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 22/07/2026

But we can't afford food for our neighbors.

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Why Aren’t There More Imax 70mm Screens for ‘The Odyssey’? variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Sources at Imax confirmed to Varietythat many of the parts needed to build these specialized film projectors "simply no longer exist." The original design files were created roughly half a century ago, but as Gelfond alludes to, they were never properly maintained. As a result, Imax no longer has a complete manufacturing blueprint — and much like the lost tribal knowledge of the Apollo-era spacecraft, very few engineers working today fully understand the systems.

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The Great Collapsible Florence Market We all love Europe’s old town street markets, but where do they go at night? Check out this creative solution in Florence. What late-night observations have you enjoyed in your travels?

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Elyse Martin @champs-elyse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I have to say, I thought the voting process for county delegates in Maine worked really well from a logistical standpoint. The online voting portal was easy to use and given how big my county is, I think it would have been impossible to vote efficiently in person.

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Elyse Martin @champs-elyse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Signed up to vote for a delegate to represent my county at the big Maine Democrat convention to pick the new candidate for Senate on July 25th. I’m kind of fascinated to see how the process works since I’m just used to primaries.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

the two outfits for men

A photo of a dog peeking out of a car window. The placement of the dog and the person taking the photo — where the lower half of the person's outfit is reflecting off the car door — makes it look like the dog is wearing a button-up shirt and tan pants.

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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 08/07/2026

"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...

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These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech

Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/06/2026

Ah, well.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 24/06/2026

Good, fuck him, and also, he's still "worth" roughly $900 billion too much by my estimate, which, to be clear, would still make him richer than God www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as global tech rout hits SpaceX

Elon Musk lost his trillionaire status on Tuesday after a brutal global tech rout erased billions from his wealth.

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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I saw Marjane Satrapi speak about her work at Smith College 19 years ago, and she said something I have thought about and taught ever since when I teach comics. “I draw what I can’t write and I write what I can’t draw.“

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 04/06/2026

Marjane was a master. She will be missed.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 04/06/2026

007, your first mission is to agree to this end-user license agreement. Should you successfully accept its terms, you’ll then move to Phase 2: accepting our privacy policy. We have full faith in you, 007. And remember: speak to Q to create an account and receive our latest news and special offers

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Cameron Park Zoo in Waco TX has a new black-footed cat kitten (Felis nigripes). It's exploring grass for the 1st time here. This species is the smallest wild cat in Africa, but with the highest hunting success (~60%). They eat 1/6th their body weight in rodents & birds every night.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 26/05/2026

Brother Gregor gone fishin'

brother gregor the ghariel enjoys the sunset at his favorite fishin hole. rescan of a piece from last year that i drunkenly watercolored a sunset onto last night

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