iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Gooseberry (ready for Spring 🌷) @eisforenkidu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mamdanides

Mayor Zohran Mamdani: The Talmud teaches *cuts off*

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maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God appearing to Moses: BE NOT AFRAID God appearing to Jacob: you know what, you should be a little afraid, yeah , square up

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 19h

“So how food motivated is your cat?”

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 21h

🚀 spaceships 🌡️ dark conspiracies 🎭 brotherhood ❌ no romance 🐛 strange creatures 🤖 futuristic 🪐 other worlds 🐈 a rescue cat 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56... [ #booksky ]

kindle cover for dust & lightning by rebecca crunden; image shows a dark planet in purple lighting, a moon in the background, volcano canyons below

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 22h

New story up on Patreon! This is probably the most uncomfortable story I've published (both in feel and subject matter) so reader discretion is advised. www.patreon.com/aaronccross/...

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Active Shooter | AC Cross

“…so, as you can see, by connecting the –” Bzzzzzzzz I frown and stop my lecture. A cell phone going off isn’t acceptable. They know this. I

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butter bean @blobulouscat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

lmao

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 22h

anyway guess what's going live on substack tomorrow

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I had so much fun in last years' SFINCS that this year, I entered Between the Blood and the Sun! it's a novella about vampires, and terminal illness, and the choices you make at the end of things. books2read.com/BetweentheBl... jenniferrdonohue.itch.io/between-the-...

The cover for BETWEEN THE BLOOD AND THE SUN: a female figure, face shadowed, the sun rising or setting behind her. She's wearing a smallish cowboy hat (i.e. not ten gallon), and has two guns.

cover by Elyon from thebookcoverdesigner.com

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The Biblically Accurate cinnamon roll isn't real, it can't hurt you" the Biblically Acurrate cinnamon roll:

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the hijab-inspired secular accessorization lady is really just Gen-Z Ana Mardoll huh

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

so it's no longer sad horror summer, but consider: now we're in fall, which is when Tara went missing to begin with

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

so I made a substack where i'll be posting jewish stuff from now on! we're kicking things off with the transcript of a speech I delivered on Yom Kippur a few days ago. I had some thoughts on the nuances of identity, and finding the light in a complicated legacy cmcaplan.substack.com/p/i-will-not...

My grandmother, for her part, did her best to instill in us a halfway decent Christian education. Though in my case I guess we can all see how that turned out.

Her yahrtzeit is next Friday. I’ve spent the past year grappling with her legacy. Which is, in a sense, a way of grappling with God.

There’s a part in the story of Jacob, where Jacob’s wrestling to God, his hip is injured , and he says to God, “I will not let you go until you bless me.” I’ve tried to embrace that ethos, that Chinese finger trap mentality. There’s something to be said for squeezing a hardship until it surrenders some degree of meaning. Sometimes you’ve got to sieve misfortune, to sift through the grief until you find a few iotas of upside.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well said by Professor of Israel Studies at UCLA and Scholar in Residence at the Nexus Project, @dovwaxman.bsky.social

A tweet by Dov Waxman says "In the past couple of days we have learned about a potential mass shooting that was narrowly averted outside a synagogue in Belleville, Canada; a foiled terrorist plot to attack the Jewish community in Manchester, England (where a deadly attack took place outside a synagogue last year); and a thwarted ISIS-inspired plot to attack a synagogue in Pennsylvania (where a massacre took place in 2018 in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh). This is why Jews are so worried about and fearful of antisemitism nowadays. This fear should not be ignored or dismissed, nor should it be politically exploited for partisan purposes. Jewish people need everyone's support and solidarity - regardless of their politics - just as much as other victims of violence do."

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is my new favorite thing.

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

you ever get so frustrated you start making a substack?

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

goddammit i’m gonna need to write a response disagreeing with angela buchdahl’s Yom Kippur sermon aren’t i

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Rabbi texted me on Friday afternoon asking me if I could write a speech for Yom Kippur in the next four days. I told her I could get that done in the next four hours.” Got invited to come up and share some words of wisdom. Video coming soon probably.

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Labor day enthusiasts hate to see me coming. Yom Kippur enthusiasts on the other hand—

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 21/09/2026

Two people, including a police officer, were injured on Sunday night in a shooting near the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ont., during Yom Kippur.

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Shooting near Belleville synagogue leaves two injured, including police officer

The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m., and involved an exchange of gunfire, the Special Investigations Unit said.

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Clayton Snyder @cw-snyder.com · 21/09/2026

Hey, this is live! Buy my book! a.co/d/0eDttZI2

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Red Sands

Amazon.com: Red Sands eBook : Snyder, Clayton: Kindle Store

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when you’ve got an indian buffet you gotta hit up before your fast but you’ve got a Kol Nidre service right after

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

at a festival tonight a dude on a bench raised his hand at me in a SLIGHTLY seig heil-y angle and he went “SHALOM!” Then saw my bewildered expression and pumped his chest twice and made a peace sign so i went “oh! Thank you! Shalom!“

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Don’t judge, I’ve only had this thing for a few hours

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Margaret Adelle @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Another review video is here! Check out my review for "Amusement Park Arcana," by Jennifer R. Donahue #booksky #booktube #bookreview

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Amusement Park Arcana | Indie REview

YouTube video by Margaret Adelle

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

in case you missed it!!

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 16/09/2026

it's a great time to care about geopolitics

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kid was asking some pointed questions about how babies are born which led to me drawing the best picture I’ve drawn in my life

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butter bean @blobulouscat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

THIS. it's not enough to yell into the void of social media no matter how satisfying the resulting likes, comments, reposts. put your $ to work

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 16/09/2026

This is a very good cause for very good people who are facing unconscionable union busting

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butter bean @blobulouscat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

if you were looking for just one mitzvah to perform today, behold

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

i understand being mad at someone for making a decision that goes against your beliefs, but it's frustrating when the response begins and ends at Doing Online Discourse for anyone who's been talking about Macklemore this past week, here's a link to Gaza Soup Kitchen givebutter.com/gaza-soup-ki...

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 14/09/2026

The Chosen One Con is now out in paperback via Amazon! books2read.com/thechosenone... If there is any demand for signed copies on my Kofi shop, I'll consider adding them!

A promo image showing the paperback cover of The Chosen One Con and the following text: The Chosen One Con out now in paperback. Two working class men con their way into a televised contest of mages to find the prophesized 'chosen one' in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions. “Holy crap there is so very much to unpack and omg the amount of times I said, ‘WTF JUST HAPPENED!?’ towards the end was absolutely just insane. Like when everything goes sideways here it goes sideways so absolutely brilliantly!” -The Book Wyrm's Hoard

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

some people really think there's a cabal of jews controlling world governments and it's like bro we can't even figure out shulcloud

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

man frank cho would be such an incredible artist if he was remotely capable of seeing women as anything other than a vehicle for softcore porn

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Tim Hardie @timhardieauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

With Fall Red Empire by @kerosero.bsky.social coming out in just a couple of days this is a good opportunity to remind people why the Burn Red Skies series is so awesome. This is my review of the first book, Burn Red Skies! pagechewing.com/burn-red-ski...

Burn Red Skies by Kerstin Espinosa Rosero

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

in retrospect there is something i find darkly funny about being publicly accosted while i was so high i didn’t initially even realize i was being threatened or in danger. I fully turned to my friend like “yooo…is he talking about meeeee?? ….that's craaaaazyyyyyy"

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I have a little notes app full of Hebrew phrases to copy/paste for various occasions and it did occur to me that I was flirting with danger by keeping these two right next to each other 🙈🙈🙈

Hebrew phrase “shanah tovah” meaning “a good year” next to “Yimakh shemo”, a Jewish curse that translates to “may his name be erased”

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

almost a year ago today i went to a solidarity event for communities around the world who have experienced various genocides throughout history. the first thing that happened at this event was someone getting up and quoting Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple and Famously A Holocaust Denier.

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Rebecca Shapiro @rebeccashapiro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Shabbat Shalom!

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

about to be the comfiest person at the erev rosh hashanah service tonight. Shanah Tovah!!

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

thanks Gabino! It's preorder time (already!) for Run With the Hunted 9: Extraction Point coming October 31! books2read.com/RunWiththeHu...

on a black background, the cover for Run With the Hunted 9: Extraction Point: a steel frame bridge over a wooded/overgrown valley/gulley, largely blue-hued, with the top starting to pixellate white, and the left edge smearing into solid lines.

the cover blurb is adjacent: In the fast-paced, tech heavy future, body modification for vanity or necessity has become easier and with even better results. Original parts are passé when you can have AR corneas, neural enhancements, and cybernetic prosthesis like Dolly’s arm. The trio has been hired to steal back an object that’s already been stolen: a grad student’s medical prototype implant. They need to locate and lift it while riding a bullet train from China to Germany, before it’s just lost forever, and even then it seems so simple…until they meet who stole it.

With his personal stakes in keeping the implant, there’s no one he won’t sacrifice, and at least one person won’t be walking away from this.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The novel that started it all for me here and in France, launched barrio noir, and became my first film option is just $2.99 right now! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8...

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Connor ✡️ | C.M. Caplan @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

THEY GAVE ME THESE TO CELEBRATE THE SWEETNESS OF THE NEW YEAR 🥺

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