iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fat bears, spooky lakes… best time of year to be a weird nature nerd.

conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Last weekend I went to see the Descendants and tonight I went to see the Toadies and I need all of my favorite bands to stop getting old. They all sound just as amazing as ever but Christ we’re all getting old.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I want to know what the glass budget was on any given John Woo movie.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Talosians weren’t on the ship, Gene.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

TIL that the smell of rain in the Mojave isn’t petrichor. It’s from the creosote.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Suspiria (remake) is so good. I need to watch the Argento so I can’t say anything comparing the two, but the remake *feels* like an Argento movie.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus 17 has a similar account of the same night but says the Romans were banging basins and pans and lighting torches to invoke the return of the moon's light, which was customary for them.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Latin comes from the Indiculus Superstitionum Et Paganiarum: "De lunae defectione, quod dicunt Vinceluna."

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Preteen has said she wants to see the eclipse, but does not want to "bully the moon" with me. I explained to her that I'm cheering *for* the moon - VINCE, LUNA! She is not convinced and her interpretation is objectively too funny to argue with.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Livy, Ab urbe condita, 44.37 [The eclipse] moved the Macedonians as a sad portent, foretelling the setting of the kingdom and the destruction of the nation, and the oracles were no different. There was a clamor and howling in the Macedonian camp until the moon emerged into its own light.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Being the eclectic secular pagan that I am, I did a little research on lunar eclipses lately because next week has the last good visible one for a while here. Found this, and decided that I'm taking my preteen out to go shout in Latin together. Well... I'll shout. She'll judge. (Livy in comments)

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Watching horror movies at 7am to counteract the horrors of real life.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

There’s a Welsh dub of Star Wars coming out? I need this. 👀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Upgrade your grey matter because one day it may matter

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Set up a pretty decent stereo in my office with nice speakers, a wiim, and a turntable and now I can’t stop buying records of every CD I owned in the 90s. I thought the roller skating was supposed to be my midlife crisis…

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You wanna know who has a disturbingly good record selection? Temu I clicked an ad and while I don’t think I can actually convince myself to order anything from them, I’m a little perturbed at how good the selection is. Did not expect to see skinny puppy records on Temu.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Anybody else randomly get Christmas songs stuck in their head when it’s 109° outside?

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Me getting my nails done today. Nail tech: you married? Me: no NT: I can tell 💀 (It’s because I look so happy, I assume)

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Is my eyesight getting worse or do I just need to clean my glasses?

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Why didn’t anybody tell me how good the 1946 version of Beauty and the Beast is?

Movie poster for Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast with Jean Marais and Josette Day from 1946.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I’d love a tour of your tattoos. You have some pretty art!

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Literally nobody is going to care about this, but I’ve been ordering DVDs from Japan like it’s 1999. This is Criterion spine #1, never opened. It’s been out of print for 20 years. This is what I’m doing with my midlife crisis, apparently.

New (still shrink-wrapped) DVD of Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion, which is spine #1 of The Criterion Collection and has been out of print since about 2005.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Still on my old movie kick. Today it’s pre-code movies from the 30s that I thought I’d just put on as background noise and got sucked into Five Star Final. Should have known better than to put on anything with Edward G. Robinson and think I’ll be able to ignore it.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Seven Samurai is a fantastic movie, but I don’t have the attention span to spend a half hour per samurai for runtime anymore.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Oooh! New Kerri Maniscalco is out!

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Eating pasta. Listening to Mancini. 10/10

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

High school seniors found me on LinkedIn and asked if they could chat with me about my job because they want to start their own company. I was never this motivated in high school. Good for them. ❤️

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I bet if I got a new notebook that would fix me.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

All hail the progenitor of the baby surprise jacket. I made so many of those.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Didn’t he do Day of the Tryffids too?

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/01/2026

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Ex-husband should just be glad she’s not going to Gatlinburg with his dad.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I haven’t posted too much. Just started a second job. Not sure how long it will last, but it’s a project that involves something I do for fun and pays more than I’ve ever even dreamed of so how could I say no?

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a cartoon of a woman kissing a silhouette of a man made of 100 dollar bills

ALT: a cartoon of a woman kissing a silhouette of a man made of 100 dollar bills

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

(I’m teasing. Not meant to be rude.)

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Sir, LinkedIn is the other blue icon.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I am annoyed about it because it’s the first time I agreed to one in five years. I was happily in my bog witch era and I let some guy poke a hole in my peace because he seemed pretty darn sincere. Moral of the story is to never leave the bog, I guess. The bog *never* disappoints.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Guy was PERSISTENT about wanting to take me out and then ghosted me day after I agreed. Well before the date ever happened. Just goodnight and never heard another word. Like… did you win a bet over if you could talk me into one or something? Wife go through your phone? Why are people like this?

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

And finally, the council has been discussing parsnips with the dragon. Why is Duolingo like this?

Duolingo screenshot that says “Ac yn olaf mae’r cyngor wedi bod yn trafod pannas â’r ddraig”

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I have an inbox full of flirty drunk texts from yesterday and I’ve realized I was way too harsh on myself for sending those sorts of things when I was younger. The ego boost on this side of them is incredible.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I have a name that people want to shorten and I *still* tell them to say the whole thing like A Tribe Called Quest.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series made her the first Black author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is the first author to win in 3 consecutive years & the first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020. #ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky

A montage portrait of science fiction author N.K. Jemisin. On the left, she appears in a close-up photo with long, dark braided hair, wearing earrings, a delicate necklace with a pendant, a deep maroon sweater, and a shimmering green scarf draped around her neck. She has a calm, confident expression and gazes directly at the camera against a softly blurred dark background. To the right are three stacked book covers of her works. Top: The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth trilogy), with a dark, textured design and metallic title. Middle: The Obelisk Gate, featuring an intricate, glowing red-and-purple circular mandala-like emblem. Bottom: The Stone Sky, showing a dramatic stormy sky with a massive floating obelisk.

The overall composition highlights the author alongside prominent covers from her award-winning Broken Earth series.

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conqueringsquid @csquidlette.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

There’s maybe 10% of this book left and I know I’m going to hate this reveal.

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