iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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If you have ever read a book to a baby, you will realize it's not a linear experience. The baby wants to turn pages backward, wants to ask questions (if they're old enough), wants to examine the pages and get really excited if they can say "bear!" even if the word "bear!" is not on the page.

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E. B. Gross @ebgross.bsky.social · 2h

This sort of policy doesn't help students figure out what THEY think about AI, it just sends a message (clear to some, but probably not everyone) about what YOU think of AI. If students are worried they're not good enough and AI will help them be better, this message may not do much to reassure.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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E. B. Gross @ebgross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I also just hit this one, but my kid is 6. It turns out that a 6 year old saying "I *like* how I look in this" is pretty much the ballgame for keeping a favorite sweatshirt. I like how you look too, kiddo.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026

IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.

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E. B. Gross @ebgross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I feel like that one would fall apart on the audiobook....

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 27/05/2023

ROBIN: the batmobile won’t start BATMAN: check the battery ROBIN: what’s a tery

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m really trying not to go for cheap heat on here but you can write off any politician that does not support trans rights without equivocating because it’s the morally correct thing to do and additionally because it means they’re not above selling anyone out.

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R. Blaylock Art @meanderingunicorns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Many fantasy and sci-fi authors have created compelling fictional religions, but @tkingfisher.com has written the only one I actually want to join. Let me be be useful. Let me be practical. Let me find ways my skills can serve others in the Temple of the White Rat.

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E. B. Gross @ebgross.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Good? It wouldn't be a very good new thermos if you were...

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E. B. Gross @ebgross.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"You'll like this! I forget what the plot is about, but I've never read a book that more clearly had whiskey on its breath than this one!"

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some people are so universally beloved that I think we shouldn’t be told when they die. Let us figure it out eventually but never receive confirmation. We should always be able to idly speculate that somehow there’s a chance they *could* still be alive

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

recursion

Tend! @tendehka.bsky.social

i cannot get over how funny the moderation tag on this is

USSR Pictures @ussrpictures.bsky.... 7h

"Prudery is the enemy of art" - Soviet poster, 1980s

[MODERATION TAG: Adult Content (not nudity]

[Poster has a cartoon image of a man putting a pink brassiere on an armless marble statue]

ХАНЖЕСТВО-

ВРАГ

ИСКУССТВА!

4 Aug 2026

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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

this guy gets it

Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."

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Abye @mxabye.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“Caleb, I’m ready for our video conference… Caleb, can you hear me? … What do you mean I’ve pressed the wrong button? The only other button projects a giant image of myself to address the people of Dresediel Lex- *looks out of the window* Oh son of a-“

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E. B. Gross @ebgross.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I love @tkingfisher.com and read everything she puts out, when it comes out. "The Twisted Ones" is the only time I've looked back and thought: this was a mistake! And then I didn't read "Wolf Worm" because I have self-preservation, and she said it was ok to skip.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A bio-inspired robot crosses paths with a real insect , 400 million years of evolution face to face with human engineering.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Dang they really got a category for everything

THR
The Hollywood Reporter *
@THR
Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for First Special Since Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Gary K. Wolf •
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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica.
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica.
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Y'all don't want teens to go to the beach, ride the bus, or go to the mall. But y'all also don't want them staying home and playing video games or being on their phones or social media. So what do y'all expect teens to do? Sit silently and stare at the wall? Come the fuck on.

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D.J. Kirkland @ohheydj.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

THE KIDS ARE BORED BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO OR ANYTHING TO DO!

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

People at work keep trying to loop me in but I’m too quick

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E. B. Gross @ebgross.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It's true! But it may take a few days. Or a week. Or possibly a month or two if your email comes right around the end of the semester. Don't be afraid to ask twice!

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’m not too embarrassed that we are losing to Iran. It’s a big boy country with missiles and drones and so forth ran by stone cold killers. That’s NFL ball for you. I am a little embarrassed we are also losing to algae.

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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

who did this to me

A screenshot of the IMDB page for Make Some Noise. The show description reads: "An insecure yet lovable bearded man relies on his many friends to make face/mouth noises to prevent himself from having to work a desk job and/or move back in with his parents".

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Not now, Elder Gods From Outside Reality Frozen Under The Ice For Aeons

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

‘We aren’t socialists, we’re just better at accounting’ is a killer line.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

i will simply incant "do NOT corrupt me. make NO mistakes" before wielding the One Ring

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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Seed Song

A chipping sparrow is humming to itself while hopping around a forest floor in early spring. New plants are sprouting through fallen years from the year before. Zoom in on the bird in the second panel as it sings "I never had a seed that I didn't like / dry ones hard ones sharp ones even taste alright / if you don't eat them fast, they turn into a grass! / if you let them be, they become a tree!" It stops to munch on some morsels of sparrow food, whatever that is, at the base of a plant that towers over its head. It looks up and up. The final frame is zoomed out to see the top of the plant, which is a trillium. The sparrow cheerily says "Good morning!". And that's how you make a comic!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn…

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

with zero sarcasm this is good government and we should do this immediately

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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

let’s have a great day! #ANTIFA

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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 21/04/2026

we all know I have no life, so:

WHAT IF COLUMBO COULD REGENERATE LIKE THE DOCTOR?

1st Columbo: Groucho Marx
2nd Columbo: Danny Kaye
3rd Columbo: Sid Caesar
4th Columbo: Peter Falk (obviously he's the fourth, I mean come on, both in terms of iconicism and timing)
5th Columbo: Jamie Farr
6th Columbo: Judd Hirsch
7th Columbo: Howard Hesseman
8th Columbo: Mandy Patinkin
9th Columbo: Eugene Levy
10th Columbo: Mark Ruffalo
11th Columbo: Adam Brody
12th Columbo: Jason Alexander
13th Columbo: Natasha Lyonne
14th Columbo: Mark Ruffalo again
15th Columbo: Omar Epps

NOT PICTURED: Alan Arkin ("War Columbo"), Whoopi Goldberg ("Fugitive Columbo"), Laura Linney (possible 16th Columbo), Don Adams/Warren Christopher (played first and second Columbos, respectively, in "The Five Columbos" TV special)

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’

Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

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