iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

[1st verse] GIRLS SHOUTING THINGS (1st coda) [2nd verse] GIRLS SHOUTING THINGS [3rd verse] GIRLS SHOUTING THINGS (D.C. al Coda) (coda) GIRLS SHOUTING THINGS

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Imagine being able to call up your parents and ask, "So, how 'optional' is the wrapped Killian hold on the third lobe of the pattern?" Bonus: you could rules lawyer the tech panel into oblivion by *texting your mom*.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Manifesting a score of 84+ and kpYYYY for this by the end of the season.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Few things are more satisfying than learning your nemesis has suffered a great misfortune entirely of their own making.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had a great time attending @fullindie.bsky.social last weekend, and it got me thinking about how to make games at this weird moment in time. Read away! elzyg.com/blog/full-in...

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The Devil's Terms of Service | Elzyg

Making games under capitalism and Full Indie Summit 2026.

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Lars • Iskotaa @lars.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's a good day for a blog post. I've had thoughts brewing on this for 6 months (years really) and finally got them coherent enough to post. iskotaa.com/blog/2026-09...

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Becoming Disconnected - Iskotaa

I'm drifting further away from platforms and their demands

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I normally dislike armchair developer discourse, but I am in fact a developer in an armchair so I feel comfortable saying I cannot even guess what the thought process behind this shuffling could have been

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Lars • Iskotaa @lars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

First conference with @ellie.bsky.social as a studio at @fullindie.bsky.social! Fantastic talks so far and really well organized.

A photo of Studio Iskotaa, I.e. Lars and Ellie, at Full Indie Summit in Vancouver BC.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Spending the day in a Westin ballroom for @fullindie.bsky.social and we’re off to an amazing start:

A slide on a large screen that says “What systems do you engage with? Will you use LinkedIn and forever be banished from the light of god?”

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Finnish friends, I seek your aid! Is there a reliable English version of Elias Lönnrot's "Kanteletar"? I'm hoping there might be a university press edition or the like. Recommendations for a good Finnish edition I can dictionary-muddle through are also welcome!

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welcome to the glennaissance @maillardreaction.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

anthony @ the tech panel this season if they give him less than a level 4

screenshot of gretchen weiners from mean girls that's edited to say "i don't think my father, the inventor of the golden waltz, would be too pleased to hear about this"

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Easing back into things. Here's The Mood: Fall 2026 elzyg.com/blog/2026-09...

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The Mood: Fall 2026 | Elzyg

Seasonal sensations, inspirations, and motifs for the months ahead.

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Take Meowt by Franz Ferdinyan @wendysnowradish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alan Wake teaches us that evil otherwordly shadow creatures can be defeated by shining a flashlight in their eyes and then shooting them with a gun. But what many people might not know is that this trick works on regular humans too

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I was not prepared for the sushi mascot race at the bottom of the 5th:

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At my first baseball game ever. It’s cheap beer and hot dog night. Every player has a name that makes them exceptionally qualified to be a baseball player and nothing else. Will this awaken another sports fandom in me y/n?

A tiny Canadian baseball field with full stands at dusk.

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Lars • Iskotaa @lars.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"In spite of their endless pursuit of realism, video games are at their most powerful in their capacity for abstraction. The game designer's decision to simulate some things over others [...] – these are in turn invitations for players to fill in the blanks with a little bit of themselves."

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

All of us when we heard the Riku & Ryuichi engagement news.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

"Escape from Crystal Mall is young adult ennui dipped in Y2K chrome." I had a ball writing a little browser game about being trapped in a mall...among other things. I talk a little about the process of making it here! elzyg.com/blog/2026-05...

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Welcome to the Crystal Mall | Elzyg

On making a video game about food courts, flash games, and Y2K nostalgia.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It's very early days on the Baltic Sea project, feel free to visit the mall while you wait for me to write the next game. ^_^ iskotaa.itch.io/crystal-mall...

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Escape From Crystal Mall by Studio Iskotaa, elzyg

Leave the mall or cry trying!

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Skylar Patridge @skyepatridge.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

the 4 stages of grief in 2026

Hand-drawn image, showing a cycle of Rage -> Whimsy -> The Big Sad -> A Friend Potato Will Fix It and back around to Rage. Picture of a Florence Pugh dressed in the flower outfit from Midsommar

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I've reached the guitar playing skill level where my spouse says, "That sounds nice!" instead of "So you're still practicing, eh?"

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Tadej Pogačar standing on a French roadside in 35+ degree heat wearing a bucket hat to cheer on Urška Žigart has made my week.

Smiling man wearing a multicolour bucket hat declaring himself a supporter of 4x Slovenian National Time Trial Champion and 2024 Slovenian National Road Race champion Urška Žigart.

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It is funny that as more people get duped by AI, the response more frequently seems to be to insist that the models are developing godlike intelligence and we all need to be sooo careful when the real lesson is clearly that the human psyche can get absolutely one-shotted by personalized flattery

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I move ever closer to pulling a David Thorne-27B/6 and providing a drawing of a spider in payment for whatever absurd emergency expense crops up next*. (*Please, no more of these.)

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Lars • Iskotaa @lars.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Continuing to refine and improve my 3d art. On the left is my new model, and on the right the original test. I feel like I've cracked the code on this one. #conceptart #watercolour #gamedev #indiegames

Two 3d models of a woman standing next to each other. The left model has a cleaner look and better eyes and facial features. The model on the right is rough and cartoonish. They stand in front of painted flowers, grass, bushes, and trees. The entire scene is watercolour.

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patrick @redford.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It was an honor and a privilege to cover the Tour de France from Barcelona to Paris. The final story is about how Tadej Pogacar got over his ennui and got his joy back:

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Evening descent into YVR. Nice to be home.

View from an airplane window: North Shore mountains above the waters of Howe Sound, edge of an airplane wing.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains

The album cover for Mezzanine by Massive Attack, featuring a close up photo of a bug’s mandibles in black on a white background.

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 19/07/2026

🇧🇪 Evenepoel on overnight doping tests for 🇸🇮 Pogačar and 🇩🇰 Vingegaard 🗣️“At 2am? That's impossible. No, that's not allowed? That's not right. What would I say if they were standing by my bed? Nothing, because I’d just carry on sleeping.” 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/even... 📸 Cor Vos

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Wes Anderson’s Aeneid. Jason Schwartzman as Aeneas, Margot Robbie as Juno, Léa Seydoux as Dido. Willem Defoe makes a cameo as Charon.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Oh hey, I wrote on this subject last year: "My gargantuan CD binder is a bulwark against the encroachment of Big Tech into my private life [...] It’s much harder for a multinational corporation to rent seek on your attention if they don’t know where your attention is." elzyg.com/blog/leaving...

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Exiting the Stream | Elzyg

On switching streaming platforms and rescuing physical media from storage.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Read a 715 page biographyof Sonny Rollins on a whim, knowing nearly nothing about jazz and bearing no previous affection for the saxophone. Now converted on both counts.

A full bookcase with a thicc volume pulled out. The displayed book is “Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins”

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's not enough to be against AI, you need to be pro art. You need to be a champion of the art you love, you need to share that passion and joy, and do what you can to support the artists who make it, because it's not enough to hate AI, to hate what it's doing to art and media; you gotta love.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Translation: "I voted for Palpatine and I'd do it again!"

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Little dude just jumped up and hung out for a bit. Ideal hiking wildlife encounter, 10/10 no notes.

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

"Hey team, we had to eliminate the positions of every person on parental leave for the third year running. Real bummer, I know, BUT! We're now budgeting $3 million a year for Claude Code subscriptions. EVERYONE is SO HAPPY, RIGHT?!"

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Tourists visiting during Stampede: Where are we going for brunch? Calgarians, squinting at the sunrise & strapping on a glucose monitor: Get your boots, we're going to the Elbow Park Community Association for tiny sausages and orange juice. Quick, before the kids empty the fruit platters!

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Kid in Toy Car: Let's Go Bullish!

Alt: Kid in Toy Car: Let's Go Bullish!

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Do I miss living near Stampede and having people use the bushes in front of my apartment as a toilet? No. Do I miss 10 straight days of free pancake breakfasts and the chance to annoyingly correct people on 'Yahoo' vs 'Yeehaw'? Yes. Definitely. Absolutely.

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ً @zan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

dreamcast forever 🌀

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Ellie @ellie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"At this juncture, you may have had your fill of major scales and wish to use some of your knowledge to create harmony."

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