iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Generative AI: there is a car rental Company called Sixt and their horrifying horse spokesman is enough that I would never ever consider using them. Nightmare fuel.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don’t have a link but while I’m talking female genius short story writers, find and read Daphne du Maurier’s The Old Man posthaste. My only regret is that I cannot read the stunning final paragraph again with the same innocence about the story being told.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In “honor” of the extremely lowbrow Lizzie Borden thing on Netflix (by the way, do you know she was found not guilty?) I bring you a sublime take on the same story, one that works only because of the supreme genius of Angela Carter. I urge you to read it. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...

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Angela Carter · Story: ‘Mise-en-Scène for a Parricide’

Hot, hot, hot . . . very early in the morning, before the factory whistle, but, even at this hour, everything shimmers...

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Recently, as music and books and so much else awaken memories I finally understand Billy Pilgrim becoming unstuck in time. Some things have me sitting in my friend Geff’s truck or listening to music in an apartment as long lost as the relationship that put me there. So it goes.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My pareidolia is really strong and I am now in a very strange place. The human brain is awful and I would trade if I could.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Missing my sweet dog badly tonight. Here’s a pop art piece I did of her… @austinpetsalive.bsky.social would list her as a Carolina Dog now, but in 2011 she was a Lab mix… we Never tested but it’s likely there was zero lab in this sweet difficult and utterly loved girl.

Carolina dog/mix in
Pop art style with dog thinking “they must never learn my secret… I’m not really a *choke* Lab mix!”

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I experienced this very thing this morning… I told the bot that I felt it was intentionally keeping me from the help I needed and it clearly couldn’t provide, which actually got me to a human. I doubt this is the norm.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Next, someone will decide that the use of the letter E is a sign of AI use. Cue the pitchfork mobs.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I couldn’t do BSG when it rebooted. I cringed at every “frack” and it pulled me right out.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Was the remit for the first-ever World Cup halftime show “hugely cringe”? Nailed it.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

All the years of joy and love and laughter has a bill that comes due. Broken hearted to say goodbye to Riley… so many laughs and adventures.

Riley the dog, always a smile, wearing a favorite bandana.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

You will discover how much you care, And will give your heart to a dog to tear.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It isn’t too late to do a “lost” Team up of these two at around their current ages. I’d be first in line. I read this the first time through and am thoroughly enjoying the new look at this story.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sad. I agree and so does everyone I’ve found discussing this.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

If the desired effect is to match the National Mall reflecting pool color to the background of the star field color on our flag, this may be the easier solution.

American flag with algae green behind the stars.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My favorite example is Francis Ford Coppola’s One From the Heart. Relentlessly mocked on release, it has been thoroughly reevaluated now (I saw it on original release and adored it… and what a soundtrack)

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I’ve called this Liefeld Syndrome since the 90s.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Oh come on, NPR. So many news outlets now focus on tortured headlines, you’re better than this.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

When someone says something like “we have two beautiful children” I have to fight the urge to ask how many ugly kids they have.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I did this for money too, and all these years later I continue to shout at the news.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A very good discussion on this from the podcast The Rest Is Entertainment (TV producer and personality and author Richard Osman and journalist/author Marina Hyde, both Much more known in the UK ). It’s today’s episode.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I would have been 14 and my first issue was number 7 of the first run.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I get it, as a J-school graduate I do. But clickbait is just OTT now and it drives me mad when the headline doesn’t reflect the reality.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

No shade on any of the books but damn does CBR have a problem with over-using superlatives (sometimes arguably undeserved) in their headlines.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Listening to Buddy Holly and especially the sadly sparse Greenwich Village recordings and realizing he’s only scratched the surface of his brilliance. How much more would he have changed music?

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I’d be happy if there was a time limited ability to edit, even 2 minutes.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Audience reviews for Amadeus in Starz are massively lower than critic reviews. It’s a parade of “show us you’re a racist while pretending you’re not racist.”

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

With my mood issues, comic strips are a lifeline. I recommend everything ever from @badmachinery.com, @danschkade.bsky.social does a remarkable Flash Gordon, Will Henry’s Wallace the Brave is a gem and @danacorn.bsky.social’s excellent Phoebe and her Unicorn is sadly Sunday only online right now.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It’s very hard to sit through Eurovision without a biochemical support.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Nice to see them being preserved, I know some of them have disintegrated and these deserve the care they are getting.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

In 1986, I was asked in a York pub how I could have voted for Reagan. When I told them I hadn’t, that I was horrified that a clearly addled and incompetent man had managed to sway the US electorate, so many pints were bought for me. I think now it would be “fuck all Yanks” because it’s far worse.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

To quote one of the great prophets, “a bar’s just a church where they serve beer”

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Those tomes are forbidden? We have the full set on a small table next to the toilet, as they are excellent bathroom reading.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

All good. About to turn 60 and those characters bring me joy.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Speaking of repost, updates on GoComics stopped happening on your daily but then finally came back today. It made me realize that reading about Marigold and Phoebe every day was part of my sanity routine.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Sturgeon convinced me this would be our future for sure.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’ll say Vancouver as the Cerritos has yellow accents.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Ah, probably the Cerritos or maybe the Vancouver. Haven’t watched much Lower Decks.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Nice clue, let me ponder your possibly on-the-nose clue. I will say it is almost certainly a reference to Rimmer on Red Dwarf. Your artist has good taste in fun SF

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Well, yes, R-0, the most famous reindeer (err robot) of all.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Well, since no one else is playing… Hitchhiker’s Guide with the towel and sleepwear, plus the whale and peonies. Great Atuin from Discworld. TARDIS(or Mackenzie Trench Police Box) from Doctor Who. A Star Trek Federation ship (Picard?). Can’t quite figure the robot in the bow tie.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I really question why @theguardian.com gave any air to anything Rob Schneider says. He was always a nobody and the constant need for content doesn’t mean giving voice to the addled thoughts of a washed up never-was.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Streaming with ads means the same commercials again and again. I’m dreaming of destroying Limu Emu and Doug and burying them in the hole I dug for the Liberty Biberty guy.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

And sigh, I mean to say Last Comic Standing wasn’t as funny. Def try to see the British Last One Laughing

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

He’s right, but this underscores just how badly he failed at making such a thing even vaguely compelling.

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Wish I could edit. The show is “Last One Laughing” which was a different and not as funny show my wife was in the running for one season…

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Erik Squarebear @erik-squarebear.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Oh, and if you haven’t watched Lat Comic Standing the polar opposites of him and Bob Mortimer is just too good.

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