iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 26/08/2026

Would really appreciate Reposts!

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Completed the Round Strathaven 50 on Sunday which was nice!

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

From a wee trip to Millport, Isle of Cumbrae

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The Shop and Art for Sale at my website are open again. These original drawings, prints, and many others are available now. www.tomgauld.com

Panel One.
Two figures walk up a hill in a park. One walks in front and the other is walking a dog

Front "My new year's resolution is to stop lending books"

Dog-walker "Really?"

Panel Two.
Front, becoming agitated
"It's just not worth the risk: cracked spines! Bent corners! Torn pages! Grubby fingers! Crumbs! Baths! Burglars! Rats! Children!! I can't allow such precious artefacts to fall into the careless hands of clumsy philistines!"

Panel Three.
Dog-walker "And how do the other librarians feel about this?"

Front "Less supportive Than I'd hoped."

Panel 1. image of a huge nuclear plant.
“Reactor Overheating”

2. A worker in a hazmat suit works at a computer. The screen reads:
“Press cancel to avoid critical overload”

3 - 9. The worker continues to type at the computer. The screen changes in each panel and reads:
“Enter password to confirm”
“Incorrect password”
“Incorrect password”
“Do you want to reset your password?”
“Reset link has been sent to your email”
“Please choose a new password”
“New password can't be the same as old password”
The colour gets hotter in each panel. Starting blue in 1 and ending in red in 9.

Panel 10. Wide view. The entire earth is blown up.

Night. The Department of Astrobiology building. One upper floor window is lit and a figure in it looks out and says "Dammit! Professor Monroe has all the luck!". In the car park outside, a second figure rises within a beam of light towards a flying saucer.

Title: How to focus on writing your book

There follow eleven tiny images telling a story. The captions read:

Turn your devices off (a writer with a phone and laptop. The screens are dark).
Put them in a drawer.
Lock the drawer.
Throw away the key.
Leave the house.
Do not look back.
Keep to backroads and hedgerows.
Feel your old life slip away. (the writer has shed his clothes)
Sleep by day.
Forage in the evening.
Write by the light of the moon
When you have a passable first draft, commit a minor crime and use your phone call to contact your agent. (the naked writer is in a prison holding a phone while an unamused police officer looks on).

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Sleaford Mods @sleafordmods.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The Demise Of Planet X is out now.💥 Buy it. Stream it. Download it. 👉 sleafordmods.ffm.to/demise

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year, to those that celebrate it. To those that don’t continue to keep it real!!

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I occasionally like to share these "Mercator vs Real Country Size" animations to encourage you to buy a globe. Nothing fancy - just a basic globe. It does wonders in helping you (and your kids) to understand the world. Source: buff.ly/EGdKGR3

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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/12/2025

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

where Nobby went wrong was in thinking small. He sidled into places and pinched things that weren’t worth much. If only he’d sidled into continents and stolen entire cities, slaughtering many of the inhabitants in the process, he’d have been a pillar of the community.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books. p.s. I have a new book of cartoons out soon: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Panel One:
A woman sits in a chair reading happily in a book-filled room.
A voice offstage says
"You can't survive on books alone"
The woman replies
"Maybe I can!"

Panel Two:
"How?" asks the voice
"I don't know yet, but I'm sure the answer will be in one of my books." Says the woman

Panel Three:
Caption: However
The book is filled with yet more books.
A skull sits on the chair. It says
"I regret nothing!"

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It's super cool that fossils of this finger-size Cambrian arthropod are ~506 million years old and preserve its gut, nervous system and circulatory system It's also neat that the species was named for Mothra, one of the very best kaiju But honestly, you had me at "butt-breathing" 🧪 #FossilFriday

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Butt-breathing sea predator that roamed the ocean 500 million years ago discovered

Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old creature, Mosura fentoni, reveals that Cambrian arthropods we...

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

On Scotland’s self-proclaimed cycling island, one small shop is making a big impact. With help from Cycling UK’s Cycle Access Fund, Mapes of Millport is fuelling freedom, fitness & connection — one refurbished bike at a time. 🔗 cyclinguk.org/caf-mapes

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How Mapes of Millport is keeping Cumbrae moving with repairs and recycled rides

With support from Cycling UK’s Cycle Access Fund, Mapes of Millport is helping people on the Isle of Cumbrae stay active, independent and connected – one refurbished bike at a time

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

On the road to Inverness via Clonaig, Tarbert, Loch Gilphead, Oban & Fort William…….nice so far!!

A roll with bacon and a flat white coffee sitting in a wooden bench. This was my breakfast this morning.

The ferry for Clonaig coming into Lochranza. People with bikes waiting to board

Sun setting over the village of Lochranza on Arran. Lochranza Castle is in shadow to the right of the photograph

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Hello there. As always, I am on the lookout for new lettering jobs. So, if you want a plucky Brit clad in facial hair and a dressing gown to letter your comics, I'm your guy, dudes. robjonesletteringblog.wordpress.com

The good old Bernie Sanders meme, of him, ruddy faced and coat clad, with the text "I am once again asking for you to share my lettering portfolio pretty please"

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gamerfestna.bsky.social @gamerfestna.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Don't miss gamerfest TOMMORROW! Learn about table top gaming and being secure in the cyber world, along with amazing gaming and related activities. Check the posters for details. FREE entry and all activities FREE too

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

72 miles on the bike since Christmas Day 2024. Which is nice!

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The Grey Dippers. See ‘alt’ description. Oh and a Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it.

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

That’s New Year’s Day sorted!!

A ticket, white, for reserving a large 2lb steak pie. Part of a traditional meal eaten annually on the 1st of January

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Out with North Ayrshire Tandem Cyclists. Super cold, but a chill day to.

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

They’re just like us…..no they are not!!

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Isle of North Uist. Claddach Kirkibost

A lonely road across North Uist, Scotland.

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Largs Promenade, North Ayrshire, Scotland

Promenade, Largs. Looking towards the Firth of Clyde

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Stevenston Beach, taken a wee while ago.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20/11/2024

1. I reiterate that I don't think bots/trolls get how comprehensive the "block" function here is. 2. I also think they don't quite get how prevalent "don't engage, just block" is as an ethos here. 3. Bluesky is a neighborhood party: everyone is welcome until they're a jerk. Then out they go.

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Blimey, cold today. Out with the North Ayrshire Tandem Cyclists.

Strava route map of tandem cycle from Stevenston to Dunlop. Undertaken by North Ayrshire Tandem Cyclists, a group for vision impaired and sighted

A flyer promoting the North Ayrshire Tandem Cyclists. Cycling for the vision impaired.

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Gordon Cowan @frankavacado.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

So just arrived here and I’m going to promote a ‘For Charity Screening’ of the amazing movie Dredd, not the Stallone one, gawd forbid! www.eventbrite.com/e/dredd-a-ch... @2000ad.bsky.social Please support I’ve include some images of my gable end, painted by Scottish street artist Tragic O’Hara

Judge Dredd, in a more restrained moment.

The things have done, when you retire. Such as getting your gable end painted in tribute to 2000AD.

A picture of Scottish street artist, Tragic O’ Hara with his just completed 2000AD tribute!

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