iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Artists suffer through trauma to entertain people.

100

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 04/10/2026

no, she’s the wolf from a 4th or 5th century mosaic depicting the founding of Rome

The she-wolf who nurtured Romulus and Remus, depicted in mosaic form as a maniacal black dog with sharp teeth and white eyes.

My dog, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the maniacal mosaic wolf.

404798665

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 02/10/2026

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky

214615

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Evelyn Kriete @jaborwhalky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is going live very soon. It is so good. The talent is amazing! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wil...

kickstarter.com

Coming soon: Strange Tales

The premier in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.

011

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The weather has turned such that I have to socks. A great injustice.

51045

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Me watching Halloween arts and crafts videos: "Sorry, but this will not appease the fey folk."

010

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

With his Vera Historia, the 2nd-century satirist Lucian of Samosata wrote the 1st detailed account of a trip to the moon in the Western tradition and, some argue, also one of the earliest science fiction narratives. Aaron Parrett explores: publicdomainreview.org/essay/l...

05711

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This dog turned off its predator instinct for a tiny bird, and science has a name for it: alloparental care.

211165158

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Evelyn Kriete @jaborwhalky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

pmc19.com This site is very useful. Use it and do not get sick

pmc19.com

Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative - COVID-19 Data Dashboard

011

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Evelyn Kriete @jaborwhalky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So that is what things look like right now.

011

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Occam's razor as a lifestyle: the simplest option is probably the best one.

011

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Cookies have very few vitamins. That’s why you have to eat so many of them.

2103981430

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Evelyn Kriete @jaborwhalky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wil... Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror is coming back! We have brought together some of the most talented, critically acclaimed, and award-winning writers and artists for you to enjoy. #booksky #writing #mystery #suspense #thriller #books #Bookish

061

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm going to alter your DNA by being nice to you.

110

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Instead of saying "I have allergies" say "my divine form is too sacred to be polluted by profane substances"

011

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I am literally sitting here watching glue dry.

000

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Evelyn Kriete @jaborwhalky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Who is watching you on FLOCK

011

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller. Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch. No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2 🗃️🧪

Meme. Painting of St. Hildegard, from the shoulders up. She is dressed up in her nunnish finery. Her wimple is white and very creased, so that she looks a bit like a mummy and her veil is the dusky black of that suggests it's been through the wash many times. She has something like a crown on her head, with little spikes that look for all the world like duck feet. The saint's eyebrows are hard lines like windshield wipers, & her nose is ski-jump smooth.

Her head is surrounded by a nimbus of blue with a white outline, set against an orange background. She is looking up and towards your right, as if she's watching a possum that's about to drop onto the person sitting next to you. Her mouth is set in a tight smile. She's likely thinking about sex again. And maybe not just eel sex.

Hildegard provided us with the first written description of the female orgasm, so it's quite possible that she's got that on her mind.

Meme text reads:
"Medieval Eel Truth:
It's all about the Bingen's, baby!"

1026174

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A classic of pulp mags is being relaunched with a new but vintage style cover. And it has me in it, and I'm vintage too. Has reprints and new stuff, for first issue. @adambolivar.bsky.social

kickstarter.com

Coming soon: Strange Tales

The premier in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.

23923

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Evelyn Kriete @jaborwhalky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I would be wearing a N95 mask if I was you. I would also not assume it is "Just a bad flu" if you are sick right now.

011

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just remember, we are surviving one of the worst eras of modern history.

201

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 13/09/2026

I'm not saying this is the origin of the traffic cone, but goodness me I wish it was.

629337

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Death and the Maiden (c. 1908), by Marianne Stokes

4574166

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Connecticut, the ripples of pain and trauma from 9/11 are endless. Kids who grew up without a mom or dad. Communities that lost countless neighbors in an instant. Scores of first responders who returned home with wounds that endured. Here, we will never forget.

Three firefighters stand on debris at the site of the World Trade Center, raising an American flag amid the wreckage following the September 11 attacks.

1051288

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 10/09/2026

Come on, you madcap, I’ll to the alehouse with you presently; where, for one shot of five pence, thou shalt have five thousand welcomes.

627536

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yesterday was Labor Day. Did you have to buy your holiday with eels, like folks in medieval Littleport? In the 1250s they got out of their customary service to the Bishop of Ely by paying an extra 2,000 eels each year. Greedy bishop. Happy Labor Day. May you keep your eels for yourself! 🧪🗃️

Meme. Medieval painting of two men sewing grain in a field. The man in front, whom we'll call Villhorc, is wearing bright blue leggings, a grey shirt, and a flat-topped brown hat. He is carrying grain in a sling of sorts, and is tossing it into the furrows. He has blonde hair and his expression speaks of vacancy. Behind him is a two-wheeled cart.

The second man, further back and only half in the picture, is bent over a bag on the ground. He is wearing a brown shirt and black cap. Likely his name is LourVance, but he goes by LV. In the background, beyond some hills, looms a walled city.

In the sky behind this bucolic scene is what looks like a roiling dark blue cloud. And inside the cloud is some sort of lizard or dragon. It looks a bit like an anteater with a lizard tail and multiple legs. We can call it Fizzlesnort. Why is it there? This is a mystery. The men haven't clearly noticed Fizzlesnort yet.

Will you warn them? Or just watch the show?

Meme text reads:
"Happy Eelabor Day!"

49823

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is very funny because I'm not from any of these places. I have no idea how this result happened.

010

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

by artist Ginny Robbins

5067141206

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Come inside, but no stick….😞 ☹️

1742752307

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Guyette scarlet begonia @begoniaguyette.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

California poppy~♡

25700535

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 03/09/2026

This is how I imagine my dog feels when he's protecting the house by barking at the leaves blowing by...

663094293

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Constantinople, the mosque of Tophane, by Ivan Aivazovsky (1884)

11952107

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A gem at the county fair art show. 🎨

Acrylic painting of an angry looking white cat staring at the viewer with one paw on a blue vase, about to push it off a mantle.

138102321614

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/09/2026

Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations, banding together to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration's changing advice. to.pbs.org/4i9BU4C

to.pbs.org

Top U.S. doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion

Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — sayi...

515668

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"I would fight Temu ninjas for you." #nocontext

001

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Died (alas!) on this day in 1584, poet & painter Lucas d'Heere of Gent. Also chronicler of costumes from near and far: here, Muscovite on horseback.

19713

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Flemish gentlewoman in deluxe huyck; Dutch woman more simply dressed for shopping. By poet & costume expert Lucas d'Heere. It's his day.

05713

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

First pretty accurate depiction of Stonehenge, produced of course by a Flemish painter! Lucas d'Heere of Ghent, in 1574. It's his day.

329562

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 26/08/2026

Is there no other

81070234

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There is no mystical management of reality

100

G. D. Falksen @gdfalksen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP Dolly Parton, who exemplified the best of humanity. May the light she brought to the world never fade.

020

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

John Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Parton received the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2022. The award, presented by the international family of Carnegie institutions to honor innovative philanthropists RIP Dolly Parton, great American singer, songwriter.

billboard.com

A Timeline of Dolly Parton’s Good Deeds

Dolly Parton is not only talented, but she's also charitable.

2316

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

194335107162

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

2063894011010

Reposted by G. D. Falksen

Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

'Wandsworth by Moonlight' by John Atkinson Grimshaw (Private collection)

291972262