iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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K.S. Nightingale (Kai) @ksnightingale.bsky.social · 13h

Booking now for the end of the year! Availability for the latter half of October through December is open. Please share! #writingcommunity #writesky #editing #amediting

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Steven Wilson @hauntedcanada.bsky.social · 14m

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 10h

I dunno man, if you can look me in the eye and say, "Yeah, Brad Bradford's bad, but Olivia Chow isn't any better" then I think we just fundamentally live in different universes and I don't have the energy to argue with that

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 14h

I've got more author interviews sitting in my email, but FUCK I just had a second AND third one since yesterday who I followed the links of and found gen AI stuff. After I'd drafted and edited their posts. I'm literally about to stop doing these. STOP LYING IN YOUR EMAILS TO ME.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

ah yes, my books written by me, with covers from human designers, available for sale on fucking itch.io are the same as *checks notes* having a problem with generative ai use. yes, that makes complete sense. well done. you've bamboozled me.

a comment, citing my books on sale on itchio, saying: i've found a hundred books just like these at walmart, obviously you don't care about your 'art' either.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trying not to feel super down about not having sold a book in a week on KDP, so I'm going to draft some blog posts and avoid my feelings. If I can't sell my own books, I can at least promote others 💪

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Jake Peralta: We Can Do This! (Brooklyn 99)

Alt: Jake Peralta: We Can Do This! (Brooklyn 99)

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Why is absolutely everything so utterly depressing now? Is everything just ... poisoned by greed and stupidity and soullessness? I'm so fucking tired.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

shoutout to the guest artists for my new book, including Sarah's Scribbles! Get the book HERE ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There is no faster way to show you don’t care about the ‘art’ you’re making, artistic integrity in general, real artists or THE PLANET, than by being a pathetic loser who uses generative AI.

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Speaking of which, it's Canadian Thanksgiving weekend!🦃

When is Thanksgiving?
Americans and Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on different days, but the
date of Thanksgiving in both countries has changed many times over the
last hundred or so years. In Canada, Thanksgiving was originally in April.
It was changed to November 6 in 1879 and changed again to Remembrance
Day in 1921. In 1957, Canadian Thanksgiving was finally established as the
second Monday in October. It’s not venerated the same way in all of Canada,
however:

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I hate it. I hate it to the depths of my soul.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I have not one, not two, but THREE reminders of my hatred of gen AI on my policy/resources pages. Am I being too subtle here????? IF YOU USE GEN AI, I DO NOT SUPPORT YOU. I DO NOT LIKE YOU. I WILL NOT PROMOTE YOU. GO. AWAY. I do this for free and you are not entitled to my time!

Reminder: I will not promote, review, recommend or support anyone using generative AI in their books or art. This includes, but is not limited to: AI covers, AI writing, AI narrations, AI character imagery and/or AI promo pics. If you use it, I am not the person for you and please do not ask for an exception or email me to see if you’ll change my mind. This is a hard rule and not one that will change. I hate gen AI passionately and will not touch it with a ten foot pole. Thank you.

If you use generative AI in any part of your process, I am not the reviewer for you. I will not accept, read, review or promote books with AI generated covers, interiors or writing. If you use gen AI for your character art or promo, I will also not accept your book. Please do not ask for an exception. I will ignore your email. I only accept 100% human-made books with human-made covers. Thank you.

GENERAL NOTICE: I have tried my utmost to ensure that none of the links listed on my page utilise, promote or in any way endorse generative AI slop. Gen AI has no place in the book and art communities. It’s theft, it’s pollution and it’s lazy. If you find that one of these pages suddenly promotes such nonsense, please let me know ASAP and I will remove the link. Trust that I will NEVER knowingly promote, endorse or share art/books made with generative AI. It goes against everything I believe in and everything that the creative arts stand for.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

O Captain, my Captain! 🥹🔥♥️ I knew my whimsical goth king wouldn’t let me down!!!!

Nicholas Cage saying he’s not an AI friendly actor

Nicolas Cage saying he refused to sign an AI waiver for Spider-Noir

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I told everyone about this last year. Few believed me. If you have a contract with one of the big 4, make sure it says NO AI.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Liberals and Conservatives teamed up again today — funny how that keeps happening — to get Bill C-39 over the hurdle of its first vote. The massive, 243-page bill bulldozes environmental protections, Indigenous rights and attacks the right to strike. Here's what this means:

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

DO NOT PAY FOR THIS SHITE! Also, I promo for freeeeeee. If someone is emailing you and asking for money or royalty splits or anything monetary and too-good-to-be-true, run away!

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Kyoshi: Run Away! (Monty Python)

Alt: Run away! Run away!

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Only 26 MPs voted against the Bill at this first vote. From what I saw, it was entirely NDP, Bloc and Green who opposed it. Conservatives and Liberals all appeared to vote for it. Those 14 Liberals who claimed to care about the environment……very curious where your spine is?

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

‘I don’t want to raise my child, so I’ll offload them onto AI.’ Why even have kids if you don’t want to raise and love them?

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Steven Wilson @hauntedcanada.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Innkeepers! It's a fun indie kinda horror but I'd also recommend The Possession of David O'Reilly!

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Carney has a chance to show us there’s actually still a difference between his government and the one we’d have if Poilievre had won the election. Will he take it? Federal funding to help LGBTQ rights groups survive the attacks on their humanity is about to expire. He can do something about it:

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Bless my friend Ashley on this one.

Think, "What would the Victorians do?"
And then don't do that.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Guys, Azalea is dealing with car and vet bills!! Please donate if you can, and boost if you can’t! This year has been horrendous for so many of us!

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A quick reminder that this one will be out in March! Links to preorder are here. It’s my retelling of the Icelandic 12th century myth of Selkolla. It has changelings (or does it?), mound dwellers, blót and a fair bit of blood. Preorders are the best way to support a book, its author and their dog!

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Down Where Monsters Dwell

From Hildur Knútsdóttir comes Down Where Monsters Dwell, a dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore about the powerful bond between mothers...

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Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To be honest, I’ve never had that problem, although I hear and see quite a few authors saying that they do. I wrote both of my books without interruption, without procrastination, in a continuous, frenetic flow.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Guys I'm listening to the Q&A of the pipeline announcement and the first question (with three mins left in the video!!) about anything other than the economics of the pipeline came from POSTMEDIA POSTMEDIA was the first to ask about Indigenous consultation. What is everyone else DOING bro?????

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And there it is. 🔥

Comment on Reddit: AI is here so the wealthy can feel talented, while making it impossible for the talented to become wealthy.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Carney is trying to get ahead of criticisms by saying this announcement is tied to others: carbon capture (a snake oil solution to climate change used to extract more oil from depleted wells) And ocean conservation efforts (good! But not enough to mitigate the pipeline harm!!)

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Carney tells us that among the criteria for a project being designated in the national interest, the major projects office considers whether the project “contributes to Canadas clean growth and climate goals.” And a BITUMEN PIPELINE PASSED THIS TEST? Then the test is bullshit.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Carney greenwashes and also attempts to Indigenous-wash his pipeline, despite: 1) environmental experts making it clear his ocean conservation plan wont change the fact that this is an orca-killing project 2) Indigenous communities already sounding the alarm about insufficient consultation

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the reasons my books are not on Audible and never will be. If you want want more of an author's characters, just join the author's Patreon. You can even commission a special story sometimes. Do not play with whatever the hell this is. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages

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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🤬🤬RUSSIA JUST HIT A SCHOOL IN KYIV. A SCHOOL. WITH CHILDREN INSIDE. This is the moment the strike hit. Thankfully, the children were in the shelter. This is the reality Ukrainian children are being forced to live through. Don’t look away. Share this video. Speak about Ukraine.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From Tsawwassen First Nation: "An incident is currently in progress that has ended our Truth & Reconciliation event. Participants are asked to walk back the way we came and stay out of the area." Here's the alert: alertable.ca#/incidents/5...

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Alertable - Emergency Alerts

Alertable provides a smart alert system to notify Canadians. Sign up today for severe weather, floods, tornados, wildfires, and local community notifications.

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⛧ sampire ⛧ @probablymilhouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

me at the grocery store these days:

Scene from the Simpsons. Marge Simpson holds a mallet in her hand. She reads aloud, “MADE IN U.S.A.”.

Scene from the Simpsons. Marge Simpson puts down the mallet. She says, “oh, no, thank you.”

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our premier is such a piece of shit.

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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#booksky 💙📚 Do not skip the Foreward here. There is something about how horror stories are meant to hit the reader, and these have a distinctly passionate outcry of rage against systems. Some of these are quite heavy in topic and some have a more nebulous ending that the reader gets to sit within,

Bookcover of Something Followed Us Home edited by Cynthia Pelayo. Cover is a black background with eyes, bright pink flowrrs, purple lock, teal keys a skull, and allusion to hands with leaves.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram

Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

we know because data, EV batteries last as long as the car itself. Even with this data and real world evidence. My MiEV is 17 yrs old this yr on its original battery, the stupid myth of EVs needs battery replacement (insert timeframe here) still persist. insideevs.com/news/809604/...

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These Battery Cells Were Tested After 14 Years Of Hard Work. They're Good For Another Decade

CATL supplied the cells for the world’s first large-scale battery energy storage project. Fourteen years later, not one of them has been replaced.

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Bleak⋆Squeak @bleaksqueak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

legitimately the funniest bit of writing to ever come out of the Resident Evil franchise

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