iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026

Only halfway through New York Climate week - here's a little cheatsheet for the key AI greenwashing tropes you're going to hear. Please go check our latest investigation into NVIDIA's unjustified climate claims here: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Have you got a photo or image that really illustrates the #WarOnWalking, at any scale and in any context? Send it to us and we might turn it into another poster in this series. Thanks! #UrbanTruth

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s really interesting to me that every philosopher I recognised in this piece is male. Not that female philosophers are immune to professional risks but it recalls to mind Lord of the Flies as a hypothesis not on children’s behaviour, but specifically of privileged male behaviour.

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Martin Greenaway @mgreenaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yeah so just your reminder that cloud storage isn't and never has been *YOUR* storage. If someone doesn't want you to have something, Google *CAN* (and apparently will) delete it for them first and ask questions later.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

However long it’s been, I can still feel humbled in my trauma healing journey by the casual reflexive kindnesses of people who grew up fully loved & supported. Like the phrase “let’s find out together” 😭 straight to the soul, that one.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thinking strongly about the saying “not every game is for every one”

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily designed to enable abuse, harassment and privacy violations, but also embed real disability aids. The tactic now is to use an entire community as human shields to defend against criticisms www.engadget.com/2236054/meta...

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

giving a subtle thumbs up of encouragement when the crown prince hesitates in the moment before he must ritually sacrifice me

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/08/2026

Data centres are hell-bent on further bloating their already-massive energy hunger. The fact they mostly fake support new renewables is part of what makes them such a huge threat to climate goals and such a warm friend to fossil fuels. New vid + piece here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Saw this heavily pregnant possum stroll out in daylight, heedless of the very curious pedestrians admiring her, going for what I guess is the possum equivalent of a midnight snack. Soothing some cravings? I got as close as I thought would be polite for the photo.

Photo of a brushtail possum in daylight, sitting on a cracked old concrete footpath next to a bush with flowers and a leaf-littered storm grate, grabbing one of the flowers in its hands for a snack.

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 15/07/2026

Pave paradise, put up a data centre...

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Stu B @functionary.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The thing about "literacy as gatekeeping" is that literacy is a learned thing, not a taught thing. IME, any given communicator is *aching* for you to engage with their text, and will happily give you the tools if they can, but the limiting factor is you, yourself.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Saturday morning message Every time you learn something new, your brain’s micro architecture changes. This is the formation of new synaptic connections. These fibers actively build the infrastructure required to process, store, retrieve new information. You are what you learn. #Pinks

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I like this. Though when feedback channels are through forms rather than in-person, a limitation of the format is the inability to ask questions to guide feedback. An interesting tension since I’ve seen forms create that interpersonal barrier specially to protect from unempathetic feedback.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So very about this, yes Reminds me of the “cinema sins” problem in fandom too, if critique is not “which character is best/worst” sometimes it’s just “where are the holes” when what I prefer is the conversation; “if this is true, then what does that mean in this context, and how do I feel about it?”

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 14/05/2026

Folks, I hate to tell you this, but if you spent more time reading actual books, or otherwise engaging with media created by human beings, and less time making up imaginary "tells", you would be much more able to spot AI slop without resorting to a list of "tells".

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Kimista @kimista.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Melbourne folks - anyone been to the aquarium with a wheelchair lately? It's been like 10 years since we've been there and their website isn't very encouraging. I'm especially wondering if there's somewhere safe we can be dropped off/picked up?

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

No one in govt is talking about before the budget, but just FYI, the level of Jobseeker is now 42% below the poverty line - worse than it was during the Howard years... live.thepoint.com.au

Chart showing level of unemployment benefits relative to the poverty line. It's now at 42% below. In 2007 it was 43%, in 1996 it was 25%

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Olivia Montoya | Metaparadox @metaparadox.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

So, I'm running an informal survey about LARP and neurodiversity, with a focus on autism and ADHD, because I'm super curious about the intersections as an AuDHD larper. Anyone can fill it out, and anyone can see the results: forms.gle/GHCQFuZbf9Fp...

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Informal Survey About LARP and Neurodiversity

This is a super informal survey about live-action roleplaying (LARP) and how it overlaps with neurodiversity, with a focus on ADHD and autism. This isn't formal research, and is just being run by an A...

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

“Housing supply has never been primarily determined…by what planning allows.. determined by whether projects financially viable - interest rates, construction $, financing conditions, labour & developer risk appetite.. binding constraints, always thefifthestate.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?...

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‘Abundance’ and why trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew

Trickle-down housing economics just admitted what town planners always knew, argues Tim Sneesby in this article that tackles the truth about housing supply – 95 per cent of applications for developmen...

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Thinking about this a lot: "...when local enterprises rely on outside platforms for essential services...money steadily leaks out of the community. Even when the business itself is local, the infrastructure beneath it may be extractive." aeon.co/essays/lesso...

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

9% of the global population, and they only receive 1% of the world's aid; stats that definitely tell a story. Teenage girls have such powerful creativity. They create communities; they create culture, language. Investing in teenage girls definitely goes a long way. www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...

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Calls for Australia to invest in adolescent girls, amid war in the Middle East

The federal government is being urged to invest for the wellbeing of adolescent girls, as the war in the Middle East continues to impact vulnerable communities across Asia Pacific. Despite adolescent ...

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Random @halloranelder.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Local Melbourne roleplayers! Is anyone free Saturday afternoon/evening (ANZAC Day) from 4:30 to 7:30, and want to play in one of my freeforms? I'm presenting it at Caligo Presents, and we're currently low on numbers: events.humanitix.com/caligo-mundi... (1/2)

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Caligo Mundi Presents 2026!

Caligo Mundi hosts 8 Australian Freeform LARPS over a weekend.

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璡/peri @onedayfour.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Blueberry buns cleaned up~

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Kind of love that the conversation spoke about what we did in the past (squatted and built public housing) when there were rising encampments of people experiencing homelessness here: theconversation.com/homeless-cam...

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Homeless camps are rising as affordability falls. It’s a problem Australia has solved before

In the 1940s, tent cities and ‘shanty’ settlements appeared across Australia, as families struggled to find homes. The government acted then – and needs to now.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Next time someone asks you “where’s the data on AI impacts on water use” tell them to ring Ryde council, ey?

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Got sick. Played Crusader Kings 3. My first king was much loved by all, and died while partying. Big shoes to fill for the not-so-well-liked son who was faced with constant rebellions. His wife hated him so I gave him a 2nd, who became his soul mate after exchanging bad poetry.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I hate to harp on about any study that only shows binary gender results, but shout out to the Aussie-wide student surveys from last year showing that while men were more likely to be bored, women were more stressed by care/work/life balance, & men 2x likely to be offered a job worth leaving uni for

Table showing "Reason for considering early departure" (from uni) with columns for "Female" and "male".
Stress levels: 46.5% / 33.6%
Financial difficulties: 43.2% / 35.1%
Mental health: 44.0% / 34.1%
Difficulty with study workload 39.3% / 30%
Study / life balance 35.1% / 27.9%
Course expectations not met 26.7% / 31.2 %
Paid work responsibilities 28.6% / 21.6%
Lack of academic support 24.1% / 21.1%
Boredom/lack of interest 18.1% / 26.5%
Lack of connection to institution 21.3% / 22%
Family caring responsibilities 20.1% / 13.9%

Table on reasons for considering early departure from uni, second column female results, third column male results
Physical health: 12.6% / 9.2%
Pursue a career or job offer: 6.9% / 12.8%

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Being absolutely blasted right now by conspiracy theories about Jim Carrey being replaced. It nearly got to me, NGL. Bad sleep + incessant algorithmic propaganda are a scary mix. I've been trying to sleep with my phone charging in another room but breaking the bad habit is a work in progress.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 19/02/2026

People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Bug free ✅ Brilliant design ✅ Delivering on its promise every day ✅

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Hmm thinking I change #auslarp to catch all australian rpg content so it has more utility than just 10 people’s casual perusal 🤔 opinions? Or maybe I nuke it because this platform is after everyone’s biodata /censoring folks, which means it’s a little bit dead in the water anyway

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Just got this beautiful photo of the Butterfly Club foyer, in honour of its closing down. I stood in front of it and felt like I was back there and burst into tears, so, I had to take it home. I think this is the hardest that any photography has ever hit me. Thank you to Lucky Frawley.

Photo of a photo (framed) of the foyer of the now-defunct Butterfly Club in Melbourne. At the centre is a small crt tv screen, glowing green, bearing the words: “THREATRES [please wait to be ushered]”. Around it are a myriad of shelves cluttered with books, knick-knacks, lamps, fairy lights. On the wall hang masquerade masks and large paintings. In the foreground to the left are two empty plush chairs facing the viewer; to the right is an open doorway with stairs leading upwards.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Game prep this week. Jaffa keeping us company during the card sorting was cute. (In classic cat form, she did destroy a pile or two before settling up on the couch to watch us)

Photo of a loungeroom, looking across a floor covered in piles of stacked cards and medium-sized open boxes, to a grey couch with lots of cushions; on the end of which is a sleeping fluffy cat, tail wrapped around to hide her face.

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 07/01/2026

Stay safe, Australia. #heatwave

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Hamnah ✨ // Lilith 😈 @lilithttrpg.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

If you're wondering why creating faceless monsters you can kill without remorse because you feel you *have* to kill something is bad, please read this article I wrote ⬇️ & do read the *whole* article, not just what's available for free. www.rascal.news/ttrpgs-and-t...

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TTRPGs are part of the war machine—but they don’t have to be

Is the military industrial complex at the table with us right now?

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Written with beautiful clarity

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Uh-oh. Age verification is here. Now to brood on the ethics of sharing my age data vs getting access to this particular digital world 😬

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

IMO, this whole thread sounds a lot like Long COVID. The overwhelming majority of college students aren't masking and are repeatedly getting infected with a host of viruses.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It honestly gives me heart when folks older than me are shocked with how long it’s been since something happened, how old they feel, how much it feels like something happened “just yesterday”. I hope to keep feeling like my favourite memories happened just yesterday for another 30 yrs, too 🤗

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Made the mistake of looking at a print newspaper in a cafe today. My eyes, my poor eyes! Missing out on nothing there. Racist opinion columns complaining about who’s getting served first in health care which is all obvious ragebait distractions from the fact that healthcare is underfunded 🙄

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I feel like studying game design made me more fun at parties, and urban planning much less. It’s balancing out 🤪

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Oh my gosh what an intense last 70 hours. Two+ full days of prepping to run a 55 person event, which felt like a resounding success; ended with 3 hrs of debrief at the pub. Then a moment at pub where a stranger was having a very justifiable breakdown & I encountered the limits of what I could give

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Astrid (yeehaw) 🤠🌈 ✨ @ansitru.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I'm just saying, we could settle this with swords, instead of 30+ emails. 🤺 #artWIP

A WIP embroidery piece, with a sword and mace chzrm, spikes and letter beads.

The beads read "this email could have been a duel | fight me"

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Spotted it again on the way home. The last of the pink has finally bleached from it. Still with an iron grip to that fence, monochrome Elmo smiles upon the world. Will we soon see him stripped down to his skeleton? Does he have robotics inside? Should this mascot be replaced with another?

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Out in Ballan today, gonna head up to Daylesford. It is always interesting seeing these up close. Turbines are pretty sleek in their final form even if the process to get there is anything but

Photo of a lush, flat field of grass. Wind power turbines are spread out across the horizon. They stand three times the height of the trees in view.

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Rhydian @indigodecay.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Felt a tiny bit like a human on Sunday, just managing things around fatigue. I know summer is going to be a killer but I do really miss it right now

Selfie of indigodecay; medium brown hair in a mullet being buffeted gently by the wind, a small smile, wearing a black jacket and shirt with a choker and other necklaces dangling down. Standing in front of white grating with little patterns of triangles small enough to be covered completely by fingertips, bot large enough to poke through; the triangles are alternating between facing up and down in back-to-back lines. Through the grating in the background, a sunny blue sky is just barely visible.

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