iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is the kind of thing I love seeing on Bluesky ❤️ We need more of it offline too Sharing news and stories of women lifting up other women, empowering each other.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Birmingham — a city of strangers in passing. Motion blur, bokeh, silhouettes in the rain. The imperfections feel like the point. Everyone had somewhere to go. For a fraction of a second, their lives crossed inside my frame — then they were gone. Where do you imagine they were going? #photography

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“A fish rots from the head” feels increasingly less like a proverb and more like a job description. When did loyalty to a politician become a measure of someone’s ability to serve the public?

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pomegranates / Punica granatum, n.d., by #AnnSchweizer (South African, 1930-2014). Held in the Shirley Sherwood Collection, shirleysherwood.com/-SAP2998 #RoshHashanah #RoshHashanah2026 #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

A watercolor illustration of about 16 pomegranates of different sizes, shown from different perspectives, with a couple of branches interspersed. One fruit toward the top left is halved, showing the inside, including seeds. The artist's signature is at the lower right.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Messing up the environment messes up the economy. Moving slowly on climate change isn't common sense it is a sure route to a common disaster. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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World must reject climate culture wars or face economic ruin, says UN’s Stiell

Warning by United Nations climate chief comes as EU data shows August 2026 was joint hottest month ever

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Rackhams → House of Fraser → ? I photographed the Corporation Street building in 2024, while people were still passing beneath it every day. House of Fraser closed in 2026. The building remains. #Birmingham #StreetPhotography

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A little portrait study from a train through Birmingham: Between Stops. I'm really drawn to photographing people through glass/reflections because you stop getting a clean separation between subject and place. Photographers — 1 or 2? #blueskyartshow #blackandwhite

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

"A.I." is the tool of and the prevailing aesthetic of fascists leading to a world devoid of meaning or art.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted "They include people married to U.S citizens, people who had entered legally and were pursuing an asylum claim, and others with a temporary legal status " www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.com

ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted

As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Digging into the archive. Behind the scenes with Sam Cole on a music video shoot, 2020. I’ve always liked photographing the space between takes — when someone is half performer, half themselves. Do you prefer shooting the performance or what happens around it?

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Coventry Cathedral, 2020. Digging back through older shots and still love this perspective. I’ve always been drawn to architecture that dominates the frame. Creatives — is there a building you find yourself snapping every time you visit a city? #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Architecture

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#book #books #history #resisters #bluecrew #AI I think we should buy books. I have thought about this and I think we need an insurance policy for our sanity. Thank You.

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Elias the Extraterrestrial @eliasvarden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

a billionaire promises a working city on the moon by the early 2030s. propose housing everyone already on earth and suddenly it's unrealistic, too expensive, decades away. space isn't the ambitious part. it's just the part where the payoff stays private.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Absolutely no one needs to hear a man’s opinion about AOC freezing her eggs.

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There's no reason to keep supporting Amazon. You can buy books and stream elsewhere. It's just not worth it.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/08/2026

We should all be worried about "dynamic pricing." That's when companies change their prices in real time. If it's hot out, the cost of ice cream could go up. If it's cold, tea bags could go up. It's a way for giant companies to squeeze you even more.

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Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I really love sketchbooks, even the most roughly drawn, inchoate, incomplete ones.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My boyfriend spoiled me with a surprise Waterstones trip and cheesecake yesterday 📚🍰 Came home with Minority Rule, The Shock Doctrine and The Invisible Doctrine. Started Minority Rule almost immediately and I’m already hooked. Current bookmark: his ancient BCU student ID 😂

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Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Attention passengers: Unfortunately this flight will not offer any snacks because the president is in the fetal position on a bed of Biscoff cookies

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ProgressiveBloom @kdswartz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Extreme heat continues reminding us that climate change isn't a future problem, it's happening now. Investing in clean energy protects both our economy and our communities.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A couple of my street shots from Birmingham back in 2020. Loved capturing the contrasting light, heavy textures, and sharp angles in these quiet side streets. #StreetPhotography #Birmingham #BNW #BlackAndWhite #Photography

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Finally, a week where wandering into random Brummie buildings to obsess over Victorian terracotta tiles and Arts & Crafts ironwork is considered normal behavior. Birmingham Heritage Week in September cannot come soon enough. 🏛️🔍 #Birmingham #ArtHistory birminghamheritageweek.co.uk

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Birmingham Heritage Week

11–20 September 2026. Join us for a city wide celebration of Birmingham’s heritage! Over 250 events and activities to enjoy. #BHeritageWeek.

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Asma Abdi 🍉 @drasmaabdi.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Pleased to share my paper, “A Feminist International Political Economy of Sanctions: Crises and the Shifting Gendered Regimes of Labour and Survival in Iran", published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics. The paper is open access and available here 👇

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A feminist international political economy of sanctions: crises and the shifting gendered regimes of labor and survival in Iran: International Feminist Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0

We’re here to help

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Saganapologist @einst1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ai has never improved anything in my life. There are temptations, but I would sink into an abyss of depression, so no actual improvement. It is neither complete or ethical.

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Vox @vox.com · 05/08/2026

We keep coming back to this one strategy. Renters deserve better. www.vox.com/the-highligh...

vox.com

The truth about rent control

We keep coming back to this one strategy. Renters deserve better.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hello #BookSky 💙📚 I’m Chloe, an artist and enthusiastic reader from Birmingham. I’m particularly interested in fiction, history, art history, feminist writing and nonfiction. What book has stayed with you long after you finished it?

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Not what we want to see in Arts and Heritage. Especially when I've been planning a trip to the V&A. Amazon effect now infecting the arts too!

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Even dry canvases keep changing. In Van Gogh’s paintings, metal pigments and oils react over time—forming tiny “soaps” beneath the surface. This knowledge helps conservators manage and slow deterioration.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yikes!!! Spotted out in Birmingham City Centre - www.instagram.com/babwithacamera #womeninphotography #Bskytogs #UrbanGaze

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Not very progressive. The danger of nostalgia pushing dangerous ideas of what a Woman should be.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Sony Playstation cancelling digital ownership of old games, now Apple leasing phones. Time to go back to buying Books, Cassette Tapes, Vinyl Records. #digitalownership - What is ownership in 2026?

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 28/07/2026

At the American Folk Art Museum, “Self-Made” "overcomes the problem of 'insiders' ventriloquizing self-taught artists," says writer Ekin Erkan.

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An Exhibition Lets Self-Taught Artists Speak for Themselves

At the Folk Art Museum, “Self-Made” overcomes the problem of “insiders” ventriloquizing self-taught artists.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Reading is a Revolutionary act. Screens are a method of Control.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Let’s be clear: what these bastards are doing to these books isn’t digitizing. Digitizing is about preservation and access to the original material. They’re gutting and destroying to make Soylent Green. Don’t let them get away with pretending to do this for humanitarian reasons.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Welcome to my corner of Bluesky! ✨ I’m an artist obsessed with history. When I’m not covered in oil paint, I’m digging through archives or taking photos.Building a space for art heritage & storytelling. Drop an artwork that lives rent-free in your mind! 👇#ArtHistory #FineArt

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