iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 16h

Apparently the answer to “should I really go take photos in this weather?” was yes. A rainy Birmingham night photo walk turned into stop-motion — fewer frames, wider crops, and lots of wet streets and reflected light. www.instagram.com/babwithacamera #blueskyartshow #photography

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thank you, I need to improve my still life drawing and painting, so this is perfect inspiration 😊

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wonderful choice! I’m curious, after seeing it so many times, is there a particular detail you always find yourself looking at first? It's interesting how cattle can carry associations with prosperity and abundance in Dutch painting. In the UK, so many of our paintings focus on horses or old ships

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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 · 20/09/2026

Literally me every time I’m asked about my favourite book 😂 choosing ONE feels completely unreasonable.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Even those who thought they were attacking the system—the radicals, the artists, the musicians, and our whole counterculture—actually became part of the trickery. Because they too had retreated into the make-believe world." Adam Curtis

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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 · 17/09/2026

The eyes immediately pull you in. Did you manage to find out much about its story?

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

Kind of terrifying to read as a recent Photography graduate. The arts are an act of resistance when technology becomes a tool of oppression. which makes cutting arts education in response to AI feel completely backwards.

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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 · 07/09/2026

Recently graduated from BCU with a BA in photography - with a project focused on the gentrification of Birmingham 📷

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

Now comes the interesting question: what should one of Birmingham's best-known buildings become next? And what, if anything, should be preserved from its Rackhams identity?

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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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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sorry, but Britain is at capacity for insufferable men. No Milo, no Tate brothers. We’ll take @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social and progressives, working people and anyone with a functioning moral compass from across the world instead, thank you very much x

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

There’s a distinct lack of fear when you’re a stranger in a new city—it completely breaks through creative blocks. The best part? You return home with a fresh set of eyes Any other midlands photographers find travel resets their local eye? 📸

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

Suprised he hasn't tried to have its lake bed repainted American flag blue yet.

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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/...

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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

Suprised no one has put out a book called "How much has he cost us all? So far..." How many trillion?

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

Sargent reminding people Venice isn't just Canals. Great choice. It's like street photography before the camera.

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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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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What do these A.I users do when asked about their creative process? The process is as much a part of the art, the writing and practice as the end result.

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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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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

There bringing Dynamic pricing to the the UK as well. Especially in supermarkets. 10yrs ago no one far fewer people were using food banks, now it seems like everyone knows and has no choice but to rely on Food Banks in the UK.

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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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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I wouldn't be surprised if the Trump Admin will try to put these A.I posts of Trump and George Washington placed in History books and present this slop as factual.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Writing is a process where we draft and draft again. Scribble words out and edit and improve. Till we find our voice Will this Generation have a voice or the means to write without sounding like A.I regurgitated slop?

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

End times fascism becoming normalised The Overton window isn’t shifting anymore, it’s being dragged.

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Futurama: Farnsworth in the Angry Dome

ALT: Futurama: Farnsworth in the Angry Dome

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

As someone planning to host art and music events in local venues, I’d be fascinated to read a UK version of this — especially around Frieze week in London. There’s something really interesting about the unofficial geography of an art scene.

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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 · 13/08/2026

John Berger’s "Ways of Seeing" introduced me to Duchamp and completely changed the way I understood what art could be. But lately I’ve wondered whether his revolution has almost been reversed. Once the art world institutionalises the anti-art gesture, does some of its original message decay?

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A.I slop just feels like a self lobotomy era where all initiative is dependent on ChatGPT. The end of individual interpretation[beyond the arts], our minds are now decided for us for even the banal/trivial nonsense.

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itschloebab @itschloebab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is exactly the kind of exhibition that gives me serious FOMO from the UK 😭 I’d happily disappear into Oslo for a few days for this. Which artist in the exhibition are you most excited to see finally getting some attention?

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

#BookSky — what political/social nonfiction should I read next?

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

The patterns, the textures - your work is stunning 🎨

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

Added it to the list ❤️ Going to run out of space for all these books soon

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