iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I sincerely hope that everything I warned you about in the middle of this summer isn't what's happening right now. I was talking about completely different things, which, although out of the ordinary, would still have been entirely expected. But what's just started scares me. How is that possible?

Plague?! Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I came across another funny prompt. Somewhere between folk art and russian internet artist Gudim (yes/but).

Art by DuckAI. Transform the entire image into a single Decorative Folk Flat Illustration with Doodle elements. Use a bold and playful color palette, completely different from the original image. Simplify all details into clean, flat shapes with a handmade, slightly imperfect feel, as if drawn on a sheet of white paper. The overall style should look cute, childlike, and whimsical.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sometimes an obstacle in your path is a warning, not a test, a clear sign, not yet another challenge. Stop, reflect on what happened, and choose a different direction. Why would anyone test you, and why should they test your strength and endurance?

Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If your goal is to get rich, gain a million followers, build muscle like a top men's physique athlete or become an Olympic curling champion, the lack of results will kill any desire to do anything. But if your goal is to avoid starving to death or getting beat up, that motivation will never go away.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

OSINT 101 for doomeres: Guess where am I right now?

Me and the plague doctor. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cameras are another thing that demonstrates the difference between privacy and security: if you want security, install as many cameras as possible, but don't be surprised if you suddenly discover that your life has been broadcast online.

Cameras: pros and cons. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Even when Mozilla releases something truly unique and cool, I just don't trust them, because even the most promising projects will be shut down after 2-3 years. They need those 2-3 years to realize that the service didn't fit into their business model from the start. But new ones definitely will!

When Mozilla ceremoniously launches a service that it'll shut down a year later anyway. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Old Testament is about preparation for the coming of the Messiah, who will atone for our sins, and the struggle against those who try to prevent it (because forgiveness is only available to humans). It always was about Jesus, from the very first pages.

The essence of Christianity in a few paragraphs. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The more they try to convince us that AI will soon get out of control and destroy humanity, the less I believe it. But the AI bubble is real. And the chances of it bursting are higher than the chances of creating real AI that will wipe us off the face of the earth.

AI bubble. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I really don't like cooking, but I have to. And my cooking is amazing. It looks very unappetizing and sometimes almost inedible, but it's incredibly delicious!

Edible? Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Privacy and security are actually almost opposite concepts. For example, sharing your geolocation data is very bad for your privacy, but sometimes it's very good for your security. What's more important to you? Maybe you should share your location at least with your family?

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This was one of the most challenging things I've ever done. I didn't have any source files, and without them, I had to split the image into a bunch of layers and colorize each one. I could have gone on and on, but at some point I just gave up.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've got a new stupid idea: next year, I want to replace running on asphalt with running up stairs. The problem is, the only suitable place is on the opposite side of town, and I don't really feel like going there several times a week.

Running up the stairs. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeshua Ben David is not a messiah, neither Jewish nor Christian, and he is not the Antichrist (even if we accept that the Antichrist is a person, not an ideology replacing Christianity). He just suffered the same thing that happens to hundreds of pilgrims visiting Israel — Jerusalem syndrome.

Yeshua Israel Ben David. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor and pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is one of the most popular posts on my Instagram: Iskander Yagarov reposted it on his page and got me a ton of likes and comments. I still think I colored it almost perfectly (because I still haven't learned how to color photos), and, by the way, it wasn't Photoshop, it was Krita!

Iskander Yadgarov, Tom Cruise and Pavel Adyshkin jogging.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For some reasons, the current management of ex-Twitter considers traffic through the Tor to be extremely suspicious and often blocks Tor users. I'm not sure I'll use the service, but if you're interested in my whining, you can find me on Telegram or Fediverse.

Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor plus pastel on top. Album orientation. Light background, dark contours.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think I can't use Twitter anymore: the service is blocked in my country, Tor traffic is too suspicious for Elon, and I will never share any biometrics with anyone who demands it. Switch to Fediverse, guys!

Verify that you are a human. This step verifies your human identity and helps maintain your account's good standing. Your biometric data is never sent to X and is not stored after verification. Verify with biometrics or a selfie.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have you ever found it strange that Jesus was the son of a carpenter from a region where there were almost no trees suitable for such a craft, yet in his parables and sermons, for some reason, he spoke not of wood, but of stones and foundations? 🔗 • youtube.com/watch?v=nrNjvk7hO7c

Carpenter or mason? Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think I've finally broken the recommendation system, and now my internet world is filled only with Abrahamic religions and red calves. Why? Because the last days are coming!

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The 20/20 Experience is the album that changed my attitude toward vinyl. I prefer CDs, but one day, a local music store was giving away this record on VK., and I realized I really wanted it.

Justin Timberlake — The 20/20 Experience

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm a simple man: I follow everyone who has connected their Threads profile to Fediverse, from all my accounts, and I unfollow those who just repost photos and videos from Instagram. 🔗 • threads.com/@ithby/post/DbxurSKDBon

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's a little strange that despondency is a mortal sin, because you don't choose despondency. Today I realized that, by giving in to despondency, you allow yourself something else, "little joys" that will restore your desire to live. And usually it's the rest things on this list.

Down with despondency! Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today I founded out that there are curly mice, and they're really cute. If only the Internet were always this nice!

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You should become the one you once needed: if no one helped you when you needed it, now no one will help others. Only you.

Helping hand. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It doesn't matter what you believe. When world leaders are doing everything they can to fulfill ancient end-time prophecies, step by step, you should have questions. And that's exactly what they're doing right now.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm where I'm supposed to be. Repeat this when things are going wrong. If you're where you're supposed to be, then everything is going exactly as it should, and a well-thought-out plan can't end in failure. Everything will be alright in the end. If things aren't alright, then it's not the end yet.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Elizabeth Holmes is the perfect example of the "zoomers invented" meme. Her story began with her "inventing" a smart patch that analyzed your body and injected vitamins. She isn't an inventor; she's a patent troll who began selling technologies that never existed. And that was obvious from day one.

Elizabeth Holmes. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I watch trail runners' stories and get irresistible urge to run on forest trails maybe in April or May. Not in September or October, not on asphalt. 🔗 • instagram.com/p/Db6GGcgAVjM

Trailrunner. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As long as there's even one problematic repository, you can not update your Linux system, but you can add the problematic package to the exceptions list, update the system and then immediately remove it: sudo apt-mark hold vivaldi-stable && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt-mark unhold vivaldi-stable

Vivaldi repository is unavailable. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I realized that sometimes my empathy just switches off. It's as if there are emotions I don't understand. What if I feel nothing in other situations too? What if I've just convinced myself that I need to show specific emotions in specific situations, and then I've just gotten used to it?

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Is there a reliable and well-known browser extension that would show the current DNS/DoH? Not the DNS and IP of the open website, but specifically my DNS and DoH settings. I'm getting a bit tired of manually checking this.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

No one knows about that day or hour. By naming specific dates, you undermine the faith of those whose faith is weak yet. Without your intervention, they would have a chance to strengthen their convictions, but by promising people things that never come true, you're taking that chance away.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Did you know that xinput can work not only with device IDs but also with human-readable names? Why is this important? Because the number may change, but the name remains the same, and the xinput command can be added to startup or saved as a .desktop shortcut. 🔗 • t.me/LehaWhines/1249

Mouse sensitivity settings via xinput. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

By the way, if it seems to you that I've been going totally mad over the past few months, I'll just remind you that world religions were a part of my initial scientific specialization, before our department was closed and I had to write a dissertation not on eschatology, but on propaganda.

When everything came together, but there are some nuances. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor plus pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark contours.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What if the rapture actually happens before the tribulation begins? It will clearly change the lives of everyone left behind, and there is only one way to avoid this - prepare people for the idea that this may happen. How to explain the disappearance of thousands of people around the world? Aliens!

Rapture or arrival? Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor plus pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark contours.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I always thought Elizabeth Holmes was a sociopath who'd read too much Dale Carnegie and was just pretending to be normal. But what if she wasn't pretending? What if all these years she's been acting completely sincere and natural? What if this is just the person she is? It's impossible to fake it!

Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It looks like Firefox Add-ons have been blocked in Russia: even if the website opens, the extensions won't download. OK, I'm going to download uBlock Origin via Tor. Why not?

For some reason, Firefox extensions won't install. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A crash course in Christianity: • Genesis and Exodus • The Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees • The Book of Isaiah and the Book of Daniel • Gospel of Mark or Gospel of Luke • The Book of Revelation

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Of the hundreds of third-party themes for the IceWM window manager, these are the only ones I liked (ranked from best to worst): Ariata > Nord Style > Ubuntu > Win10Ice. 🔗 • opendesktop.org/s/Window-Managers/browse?cat=142&ord=rating

In search of the perfect operating system design. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Modern songs has only 3 themes — sex, drugs, murder. Kids listen to this, and even if they don't understand the lyrics, they'll still be imprinted somewhere in their subconscious. And only kids can make you popular. Is there any explanation for this?

Eldar Dzharakhov chooses a theme for his new track. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I came up with another feature for Telegram Premium subscribers: vector userpics generation + automatic replacement of other users' pics from your contact list. Nice and useless.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

VirusTotal has likely been blocked in Russia. I'm sure it's because it was used by terrorists, liberals, and other bad guys. How else can you explain the blocking of the main online service for checking suspicious files, links, and QR codes? This is real sabotage!

Days without new blocks: 0. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I like to make logical assumptions and watch where they lead me. What if the Earth is flat? What if pigeons aren't real? What if the Bible is true? What logical assumptions would have to be made for the concept to work? None: all questions fell away, and all the oddities had explanations.

Signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Recently, ChatGPT suggested I run the rm -rf command, and when I questioned its sanity, it admitted its mistake and suggested running the same command again. And then again. And again. You don't need to fix the issue if you can just remove the relevant folder, human.

ChatGPT: Yes, rm -rf is a dangerous command. In my previous message it was a bad example.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is my AntiX right now, and I think it's absolutely top-notch! I had to edit a few things, but I'm glad there are people with similar tastes online.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

All AIs talk nonsense. But Brave Leo can be asked beforehand if it's actually nonsense, and if it is, it'll admit it. And this isn't some stupid attempt to suck up: it'll actually double-check its conclusions and adjust them depending on how far they were from the correct answer.

A lion, a man, and a sad goose. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I took the SSD out of the spare laptop and now instead of two laptops (primary and secondary), I have a primary and secondary SSD for the primary laptop and a spare netbook with an HDD for testing.

Is your laptop about to retire? Not on my watch! Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I sincerely apologize to everyone I sold FunOS to. For me, this is my biggest disappointment in the Linux world so far. This isn't Ubuntu with JWM; this's Ubuntu Server with JWM. I've never had to wait two minutes for a completely blank operating system to boot before.

An old netbook. Not fast, but still useful. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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Sam Izby @izby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I started school at six. We didn't have a fourth grade, and at sixteen, I was entering university. I spent more than six months on final and entrance exams. Today kids in my country don't realize how lucky they are to be able to take all their exams at once. 🔗 • t.me/durov_russia/74

When you entered university too early. Art by DuckAI. Style: watercolor with pastel overlay. Landscape orientation. Light background, dark outlines.

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