iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

LOGIC - Sometimes a kebab is just a kebab.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Jade Wildy Wordsmith @jadewildy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was working on a list of my published stories and almost missed this one because it's a podcast. This horror story is free to listen. shows.acast.com/talestoterri...

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Tales to Terrify 653 Jade C. Wildy | Tales to Terrify

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As we approach 100 sessions in, Ty and I have gone from brainstorming, outlining, writing the first draft, and halfway through the first rewrite pass with occasional asides for Q&As and life getting in the way. If you ever wondered how the sausage gets made... www.patreon.com/c/JamesSACor...

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Jade Wildy Wordsmith @jadewildy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And because I'm an airhead, I liked it but didn't share! Read my story about agency and self-determination, 'The Chosen Paths We Take' on @gavagai.com

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The madness is that all these business managed just fine until very recently and now they act like they can't survive without it. Fucking pathetic.

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sweetsfw.bsky.social @sweetsfw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I wanted to do a retrospective on my character designs for CR so far. From Shadia, to Dr Talter, King Gus, to the Einfasens. They are all beloved ❤️ #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanart #CriticalRoleSpoilers #CriticalRoleWiki #CR4 #CriticalRoleC4 #Art #Fanart #CriticalroleArt

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

And #BrisbaneIn2028 #MeanjinIn2028 is returned as the 2028 worldcon! This will be the last time I post this logo. It's been lovely! We will be #Aussiecon5!

First line Meanjin
Middle line In 2028
Third line Brisbane

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Awesome to see my story, "In Vaulted Halls Entombed" (that Netflix/Blur Studios adapted for Love Death + Robots) mentioned here. screenrant.com/love-death-r...

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Netflix’s 4-Part Sci-Fi Masterpiece Quietly Delivers The Best Lovecraftian Horror

Netflix show has the best Lovecraftian horror.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is a great analysis of, yes, intentional effects of unease and uncanny tension in Annihilation. youtube.com/watch?v=oCgu...

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Annihilation: How Jeff VanderMeer Creates Dread

YouTube video by The Attentive Reader

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm gutted too, but we got to be in the same timeline as Dolly Parton and Tim Curry for a long time. That's something to celebrate. Icons to live up to.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

bad idea

photo of lighthouse with headline about giving them away because gps makes them unnecessary then image of Archer with words do you want area x because this is how you get area x

created by reddit user lestratagefatale

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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cartoon: Dungeon Crawler Carlin. With thanks to @chadporter274.bsky.social for the idea! :)

cartoon: George Carlin is dressed as Dungeon Crawler Carl and being spoken to by Princess Donut who is sitting on Mongo's head.
"You know how I feel about insightful satirical comedy, Carl!"
Dungeon Crawler Carlin

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'm a part of it. Not separate from it. I walk on the ground and the ground's walked on by me, I breathe the air and change it, I am entirely interconnected with the world.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Regarding the open letter to QWC on proposed changes to the Aurealis Awards: Matt Tighe and myself met with QWC representatives today to discuss the concerns surrounding the Aurealis Awards. 1/4

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Apparently the moon is moving away from us at about 4cm a year. And honestly, who can blame it?

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

And I speak of spiritual suffering! Of people seeing their talent, their work, their lives wasted. Of good minds submitting to stupid ones. Of strength and courage strangled by envy, greed for power, fear of change.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

To understand the absolute mania that is current ai usage, you really need to be reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net This essay is frankly terrifying. pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/d...

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Pluralistic: Why businesses lie about AI (01 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 28/07/2026

A thread on special editions, luxury books, and publishing history: In 1903, J. M. Dent created Everyman’s Library, intended as a cheap line of hardbacks to make a classical education accessible as mass literacy rates were on the rise.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 17/07/2026

I LOLed

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

every time i hear a baby crying i feel so much gratitude. i just think ‘dang i know buddy its hard to be alive but were gonna make it together’ then i smile because i know they are gonna learn that themselves some day too. it is a real beautiful cycle

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Jade Wildy Wordsmith @jadewildy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Alan makes some very valid points in terms of bias, impartiality, and exclusion.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

People see the scars. But they see you, too, and you aren't the scars. You aren't ugly. You aren't evil. You are Therru, and beautiful. You are Therru who can work, and walk, and run, and dance, beautifully, in a red dress.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

No entertainment on earth can match a good story compellingly told.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

First and always is the work.

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Jade Wildy Wordsmith @jadewildy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fellow authors, without any context, what's the first line of your WIP? It's times like these I wish I smoked.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

your moment of calm

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Jade Wildy Wordsmith @jadewildy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'll be over here, having a mild meltdown and trying to see the future.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Mad hack in Breath of the Wild. Put one minecart in another minecart, Magnesis the bottom one and you've got a flying machine.

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Jade Wildy Wordsmith @jadewildy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Given it has just been leaked that the Australian government is considering just allowing AI to be trained on Australia's creative output on the back of considering large data centers, it seems a good time to raise some concerns... www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

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Artificial intelligence and data centres

Committee: Environment and Communications References Committee Date referred: 13 May 2026 Submissions close: 26 June 2026 Reporting date: 16 November 2026 On 13 May 2026 the Senate referred artificial...

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Maybe it was the whole primitive, hateful idea of the feminine as dark, blind, weak, and evil that I saw shaking itself to pieces, imploding, crumbling into wreckage on a desert ground. And I rejoiced to see it fall. I still do.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.

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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 14/06/2026

Turns out there’s one after the uncanny one

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Your power as a reader is unrivalled. I absolutely guarantee that no matter how small you think your reach is, it will be far more effective than an author shilling their own book. Reader recommendation is powerful magic. All these things are hugely helpful, especially that Share one. And thank you!

Graphic that says "How to support an author for free." Underneath are four icons, each labelled. Like = Cost nothing, Comment = Gives us motivation, Share = Introduces others to our page, Bookmark = helps with engagement.

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Cthulhu supports Pride. Don’t piss off Cthulhu.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I see the gender fluidity in fiction discourse has raised its head again. I think this time it’s thanks to Rick Riordan’s old Twitter post doing the rounds once more. I’m not linking to the nazi cesspool of Twitter, but the post reads: 1/

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

All three volumes of Tales From The Gulp are available now. Fifteen tales of horror, each a self-contained story, but all fifteen a part of something far bigger. Something cosmic. Isn't it time you visited the strange and creepy Australian harbour town of Gulpepper? #WelcomeToTheGulp

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

A cartoon in which the speech bubbles are categorised by colour.

Panel 1: A man cooks dinner for a woman who is looking at his bookshelves.
He calls from the kitchen"I hope you're not judging me on my bookshelves?" (Blue)
She replies "Haha, no!" (Orange)

Panel 2: She takes a book off the shelf and asks
"Have you read all of these?" (Blue)
He replies "Of course!" (Orange)

Panel 3: she leafs through the book and asks
"Can I borrow this?' (Blue)
He replies "Sure, I love lending my books!" (Orange)

The key below explains that Blue represents a question and orange represents a lie.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

your moment of calm

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The Shirley Jackson Award nominees have been announced! Massive congrats to everyone on the list - and especially Aussies @angelaslatter.bsky.social and @kaaronwarren.bsky.social! www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2026/05/28/n... #OceaniaSFF #AustralianSFF

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Nominees Announced for the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards – The Shirley Jackson Awards

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Meh Pluribus Unum (Alli) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pluribus-unum.co · 01/06/2026

Just saw this and had to bring it over here. bsky.app/profile/wolf...

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A machine is more blameless, more sinless even than any animal. It has no intentions whatsoever but our own.

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