iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Had an accidental bout of honesty on the news today

1946354

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

404media.co

Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.

8051181938

Joey Roditis @joeyroditis.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Look I’m no professional electoral strategist or anything but I think we should bring the couch fucking allegations back anyways

010

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Divest from Harry Potter and JKR, y'all. It's okay to feel sad about no longer engaging with something that meant a lot to you, but a fictional world that funds a very real assault on trans rights will never be more meaningful than caring about the safety of trans folks.

151196499

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Bluesky's Head of Trust and Safety handed his block list to a bot. 1,271 people blocked in eleven days. He says it never looks at who you are. Blocks are public, so I checked. Trans people were blocked at 2.5× the odds of everyone else, for posts of the same harshness. 🧵

Title card reading "Who the autoblocker blocked". Three figures: 1,271 accounts blocked in eleven days, against twelve in the two years before. 46% of the readable bulk-loaded accounts had never replied to, quoted or mentioned him this year. 2.5× the odds of being blocked for a trans-identified account, against others who wrote equally harsh posts. Below, a quote from Aaron Rodericks, 1 Oct 2026: "These do not factor in your bio or your identity. I have zero clue who you are."

4527211092

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I've been noticing that "ongoing criminal investigation" is one of those magic phrases that cops and cop-adjacent-beings use to mean "I don't owe you an explanation"

330672

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If men and boys read books purely because they were written by men they liked then you’d think the MrBeast James Patterson book (boosted by a $1 million reader prize) would have been a huge hit. But it was actually a “historic bomb.” Just saying

1530938

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"We need to run this more like a business" is the last thing a valuable service hears right before it gets irrevocably fucked.

29619

Reposted by Joey Roditis

HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today is indigenous peoples day. It is crucial to remember and talk about how there is still an active genocide against the tribal nations that were here for eons before this country colonized their land. Broken treaties and needless cruelty STILL HAPPEN. Sacred sites are under attack right now.

31555881

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Emilie Kelly :-) @viewfindercomics.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

(wip) genuinely afraid this princess bride yuri is the best thing i've ever drawn

1658

Joey Roditis @joeyroditis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Once you understand this, you understand how so much of right-wing nostalgia for tradition and routine boils down to, “my mom did a backbreaking amount of unpaid domestic labor that I will never appreciate or thank her for because that would mean NOT taking her for granted.”

031

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Proposing analog to,”racism can explain every weird thing in America” is, “women are busy working for money is the secret reason everything we miss about a society is now dying.”

261924420

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I wonder what would have happened if folks had taken seriously the rise in political violence and threats against women, trans, Black, and antifascist organizers and figures back when we were all getting swatted and sent photoshops of ourselves beheaded

272539630

Reposted by Joey Roditis

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I've heard this actually proposed, plenty, over the years as a "grand compromise" with conservatives. Ain't just liberals, sadly. This is the end goal of significant chunk of "the left needs more tradcaths (and less queers and immigrants)" Jacobin wing of "socialists."

38713

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!

8253551085

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 10/10/2026

As translators we really don't nakedly hate Europa Editions *enough*. They shouldn't get a cookie for publishing translations. Fcuk this publisher.

221661

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Brandon O’Brien, but wearing a wolf mask @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trans kids should be allowed to play for fun and also end up being good. Trans kids should definitely be allowed to suck. Trans kids should be allowed to have more fun having a game to play, or having friends to play with. Weird adults harping on winning or losing doesn’t help most kids anyway.

06416

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

considering the slight but tangible chance of Texas’s state government flipping blue and contemplating the specter of people trying to do a mini January 6th to Texas and Elon Musk Yukio Mishima-ing himself on the state capitol lawn downtown

815613

Reposted by Joey Roditis

#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The next #PortfolioDay is just a few days away on Tuesday, October 13th! Get those portfolios ready! Go to portfolioday.art for more info! Good luck! 💛

Image of the #PortfolioDay mascot Oli holding art supplies and running towards screen right under information that reads: #PortfolioDay! October 13th, 2026 MORE INFO AT WWW.PORTFOLIODAY.ART

09754

Reposted by Joey Roditis

molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

i can’t believe this picture is a decade old because that means this puppy is a decade old

352234135

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Aaron - Thorgi's Haunted Arcade @thorgisarcade.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Your daily reminder that paying actual artists and writers and programmers isn't just the morally correct choice, it's also often cheaper.

202854947

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Its kinda wild seeing corporate management just obliterating the gates that keep them relevant ; namely the assurance that customers are getting quality products made with all the resources and institutional knowledge a corporation entails

8583169

Reposted by Joey Roditis

箕島綺譚 [Mishima Kitan] (they/them)💖Support Black Trans Liberation @mishimakitan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm happy to publicly come forth as the JP-to-EN translator of My Journey to Her by Yūna Hirasawa. It's a great honor to be the first openly transgender & nonbinary native Japanese translator to be credited for the translation of an Eisner Award-winning manga. 😊 Please see my full statement below.

A statement from Mishima Kitan. Due to the word count restriction of the ALT text field, the ALT text is split into two parts. The second part is in the subsequent image in the thread of this post.

Statement Part 1:
"Hi, everyone. This is Mishima Kitan. Today, I'm happy to publicly come forth as the Japanese-to-English translator of My Journey to Her, an autobiographical transgender memoir, by Yūna Hirasawa. My Journey to Her won the Eisner Award for the category of Best Digital Comic in 2025. I'm very glad that this significant book has been released physically as well.

I've been using English as my second language for over thirty years now. It's a great honor to be the first openly transgender and nonbinary native Japanese translator to be credited for the translation of an Eisner Award-winning manga.

At the time of the digital release of this book in 2024, I had some personal concerns about being credited so I requested to be anonymous in the initially released edition. In March 2026, Haruko Hashimoto (the editor of the digital edition) had reached out to inform me that the book was getting a physical release and to ask if I'd like to be credited as the translator. Upon consideration, I replied, "Yes." I felt ready to be credited as the translator and I also felt that this present moment was a historically important timing to confirm the credit.

Having my own fair share of transphobic experiences and having to entirely cutting ties with my blood family in Japan at age 20 to live and transition on my own, this memoir was one of the most emotionally challenging book to translate. But, as with any work that I do, I gave my best effort."

5906278

Reposted by Joey Roditis

WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026

More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN

341061534

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

...the "haha, Republicans are sometimes hypocritical" jokes died with Daily Show circa 2000s. authoritarians are hypocritical all the time & they're not ashamed of it!!! much like the "GOP love gender-affirming care" jokes, there's no reason to evoke trans ppl here unless you want to mock us

050961

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Very grateful to see these publishers getting named and shamed. If this stuff is going to happen, and we all know it is, I'd rather see it happen with bright shining klieg lights instead of in darkness and secrecy. We should know that it's happening, and act accordingly.

315466

Reposted by Joey Roditis

e.k. weaver @bigbigtruck.com · 08/10/2026

Tomorrow's my birthday. It would mean a lot if you checked out SHOT AND CHASER. shot-and-chaser.com

cover of the print edition of SHOT AND CHASER

16436218

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

gorgeous framing of the idea that the increase in divorces in the 70s and later was not obviously a huge net good for society as well like no no you're right, before the 70s marriages were perfect, totally equal, the lower rate of divorce was definitely not due to massive structural disincentives-

1067771

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Shadia is busy with comics ATM @shadiaminart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mixed Signals is out today! I still can't believe I got to do the art for this incredible book. If you want a funny, feel-good read that takes you right back to the chaos of growing up and early Y2K, grab your copy today!

810033

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you know you only need a small brain to make silly little drawings?

4 panel comic: Panel 1: pink blob guy on a table, pencil in their hands. Grey circle on a piece of paper and a glass of water on the table. They say “look here” Panel 2: Proudly, they hold up the drawing of a grey blobby character on two stick legs up in the air. The pink blob says “I drew this!” Panel 3: Satisfied they sit back down on the table. They now go “it’s not much, but..” The grey drawing looks a bit peeved because the drawer is calling it “not much” Panel 4: But it’s okay, because now the pink blob is very pleased finally. He says “it came from my brain!” Holding the pencil up. The grey drawing blob is happy again, too. End well, all well!

3178032016

Reposted by Joey Roditis

josh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 06/10/2026

i joined to see what was going on and right after i joined i lost the ability to send messages

5936

Reposted by Joey Roditis

"Bat & Ghoul" Russ Hellville @radicalruss.com · 06/10/2026

C'mon bro, lemme do an anti-trans, just one anti-trans to win, bro, and then when I'm in office that I won being anti-trans and immediately have to start campaigning and fundraising for my reelection in two years from the same folks who supported me as anti-trans, I'll be totally pro-trans, bro. 👇🏻

33115

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

2854613342

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 05/10/2026

Take a proppa' ganda' at these shirts that are available all this month! sam-spv-shop.fourthwall.com/products/pro...

Promo image with a scroll that says "Available all this month!" and a light blue shirt with Garffeld's face and "Thou art not immune to propaganda".

216364

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

BREAKING: Bari Weiss will direct the next four DC superhero movies

4475849

Reposted by Joey Roditis

mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

6163982444

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🐦‍⬛❕HUMAN EXPERIENCE Stickers have been restocked on my ko-fi!! :> ko-fi.com/s/3ecf690ed7 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart

A picture of a 3-inch anti-generative AI rainbow holographic sticker with a formline design on it. The design has a black border with sparkles lining it. Text within the border reads “you cannot automate the human experience.” The formline design depicts a decapitated robot head with vacant eyes. Next to it are two ravens, with one raven perched on the head with a piece of the robot’s antenna in its beak.

6899337

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

VIEWER FEEDBACK: Do we have to ruin you completely?

2947480

Reposted by Joey Roditis

chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

if you think you won't be strong enough to take the step and be trans in the world i have some great news for you: you will be stronger on the other side of transition you have no idea how strong you're going to be

946995

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

7142341023

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 29/09/2026

Oh bsky.app/profile/ecmc...

10370121

Reposted by Joey Roditis

mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 28/09/2026

Recent Events have me once again considering: the cube

171698250

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

exhausted and angry in equal part

0409

Reposted by Joey Roditis

Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 28/09/2026

Are you and your webcomic affected by the impending Tapas shutdowns? In light of recent events, the CartUn journal has published a new guide on webcomic hosting and moving platforms. journal.cartoonist.coop/webcomic-hos...

2321272