iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

A flash reprint for you! How far would you go to disconnect, if disconnecting was illegal? A reminder to look up from your device and breathe. This goes on my list of "sadly more relevant than when I wrote it" stories. I suggest: give it a read, then go take a walk outside--without your phone.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am full of feels over When The Tides Held The Moon. Just gorgeous. I need more intersectional sideshow found families in my sff. @venessakelley.bsky.social, I'm so glad we met at Lavendercon and that I bumped this up my tbr list!

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We are REAL CLOSE... come back #OpportunityWindow, get some awesome #timeloop stories!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 26/09/2026

I just think there's a special place in hell for genAI scammers who target authors who haven't received a nice email about their work in over 5 years 🥲

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ICYMI, check out the recording of my lovely chat with @marissalingen.bsky.social! We discuss harpies, fungi, Gilbert & Sullivan, portal fantasy, the importance of doubt, and the power of hope: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqDk... Thanks @kevinhearne.bsky.social and @hornedlarkpress.com for hosting!

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Chat with authors Marissa Lingen and Jo Miles

YouTube video by Kevin Hearne

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Check it out! We compared notes on hopeful endings and how we pack in our favorite story elements, the wonderful weirdness of fungi, and how doubt is an unexpected but important virtue. My cat even made a guest appearance!

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy fat bear week! It's the week when, no matter how dark the rest of life may seem, we can all pause and say: Wow, look at those absolute chonkers! Way to go, bears!! and feel a little bit better about the world. explore.org/fat-bear-week

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Fat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.org

Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...

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A.Z. Louise | T.O. Tate @azlouise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Celebrate bi visibility day by buying some bis by a bi

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TONIGHT ONLY!* Join the livestream to chat with me and my friend and fellow @hornedlarkpress.com author @jomiles.bsky.social about our recent novellas! From the comfort of your own home or any other location as long as you're considerate with headphones! *Unless you watch it on YouTube later

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Alien Forests and Dubious Swords: A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen Hosted by Kevin Hearne
Wednesday, September 23 7 PM ET
Join the livestream at:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinHearneAuthor
Instagram: @kevinhearne
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kevinhearne

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The plants are people, too!! A weed is just a plant who's rebelling against the system

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 22/09/2026

We want to thank every single reader who’s picked up one of our titles: THANK YOU! For supporting a small Canadian Antifascist press that doesn’t use AI in any part of the publishing process, for supporting our authors and leaving reviews, and for spreading the word! Stories change the world.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026

Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Virtual book event with @jomiles.bsky.social hosted by @kevinhearne.bsky.social ! Come around Wednesday to hear about our boooooks!

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Alien Forests and Dubious Swords A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen Hosted by Kevin Hearne
Wednesday, September 23 7PM ET
Join the livestream at:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinHearneAuthor
Instagram: @kevinhearne
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv./kevinhearne

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I love Flights of Foundry. I want it to keep flying for many, many years to come. But if it's not an effective *fundraiser*, then the organization it's supporting truly won't be able to afford the time, effort, and cost of it. If you want more? Put money in. flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

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Cislyn Smith @cislyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If Flights of Foundry means something to you, if you've gotten something out of it - whether that's inspiration for a project or a friendship or good memories or the comfort of knowing someone out there is designing events like this... Put some money in, please. flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

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Donate – Flights of Foundry

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Flights of Foundry @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

About 7.5 hours to go until the end of the con... we're still coming in well under our funding goal. Pitch a few coins in the hat for your non-profit team bringing you all this cool content! flights-of-foundry.org/donate/

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The Parent Trap Coins Falling

Alt: A pile of shiny quarters falling.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

All of this! I love my unique pure teas, my Earl greys, and my pumpkin spice dessert teas and this is all okay.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

You might think that "easily manipulated by freeze-dried meats" is a negative, but think it through: in the past, billionaires have bought presidents with millions of dollars. With Virga, any person with $10 and access to a pet store can buy the president. It's the ultimate democracy at work.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Four hours from now at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social: learn how to get into tea! I'll talk about different kinds of tea, how to develop your palate and figure out what you like, and share some favorite sources of tea nerdery. Brew a cup of something tasty and come join me!

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

rip annie dillard

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

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Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com · 19/09/2026

Did you know this about oolong? 🍵❤️

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Elis Montgomery @elismontgomery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. New flash story out in Wyldblood!

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great list. I switched from Google to Startpage a couple years ago and have zero regrets!

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#FlightsofFoundry is this weekend and I can't wait! The Food and Sci-fi panel with @historyneverwas.bsky.social @priyachand.bsky.social @spires.bsky.social is going to be a good time. But I'm extra excited to be doing a presentation on tea! It will be cozy and yummy yet full of useful info.

Friday Sept 18 at 4:00 PM ET
Food and Science Fiction Panel

Sunday Sept 20 at 3:00 PM ET
Beyond Earl Grey, Hot: How to Get Into Tea

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is going to be a fun event. I can't wait to chat with Marissa about her book. (It's really good, you guys!)

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 15/09/2026

you don't even need to be good at it. people who are bad at a thing are also (a) correct to hate on ai (b) in most cases probably still better than it at the thing (c) are required by the rules of reality to hate on ai if they want to ever get good at the thing

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Really good chicken helmet. Best chicken helmet I’ve ever seen maybe.

A knight’s helmet with, inexplicably, a chicken face coming out the front

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Andrew Hiller @andrewintheclouds.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Horned Lark published a pair of marvelous novellas this year. I really enjoyed both @jomiles.bsky.social Last Chronicles of Yeneh (invasive-species-colonialism, sentient weeds, and science advocacy) and Dubious Clamor (harpies, curses, the battle against institutional and legislative prejudice.)

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Seriously! What do cis people do in there? I just get in and out with as little interaction as possible.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's alive... alive!!!! #OpportunityWindow, an anthology of time loop stories, has launched on BackerKit! Come join the adventure! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026

In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban

“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Three notes: (1) this is not *just* marketing. These guys really do mean it. They are convinced they’ve built a vengeful digital god. (2) but also they’re a cult. They are not impartial scientific experts. (3) and one of the byproduct of their endless confidence is marketing hype.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On Sept 23rd, @marissalingen.bsky.social and I are going to hang out online and talk about our new books from @hornedlarkpress.com--and you can join us! We'll likely cover alien plants, dubious swords, portals, harpies, and fighting fascism with stories. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/alien-fore...

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Alien Forests and Dubious Swords: A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen

Join authors Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen for this special virtual book event! Hosted by author Kevin Hearne.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This hit me right in my gut.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Indie writers are real writers. Self-pub writers are real writers. Trad pub writers are real writers. None of us are better than each other. I only wish the readers who need your work find it.

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Book friends! I am a freelance proofreader looking for more work. I have done a bunch of work with Tor, but I will happily also do nonfiction. Are you a publisher or self-pub author who needs a proofreader, or know one? Please DM. (Please boost for visibility, if you don't mind)

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's really good, you guys!

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Mr Beast: who will take the Mr Beast challenge and read my book? Mr Beast: if you win, one million dollars in prize money is yours Mr Beast: if you lose, you have to eat a bug

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The two villages cannot touch, yet their fates are intertwined; disaster in one causes tears in the other. And when one has resilience and hope perhaps the other can find it too. translunartravelerslounge.com/2026/08/15/d...

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Duet of Tears and Laughter by Jo Miles

There exist places where the walls between worlds grow thin. Places like this one, where two villages press together like lips on opposite sides of a glass: Renna-tal and Renna-ba, both perched on …

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [wicked lute riffe] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

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