iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

'You could click on JUST the video you wanted to watch on YouTube, and it would play JUST that video, NOT in a playlist!'

Abe Simpsons sitting on a stump telling a group of children sitting on the ground nearby about the old times.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy to have a copy of Issue 2, and even happier to have been included in it! 😁 And like, seriously every article is amazing!!! Thank you, @sam-animeherald.northsky.social for an honor I'll never, ever forget.🥹 Here's to more!

Some dude holding the second issue of Anime Herald magazine.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oh I get it beside mySHELF instead of, YES

Spongebob in his karate gear soaring upward appreciating Sandy's wordplay after she said "I'm Sandy" waiting in ambush under the sand.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"The beauty of the anime fan is they care so deeply."

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski testing the Big Arch burger in a video in which he says, "I love this product" as we humans are wont to do.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

'I don't recall ever saying be happy'

The Simpsons gag where Milhouse's dad gets fired. "So that's it, after 20 years? 'So long, good luck'?" he asks. "I don't recall ever saying 'good luck'" replies his boss. In this case, the boss has a big American flag plastered over his face.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Very funny to get blocked over something so trivial, but hey, that's everyone's prerogative on this platform! (As is continuing to reply to me after I'm blocked so you can cosplay winning an argument online🤭no but seriously, have fun with it!)

A screenshot of a funny reply to a typical misspelled boomer rant, which was spurred only by a politician under 40 stating the fact that Millennials are grown adults and a demographic coming into its own in politics.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

'Print is a dying medium' ? Who decided that???

CU of a raised hand, clenched save for the index finger pointing upward against a backdrop of the blue sky and the blazing sun.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

'At last! I shall demonstrate my driving skills!'

A side view of Kintaro Oe from Golden Boy holding his clenched fist up in triumph.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

when the interviewer understands the assignment

Q: Last question is a fun one: convince our readers to get into Sakura Taisen in a hundred words or less. Go!

A: Just a hundred words?

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Oh and look at who they're testing this garbage nobody wants on. Look whose children are being subjected to it first. Because of course.

"Sally will make its debut at Salamanca High School, on the Allegany Indian Reservation, about 60 miles south of Buffalo, teaching juniors and seniors."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

8 yo me being told Dragonite is a dragon type pokemon but Charizard isn't

Spongebob looking upward and over his shoulder with a distraught, confused expression.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My contribution is about how surprisingly helpful I found #TheSevenDeadlySins to be for combating seasonal depression. I hope you like it! It's an honor to have been included in such a prestigious publication.

Armor-clad Escanor from The Seven Deadly Sins anime prepares to literally unleash the power of the sun.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Twenty-six years ago today, a generation was introduced to #TenchiMuyo via #Toonami on July 3rd, 2000.🥹 Happy anniversary to all who observe. ⛩️👹🥕🚀🚨😎

Ryoko in cute shorts laughing maniacally.

Ayeka also in cute shorts also laughing maniacally.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I have no idea why, but the cadence of Elmo's apology vid reminded me of one of the first YouTube™️videos I ever watched.... 'Even tho it might be true, or it might be not true!'

A screenshot of early viral YouTuve video "Crazy Asian Mother" (if you remember it, don't forget to pick up some icy hot patches on the way home).

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Extremely grateful for the opportunity to write about #thesevendeadlysins in a really personal way. Brief overview of the manga and anime, with a focus on confirmed gigachad #escanor for treating seasonal depression with daily exercise, plenty of gusto, and good old-fashioned sunshine.🌞😎

Escanor from The Seven Deadly Sins literally holding the power of the sun in the palm of his hand.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

'There I am, Gary! There I am!!' 😊

The cover of Anime Herald Magazine Issue 2 featuring the mascot, Hera Almeida, in a yukata holding up masks in a nighttime festival setting. A list of contributors includes yours truly.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Think about how much vaccine misinformation there's been (causing "unnecessary fear" in communities), how many baseless claims of election fraud there were (which incited violence and murder), and that's all fine... ...but look how swiftly they act when something messes with billionaire profits.

"The Trinidad Police Department pushed back in an April 6 Facebook post, accusing Combs of spreading 'false information that creates fear, panic, or unnecessary emergency response within a community.'"

"Police Chief Charles Gregory later defended the arrest, calling the case 'cut and dry' and arguing that Combs' claims about hospitalizations were 'simply false' and had created unnecessary fear within the community."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The 'everyone is using AI' line is big 'any man who must say I am the king is no true king' energy. If that were true, it would go without saying. Instead, every sweaty CEO and the punditry class leeching off of them feel they have to say some variation of this literally every other day.

Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance) from HBO's Game of Thrones tells his petulant grandson, "Any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

One of a million AI slop YouTube channels that I usually ignore, but I just wanna see how long it takes for this particular tidbit to wind up in a 'history' book, or at least for someone posting online™️to be confidently wrong about it.

An AI thumbnail of Bruce Lee, Johnny Carson, and André the Giant from a YouTube channel posting AI slop.

YouTube video reads: André Laughed at Bruce Lee "You'll Never Fight Again After Tonight" - 28 Million Were Watching Live" with an AI-generated video summary that reads: "An intense encounter unfolds behind the scenes at NBC Studios before a historic 1971 broadcast of The Tonight Show. Tensions escalate between two legendary figures as personal pride and conflicting expectations collide just moments before the cameras start rolling, creating an unpredictable atmosphere that threatens the entire production."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If paperwork doesn't make you an American, and (if certain people get their way) being born here doesn't make you an American...what does? What could they possibly mean??? I guess there's no way to know! It's a mystery what they want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (But don't call it racism, it's totally not that.)

Congressman Randy Fine on May 15, 2026: "Deporting every single illegal is not enough. And paperwork doesn't make you an American. We must denaturalize and deport millions like Zohran Mamdani who lied to gain citizenship, hate this country, and seek our destruction. The barbarians are inside the gate."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

'D'OH, STOP IT GUUUURRRLS!!'

Tenchi Masaki in Tenchi Universe being pulled from both sides by Ayeka and Ryoko, as per tradition.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Gonna step away from this topic for a while, for my own sanity, but it all boils down to this. The angriest, most insecure of us are gonna give it all away--their rights, their grandchildren's futures, all of it--just to maintain a collective delusion that they're better than certain people.

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

― Lyndon B. Johnson

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I've no doubt they'd be saying the same thing for a law requiring public classrooms to hang framed passages from, say, the Quran, yessir, no doubt about it. 🙃 assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

An excerpt from the published opinion of The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:

"The Texas law creates no religious curriculum designed to shape children’s beliefs or subvert their parents’ teaching. Teachers are not required or encouraged to offer religious reflections on the
Ten Commandments. Nor are they told to proselytize students who ask
about the displays or disagree with the Commandments. Nor are they given lesson plans instructing that certain students (say, atheist, nontheist, polytheist, or agnostic students) are to be told their beliefs are 'hurtful' or 'hateful.'"

Pure unconstitutional hogwash.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

And here it is, Chapter 6! Excellent work, @evilpii.bsky.social! Thank you for such a detailed review of 30 yo #TenchiMuyo comics that still have something to say today. (There were STILL things I hadn't noticed!) evilpii.com/blog/review-...

An excerpt from a review of American-produced Tenchi Muyo! comics:

"Much like how Dante’s actions could be seen through a modern lens as an obsessed fanboy or stalker, Rob could also be seen as an allegory for the modern toxic incel: solitary, socially inept, consumed by his destructive hobby, blaming others for his troubles. In a way, Rob and Dante complement each other, each possessing different aspects of the same undesirable class.

I did not expect to view a nearly 30-year-old story in such a light."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

tfw you have SAD and genuinely feel better in winter now but know the underlying reason is bad for the entire planet.

MCU of Escanor from The Seven Deadly Sins anime staring off in the distance. He has short brown hair, a mustache, and ridiculously huge muscles that bulge to the max whenever the sun is out.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Didn't follow them, but they kept showing up in my Discover feed anyway. Fair enough, but I remember they kinda sorta used to write articles? Now it's just 'update youre iphone NOW!!1!' and......this.

A link to a Forbes article that reads "4 ChatGPT Prompts To Help You Launch A Side Hustle In 2026"

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

A million thoughts racing while reading this, but I guess one impression I'll share is how...infantile it is. Grown adults thinking they should be able to vote for someone, anyone, to 'own the libs' but nothing REALLY bad should come of their decisions. Mommy will step in at SOME point, right?

"I will say that this was a breaking point for me in the way that the administration responded to it. Like, I didn't think what's happening right now with ICE could happen in America. I genuinely did not think that was possible. I thought our institution—I thought the Constitution would hold up."

Andrew Schulz, one of innumerable, impossibly stupid Americans.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Not gonna lie, Hiroshi Negishi, director of Tenchi Universe, gushing over a Tenchi release that I had a hand in making happen is a dream come true.🥹 x.com/tsukumotakum...

A tweet from Hiroshi Negishi enthusiastically commenting on a crowdfunded re-release of American Tenchi Muyo! comics. One picture is the front cover, which features Ryoko, Ayeka, and Tenchi; the other features the cast in formal evening attire.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The guy too out of shape for the military and too psychologically unstable for the police after eight weeks of training with zero background checks:

A scene from Game of Thrones involving chickens in which lowlife thugs relish their authority to abuse the civilian population: "These are the king's colors. No one's standing in his way now, which means no one's standing in ours."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Cartoonishly evil, but this is somehow a morally ambiguous issue in this country.

A scene from HBO's Game of Thrones where peasants come hat in hand to court recounting the horrors inflicted upon them and their families by rogue knights.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

'I'll just lay out the facts for them, and--' Yeah? Has that worked before? Even if it did, on ONE person you know well, do you have time to sit down to coffee with EVERYONE we need on board? With political movements, you're not dealing with a rational person. You're dealing with, well, people.

The scene from MIB where Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) tells soon-to-be Agent J (Will Smith) "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Agencies have their rivalries, but collectively officers/agents in this country usually see themselves as being on the same team. If prominent law enforcement officials, no matter how few in number, aren't seeing ICE as one of their own? And publicly question their legitimacy? That's something.

Phoebus in Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame extinguishes a lit torch in a barrel full of water in defiance of cruel orders to burn down a home with people trapped inside.

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Whether it's Trump as POTUS, Weiss at CBS, or a thousand other examples in business in politics, Hollywood, the video game industry, what do all of these being awful have in common? It's people in 'leadership' positions who fundamentally don't want to be leaders, just to reap the benefits thereof.

An excerpt from the linked article: "In the future, AI experts said players will be able to create new gaming worlds themselves, while developers can reduce the need for expensive software or specialised skills to generate content."

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The ProZD/printer rant but with car doors.

ProZD tweet: "i've got a billion dollar idea, imagine a computer printer but like, it actually fucking works, it prints every time like it's fucking supposed to without issue, it just does that no fucking problem, companies, feel free to take this idea, this one's on me"

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Jonny Lobo @jonnylobo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

At last! Congratulations, @animeherald.com it's gorgeous. I really like how the warm, different colors demarcate each article but are also easy on the eyes. And what a difference there is between online and print, this just feels like the big time, like AH has really made it.

Some dude holding up the inaugural issue of Anime Herald magazine in print.

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