iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 15/10/2026

I wish modern desktop monitors looked like this. Ever since smartphones, consumer electronics industrial design has been so obsessed with flat black minimalism that having big monitors on your desk means having big ugly black plastic rectangles on your desk. Give me some space-age shells!

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Monty Python’s Flying Circus” premiered on this date in 1969.

Colored-pencil card drawing of a Norwegian blue parrot

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Retail Archaeology @retailarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Visit your local library.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My new shorthand for our new gilded age: "We shouldn't have let the phone company buy all the taxi companies." ... and warehousing and delivery companies. and courier services. and media companies. and so on

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 13/09/2026

Please do this, please let the chatbot run wild with your credit card ordering parts for imaginary gear that will probably burn your house down when you try to turn it on

Screenshot of an OpenAI post on Instagram, showing a screenshot of a Twitter post:

nim @eminimnim

Vibe hardware is here.
I gave Astra my credit card and asked for a Teenage Engineering-style mini DJ controller.
It generated a concept image, sourced parts, read Chinese datasheets, built a CAD model, ordered everything, then made a Blender animation showing how to assemble it.
62 / BAR
A motor with a brain.
032 mm
3-phase
I'm building my first DJ machine.

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“The Blob” hit theaters on this date in 1958.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11/09/2026

The degree to which 9/11 completely normalized our surveillance state is wild—it is sometimes genuinely hard to remember how different the world was before the PATRIOT Act.

prismreports.org

Reversing post-9/11 surveillance won’t be easy, advocates say

Twenty-five years after the U.S. government launched the war on terror, the “terrorist” profile is widening

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 03/09/2026

If you are somewhere in the Venn diagram of industrial music nerd and graphic design nerd, you might be interested in this book project on Kickstarter. They interviewed me a while back for it so it will apparently include some of my work and commentary. Looking forward to it!

kickstarter.com

Industrial Music/Graphics: A Visual History of a Movement

Industrial music built a visual language as confrontational as its sound—Throbbing Gristle to Nine Inch Nails, told by its designers.

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

1954 Topps Ted Williams Baseball Card #MLB #RedSox #Legend

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Our political system has been allergic to consequences... basically my entire life. And our population has largely stopped thinking more than one step ahead. Our only understanding of what's good for us is now, maybe your boss will think to next quarter. Turn that stove on so we can touch it.

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Dr. Meredith Wills ⚾️⚾️👀 @bbl-astrophyscs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We live in the worst timeline.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

(BTW, the sentence “ordered his FBI director to investigate the leaks” describes a literally Watergate-level scandal, but [shrug emoji])

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

50 Years Ago Today: Classic footage from the Kansas City #Royals vs. the Chicago #WhiteSox at Comiskey Park. The #ChiSox become the first team to wear shorts during a major league game! (August 8, 1976) #MLB #Baseball #Uniform #History

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

On this date in 2004, the Dave Matthews Band tour bus ruined a Chicago architecture cruise…

Colored-pencil card drawing of the DMB tour bus crossing the Kinzie Street bridge on the Chicago River

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 07/08/2026

At the water park and there’s a five alarm turd-in-the-pool emergency. Full batch of floaters in the shallow end right at the stairs that lead to the waterslide. One frantic teen lifeguard trying to get everyone out but all the kids are running past him, trampling through the poop. Moms are screamin

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/07/2026

Ken Burns Wants You To Watch America: Birth Of A Nation Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTi_vTwwmU…

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We need to free this man

Kruk in suit looking unhappy as Girardi jaws to the other guy in the booth

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today In 1983: Kansas City #Royals legend George Brett unleashes his fury during a game vs. the New York #Yankees at Yankee Stadium in what will forever be known as "The Pine Tar Incident"! #MLB #Baseball #History

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The George Brett pine-tar incident took place on this date in 1983.

Colored-pencil card drawing of George Brett charging out of the dugout

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

it's not just for entertainment. gambling also goes up during economic downturns. here's the mindset: if you only have $500, you can't pay many of your bills — but if you double or triple it, you can. and if you lose that $500, you aren't much worse off than before. that's why it's so insidious.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Scoop: The AI music generator Suno was hacked. Hacker shared source code that shows how the tool was made and part of the music and podcasts that were scraped to create it. Decades worth of music, lyrics, and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer, Genius & more www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

# youtube_nusic: ~l.5h runtine # 113,879 hours of youtube_rusic 12,287 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics 16,843 hours of youtube_rusic_lyrics_for genius_hg: -1.3h runting 17,615 hours of genius_hq 41, 544 hours of genius_hq lyrics 17,387 hours of genius ha_lyrics_ foreign freesound: -B.2h runting 410 hours of freesound # insip: -B.2h runtine 19,514 hours of insip # jamendo: ~B.1h runtine 3,726 hours of janendo * ponds_music: ~1.1h runtine # 62,117 hours of ponds_music # deezer: -8. 5h runtine 12,287 hours of deezer 10,175 hours of deezer_lyrics 6,699 hours of deezer_lyrics_foreign * ytn_tagged: ~2h runtine # 152,162 hours of ytn_ tagged # musescore: -B.1h runtine 183 hours of nusescore_lyrics

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 09/07/2026

This post went viral recently on IG/FB because it was blowing Gen Z minds that this is how jobs used to work. And this is precisely how we were able to have such helpful store weirdos: Being a vacuum cleaner weirdo at Sears was a legit lifelong career!

Facebook post by Mike Callahan: "When I worked at Sears in the early 90's, the people there built entire lives off those jobs. The guy running appliances had three kids, coached little league every weekend, and retired after 32 years with a pension. One of the women in customer service bought her first house working full-time there, and the older guy in hardware took the same vacation to the Ozarks every summer because he could actually afford to unplug for a
week. The managers knew everybody by name, the Christmas bonuses actually meant something, and the store was packed every holiday season because business was booming. Nobody thought they were "stuck" working retail - it was honest
work that paid enough to live with dignity. Somewhere along the way, corporations started making record profits while the people keeping
the place running could barely afford rent. When exactly did a steady fuil-time job stop being
enough to build a normal life?"

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Chris Beatty @justchristoph.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Buckle up... it is only going to get worse!

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Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.com · 07/07/2026

Satchel Paige would've (allegedly) turned 120 years old today! Here he is with the 1953 #STLBrowns (age 46). #Baseball

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Mark Armour @markarmour04.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Satchel Paige was born 120 years ago today. Born into poverty, destined for greatness despite being forced to live under the yoke of white supremacy.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Another Exciting Adventure in American Fascism

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 01/07/2026

“Imagine the press reaction if any other president in history had spent the country’s 250th anniversary celebrating a bribe from a middle eastern nation while boasting ‘America couldn’t build this’ about an American plane,” I whisper alone to my mannequins as I pound my head into the wall repeatedly

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 28/06/2026

The entire right-wing is populated by deeply weird & joyless people who do not understand how to do essentially anything other than extract wealth for themselves while making life miserable for others, and I hate that it’s taken this long but I think a lot more regular people are finally catching on

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

50 Years Ago Today: Bob Uecker conducts a classic interview with Detroit #Tigers rookie pitching sensation Mark "The Bird" Fidrych after he hurled a 5-1 complete game victory vs. the New York #Yankees on ABC Monday Night #Baseball! (June 28, 1976) #MLB #History #RepDetroit

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Chris Beatty @justchristoph.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So Apple decides to raise all the prices on their products citing the memory and flash storage shortages caused by AI data centers. At the same time they equally raise the prices of all their prices of certified refurbished product that are sitting in warehouses... how can you justify that?

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

His toughest opponent yet turned out to be photosynthesis. #AlgaeGate

Photo of a bridge over a roadway with large white letters attached to the railing spelling out: “HE CAN'T EVEN WIN A WAR AGAINST ALGAE.” The sign references recent problems with algae growth in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/06/2026

to be clear, this fascist shit is happening because the king told a lie about vandalism and they're retroactively arresting people to try to make it seem like it's true

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

They started this war with no clear objective and therefore no plan how to achieve it, nor how to end it. In spite of having ample intel and access to people of common sense who understood this risk. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.com

Trump wanted out of the Iran war. The aftermath is pulling him back in.

The ceasefire reopened diplomacy, but it also left Washington to manage Iran’s leverage, Israel’s attacks and a MAGA backlash.

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Los Angeles #Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda fights the Phillie Phanatic! (1988) #MLB #Phillies #Baseball #NationalMascotDay

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

They can write anything they want on these with sharpies right? That's the new rule?

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 15/06/2026

oh look, the trump "made in america" phone wound up being an overpriced two-year old Taiwanese-made knockoff pre-loaded with propaganda who could have predicted something so on brand

ifixit.com

Teardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Pro

Is the Trump phone actually made in America? Our deep-dive teardown reveals the Trump Mobile T1 is basically a gold-painted, rebranded HTC U24 Pro.

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Especially trillionaires. #eattherich

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/06/2026

I’m usually good, but when I think about the nonsense we’ve been living through, I get pissed off all over again. The morons who voted for Trump because they believed he would lower prices & end all wars got us a half-torn-down White House, a UFC cage on the South Lawn and an economy in the toilet.

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dan solomon @dansolomon.com · 14/06/2026

this is like a simpsons joke from 1997 about what the white house would be like under donald trump in the year 2026

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