iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My students @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social and @shanicebernicky.bsky.social took over the RoCCET Lab’s annual mini-course on comics and zines this year, but they very kindly invited me to the final mini-con. What a treat to visit with these young artists and makers—and add their work to my collection!

A pile of black and white minicomics produced by students in the comics and zines mini-course.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

Someone on Threads writes: "The Met Gala feels like real dystopian shit.

People can’t afford groceries or gas. But we’re going to celebrate this event which is nothing more than wealth porn."

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 15/03/2026

#TWC is excited to announce the publication of #TWC47, a special issue on Gaming Fandom guest edited by Hayley McCullough and Ashley P. Jones! Dig in at this link: rb.gy/g6ioom.

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

New book review in the @journal.transformativeworks.org on "Optimizing play: Why theorycrafting breaks games and how to fix it" by Christopher A. Paul. Does theorycrafting, optimization, min/maxing, and meta-chasing always break games?

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Bigg @bpbigg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Sad to hear about Ludum Dare beginning to wind down, but I think it's maybe good for people to be reminded how many of the things they consider indispensable institutions are really a single-digit number of people (often a single person) working very long & hard for little to no money

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Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.

A field of dirty granita-like ice covering the multi-use pathway near the Hartwell Locks. It transitions into half-rotted leaves, but a large tree branch hangs down, partially broken off from its trunk to the right and alighting on the other side of the path. Behind, a grey, cloudy sky and the red-brick phallus of Dunton Tower.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27/03/2026

MASSIVE WIN: no one wants to live in the united states anymore

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

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Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Unpopular opinion, I guess, but I just think it’s better to know things rather than not to know them and to be able to do things rather than not be able to do things

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

the video game industry is a mess

“Make bad game? Fired. Make good game? Fired. Make incredibly successful game? Believe it or not, also fired.” Original source of meme is from Parks and Recreation.

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Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Send thoughts and prayers to @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social, who is embarking on a road trip with her thesis supervisor (me). Will we run out of stuff to talk about in the next four and a half hours?

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/02/2026

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

hello we're having a one day comics festival in Ottawa this April and I'm never going to shut up about it tell your friends!!! ottawacomicsfestival.com

OCAF - Ottawa Comics Arts Festival - April 4th - 10am to 3pm

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Scott Adams dying at 68 rather than 69 is the perfect capstone to a life of being almost — but not quite — funny

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Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

That might be a collection of images, but a “visual narrative” it ain’t.

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Ah, age-based social media bans. The abstinence education of digital literacy.

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Friday, 12/12 at 7pm Eastern—it’s official! CSSN will be a part of “Convention Policy Demon Hunters,” a collaborative panel with RoCCET Lab (Carleton University) about what we’ve learned from evaluating convention harassment policies over the years. CasaCon is FREE! Join here: discord.gg/QBtxV8gGmA

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Watching old @dimension20.bsky.social shows--I can tell roughly how old a show is based on Ally Beardsley's green hair 💅🏻

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Prince Rosalium, Parfum Nostalgique Dev🌹✨️ @princerosalium.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This itch.io creator day, Parfum Nostalgique is on sale for FREE, which is 100% off the original price of FREE or PWYT (pay with your tears). If you haven't played yet, this is your sign from the angels. Or the demons. Or the therapist-by-day dom-by-night vampires. priro.itch.io/parfum-nosta...

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

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Prince Rosalium, Parfum Nostalgique Dev🌹✨️ @princerosalium.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

My free 43-page guide to bridging the gap between digital games and physical spaces has been released. Great for devs who want to bring indie games to local markets, shops, or spaces, and for organizers and business space owners to better understand indie devs! priro.itch.io/digital-game...

the cover of digital games, physical spaces. a smiling blond man with long hair holds a game handheld with hearts on the screen. he wears a striped shirt and an apron with a silly fish on it.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series: Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5 Randy Johnson, 2001 G2 Bob Gibson, 1968 G1 Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I don't even really *like* baseball ⚾️💤

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Benjamin Woo @geekworlds.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Incidentally, we usually use the term “EDI” in Canada, as if there were any question about whose homework Poilievre is copying for this political slop.

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becca | they/them @beccagoesoutside.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

In 2014 I wrote for @newyorker.com about @kurtjmac.bsky.social, a YouTuber who began walking in Minecraft and never stopped. His quest was to reach the Far Lands, a place at the limits of the algorithmic world, where the landscape breaks apart. On Saturday, after fourteen years, he arrived:

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A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)

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SCMS Video Game Studies @scmsvideogames.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Introducing our VGSSIG grad student rep for this year, @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social! A PhD candidate at Carleton University, she is researching the queer indie game scene(s), game bundles, and queer survival on itch. She's played 1700+ hours (yikes) of League of Legends. Indie fave: Sword & Sworcery.

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PhD Candidate @ Carleton University
VGSSIG Graduate Student Representative
Research interests: the queer indie game scene(s), game bundles, and queer survival.
Most played video game: League of Legends (over 1700 hours)
Indie favourite: Sword and Sworcery

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Jailyn (they/them) @jailynz.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Anyway it was an honor to talk in a panel with @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social and @princerosalium.bsky.social on Spite, Survival, and Joy. QGCon is a testament to the tenacity of queer people and I am definitely invigorated by my time there.

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Still thinking about how lovely @lackingceremony.bsky.social was on Friday @qgcon.bsky.social when I showed up at the presenters dinner feeling super shy and not knowing anyone. Then I got to see her talk on TTRPG "loose, touchable design for leaky, excitable creatures" which was so fucking good!!!

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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony (@lackingceremony.bsky.social)

I'm a queer game designer hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan. I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Catch me tomorrow afternoon talking about part of my dissertation work on the @queergamesbundle.bsky.social !!! ✨

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

SO excited to be going to my first ever @qgcon.bsky.social in Montreal from September 26-September 28, 2025. I'll be pulling from my dissertation, talking about the @queergamesbundle.bsky.social as a repository of feelings that reveal truths about queer history and imagine alternative queer futures.

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Bertha Chin (she/her) @berthac.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

If you’re 18 or older, and have purchased makeup or beauty products based on your fandom (e.g licensed tie-ins or fan-run brands, small businesses, etc), my friend and colleague, Suzanne Scott is looking for you to answer a short survey with an opt-in for a follow up interview.

QR code to be scanned with a question: “Do you own fandom-related makeup or beauty products

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Queer Games Bundle @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🚨 We've passed $85,000 with 18 HOURS LEFT. Today only, get 600 radical, heartfelt games and projects by 300 queer artists for $60 (or $10+), less than the price of one AAA game. itch.io/b/3062

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Went to my first physiotherapist appointment for my wrists yesterday, but also asked for a full body scan. Left with exercises for my ankles that literally do not have any stretch in them and my upper back that is so tight she thinks it's impacting my wrists 💀

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Me looking out from my cave at all the new graduate students 🦝

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Time to kick this dissertation into high gear 🦝

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Just got pulled over one block from our house (at the end of a six hour drive 💀) because our license plates have covers on them?? The license plate covers that have been on our car since 2011??? That were put on by the dealership????? I'm baffled.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

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