iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Minor Mobius @minormobius.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh yeah. It slaps. Calling all mineheads! games.mino.mobi/orb

Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Where from, this seems like just beyond the moon, given the sizes? (I haven't been keeping track of what's presently around there)

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If this actually happens, it may rank as the single most corrupt act in the history of American politics. I cannot believe this is even under discussion.

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Somewhere S or W of Tessalit, Mali (which is where the band Tinariwen is from; the music resembles the landscape.) #flightsimulator #MicrosoftFlightSimulator2024

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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Hey! Brand new, free and exclusive music just for you! Sleep's Older Sister is a preview from our upcoming album THE WORLD IS TO DIG. Respectful request--please spread the word. Not on streaming sites, but for everyone at www.TMBGshop.com.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

uranus seen by the webb telescope

$An image with a black background. The planet Uranus is a glowing orb near the center surrounded by rings. The planet appears blue with a large, white patch taking up the right half. The patch is whitest at the center, then fades into blue at it expands from right to left. A thin outline of Uranus is also white. Around the planet is a system of nested rings. There are faint orange and off-white smudges, some oval, some circular, that are background galaxies scattered throughout the image. Several bright blue point sources closer to Uranus are the planet’s moons. There is also a bright star at the left of the field, with 8 diffraction spikes.$

The planet Uranus on a black background. The planet appears light blue with a large, white patch on the right side. On the edge of that patch at the upper left is a bright white spot. Another white spot is located on the left side of the planet at the 9 o’clock position. Around the planet is a system of nested rings. The outermost ring is the brightest while the innermost ring is the faintest. Unlike Saturn’s horizontal rings, the rings of Uranus are vertical and so they appear to surround the planet.

At center is the planet Uranus, a blue globe with a large white spot occupying most of the planet. It’s surrounded by a series of rings that get brighter as you move outward. Beyond the rings are 14 moons appearing as points of light. The moons vary in brightness with the brightest, Miranda, just above 9 o'clock.

$The planet Uranus appears as a smooth, bright cyan disc at the center, its atmosphere reveals soft, hazy tones of blue. Surrounding the planet is a vivid reddish glow, forming a diffuse halo that contrasts strongly with the cool blue of the planetary disc. Encircling Uranus are several thin, concentric rings, visible as pale grey arcs. Subtle variations in brightness can be seen across the planet\u2019s face, with slightly brighter patches near the limb, hinting at atmospheric structure.$

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One Liberal Citizen @onelibcitizen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Fun fact Ron: Two people are dead in Minnesota because ICE ASSASSINATED THEM

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The Trump administration said it is ending its deployment of immigration agents to Minnesota. They’re framing it as Minnesota agreeing to cooperate, but most of their statements are false. It’s Minnesotans standing firm and refusing to back down. The resistance only grows. Minnesota strong 💪

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US border czar says immigration crackdown in Minnesota will ‘conclude’

Tom Homan says that Trump has backed ‘significant drawdown’ in the state, where two US citizens have died

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Justice isn’t ICE leaving Minnesota. Justice is ICE being held accountable for murdering Americans.

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KIM F-M @kimf-m.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Fight for Minnesota. So, this won't spread and you'll be fighting for your OWN community. Minnesota is America. Minnesota IS OUR Community.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/02/2026

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

As a shapes person, I would say a Cuboctohedron is trying really hard to be a 3D hexagon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubocta... (There's always the fallback plan: Hexagonal Prism. But that's less fun!)

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Cuboctahedron - Wikipedia

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/01/2026

an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Same thing every time: 1. Reframe the victim as the villain 2. Make the state the injured party 3. Turn critique into complicity (“oh so you side with terrorists”) 4. Expand blame to an entire out-group 5. Fuse to a larger us-against-them story to keep any alarmed within the base from defecting

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Direct Energy Tansfer ✔️

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Cherry blossoms(?) across the landscape - Japan, N of Miyako (Is this realistic? The colors are so cool!) #msfs2024 #flightsim #japan

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

eclipse from earth | eclipse from the moon

The lunar eclipse as seen above the Space Environments Complex at NASA’s Glenn Research Center at Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, during the early hours of March 14, 2025. A white to orange to red gradient sweeps across the Moon from the top left to the bottom right of its full disc. Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna

The solar eclipse as seen from the surface of the Moon in Mare Crisium by the Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander. The Sun's corona shines as a bright circle around the dark disc of the Earth. A "diamond ring" flare glows at the five o'clock position against the darkness of space. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I spent a lot of time in my book breaking down WHY this is happening — it’s *content meets community* - A lot of people don’t want “politics” or “news”, they want to be entertained…comedy, culture - They want to feel like they’re listening to someone relatable, who talks like them, is like them.

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

As more and more Americans get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning. 🧵: www.mediamatters.org/google/right...

Bubble chart of follower counts for top right-leaning versus left-leaning online shows

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Last night's eclipse from the perspective of the moon. dang.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 13/03/2025

Just in! 📸 The first images from yesterday’s #HeraMission flyby of Mars and its moon Deimos. 👇 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Just past sunrise on Sol 4476, the Mars Curiosity Rover used MastCam to take a large mosaic of the surroundings. Here’s my favorite part, looking towards the future drive path and boxworks. flic.kr/p/2qRrYD1

Rocks and sand. A shadow of a butte darkens the left. More buttes are in the distance; we’ll see more of them later.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/03/2025

tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)

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Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Tour Finds Its True Target (Gift Article)

It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Mine would have turned it like this one. It was awesome in the clear skies here (minnesota)

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Japan, Niigata. (Look at those skies) #flightsim #msfs2024

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

these webb/hubble images are truly incredible. the fact that we can see the universe in different wavelengths of light and spot so many unseen details is mind-blowing 🌌

Two observations of a portion of the galaxy NGC 628 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is roughly centered and the galaxy’s arms appear to rotate counterclockwise. The spiraling filamentary structure looks somewhat like a cross section of a nautilus shell. In Webb’s image, the spiny spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange, with prominent dark gray or black “bubbles,” and there is a blue haze near the core. In Hubble’s image, the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters, pink star forming areas and dark brown dust lanes, and the core is a pale yellow.

Two observations of the galaxy NGC 1300 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered, connected to a prominent diagonal bar structure. The galaxy’s two distinct spiral arms begin at the end of the bar and rotate counterclockwise. Together, the arm and bars form a backward S shape. In Webb’s image, the bar and spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange, and are anchored by its central region, which is circular and light yellow. In Hubble’s image, the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star cluster and dark brown dust lanes, and the bar and core are a pale yellow.

Two observations of the galaxy NGC 1512 are split diagonally, with Webb’s observations at top left and Hubble’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered and circular, with two prominent dust lanes crossing the large diagonal bar structure appearing toward the top left and bottom right. The central bar is blue at top, looking like a gap until a closer examination shows it feeds a larger, oval shape that looks braided with many spiral arms. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms are composed of many filaments in shades of orange. In Hubble’s image the bar is a light pinkish-brown and the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters and dark brown dust lanes.

Two observations of the galaxy NGC 3351 are split diagonally, with Hubble’s observations at top left and Webb’s at bottom right. The galaxy’s core is centered and the galaxy’s arms rotate clockwise and form a distinct outer ring. In Hubble’s image, the galaxy’s roughly horizontal bar structure is a pale yellow and the spiral arms are a mix of bright blue star clusters and dark brown dust lanes that form half of the large circular ring. In Webb’s image, the spiral arms form the other half of the large ring, which is made of many filaments in shades of orange. They are anchored by its central region, a hazy blue bar, connected to the central core. The core has a small orange oval around a more circular light yellow oval, with a blue dot at its center.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

the first ever image of the entire earth and moon together, taken by voyager 1 in 1977

A historic image showing Earth and the Moon together for the first time, captured by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1977. The bottom of the image features Earth, partially illuminated, with its blue oceans and white clouds visible against the blackness of space. Above and to the left, the Moon appears as a smaller, dimmer crescent, emphasizing the vast distance between the two celestial bodies. This photograph, taken just 13 days after Voyager 1’s launch, offers a profound perspective of our planet and its natural satellite, floating together in the cosmic void.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 06/02/2025

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been! with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

Popular meme format, grandma labeled with "bluesky's public launch was one year ago today." Younger person helping her labeled with "sure grandma let's get you to bed."

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Brian Lukis @krader.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Looks like we're all on the same ride together. Preach it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/01/2025

again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The current workspace in front of the Mars Curiosity Rover following its Sol 4437 drive this week. flic.kr/p/2qJ38xj

Rocks and sand.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

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God @thegodshow.com · 29/01/2025

BEHOLD! Bluesky has hit 30 MILLION users! We’re here to stay!

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I get bored and you end up having to look at a weirdly colored Jupiter because I wanted to see how it looked if I used the Voyager 1 ultraviolet filters. Sorry. flic.kr/p/2qHvSuQ