iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

We teach young girls to cover their drinks. Walk with their keys between their knuckles. Dress modestly. Have a buddy system. Yell “fire”. By the time we’re adults we have a novel length list of rules to follow to avoid being raped. Many of us are raped anyways. That’s why we’re enraged.

17487143

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 19h

I really do think it would be ok if men worried about rape accusations the way that women have to worry about rape

110

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

The Sun, XIX |shop & comms open @thesunxix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#peachtober26 day 2: chimney 🌃 I’m so proud of this image! I truly love looking at it, it’s so soothing. Synthesis is one of the things I want to work on this month, and this is the result of it, my first sketched out idea was super complicated and clunky. #illustration #art #digitalart

Digital illustration of a tiny house with a towering chimney at nighttime. The chimney is backdropped by a huge full moon, and the silhouette of a bird sleeping perched on the chimney can be seen contrasting with the white of the moon. A cat is also sleeping on the roof of the house.

05413

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

and the final is between quartz VS cuprite. i'm torn, honestly. #mincup26 #minerals

illustration of two minerals competing in the Mineral Cup 2026 final: quartz VS cuprite. both crystals represented here as a rose cluster and a cherry-red chunk

2498

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My uterus is on my shit list today.

000

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to! Moria Quirk is on the top of her game and the book itself is pure uncut deliciousness

010

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Archie, our oldest cat resident has a habit of finding a new place to loaf every few months or so. Apparently the newest spot is me??

Me in a grey fleece lined hoodie, hood up, Archie's sandy cat ear poking out from inside the hoodie

Same hoodie, now with Archie going in via the neck for some abstruse cat reason

000

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I finally looked up what hip dips are and wow this is dumber than I thought

100

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I assume it is about her fabulous hats

020

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love these lizards, they're ridiculous look at his claws!!

A photo of a bungarra or Goulds monitor. Standing up on his hind legs and giving the camera extreme side eye. The background is the red pilbara dirt and some scrub

020

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Me: I voted for Donald Trump because I had him confused with that other guy. Donald Duck. NYT reporter: Are you sure you want me to print that next to your real name and a drawing of you? Me: Yes.

67105331640

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm part of an amazing team looking at what autistic children want from their speech and language therapy. Nobody has asked them before! We're currently using some brilliant materials, developed with and by autistic people, to make interviews accessible to all children, not just those who speak

What we want: how can Speech & Language Therapy best meet the needs of autistic children?

We are looking for autistic children (9 – 15 years 11 months old) to take part in an adapted interview about their priorities and preferences in Speech & Language Therapy.

We hope our findings will support the development of services in this area.

We are looking for children who can express a choice on these matters, using a total communication approach. They should have a formal autism diagnosis which follows national clinical guidance on best practice.

If want to ask any questions about eligibility or to find out more generally, please contact us: NDSpeech-LanguageTherapy@manchester.ac.uk

Our team includes experienced & DBS checked autistic researchers & Speech & Language Therapists. Our interviews will be adapted to meet your child’s needs.

Funded by: National Institute for Health Care and Research (NIHR)
Sponsored and conducted by: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Conducted with collaborators: The University of Manchester, The University of Sheffield

24718

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

5695403403

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.

02122354

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

🌌Forebodings of Éskʷətayit @joxter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this one was really tough, but #Pyromorphite juuust nabbed my vote for its usefulness in mitigating lead contamination. both are very intriguing minerals & this may have been the less strategic vote for #TeamQuartz, so vote with your gut, imo. #MinCup26

0104

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This has always annoyed me as someone who loved the books growing up. But the older I get the more messed up the idea of having become an adult in Narnia and then going home after at least a decade of being a ruler of a kingdom and being a 6 year old little girl again.

170

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Look at this cool lizard I saw today!

A photo of a bungarra (I think) walking away from me on some loose scree. The head is turned slightly towards the camera but only as something that has been noticed, not something that it needs to worry about.

182

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of my bosses at work told me she knew I had a pretty thick skin and could handle a difficult situation. And while I totally can handle it, I do not at all have thick skin and do not know how I have managed to give this impression.

040

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'd love it if there were more of a backlash against Kraft than there seems to be, but that's not to say that there should be *less* than there currently is against Genocide Edward.

151

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Away from home? Time to draw birds! (The neck is wrong somehow, I’m hoping that colour will fix it)

A photo of a sketch book with a sketch of a yellow throated miner. It’s only coloured to the bust, and the legs are only gestural at the moment.

030

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Genuinely I love my job so much

120

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A month and change into this and here’s my progress!

A multi coloured crochet strip the shape of a heart on a blue sheet. A carron cake of wool is next to it.

220

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 13/09/2026

100%. For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.

1628941109

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Ben Paddon 🎃 @benpaddon.net · 13/09/2026

An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?

2136791123

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Getting around to watching Widows Bay, it’s as fun as you all said it was!

010

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hey #aussky if you have any interest in native bees you can help out a very cool phd project!

A blue flyer with photos of bees and the following text
• PLEASE HELP US FIND •
GROUND-NESTING NATIVE BEES
We're studying native Lipotriches (Austronomia) bees
Western Sydney University researchers have begun a new project to learn more about the native ground-nesting bee Lipotriches muscosa and its close relatives like Lipotriches australica. In her Masters project, Kavya Chaithram Sini studied a large aggregation of these bees in Richmond NSW and found that multiple females use a single nest entrance. She also found they are generalist foragers, but with a particular fondness for Solanum flowers, which they sonicate to release pollen

What next? A 3-Year PhD project
Kavya has just started her PhD with the aim of further exploring the exciting biology of these wild bees and assessing whether they may also be useful in crop pollination. Through this work, we aim to better understand the bees' life cycles, social behaviour and nest architecture, while also developing techniques for artificial rearing and portable nesting systems that could support the management and propagation of these ground-nesting native bees
How can you help? Find some bees!
We need your help to find nesting aggregations of these bees, and especially within the Greater Sydney Region. Please do get in touch with us if you can help us locate nesting sites or are interested in further information on the project.
Photography: Kavya Chaithram Sini
60106
ARC TRAINING CENTRE FOR smart & sustainable
HORTICULTURE
For more information please do get in touch with us!
By emailing Kavya on
K.ChaithramSini@westernsydney.edu.au
WESTERN SYDNEY
UNIVERSITY
Lipotriches muscosa

042

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The world is broken but the dik-dik is perfect

A wee baby dik-dik (weensiest antelope) drinking milk from a baby bottle because they are baby. This one is the babiest and makes life worth living to know they are alive. Holy fucking shit is it cute god damn

The same perfect teeniest antelope (which is a dik-dik) that's roughly 12 inches tall staring at the camera because they love you or would if they really KNEW you, the real you who is pure of heart deep down. A person's feet in slippers for scale

411841327

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Nabil Samandari @nabilsamandari.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just as a reminder, genAI images and videos aren't bad because they look bad. How close they get to the real thing is irrelevant. The reason they're bad is because ultimately genAI exists to put the creative process itself into the hands of corporations instead of actual creatives.

3528192

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Another patriotic vote for me today, Putnisite is even closer to home being a sandgroper (from Western Australia) too!

031

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 07/09/2026

Kent Police made no arrests when about 200 masked far-right activists blocked Dover for hours. It still calls the action spontaneous, despite evidence that people involved gathered nearby the night before. We examine what happened and why the force says its response was proportionate.

kentcurrent.news

How did a masked far-right mob block Dover for hours without a single arrest?

Plus the dramatic collapse of Kent's council reorganisation, a Tory split at County Hall, and the week across the county

32010

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

As an Australian I had to vote for the very pretty Stichtite!

010

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The good thing about time is that it is actively moving me away from this week!

011

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/09/2026

As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it.

440661243

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Skutterudite is clearly the superior choice today!

041

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 02/09/2026

Stop reposting AI slop

15614

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did you get your vote in for #MinCup26 #Azurite: copper, so very blue, named for the colour (in ancient Persian modded to French) #Smithsonite: zinc, many colours, named for founder of the Smithsonian Institution VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

mineralcup.org

Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup

Vote in Azurite vs Smithsonite Credit: Harold Moritz and Graham Myerson

43017

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Peter Hollo @peterhollo.com · 01/09/2026

A couple of days ago, Australia post started a promo with HBO for the Harry Potter TV series. It you noticed the app logo changed to incorporate an owl, that's why. A bunch of people sent in complaints about the association with that revolting TERF JK Rowling. Today they replied. Partnership ended!

Screenshot of an email from AusPost replying to my complaint sent in yesterday. It reads:

Thank you for contacting Australia Post.

Australia Post is an inclusive organisation that values diversity and is committed to fostering a respectful and welcoming environment for all people, including LGBTQIA+ communities.

The Harry Potter Owl Post Experience was a promotional fan event delivered in partnership with HBO Max to celebrate letter writing and provide an engaging experience for Harry Potter fans.

We apologise if the activation has left you disappointed. We understand your concerns and your feedback has been heard and shared with the relevant teams. As a result, the partnership has now ended. Your feedback will also inform how we think about future partnerships and activations.

I highlighted "As a result" and added exclamation marks after the following sentence.

13845226

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Jimmy Two Heads 💀🎃 @jimmytwohands.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I know exactly why, poindexter. It’s because it looks cool as fuck

This 11,000-Year-Old Statue from Turkey Shows a Man Riding a Leopard.
Archaeologists Aren't Sure
Why
The strange sculpture reverses a recurring Stone Age motif of humans confronting dangerous predators.

13398201831

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Man I want to live in a world where the White Rat exists, unfortunately that does mean we have to become the White Rat we want to see in the world

012427

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I Love Large Francis so so much

010

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Have you played the game I wrote? I wrote a game! It's free to play! 18,000+ words of comedy choose-your-own-adventure nonsense! It won an award! You will die MANY times and ALL of them will be daft! Also, if you're rich, you CAN pay for it! What more do you want? brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...

brainmage.itch.io

i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE

An award-winning comedy choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job

68647

Leah Jaclyn @leahjaclyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’ve got a day off tomorrow And there’s a new @tkingfisher.com out?? I really must be somebodies favourite!

030

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Cake 🍰 @8cake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Give Bec Shaw this column, you cowards

011

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Ladz ❄️🖤🩸 @ladzwriting.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

(thread that probably should be a newsletter topic but fuck it) OUR CRIMSON CAGE is my most interesting book to date because it is a tight 120-page response to several tropes and explorations I keep seeing in books about women (or adjacent) that I'm frankly bored, tired, and sick of (1/9) 🧵

13714

Reposted by Leah Jaclyn

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026

I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

bylinetimes.com

The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

3127231193