iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Those alt gov accounts that arose after 2016 are grifters. One of the top posts yesterday was @altnoaa.bsky.social posting an AI image of a beluga whale "escaping captivity to reunite with her baby." In response to being told it was AI, the poster said AI is good, actually, for evoking emotions.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It's Earth Day. Celebrating seems...awkward this year. War - amongst other activities - is really, really bad for the environment. Okay, for anything living, and even some things not living. We need to take the Earth seriously. Now. #earthday #earthday2026 #climateaction #climate #savetheplanet

Hooked art created using plastic bags. Multicolored.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20/04/2026

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege

The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#sketchbookrevival2026 I don't feel much or discover insights about myself when doing neurographic art, but it is relaxing. A CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE UNKNOWN with @neuroartproject If you'd like to join in, go to: www.karenabend.com. #sketchbookrevival #sketching #creativitycrosstraining

Multicolored neurographic art piece using colored pencils.

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Wayne B. Smith @waynesbrain.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

He only cared about ONE thing...how it looked on TV. Enough has been said regarding the impossible healing job...not enough said about the depravity it takes to kill your followers to make good television.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Finished the old Eddie Bauer t-shirt mend. Not so minimalistic, LOL. Thpugh i did stay in the red color family. Beads, patch, and stitch. #mending #visiblemending #stitching #usewhatyouhave #repairreuserecycle

Coral colored tshirt with a hand-stitched patch/mend on lower front.

Red and pinkish tshirt patch stitched to old coral tshirt with various red-family threads and beads.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#sketchbookrevival2026 This was my effort in @dannygregory 's MEMORY PORTRAIT workshop. I look at little, um, tougher (?) than in real life, but 2011 was a rough year. Hell, I hope I didn't look that bad!

Skwtch of red-haired woman with short hair wearing an olive-drab tank top, cross necklace, blue bra straps showing. She looks rough around the edges. Has sunglasses on.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

#sketchbookrevival2026 1) I love this ABSTRACT FLORAL WITH NEGATIVE PAINTING though I admit I didn't really use "negatives. " Still quite enjoyable and a fun outcome. With @bindidesaiart 2) The 2nd and 3rd items were part of MINDFUL CRINKLE ART WITH MARKERS with @saraschroederart

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

More springtime mending. An old Eddie Bauer t-shirt I love (enough to have 4). There are 3 or 4 little holes under the patch. The difficult thing about all this is choosing what to stitch. So many colors, threads, and stitches! #mending #visiblemending #stitching #usewhatyouhave #repairreuserecycle

Red and dark pink, rectangular tshirt patch on light pink tshirt. Visible mending on patch with embroidery stitches in process.

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The Epstein files really show us that we've been underestimating how much men hate women and children.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#sketchbookrevival2026 "Mood Minis" with @mindfulcreativemuse I like how the purple and yellow one came out. The other one just led me down a little rabbit hole of doodling. Fun. If you'd like to join in the fun - and it's free! - go to: www.karenabend.com. #sketchbookrevival2026

Watercolor (purple and yellow) and black pen sketch/doodle.

Watercolor (orange and blue) and black pen doodle.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#sketchbookrevival2026 in tonight. "Creating Expressive Self Portraits on Toned Paper" w/ @ohn_mar_win Mouth got away from me. Stupid teeth! Dfinitely be trying this again. Love working on tan paper, especially with white. If you'd like to join in the fun - and it's free! - go to karenabend.com.

Photo of a black and white photo (a portrait of a woman with short, wavy hair and glasses)and corresponding sketch of it in dark brown and white on tan paper.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Still behind, but got some #sketchbookrevival2026 in tonight. "Dandelion - Herb or Weed" with @ildikokarsay If you'd like to join in the fun - and it's free! - go to: www.karenabend.com. #sketchbookrevival #sketching #creativitycrosstraining #creativity

Pen and watercolor sketch of dandelions in various life stages in a clear vase.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Life keeps getting in the way, okay, other projects keep getting in the way. But she's almost done! This hooked boucherouite is big enough to go on the floor. Almost all old bedsheets with a little t-shirt. #hookingnewmexican #rughooking #hookedrug #contemporaryfiberart #repurposetextiles

Hooked rug in progress: blues, black, whites, other colors.

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

hey, as a reminder: @religiondispatches.org is deeply committed to platforming minoritized writers trans siblings, this includes you!! if you're an expert in religion (through training and/or professional/lived experience) and want to get paid to write about it, hmu

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a butterfly with the words " trans rights are human rights "

Alt: a butterfly with the words " trans rights are human rights "

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Late555 @late555.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

He forgot that Congress is a thing. TBF, Congress also forgot that Congress is a thing...

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Sights on our walk this spring morning. Can you believe that some of the cottonwoods are fully leafed-out and releasing cotton already?!!? #springflowers🌸 #springinalbuquerque #springinnewmexico #springtime🌸 #bosque

Red-orange flowers blooming on a cactus.

Tree with purple flowers, looks like grape clusters. Gree leaves. Against blue sky.

Close-up. Tree with purple flowers, looks like grape clusters. Gree leaves. Against blue sky.

Cotton wood trees, green leaves lining a path. Blue sky.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Mending, mending, mending... Finished the old, very bright Old Navy cardigan. Bowyn photobombed. 🐾💚🐾 Then started something to hide some stains i just couldn't get out of an old top from Marshall's. Stretching a bit on this one, but if it works, I'll be able to wear it beyond the backyard.

Floral embroidery (in a wooden hoop) stitched on a green shirt to hide stains.

Lime green cardigan with patches and other stitched mendings.

Lime green cardigan with mendings; red and white Welsh Springer spaniel photobombing (his head/face showing in background).

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Beauty, joy, and goodness exists in today's world. 8 million folks showed that today. 👏👏👏 No Kings! Take care of each other! #americanspring #kindnessmatters #springcactus #nokings #democracywins

Bringt orangy-red flowers blooming on cactus.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Sometimes young voters are wrong but not today and not with this

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The mending fest continues. Thought I'd gotten both holes in this old @jjillstyle knot top, then I found a third this morning. Off to tackle that one now. #mending #visiblemending #stitching #usewhatyouhave #repairreuserecycle

Lime green patch with green and pink stitching on olive green knit shirt.

Yellowish, orangeish, round wool patch with mostly green stitching covering a small hole on olive green knit top.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

New piece drawn. Will use it for teaching next month at the Arizona Fiber Arts Festival next month. I'm offering Punch Needle Rug Hooking. Lots of workshops! More info at: azfed.org/arizona-fibe... #punchneedlerughooking #rughooking #hookingnewmexico #rughookingteacher #hookedrug

Rug hooking pattern drawn in black on cream-colored cotton monk's cloth. A photograph of source material is included. Is a broken off piece of decorated stone slab from an ancient monastery in Ireland.

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God @thegodshow.com · 25/03/2026

Remember the Epstein files? God remembers.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Our redbud looks a little puny next to our neighbor's gorgeous tree, but he's the little redbud that could. It's his best year yet! Saw these little, new-to-us ducks in the Bosque yesterday. @puzzler33, what are they? #springflowers🌸 #springinalbuquerque #springinnewmexico #springtime🌸 #bosque

Flowering redbud trees in front of adobe-style homes. Sidewalk. Other shrubs, cacti.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The mending fest continues. This is an ancient Old Navy sweater, very lime green. Love it, but it's got a number of holes in it. These are shoulder bends. On to the front! #mending #visiblemending #stitching #usewhatyouhave #repairreuserecycle

Visible mending "patches" of embroidery in blue and greens on a lime green sweater.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Been busy with some more mending. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! ☘️☘️☘️ #mending #visiblemending #stitching #usewhatyouhave #stpatricksday☘️

Older woman, red hair, with visible mending on 2 spots on shoulder and sleeve of her green sweater.

Photo of Kirkland Irish cream liqueur bottle.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Someone didn't really want to do the work today. He rolled all over the roadrunner initially even though it was his idea to do the photo. Hooking finished. I think. Finishing and fiddling left. Hooked with various yarns, mostly wool, a little silk sari ribbon. #hookingnewmexico

Dog, Welsh Springer spaniel, sitting above a small piece of hooked art - of a roadrunner.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Happy Early St. Patrick's Day! Have some Irish soda bread. ☘️☘️🫓🫓☘️☘️ Pottery by @parajitoclayworks

Round loaf of Irish soda bread, studded with raisins.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

No one has explained to me why we’re in this war in the first place

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13/03/2026

War has a way of exposing the difference between power and strategy. The United States has enormous power. What remains unclear right now is whether anyone running this war has a strategy. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

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The Dangerous Cost of Fighting Iran Without a Strategy

The United States can destroy targets in Iran — but without a strategy, destruction alone leads nowhere.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A win! A federal judge in Rhode Island has directed the government to reinstate a union contract covering more than 300,000 Veterans Affairs employees after the Trump administration attempted to end the agreement in August.

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Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #30 in American Federation of Government Employees Local 2305 v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs (D.R.I., 1:25-cv-00583) – CourtListener.com

Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2026

Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Since spring's come soooo very early, I had to get to some visible mending on my favorite, lightweight cardigan. #mending #visiblemending #stitching #usewhatyouhave #highonhooking

Pink sweater. Third photo shows a hole in it. First and second photos show visible mending using some cream lace and stitching.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Photobomber! Bowyn must love the teaching ROAD RUNNER. Working to finish him. Hooked with various yarns, mostly wool, a little silk sari ribbon. #hookingnewmexico #rughooking #hookedrugs #fiberart #roadrunner

Hooked rug of a stylized road runner. Orange background. Surrounded with books and magazines. And a Welsh Springer spaniel.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! "Sheela Na Gig" (Hand-hooked, repurposed t-shirts and other fabrics, beads) #internationalwomensday #womenshistorymonth #sheelanagig #celticart #WD2026 #hookedart #rughooking #hookedrugs #fiberart #highonhooking

Hooked rug of a Sheela na gig (celtic crone holding open her vagina, showing the world within). Mostly grays with celtic motifs. Beading.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Still room for one more! Bowyn sharing the teaching ROAD RUNNER. #RugHookingNewMexico. Join us at Fiber Arts on 4th in Albuquerque March 7. Good instruction, scintillating conversation, sharing of fiber arts tips and ideas, chocolate... HOOKING WITH YARN 10:00 PM - 4:00 Info at: fiberartson4th.

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Someone's a little sullen tonight... This hooked boucherouite is big enough to go on the floor, if desired. Almost all old bedsheets with a little t-shirt. #hookedart #rughooking #hookedrugs #contemporaryfiberart #repurposetextiles

Dog, Welsh Springer spaniel, lying on unfinished hooked rug (mostly blues).

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Project update. Stitching to remind us of our shared humanity, to do right by each other. Chicken scratch (seed stitch) is a favorite. #quiltart #tinyquilt #fiberart #textileart #stitching

Stitched fabrics of mostly blue, cream-colored lace, white running stitch, dark pink seed stitch.

Patchwork mini quilt with white stitching. Includes a doily with blue stotching: THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO RIGHT.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/02/2026

What about the 2 million unreleased Epstein files tho

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A two-month-old named Juan Nicolás has been held with his mother at the South Texas Family Residential Center, an immigration detention facility near Dilley, Texas, for more than three weeks roughly half of his life. The infant had been exhibiting serious health problems,

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Continuing on the piece created for the punch needle class I taught at @evfac_ last month. "Light a Candle" used #9 reg and fine needles. Wool yarns on monk's cloth. Background is hooked with crepe fabrics & wool yarn. I'm teach HOOKING in Española Friday, 2/27. Info: www.evfac.org/classes/rugh...

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Laura Salamy @lsalami.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

In 2022, I taught at Shakerag Workshops in Sewanee, TN. I loved the lily pads in the lake. At, I tried to capture them. For some reason, I never did the finishing. Till now. Mixed fibers. If you're looking to spend a week or two at "art camp" this June, check out the info on their page.

Hooked rug of green lily pads with reddish flowers on blue background.

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