iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 7h

It's not an oxymoron, it's a superposition! #dickens #quantum #humor #humour #schrodinger

Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Schrodinger: Nice

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Spooky season is almost here. #soon #skeleton #october #humor #humour

giant skeleton holding up a sign that says "soon"

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Wow, that guy really wanted that last parking space. #monday #mondaymotivation #humor #humour

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 27/09/2026

Only if you have a DeLorean and can afford a Mr. Fusion.

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Are you crying? There's no crying in *checks notes* in the Zipper! markarayner.com/the-zipper #carnies #rides #humor #humour

sign that says: rid will only be stopped by an emergency (crying is not an emergency)

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 26/09/2026

Yet another confusing #caturday for this kitten that thinks it's a duck. #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #humor #humour [video description: a little black kitten meowing in a store, sounding more like a duck than a cat]

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Do you get fries with that? Or is that more of a mashed potatoes dish? #dystopia #weird #signs #humor #humour

restaurant sign that says:
Today's specials
crushing dystopian sadness 2.55

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 24/09/2026

"Wacky with a sustaining thread of raw existential angst." –Lynda Williams, author of the Okal Rel Saga Amazon: mybook.to/AlphaMax Other ebook: books2read.com/u/m0olnY Bookshop.org: bookshop.org/a/4780/97819... #book #books #SFF #sciencefiction #humor #humour #blackhumor

mybook.to

Alpha Max: An Existential Romp through an Absurd Multiverse (The Tundraverse Book 1)

Read it now

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 24/09/2026

Just kittens? Surely, puppies too? And what about baby otters? #cat #cats #kittens #humor #humour

sign that says: nuclear war is bad for kittens with a picture of a kitten reaching a paw upwards

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 23/09/2026

Yeah, yeah. The time knife. We've all seen it. [description: Eckhart Tolle discussing how the future does not exist over pretty images of sunsets, etc... ] #thegoodplace #eckharttolle #time #existentialism #humor #humour

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 22/09/2026

This setup really puts the "loo" in ballooning. #prollyAI #balloon #loom #humor #humour

balloon basket with a toilet inside and a roll of toilet paper on the outside.

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Same here vending machine. You got this. #monday #mondayvibe #humor #humour #darkhumor

food vending machine that has a sign on it that says: the light inside is broken but i still work

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Sunny Day Sweepin' the tanks away Looking for cookies to eat Can you tell me how to get, How to get to Ka-i-ju Street #cookiemonster #grover #thatTail #kaiju #godzilla #humor #humour

toy that looks like gozilla's body, but with cookie monster's head, and grover's face on the tail -- all blue, not green

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Very weird dogs have a cute case of the zoomies! #Iknowtheyarebovines #bovines #cattle #dog #dogs #humor #humour

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 17/09/2026

OMG, I haven't seen that either. TX!

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Uh, guys, I know you're operating out of a former fast food joint, but typography still matters. #Taintstore #TaintGoodDesign #humor #humour

a former pizza hut repurposed into a paint store with a sign that reads "Taint" store

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Today's Pirate Ontology is all about dark humor and why we need it. (Especially these days, but I'd argue humans require it always.) It's an essay you can check it out on my website directly: markarayner.com/what-is-dark-comedy… […] [Original post on mas.to]

a gallows with two hanging nooses, with the sun shining brightly from behind

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 15/09/2026

I will have to check this movie out.

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 15/09/2026

I'm not sure what's happening here, but this lady's milliner is certifiable. #sillyHat #verySillyHat #namethatmovie #humor #humour

a woman holding a golden ax wearing an extremely silly hat

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 14/09/2026

If you like to review books, are a librarian, a bookseller, or in the book trades generally, you can get an advanced reading copy of Beta Max, the second novel in the Tundraverse series. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #book #books #ARC #sciencefiction #SFF #humor #humour #darkcomedy #satire

netgalley.com

Beta Max

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

The irony police have been alerted. #robot #sweeping #humor #humour

a woman sweeping the floor of a robotic vacuum shop

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

When the company is finally fed up with the ballet master's perfectionism. #ballet #master #rifles #humor #humour

ballerinas holding rifles in a black and white picture, probably rehearsing the nutcracker

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 12/09/2026

Definitely a Gob situation 😀

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Robot existentialism. (Art by Eric Joyner.) #robot #robots #existentialism #theThinker #humor #humour

an old-fashioned robot sitting on a plinth like rodin's thinker -painting by Eric Joyner

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 09/09/2026

Not free, but close at .99 cents.

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

When your goblin enjoys your beverage more than you. #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #catstodon #humor #humour

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

It's the fall, so that means a-woo school starts again. #husky #awoo #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogstodon #humor #humour

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

It's hard to stay hydrated when you're really confused. #FartFreeWater #humor #humour #badDesign #weird #signs

a badly designed sign that says free water twice, but reads more like w - fart -free-water

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 06/09/2026

Weird dog, making its own Jacuzzi . #IknowitsABear #dog #dogs #bear #humor #humour [description: a black bear frothing up a large tub of water like its a jacuzzi.]

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Some days you just need to say "fuck it" and go for a walk in the rain with an ungulate. #deer #Ithink #antlers #ungulate #humor #humour

a young man with a blue umbrella standing on a busy sidewalk in the rain with a deer with antlers

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Brushing your teeth with this is exhausting. #thedude #thebiglebowski #probablyAI #sorry #humor #humour

a black and white image of an open and sqeezed tube of nihilish toothpaste - no flavor - no color -nothing, along with a toothbrush. possibly (probably) and AI image

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

If you haven't signed up for my newsletter yet, this is the kind of thing you risk missing: The retro-futuristic tyranny of the unitard markarayner.beehiiv.com/p/the-retro… #sciencefiction #SF ##humor #humour #newsletters

women dressed in red unitards with gold/silver helmets and epaulets, holding whips -- image from space 1999

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

September! The spooky season is on its way! #elvira #pumpkins #pumpkinspicy #humor #humour

Elvira mistress of the night walking with two enormous pumpkins held in front of her

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

This book seemed extremely far-fetched when I started writing it. Even in the age of ozempic, it still has lots to say. The Fatness - a novel of epic portions - www.goodreads.com/book/show/3612181… #satire #humor #humour #comedy #darkhumor #SFF #book #books #bookstodon

Cover art for the fatness a novel of epic portions by mark a. rayner

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

In defiance of all the secret societies, I'm posting the schematics of the first RoboPope. #sundayfunday #robopope #robots #silly #humor #humour

Futuristic cyborg pope schematic with left half showing exposed mechanical internals and labeled tech parts (motors, sensors, battery, digestion organ pot, gun holder, ground sensors, retractable needle) and right half armored, holding a multi‑phasic Satan‑busting crosier with a stabby bit.
Oh, and he also has an all-in-one wireless pope hat

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

The father of science fiction was a serious nutcase. #sf #sciencefiction #thiswasreal #hugoGernsback #humor #humour

The Isolator by Hugo Gernsback Member American Physical Society

Author wearing a bulbous helmet with eye ports and a front tube hooked to a pressure canister, seated at a cluttered desk writing — a staged demonstration of "The Isolator" noise‑eliminating study hood.

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 28/08/2026

Free on Kindle! Dr. Maximilian Tundra and his breakfast are the only thing standing between humanity and the collapse of civilization. A Milkshake Apocalypse -- a short story from the Tundraverse mybook.to/Milkshake #book #books #freereads #sff #humor #humour

Cover art for A Milkshake Apocalypse - a short story from the tundraverse - by Mark A. Rayner

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 27/08/2026

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Jimothy II: The Horsening #NotAI #seriouslyitslikeagiffrom2014 #horse #horses #humor #humour [video description: a short video clip of a horse with only its back legs running: digitally altered]

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · 08/08/2026

"My favorite parts of this book were when the author allows Max to really consider the implications of a multiverse and different realities." –C.E. Clayton, author of The Monster of Selkirk series mybook.to/AlphaMax books2read.com/u/m0olnY bookshop.org/p/books/alph... #SFF #humour #humor

3-d image of the cover art of alpha max by mark a. rayner

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