iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Morgan L. Ventura (they/she) @morganvl.bsky.social · 8h

Happy Saturday, here’s a goat on a rock living their best life

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 15h

If you’re at art on the avenue you should definitely go visit @katieiscrafty.bsky.social /stitch & river and @artologica.net / Little Shop of Science to purge any lingering AI horrors from your brain.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Be kind to the artists tomorrow! Sure, there are always a few who suffered for their work so now it’s your turn, but by & large they’re just talented dedicated weirdos who got up superearly & did a huge amount of physical labor before the first Very Good Dog put paws to pavement at opening time.

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Ancient Rome and outer space." How cool is that?! @annaleen.bsky.social's next novel comes out *on Tuesday!* Preorder now; it really helps authors! 💙📚

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Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ask your friends one question this week: "When are you voting?" Not whether — when. It's the single friendliest productivity hack in politics, and iwillvote.com is where they find their answer. #LetsGetVoteReady

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I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

no fan of the bezos engine but have just seen that kindle edition of the book is basically free there if anybody uses kindles and is interested

Screenshot of Amazon page for action without Hope: Victorian literature after climate collapse, showing 91% off, price 299

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Steevo @exsk8pnk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a DO NOT MISS. Join Nick Cave for a site‑specific performance that transforms the museum’s Kogod Courtyard into a living landscape animated by memory and imagination. Presented for one day only sat oct 24, the performance will take place at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.. registration required

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Mammoth Performance (Afternoon)

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

GMU’s Fall for the Book is only days away! Looking forward to @stephengrahamjones.com on October 8! There may be a few free tickets left if you whisper the magic word (Chipotle) as you click the link, but don’t dawdle! fallforthebook.org/october8/

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Schedule - Thursday, October 8 - Fall for the Book Festival

Fall for the Book has a great lineup of in-person events at George Mason for Thursday, October 9, including headliner Stephen Graham Jones.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Definitely need more wolf & pumpkin videos, please!

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Andrew Beaujon @abeaujon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you live in Alexandria and are looking for a rewarding volunteer opportunity, I suggest becoming a Snow Buddy. Take it from me: You'll make such a difference for one of your neighbors. www.volunteeralexandria.org/opportunity/...

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Snow Buddy - Winter 2026/27

Volunteer Alexandria works with the City of Alexandria to provide low-income homeowners, seniors, and people with disabilities, snow removal assistance during the snow season through the Snow Buddy Pr...

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District versus the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Choose! your! fighter! (they’re both awesome)

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Everything keeps spiraling into strange complications & delays today, so I’m just going to celebrate starting an overly-ambitious list of Dark & Ghost type buddies (most perfect +\- shiny) to walk over the next 3 months as we spiral towards late December’s long nights & ghost story season.

Pokemon go Pokemon, most are perfect &/or shiny but some just have cute outfits or make me laugh.

Aegislash
Annihilape
Shiny Blacephalon
Ceruledge
Chandelure
Shiny Cofagrigus
Cursola
Shiny Decidueye
Gengar with a witch’s hat
Giratina
Shiny Gourgeist
Grimmsnarl

Pokemon go Pokemon, most are perfect &/or shiny but some just have cute outfits or make me laugh.

Lunala
Mariel
Marshadow
Sableye
Necrozma
Raichu in a witch’s hat
Shiny Swoobat
Shiny Trevenant

Absol wearing sunglasses
Shiny Darkrai
Shiny eevee with cherry blossoms (to become umbreon)
Grimmsnarl
Honchkrow
Hoopa
Houndoom
Shiny Krookodile
Malabar

Shiny Mandibuzz
Shiny Sharpedo
Hipster sneasel in round sunglasses and black knit cap
Arise

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

pretty sure my alarm clock broke open the multiverse yesterday morning. I unplugged it & plugged it back in and it acted like nothing had ever happened, but this has been a strange week and it’s only Tuesday so

A Phillips sunrise alarm clock, which is round. The top 2/3 of the flat round face simulates sunrise. The bottom section is a digital display that normally shows the time in red digital numerals with a small symbol indicating if the snooze is activated. If the 2nd alarm is set, there’s a second small symbol. In this picture, the display is showing numbers and symbols in every available space & I didn’t even know it had this many settings or symbols or what they mean. I am afraid.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 29/09/2026

Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a day Teach a man to transform permanently into a fish, you'll probably never hear from him again

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 28/09/2026

It's that day again. Use any and all resources available to help you through it. (And, as always, #FuckAI)

Reminder to treat your body like a data center:
1. Consume as much water and literature as possible
2. Upset the local city council with your existence

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Visiting Iceland for our 2026 Musicality Genomics meeting. A beautiful sculpture near Harpa Concert Hall (Reykjavík) makes sonic overtones as wind travels through. Intended to depict the shape of light beams reflected through vibrating tuning forks, it also resembles a right-handed double-helix. 🧬🎶😊

A photograph of Himinglæva, a stainless-steel sculpture designed to produce sonic overtones as the wind travels through it. This Aeolian harp is based on a Lissajous figure, representing the shape of light beams reflected through vibrating tuning forks. The sculpture produces diverse sounds based on the force of the wind travelling through it, thereby directing the viewer’s attention to natural phenomena like the air around them. In Norse mythology, sailors who sensed the power of the wind and waves around them assumed that the mythical figure Himinglæva (meaning transparent, shining, and small wave) was embodying the water and propelling their vessels across the ocean. The sculpture was created by Elín Hansdóttir in 2021, and can be found outside the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in downtown Reykjavík, Iceland.

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The Alexandria Brief @alexandriabrief.com · 26/09/2026

[AlertDC] The U.S. Military will conduct an aircraft flyover in the National Capital Region (NCR) over Northwest Stadium on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at 12:59PM.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 26/09/2026

You have to whisper, "I am the geese brigade" right before you do it.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 26/09/2026

It is the duty of the extremely online to send this to your friends, relatives, or colleagues who own portable generators.

Three geese flying with carbon monoxide alarms on their backs. The geese are flying through an intense blizzard over the US. The geese are wearing wool hats with pom poms on top. They are not afraid. The text reads: Carbon monoxide safety geese brigade. Ever loud! Every lifesaving! Ever bird! Make sure your carbon monoxide alarms are working. Keep your portable generator outdoors and 20 feet away from your home!

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Seriously these fireworks are nuts & every dog in the neighborhood sounds like they’re losing their minds. Go Nats, I guess. 😬

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In more important news, the Miss Babs trunk show is this weekend at Fibre Space, in case you forgot and/or need enabling.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Welp. Had to postpone my clearly-cursed summer trip to the beach. Again. On the upside, this means we won’t be trapped out on that island turning to cannibalism at my in-laws house this weekend.

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Right now, candy corn manufacturers are pulling out last year's stock to make sure that they are extra stale and ready for purchase.

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President Warren G. Haunted @popeawesomexiii.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

First day as a vampire hunter: This is easy lol First night as a vampire hunter: oh no

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This looks like a fab double-feature 🖤 @keithrosson.bsky.social & @almakatsu.bsky.social on the front table at Long Dark House Bookstore in Old Town Alexandria.

Keith Rosson’s Crone & Alma Katsu’s Incarnate hanging out on the front table at Long Dark House Bookstore in Old Town Alexandria.

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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I know my bassist would say Jaco Pistorius, but I say Carol Kaye! Every iconic bass line you can think of. Runner up maybe Gail Ann Dorsey.

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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Archaeologists, don't be complicit! 🏺

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One time we were walking by Lucy the Elephant in Margate New Jersey when we heard a tourguide cheerfully tell her gaggle of tourists, “This tour is more fun than getting your hand slammed in a heavy door!” I trusted her assessment, based on the giant cast on her arm.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ALX/local skeeters: anyone need a copy of Yesteryear?

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is such a lovely thread I’m going to share it again bc I think it was a single post when I shared it earlier & that’s a good enough excuse for me. Also, if you need a good biography to settle into Fall with, Brian’s bio of Jim Henson is great.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As I’m grumbling about the truly bonkers number of texts & emails I’m getting for a mystery package, it occurs to me that I forgot to tell @acerbicotter.bsky.social I sent her some silly treats. Sorry Öttër 😬 I hope this hasn’t been an annoying ordeal.

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026

Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.

A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If anyone here goes to this please tell me all about it in jealousy-inducing details. Splendid performer & what a venue!

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 23/09/2026

Florence Pugh did a photo op at the Library of Congress and nobody knew ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Blonde woman wearing a navy dress in a fancy hallway

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With advance condolences to the friends & families of people who’re going to die in some not-distant future tragedy in this albatross, can we get David Simon & Carl Hiaasen a ouija board so they can ring up John D Macdonald & get a head start on the inevitable book & feature film? Jesus wept. 🎁 🔗

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‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues

James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.

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🎼🎶 Laurie MacNamara @lauriedelray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey #ALXSkeeters and friends, we still have some good seats available for the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra’s Saturday, September 26 performance at 7:30 at the Schlesinger Center. Discount code offer below.

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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Equinox – John Coltrane Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great John Coltrane, who was born on 23rd September 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina.

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Equinox – John Coltrane

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great John Coltrane, who was born on 23rd September 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My neighbor just texted me with an amendment: you have to take a left at the Dove soap mountain after the right turn when you reach the Alleve-berg.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy book birthday to @ejwenstrom.bsky.social! Think I’ll be picking my pre-order up tomorrow instead of at tonight’s book release ritual at Long Dark House Books because life & stuff, but I’ll be there in spirit 👻 www.ejwenstrom.com/books/roots-...

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Roots & Wrath — E. J. Wenstrom

Five witches are reunited by their mentor’s will, but they would do anything to avoid facing the terrible deed that split them apart. As their past pursues them, webs of betrayal lead the witches ba...

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

DC! Pentagon City Costco has Novavax! No membership needed! Just register online, tell the greeter you’re going to the pharmacy, turn left, not that left the next left, wander lost in the fig bar canyon, take a right at the Alleve-berg, go the pharmacy counseling window, & Bob’s your uncle!

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If this isn’t now your favourite Roman carving, you’re wrong. It is. I will not be discussing this further. Found Vindolanda; on display Chesters.

A really cute little running wild boar, looks like it could be from Shaun the Sheep.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yesterday I saw a Patriot Disposal truck back into the No Kings fence. Monday par excellence. No notes.

A trash pickup truck with the name Patriot Disposal and a red white and blue flag background on the side backing into an alley. The fence along the side of the alley has painted mural sections. Visible are a peace symbol with a green background and a “no kings” symbol on a navy blue background.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And on a related note (for ALX/DMV skeeters), there’s a ticketed reading/signing event w Cassandra Khaw at Old Town Books on Friday Oct 9th, so if you wanna catch up on their older books:

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Museum, archaeology, & heritage friends! This is not a casting call, funding opp, or CFP - this is an academic researcher looking for examples.

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