iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 15h

FA is being very up front about both the cost of hosting the site [it aint cheap] and how advertisers theyd been relying on prior are pushing all the same puritan bullshit weve been seeing other platforms push FA is one of very few Old Internet spaces around. Support em while we CAN

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Cullen 🏳️‍⚧️ varric tethras’ husband @megasaurussss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Should i - work on comms - indulge in my hyperfixation - neither. nap

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𝖜𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖕𝖊 ✦ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 ✦ @wepepe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

RT is appreciated ❤︎ So I'm creating character portrait that you can use for TTRPGs, or for your character visual in AO3, etc. This is my first character, a female halfling ✦ You can get it in my Ko-fi shop, link below #oc #wepepedraws #ttrpg

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Raichana 🌸VGen🌸 @raichana.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*sees art/fol doing a contest* artist of the future? What is this some slop fest? *opens the email* oh it’s Sci en to lo gy…. Oh that is so much worse Uh… look I have ignored Art/fol for a while but considering they want to litterally send young winners to cult events maybe don’t post there

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$11,000 PRIZE POOL · FREE TO ENTER

Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contest
Ready to take your illustration career to the next level? The Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contest is an international competition for new and amateur artists working in science fiction and fantasy.

Submit 3 original, previously unpublished illustrations for your chance to win $500, with quarterly winners also competing for a $5,000 annual Grand Prize. Winners receive trophies and an opportunity to attend the annual awards ceremony and illustrator workshop, with travel and hotel covered by the Contest. Winning illustrations may also be considered for publication in the annual Writers of the Future anthology. There is no entry fee, and artists retain all rights to their entries.
PRIZES

What you could walk away with

🏆 Annual Grand Prize
$5,000, awarded from among the quarterly winners
🥈 Quarterly winners
$500 each, plus a trophy
✨ Every winner
Awards ceremony + illustrator workshop, travel and hotel covered by the Contest

(No where in the text do they mention the cult, just in the bottom image hoping no one would notice.)

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Cullen 🏳️‍⚧️ varric tethras’ husband @megasaurussss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ive had an (dead) artfol acc since the app was in beta, I feel like ive aged a decade from this post alone, what do you MEAN theyre scientologists this is so fucking funny in a really sad and bad way

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Cullen 🏳️‍⚧️ varric tethras’ husband @megasaurussss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

my hair was So pretty today, it’s a shame i couldnt get my new claw clip to work. do i have to sell my soul to be able to use these things?

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.

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Cullen 🏳️‍⚧️ varric tethras’ husband @megasaurussss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The amount of spreadsheets ive had to make this year alone for both zine work and personal projects is astounding

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Kastor @kastor.sh · 28/09/2026

As I have reiterated many times before, as someone who actually understands and has worked extensively with language models... it is fundamentally *not possible* to programmatically detect if a work of text is written by AI.

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Cullen 🏳️‍⚧️ varric tethras’ husband @megasaurussss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I need more #ghosts mutuals. going crazy. starving from lack of ghosts fandom

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🪷Moley🪷 @haybalem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I find it terrifying what’s happening so much so that I’m avoiding news about climate change. Its also infuriating because people with any sort of power to try and help don’t seem to want to do anything. It’ll affect as all but the poorest people will be affected the worst.

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Ben Willbond @benwillbond.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Taxi driver last night told me that global warming was not an issue What’s happening is that the months have slipped forward about a month to a month and a half. But… Snow in April, mate. Snow in April. Ok. Tell you what though, looking forward to Tesla’s new hover car. Oh we’re here…

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Cullen 🏳️‍⚧️ varric tethras’ husband @megasaurussss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Isana is the dwarven word for lyrium, picked bitterly by her mother as a reminder of everything she left behind in Orzammar Isana has red hair, so Red Lyrium. Her name haunts Varric’s narrative eternally.

Sketch of Isana, a dwarven red-haired woman, facing right and smiling.

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Liana ✦ illustrain't @ commissions open @herssian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

you worry too much about what others think about your art when you should be worrying about adding unnecessary horny subtext to it

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Dani Carr @itsdanicarr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The first draft doesn’t have to be good it just has to be done The first draft doesn’t have to be good it just has to be done Thefirstdraftdoesnthavetobegooditjusthastobedone Thefirstdraftdoesnthavetobegooditjusthastobedone Thefirstdrsftdoesnthavetobegooditjusthastobedone Thefirstdraftdoensfhgaebgov

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

totally sucks to log back on after driving across the country to see so much hate levied at the action of masking specifically, not to mention the people who are desperate for the very few places (it’s literally named last ditch people) still safe if not encouraging toward those who wear them.

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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can y’all PLEASE start recognizing how hard you’re being propagandized against disabled people & maybe stop contributing to the hate?

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How many times have I said the right and the left(s) share the same position on Covid safety.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I know you’re now rolling your eyes and going “ughhh Bluesky scolllld” and I’m going to tell you right this very second you have absolutely no idea, not one fucking clue, the trauma there is from the social isolation that immunocompromised people have faced since Covid started.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s so cute to see everyone having fun with this,you might enjoy the other story about Covid this morning, about a young mom with long covid who killed herself, possibly partially because her husband describes it as her being “obsessed” with her health and “refusing” to get out of bed. Funny, yeah?

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Gangstalker Frampt @sweater-puppy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Every time I ask or Google something and they try to answer with AI this flashes in my mind

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here is a nice mushroom

A big beautiful bear’s head tooth mushroom growing on a perimortuous maple tree. The green undergrowth climbs around it on all sides, and yellow summer sun infuses the woodscape. All photos by me

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io (shop is open!) @waxwings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

reading buddies

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

YouTube is hiding ‘The Lovers,’ an adult animated short that took four years to create, from search results due to an age restriction.

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👑:3c 💜 @nocheamarga.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@ loser ass “neutral” celebs

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Ouroridae @ouroridae.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Updated my artwork of Taash! #dragonage #dragonagetheveilguard

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𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔲𝔦 @emorui.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you live in the EU, please give feedback against the opening of new data centers, they extended the period (you'll need to scroll down). They want to TRIPLE the current processing capacity in 5-7 years, and the next data center may be next to your home. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

ec.europa.eu

European Commission - Have your say

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oxi @vintersdrom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

study of a skull to run away from the artblock original reference + timelapse in replies! #vintersdrom:art #artstudy

A digital illustration of an anatomical skull, viewed from the front. It is slightly damaged: the bone is chipped in some areas and the skull is missing the lower jaw and some teeth as well.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

vintage heart lockets

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Lizzie Robillard (Comms Open) @lizzierobillard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My Dragon Age zine is available for preorder!! This 68-page zine is a collection of my hand drawn portraits in ink/graphite of all the Veilguard companions and members of the various factions, along with OCs and a bit of my writing. Huge thanks to the DA community for encouraging me along the way!

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Dragon Age

PRE-ORDER NOW and be the first to receive it! Available on the Fall Equinox. Explore the world of Dragon Age through fan art illustrations by Lizzie Robillard. This zine features drawings of companion...

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frog @ read BtG @frogletcomics.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

newsflash: people like it when you yap about the things you enjoy!!!!!!!!!!! not even in the fandom sense like here, but even in the art community sense, too! tell creators you appreciate how much you like their work!

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Caberia (they/them) @caberia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I havent ever liked the droves of posts saying 'readers dont owe artists comments'. In a freeform state, interaction is what keeps enjoyment alive. Fan creations are not meant to be consumed and brushed by, which no-interaction situations often are doing.

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average Sakamoto enjoyer🐉🍙 @monkhazard.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The tags on this Tumblr post really sum up how I feel as a writer about the current state of fandom, and my increasing lack of motivation to write & share fics

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ciil 🦭 @ciil.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

genuinely funny when u start hallucinating AUs for ur ocs like yes this is my fandom of 1 where i write the canon AND the fanfic. i am the whole ecosystem

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When disabled people oppose Assisted Dying, it’s almost never from a religious point of view. It’s not because we’re anti-choice or that we want to force people to suffer. We oppose it because society devalues disabled lives and uses these programs in an unethical manner. They become eugenics. 🧵

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Isatunoll Anthology: Dwarves of Thedas @ creation period @dwarvesofthedas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Don't forget!

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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i have 90 days to pay $1500 in fees or else i’ll be deported. any help is welcome @ ko-fi.com/wwxwashere a year ago i was doxxed by thousands of conservatives trying to deport me, so i will send proof in DMs only, just ask before donating

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sandal @sandaldraws.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Josie sketch/study for a more elaborate painting #DragonAge #JosephineMontilyet

A digital greyscale sketch of Josephine Montilyet from Dragon Age facing right.

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𝖜𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖕𝖊 ✦ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 ✦ @wepepe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hello guys! I'm opening a new YCH commission type! ✦ There are 4 available poses you can choose, you can order on my VGen page (link in bio) accept any fantasy races, any body types, any genders. #wepepedraws #Vgencomms #ych #VGen

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Solaire 🔜 GATEway FATE 🐏 @solairelunaire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i hope we all write, oomfs

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Sola 🌙 Comms Open 💖 @starrysola.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Scout Lace Harding 🪴 💕 #dragonagetheveilguard #dragonage #laceharding #art

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