iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mathew Gallagher @mgalaga.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Wondering why I keep doing this to myself 😂 #writing

A photo of a laptop showing censored notes for a new writing project.

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shiho @shihoran.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

we would have mourned her with you. #ffxiv

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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 26/04/2026

Pass the Phone: Cosplay Edition at #FFXIVFanFest

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Nin dianda @nindianda.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I'm very excited for Zero, but I don't have energy to draw her properly 💦 #ffxiv

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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 17/04/2026

biblically accurate WoL

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 14/04/2026

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

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Mathew Gallagher @mgalaga.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Watching Kaori skate makes me emotional every time 😭 #worldfigure

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Sky Burkson @skyburkson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Maria & Draco [Final Fantasy VI] bristol paper, cardstock, & sketchbook paper (+ cotton batting, & acrylic rod) this one had me listening to Uematsu for the last two months

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𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍 𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 🔜 MCM London @sarahmason.art · 24/03/2026

"It's just a headache." Migraines are far worse than headaches. They impact vision, feel skull-splittingly painful and make it impossible to function properly. They are debilitating, chronic and can last an awfully long time, even days.

The image is a flat-coloured painting featuring a dark skull. The skull is cracked and splitting, and a gilded sword stabs through the skull from head to jaw. Golden thorns pierce through the socket of the eye and the mouth to symbolize the pain being too intense to speak or see. The lines are intricate and gold, and the colours are dark with floral arrangements pushing out of a border.

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videajames 👻 @videajames.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A comic about shops in RPGs (1/3)

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fae⁷ @onthistangent.eurosky.social · 19/10/2025

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

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HorrorPuffs ⛈️ @aurapuffs.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

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Mathew Gallagher @mgalaga.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Got called ancient today by a teenager. I'm 31 😭

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 03/07/2025

REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.

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Jay Justice @jayjustice.net · 17/02/2026

Me whenever I have to communicate with other human beings #anxiety

A humidifier on the sink in front of a bathroom mirror. The combination of small "on" and "full" lights above a wide curved vent make a pleasant smiling face and on the back of the humidifier, which can be seen in the mirror, another wide curved air vent and the two screws holding it together above it make a horrified face.

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Eliara Fletchling @eliara-wol.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I refuse to let this stay in my head

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 01/02/2026

Sample of "Flash (Final Fantasy XIII)" from 'Pianoschlacht IV Live Recording' album releasing February 4, 2026 via MONOMUSIK. monomusik-shop.com?pid=189957413 Benyamin Nuss (piano) Koichiro Muroya (violin) Takahiro Yuki (cello) 🎞️ MONOMUSIK

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Mathew Gallagher @mgalaga.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The Last Story turns 15 today. Very underrated Wii JRPG from Sakaguchi and MistWalker, and had Uematsu on composing duty.

The image shows the Last Story's two protagonists stood before a monolith featuring gothic christain iconography.

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⚡️InazumaSosa/Bakemono🎃Sosa/Kurokami🖤 (Comms: Open) @inazumasosa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Things have been awkward for me for a hot min. commissioning me would help me out quite a bit, tbqh 😅

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Mathew Gallagher @mgalaga.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Carer pet peeve: People who stand in front of lift doors while waiting for the lift to arrive, and then expect thanks for moving out of the way.

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Tamreen @scriptor.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

from Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

No. YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME? said Death, help-

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Will Wiles @willwiles.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Q: How do I unlock Sunglasses Macron? A: It's very difficult to unlock Sunglasses Macron in the course of a normal game because it requires a specific and unlikely sequence of events. While default Macron is ruler of France, the USA must choose the monarchy path and then lay claim to Greenland.

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Natasha 🏴🌻 @alterici.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Throw away the freaking spy robots in your house.

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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Morning

A workflow diagram: Have great idea
Finish project
Start project
Tell everyone
The finish project is missed out.

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ririarts (comms closed) @ririsfilthyart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This. Fuck, this so often

Tumblr post: [guy whose bedtime is approaching fast] I need to write one billion words right now. and draw everything that has ever existed.

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 10/01/2026

Filled this out, it's a really quick and easy survey to tell Discord no AI.

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Rene @rene0elric.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

A home I could have loved, the "me" I could have been #ffxiv #ff14

An illustration with 2 parts: Krile looking uncertain while walking through Treno at the top and Miayli holding Krile hand with tears in their eyes at the bottom

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

"GenAI is the futu--

The Atari 2600 gaming console came into the world in 1977 powered by an eight-bit processor that ran at 1.19MhZ, and just 128 bytes of RAM – but that’s apparently enough power to beat ChatGPT at chess.

So says infrastructure architect Robert Caruso, who over the weekend posted the results of an experiment he conducted to “pit ChatGPT against the Atari 2600’s chess engine (via Stella emulator) and see what happens.”

ChatGPT confused rooks for bishops, and repeatedly lost track of pieces

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

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Mathew Gallagher @mgalaga.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Spent today restoring Red. Fret polish, board oiled. Had to remove all the other metal and replace them with new parts and pickups. Sounding and feeling like a whole new guitar. Somehow I managed to successfully solder everything correctly 😅

A California Blue Telecaster stood next to a bright Red Stratocaster.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

This, so much! I’ve met a lot of people who spend years writing and rewriting this one book they had an idea for instead of just … letting it go and writing the next thing. In my opinion this is the first hurdle on the way to becoming a professional writer, and it’s one that many stumble on.

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✨ morika 🌱 @blindcloud.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

💫🎠🎇 carousel of tural 🎇🎠💫 #ffxiv HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE‼️‼️‼️

A stylized painting of Krile cupping a floating set of mirages in the shape of Erenville, Gulool Ja, Wuk Lamat, and Koana riding horses. Between them are twinkles of stars of different designs.

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Game Concerts @gameconcerts.com · 29/12/2025

From screen to stage: experience this beautiful music live, plus many more iconic works from SQUARE ENIX! 🎹 Piano Fantasies – music from SQUARE ENIX 📍 Konserthuset Stockholm & LSO St Luke’s London 🗓 January 11 & 17, 2026 🎟 Tickets and info: pianofantasies.com

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[FFIX] Not Alone - Piano Cover by Mischa Cheung

YouTube video by SQUARE ENIX MUSIC Channel

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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Benedict_G @benedictg.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Eden's Gay (Savage) #FF14 #FFXIV

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Radoge🍇🍋 @radoge14.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Remember…

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 05/05/2025

My problem with things like these is that working-class writing ends up being literary stories about how dreary it is being working class. They're not interested in examining the working class through the lens of fantasy, for example.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 01/05/2025

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/02/2025

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office. ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

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ALCS @alcs.co.uk · 04/02/2025

The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable. Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below. www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Phone now sends me transcriptions of voicemails. Very confused by this one until I listened to it. Turns out ‘sexy literally’ is in fact ‘Specsavers Bletchley’

‘Hello calling from sexy literally. I’m just calling to confirm you can still attend your appointment with us tomorrow’

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