iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026

The tech industry has learning that overhyping the threat of its products is great PR. It leads to tons of free press, and now it’s allowing them to shape the regulatory discussion of their products — while distracting from the real ways people are being harmed today disconnect.blog/the-media-ha...

Tech industry deception about the supposed threat of their generative AI tools is nothing new. It’s in fact a well-worn playbook. OpenAI was using it all the way back in 2019 when it released GPT-2. Claiming its new AI model was so incredibly powerful it posed a threat to society was a fantastic marketing ploy, allowing it to capture global headlines and get a ton of free PR. Now they’ve moved on to using it to shape the conversation around their products, but the media seems determined not to learn anything from their consistent pattern of deception.

118147

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's no wonder the American tech companies are selling us AI machines for companionship and support. They are exploiting a cultural glitch in America, where opting out of the hard work of human relationships is seen as a virtue.

017025

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP, Dolly Parton. For the local angle, for the last decade Parton's Imagination Library has partnered with D.C. on the Books From Birth program, providing a free monthly books to kids from birth to 5. More than 3.6 million books to 103,765 children as of earlier this year. She was awesome.

016230

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Skylar Patridge @skyepatridge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Matthew is real one. So talented and generous with his time & expertise. He could use some help this month & he's making an incredible offer in return. Help out if you can! 💜

1107

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Steve Bryant writes and draws comics @stevebryantart.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’ll be there, Small Press L-01! In addition to trade collections of Evie and the Helsings, Shaken and Stirred, Undead or Alive, and the Catch, original art, and prints, I’ll have a new Athena Voltaire 48-page one-shot! Convention cover ($10) and SDCC exclusive ($25).

042

Reposted by Mira Mortal

🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

One thing you as a writer can do to distinguish yourself as human? Be divisive. Slop is sycophantic; it grovels & apologizes as it tries to give you what you want at all times. You're not a sniveling slop bot. You're an artist. So stop trying to tell readers what they want to hear. Give them art.

529478

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/07/2026

Just over 3.1K to go! 51 minutes left!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyl...

kickstarter.com

Civil Disobedience

Stories of Resistance

273

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Jarred Luján @jarredlujan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Today is the last day for CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. Some have said we need a miracle, but I disagree--we just need YOU. tinyurl.com/AWBWCO

tinyurl.com

Civil Disobedience

Stories of Resistance

110670

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Christian DiBari( Uncool Horror Artist ) @christiandibari.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hey everyone! Here's something i had the pleasure of working on for a while- I did all the card illustrations and the key art with @simongough2099.bsky.social 's amazing colors! head over to check out the trailer variety.com/2026/gaming/...

variety.com

‘The Looking Glass Wars’ Video Game Set as Author Frank Beddor Plots Musical, TV Series Adaptations (EXCLUSIVE)

A video game based on author Frank Beddor's best-selling

062

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Pellechs @pellechs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This hit me so hard this week.

261568563

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I suspect that the Powers That Be looooove AI because it disengages your brain and softens your thinking. Your free thought, your imagination, gets unplugged and into the socket, the AI node goes. And they control that node. Which means they control your mind. So: they start with kids.

221561565

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Perhaps the greatest—& gravest—illustration of this is “Internet Freedom” in which they successfully convinced policy makers around the world that freedom from accountability was somehow our freedom too. Our impoverishment sold as emancipation. And Silicon Valley continues to rely on this narrative.

0269

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Steve Bryant writes and draws comics @stevebryantart.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

More preview pages of the Athena Voltaire Summer Special (on @kickstarter.com for less than 2 more days!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/ste...

Arriving in Hong Kong, Athena and Forsyth board a raft that will take them from the seaplane to the dock.

Athena notices that they’re being tailed.

Athena sends one of the people tailing them into the bay, while warning the other one to stop following them.

Athena and Forsyth in downtown Hong Kong. Athena leaves the car (Forsyth waits) to meet with Sato Juro.

143

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Steve Bryant writes and draws comics @stevebryantart.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

…and now here's an Easter message from Athena Voltaire… Check out the campaign, punch a Nazi, and support a creator-owned kidie comic! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ste...

053

Reposted by Mira Mortal

drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do

2102593211

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In examining data around the country, we found: • one race had 87% of its contributions come from billionaires • one candidate received money from 64 billionaires • one billionaire family accounted for 21% of an entire state’s contributions 3/7

110829

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand.
CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer.
RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette.

CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there

RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore:
LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters.
CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator.
RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore.
LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it.
CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits.
RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

21984569

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

9430782529

Reposted by Mira Mortal

404 Media @404media.co · 24/02/2026

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”

404media.co

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby

151076491

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If you want to feel better for a moment, watch the short film The Singers on Netflix. It's nominated for an Oscar, and in this moment I am profoundly grateful for art that makes me feel hopeful. Please watch it.

1957256

Mira Mortal @miramortal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Apps making it borderline traumatic to delete accounts also make it very easy to never go back ✌🏽

030

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

77116883142

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14/01/2026

San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event "Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show" This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted

8458411534

Mira Mortal @miramortal.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

There are so many, tho. Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.

Cover of the 1990s album “everybody else is doing it, so why can’t we?” By The Cranberries; moody black background with the four-person band sitting on a couch

073

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 12/12/2025

"You have to use AI." ...why?

People keep saying that AI is inevitable.

Like Bartleby, I'd prefer not to...

We "have to use it!"

My response to that is simply... WHY? Why is it being pushed so much and into so many things? Once you've gotten people to cede their decision making to an algorithm, eventually they'll stop thinking for themselves.

Why would I outsource thinking for myself to a machine? I have a brain.

241382634

Mira Mortal @miramortal.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Woooooo deleted instagram after 14.5 years. Whole thing is gone! 👋🏽

140

Mira Mortal @miramortal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Beastie Boys D’Angelo The Roots Radiohead TOOL

081

Reposted by Mira Mortal

PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 16/11/2025

ChatGPT is about making you pay a subscription for thinking.

28821

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 15/11/2025

Doing one of those earnest posts where we kindly remind you that we lost half our operating budget over the summer, and that we're looking for ways to keep this whole thing going, and that if you like what we do or that we exist, the best thing you could possibly do to support us is to subscribe

brightwalldarkroom.com

Subscribe - Bright Wall/Dark Room

Subscribe for $29 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 140+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl...

011989

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era. What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off

Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most

23459231

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

5573934114817

Reposted by Mira Mortal

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 31/10/2025

Okay, good: "Dislikes are private and the signal isn’t global — it mainly affects your own experience and, to an extent, others in your social neighborhood." Because public dislikes would be TOXIC AS HELL. bsky.social/about/blog/1...

bsky.social

Progress Update: Building Healthier Social Media - Bluesky

Over the next few months, we’ll be iterating on the systems that make Bluesky a better place for healthy conversations. Some experiments will stick, others will evolve, and we’ll share what we learn a...

619722

Mira Mortal @miramortal.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Change one letter, ruin a candy. Gummy beard

120