iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Claire Watkins @scoutripley.bsky.social · 5h

I dunno if Arike Ogunbowale ever wins a WNBA championship but she’s unforgettable man

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“I walk out; I see something, some event that would otherwise have been utterly missed and lost; or something sees me, some enormous power brushes me with its clean wing, and I resound like a beaten bell.” —Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

010

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Red Sox @redsox.com · 13/09/2026

AN IMMACULATE 1ST.

832863

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 08/09/2026

Lack of replay is awesome. Was the call right? Who gives a shit, move along

1254556

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

sincerely, fuck that

1565458

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wendell Berry, friend and comrade in many fights and perhaps the writer who meant the most to me, is dead at 92. An appreciation--and a contrast with Elon Musk, in every way his vile opposite billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=...

billmckibben.substack.com

Two Men

One as great as America ever produced, and the other Elon Musk

928570

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Parton's legacy as a songwriter, a performer, a personality, and a beacon of warmth and acceptance all make her one of the greatest to have ever done it. But when you add the truly astounding level of her philanthropy...what is there to say? She inspired decency and shamed the wicked. All hail.

6800146

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

From "Infinite Jest," by D.F. Wallace (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c. 1996, available in fantastically expensive hardcover only)

Trump tweet: I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing. This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec. I love French Canadians! President DONALD J. TRUMP

1516513

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hello I reinvented Cliff’s Notes so adults can revert to being lazy 8th graders who didn’t do their homework. Give me a billion dollars now.

1233700563

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 21 680 pts · PERFECT 💯 · 2-day streak 🥞🥞🥞 🥞⭐🥞 🥞🥞🥞 Let’s gooooo @hankgreen.bsky.social

hankgreen.com

Smush

A daily word game. Each letter gets 5 uses. Except the gold one, which is always required.

000

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

WE’RE ON TO THE 2027 WOMENS WORLD CUP

19999138

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I might be watching the best sporting event of my lifetime

3786331

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 03/07/2026

Soccer is my favorite sport and always will be, but Jesus Christ they've got to do something about this VAR issue. Every exciting moment devolves into legalistic nitpicking and standing around. For a match like this to end with Zapruder analysis and trigonometry is simply not fun!!!

4070094

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Imagine not loving the World Cup

000

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 27/06/2026

Holding my breath, transfixed with terror and hope, barely able to look at the screen, all for Cape Verde, a nation I had definitely, definitely heard of three weeks ago

623020

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

L to R: Chris Richards: biracial kid from Alabama who speaks about black history and has tattoos of MLK, Ali, and Obama Sergiño Dest: Dutch-Surinamese, emigrated to Brooklyn as a kid, naturalized Fola Balogun: born in Brooklyn to vacationing parents, raised in UK but CHOOSES to play for USA

392859836

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Bruno Fernandes needs punched in the throat @thombomb816.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A Black man with the surname Freeman scored for the USA on Juneteenth in a home World Cup match.

168163302589

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

🇺🇸 ⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️ That was amazing to watch

000

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Happy Start of the World Cup Day to all who celebrate

000

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Just what the world needs: less information about what's happening to the oceans.

nytimes.com

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

39132

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Chris W @rakesofmallow.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

"We're trying to make our sport more like the NFL and also we are so terrified of going against the NFL we do circus-level contortions that are horrible for our fans (who, to be clear: we do not care about)."

061

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the

5793083869

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Did @themountaingoats.bsky.social throw a little “Hail Holy Queen” into ‘Against Pollution’ tonight in Kalamazoo as some sort of cosmic repayment for my writing him up as a Catholic writer in America Magazine? Who can say? Who can say?

100

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

introduce yourself with 10 bands / musicians you've seen live Paul Simon Judy Collins U2 Tori Amos Toad the Wet Sprocket Dave Matthews Band The Decemberists The Mountain Goats Phoebe Bridgers Waxahatchee

020

Mike O’Connell @moconnell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This podcast is consistently great, but this episode is particularly great

000

Reposted by Mike O’Connell

The Onion @theonion.com · 19/05/2026

Respect For Friend Drops After Reading Book They Recommended

292704367