iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Apparently besides the Inca road network there are also pre-Incaic roadways out there (or here)…

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For some reason chocolate is especially big in Celendin. They call this ‘chocolate shilico’ or ‘shilicolate’ (Shilico=Celendino)

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

At the Chachapoya culture mausoleums at Revash

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Jörn Alexander Quent @jaquent.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I had my first mind blown moment 🤯 with regard to AI capabilities in a while. You might have heard about the recent trend of reverse engineering stuff using AI (e.g. Adobe suite was shared). I wanted to test it and it took me 6 min to get the Win software for my PC case display working on Linux.

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J.S. Watts @j-s-watts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A starry night

Phone photograph of night sky. Bottom right hand corner, trees are visible as black silhouettes backed by diagonal pale clouds. As the clouds thin, the sky becomes blue and then black. Stars are visible as pinpricks of light.

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I've decided to start writing about the charming chronic pain syndrome I've lived with (mostly quite happily) for more than twenty years now. Episode 1: When I Thought it Was my Tooth. substack.com/@owlofathena...

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What referred pain refers to

The first time I remember it, it was in Germany.

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Apparently besides the Inca road network there are also pre-Incaic roadways out there (or here)…

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For my Substack, a re-post from The Classical Futurist, in which I discuss ongoing experiments in actualizing ancient democratic ideas in the present: substack.com/@owlofathena...

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Democratize Like an Athenian

How to renew our democracies

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

At the Chachapoya culture mausoleums at Revash

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11/10/2026

LGBTQ rights are human rights. It was true long before I was officiating same-sex marriages in San Francisco, and it will always be true. On National Coming Out Day, California celebrates the LGBTQ community and the resilience that defines you.

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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What referred pain refers to

The first time I remember it, it was in Germany.

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There are a few archaeological sites in this area

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The Commonest Man in Festo @sheriffofgay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hello I just spent a week in Alaska and it was beautiful

Shot of Ketchikan, Alaska shoreline with the Tongass forest in the background

Shot of an Alaskan glacier in glacier bay

I forgot where this was but its a sunset behind a forest on a shoreline

A shot of the ocean surrounded by a forest with a mountain and sunset in the distance

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! 🇨🇦🍁🦃🌽

A homemade lattice top apple pie & pumpkin pie cooling on a rack.

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⊹˚ Jen .ᐟ 🦇 @lilpinkfrog.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Went to get food and the sky was insanely beautiful <3

A beautiful purple, pink, and orange sunset over a small building

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Karajía

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For my Substack, a re-post from The Classical Futurist, in which I discuss ongoing experiments in actualizing ancient democratic ideas in the present: substack.com/@owlofathena...

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Democratize Like an Athenian

How to renew our democracies

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There are a few archaeological sites in this area

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kuelap, the stronghold of the pre-Inca Chachapoyas culture

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Jan 🌿 @shypixie76.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Good morning ☕️ It’s a nice sunny morning here. I thought I’d post this view of an oak tree in early autumn. Have a good day everyone 💛 #Autumn #NaturePhotography

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pacific Swallow looks like a jet fighter. Original post

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Ted @wwwsteds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A magnificent tree with a wide spread of branches. #outdoors #thicktrunktuesday #autumn

A large tree with sprawling branches in a park setting, surrounded by other trees, with fallen leaves beneath it.

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

After Palanda I tried to visit Montegrande, another Mayo-Chinchipe site in Jaen, but it was closed the day I was there

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kuelap, the stronghold of the pre-Inca Chachapoyas culture

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks to Julio, the caretaker of the archaeological site of Santa Ana La Florida near Palanda, Ecuador, for showing me around and explaining its importance to the history of chocolate . youtube.com/shorts/u3XDC...

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The first cup of cocoa in the world

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At Las Palmas, a friendly little hostel in Vilcabamba

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

After Palanda I tried to visit Montegrande, another Mayo-Chinchipe site in Jaen, but it was closed the day I was there

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 11/08/2026

The dam bursts.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Eastern bluebird coming in for a landing. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Eastern bluebird with vibrant blue wings and tail and orange and white chest and belly lands in the grass, its wings flapping upwards behind it.

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One measure of AI penetration is that it’s now being used to illustrate info boards about local pilgrimages in remote towns in the Ecuadorean Andes

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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The first cup of cocoa in the world

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Santa Rosa de Lima. Anonymous, 18th century. In the Museo del Monasterio de las Concepcionistas, Loja

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At Las Palmas, a friendly little hostel in Vilcabamba

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Santa Rosa de Lima. Anonymous, 18th century. In the Museo del Monasterio de las Concepcionistas, Loja

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One measure of AI penetration is that it’s now being used to illustrate info boards about local pilgrimages in remote towns in the Ecuadorean Andes

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mother Maize: the basis of South American civilization

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

German bells in the Old Cathedral of Cuenca

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks to the hotelier for helping me find the Inca ushnu outside of Saraguro: www.youtube.com/shorts/Da2yr...

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The Inca ushnu outside Saraguro, Ecuador and how to get to it

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mother Maize: the basis of South American civilization

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A nice depiction of Cuenca in my hotel

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

On of the great dynamics of Ecuadorean history has been competition between conservative capital Quito up in the mountains and the liberal port city of Guayaquil

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“.. None of the incidents were breaches, OpenAI said, but were examples of its technology behaving in unexpected and concerning ways.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...

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James Kierstead @mrpropter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Looking out over Laguna de Culebrillas, the sacred lake of Ecuador’s indigenous Cañari people, at about 3800m above sea level

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