iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

LEGO Astro Bot set - available as free gift with purchase with LEGO PlayStation on Oct 1st ($179.99) Astro Bot buff.ly/tYzWkIX PlayStation buff.ly/GMEKpe7 #ad

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

hands-on with Meta VR Glasses! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvd... (plus, VP of Product explains why this isn't the Quest 4 and hints at what that will be)

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Hands-On with Meta VR Glasses!

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meta VR Glasses. $1300, ships spring 2027. full video tomorrow

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

thinking about that Quest 3S Xbox edition

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Good Virtual Reality @goodvirtualreality.com · 16/09/2026

Tested’s Norman Chan joined the Good VR Podcast to talk about 14 years believing in headsets from Oculus Rift DK1 to Steam Frame. The first podcast recorded Frame to Frame. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/norman-cha...

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Norman Chan Tested VR From DK1 To Steam Frame

Discussing Steam Frame in Steam Frames.

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Bo Moore @usebomswisely.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My team had a huge content day today on IGN, covering the launch of Valve's Steam Frame. So this seems like a good time as any to say that I was affected by today's layoffs.

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

happy 10th birthday to this binky/meatball/piggie/sealface/nugget/tiny horse/fart machine

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thinking about how my GP, who specializes in family medicine, didn’t know measles infection causes immune amnesia (your body forgets all of its immunities and you have to start all over rebuilding them) and how dangerous, and likely common, that lack of medical knowledge is in our current climate.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026

We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m...

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teymur @teymthebeast.com · 25/08/2026

100% It is called Grass Onion though... :D

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sheep Detectives (aka Soft Fuzz) was delightful

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 26/07/2026

Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

all Teenage Engineering products are 30% off right now. great price on their Pocket Operator synthesizers: amzn.to/4yNa8Rw

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Spaceballs: The Extended Universe graphics from yesterday's SDCC panel, reformatted into one poster-sized image

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

this enterprise bridge model was really fun to film! youtu.be/Vf9rVmbOTww

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Captain Disillusion @captaindisillusion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Fulfilling community service this Sunday by guest-hosting a movie club livestream. (It's on these people's Patreon but it's free) www.patreon.com/digitalspagh...

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/07/2026

the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.

Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday.

“He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.”

She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.”

“In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.

Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The poison only works when the components are mixed. hairspray won't do it alone, but hairspray mixed with lipstick and perfume will be toxic

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 15/07/2026

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy this impeccable short film about the desolation of being bullied into eating oysters.

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_par...

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Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

welp, guess I collect magic cards now scryfall.com/sets/trk

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill

How long has it been since you've seen the original "Jurassic Park"?

SAM NEILL The last time I watched it in its totality was sitting beside Princess Di at Leicester Square at the London opening.
On the other side of me was my son Tim - he was 11 and completely swept away by it, but about the time the T-Rex turns up, Tim started to fart. And the draft was drifting across me to royalty! I spent the whole film in a muck sweat, thinking, "Princess Di is being exposed to the horrors of a little boy's fart, but she's going to think it's me. I am going to be subliminally blamed for my son's crimes, and I don't think she'll talk to me afterwards." But she was well brought up and never mentioned it.
JEFF GOLDBLUM I love that story, Sam.
I've heard him tell that a couple of times, and it's just amazing the lengths that he will go to still blame the boy.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 13/07/2026

There is news I do not like to share. RIP Sam Neill. The New Zealand actor has had a prodigious career, notably in sci-fi. How could one forget his role in Event Horizon (1997)? But also Bicentennial Man (1999), Thor: Ragnarok, the Jurassic Park series, or his appearance in Invasion (AppleTV).

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

please let it have been the explosive diarrhea

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Steve Lin @stevelin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Are you in the Bay Area? Do you like old electronics? Come to the Electronics Flea Market tomorrow in Saratoga where we’ll be selling a bunch of stuff with proceeds going to Tech Exchange in honor of Gordon Mah Ung. Along with the Commodore PET I’m bringing a lot of other fun stuff. A sample:

A banner advertising the event at the Electronics Flea Market. The background is a series of 1s and 0s in a binary pattern. On the left is what looks like an IC on a circuit board that reads “CHARITY SALE in honor of GORDON MAH UNG” and on the right is a caricature of Gordon wearing a beaning with a The Full Nerd sticker. He’s got a backpack, Canon camera, ghost trap, fluffy animals, red crocs, and is giving the “Live Long and Prosper” Vulcan greeting.

More random stuff! From left to right: A Coleco Donkey Kong LED tabletop arcade game marked at $60. The bottom of the machine has a bunch of tape residue presumably because the former owner lost the battery cover and taped in the batteries while slapping it and saying “these batteries aren’t going anywhere”. Tape has been replaced by a 3D printed battery cover. Yes, it works!

A sealed Star Trek First Contact Lip Balm! A lip balm tube with a cap that’s shaped like the Enterprise-E from the film. $5

A sealed Palm Pilot Professional from 3Com. It’s sealed with sharp corners and no tears in the shrinkwrap. Taking offers.

A blue Nintendo DS marked $30. There are dead pixels on the screen but it does power on and play games. Some scratches on the bottom digitizer screen as well.

A Casio Karate Fight LCD game marked $40 (yes, more than the DS). A strange bat-shaped handheld from Casio called Karate Fight. It features two controls, one on each side, for 2 players. There’s a cartoon bearded character doing a forward kick on the left and a younger guy in a prepared stance hands up on the right. The words “Karate Fight” are at the bottom and the LCD screen appears to be a competition arena with markers for the fighters to start.

A green and white XBOX One controller $15.

A box of 11 Atari 400/800 Educational System Cassettes learning modules in their individual boxes. $100 for all 11. Learn exciting subjects like Basic Sociology, Principles of Accounting, and Supervisory Skills from your 8-bit Atari computer.

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

About Trump v. Barbara: Do not give the Court and the CJ credit for reading and upholding the Constitution. It's a travesty that this is not a unanimous decision... it's also a travesty that the Court let this question percolate for a year, giving credence to a crank theory of citizenship.

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

“Daddy, do you have a merch?” —the 7 year old, hoping I have a secret stash of axolotl plushies somewhere in the house

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Will “Available for Contracts” Smith @willsmith.fun · 26/06/2026

Om was an all-timer. He was always generous with his time; giving me thoughtful, honest, and occasionally difficult to hear advice and guidance. He raised up the voices of everyone around him at gigaom. The world is worse without him in it 💔💔💔 om.co/2026/06/24/1...

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Om Malik, 1966-2026

Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends. We invite you to share your remembrances of Om in th…

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/06/2026

Remembering my friend Om, as he’s gone. There are many things to say, and so much good work to observe. But the first thing I thought of, on hearing that he’d passed, was that he had chosen to speak up, more than once, to protect the most vulnerable in our communities. … om.co/2026/06/24/1...

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Om Malik, 1966-2026

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 25/06/2026

Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59 (Om Malik/On my Om) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!

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STARLOG @starlogmedia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

THE FUTURE IS BACK. Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild. You'll be ready for it because you read STARLOG.

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Valve @valvesoftware.com · 22/06/2026

Steam Machine is here, and you can sign up now: Steam Machine 512GB Steam Machine 2TB Plus bundled versions with Steam Controller. Learn more and sign up here: store.steampowered.com/hardware/ste...

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The Verge @theverge.com · 22/06/2026

For your consideration: What the GameCube looks like next to the GabeCube www.theverge.com/news/837022/...

the nintendo gamecube next to the steam machine. the steam machine is a good deal larger and even more cubey than the gamecube, but this verison is all black and largely featureless on the outside

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Steam Machine review. They considered a barebones version without storage/RAM: youtu.be/8PpCZxQ-lrE

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Valve Steam Machine Review!

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

only the finest single origin ground truth pixels

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 18/06/2026

i really love how inscrutable the fucking Enter the Matrix launcher is...what is any of this shit. "allow gamma". "force object lod". force it to what. on? off? min? max? what is meant by w-buffer. what the fuck is Classical FPS

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

here’s an in-depth hands-on with Xreal’s Aura augmented reality glasses, which run AndroidXR on Qualcomm’s new flagship XR chip: youtu.be/22QY3QVtRJM

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XREAL Aura Augmented Reality Glasses Hands-On Impressions!

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested

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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 16/06/2026

Want to hear about some of the cinematography behind my new nature series LIFE UNEARTHED on PBS? We got into it with the @tested.com team: youtu.be/WyKaV6FsF4c?...

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The Making of Ariel Waldman's Life Unearthed Series

YouTube video by Tested Team

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Cascade Starships @cascadestarships.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

1/650 Excelsior COMPLETE Find the full image gallery here: www.cascadestarshipsmodelmaking.com/portfolio-co... More images will of course be posted here over time but I guess I gotta encourage those interactions somehow #StarTrek #Scalemodels #modelkit #replica #modelmaking #startrekmodels #scifi

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Norm @nchan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

in 1977, Topps released a series of Star Wars trading cards that included this glimpse into the Industrial Light & Magic model shop. for many fans, it was the first time they put a face to the modelmakers that made Star Wars' visual effects possible

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