iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

I picked this book up on a whim, quite enjoyed it, and the author's note acknowledges the contributions of Anne Carson, Canada's latest Nobel laureate in Literature as of last week. Nice bit of serendipity.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 12h

Canada produces wine which is taxed at the same rate. So the boycott doesn't affect tax revenue and at the same time, boosts local wine industries. Too complicated for Schiff to understand, I guess.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 12h

Why are so many politicians dumb?

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sorry for your loss, Erik.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 23h

I'm liking a Brewers vs. Guardians World Series

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Now reading: "City of the Muse" by Kate Hilton 💙📚 #booksky

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

So you believe the actions of one person always represent the organization? That's your right of course, but you may want to think about how this thinking could apply to the causes you support.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Well, this is annoying. Guess I'll be doing my holiday shopping elsewhere this year.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Now reading: "Rush Hour" by Iain Gately 💙📚 #booksky

The cover of Rush Hour by Iain Gately. The design uses a black-and-white archival city photograph showing a busy urban street canyon lined with tall buildings. Numerous cars fill the roadway below, emphasizing congestion and dense metropolitan traffic. An airplane is visible high above the street near the top of the cover.

Centered over the photograph is a large black circle containing the book’s typography. Near the top of the circle is the author’s name, “Iain Gately,” in small white text. The title “RUSH HOUR” appears in larger white uppercase letters across the middle. Beneath it is the subtitle, “How 500 million commuters survive the daily journey to work.”

The overall look is documentary-like and historical, using the crowded monochrome city scene to emphasize commuting, traffic, urban growth, and the routines of everyday travel.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Guy who completely loses his marbles over Apple incorrectly implementing app window corners can suddenly justify using a platform owned by a fascist sympathizer because it has "action". And judging from the blog post, we can look forward to a follow up deriding people who have called this out.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Quick, tell me the difference in ownership structure between these companies and Twitter.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"That is, whatever doesn't inconvenience me".

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I laughed when I read his definition. I mean... time.com/7334826/repu... It's like saying Trump isn't American because Americans believe in the rule of law, democracy, equal rights, etc., etc.

time.com

How People Feel About Vaccines Is Now Largely Political

A new survey reveals growing divides on issues related to vaccines.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now reading: "Sublimation" by Isabel J. Kim 💙📚 #booksky

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Now reading: "The Isle in the Silver Sea" by Tasha Suri 💙📚 #booksky

The cover of The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri. The design has a dark, lush fantasy atmosphere, with a dense woodland background in deep greens, browns, and shadowed golds.

At the top, a review quote reads, “Fiercely tender, wildly imaginative, and deeply smart.” — Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author. The title is arranged dramatically across the cover in large white serif and blackletter-style text: “The ISLE in the SILVER SEA.”
At the center is an ornate oval mirror with an elaborate silver frame decorated with curling floral and sculptural details. The mirror reflects a misty, pale landscape or distant structure. Two hands reach toward each other across the mirror: the hand on the left emerges from a sleeve of polished silver armor, while the hand on the right has a medium-brown skin tone, a floral tattoo on the back, and an ornate dark cuff or bracelet. Their fingertips nearly touch at the center.
The author’s name, “TASHA SURI,” appears across the bottom in large pale blue uppercase letters. The overall mood is romantic, magical, and mysterious, suggesting a fantasy story involving two people separated by different worlds, identities, or realms.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Completely agree. The "It can't happen here/America is different" narrative popularized by Hollywood and other institutions has definitively been shown to be a myth. Now that completely amoral grifters, racists, and all their related ilk who aren't cognitively-deficient know this...

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You're not surprised at this toleration, are you?

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So the MAGA crowd and fans of Lord Felon Conrad Black won't like it. Neither will those who prefer the (often insipid) travelogues from YouTube influencers. Which means it's a really good read. #booksky

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Points for this: '...territory to force Britain to grant Ireland its freedom. A "rag-tag of Irish bigots and hooligans," wrote Canadian multimillionaire and white-collar criminal Conrad Black in his history of Canada, describing the invaders.'

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Now reading: "True North: On the Road in Canada" by Paul Theroux 💙📚 #booksky Read mixed reviews about this so we shall see.

The cover of True North: On the Road in Canada by Paul Theroux. The design uses a full-page landscape photograph of Canadian mountains in autumn. Snow-covered mountain peaks rise across the upper half beneath a bright blue sky, with bands of low white cloud drifting across the slopes.
Below the mountains is a dark evergreen forest, followed by a lake or river bordered by vivid yellow and orange autumn trees. A paved road curves through the lower foreground, reinforcing the travel theme.
The title “TRUE NORTH” appears in very large white uppercase letters across the upper-middle portion of the cover. Beneath it, “ON THE ROAD” is printed in large gray uppercase letters, followed by “IN CANADA” in pale yellow uppercase text. At the bottom, the author’s name, “PAUL THEROUX,” appears in large white uppercase letters.
The overall mood is expansive, scenic, and reflective, suggesting a travel narrative focused on journeys through Canada’s landscapes and regions

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Average American: Shrug.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And the Liberals will be shocked, shocked! when some of their base stays home during the next election. "Don't let the secret Maple MAGA get in" won't always work.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How many Americans can give a coherent definition of socialism?

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"convert significant portions of the former department store premises to self-storage..." 🤮

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Office of Accepting Bribes. There needs to be a process and paperwork!

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/tony...

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yep. bsky.app/profile/neil...

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

reactormag.com/strange-new-... Yeah, the pre-2010 series used to have 22-99 episodes per season, dude. Now, you don't even bother to do any character development (looking at you, Discovery) or throw it out in favour of gimmicks or plot.

reactormag.com

Strange New Worlds Showrunners Explain Why There Are Still So Many Gimmick Episodes - Reactor

"The original series always jumped around in genre"

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It seems to me any such law would have to do a lot of tap dancing to pass the Oakes test.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Maybe you're full of crap. Kraft didn't utter a peep before Macklemore said""Free Palestine".

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You're resorting to putting words in my mouth so I'll stop now.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

By domain experts I mean people who have expertise in the area I'm working in, not AI shills. For example, I haven't seen any reputable lawyers say, "use the free version of 'x', it's great!". Even use of paid versions of models are heavily caveated.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If I'm relying on a tool for work and the free version produces crap I don't care what "everyone" says. The domain experts will probably have a different and more accurate view.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I used your prompt, looked at the results, and then asked it to produce a jpg with the prompt and the results.

An infographic-style image showing a prompt and the resulting list of flowers. The design has a pale blue prompt box at the top and a larger pale green results area below, with soft rounded corners and decorative flower illustrations in the corners.

At the top, bold text reads “Prompt:” followed by “give me a list of 100 flowers in random order with no duplicates.” A large pink flower with green leaves decorates the upper right corner.

Below, a heading reads “Results:” in large dark green text. Under it is a numbered list of 100 flower names arranged in four columns. The list begins with “Zinnia,” “Foxglove,” “Peony,” “Marigold,” and “Anemone,” and includes flowers such as Orchid, Daffodil, Rose, Lotus, Sunflower, Wisteria, Black-Eyed Susan, Queen Anne’s Lace, Edelweiss, Protea, Rhododendron, and Wallflower.

Small floral illustrations decorate the bottom corners, including white blossoms on the left and blue-purple hydrangea-like flowers on the right. Near the lower right, script text reads “100 Beautiful Flowers.” The overall style is clean, cheerful, and botanical, presenting the generated prompt and results as a polished reference poster.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You get what you pay for?

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Now reading: "The Republic of Memory" by Mahmud El Sayed 💙📚 #booksky

The cover of The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed. The artwork shows a dense futuristic city built inside or along the cross-section of a massive space-station-like structure. Layers of white and gray architectural platforms run horizontally across the cover, each packed with miniature buildings, towers, domes, and clustered urban skylines.

The title, “THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY,” appears in large tall white uppercase letters at the upper left. Behind and beneath it are stacked city levels, with a mix of industrial surfaces, glassy blue windows, and intricate mechanical details. In the lower left is a section of green hexagonal panels, suggesting a greenhouse, habitat dome, or engineered living zone.

Near the bottom right, the author’s name, “MAHMUD EL SAYED,” appears in large white uppercase letters. The overall mood is detailed, architectural, and speculative, suggesting a science fiction story about cities, civilization, memory, and life within an engineered or orbital environment.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I still don't know why the Raptors want a seven years older Kawhi who's more prone to injuries and at the very center of this corruption scandal.

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NeilN 🍁 @neiln.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Does the accessible output matter? If you can't take notes because of an NDA then you can't use AudInt to generate notes. And I think during the keynote they said the summary wouldn't identify speakers.

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