iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Funnily enough they've yet to message me back.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 05/09/2026

Happy Saturday, Strangelings

The Horned Prince from The Black Cauldron II, pointing, with text that says "Be weird. Be strange. Be cringe. Be so esoteric that the townsfolk spread horrific legends about all the joy you're allowing yourself to experience."

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Flower Ball Smile Club Art by Teppo Lapinoja

Flowers and plants arranged into interesting creatures. Art by Teppo Lapinoja titled The Flower Ball Smile Club.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

97 years ago today, ‘The Skeleton Dance’ released in theaters.

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Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Never. Never. Never buy books from Amazon. I mean, try not to buy anything from there, but never ever books. They are destroyers of the thing I hold dearest. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI

An investigation by 404 Media found that Amazon bought a shipment of rare books so it could scan and destroy them to train AI.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Sorry for sharing again, but I’m fighting these edits with no contract and all that and every single copy counts, you know? Also, still only $1.99! That’s a lot for a little. Chunk of my soul, too. Love crime? Horror? Magic? Revenge? A little drama? I got you! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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Lauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026

I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Moby Dick by artist Gerard DuBois

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 14/08/2026

Love how I feel about a book is same at every stage. 40k into draft - trash 70k into draft - this isn't bad! End draft - I AM A GOD Revision - this isn't bad! Editor revision - trash Sent back to editor - I AM A GOD Copyedits - trash Proofs - I AM A GOD Publication day - What if it's trash??

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

H. P. Lovecraft predicted AI?

Screenshot of a Reddit discussion which compares shoggoths, those creatures designed originally by H. P. Lovecraft, to modern AI. It reads:

I think Shoggoth/AI is a great analogy.

The Shoggoths were created to be tools and/or slaves, and to do the work the Old Ones didn't want to do.

Like AI, the Shoggoths were mimics, even producing terrible artwork in the vein of greater, more original minds.

Also, dependency on the Shoggoths contributed to the Old Ones' demise.

Anyway, I think HPL would be horrified to find out that AI is being used to create "art" and "literature".

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I have DNFed so many projects, especially in crafting that sometimes I wonder if my attention span just doesn't cut it for long projects. But now with the latest writing project I have realized that maybe it's not the attention span to blame but fear of failure.

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

researchers claim they have proved the existence of glueball

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

Axios: AI has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.

Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books — a few pages before bed, a chapter at the beach, another on a plane — makes it easy to lose the thread. AI can help you pick it back up without starting over.
📖 I really got into using AI while reading James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading. My first prompt asked:

"I'd like a guide as I read The Last of the Mohicans who can help me understand what I've read and where the story is, without giving spoilers or getting ahead of my progress. Can you do this, chapter by chapter?"
The robot agreed: "Cooper's sentences are long and his diction is archaic."

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My first fiction piece has 500 more words and I'm so proud of myself! Totaling 2000 words. Aiming for 5000 to 6000-word apocalyptic cosmic horror tale. I know it's still raw, will probably never publish, but it feels already a genuine accomplishment (I always thought I can't write fiction!) #noAI

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

THE RISE has been out 6 months, so starting to slide out of awareness. Max might look like he doesn't care, but he thinks it's really important you read this book. If you *have* read it, Max would love it if you left a review somewhere or recommended it to your pals, as it means he gets more food.

Selfie holding a copy of THE RISE while snuggling with a sleepy yellow dog.

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We found my two shoe boxes full of about 30 years old MtG commons and uncommons, sorting by expansion. So much fun, lots of lovely art! Fallen Empires has some funky art. I may post my favorite ones later

Magic the Gathering cards in piles on the floor

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Hey guy readers! Quote this with some books by women and nonbinary authors that you recommend. Kathe Koja - The Cipher Lucy Rose - The Lamb Hailey Piper - The Worm and His Kings saga Leena Krohn - Tainaron: Mail from Another City Michelle Paver - Dark Matter

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Can Treebeard pull off a shroom goatee?

Birch that has holes resembling open mouth and maybe eyes also there if your imagination is lucky enough. Mushroom grow around the mouth hole, seeming like the ent-like tree has a goatee

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've been writing fiction (instead of scientific text) lately and, damn, the stories take me into dark places. Clearly a lot of buried, unresolved childhood issues, that want to be unearthed. Not sure if I'm ready for this... But otherwise writing fiction feels great!

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

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All the people who are anti-Al or want to
slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you
still get through an entire workday
without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?

Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it
up?

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Keith Rosson @keithrosson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

HOW WILL I KNOW IF MY SYNOPSIS IS GOOD IF I DON'T RUN IT THROUGH AI?!?! You fucking don't. You do the work, you sweat over it, you draft and draft again. You walk through the fear. You celebrate. It's a very human process. Creativity is humanity to its core. Why take that away from yourself?

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lostmymind.bsky.social @lostmymind.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Get a notebook and a pencil if you have to. Draw the comic with stick figures. Take a picture with your cell phone. We'll enjoy that much more than AI.

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We're at a cottage and this guy shows up

Silhouette of a long-horned beetle from family Cerambycidae sitting on Rhododendron tomentosum. The photo is taken from low angle showing trees and clouds behind the beetle, with sun overexposing a part of the cloud which happens to be placed between the horns of the beetle

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Damn, that Circassian folk dance is so vampiric that I'm addicted

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Quote from what I'm reading right now: "But not everyone has dreams. Some people just are, the way that trees and rocks and rivers are just there without a reason, the rest of the world moving around them." Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

How do the scammers know I recently used a bank service? Someone called me claiming to be from that same bank and warned me of a suspicious money transfer blah blah. The voice sounded AI-generated, so went to the real bank webpage and there were warnings of these scams. But how do the scammers know?

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm not letting AI horseshit maneuver me into a defensive position with my writing. I write like I write. I love emdashes. I keep using emdashes. Whatever we write, AI will take and copy it -- all you can do is keep writing the best shit you can write in the form you want it to take, and fuck it.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It’s a Fit for an Autopsy kinda morning.

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Asked my kids what this is and they all agreed it's a shark. My inner kid thinks so too. So happy late SHARK DAY!

Two carpets, one blue-gray, one white, aligning so that they form something that my kids said looks like a shark, a happy grinning shark with the protruding strings at the ends of the carpets resembling sharp teeth of the shark. Happy late shark day!

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Todd Keisling @toddkeisling.com · 27/07/2026

I'm working on a pitch doc for the Monochrome Trilogy today. Equal parts cosmic horror and existential thriller on an epic scale. If you're new here, these books are how I got started. Check 'em out. www.amazon.com/Monochromico...

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

enshittification ouroboros

the anti-ai symbol, where ai is depicted as an ouroboros, defecating and devouring it's own feces, while stabbing itself through the heart

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 24/07/2026

If you're feeling down about yourself a writer right now, please click over and remember that even on your worst day where you're struggling to remember how to assemble words and fear your career is over, you are a million times superior to this OP at reddit.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you publish with Ingram, you need to opt out from them knowingly selling your books to companies which then use those books to train AI. It should be opt in, but as with all this shit, it's opt out. So make sure you opt out. Here's a link to the opt-out form: www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-...

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AI Opt Out

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Immediate thoughts after finishing The Lamb by @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social Well, can't really think straight now, as I cried a lot. So, just a few words: It was a captivating, brilliant story told believably from the perspective of a child. A horror masterpiece! Strongly recommended

Hand holding a book titled The Lamb written by Lucy Rose. The book is red with irregular white marks, making the book resemble meat.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 15/07/2026

Earlier this week, I received a submission for @thevoice.dog that I'm very certain was AI generated, which I rejected. Because I see so many people talking about the problem, I want to go over why I was and still am so confident that it was in fact AI. Because you CAN in fact tell.

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Tomris Laffly @tomilaffly.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill wrote this. ♥️

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Antti Olavi @olavihorsma.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Just realized that Mbappé was surrounded by four Moroccan players when he scored. Very tight cage and he made it still look so easy. That's so awesome

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 11/07/2026

Thank you Gabino! The 5th anniversary edition of RED X (starred PW review www.publishersweekly.com/9781641298476 ) has been out for 10 days now, so preorders should be in eager hands. Join them! Get yourself a queer horror classic that “will have readers sleeping with the lights on." URL in alt.

RED X by David Demchuk - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/824146/red-x-by-david-demchuk/

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's conference season, so I wanted to share the AI refusal statement I put at the end of my presentations and book talks. Feel free to use it!

AI Refusal Statement
I did not use generative AI at any point in the production of this book or presentation, including the literature review, writing, editing, translation, organization, or any other task (e.g. brainstorming). To the extent that it is possible to know, I did not cite any studies that used generative AI.
Justification: GenAI technology is based on stolen labor, anti-solidarity between workers, class exploitation, structural racism, misogyny, environmental injustice, and climate destabilization.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 09/07/2026

It is impossible to list all of the art that has made permanent impressions on me, but here are 4:

The Ancestor, Leonora Carrington: a ghostlike figure draped in a sheet stands in the middle of a circle inside of a square with wee ghostly creatures standing watch at the four points

Painting by Dragan Bibin
The back of a dog is shown standing in front of an open door of a room with darkness inside the room

Goya's Ghostly Vision (unfinished)
A strange, giant, horned creature in black garb stands in front of tiny people

One part of Francis Bacon's Three Studies for a Crucifixion: a red mouth with white teeth at the end of a long neck or stump is wrapped in white cloth that dangles around it

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