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I like classical music & math/physics and also a billion other things pfp by Lvies Rosylia (she isn't on bsky sory) My wobsite: paradox.dhis.org

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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 31/08/2026
I have not done a create in a long time and therefore I am going to pick off old #InvisibleNetworks that I missed. Beginning with the 2018 prompts, which I have located at ctrlcreep.github.io/invisible-ne... No time limit = I can work as much on creepy aspects as I want. Yay :)
ctrlcreep.github.io
Generate 30 social networks over the course of August.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 22/05/2026
The sphinx stirred. "Halt! If you seek to pass, you must solve my riddle, or I will kill you!" The wanderer skulking in the sphinx' shadow froze in place. "Riddless? It wishess to play a game of riddless? We know riddless, we do, my preciouss, we do!"
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Your daily affirmation: You are the only you that will ever exist, so don't hold back. There are no limits to your weirdness in this universe.
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
There are eyes below your eyes, there's a tongue inside your tongue, there's a second skin under your skin. The blind see things we can't, the mute speak things we can't, the flayed feel things we shouldn't
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. Make sure they wander through misty mountains & mossy forests. Make sure they wind through wildflower meadows lit by billions of stars. Make sure they find haunted corners, and places for you that are brand new.
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Stare at the lightbulb until, closing your eyes, you can see the message in the filament: usually some variation on WAKE UP or I'M SORRY
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
On the way to your terminus, you pass through the heavens of all other creatures. Mosquitos' realm, where all surfaces are swamp and skin; the otters' long river, where the rocks and water play; the nursery-vessel of the virus; the bat's unending dusk
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Cottage in the Woods @cottageinwood.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Today's misfortune cookie: You will achieve your dreams because you are insane.
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
What's your favorite color? 1. thunderstorm sunset 2. underwater moonlight 3. mournful birdsong 4. rain washed sky
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 23/04/2026
He could never remember them both. Some days, the princess - eyes and hair lustrous and dark, soft voice pleading with him to leave - was clear in his mind. Some days the dragon - eyes and scales lustrous and bright, broken voice pleading for mercy. One or the other; he couldn't remember both.
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Aaron Z. Best @aaronz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A social network for creating false memories... another controlled via spiders... I imagined 14 speculative social networks for #InvisibleNetworks 2026. One piece of flash fiction a day, two weeks, no over-thinking. Explore the collection here: azemach.com/blog/posts/i...
azemach.com
Invisible Networks 2026 | Design Thoughts | Aaron Zemach
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 15/04/2026
Man I'm suffering from withdrawal of "cranking out one short fiction a day" due to Invisible Networks ending xd got a backlog of flash fiction prompts to go through, but then what?! (I know I SHOULD revisit/edit work, but I don't wanna)
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Sorry, please explain; when someone is "unhinged", are they supposed to be the door or the doorframe?
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#InvisibleNetworks 11: the nervous alphabet (don't ask about its cousin, GiveUp Messenger)
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 11/04/2026
So I don't use Twitter at all anymore, but I've been peeking lately to see what invnet has been cooked up there, and I really really like this one (IT'S ALICE AND BOB!!!)
A response by @aaronzbest on Twitter to prompt 9, "short form platonic content," of this year's Invisible Networks.

she caught his eye
he hashed her key
a handshake
cryptographically

they opened streams
their stacks were popped
just peer-to-peer
as bits were swapped

she lost his host
his ping timed out
they retired after
changing route

her proxy stalled
his transfer stopped
read: end of stream
connection dropped
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
#InvisibleNetworks 10: --dangerously-skip-perdition it hurts for a reason
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
She's a temporal cyclops. She has two eyes, but she can only open them once in her life. A single vision, to feed her mind for decades: to define all colors and shapes
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#InvisibleNetworks 9: short form platonic content let's do a silly one. nothing to worry about
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A thousand embroiderers wait, needles poised, for the birth of the emperor's child. When the moment comes, they will fall to the fabric like wolves, and record the sky at the moment of nativity
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A Quaint Duck @serisothikos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Happy 17776 Immortality Day! www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...
sbnation.com
What football will look like in the future
Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong.
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Much like a city, a forest has a skyline. The birds can recognize them, and never mistake one wood for another
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
#InvisibleNetworks 5: nanograffiti words at scale
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#InvisibleNetworks 4 what did you think "financial responsibility" meant
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 01/04/2026
👏 EVERYBODY 👏 IT'S 👏 TIME 👏 FOR 👏 #InvisibleNetworks 👏 2026 👏 (I've been stoked about InvNet for the past week!! hooray!!) since I have a website now, I'm going to be writing them on there :) hope y'all like the new aesthetic (paradox.dhis.org/creations/wr..., ftr)
1. knight mode

FORENOTES: what a pun. my first idea was to grab a description of a real social network & rewrite it in old English xd but that's not very original...
AFTERNOTES: definitely think there're many fun ways to interpret this. Making internet duels REAL is funny hehe

"That's it! I'm going KNIGHT MODE on you!"
At once, the screen ripples and shudders. The glass turns opaque, dark red and stony brown, then peels away from the center. And, to your horror, your laptop is growing—no, wait, everything is—you catch the edge of the table with an elbow and struggle to the surface. Your body feels suddenly heavy. Trying to stretch, you find something in the way of your shoulder: your eyes finally catch up with the clanking metal registering in your ears, and you see your torso and limbs covered in full plate armor.
From that which was once your computer screen, you catch wind of loud bellowing and piercing fanfares. Wait... did they really mean it? A powerful galloping seizes your attention next: the once-tiny golden figurine of a horse, your only desk ornament, has come to life, and come to you as well, its head raised nobly, its bejeweled saddle waiting for its rightful rider. Strapped to the horse's side is your favorite fountain pen, which has not shrunk. Though large in your hands, you know it has heavy damage potential as a lance.
Your gaze flashes back to the "screen" as trumpets sound once more, this time much closer. Some heralds have climbed to the top, inviting you to enter. It appears the rectangle has molded itself into a grand, ornate archway; beyond what should have been the flat surface, you instead see blue skies, tall wooden fences, and an eager crowd of onlookers.
Seems there's only one way forward.
You snap shut your visor, launch yourself into the saddle, and draw your lance. The golden horse trots onward.
I guess they did.
Internet duels certainly became much more interesting after they introduced, then implemented, the concept of honor.
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 31/03/2026
lrs I was gonna say submachine but then the pronoun at the end threw me off xddd
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
There was an architect, well-known for building concrete houses wrapped around stars—in which, turning the corner, one might find a jungle, more slab, or miles of computer. Her whereabouts are unknown
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Kintsugi terraforming mends planets with water instead of gold. The craters and beds of old, dead worlds are flooded. Life follows what is blue
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 28/03/2026
raaahhhhh rarely use bsky/short form social media anymore but INVISIBLE NETWORKS!! I think this may be the only thing I use this acc from now on xd
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
INVISIBLE NETWORKS 2026 April 1st to 14th Writing challenge: invent a speculative social network every day. Draw inspiration from our delicious prompts, guaranteed safe for human consumption! invisible dot social tag posts with #InvisibleNetworks
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 02/02/2026
considering using social media primarily for archival & inspirational purposes
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 13/12/2025
in recent times I have been "adored," called "clinically insane," considered a "mastermind," and generally told that I am "the strangest person ever" by the same friend, and I think that's all you need to know about me
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Your daily fortune: Not every problem can be solved with logic, coins, or daggers. Some can only be solved with potatoes. Lots of potatoes.
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 27/10/2025
also
It's a meme about epsilons and deltas
Mom, can we have epsilon-delta at home?
No. There is epsilon-delta at home
Epsilon-delta at home:
Levi-Civita epsilon & Kronecker delta
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 14/10/2025
D'ARVIT guys I really wanted Ruben to pass (out of context chopin comp posting)
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 05/10/2025
I look up: continuous Levi-Civita symbol I get: math stack exchange post from 9 years ago with ZERO answers
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate. This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.
The Problem of Writing Poems 
in the Shape of Deciduous Trees

[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:
 
a comm n
pr ble  whe  writin
p ems in the shape of decid o s 
trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t
sti rings of  he new aut mn breeze,  he 
 oems will begi  to shake  hemselves
 ge tly  ntil their letters loos n
d 
like leaves, an   
they 
start                                    
to 
float 
down
then

[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Your daily horoscope: Approach today like a coloring book - either do what's expected of you, or make your own rules. Picture the sky purple. Color outside the lines. Become ungovernable.
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 28/09/2025
if I had a nickel for every time I have done some part in turning a friend who is a programmer into classical music enjoyer, I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice
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Tower727 @tower727.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Shrines are often marked by growths of hiderangeas, huge stands of dark flowers that absorb sunlight and convert it into electricity to run the shrine’s defenses.
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Put me in the hivemind, punish my simplicity, reduce me to a vertex in your shape. I could build your brainstem, channel dreaming through me, I can be a number or a gate
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The tips of his fingers glow in the dark, like ten twitching candles. Shining capillary red, computers track his motion, and even as he sleeps he traces symbols
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 24/09/2025
the fact that the lcm and gcd are, in fact, dual (as co/products in the category of divisibility among positive integers) makes me feel incredibly pleased and vindicated somehow
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Mote @mote.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
stumbled across The Printable Puzzle Project printed the starter burr set in solid resin; went with translucent colours and ended up with a bunch of unwanted curing from light bleed on the undersides so it’s needed a fair bit of sanding to bring them back to size www.puzzlehub.org/puzzles/puzz...
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Printable Puzzle Project - Puzzle Sets
These modular sets can be used to make a variety of related puzzles, providing many hours of entertainment from a single print.
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Broken objects are beautiful because they have been reduced from tools to ornaments—and an ornament is one step closer to a friend
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 23/09/2025
aside from lack of skill, nothing appears to be preventing me from roller-skating instead of walking everywhere
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 23/09/2025
as a math guy awwwww
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I'll love you when you've been reduced to points in n-fold space; I'll love you when you're language and exist without a face. I'll love your brain undying, raised by math's unyielding breath—but I will miss your mass and warmth and change and fear and death
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Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Happy #HobbitDay to all, and happy birthday to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins of Bag End, Hobbiton. Quite by chance, I'm currently nearing the end of my latest reread of Bilbo's (relevantly-titled) adventure—and soon to embark on Frodo's!
A photo from today, showing a copy of The Hobbit and a cup of tea on a metal garden chair, on a green lawn in the sunshine
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 22/09/2025
heck yeah I'm going to sloop. taking a snazz. neeping
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paradox @paradox.dhis.org · 20/09/2025
moment of gratitude for the friends who refer to/address me as "legend" or "king" I have never felt cooler in my life
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