iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this poor model looks so bummed out by this stupid level 1 rpg dress

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Don’t take your eyes off of him” is something u say about a guy who is going to try to steal your wallet or put something in your drink lol

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of a young, Black man, Laquan MacDonald, by the Chicago Police. He belongs in prison

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bluesky's originally envisioned user base was *literally* meant to be all the sex pests at the Silicon Valley orgies @faineg.com has been talking about. Jack Dorsey *left* when trans people showed up instead of the expected Harry Potter sex cultists.

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Introducing Gurpo

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Shaaloani Roadhead 🔜 Claws Out @hyenablood.yeen.world · 28/09/2026

who wants to learn a scent thing I just learned geosmin is the compound responsible for the smell of rain on dry soil which I already knew but apparently we're 200000x more sensitive to it than sharks are to blood, a dilution equivalent to 1 teaspoon in 200 olympic pools????

Geosmin (CAS 19700-21-1, C₁₂H₂₂O, MW 182.30) is a bicyclic sesquiterpene alcohol — specifically, (4S,4aS,8aR)-4,8a-dimethyloctahydronaphthalen-4a(2H)-ol. It is the principal odorant of wet earth. Not an abstraction: the actual molecule your nose detects when rain lands on dry soil, when a beetroot is sliced open, when a Streptomyces colony sporulates in garden compost.

The compound was isolated and named in 1965 by Nancy N. Gerber and Hubert A. Lechevalier at Rutgers University, from cultures of Streptomyces griseus. The name derives from Greek: geō (earth) + osmḗ (smell). Gerber elucidated its structure in 1968 as trans-1,10-dimethyl-trans-9-decalol. Its biosynthesis — from farnesyl diphosphate via germacradienol, through a bifunctional terpene synthase — was not fully resolved until 2007 by Jiang, Cane et al.

Human sensitivity to geosmin is extraordinary. The detection threshold of the natural (−)-enantiomer sits between 5 and 15 parts per trillion — roughly one teaspoon dissolved in 200 Olympic swimming pools. The (+)-enantiomer is approximately 11 times less potent. This hyper-sensitivity is not accidental: geosmin signals the presence of water in soil, which held obvious survival value for early hominids. The olfactory receptor OR11A1 has been identified as the primary detector.

Geosmin is produced by Streptomyces (actinobacteria), several genera of cyanobacteria, and certain fungi including Penicillium species. It is the molecule behind the earthy flavour of beetroot and the muddy taint in catfish raised in pond aquaculture. In water treatment, its presence at concentrations as low as 10 ng/L triggers consumer complaints — a persistent headache for municipal utilities worldwide.

To put that in context, a shark can smell blood at one part per million. That means human noses are 200,000X more sensitive to geosmin, which is also the source of the earthy taste in some vegetables, than a shark is to blood. No wonder I hate the taste of beets, my nose is probably better than yours.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm absolutely losing it. Everything in here is made up (we hired an actor, rented a car, did not use AI, obviously), but he just invents a whole-ass world. Boner pills are a helluva drug.

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 28/09/2026

Getting these back-to-back was really something.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026

"I installed the Give Away Your Personally Identifying Info app made by the We Love Stealing Your Personally Identifying Info Corp headed by Mr. Steal Your Personally Identifying Info and it gave away all my personally identifying info"

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Ben Prunty @benprunty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."

Post from NYT reporter Eric Lipton

"What an odd moment in United States history.

A U.S. president is running an overtly political campaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government.

Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit."

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PJ Westin @pjwestin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yeah, it's gonna come out right after David Benioff's trilogy. And Rian Johnson's trilogy. And Guillermo del Toro's Jabba the Hutt movie. And Patty Jenkins' Rouge Squadron movie. And the other Rey movie they were gonna do with Damon Lindelof.

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Ingwit @ingwit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

POIROT: Peruse if you will the Lady Sinema's record of voting. Poirot he notices the mademoiselle, she is not exactly the art lover 𝘱𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘯? CHIEF INSPECTOR JAPP: [speaking entirely through his nose] Now look 'ere Pwaahroh,

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 27/09/2026

Hang on.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Why would I work my ass off to provide valuable goods and services to my community when I can become a trillionaire by scamming rubes

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All Watched Over By Machines of Drum and Bass @bartlebooth45.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When the polycule hears there are boardgames at the function

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

trying to imagine how i’d react at my job if i asked an adult their address and they were like, huh! i don’t remember

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Masked ICE thugs = Nazi storm troopers. They are roving around my town and neighboring towns here in NJ, snatching up contractor employees, landscapers, restaurant workers, and other community members. We must oust MAGA in November and then seek accountability for this fascist terrorism.

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PJ Westin @pjwestin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Act like I've never heard of the paper, and be real condescending about it. "Did say Post? No? Well, are you guys, like, new, or just really local? Really, that long? And you're still at it, good for you!"

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VERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Over the course of the questions, it becomes apparent that I define left- and right-wing based on handedness.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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JOrion @jorion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You know what this means…

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Rob Beschizza @beschizza.com · 23/09/2026

The time is nearly perfect for a movie about the famously chaotic and dramatic 1976 production of Star Wars, starring Ewan McGregor as Alec Guinness and Hayden Christiansen as David Prowse.

Ewan McGregor looking a lot like Alec Guinness

Hayden CHristiansen looking a lot like Dave Prowse

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

just want to point out how crazy it is the justice department put this in writing

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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This U.S. family was surrounded by Border Patrol agents after accidentally hitting a patrol car. Once free and proven innocent in court, they had the front door of their home blown off its hinges in retaliation. Border Patrol doesn't just target immigrants, it torments American citizens too.

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PJ Westin @pjwestin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Really dating myself here, but I guess my profile pick was already giving it away.

Title screen of video game

Commander Keen
"Invasion of the Vorticons"
Episode One: Marooned on Mars

I used to use my Dad's IBM PC to play this. It booted up in DOS

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/09/2026

everyone complaining about paywalls, one of the most easily manipulated barriers to knowledge ever created, desperately needs to consider taking some personal responsibility for their poor media habits

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PJ Westin @pjwestin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Someone needs to ask the President, "who do you think the military will need to snipe in our nation's capital?" Because the only two possible answers are, "a foreign ground invasion," or, "protesters," and someone should really pin him down on that.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is a much more parsimonious explanation that converse’s ad people did not think about how this would look as a compressed thumbnail than that there was a high up decision to try to appeal to the demographic who are big fans of the klan

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/09/2026

Today at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago: Dozens of ICE agents violently confronted protesters, deploying chemical irritants on the crowd. Multiple people were injured. No arrests were observed.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If only we had historical records from the most prosperous period in American history when the ultra rich were taxed at 90%+ rates. Alas.

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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just once I would love for one of these Silicon Valley fart hot boxing mfers who says AI is going to kill us all to explain the mechanism by which it will do so. And please don’t say nukes – you guys do not begin to understand how analog that shit is.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026

This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...

reason.com

Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets

The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every news outlet shames itself by using the word “skeptic.” Skeptic implies someone waiting for evidence, not someone committed to ignoring it. Vaccine denialism does not deserve to be lent the prestige of critical thinking.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

dang, new cat all pissed. this is not the face of an animal who is pleased to have been discovered.

Close-up of a small wild cat with brown striped fur, large rounded ears, amber eyes, and a dark nose, staring directly at the camera with an intense, slightly irritated expression.

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Dropped Mike @rebrafsim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

[date] her: I do web design me: like charlotte? her: me: do you make your own silk? her: are . . . are you posting this right now?

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“And when one of them told an ICE agent that he was a US citizen, one of them allegedly said, ‘I don’t care, your parents can’t help you now.’” Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.

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James “Vamp” Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? (I can usually keep it together up until the two soldiers make the sign of the cross and kneel.)

theo and key and baby dylan walking past soldiers who are shocked to see a living baby in the climax of children of men

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I Know What You Did Last Year At Marienbad @montresaurusrex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?

Edward Bloom asks his son to tell him the river story in Big Fish

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PJ Westin @pjwestin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional, no matter how many times you see it?

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16/09/2026

tfw you're so unpopular that people are disgusted by your attempt to bribe them

Screenshot of a tweet by the "Political Polls" account, dated 15 September 2026. It reads: "New - $5,000 Trump dividend. Oppose 63%. Approve 17%. Ipsos - A - 9/14"

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