iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is exactly how I feel whenever I create ANYTHING, no matter how small and stupid

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bjørnebær @lilbjornebaer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the laziest vampire

A black cat lays upside down on the floor, fangies exposed.

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

god if I ever got given the reigns of trek I would write a series following a troupe of Klingon bards, a concept that doesn't really *formally* exist but we've seen the edges of -- they love opera, they love tales of great deeds, there's gotta be a class of dudes who make it a living off it

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY

cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side

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Katie Porter’s White Board @ohdangitevie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This poor cat has been fated to answer phones in a call center for life.

White cat with black markings that look like a call center headset

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Reminds me of art from Batman: The Animated Series. Can't you just imagine a little pointy-eared silhouette with a billowing cape standing on top of that building?

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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⛩️ 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊 ⛩️ @deathbyhibachi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Jester 🃏 #Art by Michele Melcher

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Look at this sweet old man with his little pink nose. 17 years young and still loves to cuddle and pose for the camera.

A closeup shot of a gray and white kitty with dark yellow eyes and a light pink nose. His eyes are half open with a relaxed gaze, his head resting on its side with his hind paw curled up to meet it. The fur is clumped in places, an indication of age and limited flexibility, but he still appears healthy and soft.

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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

More Raven photos😀 I took this yesterday afternoon as the Ravens were sat relaxing in the sunshine. They were hot so were opening their beaks to cool down. I think it is interesting to see inside a Ravens mouth! 😅

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

2020 v 2026

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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I hope this Ishmael finds you whale

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@dennisgoris.bsky.social

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

a perfect summation of the tech broligarchy

“These people long for immortality but can't wait ten minutes for a cup of coffee," she says.

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🧪 Link to paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Screenshot of the linked paper abstract that reads:
Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered AI adoption in a difference-in-differences design. AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months. High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning loses are concentrated among roughly 80% of AI users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. AI users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-AI users experience small learning loss.

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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I feel attacked #booksky

You’re doing a lot of scrolling for someone who has a book to read

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Leftbobgolfer🇨🇦 @leftbobgolfer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This is how Stella looks at you when she loves you. My 26 yr old son is her favorite human. She adores him. This pic is her looking at him. Don't ever tell me animals are incapable of love.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/07/2026

🎬 That's a wrap on our 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest retrospective! This supercut stitches together highlights from this year's entries, showing how filmmakers transformed #publicdomain films, books, cartoons, music, and more from 1930 into something new. ▶️ archive.org/details/2026...

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I particularly recommend Metzger's episodes on the origins of writing and civilization, and the incredible bonus content entirely devoted to the cultural/religious history of the Levant (i.e. the middle east/fertile crescent) before monotheism: literatureandhistory.com/bonus-conten...

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Bonus Content - Literature and History Podcast

Literature and history has more than 50 hours of bonus episodes available on our site, done with all the love and care of our main sequence.

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

With every episode, he includes ample show notes and references, quizzes, and even writes and records his own music--both as background soundtrack to the episode as well as a fully-produced silly song related to the episode at the end!

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

For those newly (or renewly) interested in antiquity and the Classics: welcome! If you are at all curious to learn more about the history of ancient Greece and its literature, I implore you to listen to one Doug Metzger's Literature and History podcast: literatureandhistory.com/episode-012-...

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Homer's Odyssey, Books 1-8

Adventure, monsters, temptresses, and a whole lot of wine-dark Aegean. Learn all about the world of Homer’s Odyssey.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I love baikal seals. what if there was a real animal that looked like an alien dog that's constantly on the verge of tears

Niko the seal, dark and fat, opening his mouth to say something, presumably "ough". his eyes appear to be filled with tears

a baikal seal holding onto a toy love heart. its eyes are HUGE, uncannily huge, and reflecting distant lights

a baby baikal seal. imagine a grey alien except filled his mischief, like that movie Paul, but fluffy.

a baikal seal perks up, presumably having seen a fish or perhaps a friend. its eyes are, say it louder for everybody in the back, uncannily fucking huge and shiny, like boba the size of grapefruit

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The image is of a four panel comic. The title above the comic reads, "The organs are a team."
The first panel shows a drawing of a stomach. The stomach says, "I digest food so it can become energy."
The second panel shows a drawing of a heart. The heart says, "I use energy to pump blood."
The third panel shows a drawing of a liver. The liver says, "I take that blood and filter it."
The fourth panel shows a drawing of a brain. The brain says, "I will actively sabotage all of you."

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Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Razem Zduńska Wola
@RazemJmperium
* Parody account
his children's love
X.com
FAREEDA KIRI
Name one thing that Elon musk can't buy
@Faridatu001.3d
1:17 AM • 6/17/26 • 3.3M Views

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Oooh, that would be truly delicious. Now, for no apparent reason, to rewatch Tom Holland's lip sync battle. ☔🧑‍🩰

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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I saw The Odyssey this weekend (it was incredible; I've never felt so emotionally connected to the story) and came away with many thoughts. One of them: Antinous is my favorite Robert Pattinson role--I love it even more than his character in The Lighthouse. So delightfully weaselly. 10/10, no notes

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