iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ooo, I am very interested but don’t have a headshot yet I’d want to use… can pay for one and defer the deliverable?

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's #fossilfriday! Here's a guy from HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY: Arthropleura, a (probably!) herbivorous millipede relative that roams the coal forests of Carboniferous Scotland. Survival Verdict: YES. It's got a nasty nip, but we feel if you get bit, you have it coming.

A large, flat green millipede of unusual size crawls through a Carboniferous swamp forest, with some tiny tetrapods crawling on its back. Art by Stieven Van Der Poorten, from HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Behold… your #dRAWRtober art prompts! Anyone can participate, in any medium. Do as much or as little as you like! Art tagged #dRAWRtober will be shared on Halloween day for a spooky extravaganza. (New species to assist your artistry are arriving on the site soon!)

An image listing Halloween-themed art prompts. The background of the image is tan with a paper texture. The upper left corner has a string of decorative bunting flags in orange and green. There is a pale starburst decoration in the upper right corner. The top center of this image has a decorative green tag that reads: 2026 Animal Photo Reference Repository #dRAWRtober

Under the text is a cartoony vector of a black bat.

What follows is the prompt list. All prompts are highlighted in alternating orange and green.
The prompts read:

1. Legs! legs! legs!
2. In the deep, deep dark
3. Now you see me…
4. Frankenstein’s Chimera

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You could probably email them about it. They replaced my mothers Dutch oven when she forgot it was on the stove and didn’t smell the tomato sauce scorching so bad it destroyed the enamel, even though that wasn’t technically normal household use. They are pretty good about their warranty!

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/09/2026

Excellent product endorsement placement

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

this takes an incredible amount of character, not just to give it up, but to admit all of this. This guy has more guts than any AI fuck by a mile, and maybe more than us too. People who've managed to escape AI usage are invaluable towards convincing others to do the same.

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Imogen Cassidy @imogenwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Humans can't smell" is the best phrase ever.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Give me two weeks and I will see this child in person. Brb driving to the midwest this weekend…

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Have you seen the magnetic screen DIY kits? They work wonders - they’re not cat-proof alone but I bet you could use it over the chicken wire to keep the bugs out. They come with adhesive strips too so you don’t have to attach them to metal. I’ve got them on all my windows that can still open.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Uber eats refused to refund my food that arrived thoroughly contaminated with air freshener - inedible - and hung up on me when I asked for an explanation of that policy. Now I have no food, no refund, and no spoons to go get something myself since I can’t risk that guy picking up another order.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oh my god yes, this. I can drive forever but nobody else can ever drive me.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Agreed! We just need some people who got it early to live to be 80 and prove it’s fine…

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I asked my PCP about this: she said the reason they force the wait is there’s no long term efficacy data. If you get it at 20, we don’t know yet if it would still be effective or boosted again when you’re 60. Older folk are more vulnerable so it’s more important to have it work at that age.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Their classes have always looked so fun! I would love to do one one day. These look really nice.

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New Priority Species: Servals! Patreon supporters picked this species to be added to the site as quickly as possible - and the photos are worth it. www.animal-photo-references.com/servals All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

A serval sitting in a firehose hammock and looking at the camera.

A side view of a serval walking across a stage.

A side view of a serval's head and shoulders as it licks its own nose.

A serval jumping towards a peacock feather being dragged across the grass.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Oozing through glands in the skin, like echnidas. I spent far too long once trying to determine if one could milk a platypus for platypus custard, but it would be far too much hassle.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Been there, scratched that tapir already. 😛 I did genuinely consider a cassowary but they’re not very huggable. One encounter even in a squeeze is enough proximity for a lifetime, thanks.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

But what about the non-nipple lactation?

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I have a surprising lack of need to snuggle most things, and a pretty long list of animals I probably shouldn’t have been allowed to touch. But platypus, man. I’m obsessed.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

No, wait, I’ve snuggled a taxidermy softmounted wolverine. The correct answer is: platypus.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I think I have to go Wolverine….

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Surprisingly, the doctor pepper flavored peeps are also very correct for a soda flavor.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ahh, sorry! I’ve started having to preface appointments with “this is my job, I read a lot of medical literature, I speak jargon and have specific questions” and… sometimes it works? Sometimes they still get pissy at me but uh sorry I do in fact have the most recently published study memorized…

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Apologies if the empathy didn’t come through - I was intending for comisseration.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Let me tell you, as a fact-checker on medical topics, doctors /do not like/ being checked in real time. No bueno. (It’s a dream to bring someone else with the skill but idk if it would help…)

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Try this - it archives things people have accessed through PACER, so if there are things that are being pulled right now by other people, you might be able to get access through that.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I’m used to jangling my entire brachioplexus when I sneeze too hard, because hypermobility. Today’s new horror is somehow pissing off both femoral nerves simultaneously. It’s like hitting your funnybone… the entire length of the nerve. Why, meatsuit, why?

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh, you mean how like Northwest orca are supposedly preying on moose? 🙄 Every researcher in the region I contacted could not believe this was something I was actually trying to verify because it was so ridiculous.

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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Fact-checking (by @rhgarner.bsky.social) saved my ass on this, in terms of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site, "this place is not a place of honor," you know it. Games and games of telephone across reputable publications!

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The funny thing is, this is such a hot topic: doing that for you has lead to having useful information for multiple other fact-checks since! I also finally found a translation of the glowing cats paper and I am so, so excited to read it.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you’re tempted by the “AI summaries are just modern CliffsNotes” argument, please remember that CliffsNotes were written and edited by people who got paid to be accurate, not built on stolen data and extruded through a LLM that doesn’t know what truth is.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Like what do you /mean/ someone made a massive clay alligator, or that random photo of a komodo dragon from a trip a decade ago is now a woodburning on my wall? As someone without creative skill it blows my mind and I’m so lucky to get to help people create this stuff. Look at this amazing stuff!!

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Art Gallery — Animal Photo Reference Repository

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’ve been making @animalphotorefs.bsky.social, and I am constantly in awe of the cool art people use it to produce. www.animal-photo-references.com

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Animal Photo Reference Repository

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 07/08/2026

I was in one of these recently and it was no big deal. I'm still a closed loop individual of individual sapience. There's definitely no humming of the collective mycelium spirit in the back of my mind. Don't worry about these

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Colleen Frakes @colleenfrakes.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is my favorite thing I drew today

A cartoony drawing of an octopus flying through the air crying "waaaah!"

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’ve definitely been using the videos! Ugh I love companies that care so much about helping customers get it right.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Oh my gosh, that’s so cool. I had no idea!

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thanks! I’m trying to figure out if I need extenders or a larger size for the core. There’s a lot if tissue pinch in the armpits, and the thigh strap is on the last velcro so the rigid piece is very in the way when I walk…

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Did you ever digure out how best to pad these? Asking for me, who bought this based on your experience and is having the same problem

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is a good life choice and one I’ve considered dedicating my time to as well. Which ones have you already seen?

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

“Currently, Google’s offering is all-or-nothing: If you want to show up in search results, you’re also agreeing to let the company feed your content into the maw of its AI apparatus.” By @katiebakes.bsky.social www.theringer.com/2026/08/04/t...

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The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It

For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the internet forever.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I have done this, can confirm it rocks in bad air.

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R Garner @rhgarner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Oh this is good to know! I wondered why their map was higher.

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Kendra P @hagofbolding.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New tattoo flash: regular degular sea creatures edition

A color tattoo flash sheet featuring a lobster, nautilus, eagle ray, scallop, and sea shell adorned with random eyeballs and teeth where they should not be

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