iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ok. So I was curious and did that enneagram thingamajig. This means I need therapy or something. Right‽

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I may have underestimated the size of the little one’s new toy compared to her. #YorkiesOfBluesky

An alpaca stuffed toy next to a Yorkie; with the alpaca being almost 1/3 taller. Both are on a puffy leather chair looking straight at the camera. A stuffed bear sits next to the Yorkie, looking incredulously at the size difference.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ain’t it sad that there’s a section in a book store dedicated to literary works? But isn’t it also awesome that the store said: Shove it?

Shelves with books that has a sign over them that says “Banned Books”.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Yesterday I dedicated time to going through things with purpose. I’ve taken things to storage, but other things will stay with me. Then I remembered a conversation we had about the stores of yesteryear and came across one of those reminders. #Woodies

Plastic bag with the Woodward & Lothrop name on it.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Came across this little guy tonight. Clearly, he’s been doing well in this economy. See, once you cross Boundary Street, it’s wild and wonderful out here in the country. #WashingtonDC

Eastern rat snake slithering from a home garden onto the street.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Apparently, my idea of “hot” isn’t what it used to be. 🤣 And me realizing this once I start sipping it at work.

Shot of a Vanilla Hot Blonde Latte, made as an iced coffee instead.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I want a trophy for this milestone!

Banner graphic created by Duolingo for completing a 1000 day streak of the language I’m learning, which is Italian.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

And continuing this…I can’t believe how well my mother kept things. Here’s a receipt from the year I was born from a bookshop long gone.

Receipt from 1/26/1982 from the Cheshire Cat Book Store in Washington, D.C. totaling 18.18

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Like this @wmata.com bus pass (Shout out to Mr. Lucas, wherever you are, the GREATEST driver in D.C.!) — I wonder if this puppy can still be used.

WMATA bus paper transfer, front side, unpunched, from the 90’s, if not 80’s. The route and time was noted with a punch of the ticket by the driver.

WMATA bus paper transfer, the back, unpunched, from the 90’s, if not 80’s. Printed with the do’s and don’t’s of bus use, along with an ad encouraging users to buy Flash Passes.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

And just to show more direct proof of the lack of a plow going on the street that the city said was plowed.

View of the east bound direction of Fairmont Street in NW, covered in snow and ice.

View of the west bound direction of Fairmont Street in NW, covered in snow and ice.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

To say D.C. has screwed up the response to the snow and sleet, is being polite. I know some are getting used to lies from the Federal gov’t, but to have local gov’t, via the Department of Public Works, tell you they’ve plowed, when you can visually see they haven’t, is just stupefyingly bonkers.

DC Snow Plow team’s monitoring of plowed thoroughfares, with Fairmont indicating it being tended to.

POV shot from a property’s stoop of Fairmont Street, with no plow having gone thru and cars covered in snow.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Merry Christmas, everyone. And to all, a goodnight.

Christmas tree from my mother’s home, lit with colorful lights and old time decorations.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween, folks! Got some treats to celebrate the most of awesome of holidays!

Halloween purple and black bucket with a vampire and pumpkin iconography from Dunkin Donuts on the dashboard of a car, with the parking lot visible in the background along with clouds and sky.

A spider made from a donut and a donut hole in a box.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

If you see this, quote a #bridge Alexandria, Virginia/Oxon Hill, Maryland/Washington, D.C. 🔷

Greenery framed view of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, with the Potomac River below.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

These bots/fauxts on @bsky.app are getting super dumb, using the same avatar. Who wants to swing the report button on them too? Ha!

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Why do I think this? Because of this.

Basic flight information of helicopter. Aircraft info: Bell 412; Registration: N11PP; Type code: B412; ADSHEX: A0282D.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Something tells me Adams Morgan is about to be part of a government ad. What other reason would a helicopter be flying at 7:00 A.M. above 18th?

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Against this visual, Frederick Douglass said it best.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

You know, I’ll be honest, this matcha latte from Starbucks is pretty decent. Love the smiley face the dude drew on the cup.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I’ve got to be at work in like seven hours. But, whatever. This is more important.

Intro credit screenshot of “The Golden Girls” with the text of the show superimposed over an aerial shot of Miami, Florida.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Ooooo. I mean, I know I am a humble human being, but this was woefully void of ethnically diverse food. Take the test, y’all, it’s still fun…TAKE IT! www.idrlabs.com/food-choice/...

The results of a non-scientific survey on food choice, from IDRlabs.com, with the results showing the taste of food of that of predominantly lower-middle class people.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Living with #parrots — especially #cockatiels — is like being in your own home version of a Jurassic Park film.

Two male cockatiels showing a loving side to the camera, while standing on a support bar of their double flight cage.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Saw this beauty of a coupe in #Petworth today and for a brief moment, a sense of the D.C. that was, made me smile. You don’t see many older cars around anymore, because even they have gotten pushed out. Also…#FirstPinkskyPost

White older coupe vehicle seen from the side, at an angle, with a blue house, with green space that's enclosed with a fence, in the background.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Gente, you’ve got to go catch #SignatureTheatre’s #InTheHeights — worth the trek across the river into Virginia. Superb cast and the voices…las voces! #theatre

Front shot of the program for Signature Theatre’s “In the Heights”, with the set as a background, slightly off focus.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

And they say I lack commitment skills. Whatevs. #Duolingo

Celebratory graphic of Duo the Duolingo mascot on fire a la phoenix form, acknowledging “600 day learning streak”.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Yes! I’m tired of writing dates both in O.S. and N.S. formats.

A GIF of a scene from “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, with two characters speaking and the text is “YEAH”.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

One of the many fans in the household is excited about this.

Female parakeet facing the camera looking to the viewers left, sitting on a perch, with the cage bars as the background.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

Time time has come, use the dark for good…

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

It brings such simple joy to me, to wake up on a Saturday and be able to see what brought joy to me as a kid, but with ability to get those side jokes only adults can get. #SaturdayMorningCartoons #BugsBunny

Photo of a TV screen of an episode of Bugs Bunny and Friends, where Bugs is trying to prevent a Frenchman from building a damn that’s destroyed the flow of the river.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

I remember putting my name in when @bsky.app was whispered about. When I got a signup email, it felt like I just won $20 off a $2 scratcher…exciting and wanting more. Well, #Bluesky has been everything I had hoped for and its evolution has been awesome to see. Here’s to continual growth.

Graphic that celebrates 10 million users, with the text:

Celebrating 10M users (celebratory hat and confetti emoji) #328,119, Bluesky Elite Certified, First 10%, Roberto @rivero.bsky.social, Joined Jul 21, 2023.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

Ok. So I’m a huge believer in supporting places that enrich the understanding of where we are now as a nation — as how we got here, whether it’s by becoming member or giving random donations. BUT…look at the cute little lamb they give you at #MountVernon with a membership. I’ve named him Lambiel. 🐑

Plush lamb, with a Mount Vernon member card and lanyard wrapped around his neck like a scarf, posed over a small replica of George Washington’s estate of Mount Vernon.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

You bet your patootie that I grabbed this at the #PartyCity I rolled into for two dozen faux pearls. This is why I look like I’m in my late twenties and not forties. #MillennialFountainOfYouth

Front shot of Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape in the palm of my left hand. In the background, is the steering wheel of the car and in the far background, the dashboard all lit up while in Park mode.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Well. I caved in. After seeing these since I was a kid, I’m finally starting to track my #NationalParkService visits with my own #PassportToYourNationalParks booklet. Bring it on! (P.S. There are another seven stamps in the booklet from today.)

Front shot of a blue booklet being held by a left hand, with gold eagle, flag, and the words: Passport To Your National Parks. In the background is the steering wheel to a car.

Inside of the Passport To Your National Parks booklet, with stamps placed in the Cancellations section, where stamps of park locations have been marked. All are dated with June 16, 2024 and include, from left to right, top to bottom: Fort Washington Park in Fort Washington, Maryland; Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT in Fort Washington, Maryland; Piscataway Park in Accokeek, Maryland, and Start-Spangled Banner in Fort Washington, Maryland.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

I’ve been a fairly good user of @cnn.com, but this new registration requirement has me avoiding using them. I love how they’re really trying to convince me to do this, which I won’t. So, guess I’ll source my news from elsewhere. Because you know this is mostly about ad revenue. 🙄

Screenshot of article on cnn.com with the new emphasis on registering for an account to read unlimited articles, with the prompt, that expands on the previous one: Registering with CNN helps power tools that enable journalists to better serve our readers. This registration window is currently visible to select users.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

The world you grew up in is dead

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

So here’s my predicament for the next three weeks, most likely five…these Tom Ford glasses lost a nose pad. I ordered replacements but they don’t fit. So, I’m either going to MacGyver what I have or go padless. I’ve dealt with these so much, I’m not taking them anywhere anymore. Never buy Tom Fords!

Closeup shot of glasses, with the emphasis on the missing nose pad on the wearer’s left side. The glasses are a thin golden rimmed pair, with faux tortoiseshell upper part frame. The glasses are sitting on a grained tabletop.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 27/04/2024

Like. Come on. There has to be a better way.

Blockade at Connecticut and Florida Avenues in Washington, D.C., due to the White House Correspondents Dinner. In this photo, you can see security vehicles and police vehicles blocking traffic.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

We need a benevolent billionaire to save us! Who, WHO, will step up in this moment of need‽

Screen grab from The Simples of the sun blocker paid for by Montgomery Burns to block out the sun in Springfield.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

::Glares in Xoloitzcuintle.::

Close up photo of a Xoloitzcuintle licking its lips while staring to the viewer’s left, ears pulled back and down, the background is of green grass.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

I do miss the nice warm yellow lights in the escalators, though. Now, it feels like I’m ascending into corporate nirvana — or I guess that should be descending into hell.

Angled shot of the escalators, with bright white lights, from the left looking dowanward, of the Woodley-Park Metro Station. At the bottom, there are a few individuals as they approach the end of the escalators, and walk onto the platform where the payment kiosks are. There’s a slight warm light color at that level. The walls of the tunnel are lit up by reflected light and the texture is rough, but smooth, as it is concrete.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Wowweeee, I haven’t take the train in EONS. The only difference is the security measures.

Shot overlooking train tracks, with Rockville, Maryland government buildings in the background, busses and people ambulating in the mid ground, and in the foreground, the metro station sign with “Rockville” printed on it. The sky is visible with a few wispy clouds.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

What excites me at the rope old age of not-26-anymore? A new pair of #garden shears. Based on my use of Japanese tools for bonsai, of course I’m going to look for gardening tools made in Japan too.

Unopened package of Tonma garden bypass shears, with black and red handles, resting on a runner with geometric patterns of diamonds and lines in beige on a blue background.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

They’re going in the opposite direction!

Screenshot of Lyft going in opposite direction from me.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Waiting for the Lyft driver and the visual has me worried.

Screenshot of Lyft app showing driver going into area that belong to the Potomac River.

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Roberto Samayoa @rivero.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

Two score in, and there isn’t any better way to wrap up Christmas Day than watching childhood cartoons.

Picture of TV with the image of Daffy Duck in a Carmen Miranda outfit singing to impress Porky the Pig.

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