iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

roane @roane72.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am up on current online trends and lingo just well enough that it amuses my 16 year old. Tonight she said, "You LARP Gen Z." Reader, I am so proud. 🤣🤣

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It just shouldn't be this…sh-hard…

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Black Max Sheffield @dpzzle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

(I absolutely stole this)

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

20K words! I'm so pleased.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Working on the barbershop quartet romance is just such a joy. I have geeky little references and Easter eggs to barbershop culture and history everywhere and they make me happy. I hope someone reads it and gets some of them.

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@AuthorMsBev @authormsbev.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

For all the dirty hoes. My T shirts have arrived.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“This place is making me very uncomfortable, Jessica.”

A Dachshund on a leash next to a chalkboard advertising smoked sausages.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Y'all. I'm writing. Daily. I'm 14,500 words into writing an ACTUAL BOOK. Do I want to pursue trad publication again? I mean, probably yeah, but I want to have a clearer road map of what type of writing career I want. But first, finish this book. (But I'm scribbling notes for others, OMG!)

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This is about the most Wooyoung thing to say ever.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 17/05/2026

And I was raised in New England. I know that I was taught in elementary school that the Bad Folks in the South wanted to continue slavery so all the Good Folks in the North fought them over it, but if you're older than 9 & that is still the framework you're bringing to politics, we have issues.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Song of Solomon The Female Man

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Kevin Sorbo, who portrayed Hercules as a blowdried American dude, is upset about the lack of fealty to the source material.

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Disappointed Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)

ALT: Disappointed Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

This mass courtship event typically marks the beginning of Waymo mating season, and the general public is advised to avoid approaching them or their young and maintaining a safe distance at all times as they can get even more unpredictable in their behaviour towards humans at this time

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Has anyone worked with a book coach before? Was it helpful? Worth the money? #booksky #writing

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This seems bad. The new counterterrorism strategy from the WH specifically says it will "prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist." www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The number of people I went to high school (class of '89) and college with who later came out as queer (including me) is honestly shocking. We were all there. We were either closeted or hadn't realized who we were yet--because that level of exploration wasn't discussed at all.

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This newsletter's been knocking around in my head for a while, thanks to the changing tides in #Romancelandia and how writing increasingly seems like the least important part of the process. Nowhere is that more obvious than in sex scenes. romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/no-f-ck-is...

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No F*ck is an Island

A treatise on the degradation of sexytimes in romance

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is gonna sound weird, but I think I finally managed to stumble into reading the type of books I should be writing, instead of trying to write the books I THINK I should be writing.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ouch. I mean, I am, but ouch.

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JosABanks @thejoshbanks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Oh “it’s horses” is absolutely a thing now. I’m gonna use it all the time. Thank you for this gift.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Meet Kpop's biggest nerd: www.instagram.com/p/DX9XLVKCX6.... Dude did a whole cosplay photo shoot and a video of himself with a lightsaber. 😍😂 #ateez #seonghwa

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SEONGHWA on Instagram: "May the Force be with you"

173K likes, 3,120 comments - _starhwa_ on May 5, 2026: "May the Force be with you".

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Listen, Monica was going through some shit, ok?

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Writing is hard, y'all. I don't usually hate everything I'm writing this early in the book process.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Fuck this guy. You will pry my Abilify, Pristiq, Focalin, etc from my cold dead fingers.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I bet they have the same foul stench.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My colposcopy was hands down the most painful gyno procedure I ever experienced, and I went through endometrial cancer.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Oh my god this is glorious. The replies say this was worn by Billy Porter, which tracks.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

So soft and fluffy! I think I might have over proofed it a little, but it rose so stinking fast. Will definitely make again, partly because I think if I don't the family will hound me.

Cross section of a loaf of bread. It looks very fluffy.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I made Lacey Ostermann's easy Dutch oven bread and uh. Holy Oven Spring, Batman. I'm very curious what's going on inside there with the crumb, but I have to wait until dinner. 😭

A very large loaf of Dutch oven bread. Like, it filled a 5qt Dutch oven.

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 02/05/2026

So, friends: I promised I'd tell the story. Now I shall. Let a (former) psych nurse tell you the true (gods help us) story of a night in a big-time NYC emergency room: and the arrival of The Man With The Bloomingdales Bag. (1/n)

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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/05/2026

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Things you read on a blog might make you angry. They might upset you. Stop visiting that blog. Don't waste your time posting comments. Move on and find a new blog. There are so many fun blogs on the Internet. You'll easily find a better one.
There is always another fun new blog to read online.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Sometimes my subconscious shouts at me. I realized I'm writing about two musicians who are both struggling to get their joy in making music back. ...as I struggle to get my joy in writing back.

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fry from futurama is shown in a close up

Alt: fry from futurama is shown in a close up, doing a frysquint

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

ICYMI, all of my Kali Decker novellas are on sale for $0.99. Get you some cheap filthy instalust! #romancelandia BAD DESIRE books2read.com/u/4j7QdD NOBODY'S BARGAIN books2read.com/u/bxD0no STARF**KER books2read.com/u/mdaeXW NEPO BABY books2read.com/u/bzywnj SPOILED BRIT books2read.com/u/3LBQjw

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Bad Desire by Kali Decker

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My high school kid does virtual school so I work with her, and it's sometimes startling how many things I learned in school are now known to be wrong, especially in sciences. I feel like there could be generational classes like: "GenX: Here Are All the Things You Were Taught That Are Now Wrong"

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Possessed by Bastardisms @henryh8scops.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Without context this is funny as hell on the timeline

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Harry says little brothers are the worst. Quinn says big brothers are AWESOME. And also warm. #dogs

A large black dog is lying on a red couch. On his back is a much smaller black and white dog. The big dog looks resigned. The little dog is happy.

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.eurosky.social · 29/04/2026

Well well well, looks like SOMEONE regrets scraping every single post from tumblr

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

With the Anthropic copyright settlement, does anyone know if there's a way to see if my publisher also filed a claim?

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I'm about 99% sure I started writing again because this is the year I became a voracious reader again.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

the Sacramento zoo has 6 BABY CAPYBARAS

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

It’s the end of the month, and I’d love to get a few more 35-cent royalty earnings in! These erotic stories all feature messy South Asian women. They’re varying degrees of queer. Low on plot, somewhat high on pot.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Oooh I am so excited! My library hold came through for TJ Klunes' Somewhere Beyond the Sea and I'm reading it now! I loved House by the Cerulean Sea so much. It's one of the few books I've reread over the past couple years.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Y'all, I've written 2500 words today. I can't remember when I wrote this much in a single day. Back before the pandemic, at least. That said, I'm not keeping track on that front nor am I planning very much. I gotta sneak up on this thing so I don't scare it away. #writing #romance

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

$3.35 (minimum wage) working as a cashier at Burger King when I was 15.

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Book rec request for #romancelandia! I usually read (and have written) higher heat books, but I want to branch out. Not looking for sweet romance, just maybe closed door or overall lower heat level. Contemporary and humorous preferred. Thanks, y'all are the best!

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roane @roane72.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The geekery is real. My quartet is NOT, however, deeply or even shallowly, involved in anything more competitive than "who drank the most wine at our last retreat." 😂

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