iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Akiva Weisinger @misfittorah.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I've come to accept there are worse legacies to have

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

reading various accounts of AI psychosis and a) the people behind chatgpt 4 should be sued into oblivion, especially for reintroducing it, and b) even for less vulnerable people and non-sycophantic AI there is an enormous danger in AI presenting itself as a frictionless friend.

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Maggie Mae Fish 🐟 @maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 17h

I also believe in restorative justice but I don't think that means you get to become a pillar of a community and garner an audience and an income that relies solely on everyone including yourself staying silent about your actions. In the VIDEO GAME SPHERE no less.

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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also: solid TTRPG critique comes from analysis of the actual game or games in question, rather than just the odd "social-influencer meme" version of the thing that's lodged in folks' brains, reproduced in reductio ad absurdum dunks. Then you'd produce some valuable discussion!

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.myatproto.social · 15h

convinced my neighbors to plant more native plants by being all, "look, this plant actually LOVES that weird wet spot nothing will grow in" and also giving them some freebies because omg, these plants are making so many babies

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Jey Pawlik 🏳️‍⚧️ @ Nuit Blanche 12 Hours Comics Event! @jpawlik.com · 22h

Hey are you a comic artist on Tapas? Are you frustrated with the news? Publish your Tapas comic on Itch.io (either partially or in full, even just 1 chapter) and submit it to the Tapas X Itch.io bundle form here by Oct 30th 11:59pmEST forms.gle/QhQaJ4cXvXKT... #Tapas

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A Tapas X Itch.io Bundle

We've heard the news that Tapas is shutting down on March 31st, 2027 and I want to setup an Itch.io bundle to help support the artists affected by this. If you have a comic on Tapas, this bundle is f...

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 01/10/2026

An absolute hero. I am SO fucking proud to be a nurse and among such courageous people. Please spread the word of this Florence Nightingale level bravery. I hope that a way to support her legal fees becomes evident soon. Thank you, Chloe 🫶

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are now OPEN to submissions of speculative fiction + poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors! Submissions are limited to trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors from October 1-7. If that's you, send us your work! This issue's theme is exploration. We'll be open to all 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from October 8-21!

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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Colin Le Sueur | By Odin’s Beard RPG @byodinsbeardrpg.com · 01/10/2026

This is incredible, a great example of how to foster a creative space and highlight upcoming writers while growing a game's impact and longevity.

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JD, you can’t eat comics. @lostcity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are NOT machine-made clothes. If there were, your clothes would be made in the country you live in (where the customers are), or in China (where machines are cheap). They’re made in Bangladesh or India or Indonesia because that’s where the LABOUR is cheap. Your clothes are made by people.

Joyce Carol Oates says: “This is why Al-generated romance novels make perfect sense. Formulaic fiction doesn't need to be written by hand, so to speak; what difference does it make if a machine "writes" it? There are machine-made clothes & there are custom-made clothes. They appeal to
different consumers.“

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ennis rook (they/them) @rookthebird.bsky.social · 19h

when i was in college, there was a man who was furious that i (a lesbian) would not bang him. i did not know this and thought he was my friend. one day, i saw him crying and offered him a hug, if he wanted one. he was SO mad about this he told the entire school I'd SA'd him by hugging him.

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!

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sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 20h

NYC TTRPG Book Club at @boshis.place! Thursday the 8th, a week from today! we're reading Zedeck Siew & Munkao's REACH OF THE ROACH GOD! come join us to discuss!

poster with a Munkao illustration of a big nasty cockroach wizard monster. text reads "Dead Letters Presents / NYC TTRPG BOOK CLUB / Zedeck Siew & Munkao's 'Reach of the Roach God' / Thursday, October 8th, 7:00 p.m. / boshi's place — 1002 Metropolitan"

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The right response was when that guy I saw was like “why are you asking me about a streamer when we’re talking about policy?”

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Kathryn Salamander: Witches' Road or bust 🎃 @transsalamander.bsky.social · 20h

Dunno if they're gonna upload the entire series, but Marvel has been putting full episodes of WandaVision on their YouTube channel every few hours all day today. I figured they'd just do E1, but they're on E3 so who knows! Give it a watch if you haven't already! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUW7...

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Marvel Studios' WandaVision S1E3 | Full Episode | Disney+ Original Series

YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

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Bill D @billd1960.bsky.social · 21h

Would be ironic if bananas are recalled, then went can't be accused of being a banana republic.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 22h

Love it! 👏👇

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you're a young female or gender-expansive writer aged 14 to 21, Girls Right the World wants to hear from you! They are open to submissions of poetry, prose, and art through December 31 for their annual issue. No fees. Check out past issues and submit today! #youngwriter #callforsubmissions

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Call For Submissions From Girls Worldwide

Girls Right the World invites girls and gender-expansive writers and artists ages 14 to 21 to submit poetry, prose, and visual art for its eleventh annual issue. No fee. Deadline: December 31, 2026.

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Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You heard it here first, CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE is UNHINGED and BRILLIANT. Thank you so much to @writesloud.bsky.social for featuring my debut @thirtywestph.com flash collection in this roundup: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7924... Get a copy: www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/callm...

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Spot LIT: Short on Time? Read a Chapbook

Have you heard of chapbooks—the little cousin to novels, essay collections, and short story collections? If not, you’re missing out on an entire series of short works from today’s writers. Modern publ...

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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Playtest Material Issue One is out now: playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...

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Playtest Material Issue One: An RPG Is Like...

Read the full magazine today.

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Kathryn Salamander: Witches' Road or bust 🎃 @transsalamander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What's really disheartening is knowing that this is obviously the case, and also that the vast majority of cis men will nitpick this to death because they don't understand how any of this works. This basic truth is seen by most of them as evidence that the very concept of rape is suspect.

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

please take me there to a universe where psychics are real and homeschooling gets fucking wrecked

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

all the things that God would have us do are hard for us to do

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ScoopPhase 🦬🐂 Eternal Weekend @scoopphase.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reality Fracture got Lilliana like

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist

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ennis rook (they/them) @rookthebird.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

hot secret lair take, i don't think sarah (from the movie labyrinth) would actually be WUBURG

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Dork4Short @dork4short.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

this secret lair is GORGEOUS

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 30/09/2026

Go read Diane’s books! Seriously, they are the best!

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have yet to write a PBTA game with a generic move / direct Defy Danger analogue and there’s a goddamn reason why

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Liz Anderson @lizanderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s the end of September. Haven’t had much time for #mudlarking this month but here are nine sweet finds spotted over the last few weeks. From the top, left to right: • corner piece from a Medieval Penn tile featuring fleur-de-lis pattern ⚜️ • limestone marble, possibly from Salzburg 17th/18thC 1/

Nine finds from September on the Thames Foreshore. From the top, left to right - a corner of a medieval floor tile showing a fleur-de-lis pattern, a limestone marble from Salzburg (late 17th/18thC), a clay pipe bowl showing a 16thC man dressed in headgear from that era, the pipe made by Gambier of Paris.
Middle row - a green glass duck, a handful of handmade 14th to 18thC dress pins, a blue on white Transferware sherd showing a waterman in a boat.
Bottom row - a child’s lead toy car toy, a sherd of blue & manganese Westerwald grey stoneware pottery, a piece of black flint showing a fossilised bivalve shell.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As if formulaic fiction doesn't exist in the sorts of genres JCO writes in! As if JCO herself hasn't written formulaic fiction! For shame!

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DevLev Echoverse Observer @levdev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wait a minute... Ok, that's cool!

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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 30/09/2026

We don't make videos, we don't podcast, we just let the writers write. We're trying to prove that there's still an audience for written work about a thing we all love and word of mouth helped us sell nearly a thousand issues last time. It would rule to get over that line this time around.

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just chase 🎃 @manacurves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I GET TO REPLACE SPONGEBOB AS MY COMMANDER AND HAVE IT BE SARAH?!?!?! AND REBECCA GUAY?!?!?!?

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DevLev Echoverse Observer @levdev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

David Bowie's balls are now a stax piece....take that as you will.

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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think one thing we don't talk about enough is the phrase "toxic masculinity" and how it's two words. Masculinity, in and of itself, is not toxic. Traditional Masculinity includes: providing for others, building and creating, providing comfort, but most especially standing up for those who can't.

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im nothing feed me to this world of dogs 🔞 🍉 @pinnip3d.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

when we "lose" a cis butch woman because he becomes a trans man or masc you should actually say such things as yay, yippee, or hooray.

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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you like Mass Effect? Once More into the Void is basically the rules light, Mass Effect style RPG that plays in 1-3 sessions. The physical copies are $20 and whatever doesn't sell is going to be pulped bc it's too expensive to send them back up into Canada for storage.

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Val @ BOO! Goes the Bride (of Frankenstein) @valwrites.ca · 29/09/2026

Thank you random person who liked my reply to this thus reminding me that i never watched this and you probably didn't either

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ennis rook (they/them) @rookthebird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

thread; while I was in college, I got beaten up very badly (in a hate crime) by a drunk classmate who later denied the incident. although it's not the same, I can speak to a similar impact from my experience.

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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

gearing up to run Under Hollow Hills at my local con this weekend, where for reasons unknown to science I have decided to present a buffet of five different occasions for groups to choose from. some snippets, just to taunt and entice the many of you living too far away to attend...

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