iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 9h

Every bit of movement counts. You can build up again over time. You got this, I believe in you.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I offer you a void loaf in these trying times. Milo is good for morale.

A black cat loafed on an entrance mat. He is gazing through vertical blinds out a glass patio door. He has achieved maximum chill.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am going through the same, yet different. Between janky sleep and my body rebelling again I know exactly why I am so tired, buuuuuut as you can imagine that isn't much comfort

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026

Humaning.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I mean, they likely don't accept a simple "no," so why would they accept something as inconceivable as someone being unimpressed and calling their bullshit?

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Presumably they think your father was an underachiever?

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I made a number of folks very angry in some game design classes because I dared to say that OoT had some serious flaws. I didn't say it wasn't fun or important or a good game, but they got mad all the same. I'm interested to see what folks who aren't peering through nostalgia goggles think.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My mom taught me to leave someone a way to save face not because it was polite but because that was the way to get someone to change their behavior. She was a psychologist but I suspect she learned that one just by observing people.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don't think I have ever even considered shiny hunting, I suspect grinding being anathema to my soul is responsible. Still, if it is a fun challenge, deu eet!

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

They're just little guys, scooting on the surface

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So... once again, the LLM prioritizes the end results because its creators lack the basic understanding that the process is what creates value, not "having an answer"?

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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026

I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It isn't as bad as it sounds. It is just a self scooping litter box, essentially, and I was able to get it working properly yesterday. Now just hoping the boys actually use it. You are correct, though, tech is incredibly stupid. Sometimes it isn't even intentional.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just this week I got a good quality (but expensive) litter robot thing, and when I got it set up the thing threw a tantrum while my phone app thing was trying to connect with it. The actual box was going to sleep because the process was taking just a bit too long. You would think it was a printer.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I mean, you could say the same about me. But I can't provide internet access, so even a 30 second break is unlikely to help with that.

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Celestial Witch 🏳️‍⚧️ @staroutofspace.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There's a post that compares "legitimate use of AI" to arson and baking, but I think it's more appropriate to say that this is like responding "but bricks are used to build houses" when everyone's saying we should stop giving bricks of cocaine to children.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 22/08/2026

post by Zeekerss @ZeekerssRBLX on X on 1/10/26

Concept art is the most poisonous place to use Al. That's when your creative vision is the most fragile and undeveloped. When you see what the Al made and say, "That looks cool, I want my game to look like that!" it's like it's secretly swapping out your baby with its own.

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 17/08/2026

How to win at most all things:

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A Troll In Central Park comes to mind.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14/08/2026

"I conclude that for the next president, the first, most straightforward, and arguably most important task is to destroy X. It is not only a clear and present danger to American democracy and national security, it is *the* organizing hub of the global fascist movement." prospect.org/2026/06/09/t...

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Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication - The American Prospect

A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Real bulbs made of genuine plant! Get 'em while they're... bulb shaped! You there, miss, you look like you could use some tulips linin' your front walk, am I right? Lovely and fresh, just like mother used to grow!"

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JohnSu @johnsu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🏃‍♀️Track Suit Samus🏃‍♀️ Happy 40th Anniversary! #Metroid

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Rio Tazewell @riotazewell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Did you see how Apple, Amazon Walmart and other big companies are refunding the billions of dollars they got back from the federal tariff settlement to their customers, who ultimately bore the cost of higher prices? Yea, me neither.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

One of the more frustrating legacies of 2020 is the idea that reporting risk factors for mortality is somehow always a slight against disabled and chronically ill people, as opposed to an essential piece of information for people in that category to assess their risk before *or after* they get sick

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026

I'm not going to be relitigating COVID lockdowns or mask mandates. Both were necessary measures that saved lives. If you cannot accept the curtailing of even the minor of freedoms in the name of public safety, you have demonstrated that you do not give a solitary fuck about the rest of us.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5

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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026

You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Oh, to be a young polar bear in a cold plunge pool on a warm summer day, playing with my enrichment items. This is Kallik at the Oregon Zoo, a 3 yr old sub-adult male. The name means "lightning bolt" in Iñupiaq. (📷: Oregon Zoo via YT)

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The new place is going to be an improvement in multiple ways, so it is worth it. I look forward to having a dishwasher again, among other things.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It isn't terribly far but there is about a ten or twelve day period between the move out day tomorrow and when the new place is ready, so crashing with my parents in the meantime. Mister and Milo bear witness with some Concern.

A loafing black cat and a sitting grey cat, both looking wide eyed at the viewer. Cardboard boxes are piled up behind them.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This was a nice surprise on this the final day of packing to move

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My god, the fang and the detail on the texture of his little nose! This is clearly the best dumpling

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It was true for me too. Took me over ten years to work up from being a dork. I'm still a dork, but now I have ✨social skills✨

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

100%. Giving support that lets them do it for themselves is worlds better than just doing it for them. Up to and including them working through being a dork.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I would also accept Stephen Briggs.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Apparently I was an oddity- I just didn't like the song. Still don't, to be honest, but the acting is solid.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Wait, does this mean that men can even go to therapy to avoid going to therapy? Amazing

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I like spicy beans, so this is perfect

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

To be fair, Deedee was probably also downloading something so clearly they are competing for bandwidth.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I hate when past me put things where they Do Not Go

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Saying that chatgpt can be used as a disability aid for ADHD is pretty much saying you have no idea what the fuck you are talking about, and don't particularly give a shit whether people get harmed.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Did you get the "you're smarter than this!" talk when things went wrong growing up? I've had the same boredom struggle and I got that talk from quite a few teachers back in the day.

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Arlin, Dramaturge @rskarlin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Deedee: *slowly reaches over him with a single finger to add weird things to his For You page*

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Note from my notebook from 2016 which I find has only grown in pertinence in the intervening decade.

I know I buy far too many books but I like to think that lining the walls of my house with them wards off evil in some deeply important way.

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