iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Anyone else in the UK got a line on where to get reliable covid information? (eg, recent strain/variant info, current symptoms, etc)

000

Since the English national identity has to somehow reconcile multiple waves of immigration (invasions?) with a "specially chosen by god" complex, then why not choose a classic bully tactic? "I'm not weird, that other guy is, and his hair is dumb and he farts on cakes! Rule Britannia, dweebs!"

Oh, as long as it's an improvised, heat of the moment, 'I thought they were a threat, y'r honor' type thing, the US is top tier at death penalties. But if it requires, y'know, consistency, set procedure, or adherence to even the flimsiest of laws or ethical frameworks? Then, not so much.

Castlevania wasn't bad - pretty good evocation of the game's tone with a little dark humor and a few thoughtful characters to flesh out the story.

Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026

Reposted by samutara

Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.

akpub.io

Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ

Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.

161672588

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Goddamnit, just because people said the Winter Soldier was an entertaining movie, that doesn't mean people wanted a secret government plot to track every person driving in every goddamn city in America.

000

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Been dipping my toes back in after a while away too. You looking for anything in particular?

100

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Childhood encounters with dynamite? No. But one friend had a gun-enthusiast dad who reloaded his own ammo. Discovering that gunpowder didn't come in big ol' wooden barrels was kind of a letdown, but the little vitamin-sized bottles were way easier to take out for forest-based hijinks.

A still from the 1953 cartoon 'Bunker Hill Bunny', showing Bugs Bunny sitting on a large wooden barrel labeled "GUN POWDER". We is nibbling a carrot with typical nonchalance, despite the lit fuse trailing from the barrel.

Damn, talk about setting an unfairly high bar early on.

100

... but each of them likely have *very* different opinions about and experiences with "labor-saving" tools. (I don't want to say it's purely split along management vs labor lines, but something about how people feel relative to ownership of the means of production feels pertinent...)

120

I wonder if there is some difference in how folks draw lines between "work roles" and "jobs in industry". The manager who uses kanban to plan and assign tasks, the person actually taking the ticket to execute the action, and the director setting annual budgets are all "in the service industry"...

100

Digital Resources team at [Redacted] Publishing: I owe you a big apology - you were a sparkling gem in a field full of short-sighted, corner-cutting own-foot-shooting companies.

Jumping catfish, I just remembered one short-term contract at a place with a dedicated, *regularly updated* staff wiki! It was amazing! People were all generally doing things well, new starters had a consistent point of reference, and people returning from leave could easily get back up to speed.

110

Indiana Jones: He Chose Poorly

"These are critical processes, and if this (overworked and underpaid) person leaves, your whole workflow is screwed. Can I help you to safeguard that knowledge, please?" "Mmm, seems a bit of a faff. Couldn't you just, like, knock together a 'top tips' sheet I could keep by their desk?"

static.klipy.com

Alt: Indiana Jones and the last crusade: disappointed Grail Knight looking at the dusty remains of someone who made a dumbass decision and saying "He Chose Poorly".

121

They may not have the same "crystal clear freeze frame" feeling, but if you want dynamic illustrations of thrown punches it'd be hard to find a larger collection of good examples than George Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo. (There's over 140 volumes! It's been running since 1989!)

Illustration of a straight right punch in a boxing match from the manga series Hajime no Ippo, by George Morikawa. The scene is from slightly below eye level, emphasizing the height of the opponent, whose body is twisted backwards, arms falling awkwardly, and his neck torqued almost completely away from the force of the punch.

Illustration of a boxing match from the manga series Hajime no Ippo, by George Morikawa. This overhead scene shows the immediate aftermath of an unusual left uppercut called a "smash". The person being punched has fallen heavily against the ropes, their head rocked backwards as far as their neck can bend.

Illustration of a straight right punch to the body in a sparring match from the manga series Hajime no Ippo, by George Morikawa. This scene is from a high, overhead perspective, showing how the body punch has completely stopped the protagonist's forward movement, his feet limply in the air and his torso bulging backwards from the blow.

Illustration of a left uppercut in a boxing match from the manga series Hajime no Ippo, by George Morikawa. The protagonist is facing away from the viewer in this scene illustrated from slightly above eye-level. The placement of their legs and feet show just how close they are, and how intense the fight must be. The antagonist's head is obscured in a cloud of spattered ink and shadow tones, as if yhe motion was too fast for a camera to capture clearly. The streak of the punch has snapped his head backwards, fully exposing his throat.

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

If I had 5¢ for each company I've worked at that said "Yes, we must clearly document processes to prevent knowledge loss" and "No, clearly defining tasks is too complex, and we're too busy to spend time on that anyway" I'd have 25¢. Which isn't much, but that's still 100% of places I've worked.

250

Reposted by samutara

やしろ学/Manabu YASHIRO @yashiro-manabu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ゴジラ−0＝ゴジラゴジラ＋0＝ゴジラゴジラ✕0＝０ゴジラ÷0＝error

1196

Reposted by samutara

iris leu @irisleu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

aki basho 2026, day eight -- #sumo #相撲 🌕🥮

ink doodles of aki basho’s day eight bouts, when everyone is going for kachi-koshi. referenced from NHK world-japan’s YT coverage

1356

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

... Korma police Arrest this naan The saag is bad Worse than the jalfrezi Is the bland, cold viiiiindalooo

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026

History minded folks might recall the 1970s Ford Pinto, a car known to be a serious fire risk but released anyway - changing the design would have increased the budget and delayed the car's release. *Only* 27 deaths were directly attributed to that design flaw. "It was a business decision."

Text from a Motor Trend article describing the Ford Pinto, which reads:

Ford was aware of the Pinto’s propensity to catch fire. Early crash tests, performed in anticipation of a proposed safety standard regarding rear-end collisions and fuel leakage, showed the Pinto was prone to fuel leakage and fire in low-speed, rear-end impacts. Ford considered several fixes, including a shield behind the axle and a rubberized bladder for the fuel tank, but rejected these as they would have added cost and put the program behind schedule.

Full text available from
https://www.motortrend.com/features/ford-pinto

A captioned screenshot from the crash test footage showing a 1971 Chevrolet Impala rear-ending a 1972 Ford Pinto. There is burning fuel everywhere.

0188

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

1000x THIS! The whole point of hiring people with specific expertise is to get their specific expertise! Best case scenario: your inexpert guess will approximate something in the region of "basically about average". Is that what you want for your project? Basic? Average?

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

That makes me think there must be something like an emotional Lagrange point - held in a balanced place of repose between two objects of attraction. (Mathematically straightforward to calculate, sure. But practically? Seems like a relationship looooooong shot.)

001

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Most states banned indoor smoking around 2004 - millennials got to have childhoods without getting roasted in tar fumes. Smoke used to be EVERYWHERE. Clouds billowing from teachers lounge at school. Cars had lighters & ashtrays, not aux ports. Even McDonald's had ashtrays!

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

... Their internal reaction goes something like: "Oh, this iced-coffee toting pleb thinks he's better than us? He must think he's better than us because he didn't even try to hide his completely different social codes/behaviors and try to fit in."

120

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

It's a marker of class/culture for the judgment of the interviewer. Within the office they may well have multiple coffee/tea breaks at throughout the day. But a person who carries a product from outside is showing a marker of class that doesn't defer to the in-office people by hiding itself...

130

Never mind whose farms got bulldozed to make way for the studios or factories or tract housing. And never mind whose homelands those were before they got annexed (twice over!) to make that 'farmland' US-controlled. ... Manifest destiny was a helluva drug (and it's still present in US thinking).

Shed an old identity and start a new life in the west. Maybe as a rancher or a shopkeeper or selling patent medicine, or cowboy or lumberjack. (But on whose land?) And by the mid-20th c., California/Hollywood was the next iteration: Get discovered by an agent! Sell a script! Be a star!

120

Interesting how US ideas of "rebirth" play out in different places/eras. ~1830-1970 also saw a myth of going west for reinvention. Failed in Boston? Try again in Kansas. Ohio no good? Go to Wyoming. Bankrupt in Chicago? Try Colorado. (And never mind who gets squeezed to make that space for you.)

140

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026

[lead singer from Cake buying armor] 🎼I want full plate with the short tasset and some loooooooong greaves🎶

110

Feeling a little called out by my textbook here...

A photo of a page from a Japanese language textbook.
第3週　もっとがんばってほしい!
Week Three I would like you to try harder!

A close-up of the same page, focused on the English translation of the section title:
"I would like you try harder!"

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reposted by samutara

even the high lifted and chivalric Crusaders of old times were not content to traverse two thousand miles of land to fight for their holy sepulchre, without committing burglaries, picking pockets, and gaining other pious perquisites

28922

samutara @samutara.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

You won't catch fishies there with net or fly You've got to wade right in and don't be shy!