iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Danda @dandastur.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I knew Letterman would upload something, and he chose this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ_L...

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Remembering Glen Hansard | David Letterman

YouTube video by Letterman

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Glen Hansard @glenhansard.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

With broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard in the early hours of this morning. We are still dealing with the shock of it all, so we kindly ask that the privacy of Glen’s family, colleagues and friends is respected at this difficult time. . Photo by Mikolaj Rotowski

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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New research just dropped today that makes octopuses even weirder than they already are… let me explain🧵🧪🐙🐡🦑

OCTOPUSES JUST GOT WEIRDER
Featuring an illustration of a two spot octopus with a blue and purple ribosome behind it

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Congratulations to our Toastmaster Ursula Vernon @tkingfisher.com for recently being named the winner of the 2026 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for her work, Snake-Eater! (This is your sign to add this book to your TBR if you haven't already.)

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

on Glen Hansard & that time he covered "Beneath the Southern Cross" jukeboxgraduate.com/glen-hansard...

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Glen Hansard, 1970-2026

...who walked through the callow mist.

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gleebix @gleebix.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

all cats are criminals and must engage in a certain number of crimes to retain cat status

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The Authors Guild are in partnership with an AI Licensing company. They're trying to funnel members to this company in the guise of 'earning more' from their books. But even if an author is paid for a 3 year licence, their books are in the meat grinder for good. There's no way to extract titles.

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Created by Humans Partners with The Authors Guild

We're excited to partner with The Authors Guild to help authors control and monetize their content.

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Ben Abrahamse @babrahamse.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Authors are getting fucked by publishers Libraries are also getting fucked by publishers. Writer's guild: Let's go after libraries

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A Tokyo team has a kidney treatment that’s helping cats live longer. Most mammals carry a blood protein, AIM, that works like a cleanup crew. A cat’s AIM isn’t built to do this, which is part of why cats are so prone to kidney disease. buff.ly/yIsl8ds #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Aiming to double cats' lifespan | The University of Tokyo

Giving to UTokyo

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/06/2026

Likewise, it may be that the amount of CO2 that AI will generate atmosphere before it "solves climate change" will render Earth permanently unfit for humans, consuming the only habitable planet capable of sustaining human life in the known universe. 29/

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Don't forget, a membership also gives you a SITE SELECTION vote! Brisbane @brisbanein28.bsky.social might be running unopposed now for 2028, but we still need folks to vote!

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

A rainbow colored box turtle looking nervously out of a drab gray shell. There is text above him that says “It’s OK if you’re not ready yet.”

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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I love coming home and being at home and sitting inside my house and staying home

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Mineral Museum organized by lickability of rocks, with tasting notes (and option to buy samples) of the Do Lick list and worst case scenarios for the Do Not Lick list. The Boring But Safe list will form a neutral zone between them.

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Sian @siandart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Winter is imminent, so the cuddles are increasing. (Bloody yuccas though. He can hide from the rain under them and explore at the end of the leash while I stand in the rain)

A grey cat rests his head on the neck of a brown cat, who is lying sideways.

A grey cat sits on a pedestal in front of a tree trunk, with spiky green leaves encroaching from every direction.

Two cats on a rainbow pastel blanket, facing each other and JUST touching their toes.

Two cats snuggled facing the same way on a blue blanket in a grey bed.

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Rey (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️ @dissonantsignal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Hey good people of the internet, I'm fundraising to get my PHEC (Pre-Hospital Emergency Care) certificate so I can more effectively help people at events and protests, if you can donate that's awesome but even just sharing the link will help make it happen! 💜 givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-m...

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Help me help others! (PHEC fundraiser)

Help me help others! Fundraising for my PHEC 🏥

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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. These dragon convertible bags can be worn as a backpack, crossbody bag, waist bag and can be hooked up to a wheelchair & other mobility aids!! They are high quality! Store: Bibipins.com

Dragon Convertible Bags in green and red

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12/04/2026

This old post about my garden has been reactivated, so who wants a #bloomscroll from a day or two ago?

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 10/04/2026

Trying to figure out invisible forces constantly skewing my monitor. Must be poltergeist.

Black cat's tail sticking up from behind monitor

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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Quick reminder that as this case is before the courts, anything you post could be considered as being in contempt or prejudicial. For the sake of justice and due process, think carefully and when in doubt, say nothing. Post nothing.

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Sian @siandart.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Colleague just told me I look like a my little pony. I wasn't trying, but it pleases me.

A selfie of a smiling woman with hexagonal gold glasses, a black mask with colourful space invaders, and purple and blue hair.

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Le [they/them] @ephant.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

back on the other site I had a thread where I did mini-reviews of time travel shows and movies. Going to start it again here since I've watched some good ones recently!

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 29/01/2026

This is the reality of means-testing and work requirements. Even those on the left can fall for this stuff and ignore the costs. To end this madness, we need to go universal. No more means-testing or conditions. Universal basic income, healthcare, and education. And tax the rich more than they get.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 02/01/2026

Brown is teaching Niece to juggle and we have reached peak “If not ball then why ball-shaped????!?”

A black lab mutt with a white stripe watches something off-camera very intently

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

David Attenborough [whispering]: “Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”

The top half of a cat is concealed behind a gold curtain, its bottom half exposed.

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 15/12/2025

I don't have any news to counteract the terrible news of the last few days, so here is a thread of cute animals eating things, with most with crunchy cromchy sounds. 1.

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Rine @rine.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

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Iain Bancarz 🇨🇦 @iainrb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This. Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?" We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!" Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/11/2025

Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/

Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.

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Mila @rabies.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I really need to sell a lot of the market art that I've made so that I can move on to something new, and so I can reduce my debt some.(To be able to make that move) I'll be posting stuff in the next couple days on @blackwidowart.bsky.social I would be really love if I could get more eyes on it.

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Sian @siandart.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The neighbours (renovating) have done us the enormous favour of getting a load of dirt delivered to the footpath and only clearing some of it.

A grey cat with golden eyes, wearing a black harness, gazes past your right shoulder. there are bricks and green plants behind.

the body and feet of a formerly-grey cat who has done a lot of digging in red dirt.

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

What I don't get is why people living in poverty and struggling to survive don't simply dip into the $3 million in super they have squirreled away for tax minimisation purposes

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'Eating mostly brown food': The 'devastating' juggle faced by a rising number of Australians

With one in seven Australians living below the poverty line, researchers and advocates say that COVID-era universal income is the solution.

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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 14/10/2025

A few years ago Qantas completely screwed me. I bought fuckqantas.com and redirected it to social media search results of people expressing their frustration. I feel like now is a good time to do something more with it. What do you suggest?

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Bluesky

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Acts 26:24 works equally well, perhaps better, if you go into it imagining Festus is Paul’s academic advisor

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.”

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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

this is a good story but it shows that people still fundamentally misunderstand LLMs - there is no "working properly", they're inherently probabilistic models. hallucinations aren't a bug, they're a fundamental part of language models. these aren't fact machines!!! www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

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Melissa Rogerson @melissainau.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share! Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp