iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Whimzie's Bounty @whimziesbounty.bsky.social · 4h

Guys! Only a few hours left to get 20% off site wide! Use code GRANDOPENING20 #Handmade #MadeInCanada Whimziesbounty.bigcartel.com

whimziesbounty.bigcartel.com

Whimzie's Bounty

Fantastic creations that bring joy and fun to your day!

035

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

86173166093

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have drawn over 500 pages of comic in self indulgent making over the last year. WHY THE EFF am I having new sketchbook "I'm never going to fill this" and "just going to ruin this" anxiety? I'm just going to draw the most self indulgent bullcarp I can. For me. That's why it exists. Why, brain?

120

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fun fact: mice like watercolour paper. I...want a vacation

100

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026

Happy mushroom season!

A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".

5140311321

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wow, I ... do not have the energy I used to.

000

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 23/09/2026

Next time you reach for "we're fucked," instead you could say: "I have laboured hard against the strong current of disappointments which had been threatening to carry us down the Cataract of destruction, but I have labored with a shatter'd oar."

0156

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Your daily reminder that some birds have eyelashes made of tiny modified feathers. They're found in at least one species of 28 families of birds (out of 205). An example of convergent evolution. Examples: ostriches, secretarybirds, hornbills & hummingbirds. (📷: Nicolas Reusens Photography)

$Captured by @nicolasreusens, these close-ups show the eye and eyelid margin of a hummingbird at roughly 3 to 3.5x magnification. What look like lashes are modified feathers, not hairs, and researchers have proposed that they may help protect the eye from airborne particles during flight. Eyelash-like feather structures have only been documented in a fraction of the bird families surveyed so far. These photographs were taken at the Catia Hummingbird Sanctuary in Mexico.$ $Captured by @nicolasreusens, these close-ups show the eye and eyelid margin of a hummingbird at roughly 3 to 3.5x magnification. What look like lashes are modified feathers, not hairs, and researchers have proposed that they may help protect the eye from airborne particles during flight. Eyelash-like feather structures have only been documented in a fraction of the bird families surveyed so far. These photographs were taken at the Catia Hummingbird Sanctuary in Mexico.$

330298

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Bird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

emotional over fall migration

41537547

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 21/09/2026

Researchers have discovered that the more you tell yourself what to do via rainbow-coloured blocks of “focus time”, the more your brain will rebel and restrict you to playing House Flipper until your eyes bleed.

thedailytism.com

Study finds colour-coded calendar not going to save you from yourself

A recent study has reportedly found that the beautiful colour-coded schedule you made to help you get your life together is not a substitute for a working frontal lobe. Researchers have discovered…

1012332

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 20/09/2026

the difference between fine art and illustration is nothing more than the economic class of the artist making it and that of their patrons.

41317322

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So ... we have the start of cockroaches that are spreading from another apartment. I have a bunch of cleaning to do, and I have to be out of the apartment Thursday. Could... life stop giving for a bit, please? I don't have money for any of this.

000

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Because The Breakdown is terrible at providing information to people in useable formats, here's the pdf link for Water Not Coal's announcement: files.waternotcoal.ca/media/WNC_Se... Key points on their main web page: waternotcoal.ca #ableg #abpoli

waternotcoal.ca

Water Not Coal | Corb Lund's Petition To Protect Alberta's Rockies

A citizen initiative petition to ban new coal mining in Alberta's Rocky Mountains and protect the drinking water of one in three Albertans. The petition has closed — stay involved in what comes next.

33218

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 17/09/2026

Context is everything 1/2

173640879

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not for the first time in my life, and likely not the last, did I have to put on a new pad in a back alley so that maybe I could get home without leaving a trail of blood. No public washrooms, yo.

100

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Water Not Coal has released a copy of a letter with concerns about Elections Alberta, including... - 2 directors being fired without cause - Multiple changes to how their petition was being verified mid process - A service manager & 4 supervisors quitting with concerns the process was compromised.

12305165

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“I had that dream again. The one where I could have sworn I felt the wind as it shifted off the water. The sun began to warm the distant slopes and light the tops of nearby trees. I had that dream again, where I felt completely free.” "Remnants: Tranquility" #Watercolor, #gouache, #coffee #dragons

A painting in black watercolor and white gouache on coffee stained watercolor paper of a dragon on a rock in a mountain lake. The mountains in the distance are lit by the sun and the trees framing the illustration are dark black. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2026, text kamakru.com

3302102

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Whimzie's Bounty @whimziesbounty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm having a Grand Opening Sale! 20% off site wide. Including these adorable beaded earrings in orange and purple. Whenever we'd ask my mom what colour something was, she'd say "purple with orange polka dots" As a result, this colour combo is my fave! whimziesbounty.bigcartel.com/product/talk...

whimziesbounty.bigcartel.com

Halloween Dangle Earrings

Gold-plated lever-back dangle earrings with acrylic beads

032

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Once more, people who make decisions about public transit should be required to use it exclusively.

050

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Wow. Traffic today has been ridiculous.

000

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Maddie Machine @theuglymachine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I made a spear inspired by the snaking fog that I see coming down the river valley in the fall mornings we call The Dragon. Made with steel that was once equipment that farmed these valleys, wood that grew here as well, and wax that keeps it rust free is from the bees here too.

My spear, Morning Dragon. A wavy spearhead with a blue shaft and long blue tassel, a brass charm on the tassel bears my mark

21471110

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On this day of labor remember: when they tell you (and they will tell you) that Covid is not a labor issue, ask them if people catch Covid at work, ask them if people have to work while sick, and when they say yes, tell them that’s why Covid is a labor issue.

012143

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sometimes I think I should try education again. And then I remember how badly it went last time, and just sort of multiply it with new bullshit like AI and... realize there's no hope.

000

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 06/09/2026

Status report, "Just Mentioning This..." Redux: I note an uptick in recent days in Discourse on alternative YA material about wizardry. So if you're interested, please note: the 9-book package of these are on #sale! 🙂bit.ly/YWNMESET

bit.ly

YW New Millennium 9-Volume Box Set

Our New Millennium Editions box sets are optimized for each of the devices appearing under the price listing. Please click on one to choose the format you prefer.The New Millennium Editions of So You ...

9330203

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

OMG Two of my fave creators teaming up!

000

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Once again, I am reminded how right on red needs to be stopped. It isn't "turn right on red, if it is clear." It is just "act like you have right of way on red." Why yes, I might have had a near hit today, as well as having to wait two cycles at a crossing light because the cars would not stop.

030

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

how the Hell have I been legally married for a decade? *turns to dust*

130

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wow, the ... back to school/acedemic failure angst is hitting me HARD today.

110

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Well, this is incredibly cool: my short story "Mail-Order Magic" made the Hugo Awards longlist (in truly incredible company)! 😍 You can read it for free right here: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...

This table of nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story includes not only the six finalists (JR Dawson's Six People to Revise You, Thomas Ha's In My Country, Samantha Mills's "10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days," Effie Seiberg's "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything," Isabel J. Kim's "Wire Mother" and Tia Tashiro's "Missing Helen," but also the 10 other stories that got the closest number of nominations. In descending order: Angela Liu's Barbershops of the Floating City, Hildur Knutsdottir's The Shape of Stones, E.M. Linden's the Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead, Carrie Vaughn's Woolly, Stephanie Burgis's Mail-Order Magic, Marie Vibbert's Yarn Theory, Isabel J. Kim's Freediver, Aimee Ogden's Because I Held His Name Like a Key, Mary Robinette Kowal's With Her Serpent Locks, and Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle's The Loudest, Smallest Dragon Son.

28210

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 30/08/2026

WHAT DO YOU MEAN you've had this on your main hard drive for months to figure out how to edit but you've decided you're just going to post it straight from the camera because it's too precious to modify??? 🪶 🐣

12638115

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

These babies have lost everything. They need a happy ending.

2207103

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Did some restocking on all my most used supplies because I have a feeling that come October-ish there's going to be another jump in prices. *Based on my own bad-vibe-atron senses

1292

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)

984101582400

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Jenn Schmidt-Rempel @jschmidtrempel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Excited to see that Mr. Eric Dyck is at it again at Henderson Lake! #yql #lethbridge #brightertogetheryql #yqljenn

072

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I feel like random acts of kindness are the best thing we can do to honor her legacy. I really do. I think she'd love that.

6696164

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Maritime Tartan Co @maritimetartanns.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you are looking to order a wool blanket please do so sooner then later. We have to order a bunch in tomorrow Shipping is FREE and here are the most popular Canadian Dark Maple and Stewart Muted $100 plus tax and shipping is FREE www.maritimetartancompany.ca/blankets-woo... Maritime Tartan Co

21711

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

.🐾🤍

A joyful black cat skips in the opposite direction of a sign pointing “THIS WAY,” beneath the message, “You don’t have to be sorry for not being who people expected you to become.” The scene is set against soft, colourful rolling hills and a dreamy purple-blue sky.

5885288

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I want to know how people make ponytails that don't hurt and actually hold the hair off your face. How.

100

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

... welp, that's the complete morale failure about my drawing skills. Thanks brain. That's... great...

000

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

.🐈‍⬛🐉🤍

A whimsical poster featuring a fluffy black cat dressed as a tiny dragon, complete with a green dragon headpiece, teeth, and small wings. The dragon cat sits in front of a soft yellow circle on a warm beige textured background, with a curved pink line behind it. Above, large hand-lettered text reads, “HERE’S A DRAGON CAT.” Below, handwritten text reads, “to remind you that if we’re going to imagine what could happen, we might as well imagine things going wonderfully right too :)”

71011289

snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I can hear the whoop up days "music." With closed windows, over the sound of the wind, and from 2.5 km away. Why do they need this shit that loud?

000

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 21/08/2026

I love when fantasy series have a dude called something like Stephen the All-Seeing, Keeper of the Demon Sword, hero of the Volcano Age. But in some tiny village, he's known as Bees Steve, that weird guy who loves beekeeping. The more uppercase titles the legend has, the funnier the contrast is.

2461041897

Reposted by @snowbringer.bsky.social

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title:
Who is Haunting The Library of Forbidden Tomes?

Image: five panels showing characters in a gothic library

22% - tormented souls, frozen between life and death (a ghost reading a book)
4% - dank, fetid horrors from the icy depths below (a black slug like creature with a single eyestalk reading a book)
15% - cold, lifeless bones possessed by a corrupt sorcery (a skeleton reading a book)
11% - frigid and malevolent ectoplasmic vapours (a shapeless apparition reading a book)
48% - regular readers happy to away from the heatwave
(A mother, small child and toddler in buggy, all reading books)

212156730