iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 15h

Spooky season is here...

watercolour painting of a white haired, white skinned woman with blood on her mouth dripping onto her white dress... a vampire!

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 22h

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 19h

just had a rocking chair delivered for our deck, and i’m out here trying to enjoy my first day of retirement when the guy comes along

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

September 30 / October 1

Old selfie of me, a white guy wearing glasses with my hair sticking up, with a shocked expression and a squirrel photoshopped on my face as a mustache.

The same photo as before, except it has been heavily photoshopped to make me into a clown wiht a squirrel mustache.

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Meet my newest fabric art creation: Gussss Bonecrackle the Semi-Cursed Neolithic Statue. I designed and hand-sewed him. Gussss spends much of his time inflicting mildly inconvenient curses on jerks. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of Gussss. I have to be careful adding the correct amount of s's in his name because he's not happy when I get that wrong. He's a fabric art statue of sorts, with two wide set black, oblong eyes, and an open black mouth with five gray teeth. He is a gray head, sort of skeletal looking. There's a beautiful galaxy print fabric in the background.

Here's another lovely photo of Gusss where he's resting on my palm. Why does he seem upset at me right now? Oh no, I didn't add the correct amount of

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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 30/09/2026

Barely weiss

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

guess she should have stayed in her lane

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Titania Moonrock and Bazletazle the Mighty Teeny are currently available at my shop. I designed and hand-sewed them, and I hand-embroidered all their stars and planets. Titania is a relaxed sort of cosmic entity. She meditates and goes with the flow of the universe. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of Titania and Bazletazle. Titania is a fabric art black cosmic spirit with a gray moon face, twinkly black eyes, and a little frown. Her body is covered with embroidered stars of various sizes and colors. I also embroidered a couple planets. One is yellow and one is purple with a red ring. She has black twirly head wispy embroidered with a line of white stars on each one. Bazletazle is a tiny black celestial spirit with a gray moon face and four black bulbous eyes. He's covered with stars of various colors. The background of the pic is green fur.

Here's another lovely photo of their backs. Their backs are covered with embroidered stars of various colors and shapes.

Here's another lovely photo where Titania is resting on my palm. Bazletazle is resting beside her.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026

It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...

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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW. PENGUIN.

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

might fuck around and go to some metal shows when i am in paris next week

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

boston is emerging after three straight days of rain and nor’easterly gales

Contrast a black-and-white photo taken from a high angle of a city park. Buildings are a raid around behind it, and a street intersection frames the lower corner. The clouds are thick and looming

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Michael Andersen @mjandersen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gotta appreciate the hustle of a "we are telling you literally nothing" street campaign. purplehippos.com

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word? My goal for the day is one new sale. Here's a lovely pic of some of the Jeremy Creatures currently available at my shop. Each one is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely pic of some of my hand-sewn, fabric art Jeremy Creatures. The ground is green fur and the background is a beautiful galaxy print fabric. One creature is a gray rock with two different sizes black eyes and a little frown. There's a tall ghost with about 35 black eyes of different sizes and a wide mouth full of sharp teeth. There's another spirit with many eyes, twirly head wisps, and an open mouth with sharp teeth. There's also a ghost with a tiny face, with two different sized eyes and a little frown. There's a black ghost with a gray moon face, their body covered with hand-embroidered stars and planets of various sizes and colors. There's a frowny white ghost featuring embroidered red flowers. There's a super tiny frowny white ghost, and a super tiny black ghost with four eyes and embroidered stars.

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@tkingfisher.com one of my buddies is reading Astarion and is really enjoying it

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.

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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever

After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The most useless form of news is “CEO says.” Can this tool actually do what it says or is the company just trying to profit off fear?

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Your late wife? Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear. Mine's always on time so I can't relate

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

fuck the new tom morello album goes hard

[Verse 2]
A wink of the eye
A secret handshake
A tip of the cap
And make no mistake
Nobody runs, friend
And nobody breaks

[Refrain]
They can't kill us all
They can't kill us all
They can't kill us all

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

is it more or less safe than my clown sewer

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Geordie @geordiecalgar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This was in response to some dickhead's post saying that "racism is a mental illness." The OP got hundreds of reposts and over a thousand likes, but only one reply calling him out on it. All your shouting about the far right bigots means fuck all; if you're saying shite like this, you're a prick.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels

Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 24/09/2026

Two friends made these for my cat.

The greatest cat in the world and a wonderful likeness.

The greatest cat in the world and a framed likeness

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 24/09/2026

I know everything feels overwhelming right now, but that's because we're all overwhelmed. I should probably put something happy here so, I dunno, we've all gotten really good at sadly poking things with sticks, I guess? Go clean something easy and very small. You'll feel better.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I LOVED this book SO MUCH.

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

the age thing isn’t surprising, everyone who was born in the 1900s is pretty old

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

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

i am slowly being required to use ai more for work, so i added a core instruction that it is not allowed to refer to itself as if it was human, can't use "I" as a pronoun, and has to call itself "the robot. it doesn't fix anything but it is slightly less creepy

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“He went to Yellowstone every year on his birthday and punched a bison in the face. No one knows who stomped him to death.”

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

proof of life

Moody black-and-white photo of me, leaning against the dumpster, taken from a low angle with a timer. I’m wearing a white T-shirt, jeans, and a ball cap, with my legs crossed at the ankle ankles.

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

they’re going to regret this if there is a hurricane

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Rivers of Suggestion @youngweather.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our daughter and friends (also not on social media) use Canva comments to chat like this Life uhhh finds a way

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A sale or two at my shop would be a colossal help. This helps support me as a fabric artist, unofficial town sorcerer, and human being. I'd love for you to check out my Jeremy Creatures. Each one is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of hand-sewn fabric art creatures. There's a watermelon creature with a red face, eight black seed-like eyes, and a wide mouth with five sharp teeth. There's a white ghost trinket bag covered with purple embroidered flowers. She has a gray face, sparkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a strawberry creature with three bulbous green eyes. There's a watermelon ghost, and a black creature with sharp teeth wearing a bulbous eye earring. There's a large purple creature with many yellow eyes and an open mouth, with a little green creature popping her head out. All the creatures are sitting on green fur and there's a galaxy print fabric in the background.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Aaaaaaanyway this whole thing is a perfect example of how disabled and chronically ill and marginalized people are forced out of society and then if they make a tiny enclave together where they try and make space for each other the society that forced them out tells them they can’t have that either.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Many liberals on here share the same views as Ted Cruz, it seems. Some of y'all are even using the same ableist language as him

Tweet from Ted Cruz sharing the Boston Globe click bait piece with. Quote that says "wow I honestly did not know that there was a single place on the planet in 2026 that still had an idiotic mask mandate

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the Wendy’s emo album isn’t as good as the tom hardy rap album, but it’s pretty solid

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Ellie @ellienchanted.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

PlayStation pulls shit: Nintendo would NEVER do this! Nintendo pulls shit: Steam would NEVER do this! Steam pulls shit: Microsoft would NEVER do this! Microsoft pulls shit: Surely there must be a giant corporation we can TRUST! This is genuinely what too many people sound like

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brian j. @talkwordy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Please give Tobias a hand if you can!

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