iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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What will you say you did in this moment, with our democracy on the line? TOMORROW: No Kings is training Americans across the US how to protect our votes. Sign up and let's get to work. ➡️ bit.ly/nkep101

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This. Yes. I often tell audiences -I want you to be that person. Be the one people say, 'Oh, you can't tell that joke around them'. No, you can't. 'Oh, they won't go for that'. True. .

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 9h

Put November 14 on the calendar as well, this will be the first meeting of the VFS in nearly 25 years. We are the 4th iteration of the society that was started in 1913 by Edgar Allan Poe Prof of English at UVA Charles Alphonso Smith.

JOIN US!
FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE NEWLY REVIVED:
To VirgINIA
Follere
Society
ж*ожохожожожожокожохожожокожа
NOVEMBER 14, 2026
1-3PM
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE
428 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA
Featuring:
Mac Traynham, Willis, VA
"Clawhammer Styles of SW VA"
FREE! JOIN US! LEARN ABOUT OUR PLANS AND GET INVOLVED!!
Dena Jennings, Nasons, VA
"Afro-Virginian Banjo"
WITH other special guests!
https://virginiafolkloresociety.org

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Daniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 9h

One of the coolest parts of reviving the Virginia Folklore Society is getting this website up to help promote events, journal submissions, archive info, etc. If anyone is interested in doing their own research in the VFS archive at UVA we made this page with info on how to access that material.

virginiafolkloresociety.org

VFS Archives directory (Internal)

The Virginia Folklore Society records and related collections at the University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Virginia Folklore Society records (in Special Colle…

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💀norfölkology🎃 @norfolkology.bsky.social · 9h

Norfolk Haunted Temple on Granby opens Friday. Probs dont need to know the secret handshake to get in who can say. There’s a yuge pumpkin patch too www.norfolkhauntedtemple.com 🎃🤘💀

A spooky skeleton clockin traffic from an alcove (nook/crannie) at Norfolk Masonic Temple

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Strand Bookstore @strandbooks.com · 8h

Fuck book banning! We read ‘em all! For Banned Book Week, we made a list of a few of our favorite banned books: buff.ly/Epm24Wq

strandbooks.com

https://www.strandbooks.com/collections/2024-collections/banned-books.html

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💀norfölkology🎃 @norfolkology.bsky.social · 7h

'... Heroes & Hounds, a one-of-a-kind community fundraiser hosted by Friends of Norfolk Animal Care Center (FNACC) to benefit Norfolk Animal Care Center (NACC) on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Elation Brewing Company. '

norfolk.gov

Norfolk’s Heroes Step Up to Help Shelter Pets Find Loving Homes

NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk’s first responders are trading emergency calls for the runway during Heroes & Hounds, a one-of-a-kind community fundraiser hosted by Friends of Norfolk Animal Ca

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 2h

Are you familiar with the (no longer in production) podcast, "Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids?" (Or something like that. )

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 3h

Lovely! The corvidae have a lot of personality. We enjoy watching the ones that come to our yard.

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Donna Williams More @dmariewms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Scenery with Heron. Norfolk Botanical Gardens 7/29/2011 #photography #birds

A winding canal surrounded by gardens. There is a great blue heron standing on the edge of the canal.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 3h

All the yarn scraps that long enough for something, but not enough to knit with. And the little yarn nubs, trimmed off after weaving in. They have no legs. How do they travel all around the house?

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 3h

Cuz if you only save one, you cant find it when you need it.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If companies aren't planning on using your personal data to set individual prices, why are they filing patents to do exactly that? 🤔 Watch @lindsayowens.bsky.social on @cnn.com with @audiecornish.bsky.social explain how companies can change prices in a nanosecond based on your personal information.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seattle apartment buildings used to be called things like "The Cedar Arms" and now they're all called FLUX or interSector. Even if I was in tech, I would not want to live in FLUX or interSector.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🤓 Yes. And a bad joke so good it has many versions.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Isn't it? We were very happy to see it. We weren't sure it was gonna survive the chrysalis stage.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Didn't get to see it take off, but here it was pumping excess fluid from its body, trying to get its wings working. Hopefully tomorrow it'll be headed for Mexico.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tonite, the butterfly emerged from the chrysalis. 2/

A monarch butterfly hangs from doorframe where it has just emerged from its chrysalis. The chrysalis is visible beneath the butterfly's feet.

Close up of a monarch butterfly hanging from a doorframe where it has just emerged from the chrysalis.

Monarch butterfly hangs from doorframe where it has just emerged from its chrysalis. The chrysalis is visible beneath the butterfly's feet. A drop of fluid from the butterfly's body can be seen on the door below

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tho' we saw a lot of caterpillars around the yard this summer, we only spotted one chrysalis. This was last week. 1/ #butterflies #monarchs #MonarchButterflies #nature

The upper left half of a white door with windows. A tiny green monarch chrysalis hangs in the top left corner of the door frame. A few swamp mallow pods in the right foreground. A light fixture on the wall to left of the door.

Close up of a pale green monarch butterfly chrysalis hanging in a white door frame.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Why so blue Crab?" asked Sol. "No work since the fire Sol." "Why dont you get a gig at another joint?" "Got no instrument. I left my harp in Sam Clam's Disco."

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cal Crab played harmonica every Sat. nite at a dance club run by Sam the Clam. He didnt make much, but it was a good life-- until the nite the club burned down. Months later, Sol Shrimp runs into Cal down on Skid Reef. He didnt look good. 1/2

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Activate Virginia @activateva.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Residential heating and cooling is a significant expense for most households. An energy affordability agenda that leaves out home efficiency is one with a gaping hole in it."

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Commentary: The simple affordability fix Virginia just can’t seem to make • Virginia Mercury

An energy affordability agenda that leaves out home efficiency is one with a gaping hole in it, columnist Ivy Main writes.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A 24 year old farm worker was killed by heat in Mississippi. No worker should be killed on the job, but we still have no enforceable federal heat protection rules. 1/

A screenshot of the Mississippi today headline: Farm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North Mississippi

Obed Azahel Hernandez Perez from Mexico died while harvesting sweet potatoes, according to the Chickasaw County coroner

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Susan @goduckshoogie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What a year this week has been 🥴

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I get a blank screen when I follow your link; tried 2ce.🫤

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Trump-backing Ellisons are the #1 🇺🇸 supporters of the IDF Now they control all of this Are Y’all paying attention?

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Among the misspending was nearly $3 million to erect tents at Guantanamo Bay that were never used, $20 million to maintain purchased warehouses that have never housed a single detainee, and excessive fees for a deficient and now-shuttered Florida lockup. apnews.com/article/ice-...

apnews.com

ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on 'uninformed' detention projects, report finds

An investigation has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing uninformed plans to increase detention capacity, and the to...

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 02/10/2026

This summer, ICE arrests of people with no convictions or pending charges more than doubled. Arrests of people with charges or convictions rose under 20%. DHS says it targets the worst of the worst. The data say otherwise. austinkocher.substack.com/p/ices-summe...

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ICE’s Summer Enforcement Surge Driven by People with No Criminal History

The latest data from Deportation Data Project shows that ICE has never arrested so many people — and never so many people without any criminal history.

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TerryWithWhys 🌊☮️♀️🧶🦋 @terrywithwhy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was a nerd, but knowing all the words to Madman Across the Water (the whole album) earned me a little cred with the cool kids.

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