iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If anything this is proof that creativity is found in humans, not "prompts"

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I cannot explain how weird it is to see Estee lauder have a crappy slide deck ad to goofy fiddling

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Ai will unlock even more creativity!" Meanwhile YouTube ads are now PowerPoint slides with music that is bizarrely inappropriate for the brands. Gap Kids: smooth hotel-restaurant jazz Estee lauder: ...f...fiddling?? Generic brands whose ads tell you nothing about them: lofi beats

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Lofi Girl Studying with Headphones

ALT: Lofi Girl Studying with Headphones

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Those are my favourite kind of roses ♡

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

All of this but swap crippling anxiety with numb depression. I like to stop and take photos of wildflowers as a way to love the world.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh! I love using this trick♡ Millie: hardened war criminal who melts around children, and who loves a good pun. Corrie's fiance. IYKYK Velta's a witch who is a ball of nerves and overthinking, and gets nauseous at the sight of blood.

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Em!! @emggily.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

😭😭😭😭😭

A doodle of an artist in agony as the text "I WILL FINISH THIS CREATIVE PROJECT" repeats in the background.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

booting windows from the DOS screen

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

all these amazing artists sharing book covers and me without the funds to hire them all

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Kpop Idol Crying 'I'm Ok' Meme

ALT: Kpop Idol Crying 'I'm Ok' Meme

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Tessa has a little something for everyone: from fairy tales to dark short stories, even paranormal romance. Don't miss out!

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

oh, this would be so helpful since my immune system is ...not great.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Oh hey I just had one of those! The mri with bonus breathing exercises that leave you wondering "how do I normally breathe?"

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

hope they can provide some relief for you.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 16/06/2026

Thanks to a timely bequest, I splurged on new legs for my old cottage -- you know, as time goes on, I just want a smoother ride. Quieter. Like... luxury, a little bit. And now, my movement through the woods is heralded by the rustlerustlerustle of hundreds of dainty millipede legs!

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I knoooooow. The discussions of art, burn out, and love of magic is just so good

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Tessa Hastjarjanto @tessahastjarjanto.com · 13/06/2026

Poetry has been impossible for me to do after blunt head trauma but I wrote a piece that led to me writing a dark fairy tale. Forever Night has the poem and story so you can enjoy both or one of them. For those who love Grimm tales! Download for free: narratess.itch.io/forever-night

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Forever Night by Tessa Hastjarjanto

A tragic, romantic fairy tale

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Streaming (in theory, if I can push the right buttons) on Twitch at 11. Chatting about novellas and Moby Dick and whatever else you’d like. Seeing, basically, what it’s like compared to Instagram Live, because Zuck sux I am easily found as kevinhearne on Twitch. Giving away some stuff too!

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

he explained that he and his partner are baby-imminent so i cut him some slack, but still... ouch

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

earlier this week someone asked if i had a baby because I looked so tired. Oof.

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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Hello fronds! If you are planning on joining us for Can*Con 2026, you can now book your rooms at our special rate for the weekend! Last year the Brookstreet did get fully sold out, so resist those procrastination demons! bookings.travelclick.com/13193?groupI...

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Brookstreet

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I wrote a whole book about this. Platonic friendships can be just as fulfilling as romantic ones. Get you a ride or die group, love each other, support each other, rob a train together.... okay maybe that last one is only for the book, but you know what I mean.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I'll be around socially, but it'll take a while before I'm back with the planned store opening and book progress. love you to bits, Bits.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

On sunday we had to say goodbye to my beloved cat/companion/familiar/copilot in life, Bird. She was not only the babiest of cats, frequently sent discord messages, and loved everyone the moment she met them. I've been drifting around since, unable to focus on projects without her supervision.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Things are finally settling down again after what was the busiest month of my life since graduating uni. I am moved and like 70% unpacked, and am waiting on #2/2 MRIs to check out the heart tube. So far there has been two code white announcements. That's never happened to me before

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

It's that magic trick where they saw you in half, only less smiling and clapping and more resentment when physio shows up

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Delphin Casado | WITCHLIGHT WOODS @delphincasado.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The big day is finally here... 🌟The Witchlight Woods DEMO is OUT!🌟 It’s a prologue, a short original horror story, set in the same universe as the full game. Try it now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4604730/... #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #horrorgame

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

5 cont) I cleared the air with my parents, not wanting to ever leave anything unsaid. I changed therapists to a more advanced one. I wrote a book and published it, starting my author journey for real. I seriously looked at my life and started making changes to make it better.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

4) covid. Covid both granted me the space to start healing by wfh, quit drinking, and more. Later, catching covid also disabled me for years and fried my brain. 5) we found out my aorta is messed up. I had to wait for 6mo to find out if I was going to drop dead with no notice.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

3) my health fell apart piece by piece. Work decided to make that A Problem, kicking of repeated cycles of being targeted by ambitious & insecure supervisors. I learned no one had my back other than my family. I started therapy. I learned legal protections only work when enforced. Health got worse.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Look, I've had to pivot so often that I've spent my life dancing. 1) Tumor and major surgery at 17 made me take risks I used to be too afraid to consider: travel alone, become outgoing, fearless approach to mistakes. 2) changed degrees 2 years into journalism to Interactive media design (IT)

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I can help! Will chat when we can both think again♡

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

in journalism school if we misquoted a source we'd fail the assignment. If it happened twice, we failed the course. this was back when we had ethics and shit, though

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Stacy King @stacyking.com · 11/05/2026

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

bodyguard pillow is going to come in clutch. Not just for cat deflection, but getting out of bed will be rough for a bit. Medicine's advanced so much since I had a similar surgery, so I'm sure recovery will be easier and faster now, but the pillow was MVP.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Agreed and if AI companies thought their engines could write best sellers, they would be selling them under their own imprint.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

absolutely! I find so much that my subconscious plants in a first draft that turns out to be far better than my intentional symbolism.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It's funny, my gut reaction to the "the curtains were just blue" English class memes is always "but the writer *chose* to mention they were blue. Every word is chosen for a reason. So why blue?"

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

These thoughts brought to you by some writerly-soul searching I've been doing lately about difficult art vs accessible art.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

but there will always be exceptions, and I have noticed that the readers who ask for explanations tend to be the louder ones and therefore seem like the majority. All we can do, is our best to reach the readers we're intending to find. There will always be overflow.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

But if we earn the trust of the reader by showing we know what we're doing by telling this story the way we are, the reader is more likely to trust us that the ambiguous ending is the intention... and reflect on what that ambiguity means.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I think, as an extension of Olivia's point, that in order to produce a satisfying ambiguous ending, the author needs to earn the trust of the reader throughout the book. If we fumble the body of the book, an ambiguous ending will feel like a mistake, or cop out instead of thought-provoking.

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Cal Black @thatcalamity.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I believe they incinerate it, so a store-bought sun instead of homemade?

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