iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 27/01/2026

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

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I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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george 💿 @deejaygeejaygee.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

shout out the guardian photo editor one time

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blackwomeninmenopause @blackmenopause.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#perimenopause #menopause should come with a Lonely Planet guide. Instead, most get a cryptic postcard. If we truly cared about wellbeing, we’d fix the information architecture, not blame the travellers.

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blackwomeninmenopause @blackmenopause.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Are you here to stand with people through the storm of #perimenopause #menopause, or just selling umbrellas now that the forecast looks profitable?

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 11/11/2025

It’s a consequence of my dedicated use of digital calendars that every Tuesday at 7.30pm I get an email saying “You have been invited by Rhodri Marsden to an event entitled Put Bins Out”

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blackwomeninmenopause @blackmenopause.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Maybe the most radical act isn’t perfecting #perimenopause #menopauseBut refusing to apologise for it. That’s how culture shifts:, one imperfect truth at a time.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I see Prince Nonce made the news again

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

True privilege is thinking “oh if I’m accused of sexual assault I can just change my job title and the fuss goes away”

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blackwomeninmenopause @blackmenopause.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

#perimenopause #menopause awareness without inclusion risks creating comfort for some and invisibility for others. True awareness transforms systems, not hashtags.

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Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🕷️ Happy Publication Day! 'BOG PEOPLE - A Working Class Anthology of Folk Horror' out today and in your favourite bookshops now, published with Chatto and Windus and edited by Hollie Starling - my piece is titled I AM HAGSTONE - I love this collection! ✨

Book cover for BOG PEOPLE - dark purple cover with horned demon holding pitchfork

A picture of Contents page:

Introduction - Hollie Starling
The Ossuary - A. K. Blakemore
Perpetual Stew - Daniel Draper
Carole - Emma Glass
Eldritch - Mark Colbourne
The Spit in Your Mouth and the Bile in Your Stomach - Mark Stafford
Yellowbelly - Hollie Starling
The Hanging Stones - Jenn Ashworth
The Keepers - Natasha Carthew
I Am Hagstone - Salena Godden
It Fair Give Me the Spikes -Tom Benn

Picture of book and quotes:

'A masterful collection'
MAXINE PEAKE
'Feral and furious'
CHARLIE COOPER
'An absolute treat'
ADAMS LESLIE
You really need to read this'
ALAN MOORE

BOG PEOPLE
A WORKING-CLASS
ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK HORROR

"Masterful"
MAXINE PEAKE
'Astonishing"
ALAN MOORE

EDITED by HOLLIE STARLING

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

There are certain households within a mile radius of where I live that are proudly, unabashedly, Trumpy. Somebody has been leaving antifa chalk art on the sidewalk in front of their houses. I giggle every time the dog and I walk past.

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Gilles Denizot Sitbon @gillesdenizot.space · 16/10/2025

"Adding #alttext only takes a few seconds per image, but it can make all the difference to your content's performance and how accessible the web is to those with visual impairments." 👀 www.howtogeek.com/821673/what-...

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What Is Alt Text? Why You Should Use It, and How to Write It

An article about the descriptive text in web content.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

If you care about the future of books and publishing, I highly recommend you get behind this initiative with your whole hearts - (for what it's worth I think the whole of publishing should do this) www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...

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Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books

UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Last week we held another People’s Forum in Islington North, this time to discuss the alarming erosion of civil liberties and freedoms. Our community has always stood together against injustice at home and abroad. We will continue to defend the right to protest!

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Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

📚❤️ This Thursday 16th October: 6pm - 7pm. Poetry Pharmacy, Oxford Street. Readings and book signings, FREE entry. See you down there! Thank you lovelies @canongate.co.uk Xx www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/with-love-...

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With Love, Grief and Fury Paperback Launch

Join award-winning novelist, poet and broadcaster Salena Godden to celebrate her latest collection, now in paperback.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Nice lil feature in this months #topsanteuk menopause special highlighting the nuances and differences in Black folx menopause experience. Good to see our voices amplified

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Also Davina McCall described me as ‘a gift’ on her podcast Begin Again in conversation with activist & author Kate Muir. It’s on YouTube. 7 or so mins in. GASSED.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

How was my week, you ask? Welllll my debut book Grandmas Locs, illustrated by #CamillaRu , WON Readers choice in the #DiverseBookAwards children’s picture book category! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! And THANK YOUUUU to all the GORGEOUS readers who voted! 🙌🏾🎉

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blackwomeninmenopause @blackmenopause.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a pop-up shop. Black history isn’t a pop quiz. We’re not a seasonal special, this is our daily reality.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Today three different people said lovely things about my children’s book Grandmas Locs. Today is also my grandsons 6th birthday - the subject of said book. Happy birthday Keiko! 🎉🎉🎉 (here he is at the launch last year looking at himself in his book ☺️)

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

LinkedIn. Odd place. I don’t wanna but I fear I may need ta. Cover me.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

What if I don’t want to find my niche? What if I love experiencing and am excellent at offering many things? What if I am my niche? Asking for a friend…🙃

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blackwomeninmenopause @blackmenopause.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

When #perimenopause # menopause support reflects true diversity, people gain agency to ask for the help that fits their lives.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

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AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Not me posting like the buses lol

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Woke to Zionist flags outside my window and among the seafront in Hastings. Every flagpole for 1 km or so. Council wouldn’t touch them until tomorrow. Our local SUTR deflagging group pontificated. It took locals from our GM community and allies to get the job done. All gone. Free Palestine.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It’s not #SilentSunday but the world is on fire so wgaf

Mirror selfie of a smiling woman wearing a black tee with white text that reads VIVA LA VULVA

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I couldn’t agree more with this. An opportunity to new beginnings

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Where is Keir Starmer? Where is the leadership? Fascists marched on our streets yesterday and he hasn’t said a single word. Instead the Prime Minister spends his time defending the “best pals” of paedophiles. He is a coward. He should resign.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I had a blast at yesterday’s Hastings Book Fair! My first as an author! My liquorice all sorts dress & hat were a hit too! #Booksky #GrandmasLocs

Black women sits smiling behinds a stall of vibrant Grandmas Locs children’s books

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Two smiling Black women in front of a book stall. One holds two books one of which is called Grandmas Locs

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Shaken by Sareeta Domingo’s untimely passing. What a loss. Condolences to those who knew & loved her. RIEP. 🫂🧡

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Fascists aren’t welcome in our streets. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Over 1,600 people have been arrested since Labour banned Palestine Action — the first time a non-violent direct action group has ever been proscribed in Britain. The UN has condemned it as “disproportionate” and “unnecessary”. Opposing genocide isn’t a crime, it’s a moral duty.

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A row of St George’s flags appeared overnight on lampposts opposite my friends home. This isn’t patriotism > it’s Intimidation. Reported to council & land owners who said they’re scared to do anything before the EDL rally tomorrow! Monday earliest. Trust me. They’re coming down before that .

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Karen Arthur @thekarenarthur.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Via Vean Ima on the camera apps 🧵