iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What’s that? Is it margaritas on the beach time? Well, if I must.

Me in an unbuttoned floral shirt, drinking a margarita at a beachside bar

The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Them: How are you? Me: I live in a collapsing empire. The leaders are all nakedly corrupt and selling the future to every techno-fascist offering them the money and/or agreeing to keep their various atrocities a secret. The oceans are choking. Everything is on fire. How are you doing?

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The city looks even better in black and white

A black and white shot of the Chicago skyline taken at the concrete beach

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Bidding Japan farewell again this morning. Can’t wait for the next return trip. Every visit gets better.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I live for jokes like this. Miss you, Mr. Pratchett.

A page from the book The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett. There’s a red rectangle drawn around a segment of the text. The highlighted section reads:

“Ah, I see what you mean,” said Ridcully. “You’re thinking: what kind of bird stops flyin’ around for a quick smoke?”

“A puffin,” said the Bursar.

“Glad to see you’re still with us, Bursar,” said Ridcully, without looking round.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This was fun to discover: changing the units on the hotel room thermostat from Celsius to Fahrenheit changes the readout language from Japanese to English.

A side-by-side pair of pictures. On the left, a thermostat set to 20C with the display readout in Japanese kanji. On the right, the display shows 68F with the readout language in English

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Nothing like being complimented on your chopstick usage by a server at a Japanese restaurant to make you feel worldly and capable.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

There are few things more adorable (and nostalgia inducing) than watching people in their late teens/early 20s encountering new philosophical notions.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

“Life is like a long journey with a heavy burden. Let your step be slow and steady, that you stumble not” -Tokygawa Ieyasu A beautiful day at the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko

A selfie in front of one of the buildings at the Toshogu Shrine

A picture of the plaque describing the 101 lanterns at Toshogu. The English half reads:

There are 121 lanterns surviving at the Toshogu, of which 101 are made of stone, 17 of copper, two of iron, with one stone five-storied pagoda in stone. The lanterns directly beneath the Yomeimon Gate were donated by the feudal lords who fought with Lord Tokugawa leyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, which led to the creation of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Two of these lanterns are made of precious iron specially imported from Portugal, which were donated by the famous and powerful warlord, Date Masamune (1567-1636). The lanterns further from the Yomeimon Gate were presented by the feudal lords that were defeated by the Tokugawa armies. There is only lantern inside the Yomeimon Gate, which has pride of place because it was presented by the Empress Tofukumonin (1607-1678).

Another selfie in front of the towers at the Toshogu Shrine. All around are Japanese cedar trees above a moss-covered brick wall

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

One of my favorite things about being a millennial is that neither my parents or my niece have seen Avatar: the Last Airbender, so I can drop an Uncle Iroh quote in a conversation and seem wise as fuck outta nowhere

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Between Jujutsu Kaisen and Trigun coming back, I’m feeling like a very well-fed anime boy these days (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Course prep is finally over! Bring on the semester!! (But gently, I’m not feeling as tough as I’m sounding)

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Here’s to finally having a place for my lego builds

A wood and metal shelf with a Lego Millennium Falcon on it

A wooden shelf with a Lego Millennium Falcon on it

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Sorting through my comic box to ease my mind

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

When I wished to live in the Star Wars universe, I meant that I wanted a lightsaber, not to watch a disfigured old tyrant invade other people’s homes to steal resources.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Coming to grips with the idea that I may never make a very good witch, but could make a damn fine artificer

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It’s official: 2025 is the year of gay parties for me. It was my first Beef Dip and it’ll be my first Southern Decadence. Here’s to some queer joy

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Resident Earlvil @breakabone.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I will say the Superbowl ads are making me realize... man I don't like this country right now Sure, try to sell me on this "We're all in this together" non-sense but ain't close to what's happening

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Take me back to the ocean. I need to play in the waves and get my Moana on again

A panorama picture of a beach in Puerto Vallarta at sunset

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Even after almost 15 years here, the architecture in Chicago still amazes me

A picture of the Chicago skyline taken from the river

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Rest in peace to actor Tony Todd.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

Skipped the Biden commencement speech at Morehouse, but I haven’t heard any police sirens so I assume it’s all proceeding according to plan. The plan, for the record, is cynical and nauseating

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Your passive-aggressive master stroke of the day: The sandwich maker at the shop got frustrated with a customer who was talking down to him, and so he gave the customer a single slice of bacon on his sandwich.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Spending the next few days with my union comrades lobbying for education funding. Here’s to politics.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

The void offers its temptations, and punishes those fool enough to reach for them

My black cat Morgan lays on her back; offering her soft, beautiful tummy to any who dare reach for it.

The face of the void. Are you looking at her, or is she looking at you? Do you know? Does it matter?

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 30/07/2023

Look at him up there, Drifting about like a clown. People can’t fly, fool!

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

Gonna start a traveling evangelical church whose hook is that at the end of the service I reveal that it was all in the name of Satan.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

This concludes our loud, one-sided, imaginary argument with my mom about how her “relationship with Christ” is just generational trauma she’s passed on to me. We now return you to “Fuck it, I’m over this” already in progress.

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Gagitha Christie @pheauxtogenic.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

Created a Black contemporary art feed ✨✨✨

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

Despite having watched none of the Fast and Furious movies, I decided to watch Fast X. SUPER queer bad guy. I love a super queer bad guy. There’s also a secret bad guy who is is clearly in romantic and sexual love with the main queer bad guy. In conclusion: Fast and Furious is obviously queer.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

I cannot wait til Lil Jon gets here and finds out what “tweets” are called.

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The Mad Dr. M @themaddoctorm.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

“Stop eating that grass! You’ve got grass in the house!”

My black cat, Morgan, nibbling the grass outside.

My cat Morgan mewing at me after I told her to stop eating the grass

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