iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

“Curtis Evans stood directly in front of the gate with an American flag. The 65-year-old Evanston resident heard about the first protest on social media and came to represent “the ideals that our country stands for.” “None of us have ever done this before,” he said…

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Thank yall for the fun and thought-provoking talks, and for letting me get a glimpse of all of your cool work!! Struggling to find a way to end this that isn’t overly corny, so: stay safe, stay Queer, and stay hopeful.

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

In that case, I probably will be following a fair amount of you folks again cuz I’ve really enjoyed the discussions that I Have gotten to have here! Anyways— this account won’t be active anymore, tho I’m leaving it in existence so my @ isn’t taken (cont.)

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Cuz it’s not worth all that. But after trying for a good while to feel comfortable and not assume I’m being watched, I’ve decided that’s not really possible right now under usernames they know. I might make a new account? But if I do I won’t be sharing it here because of that (cont.)

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Hey yall. So I’ve been less active on here for a while now (and was never very active to begin with) due to an ex and their current friend group watching my known socials, or at least the expectation and fear of that, living in my head. I’m not gonna get into that and I won’t be naming names (cont.)

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Miss Black Valkyrie | Comms Open @missblackvalkyrie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Artist! Quote with your night art! ✨️

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I believe this to my core. They're using trans people as a test case to dismantle individual rights in the US.

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 15/09/2025

All our stories are FREE right now, but that won't always be the case (we gotta make money) so read them now! There are so many good ones to choose from y'all. Like this @janelleblarg.bsky.social comic that I love SO much: www.coyotemedia.org/the-punks-vs...

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The Punks vs. The Pigs

An illustrated history of a lesser-known battle in Berkeley’s People’s Park.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Stop calling it "political violence" in ways that suggest this is something new. Politics are almost always violent. OUR politics have always been violent. The words you are searching for are "political assassination" or "deadly terrorism." Which are also not new, but are certainly less common.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

In June, a Democratic state rep in Minnesota was murdered, and a state senator was shot. And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

This sounds wacky but it is backed up by science.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Goddamn but Chicago is pretty

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 06/09/2025

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

PRAY HARDER. 😭😭😭

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

What a mooood 😭😭😭 Godspeed, it’s ROUGH out here

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

OH also husband made us sloppy joes and we watched The Birdcage :3 so it was a WONDERFUL DAY im just also fuuuucking exhausted

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The problem I face every time I’m in a class that I Love is that I end up yapping waaaay too much and Still feel like I want to yap more once it’s done. That class could be 6 hours long and I would be Overjoyed

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

It’s okay tho cuz I saw my favorite prof today and a friend from last semester and that restored me just enough to make it back home lol

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Ahahahah read a whole book in one night last night cuz the start of this semester has been SO chaotic. Then of course had Other readings in the morning (almost knocked out then) and forgot to eat before I caught the bus but was like “ok I’ll hit the vending machine” but they DIDNT FIX IT ALL SUMMER—

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Clean house BIG RAIN LETS GOOOOO

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s taken some time to get our stuff all oriented in the new apartment in a way that feels Nice and Good but ITS ALL COMING TOGETHER SLOWLY BUT SURELY. And soon….. I will finally start putting up ART ON THE WALLSSSSS

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

About to finish this Labor Day deep-clean just in time for a rain storm and OH it’s delicioussss

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It’s not a “gotcha” if I want an actual answer “ I need him to have a policy that doesn’t destroy homeless people” Is not a “purity test” It’s a request , making you say you don’t believe in that isn’t a trap Because here’s the thing? You could.

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

(Kept restarting at first cuz I was worried I did my farm setup Bad or Wrong, or would take a long enough break that I forgot how to do anything and needed the tutorial again lmao)

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Been back on my stardew grind as someone who has very little stardew experience cuz I kept starting over a bunch and never made it past year one for AGES, but guess who’s on year 2 now baybeeee we are Progressing

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Also you can tell this cohort is a nervous bunch cuz there was a Whole announcement about this to clarify (I missed it this morning) where the prof is like “hey, everyone?? It’s chill. We’re chill. YOURE OKAY, YOU ARENT FAILING” lmao

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Like, is it Nice to have this one as a backup? Definitely. But also I’m GONNA write three more cuz this one is Not my best work so is it worth it????

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Had a day full of Stuff after a week full of Things which meant I only had One Hour to write this 1000 word essay, and I SURE DID IT. But at the cost of finding out After doing all of that… That I didn’t even need to write it. There are 7 chances to write one of these essays and we only need 3 total

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 27/08/2025

There will be many casualties from UChicago ending ('pausing') PhD admissions in Humantities, but one which I am keenly aware of: this is close to a death sentence for teaching cuneiform in the United States (esp. Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, Eblaite, Luwian) and it will affect the whole world.

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✨🔮 Riley O'Malley Commissions OPEN🔮✨ @therileyomalley.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Get in your orders now and I'll have them done by tonight

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

There is no route out of fascism that involves sacrificing the vulnerable. All that does is tell the fascists that we're willing to turn on each other for the illusion of safety.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

all im saying is if we start saying we think the first one is more woke we can really fuck with their heads

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Briar Ripley Page @flameswallower.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I'm a modestly successful indie author and the absolute most I've ever made in one year from writing is around $2k. Extremely successful indie authors & Big 5 agented authors do a bit better than this, but not much-- I think the average comes out to like $7k per year?

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

tw: self-harm, suicide here's the single-paragraph reason you should not be putting ChatGPT into a school curriculum

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Turns out my therapist was right and I had to quit playing the parent, be vulnerable with them, and let them help me with my shit lol. Anyways, just feeling very cared for recently and I needed to put it out there

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I know it’s fucking Tough in a fucked up family dynamic to hold on to sibling relationships in a healthy way, and for a long time I Did lose that connection to my siblings/took a step away. But since coming back to work on it some more… idk man I’m just constantly hit with how glad I am to have em

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

It’s with my favorite professor too and I’m SO excited actually. PLUS ! REVEALED THAT ONE OF MY CLASSMATES FROM LAST SEMESTER IS IN THERE!

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

First day back at class tomorrow, let’s goooo

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Got my first sunburn since moving here (despite applying 100spf THRICE) and OOH OWW OWIE

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

CW: OCD, compulsions, medical emergency discussion, death mention Anyways it was cool and chill cuz I did Not let myself wake her up to check if she was alive, and instead focused on my little tools. Turns out the most effective one for me is poking fun at the OCD thought cuz it’s TRULY ridiculous

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Very funny to me that my brain keeps going “you don’t have OCD, you’re faking that.” And then days like today happen where my brain decides my sleeping drunk friend is Dead/Dying in my passenger seat and it wants me to run through what Exactly I would need to do if she seizes/her heart stops beating

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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

create ------------------ bonus comics: patreon.com/nhoj

4 panel comic

P1: a right hand draws a wavy stroke on a sketchbook page. A caption box up top reads "draw"

P2: the word "CREATE" dominates a panel with a black background, forming in the negative space. Various small shapes surround it.

P3: a lone simplified humanoid figure is on the bottom right of a another panel with a black background. A thought bubble forms above their head, the words "if not for others, then at least for yourself" within.

P4: The Earth dominates the bottom of the panel, with a sliver of space above it. Clouds swirl and boil across the Earth, which is the only element on the entire page coloured a pink-red. A caption box above reads "now, more than ever"

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VK [RETIRED] @veridianknight.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Wild how I will forget how good Linkin Parknis and then I listen to em again and go “GODDAMN”

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 16/08/2025

the phrase "decolonially trained AI" is giving me agita

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