iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 4h

💀✅ 🚫🤖 no ifs ands or buts about it

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 4h

"The kaidan is nearly extinct these days. There aren’t many artists who perform them anymore because there aren’t any more ghosts. These days ghosts are symptoms of nervous disorders, and Messieurs Enlightenment find kaidan to be distasteful." —Encho Sanyutei (1839-1900), being a sarcastic smartass

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 4h

The Moon occults Jupiter for much of North America very late Monday night October 5-6, after missing Castor, Pollux, and Mars on previous nights. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 2 – 11

The Moon occults Jupiter for much of North America late Monday night October 5-6, after missing Castor, Pollux, and Mars on previous mornings.

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Minoru @minoru-uwutemp.bsky.social · 7h

#OC Forrest and Gray Merman AU🧜‍♂️🔞💦 More on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/minorujoelin...

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 7h

From a new Laserdisc rip of "Ultimate Teacher" (1988), probably one of the most unlikely Japanese OVA released on VHS in the West at the time.

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 7h

“… And then the creatures yanked him out of the ground, skinned him alive, boiled him, and ate him. The end. Now go to sleep!”

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Yen Press @yenpress.com · 6h

Everyone’s favorite duo, Sousuke and Kaname, are back! 📗 Full Metal Panic! Family, Vol. 1 Pre-order now: buff.ly/yIa6hEd

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JoCat 🔜 Spokane Ren Faire @jocat.net · 16h

Only 5 days left to preorder your Gobbo plush to get a bonus Enamel Pin! www.tastypeachstudios.com/products/gob...

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 13h

"When your hardwork is labelled AI" (by Studio LKY) www.studiolky.com

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Matthew Meyer @yokai.com · 12h

Day 2 of A-Yokai-A-Day 2026. Tonight we'll look at a ghost story—not a scary one but a bittersweet one. 👻 It's nice to know that not all Japanese ghosts are the kind that crawl out of TV sets and twist your face around. #ayokaiaday www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...

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A-Yokai-A-Day: How the Lingering Spirit of an Old Woman Expressed Her Goodwill | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)

Greetings yokai lovers! Tonight's story comes from volume 4 of Mimibukuro. Unlike Shokoku hyakumonogatari, which I translated a few years ag

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Yen Press @yenpress.com · 11h

Our favorite cupids are back! 💘 📗 Love Bullet, Vol. 2 Pre-order now: buff.ly/yYy76f1

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 11h

Some friday fungi friends to make your day a little sweeter. (Armillaria mellea/Agaric honey fungus) #fungifriday

A picture of the lower part of a tree in a forest with mushrooms radiating out from the trunk to the ground. There are a lot of mushrooms.

A close up of the mushrooms on the same tree.

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Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 11h

Let’s get it, Hockeytown 🐙 Good luck this season, Red Wings!

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N*Kim @nkimillustrate.bsky.social · 9h

I made a YouTube Channel called "Drawing Stuff"! :D My first Art Channel! Feel free to watch and subscribe! ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXr2...

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HALLOWEEN HANBOK 01 ART PROCESS 할로윈 X 한복

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N*Kim @nkimillustrate.bsky.social · 8h

Here's a better post for desktop and also the full illustration! My YouTube Channel: Drawing Stuff! Feel free to watch and subscribe! 🎃💀 www.youtube.com/@DrawingStuf...

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Yen Press @yenpress.com · 8h

170 visionary creators. 360 pages of pure inspiration! Featuring iconic works and brand-new pieces across every style imaginable, Visions 2024__Illustrators Book features pixiv artists and is a must-have for art lovers and creators alike! Pre-order now: buff.ly/JpouoJA

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 8h

GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.

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Yen Press @yenpress.com · 7h

Original author Rocket Shokai and illustrator MEPHISTO are coming to @Kinokuniya New York during NYCC! 🎟️ How to get a ticket: Purchase Sentenced to Be a Hero (Light Novel), Vol. 1 in-person at the Kinokuniya NYC store. ⚠️ Limited to 50 tickets! (Online & in-store pickup orders do not qualify).

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Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 7h

Kevin McGonigle should be the AL Rookie of the Year.

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Yen Press @yenpress.com · 01/10/2026

No rest for the condemned. ⚔️ Xylo and Penal Hero Unit 9001 are heading into the blighted mines—where mutated horrors and undying rage are waiting for them! Pre-order Sentenced to Be a Hero, Vol. 2 (manga) before its release on September 22! 🔗 buff.ly/agELjWM

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Sarah Travaline ✶ @hexhollow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Always delighted when I find a toad sitting in the small hole of the oak tree in our yard.

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JoCat 🔜 Spokane Ren Faire @jocat.net · 01/10/2026

Just finished reading Vol 1 on the way to Spokane! It's fun! Ironically I find the actual cooking kind of the least engaging part (except ch 5) which is unfortunate bc that's the whole gimmick. But I do love when they have to figure out how to do it without usual tools and equipment (cont)

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The pilot episode of "Electro Andes" will be released on Youtube on October 4. An indie Argentinian animated series by Bellolandia studio. youtube.com/BellolandiaE...

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My friends photograph birds. I photograph bird poop that looks like a bird. We all have our specialties 💅.

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N*Kim @nkimillustrate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Halloween in Hanbok 03

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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if Japan's creators/publishers/studios don’t want to kill the golden goose, they’ll ignore the foreign markets altogether while they work, and let the suits worry about issues abroad. japantoday.com/category/ent...

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Japan anime industry weighs global appeal against creative freedom

Japan's anime industry is enjoying unprecedented success overseas, but its growing global reach is also creating a dilemma as cultural differences, local laws and social media criticism increasingly c...

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Kuroi @xtransienttakox.bsky.social · 15h

Hmmm, it's October... should i attempt an ink/drawtober challenge or nah?

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ball animals are the best This bird is called Bearded reedling

To the left, a photo of a Bearded reedling, on the right, an illustration made with Flipnote Studio.

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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sky & Telescope is proud to announce the release of the 250th episode of our Sky Tour Astronomy podcast! 🎉 This October follow along as Saturn makes its return to the evening sky with a celestial splash and the Moon passes in front of the King of the Planets: Jupiter. buff.ly/qOGvBvr #podcast

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Kuroi @xtransienttakox.bsky.social · 15h

Well, started Darling in the Franxx yesterday(Wednesday) and finished it today (Thursday), much needed after finishing MHA the other day. ^^; It is definitely a weird story (Becaaaaause Trigger), but it is an enjoyable one to watch regardless.

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Sarah Travaline ✶ @hexhollow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Reverie. Mixed media on tea stained illustration board.

A masked fox woman dressed in kimono holds a staff emitting incense smoke that coils above her bowed head. She is paused in a moment of reverie. Blue flames of foxfire hover nearby. Created with ink, gel pen, acrylic, and colored pencil on tea stained illustration board. 2013.

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buboplague @buboplague.bsky.social · 23h

18x24" painting

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 23h

December 2025 was the first JLPT sitting to attract more than one million applicants worldwide, with 1,049,597 people applying across 81 countries and regions, as well as Japan's 47 prefectures.

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JLPT Seats Are Running Out as Japan Ties More Visas to Japanese Tests

Just as the government is adding Japanese-language requirements to certain visas, the twice-yearly JLPTs are getting seriously crowded.

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 23h

Language access costs money in Japan. Most hospitals bill uninsured visitors the standard ¥10 (~6 cents) per point on the national fee schedule. Among hospitals accredited to treat international patients, only 29.8% do, and 41.7% charge more than double.

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What Happens If You Get Sick While Traveling in Japan?

Sick in Japan? Don't panic. Learn where tourists can get care, what it costs, and why travel insurance matters.

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 23h

In Sapporo, you close a night of drinking with a parfait, not ramen. The shime-parfait is a tall glass of sorbet, gelato and fruit eaten late in a specialty bar. The term was coined in 2015 by Kobayashi Hitoshi, a Sapporo design director, while branding a client's cafe.

Two parfait glasses on a wooden table, one topped with pineapple and cherries, the other with mango scoops on pink mousse.

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xkcd title text @xkcd-titletext.bsky.social · 22h

Title text: "Runners looking for aerodynamic advantage typically wear sneakers because some fancy dress shoes can create wingtip vortices." Alt text: explainxkcd.com/3305#Transcript

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22h

Ground Effect xkcd.com/3305/

Comic. [Two people flailing high in the air. Three people on the ground running ahead of them. Arrows and a dotted line indicate that this second group is within roughly one body length of the surface.] [caption] The “ground effect” explains why sprinters can run most efficiently if they stay within roughly one body length of the surface.

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Kieran 🦘🇨🇦 @hellbendermuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Proud to present my lifesize T. rex head, affectionately named Hannibal. I created this myself from start to finish- digital sculpture, resin 3D printing, painting, etc. Huge thanks to my friend @rj-palmer.com for instrumental crits and redlines during the sculpting process.

Life-size t rex head model from front 3/4 view. I am also in frame

Life size t-rex model, from front and staring directly down the barrel of the camera

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 22h

You guys gotta check out what my buddy made. Without a doubt the best lifesize T. rex head sculpt that exists in the world.

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夜風さらら🦊狐の窓4巻✨発売中‼️ @koikoisararira.bsky.social · 22h

見ていただいてありがとうございました！昨日アップした管狐のモナカでした！ bsky.app/profile/koik...

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Genshin Impact EN @genshinimpact-en.bsky.social · 20h

Story Teaser: The Swallows Return | Genshin Impact #GenshinImpact #StoriesofFrostSnow #GenshinSnezhnaya Where shall they return? The swallows nest together. Whither shall they meet? The silver lamps glimmer. I wake from dreams. The jade pin parted, the dark birds flown, the clouds they drift on by.

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Story Teaser: The Swallows Return | Genshin Impact #StoriesofFrostSnow #GenshinSnezhnaya

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Genshin Impact EN @genshinimpact-en.bsky.social · 20h

"Swords and Secrets" A little cultivation goes a long way... Just don't overdo it~ #StoriesofFrostSnow #Vesna #GenshinImpact "Word is, some 'flying thieves' have been causing trouble around town lately...?" Vesna's cultivation journey still needs a little help from the Traveler!

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おみたし @omitasi.bsky.social · 18h

アトリエ感謝展2026に参加します。会期：2026年10月3日(土)〜10月25日(日) 詳細は下記リンクからご確認ください。明日からよろしくお願いします so-saku.com/kikaku2610/ #アトリエ感謝展2026

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Khang🐦🪺 @fairybird99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Welcome to #inktober2026 🥳 I don't work with prompts, I just wanna draw w ink 🖋 Day 1 is #venti and his lyre 🎶 I browsed through romantic era poems that might fit him and I rly liked "Rückkehr" by Eichendorff 🥰 I'll post new drawings every 3 days this month :>

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𖤐 SARDONIC FELINE HOURS 𖤐 @yuji.bigkitty.club · 01/10/2026

This month's energy. 🐈‍⬛🎃✨

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ゆめたに @yumetonoyuiya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

キララ／透明水彩 #イラスト #illustration 10日(土)夜の原画web販売ですが、仮公開を7日(水)20時より行ないます。 7日にwebページもお知らせしますので、しばしお待ちください✿

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