iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 17h

Always love sharing this, even as an ex-academic - if you ever come across a paywall for scientific articles, simply look the first or last author up and email them to ask for a copy of the article. They will almost always appreciate it and provide it completely free of charge. Or use #icanhazpdf

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What is something people in your line of play or work know but most outsiders don’t?

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Olympics symbol as a failed Venn Diagram. Discus.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

E.M. Forster: If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. Politicians selling their countries to their buddies: Tchah. Easy peasy.

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hello from Central Park.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Act of Reading: Personal or Political, with Siddesh Gaitam. An online event by the @freelibsnet.bsky.social.

The flyer has an image of the speaker, a bearded person wearing spectacles, holding a cloth tote bag. The person’s visible forearm has multiple tattoos.
There is also a QR Code.
The underlying image, an illustration, seems to be a winding blue river against a green background.

The text overlay says:

FREE LIBRARIES NETWORK
India & South Asia
Anti Caste Webinar Series

The Act of Reading: Personal or Political
Speaker: Siddhesh Gautam, author of a graphic novel *Speaker:*
Date: 22nd September 2026
Time: 02:00 to 03:30 PM

On Zoom. Scan the QR Code to register

The flyer has a central image of a winding spiral staircase of books. A human figure, Dr Ambedkar, is holding up a part of the book starway. One side of it is a blue sky with light clouds, the other is a star-studded night sky.

The text overlay says:

About the Speaker:

Siddhesh is a multi discipline, mixed-media artist, designer, writer, poet, dreamer, storyteller, treasure hunter, soul searcher and an Ambedkarite. His art traces a personal and political journey towards Begumpura (the land without sorrow), where dignity, equality, and freedom are realities. His practice is deeply rooted in the visual documentation of the anti-caste movement, while also engaging with questions of climate justice and gender equality. (Bio taken from his latest book title.)

Art taken from Instagram @bakeryprasad

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Vinayak Varma @eyefry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And episode 6 of @happyaccidentspod.bsky.social, which landed earlier this week, features the brilliant @blaftrakesh.bsky.social and @kaimaurundai.bsky.social Cue it up for when you're running evacuation drills or making muffins or practicing your katas or whatever. It's fun!

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Poetry in Parks @poetryinparks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our 36th meet is in a Kharghar park on 19th September, at 5:00 p.m. The theme is poems about AI. To be clear, NOT AI generated poems, but poets commenting on AI. To get the map location, calendar invitation, please write to us at poetry.in.parks.nm @ gmail.com by Saturday noon.

The Poetry in Parks logotype, a purple circle within which are the words ‘Poetry in Parks’ in pink letters, appears at left of and above centre. To the right, and below centre, is another smaller purple circle, is the info for the meet: Kharghar, 5:00 p.m., 19 September. The background of the frame is the same pink as the lettering.

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Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This mud-walled home in Devdungri is where the vision for India’s rights to information (RTI) and work (MGNREGA) first took shape as Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, and Shankar Singh established the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan (MKSS) together with local communities.

Entrance to mud-walled home with traditional painting and water pots.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thing is, this kind of person — I have encountered my fair share of them — is preternaturally good at failing upwards. They are good at looking good to the people that hire them, and they move before they are completely exposed while rogering all around them.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You’re so vane, you probably think this typo is about you.

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Miss Havishambles @misshavishambles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bartholomew ‘Fig’ Newton was Isaac’s hapless younger brother who just chose the wrong fruit.

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Scroll @scroll.in · 14/09/2026

After #TarunTejpal's surrender he was sent to Central Jail at Colvale in North Goa. The Supreme Court had in August agreed to list his appeal against his conviction, provided he submits his surrender certificate by September 22. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10957...

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 15/09/2026

“There are at least 10-12 cases over the last 2 yrs where bodies were carried to Pakistan” Volunteers who recover bodies of drowning victims in Shingo & Suru rivers in #Kargil, #Ladakh tell Irshad Hussain & Mubashir Naik the bodies are rarely returned by #Pakistan article-14.com/post/rivers-...

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Rivers Cross Borders, The Dead Cannot: Grieving Ladakhi Families Wait For Bodies Swept Into Pakistan

Bodies swept by the Suru River across the Line of Control into Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan often remain beyond the reach of bereaved Ladakhi families. Without a humanitarian exchange point,...

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Scroll @scroll.in · 15/09/2026

“The proposed 70 hectares of submergence could be a part of the home territory of the cheetahs,” noted an expert. scroll.in/article/1095... “This means that it’s possible that you may not find a den within this area, but cheetahs could be using the space, and a restriction could still impact them.”

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Scroll @scroll.in · 15/09/2026

While the government did not specify a reason for the decision, heads of several schools flagged difficulties in serving boiled eggs separately to students. scroll.in/latest/10957...

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Bansa Community Library @bansalibrary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What happens when a child in Bansa wants to learn something that isn’t available around them? At Bansa Library, we try not to let the answer be, “You can’t, because there’s no one here to teach you.”

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The Community Library Project @tclp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Something amazing is coming to the Community Library Project, Sikanderpur Branch! Get ready for a special evening filled with incredible artists, performances & a night to remember. Stay connected for more details & don’t miss out! KHIRKI BEATZZ 🎥 Video Credits: @himansh_offcam | HIMANSH_UU

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/09/2026

Elsewhere on Bluesky folks are noting that The Kids These Days aren't much into Douglas Adams. As someone who is much into Douglas Adams (and in fact wrote an intro to new edition of his works) allow me to remind folks that it's not actually surprising when The Kids aren't into decades-old stuff.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

India having a #हिंदी_दिवस is like if the USA were to have White History Month.

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Here's a book I edited! It's a collection of 11 stories from classic Gujarati pulp magazines, translated to English by @vishwambhari.bsky.social, including vintage scifi, slasher-horror, and a feminist revenge story starring a Mumbai bar dancer single mom www.blaft.com/products/the...

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The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction

Selected and translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar Edited by Rakesh Khanna 400 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". 600 gPaperback ISBN: 978-93-80636-69-6 “...whether you’re in the mood for horror, scandal, superstit...

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our regular visiting bulbuls seem to have had babies!

A lamp pole. Wires are fastened to it. On the higher wire stretching off to the right, two bulbuls perch. A smaller bulbul sits on a lower wire that descends to the left. On the top of the pole, a fourth bulbul is half concealed by the pole.

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Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE @thresholdrose.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Attn readers in the US! There's a sale on preorders for THE POISON PALACE, my retelling of Alexander the Great's invasion of ancient India through the point of view of a poison maiden called Eka. Cover by the incredible Nabi Haider Ali, and below, some reasons why you might enjoy this book:

The cover of The Poison Palace depicting a femme figure wearing golden ornaments in their hair, ears and neck, around whom a five-hooded snake is draped. Text reads: Ancient India. An epic journey. A gift of poison. The omens gather: Alexander must fall. On sale 11/9-11/11. Code PREORDER25 on Barnes & Noble.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Instagram folx asking that knowledge-stealing, art-killing, book-destroying, job-leeching, privacy-invading, water-guzzling, air-polluting, billionaire-fellating tool of the laziest of humanity to turn them into an 80s-style picture.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

USD 5,000? Pft. Go big like Moodyji. INR 15,00,000.

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cyberhorror with demons drawn from Khasi mythology. Girl gangs of a post-zombie-apocalypse Chennai. A spectral agrahara where a young woman confronts the descendents of her ancestors' enslavers. 30 stories, including translations from 7 languages www.blaft.com/collections/...

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The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF

An anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora. edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D. cover art by...

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I was looking for more uptempo stuff but this is pretty cool... I somehow did not realize that Tina Turner was a Buddhist or that she had recorded a very beautiful 2 hour chant track.

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And for non-US copyright holders whose pirated books were ingested, there is not even any settlement money. And somehow no Indian IP lawyer seems to have even heard of the case. 😭😭😭

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Will always read anything Young Samit* writes. * He recoils from this description, having reached what he considers a venerable age, but us fogeys who knew him since his Boy Wonder days are having none of it.

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nyalmo are the biggest, scariest, highest-altitude variety of Yeti. They live in matriarchal clans, practice haruspication (telling the future from entrails), and make music by chanting and drumming on logs. Learn more in GHOSTS, MONSTERS, AND DEMONS OF INDIA www.blaft.com/collections/...

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Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India

by J. Furcifer Bhairav and Rakesh Khanna 456 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". 600 g Paperback ISBN: 978-93-80636-46-7 Slightly shopworn discounted copies are available -- use OLDDEMONS at checkout for 40% off An ...

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Samit Basu @samitbasu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Out soon (by which I mean next month) from HarperCollins India. This is the cover, designed by the amazing Ramnika Sehrawat

Cover for Samit Basus new novel. A wolf-headed suit-clad man lounges on a couch. Bright red background

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 09/09/2026

I dunno, were they trying not to use the word trafficking which is illegal? (found the photo online, but here's an article from Bangladesh with more details: www.ajkerpatrika.com/en/national/ajprbvnvy4cix)

National International
Lemurs stolen from Gazipur Safari Park found at Ambani's wildlife rescue center, sold for ₹48 lakh

Source: Daily Inqilab | Media: Collected

A photo of ring tailed lemur, and an inset of anand ambani (whose pet project is this rescue center)

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We have been selling some zines and comics from other indie Indian creators on the OTHER INDIES! page on our website www.blaft.com/collections/... Please explore & boost & shop! Help us place larger orders and keep these excellent books/comix/zines in print!

Amar Bari Tomar Bari Naxalbari by Sumit Kumar... A comix history of India's Maoist insurgency

This Body is Not a Temple by Priyanka Paul... Just read this and get your ideas about gender and religion sorted

Pooja Saxena / Matratype's "Cinemas of Lucknow" accordion typography zine

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Bansa Community Library @bansalibrary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is what a library can do for a village. Look closely at these six girls at Bansa Library. They’re sitting on the floor, completely absorbed in the books they picked for themselves. One is reading quietly. Another is turning pages with a friend. Someone is probably looking for what to read next.

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Madhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 09/09/2026

TFW the erstwhile global hegemon in science becomes unsafe even for the Ig Nobel award ceremony! “But this year, for the first time, the Ig Nobels were held outside the United States. The country “has become unsafe for our guests to visit”, Ig Nobels founder, Marc Abrahams, announced in March.”

nature.com

Why the super-fun Ig Nobel prizes bring serious value to science

Awards that celebrate humour, curiosity and irreverence are a balm in hard times.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Folx who have used USA appliances in India and know about electrical appliances. What an adaptor will i need for that will accept this plug and also adjust for different voltage and frequency? India: 230 V 400 V 50 Hz This device: 120 V, 60 Hz

Label at bottom of an appliance.

Rice Cooker

Model No. RC5428 TYPE1

120V~60Hz

1000W

CAUTION: DO NOT IMMERSE IN WATER. HOUSEHOLD USE ONLY

ATTENTION: NE PAS IMMERGER.

UTILISATION DOMESTIQUE SEULEMENT

MADE IN CHINA / FABRIQUÉ EN CHINE APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC., MIRAMAR, FL 33027, U.S.A.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's my birthday. The best birthday present you can give a writer is buying/reading their books. This one's a mythic realist tale of a family belonging to a fading extradimensional diaspora set in 90s/00s Calcutta. British Fantasy & Subjective Chaos Kind of Award-winner, Locus nominee:

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The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBook

Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A rollercoaster ride to the rainbow at the end of the tunnel. #MixingMetaphorsLikeABoss

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sorry it just occurred to me that there may be people who haven’t seen clip from the Quibi show where Rachel Brosnahan plays a woman dying because of her golden prosthetic arm and I needed to fix that

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I don’t think I have any mutuals in Canada, but perhaps you do? unplug.todmaffin.com which redirects to engageq.notion.site/unplug is a directory of Canadian tech alternatives to US-based services. #LakeOntario

unplug.todmaffin.com

Unplug America | Notion

Canadian tech alternatives to bring your data back across the border. by Tod and Jocelyn Maffin • see their projects • support their work

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

He’s a ten, but she’s elven.

Screenshot from Lord of the Rings, showing Aragon and Eowyn.

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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

HiPOD: A Landslide in Eos Chasma This observation features a landslide formation that is relatively fresh and well-peserved, with lots of exposed bedrock. Our image footpring is located on a wall in Eos Chasma, at the eastern end of Valles Marineris. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077240_1675

Grayscale image shows a large landslide on the slope of a canyon wall on the surface of Mars.

Aerial view of a closeup of a section of a landslide with prominent boulders on the surface of Mars.

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