iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Live in Bengaluru Sunday October 11 at 6 PM! Kuzhali Manickavel in conversation with Shalini Srinivasan Launching her first novel! RVSP at the link below! champaca.in/blogs/events...

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Book Launch | ‘A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Gove

Join us for the book launch of Kuzhali Manickavel's debut novel, which draws from her high school years in small-town Tamil Nadu.

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

SAW. South Asians Worldwide.

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

You’re getting one less than you might have. Never got beyond a first paragraph. In balance, a good thing; I suck at fiction.

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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

Why is Shiv catching strays?

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

“Faillison.” Most excellent. Your coining?

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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

Millet sheera. Rinse and then soak the millet. Drain. Add water, cook in pan (or rice cooker, like I did) with jaggery and cinnamon powder, until porridgy. Lightly toast raisins, nuts. Add to the mix, then add milk, stir until milk is absorbed. Set in a bowl in fridge.

Top view of a glass bowl in which a white porridge is set. There are toasted nuts and raisins visible in the mix

A closer shor of a slice of the set porridge in a steel vaati. You can just about see the texture of the cooked millet grains clumped together. There are bits of toasted almonds, cashewnuts and raisins visible in the mix.

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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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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

William ‘Apple’ Crumble was on the right track, but never got his just desserts.

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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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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

(I do not mean to take away from your larger point, though.)

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It is a general practice to not repeat words in a headline, strap or even sentence. (I worked on a newspaper desk.)

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#TIL about the existence of a Pullman loaf tin. And why they are called that.

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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

Why don’t you leave it to us old farts who were alive then to embarrass ourselves with our own pictures?

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

I surprised myself by remembering that one. Have never used one except for during school practicals. I guess it and the vernier caliper occupy adjacent spaces in my memory.

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

I was going to make a joke related to the book, but his sister, Sayoni, beat me to it.

And no, I don't think he has a portrait which is mysteriously ageing in his attic, mainly because he does not have an attic.

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

Probably doesn’t qualify as a banger — I am never sure what the term means — but I listen to a lot of Ani Choying Drolma when I am playing in art.

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