iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I was in 2nd grade when 9/11 happened and my dad happened to be in NYC on a business trip at the time. Because of that, I remember pretty much everything about that day, but NOT for the reasons you would think.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Growing some abstract carrots over here

A photo of a carrot so purple it is nearly black. The greens are removed and instead of one tap root, the carrot has branched into three separate main roots with a lot of smaller, branching roots on each of the three main roots.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The fun thing about collecting old cookbooks is sometimes you find deeply cursed old advertisements

An ad in an old cook book titled “Dicks One Hundred Amusements for Evening. Underneath the text is a line drawing of a Victorian boy inside of a long, tube like puppet that has the head of a jack in the box. The illustration is labeled “the flexible giant. A comic illusion.” There is nothing comic about the illustration.

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petziez @petziez.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I think most folks Know this but could stand to be more Aware: Very many someones were involved in making Everything you own

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I was supposed to be on vacation but got the flu instead ✌️ So I’m painting self indulgent lily pad ladies to cope

A picture of a vibrant guache painting depicting a pond filled with water lilies. A green face, up to its nose in the water, peeks out from under three of the lilies in the upper left corner.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/05/2026

The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.

Construction photo of the Sen̓áḵw housing project in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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dr. hazel 🕸️ @hazelmonforton.com · 02/05/2026

I can’t stress enough how much some of y’all need to cultivate a hobby.

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MORGUES @mxmorgan.com · 30/04/2026

prints are also available here! www.inprnt.com/gallery/mxmo... consider sending me a tip or grabbing something from my shop if you enjoy my work and want to see me continue making art! bsky.app/profile/mxmo...

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers. Absolutely heartbreaking 😔 Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!

forbes.com

Disney Layoffs Hit Marvel Studios Hard

The Academy Award-winning artists behind some of Marvel's biggest hits are among the casualties from company wide staff reductions.

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Ghost Ryder @wanderways.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Me, taking the day off because I am McCursed with an illness I have yet to shake: Hm, I’m in the “oh woe is me I’m so lonely & useless & stuck inside” zone, I should go get some sunlight and fresh air on this peaceful morning. The humble gas-powered leaf blower: Allow me to introduce myself.

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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

do I really have the energy for another round of 'why the Easter elements you think are pagan aren't, and why a load of Easter elements most people haven't even heard of probably are'

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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This isn't my usual content but there's infuriating, anti-labor legislation being weighed right now in the US to protect quartz manufacturers from consequences for their product causing silicosis in stone cutters at alarming rates- everyone needs to know about it: www.cbsnews.com/news/silicos...

cbsnews.com

Disease once linked to mining hits workers in countertops industry

Crystalline silica, which is released into the air when workers cut and polish engineered stone for kitchen countertops, can scar human lungs beyond repair.

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Regressor @the-regressor.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Longtime college friend of mine, Mike Prinke, was among those laid off at Epic Games: he has been fighting terminal brain cancer, and now he, his wife, and kid, have no income or health insurance. Sharing here in hopes it can reach the right people on their behalf. #epicgames

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Babybel Bandit @greblin.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Welcome to America, where the gutter repair guy can casually find a bullet lodged in your roof and not freak out at all because this is a pretty frequent thing for him.

Picture of a left hand, palm up holding a small bullet in the palm. The bullet is dirty and is mostly intact, though the tip is crushed.

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Spiteful Matt @realmfresh.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Sinners deserves Best Cinematographer simply for the fact that it's a modern movie where you can tell what's going on during all the night scenes

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Extremely proud that I’ve now convinced two different DnD parties to name their pirate ship “Lawnmower”

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I am learning things today.

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Bee 🌙 @avoidbee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

My comic Lilith is out now! “Lilith thinks everything in her life's ok, until a snake comes along and encourages her to reexamine it.” You can get it on: Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/lilith... Itch avoidbee.itch.io/lilith Physical books www.etsy.com/listing/4466... #art #comic #horror

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Over the past week I’ve gone through over 1,500 portfolios. And this is my bi-yearly reminder, begging, pleading, make it one gallery page with your best art. If I have to navigate more than two clicks and I’ve got 800 more portfolios to review that day I’m going to dissolve into a pool of goo.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Five word horror story: Their portfolio is on Facebook

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This country is governed by people who manufacture crises, lie to justify violence, and then tell us it’s for our own good. They wreck lives abroad while people here can’t afford to live. This isn’t strength or strategy and it doesn't make us safer. The opposite. It’s incompetence, cruelty, and rot.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Drawing detail in a cafe till my eyes bleed, nature is healing.

A sketchbook open to the first page with a pencil sketch of a cafe interior. It shows mostly the counter and drink prep area and the clutter surrounding it.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I think Dead Man: Wake Up was designed in a lab to contend for the spot of my favorite film.

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🦇 Crosschopper 🔜 @crosschopper.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Oh yeah? Well could AI do THIS??

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Turns out working at DFTBA for a long time means that if you brag about me to how much a company gives to charity I will break out a calculator to figure out what percentage of your profit that is and I WILL judge you if it‘s comparatively pocket change.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Important research is happening tonight.

A xy axis graph with the title “soup to sauce.” The x axis is labeled by viscosity, thin to thick. The y axis is labeled in volume from low to SPC to high to SPC. In the lower left corner is an asterisk followed by SPC = standard Protocol Chunk.

No plots are yet plotted on the graph.

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Viv @ Home @dizzybreak.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

oh god ok ttrpg told poorly - the gang fights a big scary demigod angel - multiple onscreen kisses in a boss fight? one did poison damage?? - 1 off a tpk - invented and then felt pathos for a furniture making hermit - Juggernaut puppet dies a tragic second death, coughs up protien milkshake - this:

man knocking over dominoes meme

small domino reads "its neat that TTRPG rules are a semi-diagetic holy writ" and the big domino it leads to reads "A house is a type of combatant the rogue can evade"

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MK Reed - @ SPX K4B @mkreed.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership. details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...

4culture.org

Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide

King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Sketching at the Seattle Aquarium today ✨

Four sketches of marine animals in blue pencil. The top left is of a octopus scrunched into a corner, the top right is of a harbor seal with a simplified cartoon face, the bottom left is of a crab with algae on its back, and the bottom right is of a sea otter on its back clutching a rock.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Every year our neighbors decorate their backyard with inflatable Christmas figures, so behold what stares into our house ever night from Halloween through new years.

A photo taken through a sliding glass door at night of a scene of several inflatable Christmas decorations. The Santa figure stares straight at the camera.

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Ghost Ryder @wanderways.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I am a tired crab with a soft shell. I resent having to be a cockroach.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

What level of tired is it when the only words you can think of to describe noted artist Joseph Mallord William Turner‘s style is “brush slut?”

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Blanket jail is for tiny criminals who take one too many swipes at our guests.

A supremely grumpy looking black cat wrapped in a fuzzy blanket up to her cheeks. One eye is open while the other is an angry slit. She also has one visible snaggle tooth.

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Ghost Ryder @wanderways.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I wrote creative text for Reality Fracture! Card names and flavor text as part of a *very* exciting team of writers. No more to say now, but I did have a ton of fun working on the set ✨🤐 #WotCStaff #MTGFracture

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LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

This career is wild. I’m supposed to be a merch designer, project manger, social media manager, convention logistics manager, book keeper, R&D, and probably more AND THEN somehow find time to go to the gym, cook healthy food, and have meaningful relationships. I’m tired lol

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Still a WIP, but guess who decided to paint a mosaic last night. Ow my hand

Digital painting of a person staring directly at the viewer. They have an oval face, brown hair with silver strands, and they’re wearing a dark green blouse with slightly transparent sleeves. On their right arm they have a botanical tattoo sleeve done in the style of scientific botanical illustrations. There is a slight smile on their face as they regard the camera. The background of the painting is an art nouveau style mosaic that halo’s the figure’s head. It’s is composed of swooping greenery in abstract patterns with clusters of wheat blooming in each corner. There are also small hidden owl faces at equidistance around the edge of the circle.

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Mushroom @mushroomtherobot.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Do you remember making potions as a kid, and yearn for that experience as an adult? Do you like making delicious treats but hate the oven in the summer? Do you have someone who's neck you want to wring? Do you need to work out your grip strength? Try my favorite fancy lemonade recipe!

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Vlada Repina Art @vladabotanica.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Still working on my strawberry piece 🍓 Here’s a tiny peek at the flower — they’re so soft and delicate, I love drawing them! ✏️🌸 #botanicalart #strawberryart #naturedrawing #floralsketch #artpeek

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

A friend of mine just got their wisdom teeth removed which reminded me that when I got mine out I woke up from the anesthesia in a completely empty room with a red rose on my chest. Did anyone else have this experience or did I like, briefly die or something. The people (me) need answers.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I got my hair cut today with the goal of looking more visibly gay and then got jumped 3 hours later by three extremely inebriated women who wanted to make out with me. So it worked? Maybe too well? Coven Salon in Seattle y'all

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Today in small pieces of good news to keep you going: I bought a teeny tiny olive tree earlier this year and I think it’s fruited

Close up picture of a small olive tree planted in a pot. The leaves are long and thin and the bark of the tree is a light silver. On the branches are small green balls which are hopefully baby olive fruits.

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Zoë @zoepolando.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Practicing black belt levels of active listening in an online meeting while I detach my cat from my hair that she insisted on grooming and is now gagging on because it’s too long.

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