iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Language always revealed whether you’re rich or poor. A gatekeeper for jobs, grants, and socializing. Until recently, when most communication became written, and you could install a free LanguageTool to polish up the words which give away your background. Not anymore. (1/3)

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

#Brand safety. The text in French reads: As we wait for the #climate emergency to be treated as an emergency, who’s looking after the kids? And yes — there’s a reason #Champagne glasses have those long stems. A reliable IQ-and-culture indicator bleeding through this page.

A boy wades through a flooded town as well-groomed adults enjoy champagne outside of Dubai.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Just finished walking through Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite”. The film is about a missed ICBM atta… erm… Let’s call it “fly through” over Canada and into the USA. (1/60)

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The year is 2025. • inhaling burning carcinogens and nicotine, AKA smoking? ☑️ • ingesting a solvent, disinfectant, and cleaner, AKA ethanol ☑️ • overeating simple sugars and sodium ☑️ • remaining seated or semi-prone for most of adult life ☑️

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

«А потом наступит #день, дееень Каждый скажет: То, что было — не помню. И пойдёте вы под пастушью свирель Дружным стадом… на бойню. #Бог терпел и вам велел, так терпи!»

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Пока сложилось впечатление, что особенно русофонные #Threads — какая-то справочная на площади Ленина, где ждут ответов на все вопросы от незнакомых прохожих. Кто-то даже уверяет, что «я загуглю, но от живых людей всегда узнаю более интересную информацию.»

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

What survives is mostly biology, not policy. #science

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Now, this is a first! I got blocked on #Meta’s Threads by a Russian “ #Sports Medicine #Doctor” for posting links to scientific #research papers after she stated that “recovery #runs are a myth”: www.threads.com/@dr_labzova/...

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A 5-year-old boy dies in a car after his mom “forgot” to “drop” him at daycare in the #US. 9 hours. +32°C outside. +50°C inside. He stayed strapped in, didn’t scream, didn’t try to escape. Just died. Dropped for #dead.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Why no one talks about existential #AGI risk? Shouldn’t we be worried about all of us dying? Or becoming well-fed pets in a locked-down zoo? An excellent table by Dan Faggella, summing up the #HomoSapiens population of the planet.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

So you’re struggling to finance your #feature #film. Or buy a “pro” camera. Or just a MacBook to type a novel. Or pay rent. Maybe just fix that gnawing tooth-ache? How about an AC, now that +40℃ is the new normal? Then you see how much we spend on bombing each other. #Actions = real priorities.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

- Tests? - Uhm… - Deploy? - Sure… (For the non-French — Doctolib is a de facto monopolist interface to book a medical consultation. One of those French Touch unico… is it, really?)

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Already today, #entertainment is digital — Netflix, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, OF. Solitary, seamless, and instantly gratifying. 9,99 per month. Now imagine adding an #LLM tailored to your personal data (like OpenAI’s custom instructions):

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The Silo series, like The Expanse, aspires to blend intricate sociodynamics with grounded engineering realism. Or does it dig its way down? The core of both stories — scientia potentia est — is clear. Knowledge is power.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Understanding without #action is well-informed inaction.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Ever copied #ChatGPT content into #Word? The Markdown doesn’t match your styles, and “paste as text only” nukes all structure and embellishments. Frustrating. So I wrote a #Node.JS script. It grabs ChatGPT’s “Copy” button’s output, converts it to RTF, and maps it to your predefined Word styles.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

If someone’s only definition of freedom is “I can do whatever I want if I have a lot of money” and they tend to Bask in Reflected Glory (BIRG) — they are easy prey to the #psychopaths

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Americans’ exposure to economics is limited to a 15-week course in school, focused on US-centric, outdated free-market principles. The curriculum neglects behavioral economics, socialism vs communism, global trade, and… tariffs.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

– So what do you do? – Oh, I sing REM, The Eagles and Boney M. covers. My music’s played in supermarkets. It’s very well paid! – Uhm… – I can’t write my own lyrics anyway. And I can’t invent new #music either, to be honest. My next album is all #ChatGPT, though. How about you? – Well… True story.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

#Aslice, a music revenue-sharing platform launched by DJ and producer DVS1 (Zak Khutoretsky) in 2022, has announced its permanent closure. It encouraged DJs to report setlists and pay a percentage of their fee to the artists they played—a variant of Germany’s GEMA-Vermutung.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Music Interpolation. Or how no one actually cares about what they listen to. Even if it’s #theft. Or uncredited #LLM regurgitation. Hey, I bet you probably won’t care about this video by #RickBeato either. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_9L...

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Isn't This Just Stealing?

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Where are we at? Where are _you_ at? Robert Kegan and William Torbert’s research into why #adults stop learning and changing upon entering the workforce. The main reason?

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Ever wondered about the heart-rate accuracy of the cheapest #AppleWatch compared to a medical-grade ECG chest strap? I did: github.com/Anatoly-IVAN... Results? Surprisingly close.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

#Parents either raise their #children to be #happy or convenient. The first type lives in #happiness, or at least actively strives for it, seeking its meaning for themselves and others, beyond consumerism and ideology.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

“We and our 1 574 partners value your #privacy.” I mean, why not 5 000 cookies? 10 000 trackers? Would 50 000 increase my privacy value? Sounds legit.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

“From #Buddha to #Schopenhauer, there is a long philosophical tradition positing that life is not worth living. One new way of looking at the physical universe and the evolution of #consciousness is as an expanding ocean of suffering and confusion where previously there was none.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 03/08/2024

A few of humanity’s attempts at explaining #consciousness… Which ones have you explored so far? 🤪 From “A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explanations and implications” by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, which lists and overviews the following (with a handy graphic by Alex Gomez-Marin)

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 03/08/2024

Today, as we negotiate with our yesterdays to craft and forge our tomorrows’, let us both be reminded and remind ourselves that today is only today, and tomorrow will cannot be today until tomorrow becomes today. Unburdened.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Taylor Swift ranked as the 8th best #guitarist of the past 20 years.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

Wow. Bosch plans to acquire 100% of the Johnson Controls–Hitachi Air Conditioning joint venture, including #Hitachi’s 40% percent stake, and integrate the acquired businesses into the #Bosch Home Comfort Group. 😮

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 22/07/2024

Anyone used Odoo? The European roots, Open Source ( github.com/odoo/odoo ), modularity, EU accounting compliance are all appealing…

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

Have you ever put on a sock inside-out? How about “lost 10 kg just by thinking about it”? That’s how Apple’s #Foundation’s Black Hole Jump Drive™ feels to someone who understands #physics:

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Only 3 #life -defining questions to answer: WHAT to do, with WHOM, WHERE? First question, going from simplest/boring to complex/transcendental: consume, speculate, redistribute or create?

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Her: I need a bottle of wine. Me: I need a bottle of argon.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

The good: Having the ability to vote, even if the choices only marginally represent my own ideas and ideals, amidst an exceptionally high participation rate. The bad: 🤦🏻‍♂️ The ugly: Humans shouting at a ball rolling on the grass, displayed on a large screen, while their fate is being decided.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

Blocking a conversation online because someone does not think the same thoughts sure is going to change the world for the better. 🤦🏻‍♂️ So easy and efficient… for confirmation bias.

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Boo-face Sicko @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

It's very hard to make art in a society where it is deeply ingrained that the serious work of your life is making money for other people and taking care of your loved ones, and art is a slightly self-indulgent hobby for yourself.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

Why music has lost all of its value? Because: behavioral economics (market oversaturation, race to the bottom, IKEA effect, desocialization…) Explained in uncorporate speak by Rick Beato: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bZ0... But, there’s a positive side to the musicide:

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

Did you know that ideology reduces your ability to do basic math? Well-researched and documented. So, what are we doing with this “glitch” of the “human condition”?

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors. If self-deception promotes reproductive success, the brain lies. Truth never matters. Only fitness does.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

“The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” — Wayne Dyer

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

Quick questions to the audience: What is in the picture? What is that glowing stuff called? What are its main characteristics you find most fascinating? Why does it emit light?

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

Wait, the Asics Magic Speed’s designers cut the outsole to expose the foam right at the point of initial contact with the ground for any serious efficient runner (forefoot strike, high cadence…)?! Why? 😮

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

A typical American full-time college student spends less than 3 hours per day on all education-related activities. 😮 Most work a side-job to study. Plus, college has become a very expensive social club.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

The Golden Rule — whoever has the gold makes the rules. Johnny Hart in “Wizard of Id”

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

Have I missed something? Is it now normal for white, post-doc women to elbow-kick their love interest and colleague in the solar plexus? And a black male one at that?

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

2300 exhibitors stretching beyond the horizon of 100000 m² hosting 1500 #CNC machines and more tools to invent, mill, bend, weld, bolt and transform materials into something smart and useful. Global Industrie Paris #GI24 — a creative counterpoint to a global trend of destruction.

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Anatoly IVANOV @anatolyivanov.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

Wear the same outfit for a month to notice that no one notices. If it’s clean — no one cares. Even if your jeans got holes. Even if you’re a woman, certain that you need a new dress and a matching handbag every day.

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