iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 05/10/2026

just because it made me happy and I thought it was extra pretty in the fog: my (back) yard’s past and present state; pics taken about 8 years apart

A blank green patch of sod surrounded by a wood privacy fence.

An oasis that somebody actually cares about - pic taken from roughly the same angle, but now it’s all trees, flowers, and a paver pathway leading to a round patio. The fog-shrouded trees in the background make it look so nice, tho.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As a San Francisco resident, I beseech you to write this PSA on your heart.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Country rube stuff 101: if they talk fast, they got their hands in your pocket.

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Leaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gonna be honest, gang. The moment you convince people you can make a machine who is conscious and capable of suffering, that is the moment you should be introduced to John Brown's blade for thinking you can sell that person.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026

The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sunflower holding sunlight ... 🧡

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Doctor “NAFO” If You’re Nasty @docnickie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Refusing AI is like refusing one of Sauron’s delightful Rings of Power! Think of all the power!!”

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Who amongst us hasn't been tempted...

Accountant calls police after being asked to attend meeting

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Ted Lemon @abhayakara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are some amazing gems hidden out there in the interwebs. Here Simone Dinnerstein does a deep but fun discussion about the form of the Goldberg variations. I've dabbled in it 12 years now, and have several favorite recordings, but never saw this until today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNm-...

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Exploring J.S. Bach's "The Goldberg Variations" with Simone Dinnerstein

YouTube video by Emmanuel Music

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fuck the police.

A cat grooming herself on a couch, in front of a throw pillow that says "Reserved for the Dog"

The same cat, looking up to camera, as if to challenge it.

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have no idea if this is true but the collage kills me

A black lemur in a leafy tree with its mouth open as if singing, beside an inset photo of Pavarotti striking a similar pose. Text reads: “New research shows lemurs use operatic techniques when they sing, to reach high notes.” Classic FM.

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Tough love” 🙄 Here’s a thought - tough love isn’t, in fact, love

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ICE is torturing this man. This is an emergency.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mike Rogers and Donald Trump think that their proximity to power is worth more than your ability to live your life. It’s why we have to stand up to Bad Men…

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Agent Smith being able to transform literally anybody within the proximity of Neo & crew into an Agent Smith was a very clever allegory for what it feels like to experience authority & the world around me based on my lived experience as a Black person.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lynchings and burning witches at the stake are just another face of crime that witches and people liable to be lynched should take precautions about. Here's a stylish iron collar to protect your neck and some flattering fire-retardant dresses.

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Ted Lemon @abhayakara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Really nice weather today riding between Apeldoorn and Arnhem.

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Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 24/09/2026

Imagine if companies had to prove their tools had positive effects on student learning outcomes _before_ thousands of students were forced to be their unconsenting unpaid beta-testers.

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Thomas Talhelm @thomastalhelm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚨 It's published! 🚨 This is the big one. 100 cultures, 12,000 people, 108 researchers. Why people (and our most-used surveys) get collectivism wrong and how to fix it. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.nature.com

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Toadking @toadkingstudios.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT

Picture of a whale giving the news. He has his mouth open and is wearing a blue suit. A speech bubble suggests he is saying the quoted post. A Square in the right corner shows krill and a red line jaggedly going upward. Art by toadkingstudios

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Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

True words from someone who had the wisdom to admit what made him happy.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Trump said that if I didn’t vote for him, gas prices would double. It looks like he was right.

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Ted Lemon @abhayakara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This was long (an hour and a half) and I don't regret watching it at 1x. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbzY...

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AOC in Conversation with David Axelrod

YouTube video by UChicago Institute of Politics

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank

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Ted Lemon @abhayakara.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Bend the knee, centrist losers!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PSA: No Kings is a coalition, not an org, and it does not do fundraising appeals for itself. Partner orgs raise money for costs we're incurring to put it on. But if you get a text from "NO KINGS" or a PAC you've never heard of before asking for $ that is a scam and you should block/shame away.

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Mezzy (She/It)🏳️‍⚧️🇯🇵 #toxicyurivnjam @ateliermichi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The bellwether for any politician should be "human rights for everyone." Because if human rights don't apply to ALL humans, then they aren't "human rights" they're just demographics to manipulate for political gain. Empathy is a prerequisite, not an optional trait.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Political organizations seek power by persuading and mobilizing voters. “You helped elect Trump” reverses that relationship. The institution doesnt have to explain why it lost support, critics must explain why they failed to suppress their criticism enthusiastically enough.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Absolutes are always dangerous but every single human being who has ever used the phrase “helped elect Trump” sleeps in a protective tent filled with their own fart gas.

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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 11/09/2026

guys I hacked my roomba and dropped it in the reservoir and now I'm afraid it's going to put poison in the water supply. this isn't 8th dimensional chess marketing I swear. now if you will simply refer to the following presentation

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Woman Asks for Money: 'Money Pleeeease!'

ALT: Woman Asks for Money: 'Money Pleeeease!'

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So tomorrow when my husband (and funnily one of my close friends) both celebrate their birthdays, I think about it as a New York specific tragedy because if you hate NYC, you don’t get to claim 9/11

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

They have a narrative that al qaeda attacked “America” because it’s “Christian”. And no, they attacked NYC because it’s liberal and powerful and diverse - the opposite of the red state rural constituency that wants to claim 9/11 the most

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dirtside's monster @dirtside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

i still don't understand what kind of crazy person would walk away from omelettes

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Ted Lemon @abhayakara.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This analysis is soo good. She describes my gut reaction pretty exactly.

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Ted Lemon @abhayakara.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm reading an article in "bylinetimes.com" at the moment, and at the bottom of the page there's a banner that says "please pay, almost nobody pays." Dear friends, stop whining and wake the fuck up. If nobody is paying, you're doing something wrong. I want to support, but I don't want to subscribe.

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 08/09/2026

The authoritarians are winning, we can all see that. Maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't be the worst thing if pro-democracy people stopped being ridiculously naive about social media. berjon.com/media-media/

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The authoritarians are winning, we can all see that. It wouldn't be the worst thing if the pro-democracy camp stopped being naive about social media.

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Sam King @samcking.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today’s Italy update: we went in a church and there was a big inflatable bug

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Ted Lemon @abhayakara.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This video literally made me cry. Not a sad cry, a happy cry.If you love books and have been depressed by recent news, give it a watch. You will not regret it.

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