iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15h

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21h

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23h

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 21h

There is exactly 1 US public health agency still doing the work.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Belligerently disturbing the natural nesting habitat of the animaniac.

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briellastella @briellastella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Customer service has gotten materially worse. Web search is barely usable. Webpages have become less functional and those that still work are buckling under 100x the traffic. Basic computer functionality we've taken for granted has been trashed. Malpractice has proliferated across every industry.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 07/10/2026

It’s not better for the generations after us, who are watching every one of their career ambitions disappear in real time before they even get to start them There are students right now on their third or fourth change of major, as the funding keeps getting cut and the rugs keep getting pulled

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Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Made this ADORABLE (and delicious) wee ciabatta today, from @ryeisenberg.bsky.social ‘s fantastic book! I got it as consolation for our son leaving for college, since we don’t have a resident teenager to eat the big loaves I make before they go stale, and this was absolutely the right call!

Ciabatta loaf on a sheet of parchment paper

Ciabatta loaf on a sheet of parchment paper, with a hand next to it for scale. The loaf is small!

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you’re a woman, the question of whether you survive your childbearing years really isn’t that abstract, and it’s disturbing that a man would think that

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Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Glad kanelbullensdag! I love a made-up food holiday 😊

An oval platter piled high with Swedish-style cinnamon buns, which are twisted knots topped with pearl sugar.

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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jay, god's most perfect princex @jaythenerdkid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

why pay for school photos when, for the low, low price of feeding your own child's sensitive personal information to a machine that churns out child sexual exploitation imagery, you could get a bunch of photos of a creepy waxwork simulacrum of your child instead?

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026

Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since: This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yknow its a shame halloween isn’t a gift giving holiday, i’d make bank in october selling Luxury Halloween Gifts™ By all means help me make this new tradition a reality. Gift your loved ones something spooky. To uhhh, ward of evil

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

fucking GOOD

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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a light last week in the forest near my house

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 01/10/2026

End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/09/2026

*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing.

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lawngnomesorceress @lawngnomesorceress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

this is a fucking bellwether. i cannot emphasize enough just how how deeply entwined the crafting and fiber arts communities were with hp fandom, and if over 50% of the reddit crafting forum has voted it out? it's fucking over, that shit is officially running on fumes now.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2026

fascists only have one move, which is to find people to blame problems on. they can't address any real problems bc that's not part of the story. they just have to find people to blame. and anybody who doesn't play along becomes somebody to blame

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 20/09/2026

ended up talking to the 4th grader this morning about fascists, which can be hard to explain simply. i said fascists get mad the world isn't how they want, so they make up a story: things used to be good, but certain people ruined it, and if we just get rid of them everything will be good again

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Matt Jordan @itsmattjordan.com · 19/09/2026

Me when it's time to defend Tillamook

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We took our baby to college and left him there today - it’s exciting and scary all at once (for all of us)! But I’ve spent 19 years completely immersed in his life, and now that stage of my life is over. Now this huge piece of my heart lives elsewhere, and it’s discombobulating. It’s too quiet here.

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The new AI captchas are really something ᵛⁱᵃ ˣᴷᶜᴰ

This image is XKCD #2228: "Machine Learning Captcha" by Randall Munroe, which satirizes how verification tests might exploit human fear and judgment during a hypothetical robot takeover.

text:
TO PROVE YOU'RE A HUMAN, CLICK ON ALL THE PHOTOS THAT SHOW PLACES YOU WOULD RUN FOR SHELTER DURING A ROBOT UPRISING.

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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"How's it going?" "Welp it's a major news story that the nominee for the nation's leading health advocate position dares to agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

People - including children - will die. Only a question of how many and when.

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Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank goodness they put a shaker lid on this jar of whole nutmeg, that’ll be really useful

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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 13/09/2026

100%. For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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Liz @stayathomecommie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

something i really resent is that they made a machine that uses every public thought we've ever had, and now it's our job to carefully edit every public thought so it doesn't sound like the machine, which is continuing to steal our every public thought by the minute

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinook salmon have recolonised 88% of their historic range on the Klamath River, with more than 13,000 fish passing the old Iron Gate Dam site in 2025, up from 7,700 the year before. Two years after the dams’ removal, it’s going better than anyone predicted. buff.ly/pToC9gB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Rewilding the upper Klamath River Basin: rapid recolonization of Chinook salmon following the world’s largest dam removal

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10/09/2026

IF MISS PIGGY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AN OSCAR, THEN WHY ARE WE EVEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION!?!!

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Aurelius Raines II (He/Him) @aureliusr2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For younger people who were not there... Know that this country did not come together after 9/11. They went after every brown skinned person they could. Americans didn't know the difference between a Arab and a Sikh. We perpetrated and tolerated violence and misinformation on these people.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

when I am god-empress of the universe it will be illegal for people to disable the ability to paste into a password field

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.

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Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Was adding stuff to the college shopping list with my son tonight, and I said oh, we should get you an Ethernet cable. He said, “Yeah - also what even IS Ethernet? I’ve heard it’s like a substitute for wifi?” And I just crumbled into dust 😂👵🏻💀

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Erin S. Pumpkins @erincikanek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We’re sitting here talking about proclamations. Not a law. Not the constitution. We’re talking about proclamations, man. What are we talking about? Not democracy. We’re talking about proclamations.

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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The President of the United States has made a post celebrating a Nazi victory. The President of the United States has made a post celebrating a Nazi victory. The President of the United States has made a post celebrating a Nazi victory. The President of the United States has made a post celebrating

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Last time, company brought in founder’s sister & there wasn’t enough to pay both of us. I’m not related so I was out. This time (I’m getting laid off next month), they’ve replaced me w/ offshore people who have months of experience on my product vs my 10+ years. At least I’m getting good severance?

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Ann Scranton @annsy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Kid and I got the new covid vax yesterday - yaaaay! Our insurance doesn’t cover CVS anymore - booo They did my shot before they realized that our insurance wasn’t gonna cover it, so they didn’t charge me - yaaaay!

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