iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 29/09/2026

bold and wildly inexplicable photo choice here

Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did the on-train system maps always display the downtown couplets as single lines? I feel like that's a change but without being able to see the old version I'm not sure.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I mean, did they show up late to the interview with an iced coffee that they clearly stopped on the way to get? Because otherwise I'm not sure why I'm supposed to care.

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Michael Mishak @mjmishak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Online sportsbooks say they do not want business from problem gamblers. So @propublica.org's Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks on DraftKings testing how the company would react to someone displaying all the hallmarks of a compulsive bettor. Spoiler: It made him a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...

propublica.org

I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Starbucks to close at least 11 locations across Oregon and Washington, including four union shops

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

nytimes.com

F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

amtrak doing some guerilla mode shifting

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is the whole problem with AI right here. We're all hardwired to anthropomorphize rocks yet we invented computers that talk like us without fully thinking like us and somehow expected every user to immediately grasp that distinction and the limits it places on the talking computer's abilities.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So is the goal to increase or decrease the number of shots a kid receives? I mean I know nothing matters but you'd think it would have to be one or the other.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

404media.co

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tired: drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not. Wired: Killing people while driving drunk isn't even homicide unless the drunk driving was undertaken for the purpose of killing people.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute. AI agents are everywhere. They are annoying as hell. IMO the situation is going to get much worse www.404media.co/theres-a-100...

404media.co

There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Really, it's the perfect dad game. 1998-sized world and the same underlying game you've played a dozen times so you can play in short bursts without losing your place or taking years to beat it, but with visuals souped way the hell up so you can tell yourself that yes, the 4K TV was necessary.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

this is a good first step but if you really wanna make them modern you have to make them all RAV4s or pickups with 5 foot tall grilles

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The first three Amtrak Cascades Airo trainsets will enter revenue service Sept. 30! www.kgw.com/article/news...

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The kid in me hates that the new Ocarina of Time is a shot-for-shot remake and not an expanded reimagining, but the dad in me has to admit that if they gave it the full FF7R treatment I'd never have time to finish it.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I-5 southbound closure starts Sept. 11, will last at least 5 weeks. Here's what to know: www.kgw.com/article/traf...

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The problem with the AI-kills-us-all-in-10-years scenario is if we die, the power grid dies. Maybe in some hypothetical future we'll have fleets of servitor robots that the AI could hijack to keep physically shoveling coal into the plants, but for now it's basically our dead man switch.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

BREAKING: Blizzard union workers have ratified a historic contract that has secured guardrails around AI usage, layoff protections, remote/hybrid work benefits, and much more.

gamedeveloper.com

Blizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employees

Union members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more.

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thinking about this exchange today

A YouTube video for the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The comments section has an exchange as detailed below. “@TheMrdangles16 • 11y ago:
i hate the water temple... too confusing :(“ “@KeithHalsell • 2y ago:
it's been 9 years, i hope you are doing great in life now.” “@TheMrdangles16 • 2y ago: it couldn't be going worse Keith.”

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My Plex server runs off a single big hard drive from the Before Times. There is no backup. When it dies, everything goes. As they say in Snowpiercer, hard drives are extinct.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I think I'm hearing bass from the Bridge City Block Party right now? I am well over a mile away from the waterfront with many, many buildings in between.

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Lotta people on here freaking out at the Times because they don't like the Times but the work here was done by the Tow Center and it's a legit and important look at how politicians get their message out. www.cjr.org/tow_center/m...

cjr.org

Mamdani’s new NYC ecosystem of friendly influencers and public messaging.

A look inside the new New York ecosystem.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Me (trying to explain that this is the bad timeline): and so now the tech sector is apparently moving on from tokenmaxxing but- Time traveler from 1980 (delighted): I can't believe they found an even better confinement design, that's incredible.

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

CBS News’ story connecting the 9/11 anniversary with El-Sayed was blasted as racist and Islamophobic. But inside the network @status.news has learned Bari Weiss praised the piece even as senior staffers raised concerns with CBS’ standards department www.status.news/p/cbs-news-e...

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CBS’ El-Sayed Scandal

The Bari Weiss-led outlet is being pummeled by a storm of outrage over a story about Abdul El-Sayed—and Status has learned that within the network, some staffers have raised the matter with standards.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this but if your UI overhaul adds even one additional click to the workflow for a common task then regardless of any other new functionality or polish, you have fucked up.

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

dearly hope that the publication of this story involved a discussion with legal about using a photo of a specific marmot in conjunction with criminal allegations www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

wsj.com

Marmots Are Terrorizing California Hikers and Stealing Their Shoes

The cute but destructive rodents are criminal masterminds, easily circumventing humans’ meager defenses.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

what if the bug-filled breakfast burrito image was a psyop to lower everyone's standards? now that I've seen it, it's what my brain immediately jumps to when I think about AI menu slop, and compared to that these don't look so bad

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Why does Sudafed PE still exist? We all know phenylephrine does nothing! The FDA admits it! How is it still the core ingredient in all the cold medications on store shelves?

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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

New: Oregon has given out $1.4 *billion* to build low-income housing. The cost of those units is up 2X. Homelessness keeps increasing. “For all the public money, we seem to be digging a deeper hole." Yet Oregon is one of the only states that won't disclose the details of how that money is spent.

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Oregon Is Spending More Than Ever on Low-Income Housing. A State Law Keeps the Details Secret.

The state has given developers an unprecedented $1.4 billion, and the cost of developing each subsidized apartment has nearly doubled. But, thanks to a carve-out in its public records law, Oregon does...

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

They've moved on to the building demolition and it's happening way, way faster than expected. The city previously said it'd take up to two weeks to get the walls halfway down, but at the current pace it looks like they'll get there in a matter of hours. Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCll...

youtube.com

Watch live: Demolition of Centennial Mills now underway

YouTube video by KGW News

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In the video from this angle you can pretty clearly see the whole northwest wall of the building swaying — can't say for sure but it looks like the tower hit it on the way down — but it stays standing!

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A spectator send KGW this unbelievable photo of the moment of detonation. Photo credit: Barbara Bond.

Photo of the moment of detonation on the demolition of the Centennial Mills building rooftop water tower. Photo credit: Barbara Bond

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's down! New web story is posted, including video of the moment if you missed it or want to replay. www.kgw.com/article/news...

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you're not tuned in yet, now's the time! Demolition is set for approximately 2:30 p.m., with sirens set to go off around the site about three minutes in advance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUil...

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WATCH LIVE: Centennial Mills water tower demolition

YouTube video by KGW News

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

KGW has launched our live anchor coverage. Detonation in roughly half an hour. bsky.app/profile/anth...

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The city just said the demolition will happen at approximately 2:30 p.m., with audible siren alerts at the site starting three minutes beforehand.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

ok I'd be lying if I said the wait wasn't getting a little long

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

KGW's livestream is up! Exact demolition time still TBD as we wait for that 1-hour warning from the city, but you can start watching our live look now. On YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUil... On KGW dot com: www.kgw.com/video/news/l... Or find it on the KGW TV app: tv.kgw.com

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LIVE: Centennial Mills water tower ahead of controlled detonation

YouTube video by KGW News

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In case you haven't heard, crews are gonna bring down the Centennial Mills rooftop water tower in Portland today, using controlled explosives to sever the support structure and drop the century-old tank eight stories inside the burned-out building. Should be pretty cool. www.kgw.com/article/news...

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 11/08/2026

Sound Transit Threatens to Unleash Dark Rail If Riders Keep Ignoring Posted Warnings: tinyurl.com/2dmtw3zp

Sound Transit light rail train transformed into dark rail with blue and purple bolts around it with red lasers coming out of its headlights and a destination on the front labeled "HELL"

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

City officials say the Centennial Mills building remains at risk of collapse. The plan is for a fence to go up soon to deter people from entering the safety zone, but there's not much they can do about Union Pacific running trains through, other than continuing to tell the railroad it's a bad idea.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Does the Lents/Foster MAX station count as elevated/above-grade? Trying to figure out if the IBR stations will be the first of that type in the system and I think it kind of depends on that.

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm sorry but at this point I'm like

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Anthony Macuk @anthonymacuk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I remembered after half a second that Earth is ruined in Children of Time but my first thought was "wait, saw what coming, giant spiders?"

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