iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 12/10/2026

Sometimes in life, you see someone doing something, and you just think, "that person clearly didn't grow up watching the Final Destination movies"

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 30/09/2026

Hot take: Pokemon millennials are far more cringe than Potter millennials. Fight me.

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 03/09/2026

Finally diving into Sam Dalrymple’s debut book, and man, what a powerful opening

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 02/09/2026

Yeah I really don’t think us “Potter adults” are the target audience here. We’ve been milked dry and had our trust broken enough to not be interested in anything new that they put out. By starting over, they’re trying to groom a new generation into the fandom.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 01/09/2026

Just noticed the ChatGPT desktop app (previously named Codex) bundles a full copy of the LibreOffice open source office suite, tucked away in a hidden folder in the ~/.cache directory

I was poking around in my ~/.cache/ folder using OmniDiskSweeper when I spotted something interesting. The OpenAI Codex desktop app (since rebranded to just ChatGPT) has 1.7GB of stuff in there in a folder called codex-primary-runtime, including a full Python installation, a full Node.js installation, and native binaries for Poppler, git, and the LibreOffice open source office suite (which forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010):

Screenshot of a macOS disk usage app window in column view, titled "/Users/simon/.cache - 442.1 GB". First column: 356.8 GB huggingface, 82.5 GB uv, 1.7 GB codex-runtimes (selected), 609.0 MB datasette-sqlite, 298.8 MB rod. Second column: 1.7 GB codex-primary-runtime (selected). Third column: 1.7 GB dependencies (selected), 6.3 MB plugins, 4.1 kB runtime.json. Fourth column: 771.0 MB native (selected), 446.4 MB node, 440.6 MB python, 28.7 kB bin. Fifth column: 429.7 MB libreoffice-headless (selected), 187.9 MB poppler, 148.1 MB git, 4.7 MB libheif, 679.9 kB jxrlib.

The ~/.cache/codex-runtimes/codex-primary-runtime/plugins/openai-primary-runtime/plugins/documents folder includes skills which tell Codex how to find and use those binaries.

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 31/08/2026

Worcestershire always confuses me. Other ones that I learned late in life: awry isn't AW-ry, acquiesce isn't uh-QUEES, askance isn't ASK-ance...and many more, I didn't realise how long this list is. 😅

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 29/08/2026

Nice, I’ll give that a read. I do struggle with the more complicated games, but a good LOTR-themed game might be worth the effort to learn it 😂

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 29/08/2026

Never heard of this game, it looks very cool

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The Linux Foundation @linuxfoundation.org · 23/08/2026

In 2012, Linus Torvalds won the Millennium Technology Prize, often called tech’s Nobel, for creating the Linux kernel. The committee noted that software is too important to the modern world not to be built through open source. From a student side project to global infrastructure. 🐧 #Linux35

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2012 Millennium Technology Prize Laureate Linus Torvalds

YouTube video by Millennium Technology Prize

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 23/08/2026

“human civilization is a virus and that being alive is hell”—this much at least I can agree with. Perhaps my stomach just isn’t strong enough. 😂

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 23/08/2026

To confirm: does this mean you enjoyed American Psycho? The movie’s an all-time favourite of mine, but the book introduced me to the new, uncomfortable feeling of wanting to burn a book. I’ve been scared to go near Ellis since, wonder if I’m missing something.

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 22/08/2026

This is a bit like nohello.com. Courtesy works differently for asynchronous comms.

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hello network

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beetlejess @thejessness.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

on a scale of hedgehog cake, how are you feeling today? i think i’m a 6

9 attempts to make a hedgehog cake, with varying levels of cursedness. they range from melted and sad to bloody terrifying

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 22/08/2026

3, definitely 3. The horrors persist, but so do I.

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 13/08/2026

Oh wow, yes that looks very different. 😳

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 13/08/2026

Looks normal so far…maybe a phased rollout, and I’m still getting the old experience for now

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 13/08/2026

Oh no :(. I’m hesitant to even look…

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 11/08/2026

all of my successes have been luck, but get this — all my failures are my fault. this is just a weird thing that’s only true of me specifically and not anyone else though, so the rest of you should feel free to still be proud of your accomplishments

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 02/08/2026

Midnight, Paul...it's midnight. Why am I still on your website

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 28/07/2026

Man I always thought this was German, turns out DJ Otzi just covered it 😳. Anyway I’ve heard it played at a couple of Afrikaans dance parties here in South Africa

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Eva Navratilova @evanavratilova.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is deeply emotional for us.🥹 Scarlet Deer Inn, our dark medieval folk tale with physical embroidery, is OUT NOW on Steam! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us on this journey. ❤️ Steam: store.steampowered.com/app1553260

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 21/07/2026

Reminds me of the time I coughed so hard on a run, my watch started dialling my emergency contact to let them know I’d been hit by something 😅. Also got a lot of stares…

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Marty Huntford 🎞️✂️🎮🖥️ ((Now in Stereo)) @ipasocialist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#DunePart3 and #AvengersDoomsday opening on the same day creates an epic double-bill opportunity, where I can see Dune Part 3 in the morning, directly followed by Dune Part 3 again in the afternoon.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Freud said we need both work & love. Perhaps many people’s jobs are thankless drudgery – that already is a source of depression. But having something you do is pretty central to a lot of people’s identities, even if it’s not something you adore. If that just disappears, it will be a major adjustment

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🎃 The AbominaSean 🧟‍♂️ @sean8urson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"You come up with a slogan for the ice cream shop?" "Sure did boss, real fuckin haunting just like you asked." "what"

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Natasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Look at this beautiful caracal! Seen and photographed in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, by Hinesh Patel.

A big cat with pointy tufted ears and a russet coloured coat stands among some trees and bushes.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Watching simultaneous fireworks and lightning bolts is a surreal experience, like we’re going to war with the sky and it’s fighting back

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"We're ending physical disc production, but don't worry — we're ALSO shutting down our digital stores!" blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/a...

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An update on PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita

Changes start this year in select markets, followed by global changes in 2027.

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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 01/07/2026

PlayStation Is Getting Yelled At Everywhere Online One user replied to a post from the Sony Pictures account about Talladega Nights with a joke about the end of physical PlayStation games in 2028.

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PlayStation Is Getting Yelled At Everywhere Online - Kotaku

Even Sony's movie accounts are getting bullied

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 22/06/2026

I never got the whole "paying for multiplayer" thing. Does Sony run multiplayer servers/infra, or are they just taking a cut because they can?

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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Please Use AI

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sounds good to me! Who's in? #BookSky

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Michael Anderson @michael--anderson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Revisiting literary classics...updated, of course

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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026

If you use LLMs to do your data analysis, or if you listen to people who do, you should read this kucharski.substack.com/p/real-signa...

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Real signals or artificial stereotypes?

Adventures with a cultural Copilot

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 17/05/2026

Been thinking about this a lot, and coming to the same conclusion. Hopefully we won’t lose the luxury of working somewhere that’s accepting of our perspectives.

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 16/05/2026

16 for me (with a few more waiting for e on my bookshelf, fwiw 😛). Surprised there are two Kazuo Ishiguro novels there—I love his work, but the amount of critical acclaim he garners sometimes surprises me.

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brainwavez.org @brainwavez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Event Report: Readers Den Celebrates Free Comic Book Day And Comics Giveaway Day 2026 #SAComics #CapeTown www.brainwavez.org/books/featur...

A selection of the comics that were available at Readers Den Comic Shop in Wynberg, Cape Town.

The photo is of a top-down view of comics on a table. The titles include Image Comics' Energon Universe, Garfield, Sonic The Hedgehog, LEGO Batman, and Street Fighter Forever.

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Matt Doyle @mattdoylemedia.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Today is Sir Terry Pratchett's birthday. By far one of the best authors of my generation. “A man is not dead while his name is still spoken.” So, may his name echo eternally through the clacks. GNUTerryPratchett

Sir Terry Pratchett, laughing, with two birds sat on his head.

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 14/04/2026

Hectic. Yeah that “for now” is definitely ominous...

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 14/04/2026

Very fair point, I can’t argue with that.

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 14/04/2026

Ok who are you subtweeting here

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Shitesh Arihunta @arihunta.net · 14/04/2026

Ok now I’m curious about these issues

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