iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They will have to invent books after stealing our books to feed their machines that then killed books.

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Burhan @burhanplays.bsky.social · 19h

If you're in the Klang Valley area of Malaysia, check out this art market that my friends are organizing:

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 19h

h/t to @slack2thefuture.bsky.social for letting me know you can delete the "customer personalization" data in your Amazon account and enter anything you want. Like this.

Fucking with Amazon "customer personalization"

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 19h

What is very clearly going to actually happen is that Ellison will succeed entirely in knocking out key load-bearing parts of television, making it much much less resilient. Think about how reality tv was created in response to a writer's strike, how you can see exactly when it happened in series

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 04/10/2026

this is 90% of the problem with AI messaging. a bunch of computer touchers were told they were the smartest boys and were compensated in a manner that reflected it. then a huge part of their job was replaced by a beep boop robot (because programming *is* 1s and 0s via language) and they went insane

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The fieldwork for my monograph required me to talk to Hindu nationalists, casteists and bigots. The ethics I set myself for those interviews was to not hide my own politics. People still talked. That was research. I am not socializing with such people. Understanding does not require normalizing.

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Rie Sonomura, NeoY2K Hacker Vtuber @riesonomura.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music

I wish all AI generated thumbnails a very "Don't recommend channel"

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江川仮名子🔞🔰10月25日インテ @ekawakanako.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

thrifting (W遊戯女体化/GenderbendAU/Puzzleshipping)

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Nichole Hiltz
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Exactly. This is such a lie. Email had a purpose. The internet had a purpose. Search had a purpose. Everybody loved Silicon Valley in the 90s because they made shit that did what it promised. Now 3 guys who never made SHIT have ALL the money in SV. They're scam artists. Not engineers.

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Non-consensual, hard-to-avoid "use" of GenAI (like asbestos shoved into every crevice) does not invalidate critique of GenAI (primarily, its political economy of resource extraction, labor exploitation, &c)

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South East Asia Game Aesthetic @seagamethetic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've been scooping my eyes on this restaurant management game from Malaysia where you must cook food using monster as ingredients as normal ingredients are scarce in this post-apocalyptic world Check out Midwest 90: Rapid City on Steam by Hidden Chest Studios (Malaysia) #indie

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S.E. Sinkhorn @sesinkhorn.com · 02/10/2026

hell yeah

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I frequently see "AI" boosters implying that LLMs are simply an innate and superior part of coding now, inescapable, and that literally all programmers agree with them. And, well. That, too, is a form of propaganda

Looking at my software peers in 2026 I see fatigued faces, I see frustration, and I see a lot of people looking for a way out of an industry that seems poised on the brink of collapse. LLMs are being pushed on us at every turn, most people seem at best frustrated by them, and ultimately they seem to appeal most to people who see the production of software as a purely mechanical means to an end. They are antithetical, however, to the idea of software as a craft, or something requiring both initial and ongoing care. As an expression of the soul.

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The idea that Newsom is even remotely a serious candidate for president is so goddamn clown shoes at this point In the past month he's vetoed LGBTQ+ rights measures, pushed the Paramount merger through, further cozied up to AI barons and now this. Dude couldn't even win a Governor reelection now

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Jey Pawlik 🏳️‍⚧️ @jpawlik.com · 01/10/2026

Hey are you a comic artist on Tapas? Are you frustrated with the news? Publish your Tapas comic on Itch.io (either partially or in full, even just 1 chapter) and submit it to the Tapas X Itch.io bundle form here by Oct 30th 11:59pmEST forms.gle/QhQaJ4cXvXKT... #Tapas

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A Tapas X Itch.io Bundle

We've heard the news that Tapas is shutting down on March 31st, 2027 and I want to setup an Itch.io bundle to help support the artists affected by this. If you have a comic on Tapas, this bundle is f...

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A recomp you can play without fear of it being AI Bro slop. And it's rejecting those who write whole issue reports with GenAi. You love to see it. 👏

A warning to AI Bros that it's proudly human made and that bans from repros will be handed out if Claude is a contributor on any PRs

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Samperson @samperson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the IP rush was driven by faith that a culture is just a pile of Stuff, and if you own that stuff, you own culture. the AI rush is driven by faith that if you can automate the creation of stuff, you can automate culture.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 02/10/2026

Gavin Newsom Is An Asshole Example #18,729

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

so tired of this take. ask some conservatives if they want to make adjunct salaries and see how eager they are. gosh, i wonder why lots of left-leaning folks choose professions like teaching, counseling, and care work? must be indoctrination! no, we just give a shit about others and our world.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026

The greatest secret in finance is that nobody knows what they’re investing in and another is that a lot of the “very smart people” with “lots of data” base their powerful “financial models” based on extremely simplistic scenarios, many of them as obvious as “growth continues as it always has”

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hasbee - rehab from twitter era @hasbeemasputra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Didn't expect to be doing this again so soon, but if anyone can help, one of my rescue kittens needs a neurological assessment. Gene is currently at Subang Vet for observation, but I will need to bring him to Gasing Vet for a proper neurological assessment. 1/3

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Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No matter how bad you think AI is, it’s worse. This technology is not fit for purpose, and the nature of LLMs means it likely never will be.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is my new favorite thing.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s cool that all these tech lord assholes are going to break everything for a product we all hate — a product, btw, that cannot exist without the things they are breaking

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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Something that's easy to miss in the history of Japanese romance games is that otome games weren't some later development after dating sims proved themselves. Angelique came out four months after the original PCE version of Tokimeki Memorial, making them and their respective scenes contemporaneous.

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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 21/09/2026

This is a post about AI Safety.

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Evil Con Fettie @spacebeer.net · 22/09/2026

AI effectively murdered a very specific but wonderful genre of art: Bootleg Merch

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Kyrie Page @kyriepage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pictured: KojiPro

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You know who has mental toll from AI? The people in the global south paid pennies to label photos, the people paid a pittance to label graphic images, the people scrambling for contract gigs to train AI to do their jobs because it’s already killed most work in their field.

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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

While we're complaining about genAI being shoved into every nook and cranny of the publication process, who asked for this either??? IT IS AN ABSTRACT ALREADY. 🧪 (cropped because it's not the authors' fault and possibly not anyone associated with the journal. Publisher is Wiley)

Screenshot of the beginning of an online journal abstract. The word "abstract" is partially covered by a floating bubble that says:

"Have questions about this content? Try AI companion" with some horrid speech bubble graphic that says "beta"

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We are collectively like 1 bad event away from people starting up Analogue TV stations again. The people crave authenticity. Something's gotta give.

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Barbara Fantechi @barbarafantechi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Logical fallacies Explicit "I, a scientist, benefit from LLMs in my research, thus all other scientists would also benefit." Implicit "I, a scientist, cannot perceive the ethical issues with AI use, thus no other scientist can".

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Clark retrofitting Musk's "woke mind virus" to any concept that doesn't fit his mental model of AI research is a good example of the way that "AI" functions as a political project with bizarre ideological component.

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nrcgray.bsky.social @nrcgray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I finished the lineart for this picture finally 😅 Lady knight chillin' in the grass:

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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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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 20/09/2026

can't think of any authors continuing to talk about stochastic parrots as much as its critics seem to do. they've all founded research institutes, written books, etc if you want people to pick up a different analytical framework go for it; stop whining and produce one. or champion an existing one!

"stochastic parrot" was a mimetically-fit cognitive virus that spread from 2021-2025; it temporarily blinded many gifted people to the nature of AI progress, burning up crucial years in which they could have helped think through the response to the situation.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The number of people replying to this with "but but but *I* found "AI" useful for ... " Guys, that's not the point of this thread.

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Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

REPUBLICANS: We will kill you and your children DEMOCRATS: We don't know how to run against this REPUBLICANS: We will kill five specific children for being gay at sports. This is the biggest problem we face today DEMS: They make good points, we must kill these children BOTH: And Gaza obviously

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A. Cosmographer @acosmographer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I can see how someone thought "this will help people learn!" and i mean, congrats on reinventing flashcards?

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 21/09/2026

one of the 21st century’s great tragedies is seeing a media industry gutted by decisions made by the tech industry elevate a bunch of industry shills as the people meant to help the public understand how tech works and what impacts it’s having on the world

one of the 21st century's great tragedies is that millions of smart people were convinced to bury their heads in the sand by either stochastic parrots discourse or Zitron-style capabilities denialism and haven't updated based on new evidence. nature is healing but it's so late.

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