iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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astonished-zinc.bsky.social @astonished-zinc.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I'm becoming more and more convinced that we need a different system for teaching math, where students move through the content based on mastery, not time. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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‘These results are sobering’: US high school seniors’ reading and math scores plummet

Educators worry about absenteeism and smartphones as NAEP report shows scores at lowest levels in two decades

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I've said this a lot in recent essays but not as often here: Yes, we're witnessing the expansion and entrenchment of a police state in the US. But unlike the vast majority of concentration camp regimes I've studied, most Americans still have countless opportunities to resist. We can stop it.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A budget is a statement of values. (HT @brendanvduke.bsky.social)

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/06/2025

Farads xkcd.com/3106/

4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: This stick is one meter long. PERSON 2 WITH SHORT HAIR: Cool. PERSON 3 WITH WHITE HAT: That’s a nice stick. (2) PERSON 1: This rock weighs one pound. PERSON 2: I’d believe it. PERSON 3: Looks like a normal rock. (3) PERSON 1: This battery is one volt. PERSON 2: Seems fine. PERSON 3: Might need a recharge. (4) PERSON 1: This capacitor is one farad. [2 and 3 leaning away attempting to shield themselves] PERSON 2: *AAAAA! Be careful!!* Person 3: Put it down!!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Dr. Chad Nelsen @chadnelsen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

It’s important to remember that every one of these rocket explosions is a massive pollution event of the coast and ocean.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Her: Why didn't you do the dishes? Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.

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astonished-zinc.bsky.social @astonished-zinc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I am constantly telling my science and math students this, about ChatGPT, getting answers from friends, googling, listening to me lecture without engaging, whatever. I even bring a dumbbell to demonstrate.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

"We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our parents, Melissa and Mark. They were the bright lights at the center of our lives, and we can't believe they are gone. Their love for us was boundless. We miss them so much.
"We want everyone to know that we are both safe and with loved ones. We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received, and we appreciate your respect for our family's privacy as we grieve.
"Our family would like to thank law enforcement for their swift action that saved others and for the coordination across communities that led to the arrest of the man who murdered our parents. We especially would like to thank the officers who were first on the scene to our parents' home and their heroic attempts to rescue our mom and dad.
"Our parents touched so many lives, and they leave behind an incredible legacy of dedication to their community that will live on in us, their friends, their colleagues and co-workers, and every single person who knew and loved them.
"If you would like to honor the memory of Mark and Melissa, please consider the following:
• Plant a tree.
• Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail.
• Pet a dog. A golden retriever is ideal, but any will do.
• Tell your loved ones a cheesy dad joke and laugh about it.
• Bake something — bread for Mark or a cake for Melissa, and share it with someone.
• Try a new hobby and enjoy learning something.
• Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace.
"Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones a little closer. Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect. The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."

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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Turtle Mutual Aid:

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Jordan S. Carroll 🌹 @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

chatbots are starting to look less like HAL or Her and more like a psychic hotline that runs 24/7 with a huckster on call who will using cold reading to figure out whatever is going to keep you paying out even if that means tricking you into believing increasingly dangerous delusions

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

No kings

Fours different hands pull a golden crown apart, surrounded by the words "Many hands make light work."

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree

Person sitting with a banner that reads YOU ARE ALL COWARDS

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 12/06/2025

I'm trying not to have hot takes but saw another "but they're taking law abiding people" and look I extremely don't care if an undocumented person is law abiding or not. They still deserve due process.

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astonished-zinc.bsky.social @astonished-zinc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

If you like eating, support the people who grow your food. (Also because, you know, fellow humans. But it's especially stupid to harass the people feeding you.)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

More than anything, I think this speaks to the impoverished view of the role of government. The idea of organizing collective support and aid to solve overwhelming problems is reclassified as akin to some sort of dealer-addict relationship.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I can't believe any Democrat would THINK of allying with Elon Musk. I won't take money from the guy who does a Hitler salute. It's really that simple.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Already saw at least one Dem Congressman making the same point about denaturalization and just begging, begging people not to descend to the level of calling for stripping the citizenship of people you don't like.

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Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The chest x-ray use pioneered by Alan Hart continues to be extremely important in screening for tuberculosis. Although no one accomplishes anything in isolation, I'd argue that Hart has helped saved MILLIONS of lives because chest x-rays have been so essential in driving down rates of TB globally.

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astonished-zinc.bsky.social @astonished-zinc.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Stop using screenshots of Google AI responses as if they're citations! Just don't do it.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

“Without widespread theft, my industry can’t survive” is an argument against your industry surviving, and is not an argument for allowing widespread theft

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Kuna @wryote.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

“Sorry I’m late, a chickadee was collecting my dog’s hair on the porch and I’d be a monster to interrupt.”

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star. PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇

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Michael Bennet @bennet.senate.gov · 19/05/2025

Today, I introduced the STABLE GENIUS Act to ban federal officeholders and candidates from profiting off digital assets like crypto. We have seen rampant corruption in the highest levels of government that can no longer go unchecked. Learn more about my legislation here ⬇️

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Bennet Introduces Legislation to Prevent Elected Officials and Candidates From Corruptly Profiting From Crypto - U.S. Senator Michael Bennet

The STABLE GENIUS Act Bans Politicians From Issuing or Endorsing Digital Assets, and Require Them to Establish Blind Trusts Washington, D.C. — Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, member of the Senat...

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Jooli-AHH! Boolia 👻🍂🎃 @jooliaghoulia.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Just give me a cluttered, messy used bookstore and I'm good

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 14/04/2025

My feelings about generative AI: 1) I'm highly skeptical it'll ever work 2) It's distracting from actual use cases for AI 3) We need a pause until it can be done without wrecking the environment or stealing IP 4) If it does have real potential then it shouldn't be controlled by ruthless people

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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Gen AI is not intelligence. It's a computer program that uses probabilities to tell you what it thinks you want to hear. At best, it reinforces a status quo. Fine, if that's what you want. But understand that knowledge is gained and built by *challenging* the status quo.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

couldn’t remember where she left her keys so she had to beak into her car

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I think the suggestion that any kind of human-to-human interaction should be replaced with human-to-chatbot interaction should be scrutinized as a kind of moral rot. It’s antisocial ideology and should be treated as such

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Happy Saturday!

A drawing of a crow in a dress stirring a pot.

Caption: I don’t need a recipe for disaster. I usually just eyeball it.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 25/04/2025

So the Trump admin suddenly yanked visas from thousands of international students—then backtracked only after getting dragged into court. Let’s be clear: they didn’t do the right thing. They got caught doing the wrong thing.

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Trump administration to restore foreign students' legal status, for now

The Trump administration said on Friday that it is restoring the student visa registrations of potentially thousands of foreign students in the United States whose legal status had recently been abruptly terminated, according to a court filing.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Phew! Chile this one cuts deep. This is where we're at.

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astonished-zinc.bsky.social @astonished-zinc.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

My neighborhood is a migration stopover for a kingfisher every February, and I definitely feel this way about them.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E

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astonished-zinc.bsky.social @astonished-zinc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I'm also remembering Anne Marie Hochhalter, who died a few weeks ago from the injuries she sustained that day in 1999. She was brave and kind.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It’s really strange how Trump figured out that Executive Orders are basically “longer tweets that drive giant media attention” and the media hasn’t figured it’s being played each time they report on these as if it’s Moses coming down the Mount with stone tablets.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 19/03/2025

ICE agents detained Jeanette Vizguerra—mother, grandmother, & immigrant rights advocate—without warning or due process. This is part of a broader pattern of targeting activists & asylum seekers to spread fear. UU's are in solidarity with all who seek sanctuary. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/free-jeannett

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