iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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I actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 8h

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

the evidence is mounting that all tech CEOs are the dumbest people on the planet

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

once again announcing that I will never ever vote for gavin newsom

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SPOTTED: National Guard soldiers are moving into Gallery 64, a luxury apartment building in SW DC where rent is $2,400/mo for a 1BR or $6,000+/mo for a 3BR. Instead of helping people afford healthcare or food, Trump is giving occupation forces a rooftop pool.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026

No candidate, regardless of party, will ever get my vote if they call me a "biological man" and advocate for laws targeting my community. Its that simple.

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

incredible. dc police want flock banned because the cameras can spy on them too, and they don't like getting caught committing crimes

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026

No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.

Alt Text:
Screenshot showing two sequential posts on X by journalist Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) discussing Texas politics:
* Top post: Text reads, "Paxton on Talarico: 'He wants to transition your kids!'" accompanied by an embedded video frame of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a podium in a dark suit and red tie.
* Bottom post: Text reads, "Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors," above a video thumbnail from Fox News Channel featuring a woman anchor in a red blazer, with lower-third banners reading "EXCLUSIVE," "SHIFTING THE REINS?", and "TALARICO STANCE DIFFERS FROM EARLIER COMMENTS."

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

breaking: XAI announces that they have used an unreleased grok model to solve a major open problem in the field of race science

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

the nyt is so mad they weren't added to the mailing list

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

interesting how every take making fun of this shitshow was some variation of "kids can't read" and never "MrBeast can't write"

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

a new series of pros vs. joes but it's a bunch of female athletes against the middle-aged men who make fun of them online

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 12/08/2026

A reminder that the media is not liberal or objective. Notice the editorialization in the headline and deck. Why is it "stunning"? etc This is both agenda setting and manufactured confrontation, designed, over time, to make readers think a certain way. Also never see "limits of the Right" frames

A Stunning Loss in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Left
Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/elections/david-crowley-wisconsin-governors-primary.html

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I mean, there's really no hiding anymore that the purpose of The Atlantic is to ease centrists into gladly welcoming and accepting the rise of fascism.

The Atlantic - In Defense of Flock: Police cameras can help make the criminal-just system both fairer and less punitive - if we let them. By Charles Fain Lehman

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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children. they're making hit lists of children.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today marks one year of Trump's occupation of DC. Contrary to Trump’s lies, this occupation not making DC safer or more beautiful. It is hurting families, children, workers here, and more. Yet every time this regime has attacked DC, we have grown stronger. This morning we will tell that story.

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

in fairness, this is probably the most useful the white house press corps has ever been

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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is one of the most catastrophic developments imaginable for US media and the country. I don’t even have the words for it.

nbcnews.com

Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership

The move sets the stage for more corporate consolidation in the media industry.

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I keep criticising the nyt’s leaders bc their unprofessional and unprincipled coverage of trans ppl has directly led discrimination so sweeping that it has in turn given license to the violence we just saw in Louisiana. It nyt’s years-long record of anti-trans bias is despicable. The lowlights 🧵

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This is heartbreaking. @kenjennings.bsky.social did so much damage and his actions caused a cascade that chased an innocent trans woman off the internet The fact that she has suffered all the consequences from his actions should make everyone stop and think about how privilege played out here

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Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @karrid.myatproto.social · 04/08/2026

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

this is a bad take. nazis can always create accounts and post here if they want. some of them do! then everyone blocks them and they get bored and leave. this is a good thing imo.

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

if there is any justice in the world this man will die screaming and alone

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Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix in DC that will go near the National Gallery of Art , you can’t visit the National Gallery on August 22 and 23. Crazy

Due to its location on the Grand Prix route you cannot visit the National Gallery of Art Aug 22 & 23 unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/08/2026

It's a tough job, but literally no one has to do it

Four National guard troops standing around doing nothing on a beautiful day in Georgetown

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Julian Bailey's widow finally received the autopsy report in his death this week. The findings? U.S. Marshals shot him six times in the back. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

A Black family sits together on the beach smiling. A woman and man on either end surround three young girls in pink swimsuits and swim floaties. They sit on the sand in the gentle surf where the water meets the shore. They smile easily at the camera.

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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Encampment evictions don’t solve homelessness, they make it worse.

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

please cancel your NYT subscription

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

for #internationaltigerday, a shot of a relaxed tiger I took on a recent trip to the zoo.

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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 28/07/2026

what idea will you not have tomorrow because you let the machine solve a problem for you today?

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This opinion piece, written by someone with no relevant expertise, cites two sources, both of them blogs by people who also have no relevant expertise, one of whom is employed by a sham think tank funded by the "Effective Altruism" propaganda network. Truly embarrassing decision to publish it. 1/2

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

DC wants National Guard soldiers to go back to where they came from — not to move into our neighborhoods. The National Guard's presence in DC is a hostile military occupation. It's part of Trump's disgusting desire to stay in power forever and Placemakr is helping him do it.

notus.org

National Guard Signs $292M Housing Contract for Troops in Washington, D.C.

The deal would provide 2,000 “apartment-style lodging units” for service members deployed in the city.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

1/ 🧵 Alexandra Bravo investigated US strikes that left fishermen tortured. A hitman shot her dead on a street corner. Her sister jumped in front and died too. Her assigned police protection detail was nowhere to be found. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

For the last year and a half, DoorDash has been silent as delivery drivers in DC have been hunted in the streets and even killed by ICE and other federal police. Now, the company has come out in support of #HR9720 — the blatant attack on DC Home Rule — just so it can earn more money.

Doordash has been sildent on the arrests and deaths of delivery drivers in DC — and just came out in support of HR 9720, a blatant attack on DC's Home Rule

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 22/07/2026

DoorDash's letter attacking DC home rule over a 20-cent fee: #DeleteDoorDash

July 22, 2026
The Honorable James Comer
Chairman
U.S. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Re: DoorDash Support for H.R. 9720, the “D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act”
Dear Chairman Comer and members of the committee:
On behalf of DoorDash, I write to express our support for H.R. 9720, the “D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act,”
which would require congressional approval before the District of Columbia can impose or increase a tax
or fee. We believe this is a reasonable check against the hastily enacted local taxes and fees that fall
hardest on small businesses and the residents who depend on them.
DoorDash's marketplace in the District is built overwhelmingly on small, independent merchants: Roughly
80% of DC merchants that were active on our platform as of December 2025 had 3 or fewer storefronts on
the platform. These are the businesses least able to absorb new taxes and fees or the administrative
burden of complying with them, from costly point-of-sale upgrades to added compliance overhead.
The District's recently passed delivery tax illustrates the risk: a tax on virtually every delivery, with proceeds
designated for a myriad of projects and the District’s general fund, passed without a single public hearing
and, consequently, without input from the residents and small businesses it will most heavily impact. Based
on our internal data, a tax like this would mean millions of dollars a year in added costs for D.C. residents
and lost revenue for local merchants, and that burden grows quickly as the rate is increased, as authorized
by the Budget Support Act. Research on comparable taxes bears this out: an economic analysis of
Colorado’s retail delivery fee found it raised takeout prices by nearly 1%; cut delivery orders by more than
400,000 a year; cost the restaurant sector over $12 million in revenue; and resulted in a loss of roughly 234
jobs across restaurant and delivery workers.
Taxes like this also fall …

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

(sea monster bio) You've probably seen my writhing in The Atlantic

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Brianne K Nadeau @brianneknadeau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This would throttle DC’s ability to self-govern. The $1b hole in DC‘s budget was caused by Congress, not the District, which has balanced its budget 31 years in a row. We should have the right to implement sound tax policy like any other jurisdiction. #handsoffdc oversight.house.gov/release/chai...

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Chairman Comer Introduces Legislation to Stop D.C. Tax Increases - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

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National Center for LGBTQ Rights @nclrights.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy International Non-Binary People's Day! 💛🤍💜🖤 Today we celebrate the non-binary & gender non-conforming folks in our community. Non-binary people have created space outside of gender norms and have paved the way for all of us to live most authentically. Non-binary people have ALWAYS been here.

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

ICE has killed three people so far this week, and its only Tuesday

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

absolutely beautiful sunset at the capitol building tonight

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Avery Thompson @avery-thompson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

hey I've been offline for a few hours, how many more senators have we lost?

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