iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Intermittent wall socket failure is a WiFi issue I’ve never encountered before, but that’s our current working hypothesis. Surprisingly it wasn’t Spectrum’s fault.

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Environmental storytelling! Every week the trash men drag the dumpsters to the curb for the truck to empty. This week they all have new yellow caution tape. What happened last week?!

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.

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How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit

And how they might have helped save the future of American apples

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Working with my wife to adapt situational play theory to music and we just came up with a tidy formulation of the pleasures of listening to covers.

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve spent the last 3 years learning this history. If you don’t hate Jews, you should learn it too.

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of the perks of going to the dog park in LA is getting writing advice and encouragement from veteran screenwriters. “As Blake Edwards told me … .” 😁

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Waiting to buy a new laptop until after the AI bubble pops. I figure it will happen right after the November election.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it

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DCMediaGroup @dcmediagroup.us · 19/09/2026

At the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1000s have linked hands and are demanding “Hands Off the Arts” while surrounding the center.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

as it is right now, AI companies literally cannot afford the data centers they've already signed for and bought the land for lol, they're all currently defaulting on all that right now. How the fuck are they going to afford the data centers for more? exponentially? it's nonsensical, it's unrealistic

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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.

The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Impressed that I got out of my toxic 1st marriage, found true love, had 2 great kids, designed some hit games, moved to LA, and wrote a couple of books. He’d be disappointed I never learned Japanese though … .

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Alan Au @alanau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The danger is not that machines will become "too smart"; the danger is foolish humans who insist on surrendering control to very dumb machines. Less Skynet, more Universal Paperclips.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Beautiful! Sarah Kendzior: "I do not use AI: not for research, writing, photography, or anything else. I never will. I’d rather be a ghost haunting the machine than a vampire imbibing it."

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vortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 15/09/2026

I'm convinced this is true. The amount of clearly LLM automated unsolicited messaging I now receive on every communication channel is something I've complained about before. It honestly feels like being stalked, but I think it's just what happens when your contact info makes it into an agent swarm.

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Jack Brewer @jackbrewer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"What every faction has in common —from the proponents of some AI apocalypse to the anti-regulation types — is their disinterest in responding to the realistic risks AI poses. "The U.S. intelligence community provides the most reasonable account of the actual dangers."

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 13/09/2026

What they mean when they say these things is "I need the government to make it illegal to compete with me", it has nothing to do with actual harms caused by these companies. They want to divert anti-AI sentiment into vague concern about fake sci-fi bullshit.

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Role-playing Journals are an amazing evolution of the hobby! I’ve been using Civil War re-enactors as an example of adult Coherence Play, but RPJs are even better.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...

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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms

The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I always thought this was one of the silly elements of something like a Cyberpunk2077 setting, where cyberspace was a discrete space AIs could live in, rather than, y'know, the sum of a bunch of computers running in meat-space that could be destroyed or unplugged.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

1934 Rock-Ola World's Series - a stunning example of pre-war, purely mechanical pinball. You play "one half-inning" of baseball using 15 balls and three outs, with mechanical scoring for hits, runs, balls, strikes and outs - all accomplished without electricity. IG: @pribspinballrepair

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was going through cruise books a couple days ago (essentially like school yearbooks) and it is always remarkable how unremarkablly regular everyone looks

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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This video not only shreds AI Slop for its historical inaccuracy, but it also shreds AI in general for producing AWFUL results. But I will say this: Dr Eleanor Janega, the historian analyzing these images, is someone I need to have a beer with. She's awesome! youtu.be/wmn55r0zdmE?...

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Medieval Historian Reacts To HORRIFIC AI Slop

YouTube video by History Hit

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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Do not dare propose that ‘Israel Never Truly Wanted Peace with Palestine’. If anything, we wanted it too much... "When did you ever truly want peace with the one Jewish state?” Einat Wilf proves only Israel ever sought peace. If you're against Israel, you don't. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji-c...

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THB Israel Never Truly Wanted Peace with Palestine - Einat Wilf - Opp

YouTube video by OxfordUnion

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My first paid programming job was writing office software for chiropractors. During my year there, I had to break up a fist-fight in the lobby, and turn down a hit of cocaine when the CEO did lines with the lead programmer. I later refused to testify when they sued each other.

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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Here's the thing. To the Democratic Party, Black Folks are an important constituency. We don't always get what we want, but they definitely want our votes. To Democratic Socialists, Black Folks are just a tool. We are expected to obey them at all times, and when we don't, we get called monkeys.

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The racism at the new White House arcade is oddly uneven. The Flappy Bird clone is innocuous, but the Snake clone has a white-skinned cop rounding up brown immigrants to deport them. It's weird then the Tetris clone goes woke by having you build a wall to keep out ZOMBIES, instead of immigrants.

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I just went back to the draft of my first book from 12 years ago to borrow a sentence about "mind reading" in team sports. It's going into the new section about spectator play in the second edition of my latest book. My style now is very close to what it was then.

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Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Humans are back! Shin Jin-seo, the world's top-ranked Go player, on Tuesday completed a dramatic comeback against the world’s premier artificial intelligence Go engine, KataGo, claiming a historic human victory over AI. www.kedglobal.com/artificial-i...

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Go grandmaster Shin defeats AI KataGo in historic human victory - KED Global

Shin Jin-seo, the world's top-ranked Go player, on Tuesday completed a dramatic comeback against the world’s premier artificial intelligence Go engine, K

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OB Chargn @obchargn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A public health professor is walking through a PARKING LOT and has an epiphany that society doesn’t allow for physical exercise anymore. She decides it must be due to the rise of e-bikes: www.forbes.com/sites/bernad...

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Lindsay @neomeruru.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A new Narcissist's Prayer: We didn't use AI in our game. And if we did, it's because we're just a small team. And if we're not, it was only for concepting. And no assets made it into the final game. And if some did, it's not a big deal. And if you don't like it, you're a fucking idiot Luddite baby.

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Classic Rock Junky AKA Todd James @tjsbam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dolly Parton did a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven. She just nails it. This is why I love and respect her so much! 🤗👏🤘 youtu.be/fw_Codf29Pw?...

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Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven Live

YouTube video by CharmedHourHauntedSong25

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My students are definitely doing their reading! The used my heuristics from Situational Game Design to analyze the card games they played.

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🎶 Don’t go chasing MAGA fails. Stick to the gulfs and lakes you’re used to. 🎶

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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Warning!! #BlackAmericansAreUnderAttack. #Tennessee University Basketball player Teddy Washington Jr being physical assaulted by Arkansas state trooper.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍

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Grunge no Hamster @bbupton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I just read the “stochastic parrots” paper and I’m blown away. Not only does it thoroughly explode the myth of LLM “understanding”, it also uses the same model of human communication I stumbled upon when I invented ludic semiotics—how we use signifiers playfully in games and art.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Antique clockwork drinking bear automaton made in Paris around 1910 by Roullet & Decamps, stripped of its fur due to a severe moth larvae infestation. IG: @thehouseofautomata

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 27/08/2026

Every game is a role playing game if you’re a former theater kid.

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Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Major kudos to MIT, who just put out a report about AI on their campus that lucidly explains the threat posed by AI to cognition and the student experience, while at the same time prioritizes learning, students, and the value of education. 1/x aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/

aiandeducation.mit.edu

Report – AI and Education

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Susanne democratic socialist @momoftwo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is just amazing. You would think that Texans would want to get back to that level.

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