iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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kattsdogma.bsky.social @kattsdogma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

not pt barnum or pt cruiser but a secret third thing (ptsd) 😬

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

youtube premium is giving me three free months of discord nitro. crunchbucket plus is giving me ninety free days of splorb. fubo ultra is giving me a complimentary fortnight of bonk concierge. grackle platinum is giving me six years of squak. quibi eternal is giving me three fiscal quarters of tobi.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New Mexico attorney Stephen D. Aarons put papers in a murder appeal into ChatGPT hoping for a summary. Instead, it made up fake testimony. He has been found in direct contempt of court, referred to the Disciplinary Board, barred from appearing, thrown off the case in question and sanctioned $5,000.

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Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after usin...

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hey Alex I have more in common personally with someone from Barbados than someone from Latvia. I mean Barbados speaks English, uses the British parliamentary system, and has close links to UK because colonialism. If people mean white people you should just say that!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's where I've been for a while. We can't even reach questions about the death penalty itself because we fail essential predicates such as "fair and consistent criminal justice system" and "reliable death penalty verdicts that leave no reasonable doubt" and, as shown tonight, "humane execution."

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The good men, the friends and lovers even, say to me later "well why didn't you just tell that creep off" as though I wouldn't be accused of starting shit, as though they'd stand up for me and not interrogate me to make the creep comfortable instead. Experience tells me most men will do the latter.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It happens so often it can be hard to even see. Men having the same experience I am, but I hit a place where the attention becomes unpleasant. Inuendos start. I have to wiggle out of something I did not start (cautiously! trying not to upset any dangerous egos!) so I leave, while the men get to stay

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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CADS @cadsjustcads.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Does anyone on here genuinely think Manchester City stopped the cheating in 2018? That's just where the PL limited their investigation.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026

Oh, here's the Donald Trump of football getting away with crimes that would get any of us in this app locked up for decades. The impunity of oligarchs and authoritarians are ruining every aspect of our social lives

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

He's here to do Crimes

A small tabby cat standing with two legs on a chair and with two legs on a dinner table, staring intently at a plate of food leftovers that he is definitely not supposed to eat

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(There's an episode of QI from way back when, in which Stephen Fry says that slavery was never legally recognised in Britain and didn't technically exist as a status. Which must have been reassuring for all the enslaved people in the British-owned West Indies prior to 1833.)

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CommanderApaul @commanderapaul.com · 30/09/2026

Oh man do I have a song for you. Unless this is more about geese than palindromes, in which case go watch it anyways bc palindromes are awesome.

youtu.be

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Bob (HD Version)

YouTube video by alyankovicVEVO

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And they'll murder a few white people along the way as long as they still get to hold it over the heads of Black people.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Like, I'm not an expert on this by any means, but in the same way you can't really disentangle the US criminal justice system from modern slavery, I don't think you can meaningfully separate the death penalty from lynching. It exists as an institution to legally perpetuate racial violence.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 01/10/2026

There’s a war on Iran choking global oil supplies, an artificial intelligence boom & a US president torpedoing the global trading system. But inflation simply MUST be normal, according to the RBA. 🎧 theaus.in/4hWT057 @grogsgamut.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social #auspol

Photo of Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock standing at a lectern
NEW EPISODE | New world, same Reserve Bank
Listen to the latest episode of Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I assure you they ARE talking about it. I know because I had a post about it go viral elsewhere and there was a deluge of comments from men demanding I provide EVIDENCE that these seven fellas did ANYTHING wrong. Some of them call me a bitch and a cunt. #JustProtectingWomenStuff

thetonymorrison o
You know who isn't talking about the Cornell 7?
The same ones who wanted to
"protect" girls in sports and women in bathrooms.

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 01/10/2026

at this point the US needs a stock market crash just to avoid national default lol

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 01/10/2026

ok but like actually for once

warren buffet: freak the fuck out and panic sell everything right now. its fucking over

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fucking barbaric. The irony that this is supposedly the consequence of violent murder. Society and the system has failed this woman her entire life.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My late mother, a devout Christian and socialist, opposed the death penalty. Mom said the commandment was very plain and clear. I used to ask her — what if someone killed me? Mom said: the commandment is very clear. Mom was right.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Abolish the death penalty. Not just for Christa Pike and Allan Miller, but for every victim of premeditated state murder who went before and every one yet to come. Retribution is not justice; it is barbarism.

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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Average Australian #auspol

Editorial cartoon by Pat Hudson. A bot is tapping away at a computer, it writes ‘she just says what the average Australian thinks’. Another bot taps away ‘*copy *paste’, and another and another and another, etc. at the bottom right a news reporter looking at their phone says, “There’s no denying she just says what the average Australian thinks”.

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 01/10/2026

For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!

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Fergus McKee @fergusmckee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell."

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"You'll be *thrilled* to hear that we fixed all of Picasso's works by making them look correctly realistic. We're pretty sure that was always his intention, but his skills let him down. #PoorPablo😔. Time to throw out all his original, faulty paintings. Finally! You're welcome, Pablo! 👨‍🎨"

Picasso still-life; apples and glass on a table

photo - still life with fruit, wine and disco ball

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 04/02/2025

Hi there! I'm AK, and I bring you: ✨ The most chaotic bisexuals ever 🪴 Plant powers 💨 Uncontrolled telekinesis 🍏 Celtic mythology ⚠️ TRAUMA Ready to know more? ravenswordpress.com/books/jack-o...

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Jack of Thorns

Jack of Thorns What do you do when a Celtic god rings your doorbell?Laurence Riley is a San Diego florist whose ex won't leave him alone. Quentin d'Arcy is a British earl on the run from his own famil...

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Imogen Cassidy @imogenwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of the OTHER reasons I hate new who, that whole "Sarah Jane Was In Love With Him" bs. She wasn't. She just wanted to not be plagued by alien spiders for six minutes.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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jackheathwriter 📚 @jackheathwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And this one, from 1975:

The Rape of Mr. Smith
In the following situation, a holdup victim is asked questions by a lawyer.
“Mr. Smith, you were held up at gunpoint on the corner of First and Main?”
“Yes”
“Did you struggle with the robber?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“He was armed.”
“Then you made a conscious decision to comply with his demands rather than resist?”
“Yes.”
“Did you scream? Cry out?”
“No, I was afraid.”
“I see. Have you ever been held up before?”
“No.”
“Have you ever GIVEN money away?”
“Yes, of course.”
“And you did so willingly?”
“What are you getting at?”
“Well, let’s put it like this, Mr. Smith. You’ve given money away in the past. In fact, you have quite a reputation for
philanthropy. How can we be sure that you weren’t CONTRIVING to have your money taken from you by force?”
“Listen, if I wanted –“
“Never mind. What time did this holdup take place, Mr. Smith?”
“About 11:00 P.M..”
“You were out on the street at 11:00 P.M.? Doing what?”
“Just walking.”
“Just walking? You know that it’s dangerous being out on the street that late at night. Weren’t you aware that
you could have been held up?”
“I hadn’t thought about it.”
“What were you wearing at the time, Mr. Smith?”
“Let’s see … a suit. Yes, a suit.”
“An EXPENSIVE suit?”
“Well – yes. I’m a successful lawyer, you know.”
“In other words, Mr. Smith, you were walking around the streets late at night in a suit that practically advertised
the fact that you might be good target for some easy money, isn’t that so? I mean, if we didn’t know better, Mr.
Smith, we might even think that you were ASKING for this to happen, mightn’t we?”

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just needs alt-text:

How to avoid sexual assault! A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE*

sexual violence centre cork

1 DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS

4 WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE.

3 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM.

6 CARRY A WHISTLE. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.

2 USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU.

5 IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

*for perpetrators.

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Reserve Bank of Australia: "millions of working class people have to suffer because some rich fucks got a bit greedy again x"

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Caesar Flunk @caesarflunk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The owners of any other business committing fraud at this scale, would see the perpetrators put in jail. Football though…

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s insanely suss how hard men go in to bat for rapists

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We can tell that you are insecure and uncomfortable. But it is to your advantage and your benefit to actually let the person get a word in edgewise before you start talking or replying

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if someone is saying something that you don’t like or that you don’t agree with, you have the impulse to interrupt, interject, talk over them or otherwise prevent the person from completing their sentences. It is important that you suppress that urge. Reply after the person has finished.

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Jana H-S (she, like a knife) @jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

your mission is simple: forcefem the pope

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Cosmos Lionheart @cosmoslionheart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if i don't post some stupid bullshit at least once a day then the mods win

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

hard-pressed to think of any criminal act that is so easily dismissed of consequence by the general population other than SA. these are the same folks that think vandalism and petty theft are jailable offenses (that is, if a POC commits them)

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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"what do you expect to happen? have every rapist fired from their job and ruin their life?" uh yeah that'd be a good start

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The answer to One Nation and the far right isn't capitulation: it's hope, courage and action. That means material change: kids fed before school, a fair return on our resources, rapid climate action, no new coal and gas, and stopping US tech bros from owning our future.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The economy is broken. Millions working full-time can’t afford a home while corporate profits soar and billionaires buy off politicians. Labor won't stop this: in fact, they’ve created the exact conditions for corporate greed to thrive.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They are also preaching to the choir. Every one of us took a position in this office out of a desire to help complainants get justice.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dealing with a slew of abusive emails to the Complainant Code Counselors email address. I get that people are mad, but what is gained by clogging the inbox for the group that HELPS complainants like Jane Doe? They are making it harder for students who need our help to get in touch with us.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These men make me feel sick to my stomach. Men like Michael Tracey and the rape-defending scum of the earth on that website need to burn in hell. I just hope she’s safe. Fuck.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Cornell victim has been doxxed on X. So worried for her. I hate this planet.

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