iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Screenshot of the article website. Title is: Polarization Is Not the Problem. Author is Lilliana Mason. Journal is the Journal of Democracy, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2026. From Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sarah Engelberg-Nolan, Emma Haberman, and Nicole Brosnan map out the legal questions raised by ICE's use of Palantir's Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement (ELITE) targeting tool, from Fourth Amendment search issues to due process and standing hurdles.

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From Records to Raids: The Questionable Legality of ICE’s Palantir ELITE System

There are important legal considerations implicated by ICE’s use of ELITE, write Sarah Engelberg-Nolan, Emma Haberman and Nicole Brosnan.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’d definitely go back to sleep for at least 3 hours. Hopefully you’ll sleep better tonight 😴

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emoc1525.bsky.social @emoc1525.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If I picked the wrong direction, I could start to see and course correct, but I had to pull myself above the panic fog first. The manufacturers of panic are counting on the fog to make us nullify our own agency.

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you that Hegseth is running the military like a megachurch youth pastor, which as a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you is a bad idea.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Non Black artists who come up on Black music need to be contractually obliged to be political. You can make a lot of money out of the 'appreciation' of our culture, but as a consequence, you need to give your opinions on *everything* when asked

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Whew. Here’s one to read with your coffee this morning

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026

HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2026

Extraordinary reporting: "Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family."

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I wish I would have FU money and listen to somebody whose president is a deranged pedophile tell me what to do. Not on my best day or my worst, honey.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fixed it. Very tiresome and also very satisfying. I had to redo the wall mount, then the tv was still crooked because the bracket on the back of the tv was loose. Now it’s sturdy and straight and my arms are jelly.

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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Of course you can use math to described some parts of some music, but this silly notion that “music IS math” is propaganda pure and simple. They’re saying to you “That thing that everyone loves, music, that’s not art. You don’t need art. It’s just data and analytics. That’s what you really love.”

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026

“His legal team said his lawsuit is ‘the first complaint against OpenAI that details the specific risks posed to members of the disabled community as a result of the company’s recklessness.’”

arstechnica.com

Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.

Man with bipolar disorder sued OpenAI after surviving ChatGPT-linked suicide attempt.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As a little kid, I was regularly hungry for school. I didn’t even try to pay attention to lessons in class, I’d just try to be quiet and respectful. I am so thankful for programs like this - I don’t know how many kids need it, we just know that many kids, and society all-up, will benefit.

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Paul Callahan (he/him) @paulcallahanmv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tetris was a real bridge-builder at the height of the Cold War. Remarkable story, remarkable man.

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Alexey Pajitnov - Wikipedia

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Lilabobina @lilabobina.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We are in for hell. People are going to die. This is because of nestle and yall not listening to indigenous peoples. CONGRATS U PLAYED YASELF

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404 Media @404media.co · 05/09/2026

Using an advanced new instrument, scientists observed Einstein’s equivalence principle on a free-falling quantum object, demonstrating that this prediction of general relativity also holds up in quantum physics.

404media.co

Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Flat screen” ok grandma

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I installed my flat screen very crookedly. Probably too crooked for me to watch without having anxiety. This is very disappointing. Tonight I’ll read a book and tomorrow I’ll fix it.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good lord. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Also last April, Fetterman agreed to take a meeting with another state lawmaker, Liz Hanbidge, who drove down from Pennsylvania to introduce herself, and to discuss programs that help the homeless and working poor in her county. But when Hanbidge arrived, according to staffers who were present, Fetterman claimed he hadn’t agreed to the meeting. The aides spent more than an hour pleading with him to talk to her; staffers eventually met with Hanbidge in his place.

Fetterman did take another meeting that day—with Bruce Pearl, the former college basketball coach and Israel advocate. The pair discussed legislation that would affect college sports, and Pearl thanked Fetterman for his stance on Israel, Pearl said in an interview.

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Rowdy @r0wdy.sk33t.expert · 04/09/2026

Man the first paragraph came out of the gate with a haymaker. Holy shit dude

One morning in June, three paralyzed military veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrived at the office of Sen.
John Fetterman for a long-awaited meeting to discuss legislation that would improve their care.
Fetterman's staff greeted them with bad news: The Pennsylvania Democrat had to cancel. He'd told his staff he may have eaten something bad and wasn't feeling well, according to people familiar with the matter.
Less than an hour after his staffers met with the veterans in his place, Fetterman walked into his office, showing no signs of illness. He had an appointment he didn't want to miss, he told staff: an interview on Fox News to discuss Israel and the war in Iran.

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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Google was ahead of its time in establishing creepiness as a prominent feature of Progress & Innovation. Eric Schmidt promised/threatened a long time ago that Google’s business model was delivering you what you wanted before you even knew you wanted it, & that privacy only mattered to wrongdoers.

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Perfidia Minneapolis @whimsikal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love Yahya but Mark Wahlberg is always a no

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Can a stainless steel skillet season in a similar way to cast iron skillets, becoming kinda nonstick over time? I need to buy a skillet. I prefer cast iron because it’s so easy but this is for a guest space. I don’t want people to leave cast iron soaking in the sink, etc.

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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Cassandra Wilson was one of our most gifted vocalists, just an unreal talent. Here is my obituary for NPR Music. (I believe I’ll also be on the broadcast later this evening.)

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Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, dies at 70

Wilson, who's deep, dark contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz, died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Miss.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A good rule of thumb: Gal Gadot’s choices are always bad and wrong.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Someday soon hes going to be over and trans folk will continue to exist and, hopefully, thrive, for as long as there are humans on this planet.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Map apps ingest place names from state organizations. This isn’t Apple (or Google, etc.) selling out for politics, it’s just how it works. Maybe some orgs are willing to do extra work to not do it that way, but that’s also a choice to manage more complexity and other kinds of risk.

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Alison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thanks, but actually my favorite line didn't make it to the piece. Does Odysseus feel guilty about the Trojan war? Lots of discourse on this question even though he doesn't exist! Is he conscious? AI agents are fictive characters abstracted from text - like Odysseus.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Germany's cabinet approved a bill in July that would allow AI use in visa, residence and asylum procedures. Josefine Flesch, Bernard Quante, and Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social, unpack the rights and bias concerns it raises. buff.ly/SZWJ2GO

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Germany's Draft Law on AI in Migration Raises Rights and Bias Concerns

Germany’s new AI migration law could reshape visa, asylum, and residence procedures. Natalie Welfens, Josefine Flesch and Bernard Quante examine risks.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

That’d make a phenomenal sandwich

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Supreme Court rules it needs to be expanded to 13 justices, just not in so many words.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Seems like smashing a racquet into the ground like that would injure your hand / arm / shoulder?

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What occasionally emerges in the “Pete Purges” stories but it is not being discussed with some urgency: Congress has encouraged a selection and review process ruthlessly focused on merit…which is why you saw more women and people of color emerge as generals in the last ten years.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Jenna of course goes deep into the comic origins of Jon Stewart and hey guess what! The character was created to directly address race. He was modeled on Sidney Poitier! youtu.be/CNw9fd3k_gs?...

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Lanterns Just Reinvented John Stewart's Origin Story (Episode 3 Breakdown & Reaction)

YouTube video by Go Read Some Comics with Jenna

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

re: everyone yelling about Google Maps - Maps just ingests the official data source for each country, which is GNIS in this case, and most other online maps will follow for American users nobody at Google is making an active decision to go in and change names in Maps directly

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Upside Downie @adownie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Flu season is almost upon us. Stay safe, folks

An image depicting handshake alternatives and the resulting germ
Transfer reductions:

High Five: 50% less bacteria transferred

Fist Bump: 78% less transferred

Sweep the Leg (martial arts takedown move): 100% less transferred.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Louisiana is imprisoning people beyond their release dates. Multiple people are filing a class-action lawsuit for being detained after courts had authorized their freedom. One woman said she lost over 100 days. 🧵

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/08/2026

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Bethan @bethan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Up early to head home for a Storm game, which means breakfast at The Blue Moose before it gets too busy. Thankful for a good breakfast and strong coffee available at 7am.

Image is of a marina with the masts of many boats backlit by a sun that’s low in the sky and currently hidden by a raft of clouds.

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