iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

גמר טוב וצום קל לכולם

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 18/09/2026

They really turned the internet into a distortion machine. Rendering it useless to sane people. Nobody is interested in a virtual fun house mirror where we have to wonder, with every scroll, whether something is real. Pt 1.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/09/2026

𝕃𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗…

Man standing in front of big neon sign that says “is that good?” As the crowd chants the same. Art by Mattie lubchansky

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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The best way to understand the American Jewish community is that we are, in the aggregate, a group of liberals whose institutions are largely controlled by a much smaller faction of very well-funded conservatives

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often.

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 08/09/2026

Louisville jail spokesman denies the allegations in the CJ story: "The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections has reviewed security camera footage and there is zero evidence that this happened. We will provide more details soon."

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“NIOSH researchers found that working veteran underground coal miners in central Appalachia are suffering from the incurable and fatal lung disease at the highest rates in nearly 50 years.” www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...

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Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick

Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.

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The Good Mim 🫘 @shashi1121.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Spoke with a member of the military who just arrived home on leave from the gulf. Verified his norm meal of a scoop of rice, ketchup, Mayo. Sometimes mashed potatoes. Food rationing all the time. Horrid conditions. Have loved this kid since he was 3. My rage keeps escalating. Yours should too.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14/08/2026

Two married professors and their son are being held in ICE detention, despite being legal permanent residents and having no criminal records. All, apparently, because their mom/MIL was a translator for the Iranian hostage takers in 1979, before they were even born. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/08/2026

I absolutely love this idea Ban all the CRAP

sek / art arc
@SekAndTheCity

It's time for a change.

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I am starting a petition to
no longer refer to Al "art"
as Al art but instead as
Computer-Rendered
Artificial Pictures (CRAP).

Pass it on.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/08/2026

“America Will Never Be the Same”? Neither will my definition of shitshow. Y’all gotta see this video. Priceless. ☠️ 😂

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Bill Flarsheim @billflarsheim.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I haven’t heard this one in a while, but it’s a great one and timeless.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.”

We’ve spoken about capitalism versus socialism.

Do you want to talk about capitalism? Let’s talk about capitalism. Are you recording? Capitalism is about leveraging the laws of supply and demand to efficiently allocate capital expenditure to maximize value. When capitalism works, it’s because you have free entry and exit into markets. So if you believe in capitalism, you have to believe in government regulation to protect markets. In fact, right now, we have exactly the opposite. You don’t have to be a socialist to believe that you should be taxing billionaires their wealth. In fact, if you are a capitalist, you should believe in that. So, I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.

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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 30/07/2026

After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a Kentucky jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – as she has sickle cell anemia and is now in a health crisis. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

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Woman detained by ICE at Louisville airport says she isn’t receiving needed medical care

After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a local jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – now she’s in a healt...

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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/06/2026

We need to recognize what happened to Scott Wiener at the San Francisco Trans Pride March as antisemitism, and finally purge this poison from left wing movements. A new opinion piece by Evan Urquhart, @evanurquhart.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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Scott Wiener’s Viral Harassment is What Left Antisemitism Looks Like - Assigned Media

An opportunist at the Trans Pride March in Sanfrancisco harnassed suspicion and hatred of Jews for his own purposes.

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Bill Flarsheim @billflarsheim.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

And the Founding Fathers came from countries that would have never developed the concept of "zero" or Algebra if they hadn't had contact with the Islamic caliphate. SMH

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

DSA election night party ends with Seeger’s “Solidarity Forever,” which attendees continue singing acapella after the music ends. Many continue mingling, much of the conversation being astonishment and unrepentant joy.

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Martin @concretebadger.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Why does it bother me when a manager or the CEO of my employer boasts about using Copilot to write their emails? This. This is why

A post by "rederiswrites" (with a photo of who I assume is Adam Conover in the background) that reads: "Just watched Adam Conover (of Adam Ruins Everything) make such a solid point that I think we should spread far and wide. Yes, having AI write your emails is lazy, sure, but people love being lazy. We need to really emphasize that sending AI emails (or using AI responses on social media, or publishing AI flyers, or or or) is *rude*.

It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't be bothered to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.

It's rude."

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The Donk @thedonk.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Oh, nothing, just 'Logan's Run' (1976) predicting a future Reflecting Pool

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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

the german soccer tourist guy has discovered bucees

tweet from @freddyla7 with photos of a bucees gas station, saying “DUDE LMAO THIS IS A GAS STATION”

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Horse girl, but for trains @maxamas.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In the long run, I do think this is going to increase a whole new brand of tech debt, but that is probably the “real” impact of AI at work, as opposed to the hope by the owner class that it will eliminate need for pesky employees. It’s just going to mean more people have to learn to do QA.

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biggiesmirk.bsky.social @biggiesmirk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Oh damn,I hope this is true!

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Bill Flarsheim @billflarsheim.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Long thread on HS history placement test from Hillsdale College (FACT test). Huge right-wing slant on American history.

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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social Michael de Adder

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Bill Flarsheim @billflarsheim.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

introduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live The Who Bob Seger Bruce Springsteen Roy Orbison Frank Zappa Grateful Dead Stevie Ray Vaughn Buddy Guy Willy Nelson Dropkick Murphys

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ceej @ceej.online · 20/05/2026

one of my favorite facts about the US coal industry is that it employs less people than Broadway

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News

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Bill Flarsheim @billflarsheim.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Noah rights some hard truths about race in America between Reconstruction and the 1960s. open.substack.com/pub/noahberl...?

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Ds and Rs Did Not Flip on Race in the 60s

Neither party had supported Black rights for 100 years.

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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“The danger facing the United States isn’t theoretical anymore. It’s visible. It’s gathering force. It’s wrapped in flags, crosses, propaganda and rage. The republic won’t survive through denial.” steveschmidt.substack.com/p/the-madnes...

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The madness on the Mall

PLUS: Details on the Save America Movement 24-hour Epstein filibuster that begins TODAY at 12 pm ET

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/05/2026

Is it the official policy of the US Dept. of Homeland Security that no Jews serve there? If not, who is the “we” defined by belief in Jesus Christ as savior? Or does the “our” refer to the Americans whose security the Department has a duty to protect, none of whom are apparently Jews?

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Bill Flarsheim @billflarsheim.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The genius of Arnold Reuben should be more widely known.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/05/2026

Pastor Robert Jeffress: "It looks like President Trump has a better understanding of what the Bible teaches than the Pope"

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Bill Flarsheim @billflarsheim.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Clean up your act TN Holler. Give others the credit they've earned.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I don't think AI is going to take all our jobs, but I do think it may create a permanent underclass of people who cannot think, problem-solve, or communicate on their own If I was conspiratorially minded I might even suspect that's the reason people in power are pushing AI so hard

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Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Might Make You Lazy and Dumb, Study Shows

New research suggests that reliance on AI assistants can have a negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem solve.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ukraine is having a far better 2026 than many predicted at the start of the year — and at the start of the Iran war. What happened? danieldrezner.substack.com/p/ukraines-s...

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Ukraine's Pleasantly Surprising 2026

Ukraine shows it has some cards as the United States gets distracted by Iran.

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