iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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AGTMADCAT 🇺🇳 @agtmadcat.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It's literally all they do! They make answer-shaped answers! Incidentally that's one of the reasons they work reasonably well as coding assistance - getting the code into the right shape is like 80% of the job.

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It's only going to get worse. With AI generated content being output without fact checking and editorial review from publishers, how can you trust that the sources you depend on are factually correct? For anything. Where do you go to find truth?

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Still alive. A week from now I see a cardiologist and maybe start to get some answers about what's wrong with me!

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

There's no wrong way to read. Readers give us their precious time and attention and are gambling that we're going to tell a story they enjoy. If they skip the parts they don't enjoy, it's no less of an honor that they're finding and sticking with the parts they do. /1

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I am still alive, for anyone wondering! Recovered enough to start looking for jobs again, but not recovered enough to do taxes, fix the website, or write. Thank you to everyone who has given us financial support through Patreon these past few years. It gives me hope and a reason to keep going.

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I'm still alive. I may have a lead on some self-employment that will bring in a whole $20/month!!

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🍇Pebbles🍇 @pebbles-grape.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Fellow and future GryphIn fans, I present you with this GryphIn themed meme template to share your hard-decision moments, in graphical, furry, and feathery form! P.S. If you haven't already, go read Gryphon Insurrection by @kvalenagle.bsky.social #GryphonInsurrection #gryphon #meme #2buttons

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Can't social, low functionality, high stress. Still alive.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Alt text: Green background with triangle shapes. Text reads; the first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I want to give a huge thank you to @mads5408.bsky.social. You read every post I write and frequently share them. Logging in to see that you read something I posted gives me a feeling of connection, ties me to the world. Gives me a reason to keep trying. I appreciate you.

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Tonya Song 🪶 @tonyasong.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Hello folks, it's the Christmas season which I will take advantage of to say if you'd like to keep supporting me or help me get something nice for myself, here's my paypal. I've had quite a year full of ups and downs, medical issues included. Thank you so much! www.paypal.com/paypalme/yap...

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Pay Tonya Song using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/YapaviMusic and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

A doctor friend once told me that procrastination is the brain trying to get the rest you refuse to give it, and honestly, nothing has ever made more sense to me.

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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 22/12/2024

Science friends, can you recommend me books about animals who decorate themselves whether it be with mud or stones or little sea anemones?

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

1/ As people consider the possibility that “the perfect crime” might allow someone to get away with murder, I share the story of the “Mumu Bandit”. I’ve previously posted this elsewhere. This will be a lengthy thread. In 1995-96, I clerked for Judge Herbert Maletz in the District of Maryland.

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Okay, this is my autism getting in the way, but ownership can be transferred. Can vulvas be transferred? Because I think I have one I don't need anymore. Free to a good home. Leaving it at the curb, first come first served, no DMs.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @estrusflask.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Cis writers often forget our poison glands and ability to spit acid.

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Didn't read the article so I don't know why she lost her voice (too many scripts on the site), but as I approach 18 months of intermittently losing my ability to conceptualize and speak words... Buckle up, my crazy brain injury story incoming! 🧵 #braindamage #recovery #writing /1

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

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Delyth Thomas Art (QueenieVT) @delyththomasart.com · 15/12/2024

Under langauges in settings make sure tge bottom option has nothing selected so posts of any langauge will show up for you x

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Tried to wade through the insanity that is the mess BlueHost got me into by delaying my domain transfer for two weeks. Gave up after a few hours and a lot of tears over my brain. I've refunded all sales for the past year because I can't recover the data. If I missed you, please let me know.

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Elena Betts Barahona @ebettsb.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Such a powerful & clear connection made by @imanibarbarin.bsky.social “They sold your bodies downriver, because your bodies, when they are sick and disabled, are profit centers. Are we figuring it out yet?” 💯😡 #covidisntover #maskup #disabilityjustice #luigimangione www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYq9Emjr/

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And disabled people have been shouting this since 2020. #greenscreen

TikTok video by Crutches&Spice ♿️ :

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

So sometimes a dead body will turn into soap (saponification) and now I kind of want to make a resurrected character named “Latherus.”

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 21/12/2024

So we have had an adventure! The cats arrived by air and the not-a-teenager and I went to pick them up. There we discovered that the carrier size insisted on by the airplane is significantly larger than the ones we normally used to transport the cats. Only two would fit in the backseat.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This is a piece from a series of mythological creatures and folklore I did between 2016 and 2018, all painted in India ink and white ink on coffee stained watercolor paper. Here we have the #griffon or #gryphon or #griffin depending on your preference ;)

Illustration of a black and white gryphon on textured coffee stained paper. It's flying and looking directly at us. Two bottles of ink sit at the top of the paper, and a couple paint brushes sit at the bottom. Text reads www.kamakru.com

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

As a person with brain damage and memory difficulties, it drives me absolutely angry when people change their display names regularly. It adds such a huge toll to interacting. I have a hard enough time remembering things without the context changing on me unpredictably! Invisible disabilities!! 😭🤬

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Is it sad that this is just how I live my life? The cPTSD is real, and recovery is a permanent state of being. Before I was fired, what I need the most autonomy and escape-plans for were virtual meetings. Yes, thank you, I have a triple mute default and two ways to disable my camera. Safety first.

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I did a difficult, stressful thing today. I have only 99 difficult stressful things left to do. I hate having stress intolerance.

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Can’t get past the NYPD and Eric Adams putting on a ridiculous show of force to transport Luigi Mangione and make the ruling class feel better. And across town they’re using force to attack a strike and make the ruling class feel better. Rarely is the purpose of cops so obvious.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th” When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn

The excerpt from William and the Werewolf showing singular they spelled with a Thorn

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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It seems important to remind people that "A Christmas Carol" is about a cheap and uncaring business owner who literally has to have spirits appear to shame him and scare him with promises of a death people will rejoice over just to get him to buy a fucking turkey and give people time off.

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Chris Lewis Lee - available for work @chrislewislee.com · 19/12/2024

“unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted”. Sign this statement and make sure that our voices are heard. www.aitrainingstatement.org

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Lots of clarity today

Alex press tweet w/pic of cops locking arms adjacent to striking workers:
"NYPD literally locking arms to protect Amazon’s operations lol"

https://x.com/alexnpress/status/1869764581360619628

Luis Feliz Leon tweet w/pic of cops escorting handcuffed Amazon driver:
"Breaking: Amazon driver attempted to stop his delivery van in support of ULP strike NYC in the warehouse entrance. The cops swarmed him, and he was arrested. Workers surrounded the van, and cops flung them off."

https://x.com/Lfelizleon/status/1869748494250152071

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

If you read this and say to yourself, "But that's just how parents/roommates/partners are?" stop and go look up cPTSD, because you have it and life is better once you know.

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aXL99 _(:3 」∠ ) @axl99.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It wasn't until the Glaze 2.0 and 2.1 updates that I really saw in the wild how it had protected my work from folks who wanted to see if they could "break" Glaze trying to get diffusion models to mimic my style and others All that with just 3-5 minutes a pop on free software by uni grads and profs

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Glenn Birmingham @birminghamglenn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

'The killing of Thompson has given rise to other threats against CEOs. “It seems to be the popular thing in this day and age,” Poulson said.' Hmm... Things are popular for a reason. I wonder what it could be... 🤔 This will require the best generative-AI LLM "minds" to figure out!

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 19/12/2024

If you're cooking this holiday season, stand by that pan! Unattended cooking is the number one cause of home fires.

A couple in a kitchen wearing santa hats. One man is restraining the other from going towards the stove. They say, "I love you, but if you don't stop opening the oven, I'm going to toss you from this kitchen." The other man replies, "I won't have an overdone ham this year. I just won't do it." The text reads: Overly attended cooking? No such thing. Remember to stand by your pan this holiday season. Unattended cooking is the number one cause of home fires.

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

While you’re checking your state exempt minimum, check the actual definition of exempt. Regardless of salary, if you don’t have much control over how you do your job, you may well be misclassified. It’s very specific. Read the requirements here, check out each category: www.dol.gov/agencies/whd...

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Fact Sheet #17A: Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer & Outside Sales Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet - U.S. Department of Labor

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*

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Wynn Thornton @northwind.myatproto.social · 19/12/2024

Not that I expect any response to this*, but occasional reminder that I'm still looking for work. Happy to relocate to get it; just, please don't send me something offering $14/hr to start unless you know of somewhere safe and stable nearby that I can rent for $800/mth or less. "Resume" in pinned.

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Mike the Perpetual Student @sacwriter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The opposite of “Nice” is not “Mean”. The opposite of Nice is “Genuine”. Niceness is a protective mechanism where we hide who we are to keep ourselves safe. Authenticity/Genuineness is a function of a person who feels safe in themselves and who they choose to be with.

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Brown pelicans at sunset 🌅 🪶🌿

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Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims @kaitsims.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

a 🧵 on the way women and caregiving expectations this weekend I was on a ~4hr flight seated in the aisle with another woman in her late 30s/early 40s in the window seat. toward the end of boarding, a dad came through with his 5yo daughter to take the middle seats on either side of this row. 1/

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

When I had a violent stalker who would graphically describe how he would have me gang raped, puncture my organs and and break all my bones, I was told the police "couldn't do anything". Consider this a reminder that they absolutely ✨can✨ do something. They just don't care about YOU.

A screenshot of a social media post that states a Florida woman was arrested this week after allegedly threatening a health insurance provider. Lakeland Police said the woman became increasingly upset during the call which she ended with delay denied depose you people are next.

On the left is a mugshot of Briana Boston, the middle aged white woman with blonde hair and a blue shirt. On the left is the mugshot of Luigi mangioni, He is a white man in his twenties with dark curly hair and thick eyebrows.

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