iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's a "stupid face-off" between him and Schmidt.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dude was once the attorney general of Missouri?!?! And now is a US senator?!?! I don't know why this in particular is breaking my brain. I need to let it go...

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You say “fun,” I say “heartbreaking.” Tom-ay-to. To-mah-to.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Weird, I was just listening to this album!

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton supported so many important causes, among them donating a million dollars to COVID vaccine research early in the pandemic, which saved millions of lives. She will always be remembered as a champion of the people.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Now's a good a time as any to publicly declare that the phrase "Thank you for your attention to the matter" makes me want to throw my fist into a wall. Not really great when a tyrant, or anyone, reaches for that inane phrase.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

There's much more to Kurt Loder than his age, but it always blows my mind that he's older than my dad and was already pretty seasoned when MTV became a thing.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I wish I could apologize to the Deadheads I used to make fun of in my twenties and thirties. I totally missed the mark.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Good on Democracy Now! for owning the mistake. I guess the new normal is being ever vigilant about looking out for AI-generated content. We're all investigative reporters now.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is VERY exciting! I appreciate the clarification in #2. (Initially, I was squinting really hard.) More importantly, thank you for giving me something to wrap about with my former English teacher dad, who absolutely adores Moby-Dick.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Who ever heard of such a thing? What are you, some kind of communist?!

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is more or less how the World Cup trophy presentation went, with Trump as Ralphie.

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uh - ralphie, get off the stage sweetheart

YouTube video by Fatzcarraldo

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Make the climate crisis the A Block more often. Please. I'm sure your producers will say, "The demand just isn't there. Viewers don't want to watch it." But I'm a regular viewer and I'm saying, "More of this. MUCH more of this."

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phoenix @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it

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John Washington @jwashing.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New book drops in one week. Find info and events at johnwashington.substack.com @haymarketbooks.org

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Appreciate your historically accurate spelling of "Towne." It was a classy establishment and it earned that "e."

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Love the idea of a thread like this!

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Highly recommend reading this thoughtful feature by @ferrisjabr.bsky.social as well his thread on the joys and challenges of native plant gardening. I also recommend reading Doug Tallamy's books and checking out his org Homegrown National Park.

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Dominic Umile @dominicumile.com · 06/07/2026

Pics or it couldn't possibly have happened

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I had the honor of copyediting Stacey Patton's "Strung Up" from @beaconpress.bsky.social, to be published in October. This is a great promo for it. Looking forward to the conversation about this excellent book and the devastating history it uncovers.

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Dr Stacey Patton (@drstaceypatton1865)

Check out the promo video for my forthcoming book, Strung Up: How White America Learned to Lynch Black Children. https://drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/my-editor-calls-publishing-my-new?r=ps5eh&ut...

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I heard the Boo Radleys sang the National Anthem before the game.

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Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Iranian goalkeeper has that shit locked down like it’s the Strait of Hormuz.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I appreciate you correcting the record on the goalkeeping (at least regarding Livakovic).

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

one of the oldest running dialogues in history is "war is a massively complicated political, bureaucratic, and logistical endeavor" vs. "fuck you pussy, war is when you're a fucking badass, oh shit I lost"

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I was already rooting for Japan, but this is just icing on the cake.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Robert Moor's In Trees: An Exploration (Simon & Schuster) makes the case for protecting, learning from, and reconnecting with trees. A review on my Substack, The Taproot Review.

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Entangled in the Canopy

A Review of Robert Moor’s In Trees: An Exploration

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

More than I like to admit, I think about the story of Trump slapping Don Jr. as a college student because he dared wear jeans to a baseball game instead of a suit. Cause, you know, it's definitely appropriate and not psycho behavior to wear a suit to a ball game.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Too many "beyond thrilled to announce" annoucements?

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

To state the obvious, if you act tough and talk shit like this, you better be able to back it up. At some point, perhaps not long from now, someone tougher than this demon twerp (which is essentially anyone) is going to demonstrate there are consequences. Just sayin'.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Dude loves denying people critical vaccines. But his TRUE PASSION is picking up animals he shouldn't be picking up.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Happy #PublicationDay, @kpc.bsky.social! ⚛️ ENTANGLED STATES, their exploration of mind-bending physics concepts to as a way to understand their life journey and queerness, “stings like an exposed nerve and shines with humanity.”—Kirkus Reviews, ⭐️Starred Review

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I'm calling it: the original "nine most terrifying words" is done. Good riddance.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

My good friend Dom has done a superb job charting the mammoth influence of ‘Trane, McCoy Tyner, and modal jazz on a lil outfit from the Bay Area.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"One of the settlement options the Justice Department and White House officials are reviewing is the possibility of the I.R.S. dropping any audits of Mr. Trump, his family members or businesses, according to two of the people." IT'S ... A ... FUCKING ... SHAKEDOWN!!

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

RIP to former NBA player Jason Collins, the first openly Gay, active, male pro athlete. Hard to explain what a big deal it was in 2014 when Collins signed with the Nets. He took number 98 in tribute to Matthew Shepard, the Gay teen murdered in a horrific hate crime. JC was brave and will be missed.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I want to learn all I can about AI, so I look forward to going through this series. I'm REALLY hoping one of the episodes covers it from the energy/environmental angle.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Curious that the author didn't opt for a subject line when "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" was right there.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Happy #PublicationDay, @lodrinkswater.bsky.social! 🥳 BODY WEATHER, her lyrical exploration of the interconnected relationship between chronic illness and Earth’s meteorology, is “a timely and thought-provoking ode to discovery and recovery.” — @libraryjournal.bsky.social

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Yes, stress test, for sure. But whereas their other stress tests are relatively low stakes if they lose, what about this one? Seems like, if you're a Catholic, you better win an argument against the pope, right? "Come for the king best not miss"? I find all this really confounding, tbh.

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Brian Baughan @brianbaughan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Wouldn't it be nice if this was the agenda that every progressive ran on, in every city, state, and federal election?

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patrick @redford.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I wrote about the end of the U.S. Forest Service and the arrogance of trying to kill something like a forest: defector.com/the-trump-ad...

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