iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

we have a policy for the use of genAI at the @aial.ie. we reflect on values key to scientific integrity, such as replicability, and err on the side of not using it blogpost: aial.ie/blog/gen-ai-... pdf: zenodo.org/records/2322...

A flowchart that guides reflective thinking around generative AI in the context of research. It highlights key, interconnected values underpinning scientific integrity, alongside practical and wider socio-political considerations when deciding whether to use generative AI for research.

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Charlie Loyd 🎃 @vruba.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I guess I don’t know what it is to make things in public right now. For all the obvious reasons. I know I like when others do, but I have very little to offer them. (This is me trying to name something that’s been bothering me, not a request for validation or suggestions.)

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 30/09/2026

cultural / rather than technical / interoperability

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Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Things aren't great, let's have some fun

A chart of food mascots. Pick four to protect you, while the rest try to kill you. The choices are:
Kool Aid Man
Ronald McDonald
Chef Boyardee
Mr. Owl
Jack in the Box
Wendy
Burger King
Chester Cheetah
Colonel Sanders
Jolly Green Giant
Little Caesar
The Noid
Big Boy
Mr. Peanut
Charles Entertainment Cheese
Pop N. Fresh

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Metro NY Library Council's Cross-Reference Coalition — an experimental school connecting librarians, archivists, grad students, artists, designers — is accepting applications for our fall class exploring PUBLIC STUDY: alternative/radical/progressive schools, lrng communities... crc.metro.org/apply/

Screenshot of the website featuring a cubist image of three figures engaging in art experiments; title: Fall 2026: Public Study; text Our Fall course, “Public Study,” will examine the past, present, and future of popular, alternative, and radical education — particularly as they shape the intellectual, political, and cultural landscape of New York City; and as they’ve intersected with established cultural heritage and educational institutions. Applications are due August 7 at 11:59pm ET.

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There are ways to trim your videogame development budget, and then there are *ways* to trim your videogame development budget.

Screenshot from the videogame Grey Skies. A female character stands in front of an indoor swimming pool. A sign by the pool says PLEASE DO NOT SWIM, and, in smaller letters, "There isn't an animation for it."

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Many faculty have been sounding the alarm about the problems generative AI poses for student learning. Strangely, some higher ed administrations seem have emerged as major AI boosters. Why? As I write in the latest @hedgehogreview.bsky.social it's a labor story: hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-f...

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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 12/07/2026

“…true sickos who care about building a knowledge habitat we can actually live in have the opportunity to use these *other places* as laboratories for building better futures. That’s why I’m here, at least.” — www.wrecka.ge/holdfast-0-s...

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Holdfast 0: Situating

This post introduces the written version of some optimistic and constructive thinking on knowledge in networks that I’ve been wrestling with since the end of last year.

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Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 09/07/2026

I feel like people are not familiar with the office worker drawings in Zuboff’s IN THE AGE OF THE SMART MACHINE, showing what their jobs were like before and after computerization.

Two stick figures, before and after. Before is smiling. After is pulling out her hair and looks frazzled.

"There's a lot of tension now, and that makes people get mean. We had more control before and less confusion. You could get things done. Every once and a while my head starts to throb. I can't take it."

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 06/05/2026

𝙋𝙍𝙀-𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝙔 𝙈𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙄𝙍 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔:

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 05/05/2026

> as if better wiring might eliminate the ghosts

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Omar Rizwan @omar.website · 01/12/2025

"*I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine" (it reminds me of Minecraft or Roblox or Web 1.0 or early PC BASICs, how you need to have stuff around you that is unpolished and feels achievable to copy)

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Gregg Bernstein (he/him) @gregg.io · 01/12/2025

User researchers already document findings at a faster velocity than orgs can act on them. It strains credulity that tech leaders are clamoring for even more yet worse AI-generated findings. My new blog post, "The only winning move is not to play." gregg.io/the-only-win...

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The only winning move is not to play – Gregg Bernstein

Let’s not debase ourselves as user researchers further

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 29/11/2025

to-go box, for here …please?! 🥲🙂‍↔️🤪

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 29/11/2025

is there a coffee shop out there where you can buy an entire pot of coffee??

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Scott Jehl @scottjehl.com · 26/11/2025

When youmightnotneedjquery.com launched, some felt it was early, but most agreed on the goal. Even the team shared that ethic: make our library obsolete by influencing standards. It worked. With React it is different: many devs understand it to *be* a standard. A social problem, not a technical one

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

a cheese grater that, if viewed from the correct angle, appears to have a friendly, stupid face, an example of Pareidolia

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Matt McDaniel @themattmcd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 15/11/2025

Hyperscale data center speculation further radicalizing me against rectangles, buildings and computer can and should use other shapes

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 12/11/2025

Ha you just reminded me that in middle school I was administered a “what career should you go into?” survey and got “cabinetmaker” as my top result. So I have always been curious!

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 16/10/2025

i think my deepest “authority issues” thing remaining is just REFUSING to order coffee in branded size terms

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winston @winston.cc · 15/10/2025

it is deeply annoying to have worked so hard to understand complex systems and learn so many ways to navigate complexity and the punchline of everything is: once you map things out you realize you were underestimating the stupidity by an order of magnitude

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 15/10/2025

Magick codes 4evrrr (also I still think about the FOOD from that day all the time??)

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dan @danabra.mov · 13/10/2025

ok this is really fun, i got pdsfs running locally, and now i can browse my atproto repository in Finder

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Matthew Varona @matthew.wiki · 09/10/2025

Unreasonably excited to present THEORY IS SHAPES at alt.vis this November! Read on to find out what the "BLT Sandwich Theory of Visualization Consumption" (and other shape-based shenanigans) can teach us about theorycrafting in research 🥪🧲🧊♾️

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 13/10/2025

Tired: Coffee and Claude pop-up. Wired: Kool-Aid and OpenAI data center water brand collab. sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68ec6555881881…

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Svelte @svelte.dev · 04/10/2025

lil' treat for all you weekend builders: Svelte now has an official MCP server, courtesy of resident bot wranglers @paolo.ricciuti.me and @khromov.se 🤖 it gives your LLM access to docs and compiler-driven diagnostics — give it a spin and let us know how you get on! svelte.dev/docs/mcp/ove...

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Overview • Docs • Svelte

Overview • Svelte documentation

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 26/08/2025

Received the print copy of my book (out next week!). Obligatory shot with @theul.bsky.social in the background.

A copy of a book in front of Cambridge university library.

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Sophie Bishop @sophiebishop.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work. Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...

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Brian Callaci @briancallaci.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 12/10/2025

“Every drop begins in the cloud” … OK Sora kinda ate with this commercial for bottled data center water sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68ebad5bb99881…

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dan @danabra.mov · 02/10/2025

i wrote down the process of resolving an at:// URI step by step. turns out, it's a great way to learn how the AT protocol works!

overreacted.io

Where It's at:// — overreacted

From handles to hosting.

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 02/10/2025

ADHD tax: buying a new bike helmet approximately every 3 weeks

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 29/09/2025

Stupid question: As consensus builds around the rejection of "AI slop" aesthetic, is it only a matter of time before models are re-trained to write in the style of "Not AI"? caseyagollan.com/2025/09/29/rejecti…

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 27/09/2025

I am ashamed and very sorry to admit that I love(??) Meta Vibes™️ especially because the comments on good posts are just straight up like “Good Slop!”

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 14/09/2025

💗 the software doesn’t actually exist yet for this one! I am trying docs (instead of code) as a starting point. So, interested to hear your thoughts on if you’d use this and how (ideally) something like this would work for you.

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Casey Gollan @caseyagollan.com · 13/09/2025

Otso: Local-first IndieWeb toolkit for archiving, syncing, harmonizing, and publishing your internet trails and streams. otso.run (Decided to try hallucinating a new piece of #indieweb software into existence. Would you run Otso?)

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