iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/04/2026

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 11/04/2026

1000 people started spontaneously chanting U-S-A in the San Diego air and space museum at splashdown And you know what? FUND AMERICAN SCIENCE. Imagine who we could be.

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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

Ensures that all the diseases covered by the previous immunization schedule will still be available to anyone who wants them through Affordable Care Act insurance plans and federal insurance programs, including Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children program. Families will not have to purchase them out of pocket. Among peer nations, the U.S. will continue to offer the most childhood vaccines for free to those who want them.

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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is. In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol. And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

theonion.com/historians-q...

From The Onion:

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky knows that if we do not hang together, we will all hang separately: "despite the risks of speaking out, silence itself comes as at enormous cost. Giving in to a bully only makes things worse."

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Opinion | Trump is targeting law firms and academia. Why don’t they speak up?

If law schools or firms stood united against Trump, there would be less reason to fear retribution.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 01/04/2025

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

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Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Counteroffer: we nationalize SpaceX and you go to prison

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I think everyone should apply for a DOGE job. Or at least, you know, fill out the form. Maybe even apply for other people. Fictional people, even. Inanimate objects. In this form right here. doge.gov/join

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Join the U.S. Digital Service (DOGE) | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency

Drive change that uplifts the American people.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 12/02/2025

Do Not Obey In Advance. “Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.” [kottke.org]

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Do Not Obey In Advance

Speaking of Timothy Snyder, Literary Hub published the first chapter (the one on not obeying in advance) of his 2017 book On Tyranny. It begins: Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely g

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Mike Kusiak @skibidimckoozyak.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

❤️ this graphic from MIT about indirect costs. Conveys that a “high” rate doesn’t mean that a majority of a grant goes to IDC. At large research universities, it’s about 25-30% of total costs. I have to explain this to researchers all the time: web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/2... #IDCMatters #SaveNIH

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Mike Kusiak @skibidimckoozyak.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This is great visual of what IDC is used for from the Council of Governmental Relations (COGR).

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Would be terrible if millions scheduled test drives at Tesla dealers & didn't show up. Sort of like Saul-Alinsky-trained organizers who shut down banks in Chicago in late 1960s by opening bank accounts w/thousands of pennies. Schedule a test-drive here: www.tesla.com/findus/list/...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This may not sound shocking, but it is one of the most shocking parts of this coup: why would you shut down all the federal offices unless you're nihilists who've decided we don't need a government? apnews.com/article/trum...

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Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration

One of the next moves in President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s effort to fire government employees and curtail operations is using the agency that manages federal employee worksites around the countr...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The corollary to "don't obey in advance" is "don't obey more than you have to" - do the minimum legally required, and make them fight you for everything else

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine @sterlewine.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Horrible news: Matthew Sweet, the greatest power-pop singer/songwriter of the 1990s, suffered a stroke while in the early days of his latest tour. He needs help to pay for his considerable medical expenses, consider contributing to his gofundme. gofund.me/6c8b9e19

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Donate to Support Matthew Sweet's Stroke Recovery, organized by Catherine Lyons for Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet, our longtime inspiration and dear friend, suff… Catherine Lyons for Matthew Sweet needs your support for Support Matthew Sweet's Stroke Recovery

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