iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Me: Having a technical issue with an account that has to be escalated to support. Them: "Have you tried using Microsoft Edge?"

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It's important to find small joys in this life. This is why I'm here to tell you about Second Breakfast. On Tuesdays, I do a noon yoga class. I can't make it from my first breakfast at 5:30 to my lunch at 1:30-ish. Enter Second Breakfast.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Timeline cleanse: a wide-eyed owl.

A small Western Screech Owl perches on its handler's glove. Its eyes are wide and curious.

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Laura Eek!! Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 05/03/2025

residents are likely to see green dye in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you do not need to call us if you do. residents are unlikely to see Green Day in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you are strongly encouraged to call us if you do.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I tweeted about this guy last night and got all these replies from random people who said he'd saved their baby's life. Fuck being rich I would love to have been this guy, imagine how cool it would be to know you'd helped so many people. We need to name an airport after him or something

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This whole thread is perfect.

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Justine Calma @justcalma.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Helpful tool for tracking what happens to IRA funding

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts. The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails. The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.

Chart showing instances of wild animals using a hamster wheel left out in the wild, with visits dominated by wild mice, followed by slugs, rats, shrews and a few frogs and snails.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 21/01/2025

If you are feeling overwhelmed, I strongly recommend the livestream of the corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Gardens on YouTube. There are currently 1,500 people in chat waiting for a flower to open, and occasionally claiming that it definitely has moved this time. WWTF: We Watch The Flower.

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Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for

YouTube video by Botanic Gardens of Sydney

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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

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Mike Brown @plutokiller.com · 17/01/2025

Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)

$A computer screen with a display showing output from an xray diffraction spectrometer.$ $Close up view showing fraction of metals. Fun stuff.$

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Zoë Schlanger @zoeschlanger.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"The smoke is a toxic soup. It’s not just the brush that’s burning, but homes are burning and homes contain plastics that are built from petrochemical compounds." - California Professional Firefighters president on CNN today.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/01/2025

As frequent wildfires become the new normal, even people not directly threatened are concerned with what to do about the spread of wildfire smoke. It's important to have a plan. Here are simple, effective ways to get rid of the wildfire smoke in your home. nyti.ms/3WbyFxX

A graphic details how to clear your home of wildfire smoke. Five recommendations include: invest in an air purifier, upgrade your HVAC filters, keep smoke from getting inside, keep your place clean and wear a respirator.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I live in the western U.S. and know that wildfire smoke is not something you want to mess with. I've had a good experience with Bona Fide Masks, which currently has a 25% discount. bonafidemasks.com

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Face Masks | PPE | Face Coverings | Bona Fide Masks

Bona Fide Medical Masks™, part of Ball Chain Mfg. Co., Inc.'s LogoTags division, has one main objective: to help alleviate the shortage of masks and PPE.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Thanks to all of you who made my book a #1 Amazon Best Seller! If you're in grabbing a copy for yourself, it's available from all of the major online booksellers. greenleafbookgroup.com/titles/susta...

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Seems like most intern and research opportunities for undergrads are for juniors/seniors. Does anyone have tips for a rising sophomore (class of 2028) to find summer 2025 opportunities in physics or math?

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 10/12/2024

Looking to spend your training budget before the end of the year? Consider approachableopensource.com 📦$19 shipped in the US ⛅$9 digital everywhere 💼I emphasize corporate technologists as the latent energy the movement needs, and equip them with tactics and air-cover to get off the ground.

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Approachable Open Source

A new book by Brian Muenzenmeyer, available paperback or digital

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I will never, ever get over this.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If you're interested in learning about the carbon footprint of digital content, I have a newsletter. sustainable-content.kit.com/8325079c9e

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Sustainable Content

A periodic newsletter about how to measure and mitigate the carbon footprint of digital data.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Not going to lie, one of my favorite features of Bluesky is opening up and learning random science facts. It makes my nerd brain happy.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Things that have happened at least once that I know of: Someone getting a science job they saw advertised on Bluesky ✅ Someone getting a grad student position they saw advertised on Bluesky ✅ Someone citing a paper they learned about on Bluesky ✅

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Bold of them to think that I can tell any influencers apart.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I thought I'd lost my ability to be shocked by a terrible press release. I was wrong.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I still think this is one of the funniest things that has ever happened youtu.be/l99Ek4YtTuw?...

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Huell Howser, Avocados and a Dog that Eats Avocados

YouTube video by Christopher Fleeger

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JRR Jokien (joshcarlosjosh) @www.jrrjokien.com · 16/11/2024

Reuniting with old Twitter friends when they join Bluesky:

Merry and Pippin in the ruins of Isengard welcoming their friends, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

This WPA poster! libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item...

Red, white + blue poster that reads "Books will help solve many of your technical problems / Know your job / Free Library of Philadelphia"

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I wrote a book! The timing is... weird, to say the least. But it's here, it's real, and it's available for purchase at your favorite online bookseller. Buy a copy. Buy several. I won't judge. Note: I was fully unprepared for how weird it was to hold my own book in my hands.

The cover of Sustainable Content: How to Measure and Mitigate the Carbon Footprint of Digital Data. The cover is white, simple, and almost exclusively text-based, with the exception of an on/off icon that looks like it's been crafted from leaves.

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

possibly the greatest cat photo ever. happy halloween

Photo of grey cat sitting, arms lifted towards the light streaming in at a window. Looks like she's communing with god or controlling the weather. The room is filled with steam from a shower, but it looks like a mystical fog

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 26/10/2024

I have given myself so many little treats that now I have developed Treat Resistance and the treats have to get bigger and bigger just to have the same effect,

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Psst! I'll let you in on a little secret: there's a book coming next month. Want to get updates or just learn more about measuring and mitigating the carbon footprint of digital data? Sign up here: sustainable-content.ck.page/8325079c9e

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Sustainable Content

A periodic newsletter about how to measure and mitigate the carbon footprint of digital data.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

I saw a shooting star this morning. I'm going to take that as a good sign for this Monday. Do not tell me otherwise.

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Remove a letter, ruin a movie: To Cath a Thief (an uncomfortable medical drama) Guess Who's Coming to Diner (breakfast served all day) The Princess Brie (a cheesy adaptation)

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

We look at things in silos. I talked with a biz insurance expert who said that they only analyze data for the event itself (fire, flood, wind, etc.). There is no analysis of human impacts: "what if workers can't get there" or "what if the food/water supply is cut off to people." 1/2

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Alisa @clearwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2024