iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026

it is interesting that I can't find any mainstream media coverage of Altman's sister Annie going viral on social media over the weekend for uploading footage of the first hour of her deposition in her lawsuit against him (one of two) in which she is alleging years of CSA

theguardian.com

Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I search for what I want using DuckDuckGo's no AI option, then choose the IG link from there. Yes, it sucks to need to go to those lengths. But it works.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My partner bought me a Mont Blanc for an anniversary many years ago. It is lovely and gorgeous. And I am terrified to use it half the time too.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have seen a few people post about inexpensive fountain pens they like, so I found a Hongdian for my collection. It's not bad, actually. It's not the best pen I own, but that isn't the point. It seems to be a solid carry around with me pen, with less fear of losing it. I can live with that.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Looking for some hot stuff? Kitchener's Ginger Goat is the only Canadian hot sauce maker using Pepper X, the world's hottest chilli! Chatted w/ Kris from GG, Smokin' Ed Currie on developing Pepper X, & Blair Horvath from Chilly Chiles about heat-seeking Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ginger goat's Pepper X products:
Miso Maple
Hot Honey
La Cabra Loca

A bin of Pepper X chillies --mustardy-greeny-orange, and "short, fat, and ugly."

Blair Horvath, standing in front a wall of hot sauces at his Ottawa shop, Chilly chiles (one of Canada's largest hot sauce shops).

Smokin' Ed Currie holding a Pepper X pepper

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Note, things are different in this municipal election. Make sure you know how to vote so your ballot counts and isn't considered spoiled.

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Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We made up our minds that "AI is Bad" because IT'S BUILT WITH THE STOLEN SUM TOTAL OF OUR LIFE'S WORK, for which we have received no real recompense or restitution. Our labor is being blatantly exploited to create these products, and I have increasing contempt for people who elide that fact.

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Jasmine Mangalaseril 🧁 @cardamomaddict.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I complained to the City that they enclosed my voting info in an envelope addressed to my tenant. As he's under no obligation to tell me, it's a great way to suppress votes and disengage voters. She said it's a cost savings. LOVELY. (She also tried to deflect and put onus on me...nope)

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, pay attenrion to how you mark your ballot. Here they suddenly say an X is spoiling the ballot, you have to colour in the whole circle. In spite of the marketing logo saying "Vote" with an X in the O!

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wow, almost enough time to floss extra carefully with.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Something is broken." .....

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you aren't finding and following historical institutions on social media, why aren't you?

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love how the ads for Muse on FB and IG talk about taking things off my plate and then give examples of things I have never once thought of doing, nor would I do them, so how were they ever on my plate to begin with?

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Neuroscientist here. I have studied the brain for 40 years. I make serious use of machine learning and AI in my research. Sam Altman is full of shit. These machines are not conscious, any more than a movie of a train coming out of the screen is a train. AI does remarkable things but isn’t real.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The number of people I have learned don't like writing and think writing is a waste of time is... significant.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sometimes you have to have a line.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Given my persistent fear of deep frying, I can't judfe you for not wanting to do something. 🤭

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have done kimchi, sauerkraut, fermented rice, and switchel with success. If you sanitise everything amd take care it usually works out ok. I still have no idea why my injera went that bad though.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just got my copy of Ken Albala's The World Atlas of Fermented Foods, and flipping through it made me think of your article. I am hoping to get back,into some ferments after hand surgery, and this is all good inspiration. ♥️

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you have access to a 3d printer, there are so many pull tab helper files out there! I use one because of a hand injury, but I know some women use them to protect their nails.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That's more comms tgan we see from them when there's an issue, but 🤦‍♀️

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Um. Electives are a thing? No one is tied to a full set of courses with zero other option. Speaking as an Eng/History major who also took a couple science courses, because my interests are varied and complex.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today I was feeling depressed. Then a really good song came up on my playlist, from a show I had watched and enjoyed, and within a few seconds I was bopping along to it like a teenager, and I felt about 100lbs lighter. Music rescued my day. It was glorious.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am using pen and paper, but I remember Cai from the old days of Guelph Twitter, and good to know that this exists!

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

But we don't want to buy American because we are mean. 🙄

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Are there any feeds or accounts for people who want to journal but aren't trying to make an artform out of it? If you do that is great, but I am looking to organise my life with no frills no fuss. Looking for some basic ideas to help.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have a fountain pen because it is lovely to write with and makes me happy. My handwriting is atrocious. But I can read it and that is all thqt matters.

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Wendy Ad 🇨🇦🌈🐝 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🐾🐈🌻🇺🇦🍁🇦🇷 @muchogatos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“It’s one of the Great Lakes. There are acronyms like HOMES, and this is the ‘O,'” Berger explained, almost exasperated. North America has HAMES now!…according to the 47 cronies.

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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ford can spin and blame the feds all he wants, numbers don't lie. Ontario's staring down a $13B deficit, record unemployment, costs skyrocketing, public services starving.

toronto.citynews.ca

Ontario posts deficit as health care, education spending surges

The province reported health-sector investments rose by $6.6 billion, or 7.2 per cent, compared to 2024-25.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am not a horror fan myself, but I can relate to that feeling. I remember watching one show and a lead character got a terminal diagnosis and my reaction was "oh thank goodness".

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This. Speed cameras work. But for reasons we can't have them. But for monitoring "for criminals" it is fine. It makes zero sense.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"internal test software reached customers by mistake" No they forgot to add in constraints to make it impossible to merge code in the wrong branch without authorisation or review. They possibly missed a test environment altogether. It should take a lot of checks to have code advance i to production

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I recently found a barber in Guelph to do my hair after a long spell, but I suspect you are not looking for that. If I am wrong let me know and I can rec.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ok, “Don’t draw an X” is a wildly new voter instruction that overturns what we’ve spent a century telling people to do. I hope this is just one place in the 519 or millions of people are going to be voting wrong

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I hope you are promoting this heavily outside of social media as well so older folks and those not online know. Because this is a huge change from previous elections and is going to cause a lot of confusion.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When voting in the upcoming municipal election (or, after this, ANY election) double check how they want you to mark the ballot and don't assume it's an X. Because suddenly it isn't.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What the heck?? They are asking for a lot of spoiled ballots with this, which smells funny.

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The only time I see WRPS anymore is guarding construction sites. There seems to be zero interest in them dealing with unsafe driving, even at the construction sites they are guarding. This post brought to you by a dangerous situation at road cinstructuin this morning in spite of a cop RIGHT THERE.

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Janice Liedl @jliedl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Help needed if you know automobile and/or early 20thc dress history!

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Dana Bentley @commonst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Burger flipping is HARD. I struggle to burger flip for the two people in my house every third Wednesday (roughly). Doing it hundreds of times in a day, every day, for months or years on end? The person flipping those burgers has earned the right to a decent wage.

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