iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

For people who prefer not to listen to music on spotify, do you have an app on which to put the digital files from your ripped CDs? Assuming you're not rolling around with a discman and tape deck adapter anymore?

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I love how 90s icons have aged into dudes you'd meet on a day fishing charter in Key West. "Hey Rich, did you catch that mullet with shrimp or cut bait?

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#Batman1989 at the Aero tomorrow. The best Batman film (Dark Knight is a close second) www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

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BATMAN in 70mm - American Cinematheque

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Los Angeles, why does the garbage get picked up 17 times by 17 different trucks, with revere sirens varying in pitch, and varying in db from 135-150, every Friday morning?

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Want to read this absolutely genius novella with me and Bagg? Coming up in 2 weeks on @uppermiddlebrow.bsky.social

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

@uppermiddlebrow.bsky.social decided to watch the perfectly decent adaptation of one of our favorite recent books, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary. How does the score hold up to Close Encounters? Is Ryan Gosling too cute to be Ryland Grace? uppermiddlebrow.com/2026/05/04/e...

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Episode 100: “Dutiful Dreams,” or Project Hail Mary 2026 Film

Chris and Jesse are BACK! And the lads return with the first episode in Chris’ series called “This Came From That?” where we consider both a piece of source material and its later…

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

If you missed it, one of those instantly iconic sports moments occurred yesterday, when big brother Irad Ortiz congratulates little brother Jose, when they finished second and first in the Kentucky Derby, seconds after crossing the finish.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Last week, I learned that Scarlett Macaws are the Frank and Estelle Costanza of the rainforest. "Stop cawing!" "I'm not cawing" "There are macademia shells all over the branch again!" "Well, use that big honking beak of yours. God knows it's capable"

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I am increasingly aware I share different assumptions about public behavior.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If only there were some rigorous system of human knowledge that could be used to check whether what you "heard" was true.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I don't really feel like I've "made it" but then, I realise that I own a printer, and actually purchase printer paper new, rather than salvaging it from recyled bins and printing on the blank side. So yeah #madeit.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thanks for keeping my feet warm, guys. Have a good time in your home state!

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I'm sad to report that "Adult Undergarment Model" is a job that has been automated by AI. (Disclosure: image created with AI)

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

"But Holmes, how did you deduce that the Røde company is headquartered in Australia, simply by glancing at one page on the manual?" "Elementary Watson. You see, but you do not observe."

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Flash floods, mudslides, and weak tornadoes = bad. Snowpack = good.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I saw things through last night. On the bright side, I discovered a great little sports bar in Mar Vista, which had this going alongside USC football. Thanks #TheField for welcoming the #cubsdiaspora.

A half drunk beer in the foreground, framing a tv screen showing the Brewers pitcher mid stretch, throwing to a Cubs batter

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"We're going to see some limited benefits, and we're going to see some harms, and then society will have to do what it does with every new technology and say 'What kind of investments do we want to make with our future'". -Justin Reich

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Ep 7 Break the Teacher #shorts

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

... is titling a post so that people click on it, despite the fact you're offering solid, but predictably straightforward advice.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The writer is subtextually communicating “I think everything I’ve included in my draft is essential, I can’t come up with anything else to cut and there’s nothing you, the editor, can do that can possibly make it better. This entire process we’re preparing to embark on, this edit, is a charade."

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I've Already Cut Everything I can Cut

And Other Things You Can Say to Your Editor to Prove You're a Jackass

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We like to say that most ed tech is adopted by schools, but AI crashed the party. But, it's true that some teachers are inviting it in and they say there are ways AI can support learning. www.teachlabpodcast.com/92

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Inviting AI to the Party

Teachers and students find ways for AI to support learning.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 12/09/2025

Putting away all the "CIVIL WAR NOW" banners at the news station and bringing out the "Mental Health Crisis in America" banners with a heavy sigh

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SJ Klapecki (should be writing) @sjklapecki.itch.io · 18/08/2025

"I supplied everyone but the typewriter factory. I sold AI generated essays to students, AI detectors to teachers. I even sold image generators to the chuds when they were memeing on my fellow techbros. Never sold to Peter Thiel - not on any moral grounds, in those days his checks always bounced."

Photo of Nicolas Cage smoking a cigar on a bullet-strewn, smokey battlefield, from the movie "Lord of War"

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I would bet next week's pay that just about everything you know about world and national events you know because of traditional journalism. Even if you got it from some podcaster, Tik Tocker or Substack writer, who got it from traditional journalists.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12/09/2025

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms. ‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms. But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

This week on MIT's The Homework Machine, we tell the story of a school that's gone "all in" on AI, and what benefits and challenges they've encountered: www.youtube.com/shorts/1W88k...

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Winterset Iowa schools are all in on AI #shorts #ai #Homeworkmachine

YouTube video by MIT Teaching Systems Lab

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

"Almost all the hard-earned acreage that Black Americans acquired after the Civil War has been forced from them by mob violence, bank and government discrimination, and harmful inheritance laws." Reporting from @barryyeoman.com and John Noltner from "Still Here"

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Ebony Woodruff

Ebony Woodruff, an agricultural attorney from Chalmette, Louisiana, uses her legal expertise to combat Black land loss, a legacy of discrimination and heirs’ property issues. Inspired by her …

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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 02/09/2025

I just started listening to this podcast series, and it's very good. Timely, too.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

How AI is changing my life for the better.

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Key West has also received notice from the state that their rainbow crosswalks must go. Except these crosswalks aren't your normal crossings... "They’re thermoplastic strips that were sealed into the pavement with heat from a propane torch." The latest from @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social...

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Florida to Key West: Remove Rainbow Crosswalks by Sept. 3

State threatens to withhold funds for any 'additional violations'

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Listen to the most recent episode of "The Homework Machine" called "The Duplicitous Nature of Humanity" in which teachers share stories of dealing with AI powered cheating. bit.ly/4oBPmPo

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Me: Hello company, I give you money every month. I'd like to give you more money every month for a better service. How much? Company: You sent to the wrong email. Resubmit the same info you should shared with me to the portal. Me: Thanks, that tells me what I need to know.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Ethan Mollick et all coined the term "jagged technological frontier" to describe the weird and wild variation in LLM outputs. On #thehomeworkmachine, we explore what makes it jagged, and why it's a challenging tech for schools. www.teachlabpodcast.com/the-jagged-f...

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The Jagged Frontier

LLMs are weird. They can perform very well and very poorly, often unpredictably, and that creates unique challenges for education.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Oh, hello, finally figured out how to automatically post #theHomeworkMachine up on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yplW...

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"Buckle Up, Here it Comes!"

YouTube video by MIT Teaching Systems Lab

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I mean, he can't be that smart if he left his snake hook at home and had to borrow somebody's golf club. #herpetology

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

A house finch is eating my kale. Is nothing sacred?

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

"I got an email that said, “Have AI write your next English paper”. The sub caption was 'Buckle up, here it comes!' -Steve Oullette, Westwood Public Schools One of many stories of the arrival of the Homework Machine, coming tomorrow. teachlabpodcast.com

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TeachLab with Justin Reich

TeachLab is a podcast that investigates the art and craft of teaching. There are 3.5 million K-12 teachers in America, and we want to explore how they can become ev…

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The barbarians howl at the gates, and the librarians librarian.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Trailer is out! This summer we're releasing a seven episode limited series podcast on AI in schools called The Homework Machine. Its based on over 100 interviews with teachers and students, and the student interviews especially are funny, gut-wrenching, real talk from the youth.

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Coming Soon: The Homework Machine

Most education technologies are invited in by schools. But generative AI crashed the party.

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Just one question, will Paul cover "Baby Got Back"?

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Jesse Dukes @curiousdukes.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

This is an extraordinarily bizzare advertisement. What can it mean?

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