iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

James Grama @dalaigrama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I beat the 1992 Dream Team 99-93 in overtime. Can you? @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social hoopsmatic.com/dream-team-g...

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Beat the 1992 Dream Team

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Saw The Odyssey last night -- yup, it is a success, with innumerable moments throughout that are going to stick with me. Vistas. Body horror. Creatures. THE SOUNDS. The domestic cattle, pigs and dogs were all out of time and place but I will learn to live with it. And those pigs were all female.

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James Grama @dalaigrama.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🪱 Animal #1072 🐡 I figured it out in 2 guesses! 🟩🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 6.8 metazooa.com #metazooa

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Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

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James Grama @dalaigrama.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🐈 Animal #1060 🐁 I figured it out in 4 guesses! 🟧🟨🟨🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 8.3 metazooa.com #metazooa

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Jim Owczarski @jimowczarski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Trading Giannis Antetokounmpo was not an overnight decision. Rather it was the culmination of a years long dissolution of culture & communication. Grab a coffee. How the Giannis era in Milwaukee came to a bitter end is a doozy. 🔖 www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

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How the Giannis Antetokounmpo era in Milwaukee came to a bitter end

Bad trades, poor coaching and terrible communication all conspired to undercut a championship environment. There was plenty of blame on all sides.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

There is within me an unslaked hunger for preposterous adventure movies. I resist the bad ones, but when a "Congo" or an
"Anaconda" comes along, my heart leaps up and I cave in. "The Mummy" is a movie like that. There is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of it. I cannot argue for the script, the direction, the acting or even the mummy, but I can say that I was not bored and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased. There is a little immaturity stuck away in the crannies of even the most judicious of us, and we should treasure it.

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James Grama @dalaigrama.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

PhD opportunity looking at Irish English at Queen’s University Belfast www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ael/...

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Funding/Scholarships | School of Arts, English and Languages | Queen's University Belfast

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WellActuary @wellactuary.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I think a lot of people struggle to accept how far they are from being a trained expert and genuinely believe that four YouTube videos and two late night tiktok rabbit holes are enough to make them equivalent to one. And then they take any implications to the contrary as someone calling them stupid.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/02/2026

I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across. If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers. If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.

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Dr 〽️elody Ann Ross @melodyannross.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I’m currently on leave but was given edits over the weekend that were DUE MONDAY. I did them because I’m a preciously employed immigrant and publishing is what I pretend will someday secure my career but good lord, editors! Slow Science would change my life, fr

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

#FossilFriday Cousins in life, companions in death. Belemnite guard by chance preserved in the body chamber of the ammonite Parkinsonia from the Jurassic.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 27/01/2026

As our "Immigrants Welcome" sticker says, "the border doesn’t keep out predators; it gives them badges and guns." store.crimethinc.com/collections/...

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Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children

Apparently the institutions are riddled with accused sex criminals.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

When it comes to creative and artistic works I have NO interest in anything included in the AI catchall (caveats required because machine-learning has its place WRT handling data). I will never use it. Do I want an AI copilot? No no no, no I do not; I despise the fact that I am even asked.

Darren pointing at screen during a technical check at Lightroom, saying "So that is an AI monster - do not use", while working with two other people.

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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Melanie Richter-Montpetit @mellimo.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate shorturl.at/OFfig

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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

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Gina Ippolito @ginaippy.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Hopefully everyone in CA already knows this, but just in case someone doesn’t - there’s a special election happening right now. It’s REALLY important that you vote, and it’s REALLY important that you vote YES on Prop 50.

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James Grama @dalaigrama.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Spell your name with movie titles Jurassic Park Arrival My Neighbor Totoro Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse

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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Can large language models stand in for human participants? Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. THREAD 🧵

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The threat of analytic flexibility in using large language models to simulate human data: A call to attention

Social scientists are now using large language models to create "silicon samples" - synthetic datasets intended to stand in for human respondents, aimed at revolutionising human subjects research. How...

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.

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Emily Higgs Art @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Nyctosaurus ~ night lizard 🌌🦎 . 4/5 complete! . I looked at a lot of modern day sea birds for inspiration of this design and I noticed a lot had simple colour palettes or strong lines so I felt this would be suitable for this pterosaur…but I couldn’t resist a flourish of colour on the crest tips!

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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 20/01/2024

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

a bear walking upright, away from a trail camera

a skinny bear standing up on its hind legs, rummaging through a picnic area

a skinny bear with rangy, ape-like proportions, walking on all fours

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Dr Suresh Singh @palaeosingh.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

For this #FossilFriday, I thought l'd share this photo of a Redondasaurus skeleton on display at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. While it looks like a #crocodile, it’s actually an ancient relative of theirs from the #Triassic - a #phytosaur. #Paleontology #Science 🧵 1/

The mounted skeleton of the phytosaur, Redondasaurus, with its open jaws facing the viewer. On display at the Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

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Philipp Krämer @phkraemer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Just a reminder that "Creoles are the simplest languages of the world" is not an established fact in creolistics but very much a controversial position. Maybe not a statement linguists should uncritically repeat in passing during a lecture on an unrelated topic.

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

One of the coolest parts of this new find? Duonychus comes with a preserved claw sheath, so we can see what the claw really looked like! The researchers estimate the claws could have grabbed vegetation up to about four inches in diameter as the reptile foraged. 🧪

The fossil claws of the dinosaur Duonychus. One has a preserved sheath, showing the curve

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

We get a new dinosaur today! Meet Duonychus, a therizinosaur with only two fingers on each hand. I’ll tell you more at NatGeo.

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James Grama @dalaigrama.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

If you do one thing today, read this.

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Once again, the rise of the AfD and its relatively greater popularity in the East has led to yet another round of discussion around the legacy of the GDR and contemporary German politics. A short thread:

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.

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Andrea Corpolongo, Ph.D. @archeanandrea.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Don't sit in silence while history repeats itself. On March 7th, join a #standupforscience2025 protest against political interference in science. Rallies will take place in DC and capital cities across the US: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-... 🧪

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Tristan J. Stock @archelosaurian.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Something that I don't think is discussed enough in #paleontology circles is just how much parental investment is seen in #hadrosaurs. Cause, like, they're doing quite a lot of work compared to what is typical of all other #archosaurs. #Dinosaurs #Maiasaura

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Daniela Sepehri @danielasepehri.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

41.406 rechtsextreme Straftaten, darunter 1443 Gewalttaten, im Jahr 2024. Ein Rekordhoch. Wo sind die x-Punkte-Pläne? Wo sind die Talk Shows? Wo sind die Debatten zu Gewaltkultur in Deutschland? 1/

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

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Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)

A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/01/2025

American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"A group of American oligarchs want to undermine European institutions because they don’t want to be regulated." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social must read on Musk and electoral interference in Europe, and beyond www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Europe’s Elon Musk Problem

He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Would be super grateful if all #language #langsky and #linguistics peeps could share this postdoc job offer.

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Anne-Marie Moelders @annemldrs.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I can't believe I get to say this, but... my first paper has just been published in English Language and Linguistics (Open Access). It's part of my dissertation on language change across the lifespan and I'm so happy it's finally out!

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Navigating the vernacular across the lifespan: a panel study of the phonetic realisation of the first-person singular possessive | English Language & Linguistics | Cambridge Core

Navigating the vernacular across the lifespan: a panel study of the phonetic realisation of the first-person singular possessive

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 08/01/2025

PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot

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Dagmar Fischer @dagmarfischer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

for every 100 words of text generated by ChatGPT, 3 l of water are consumed. The data centres that facilitate this technology are extraordinarily energy-intensive. The demands on the electrical grid, & the impact on the environment and the climate, are immense. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Mark O'Connell: There is, in the end, nothing magical, nothing airy, about AI. It’s a machine of exploitation

Within this system, our country plays a crucial and disproportionate role: a dense network of data centres and server farms has been built around Dublin

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