iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

See, this is why there shouldn't be any debate about trans people. There's just no way in hell anyone would wake up, pause the game of life, and bump the difficulty from "easy" to "nightmare" unless they really fucking meant it.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think we should cancel him because apparently there was enough convincing evidence to force the university to suspend him for a semester.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

hell yeah man sure, show me your phishing playbook.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"um, actually, 'queries take so long your users cancel them out of frustration' is working as intended" is not quite the support case slam dunk answer you think it is, man.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When the stupid speaker stopped letting my kids add stuff to the list without setting up an account for them, we grumbled and kept going because it still worked for most of the family. as soon as it stops letting us add "fancy bread" and "normal bread" to the list we are back to pens and paper.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I transform new figures first without the instructions, no matter how complicated. At least I try. With Lucky Cat Cyber Goddess CG01 Venus (Arcee), I failed and had to check. There I discovered I needed to hide her butt cheeks under the dashboard. #transformers #transformerstoypics

Lucky Cat Cyber Goddess CG01 Venus (Arcee) in car mode. Picture from front right of car.

Lucky Cat Cyber Goddess CG01 Venus (Arcee) in car mode. Picture of interior from just over the trunk lid. The interior has seats, a dashboard, steering wheel, and even a rear-view mirror.

Lucky Cat Cyber Goddess CG01 Venus (Arcee) in car mode. Picture from rear left of car. You can see the opening doors, steering wheel, and seats.

Lucky Cat Cyber Goddess CG01 Venus (Arcee) in robot mode. Picture is looking up at her. One hand is on her hip, the other outstretched towards the camera.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'd never bring an iced coffee to a job interview. The real go-getter move is to bring a tub of ice cream and jug of milk and make a shake for yourself right there. No sharing; they should have brought their own.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

at a thing about monarch butterflies at the local library and honestly gotta hat tip the 6 year old in the front who answers all of the presenters questions and honestly didn't need to be here today because she already knows all the butterfly facts.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

finally got mtmte starscream. now that my personal nightmare is over, I have to humble myself to remember that others are still going through it. BTW if you haven't been following the news, check your targets! They're getting the starscreams, insecticon packs, and prowls NOW.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Attention dipshits worried about trans people in the bathroom: You should be worried about them in the voting booth.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh but where will the privacy invasion end? Will we examine all the nonagenarian lawmakers for Weekend at Berniesism? Shall we wake the octogenarian power-brokers for a quick thumbs-up-if-you-know-what-year-it-is? Do we insult our brave junior junior septuagenarian newbies with a questionnaire?

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity *yet*

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

someone has been hammering my chatgpt account to try to login for the past 3 days. Omg, I have a chatgpt account? Yeah I thought if I registered an account and turned on MFA they would stop emailing me 6 digit codes :-(

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Candidly, once we release this burrito, world hunger will collapse. Nobody will ever be hungry again. A lot of farmers and restauranteurs will lose their jobs after the release of the release of Cheesy Lime Crunch Loco Gordita Baja Wrap EnchiSupreme del Chunky Cantina Queso Cruncharito 4.1 alpha_3p.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

They gave out money to pay for anti-terrorism upgrades so every local news station had stories where they'd have a mic in the face of Sheriff Podunk and he's explaining that the local playground is Al Queada's next logical target so the sheriff's dept (staff: 3) bought an armored personnel carrier.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I swear to God eventually 100% of the text on the Internet is going to be AI-written because the remaining humans capable of writing without AI are all going to have rage-induced strokes, one by one.

Screenshot of a reply from reddit:

Embarrassed-Gene-195:
Nice AI post

ktwombley (OP) replied:
You could write in paragraphs too if you'd have paid attention in school, adjective-noun-numbers.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think republican congressmembers should be forcibly transitioned. Everyone else can choose. that's fine with me.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We evolved over millions of years to detect threats and create a theory of mind to predict what others will do. Large parts of our brains are dedicated to these tasks. Importantly, evolution rewards false-positives and punishes false negatives; Nobody died because a tiger wasn't hiding in a bush

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Maybe that will help, because my kid and I couldn't even get through book 1. The way it lapses into king jamesian language (being charitable, maybe to make it sound more like a foundational myth than a novel to be read by tweens?) at times is just so off-putting. That, and the pacing is boring :-(

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

the greatest thing about for-profit healthcare is that there's a lot of things chest pain can be. if you guess wrong, you die, and if you guess wrong another way, your family is in so much debt that the only way out is your life insurance payout. Let's hope I thread that needle!

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

For operational resilience during an information security incident, it's important to have an OOB (out of band) communication and collaboration strategy ready ahead of time. You cannot rely on your corporate standard email and meeting infrastructure because it may be compromised or unavailable.

A meeting room in minecraft. daoist stands near the kitchenette off to the side.

A meeting room in minecraft. daoist sits at the end of a large table, surrounded by chairs and with motivational posters on the wall.

A meeting room in minecraft. daoist stands in front of the projector screen, with chairs ready in the foreground. On the projector screen is a pie chart with Q3 goals on it.

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Peter Cullen’s family has confirmed that the legendary voice of Optimus Prime passed away peacefully. “His family asks that you honor his remarkable legacy by serving your communities and leading others with compassion, integrity, and loyalty and always remember, ‘be strong enough to be gentle.’”

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maru la malandra del barrio 👊 delinquent vtuber @marumalandra.wtf · 27/08/2026

I'd be shocked if this doesn't get cancelled because lemme tell you, this shit is a Bad Look right now

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maru la malandra del barrio 👊 delinquent vtuber @marumalandra.wtf · 27/08/2026

Many friends kindly DM'ed me about the passing of Peter Cullen, veteran voice actor most famous for voicing Optimus Prime since the 80s Transformers cartoon. I didn't know him but he seemed warm and kind, and I'm sad I never got to meet him. Rest in peace, Peter.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

my mom died, my dad died, my stepdad died, and now my dad died.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Brazenly replacing whole sentences with shit I didn't type and means the exact opposite of what I wanted, butnstillncantnhandlenthis

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don't have a god damn Tim Curry shirt for tomorrow.

A t-shirt with "DOLLY" across the top and a large black and white picture of Dolly Parton

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Lindsay Ellis dropped her Nebula essay on Dolly Parton on YouTube for a limited time. youtu.be/uJuKN0chAZk?...

youtu.be

Yes, Dolly was Actually That Great

YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

please nobody ask him to comment. PLEASE.

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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not even joking, really; this is a “flags at half mast” moment

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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Shut it down. National day of mourning.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you for sending all those books to my kids, Ms. Parton.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Proud to be the 14th 😎 on @BackerKit for Worlds Beyond Number: The Official Graphic Novel.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"Oh, I'm the first person to actually try to use this in production, aren't I?"

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

preorders are a kind of dare. Me: Okay you dorks, I dare you to make the dude who turns into Scorponok's head. ...But not the body. X-Transbots: Done. #transformerstoys #xtransbots

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

we wonder why there's a literacy crisis, meanwhile the most advanced book remaining in your local middle school library is Goodnight Moon.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Super Mario Bros and smartphone are both "computer". One is a great toy, the other is a revolutionary paradigm shift in our ability to accomplish useful tasks. That's like LLMs and ML. They are both "AI". The salesmen trying to stuff LLMs into everything need us to not understand the difference.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

new favorite thing is informing a csr of their stated company policy from their website and then, after some consultation with their manager, being informed they will comply with their own policy "this one time".

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I think I just got pregnant from reading an article about court proceedings.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

once again proving infosec professionals are somehow singularly terrible at threat modeling.

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daoist @daoist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our gas stove died and we are thinking about getting an induction range, but first I have to prove the base case range.

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