iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026

[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 05/09/2026

This year I teamed up with @kevinkelly.bsky.social and David Rumsey to make v2 of The Speed of the Earth for Burning Man, a mile-long visualization of the Earth's rotation. I'm very pleased with how it came out! It's peaceful out there by the trash fence.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Reiterating that Musk's literal voter bribery last time was an unambiguous go-directly-to-jail felony, for which people have been successfully prosecuted over vastly smaller amounts. It wasn't just pouring money into a PAC, whatever one thinks of that. It was a black-letter plain-as-day crime.

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Yes, Elon Musk’s Vote-Buying Is Against the Law

People have gone to prison for comparable schemes.

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 24/07/2026

Batman’s on a jet ski at the lake today

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

As unpopular as the Iran war is, the coverage still doesn't do justice to the fact that they just could have not done any of this. There was literally no reason beyond general bloodthirstiness and incompetence.

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ceej @ceej.online · 23/07/2026

say what you will about the internet, but it’s undeniably the best way to find new stupid stuff to be insane about every day

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.

Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday.

“He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.”

She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.”

“In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.

Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.

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disgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it

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Mike Hales @ekimtiki.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today’s observations.

A photo of a shadow from a tree on a sidewalk by Mike Hales. July 2026

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Roan Everly [ AVAILABLE ] @roanrampant.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My wishes are looking more like fishes these days. WIP for an event.

A vector drawing of a coho salmon in waders walking upright with a net and a pail.

A trout in waders standing upright with a small bonk stick that its thumping in its other fin/hand.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

victory lapping on this one

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✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

what if the real video games industry was the people who made the games along the way

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It‘s just insane to me that a sitting president has made MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS peddling fucking fairy dust with no intrinsic value beyond his stature and power AS president, and it’s not treated as the biggest corruption scandal in American history.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 24/06/2026

also not lost on me that as democratic socialists are winning some elections, a new red scare targeting anarchists, antifascists, and their allies is digging in hard, and today handed down 30, 50, and 100 year prison sentences to activists and organizers

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 11/06/2026

Help, I’m in an unfamiliar Costco!

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 08/06/2026

I've been running Follow the Crypto since 2024. Today I'm relaunching it as Tech Influence Watch, expanded to cover AI political spending alongside crypto. They’ve spent more than $400 million this election cycle, and now you can follow it in close to real time. influence.citationneeded.news

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Tech Influence Watch

Tracking cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry influence on 2026 elections in the United States.

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 19/05/2026

I am human and this music is for me 🥰

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✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

chipzel makes human music

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 13/05/2026

Again: If you’re running for office, I want to hear that you support consequences for crimes committed in office by this administration.

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 02/05/2026

The farting on this flight is relentless. Somebody around here is gassing it up animal style and it’s not me for once.

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 24/04/2026

“The Newborn” by Constantin Brancusi at the MoMA www.moma.org/collection/w... @moma.bsky.social

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 21/04/2026

Me over here thinking about the things I’d like to write…

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This is a war based on lies

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 17/04/2026

Oh my god indeed

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

the basic theory of DOGE was that if powerful people said it was fine it didn’t matter what the law said. I think proving that theory wrong is worth significant effort

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 14/04/2026

An experience I am really enjoying about reading blogs again is the wonderful rabbit hole of fleeting one-off links at the end of posts. Today's path: text.blogosphere.app candost.blog/newsletter/m... and all the way at the end... lookingatpicturebooks.com/p/the-very-h... !!!

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 12/04/2026

This tiny bird picked up a bunch of my dog’s fur in the back yard and made itself a proper Dr. Robotnik mustache.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

No shade to the OP for admitting this, but it shocks me that people my age don’t know this. You fundamentally cannot understand how the world functions, how power works, if you don’t know history.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/04/2026

i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.”

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 09/04/2026

Very much enjoying reading posts from text.blogosphere.app It's fun reading a post, then exploring the rest of the writing on these blogs. Some favorite finds: www.nateshivar.com/1937/stuff-i... briangreen.net/minimalism justinferriman.com/put-away-you...

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Blogosphere - Frontpage of the indieweb

The frontpage of the indie web. Discover the latest posts from independent blogs across the web.

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 09/04/2026

What better way to celebrate 250 years of America than to tear this entire administration out tooth and nail

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 04/04/2026

There’s a dude giving another guy a buzz cut on a bench in the park here. With clippers and an apron and everything! Plein hair!

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The whole thing about Democrats searching for a winning message for the midterms is infuriating because it is staring them in the face: Rule of Law — People who do illegal shit should face consequences. For insider trading. For illegal wars. For ignoring court orders. For being a pedophile.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Cointerpoint: The candidate who says, "My sole purpose in running for office is to disempower, impoverish and/or imprison the corrupt Trump crime family and their enablers" is the best candidate.

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Average union soldier memoir: "at first I was like I signed up for this war, but is it really worth it? Then I saw the reality of chattel slavery and I had to be physically restrained from slaughtering every white southerner I encountered"

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 21/03/2026

My dog has snuggled up against me in bed, glommed and morphed into perfect position. She is a professional and I respect her craft. I do, however, have notes about the orientation.

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 10/03/2026

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

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Dr. Gabagool and the Salami of Secrets @jimpjorps.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

this is what it feels like to post on bluesky

the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack

No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

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Dean Putney @deanputney.com · 27/02/2026

Two years ago today I brought my puppy home. She’s cuddled against my feet now- my sweet girl who everybody loves.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

These are concentration camps and its our duty as citizens to ensure these things don't get built.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 13/01/2026

i think what we need now more than ever is slow, incremental change

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