iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 17/02/2026

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Have you read this new blog post? It's on @leaflet.pub. It's literally on @pckt.blog. You can probably find it on @offprint.app. You can read it on @skyreader.app. @greengale.app has it for you. You can @ap.brid.gy it. It's a @standard.site original.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/02/2026

people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I saw someone else post this so I thought I’d give it a try. Very sus. I have not written a single line of Clojure in years 🤔

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else! www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

An illustration of me, and the headline: "AI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker
The Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security"

To put it bluntly, the path currently being taken towards agentic AI leads to an elimination of privacy and security at the application layer. It will not be possible for apps like Signal—the messaging app whose foundation I run—to continue to provide strong privacy guarantees, built on robust and openly validated encryption, if device-makers and OS developers insist on puncturing the metaphoric blood-brain barrier between apps and the OS. Feeding your sensitive Signal messages into an undifferentiated data slurry connected to cloud servers in service of their AI-agent aspirations is a dangerous abdication of responsibility.

Happily, it’s not too late. There is much that can still be done, particularly when it comes to protecting the sanctity of private data. What’s needed is a fundamental shift in how we approach the development and deployment of AI agents. First, privacy must be the default, and control must remain in the hands of application developers exercising agency on behalf of their users. Developers need the ability to designate applications as “sensitive” and mark them as off-limits to agents, at the OS level and otherwise. This cannot be a convoluted workaround buried in settings; it must be a straightforward, well-documented mechanism (similar to Global Privacy Control) that blocks an agent from accessing our data or taking actions within an app.

Second, radical transparency must be the norm. Vague assurances and marketing-speak are no longer acceptable. OS vendors have an obligation to be clear and precise about their architecture and what data their AI agents are accessing, how it is being used and the measures in place to protect it.

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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Feeling embarrassed by your past work is not a sign of incompetence. It’s a mark of growth. Regretting your prior decisions doesn't reflect poor judgment. It reveals new insight. Cringing at your old opinions doesn't display ignorance. It demonstrates an open mind.

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Love this!! I’ve been getting into cross stitch and embroidery lately. I had one project not too dissimilar from this that said “I Can’t Adult Today” 😂

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I hear you. For me, it’s been finding things that keep my mind occupied but not fatigued (and without a screen). I’ve gotten really into cross stitch and embroidery. I’m also enjoying tending to my yard with a podcast on. Rock climbing has also been simultaneously physical and meditative for me ❤️

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I’ve never heard of this before and it sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing this! ❤️

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

It makes sense that’s what you’re seeing online. I know my current company is slowing down hiring and I hear others are as well.

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

And agreed, I know companies are tightening up while also raising the bar for entry. I feel like not every opportunity ends up on a job board anymore so I feel like the gems are harder to find (my gut feeling, could be wrong)

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I would love to get closer to the robotics space! I think tech is still figuring out how to operate with AI disruption but robotics seems solid.

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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 10/05/2025

Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis. It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I’m addicted to these r/findthesniper type photos 👀

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I liked the way a friend of mine put it - “Time is money, and every day I pay myself first” ❤️ I’ve always wanted to do this but I also want as much as sleep as possible before work begins so it’s a struggle 😂

Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

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Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

An interesting read on layoffs. “…leadership often swoops in and redirects efforts toward entirely different goals. You trust their judgment…Then, when the arbitrary goals they set aren’t met, the company decides to cut staff. Those who made the poor decisions remain” mertbulan.com/2025/01/26/o...

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Once You're Laid Off, You'll Never Be the Same Again – Mert Bulan

It’s been over a year since one of the most significant turning points in my life, and it’s time to reflect on that.

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It can feel bittersweet leaving something behind for something new. Excited for you! I love hearing about folks finding new things these days. I’ve been too scared to look at the market but maybe it’s turning around

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Happiest of Birthdays! 🎈

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

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This is wild. Also a horrible day to have eyes and see how far AI generated videos have come 🙈

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Thanks for the validation here! I didn’t put much thought into a manager asking the team to list out what they were working on, but I’ve seen it happen many times. This was during times where clear goals were hard to come by, so this makes sense.

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Omg I’m an idiot. I thought this was a tech thing, not a Musk thing. Getting my feeds mixed up 😅 I scrolled more and saw all the news about it, my apologies!!

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m asking this genuinely - is this considered bad because there should be other processes in place? Standups? Weekly checkpoints? I’ve had a manager imply they didn’t know where my time was going or what I did that week and it really caught me off guard (which felt like the point in retrospect).

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I found this post and clip validating in times like this where people think removing DEI means “going back” to merit-based hiring. Former Google CEO talking about how data showed “extreme evidence of male bias against female candidates.” reddit.com/r/womenintec...

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From the womenintech community on Reddit: Former Google CEO shares evidence of Google's biased hiring between him and founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page - this is why 'DEI' matters

Explore this post and more from the womenintech community

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

“… depriving workers of the opportunity to use their judgement left their cognitive function "atrophied and unprepared" to deal with anything beyond the routine.” Yup! I read somewhere that businesses don’t care about hiring or ramping up great engineers, just fast outcomes. We’re sprinting to that!

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I’ll be honest, if I don’t finish watching the new season of Love Is Blind before it actually cancels, I may be in trouble 😬 But! I took the first step so I’m proud lol

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I finally did it. I got an email that my Netflix subscription would automatically increase in price next month so I canceled it. Member since 2011!

N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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People can't even come up with original hate speech now?

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It certainly can help one to get unstuck and keep momentum going towards solving a bigger problem. It can be a really powerful tool. But how often we use that tool, and why, starts to feel like more of a crutch perhaps

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It’s been helpful to do tasks I don’t enjoy like quickly spinning up the infrastructure for tests. I know how, I just find it tedious. But I’m not great at Typescript generics so I use AI to help me there too. I’ve made no progress in sharpening skills there but the PRs go up faster 😬

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😭 we all did the photo dumps in college. We couldn’t help ourselves. Then came Instagram 💀

“atone for the traction I’ve given these platforms” Damn that’s quotable and resonates with me!

For me, if something goes viral on any platform, I’ll see it bubble up on reddit so I just lurk over there 👀

It’s tough. My company is mandating 100% adoption of AI tools for eng. It does speed up my workflow and therefore is valuable to the business. But I feel like it’s softening if not rotting my skills over time. I’m senior but worry for the future of junior eng. Or, is prompt engineering the future?

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Thanks! So far I prefer Flashes. They have an edge because more people are using bsky so it’s easier to find accounts to follow there. There are probably more serious photography enthusiasts on Pixelfed but not as many people so it’s hard to feel engaged (for me).

Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

“… they’re gonna play golf…” He’s just telling on himself again. He’s not actually talking about what real people who WFH do. He’s talking about what HE would do

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Ashley @diodes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Great article. The image was almost too relatable lol