iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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You may have seen a viral picture of actress Mia Goth seemingly referencing her recent divorce filing. It was posted by an Instagram page w/ 1M+ followers and a blue checkmark. It was AI. Here's a story about multiple systems of verification/trust failing: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

“Mia Goth does not have ownership of, nor does she engage in social media on any platform. We have filed multiple complaints with Instagram to remove the verified fan account which continues to post counterfeit, AI images of Mia Goth,” Christine Tripicchio, a representative for Goth, told The Verge in an email. “The fact that this fan account meets Instagram’s criteria to qualify for a ‘blue check’ is disconcerting on a fundamental level. Beyond that, it is incomprehensible that Instagram evidently prioritizes the dissemination of forged and manipulated images over the protection and integrity of a public figure’s likeness.”

An AI photo of the actress Mia Goth wearing a shirt that reads "MY EX IS MY BIGGEST FAN."

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 10h

Weird how this happened right after they made its former CEO their new Senior Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer. 🤔

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 10h

Reading Rainbow is back! 📚🌈 ☺️ We are happy to announce that Reading Rainbow is back on October 16th and will be premiering on the official Reading Rainbow YouTube channel! Get ready for a new season of learning, stories, and fun!

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 16h

Not accepting it means not normalizing it, refusing everywhere I can refuse, pushing for holding the companies producing this accountable with existing & new regulation, working to protect the environment & important social infrastruture. >>

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 16h

One of the key messages I carry is that we don't have to accept any of this. Sometimes I see opposition in the form of "Get in loser, you'll be left behind" and other times it's in the form of "It's all over the place, what do you mean you think you can opt out?" >>

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 16h

"It's already here, what do you mean you think you can refuse?" is just another variation of the agency-stealing inevitability narrative. The future is not yet written, and we can shape it, starting with rejecting inevitability and claiming our agency. /fin

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liz 🍉 ليز @lizardry.bsky.social · 10h

We in Gaza are living in tents amidst a catastrophic humanitarian situation and soaring prices. We need $100 a day just for food, water, and basic necessities. Your support, however small, means life and resilience to us. Don't leave us alone 🤍🇵🇸 Donation link ⬇️🫒 chuffed.org/project/157281

Collage of four photos of Ahmed. The top right is him standing in front of his family's tent. The top right is him standing by the entrance to the tent. The bottom left is him seated next to his parents on a bench outside the tent. The bottom right is a selfie with the tent behind him.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 10h

Disney swooping in to pick up the shattered remains of a horrible company 🙄

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 10h

The accountability to bankruptcy pipeline

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 10h

Probably gonna see a lot of this up ahead {CW self harm, fatphobia, suicide}

BUSINESS INSIDER
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Chatbot startup Character.Al files for bankruptcy and Disney , is first in line for key
assets
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11h

Starting a hit squad to take out the chat bots of people who write their chat bots into their will

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Holy shit, am I tired of the people who clap like seals whenever fascist Marjorie Taylor Greene pretends to give a shit about doing the right thing.

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Kaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 20h

he's not saying anything--don't quote him on that. he's just asking questions. can't a guy ask questions? when did we all become so sensitive? he's playing devil's advocate. you're offended? get over it. comedy isn't about your comfort. what's wrong with you? that's Shane Gillis, human fistula.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

LA Confidential otoh hits a little more unevenly than I remembered

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Satan @satan.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026

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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“Why this creation comes to life is never explained —“ hmmm so interesting how male reviewers never write “How this middle aged man can do all this athletic spy shit is never explained —“

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"am I missing something?" where to even begin

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 11/10/2026

people keep making movies where the premise is "it's kind of like a man but it looks like a monstrous freak but it's nice and sexy and doesn't abuse the woman so it's basically the most romantic thing ever" and men keep not getting it.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11/10/2026

Also mutes take alt text into account. If you mute a word and it shows up in alt text, you won't see that post. I deeply appreciate people who use alt text!

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analog brooklyn @analogbk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Nooo! Just do the Ken Burns pan, queen.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Very dystopian that on the article about a A.I. data center poisoning the air, there's a little rainbow A.I. chatbot button just lurking at the edge, waiting to poison the air some more to answer your banal question

The article below with a rainbow tab on the side which initiates a chat bot
Text:
Gadget Revieu_

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Virginia Data Center Ran
Diesel Generators for 24
Hours. Residents Fled Their

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Sterling residents had no legal recourse as
189 of Virginia's 197 data-center air permits
allow emergency diesel runs without public

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes

Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

When they put genAI in schools 🤖🤬

Cartoon
Panel 1: A bald mustached guy: students, our school's values are integrity, honesty, keginiality, and taking care of the earth.
Panel 2: same: and to teach more about that I'm proud to present....
Panel 3: a huge robot with smokestack back, case that says Other People's Shit and a jug that says All the Water.
Guy: prodeasoe Deathgargle Von Stealyorshit McPoisonstacks III!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/10/2026

Nicholas Cage is on a generational run.

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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 28/07/2025

239. A little older, you realize that hope has to come from somewhere - and that you are in part responsible for that. (Bonus: excellent dialogue. Like, exceptionally well crafted and evocative.) bookshop.org/a/868/978133...

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Shadowshaper (the Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1): Volume 1

Volume 1

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You say later that you want a single book and not a trilogy so that knocks Shadowshaper off the running altho the fact that Netflix Shadowshaper isn't a thing is a grave injustice. Apart from that, throw a dart at a list of all DWJ and Zilpha Keatley Snyder- any of theirs would do it.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Students made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

As people have pointed out in the comments, Ken Burns made a whole career of finding creative solutions to having only still images as reference. It started when he was filming an interview early on and slow panned across a painting in their house like it was a landscape. Consumed very little water.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Helping destroy the earth, stealing from other creators AND torching your own name to make some old photos "blink, laugh and fidget" is wild stuff. Is this a filmmaker version of token maxing? Like is there some angle we can't see?? Because...why??

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There are plenty of ways to ‘bring the archive back to life’ without using generative AI. And filmmakers need not pretend otherwise.

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