iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Latest episode of @peoplevsthemachines.com is online! @bridgettodd.bsky.social and I discuss: -The fight against Peter Thiel and Palantir, including an interview with @afsc-org.bsky.social -Putting the AI in Air Traffic Control (yikes!) -Meta made Ray-Bans uncool www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eenz...

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Everything Palantir

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know we're all cynical but the 'family safety' app that is actually a platform for selling real-time location data to brands so they can market to you is just sinister: www.life360.com/ads

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Life360 Ads | First-Party Reach at 100M-User Scale

100M monthly users. 26K+ premium publishers. Permissioned, declared household intelligence that makes your search, social & commerce plan work harder.

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 27/09/2026

out on the road today I saw a wojack sticker on a cybertruck

cybertruck with a bumper sticker of the NPC meme that says ROCKET MAN BAD

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Give $$ to Will, he will do good things with it

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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last night, we learned Elon Musk is pouring money into Michigan to defeat our movement. Musk, Trump, and their MAGA allies are spending millions against me. It means our people powered campaign standing up to corporate power is scaring them. And we're not going to back down.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hate it so much. This can happen to you too. A year ago, almost everyone doubted this would happen. I had faculty at other schools telling me I was hysterical. (Irony!) Watch for the installation of right wing figureheads without an academic background. Watch for assaults on faculty governance.

BREAKING NEWS
UT cuts all Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses from core curriculum

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David Turnbull @dturnbull.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Really sad news about a tenacious climate advocate, blogger, and communicator. His Climate Progress blog was truly must-read content for year. Joe was truly one of a kind and will be missed by many. May his memory be a blessing.

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Remembering Dr. Joe Romm

It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I think we're having an elite panic about AI over fake extinction stories, and not one about data centers and carbon pollution, simply because they think that data centers and carbon pollution only affect people poorer than them.

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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam

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michael mezzatesta @michaelmezz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Worrying about AGI is a luxury for privileged elites. It’s also a convenient distraction from the real harm AI is *already inflicting* on ecosystems and working people.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The fake Silicon Valley grindset high school is the most deranged thing I've ever heard of. Every new thing in this article is more insane than the last. This is obviously some kind of child abuse. buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/special-re...

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SPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha School

What is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp?

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

OK but what if AI destroys the world

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

How long until he's addressing the RNC?

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Steve Flack @vitaminsteve.com · 11/09/2026

that’s it, we’ve peaked. Call it a day, go start your weekends.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The big media buying companies are secretly some of the worst actors in our economy. They took billions in kickbacks to direct money to Google's ad networks, which destroyed independent media. They then lied to their clients about the true costs of their buys. everything-pr.com/wpp-foster-s...

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WPP Foster Sanctions Motion: Whistleblower Suit Escalates

WPP's Aug. 26, 2026 sanctions motion asks a New York court to punish ex-executive Richard Foster and his lawyers over the $100 million rebate lawsuit.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Pflugerville police conducted 5,078 searches during the six-month period, compared with about 1.6 million searches by outside agencies." www.expressnews.com/news/article...

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His records request led Pflugerville to shut down license plate cameras

A resident's records request raised questions about who could search the city's license plate reader data.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've voted in every single primary and general election from the same address using the same ID for years, and I still got purged from Texas' voter roles. If you're in Texas please check this link. goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...

goelect.txelections.civixapps.com

IvisMvpUi

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I got purged, so did my neighbor - incidentally in the most Democratic leaning precincts in the state. Who could have guessed.

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League of American Bicyclists @bikeleague.org · 27/08/2026

ACTION ALERT 🚨 Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue! Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...

Action alert graphic. A man holds a sign next to a bike lane that says "Everyone deserves safe streets!" Below the image is white text on a black background: "Tell congress: Funding for Bike Safety Projects MUST Continue! bikeleague.org/action-center"

Action alert graphic. White text on a black background: "Congress Must Save America's Bike Lanes
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy erased the data that shows bike lanes reduce crashes and don’t cause congestion. Then he asked Congress to defund all bike lanes — and even remove bike lanes from busy roads.

Now, Congress may be listening: the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict what kinds of roads could have bike lanes on them at all.

We need everyone in Congress to hear us clearly: bike lanes save lives and bicyclists have a right to ride on the roads and get home safely.

Tell your elected representatives: vote NO on any transportation reauthorization bill that would restrict the ability of federal funding to be used on bike safety projects. bikeleague.org/action-center"

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I demand photographic evidence of Greg Abbott listening to BigXThaPlug

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/08/2026

The most important climate action you can take isn’t obsessing over your individual carbon footprint. We need to change the system so the easiest, most affordable choice for everyone is also the best choice. How do we change a system? It starts with your voice!

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Meryl Streep Say It Louder

Alt: Meryl Streep Say It Louder

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Twitter is the broiest place to get your news online, and it shows

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Candice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 14/08/2026

SCOOP: The People of La Junta for Preservation, a nonprofit that works to preserve Indigenous sites, & two Indigenous worshipers of Lipan Apache lineage are suing to stop border barrier construction in Big Bend, arguing it violates religious freedom protections. www.texasobserver.org/indigenous-g...

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Indigenous Group Sues to Stop Big Bend Border Wall on Religious Grounds

The lawsuit seeks an immediate injunction, arguing that CBP construction and surveying activities in Big Bend violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 13/08/2026

I raise this issue because ad tech is extremely complicated, an intentionally obscured market where bad actors flourish and fair players suffer. It is an accelerating problem that has a deep responsibility in the failure of democracy worldwide. You can learn more about that here: checkmyads.org

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Home - Check My Ads

Digital advertising watchdog. We protect your right to be free from scams, lies, and manipulation online. Join us to help keep the ad industry in check.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I keep thinking about how Republicans had a chance to kill Paxton's political career during his impeachment in 2023. Dan Patrick chickened out, and now they're stuck with him forever. Entirely self-inflicted.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Not an exaggeration to say this money could save the world simply by putting it (profitably) into rapid clean energy deployment, but instead we are instead getting pollution of our air, water, and brains. www.reuters.com/technology/w...

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Nvidia, Wall Street firms partner on $500 billion AI financing venture, source says

A group of financial firms, including Apollo Global and Blackstone , ‌is working with Nvidia to put together a $500 billion funding package for AI infrastructure development, a person familiar with ...

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Some days I feel bad for my skepticism of Talarico, other days I do not. "God already built a wall through Big Bend" ???

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Exxon: carbon capture's potential is "limitless" and we are leaders in CCS! Also Exxon: suing the EU so as not to be forced to do CCS. This is the least surprising thing ever.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

True moment of glory from new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album. You thought Fleetwood Mac had written the best songs about cocaine? You are wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pWC...

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the Mountain Goats - Woodstock ‘99 (Official Visualizer)

YouTube video by the Mountain Goats

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I've been successfully goading my friends into trying German Volume Training and it's so much fun to watch them get mad at set 7 or 8. Everyone thinks they're tough shit until they've done roughly 78 back squats and there are still 22 more to go.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Please donate to @wewill2026.bsky.social! He is a genuinely good person who will fight hard - both on the level of values, and to get great policy written and implemented. It's great news that he's the MI-07 nominee: secure.actblue.com/donate/willi...

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Support William Lawrence for Congress

Donate to help Will's campaign for Michigan's 7th Congressional District.

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Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team · 04/08/2026

Thanks. Yes, that's what I was trying to say, but took too long to get there. Our politics community is strong, and I'd love for us to expand into new communities. Science and sports have already taken off. Birding, gardening, K-pop, we're open to all (except nazis and jerks).

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you want a perfect capsule to demonstrate how completely divorced from reality the broligarchs and their toadies are, look only to the fact that someone thought a winning strategy is to bring a disgraced one-term NYC mayor to Wisconsin to sell angry residents a data center lol

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Millennials are definitely in charge of the Pentagon now. Emailing the listserv to come up with ideas about what to do. Asking the group chat for a brainstorm. Next they're going to launch a GoFundMe. edition.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

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Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran | CNN Politics

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

AI companies are trying to do this, but with human knowledge. It's why they're destroying the books. Wipe out our ability to think for ourselves, then own the means of thinking.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I love ceiling fans and I'm glad @techconnectify.bsky.social has made a one hour eleven minute video discussing how great they are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KWd...

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Ceiling fans: the simple idea we keep screwing up

YouTube video by Technology Connections

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/07/2026

Really interesting story here. You know how the hyperscaler cowboys are powering their data centers with gas turbines? It turns out the demands of AI are not very friendly to those turbines. They're supposed to last 5+ years & instead they're wearing out in under 12 months!

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The clean energy industry has embraced AI datacenters because it's an obvious source of revenue for new generation. This is the risk with that strategy: AI datacenters are so disliked, at some point people will start opposing clean energy projects as a way to stop them. Case in point:

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Enough Odyssey talk. The future of filmmaking is a microdrama inspired by shopper insights from Albertsons and Procter & Gamble following a multigenerational Southern California family as they build a taco business at a taco stand outside of an Albertsons store. digiday.com/media/albert...

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Albertsons’ new ‘micro sitcom’ is a big deal for retail media

Albertsons Media Collective has launched its first episodic, scripted branded-entertainment campaign in partnership with Procter & Gamble.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I sort of stumbled into devoting a large chunk of my summer reading time to Middlemarch, and I regret nothing.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

From the "Dept. of Broken Clocks that are Very Occasionally Right" here's Elon Musk calling Exxon "one of the worst companies on Earth" in a private email. I think being treated this way by their fellow oligarchs really burns oil CEOs and it's part of the reason for their recent radicalization.

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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wait, countries can intervene when other countries emit dangerous levels of pollution? Are you SURE you want that precedent as the world's largest carbon polluter?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/07/2026

Even when the media *does* factcheck their claims, the right has realized that if it just says "yes it is" over & over again, long enough, the media will tire or bore of saying "no it isn't."

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