iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do we teach skills that are useful in the workplace? Fuck yes we do. Did I become a history professor because I'm passionate about vocational training? Fuck no i did not

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should let people dream of something besides labor

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What all #Meta product announcements look like to me by now. #charm #muse

Fake Bloomberg post:
Meta Harm

Meta Debuts a Device that Liquidates your Internal Organs to Provide
a Sustainable Source of Protein for Mark Zuckerberg's Pet Salamander.

Meta Platforms Inc. just unveiled its new gadget, which is already proving popular among
AI fans who are keen to relinquish not only all their human rights but also their lives...

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It has never been harder to follow rule #4 from Jim McCarthy's book "Dynamics of Software Development": "Don't Flip the Bozo Bit".

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh ha ha I wrote a blog post about fluent assertions for logs, as if the year was 2016 and I was a C# craftsman. einarwh.no/blog/2026/09...

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Vent litt, jeg har det på tungen. Et kort ord.

Helseministeren spør hvor galt det kan gå med KI i helsevesenet.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today is not a bowl of soup. It is the last day before the weekend.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The most anticipated talk at #ndcoslo for me this year, “Safe systems in a chaotic world” by @bryan-hunter.bsky.social

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hey assholes, make better software.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wonder if my body and soul can come with up with something non-depressing and human to talk about at conferences next year.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“A poem is as real as a chair and sometimes more useful.” — Rebecca Solnit

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Writing is saying to no one and everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone.” — Rebecca Solnit

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s possible to say what something is without first saying what it isn’t.

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Eivind HM. @eivind1984.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Den tidligere digitaliseringsministeren er sikkert lykkelig over å se at KI også har inntatt domstolene, her ved at dommeren selv har glemt å ta ut prompten sin av domsteksten. Kan man stole på resten av denne dommen? Andre dommer? Ingen vet! Men er det så farlig? Det er jo bare rettsstaten 🥳

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

yup, and Joseph Weizenbaum articulated this playbook clearly back in 1972 "This is usually coupled to the more or less subtle assertion that only computer science, hence only the computer scientist, can guard the world against the admittedly hazardous fallout of applied computer technology."

a screenshot reads: The structure of the typical essay
on "The impact of computers on so-
ciety" is as follows: First there is an
"on the one hand" statement. It tells
all the good things oomputers have
already done for society and often even
attempts to argue that the social order
would already have collapsed were it
not for the "computer revolution."
This is usually followed by an "on the
other hand" caution which tells of cer-
tain problems the introduction of com-
puters brings in its wake. The threat
posed to individual privacy by large
data banks and the danger of large-
scale unemployment induced by indus-
trial automation are usually mentioned.
Finally, the glorious present and pro-
spective achievements of the computer
are applauded, while the *dangers al-
luded to in the second part are shown
to be capable of being alleviated by
sophisticated technological fixes. The
closing paragraph consists of a plea
for generous societal support for more,
and more large-scale, computer re-
search and development. This is
usually coupled to the more or less
subtle assertion that only computer
science, hence only the computer sci-
entist, can guard the world against the
admittedly hazardous fallout of applied
computer technology.
In fact, the computer has had very
considerably less societal impact than
the mass media would lead us to be-
lieve. Certainly, there are enterprises
like space travel that could not have
been undertaken without computers.
Certainly the computer industry, and
with it the computer education indus-
try, has grown to enormous propor-
tions. But much of the industry is
self-serving. It is rather like an island
economy in which the natives make a
living by talking in each other's laundry.
The part that is not self-serving is

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Jeg ser at vi endelig skal få en digitaliseringsminister med tung teknologisk kompetanse.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.” — Walter Lippmann

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am sympathetic to Silicon Valley guys ascribing human-level consciousness to AI because if I had to talk to people from Silicon Valley all day I’d probably have a real low bar for sentience too

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Using an LLM is intellectually easier than writing my own code. There is zero risk that doing the harder thing would make me less capable.

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Web Rebels @webrebels.org · 05/09/2026

Web Rebels is back. 25 and 26 May 2027, at Vulkan. Save the date! The call for speakers is open until the end of September. Never given a talk before? We want to hear from you. webrebels.org/cfp

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I had planned to retire my AI puppet dance talk after JavaZone, but based on positive feedback, I am reconsidering. Any suggestions for possible audiences? The abstract is here: einarwh.github.io/talks.html#T...

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Talk Submissions — a history of talks and stuff

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Always so happy when a computer system can tell me that something has been dispatched to Einar HÃ¸st.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Big thanks to the #JavaZone organizers, volunteers, speakers and attendees for another great event!

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Do-My-Homework-For-Me-McFly ass society

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, can you indirectly say your age?

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Of course it’s kind of bad form of @christingorman.bsky.social to do the best talk at #JavaZone in the second slot of the conference.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On board the AI train to Lillestrøm.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“Only those who know nothing of the history of technology believe that a technology is entirely neutral.” — Neil Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death)

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The correct response to any Musk prediction is "Was he on Mars when he said it?"

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Invalid Date is going to be a bad day.

An info message from Azure saying 'The version .NET 8 Isolated will retire on Invalid Date.'

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Religious mania is said to be the prevailing form of insanity in the United States" -- Henry Caswall in 1839

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Words have very little to recommend them except as carriers of meaning." -- Neil Postman (Amusing Ourselves to Death)

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

When the OpenAPI document earnestly declares that any string whatsoever is fine so I submit "I like big butts and I cannot lie", but then the API comes back sulking, saying that it wasn't OK after all and that I've made a mistake?

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

1/ Thorough debunking of arguments against banning, by law, «smart glasses»/«perv glasses» in Norway. «The Government’s Capitulation to Meta. It seems Karianne Tung has forgotten who she works for.» 🧵

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Regjeringens knefall for Meta

Det virker som Karianne Tung har glemt hvem hun jobber for.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 21/08/2026

I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")

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King's Lead Hat @antitechbro.com · 20/08/2026

"Can eugenics be defended?" No. Someone should group up and submit this to the same journal

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026

i don’t want “accelerated”, “increased-speed” or “fast-paced” research. in fact, am not interested in any shortcuts to mindful, intentional, and slow science

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Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com · 18/08/2026

A man talks to a therapist. Says he’s depressed. Says the world feels hollow and unreal. Says he no longer knows if anyone truly understands him. The therapist says, ‘The remedy is simple. Talk to ChatGPT. It’s endlessly patient, reassuring, and always knows what to say.’ The man bursts into tears.

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Einar W. Høst @einarwh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A lot of people are going to discover the difference between “production-ready app” and “actual working service with paying customers” huh?

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Time to go to work in the shit factory!

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