iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I appreciated this chance to go on Bloomberg Tech, though it's always a bit odd to have a conversation with a reporter who is really interested in what's effectively a fictional story. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

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Watch Bender: AI’s ‘Existential’ Risk Is ‘Fake’ - Bloomberg

University of Washington professor Emily Bender argues the AI safety debate is too focused on hypothetical existential threats while overlooking harms already happening today. She points to environmen...

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Aquarium of the Pacific 🐋 @aquariumpacific.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

With an ongoing marine heatwave, you may encounter marine animals that are sick, injured, or deceased. The best way to help is to keep a safe distance and call the experts trained to respond. Visit pacific.to/rescue for the full list of SoCal rescue contacts.

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UC-AFT Local 1474 @ucaft.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Calling all UC-AFT lecturers and librarians: Fall organizing is heating up, and we need everyone in the fight! Contract negotiations, our bargaining summit, and a statewide day of action are coming up soon. Check out linktr.ee/ucaft for the details and RSVP.✊ #WeTeachUC

Graphic advertising UC-AFT fall events in 2026, including bargaining meetings at UCR and UCM, a fall bargaining summit, and a statewide day of action.

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yay, Duke! (Reposted with alt text)

Duke, a young horned puffin, rears back while floating in dark water. His chest and belly are bright white. His wings are stretched out and back, showing lighter coloration in outer feathers. His face has a C shaped light are around his eye. He looks very satisfied and proud.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

an Out Of Service bus got off the highway, changed itself into my bus at a stoplight, then picked me up. I’m the only one here besides the driver and I don’t think I’m being kidnapped but I guess I won’t know til the next time we stop

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, happy Charles Darwin is “very poorly today & very stupid & hate[s] everybody & everything” to all who celebrate, because he wrote those words in a letter to his friend (and author of Principles of Geology) Charles Lyell 161 years ago today

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Call me Ishmaboo @billjank.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pastis is a national treasure. And correctly identifies causes.

Pearls Before Swine comic strip.

Panel 1: Goat and Rat are standing behind a brick wall, while Goat reads the newspaper. Goat starts: “Look at these crazy stats”.
Panel 2: “Dining out for a family of four now costs 40% more than five years ago.”
Panel 3: “Healthcare is now 25% more expensive than five years ago.”
Panel 4: “The price of a gallon of gas is now 43% higher than it was five years ago.”
Panel 5: “And property insurance now costs 46% more than it did five years ago.”
Panel 6: Rat injects “Oh whine whine whine… So we’re all taking a bit of a hit financially. At least we’re all in the same boat.”
Panel 7: Goat shows Rat the newspaper. The newspaper reads: “Over the last five years, the top 1% of American households saw their collective wealth grow by fourteen trillion dollars.”
Panel 8: Rat suddenly is wearing a Rambo headband and toting a torch and pitchfork. He says “If you need me, I’ll be fomenting revolution.”

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It would be a huge help if anyone affiliated with a university would put in a request for the library to purchase a copy if they don’t have one already. If your request is denied, we’ve found that asking your colleagues to put in additional requests works a lot of the time.

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UC-AFT Local 1474 @ucaft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

UC-AFT lecturers and librarians are fighting for the UC we deserve!✊ Read on below to learn more and visit weteachuc.org for information on Unit 18’s current contract bargaining campaign.

UC-AFT members stand outside a concrete building with raised fists and signs reading “We Teach UC,” alongside text saying they are fighting for the UC they deserve.

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

did you know if you’re feeling anxious you can drink a huge cup of coffee while listening to a playlist of only different versions of danse macabre, and make yourself feel even worse?

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Steve Hasegawa @stevehasegawa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reminds me of the tongue-in-cheek article by a Pomona professor proposing that the optimal plan for the university would be to fire all faculty and stop teaching students, leaving nothing to impede the symbiotic relationship between donors and administrators

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

$131.5 million: the largest labor settlement in NYC’s history — and the largest resulting from any law I authored (so far).

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‘We Screwed Up’: DoorDash to Pay $131.5 Million to Stiffed NYC Delivery Workers

The settlement is the largest of its kind in New York City history.

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UC-AFT Local 1474 @ucaft.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lee has trained hundreds of K-12 educators during her 18 years in the Education Dept. at UCLA. But the innovative social justice pedagogy and off-campus programs she has developed have repeatedly been cancelled for political reasons. As a result, her appointment has been reduced by nearly 50%.

Graphic with a light blue background and the words "BARGAINING HIGHLIGHTS" repeated in orange. A blue speech bubble explains that Darlene Lee has trained hundreds of educators during her 18 years at UCLA, but her social justice programs have been repeatedly cancelled for political reasons, resulting in her appointment being reduced by nearly 50%. A blue banner at the bottom says: "LEARN MORE | weteachuc.org/bargaining-updates"

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UC-AFT Local 1474 @ucaft.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We’re recapping some U18 lecturer bargaining highlights, including member testimony in support of a fair contract. ✊ weteachuc.org/bargaining-u... Darlene Lee spoke out against layoffs at a recent bargaining session: “My work has been treated as an interchangeable part in the machinery of the UC.”

Graphic with a light blue background and the words "BARGAINING HIGHLIGHTS" repeated in orange. A blue speech bubble contains a quote from Darlene Lee: "My work has been treated as an interchangeable part in the machinery of the UC." At the bottom, a blue banner states: "UC-AFT member Darlene Lee speaks out against layoffs at bargaining in May. Read more at weteachuc.org."

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Reupping this again: MSP please alert the young white women with golden doodles, one of them urgently needs the post-exposure rabies series.

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

dm if you want to hear my ongoing rant, entitled “MASH: it’s all about dads, actually”

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

no, no, no, i really thought i timed my MASH rewatching today so that i *couldn’t* get to ‘abyssinia, henry’ until tomorrow and yet here we are

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/09/2026

if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I think she would be pleased. Confused by the accumulation of cats, but ultimately pleased.

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

i swear i had good intentions to do thoughtful work today, but allergies have made it pretty much impossible for me to anything but rote work and napping :(

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i have an old(ish) printer that i have only used for scanning in probably the last year or so. when i tried to print the other day, nothing happened. the printer says there is ink, i’ve run a few cleaning cycles and cleaned the ink cartridges (which aren’t dry) but still nothing. any thoughts?

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UC-AFT Local 1474 @ucaft.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We’re recapping some U18 lecturer bargaining highlights, including member testimony in support of a fair contract. ✊ weteachuc.org/bargaining-u... Sarah Holmes, lecturer at UCSB: “We are not asking for luxury. We are asking for dignity. We are asking for stability.” (1/4)

A blue graphic for UC-AFT Local 1474 featuring a speech bubble that reads: "We are not asking for luxury. We are asking for dignity. We are asking for stability." The bottom banner states: "UC-AFT member Sarah Holmes offers testimony at a bargaining session at UCSB" with a "read more" arrow.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 10/09/2026

this is, I think, one of the inherent problems with LLMs using natural language interfaces: they are a statistical tool *that looks like* a logical tool statistical approaches can be a useful way to find related information! BUT for it to be useful you have to *know that's what it's doing*

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just got to a part in a book that made me shriek, kick my heels in glee, and immediately close Libby to save it for later. (@tkingfisher.com, a radical understatement: you’re good at what you do!)

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yup, and that’s where I put Sam Vimes.

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Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day!

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“I am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg has me in its grip today on Labor Day.

When I, the People, learn to remember, when I, the People, use the lessons of yesterday and no longer forget who robbed me last year, who played me for a fool—then there will be no speaker in all the world say the name: “The People,” with any fleck of a sneer in his voice or any far-off smile of derision.
The mob—the crowd—the mass—will arrive then.

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

54% similar means 46% dissimilar, right?

Most similar cities are: salt lake city utah (54%), san Francisco california (54%), and los angeles ca (54%)
Least similar cities are: new Orleans louisiana (43%), houston texas (44%), and atlanta Georgia (45%).

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 04/09/2026

Product safety is not always like the movies. Here, we have resources.

A realistic coyote sitting in a cave on a gaming chair at a laptop as the sun sets outside. They are wearing reading glasses and looking at SaferProducts.gov. The text reads: In the real world, the coyote checks and reports unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov. A sign next to the coyote says, "Air fryer trash! Started smoking without roadrunner!" There is an air fryer in the corner on fire labeled, "Roadrunner air fryer X.L." In the background, outside the cave, a roadrunner says, "Beep! Beep!" and leaves a big trail of dust. Other text reads: Check for injuries before you buy or sell a product, and report unsafe products to CPSC!

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Is it a bad idea to write a note to put on the door of every apt above me to say “WHATEVER YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN YOUR SINKS FOR GODS SAKES DONT DO THAT ANYMORE”

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

the Sink Problem has… overflowed. the in person maintenance guys are great, but i think they just stepped out to recruit backup haha

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UCLA IRLE @uclairle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Introducing “State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025.” The UCLA IRLE’s newest report provides the latest data on union membership, organizing activity, and worker direct action in California. Read at bit.ly/SOTU-25

State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025 report cover

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Right versus left. I will confidently and wrongly state directions no matter whether I have just checked or not

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

i cleaned out and organized under both sinks in preparation for someone to come figure out wtf is going on with my kitchen sink drains tomorrow. please clap

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Someday I am going to drop in on my apt complex staff, find the one closest to my age, and interrogate them about how wherever *they* live manages resident communication & maintenance requests.

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Elise 🦇 @elisebell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

did anyone else spend a good chunk of their summer rewatching m*a*s*h and then just sob all the way through the finale? just me?

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today Binx decided Orange Mouse MUST DIE (keeping one paw on Blue Mouse...just in case) That paw blur tho! Watch out faux mice everywhere! #cats #becurious

photo of a 7 week old black kitten pawing at an orange mouse toy with her other paw on a blue mouse toy. the paw batting the orange mouse has motion blur.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Greetings, non-Jews in academia! As we start another semester, here's your regularly scheduled reminder that the Jewish High Holy Days are coming up. If you wouldn't schedule an important meeting or exam on Christmas or Easter, don't schedule one on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur.

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LarryLegend @bwtrainer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

if someone tells you you don't need a union, you 100% need a union

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation.

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Silly B Man @lawnerd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Fred Rogers and Dolly Parton found in religion a torch to guide them on the path of righteousness. They never sought to use it to set anyone else on fire. That’s all any reasonable person could ask of another.

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