iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

ellie quinlan

@elliehotel-ing.bsky.social

47 followers 9 following 0 posts

better in real life • breaking news reporter @newrepublic.com

Posts Replies Media

Reposted by ellie quinlan

Old Hobbes 🔜 Private Practice @hobbesq.bolasgang.com · 24/06/2026

This article is fucking hilarious: consequence.net/2026/06/alex...

The Great American State Fair seemingly became an afterthought after most of its booked acts bailed over the politicization of the event, a concern that was only validated when Donald Trump promptly sought to replace the canceled performers by announcing a MAGA rally. However, organizers have added one new artist to the bill: Alexis Wilkins, the aspiring country singer who also happens to be dating FBI Director Kash Patel, is set to perform at The Great American State Fair later today.

Wilkins announced her participation late Tuesday night, writing on X that it was “great honor to be a part of the 250th birthday of this great nation.” When several people in the replies questioned whether her relationship to Patel led to the gig, she quickly went on the defensive.

“Let’s just get a few things straight, because this is long overdue,” she wrote in a follow-up post to X.

Wilkins averages 5,863 monthly Spotify listeners, which is 3,704,798 average monthly listeners less than fellow Great American State Fair performer Vanilla Ice, who hasn’t had a hit in 36 years and still logs 3,710,661 average listeners a month, and some 35,000 average monthly listeners below Hatebeak, a Baltimore death metal band whose lead vocalist is a literal African Grey parrot named Waldo.

5286

Reposted by ellie quinlan

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is really, really dark. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

wsj.com

Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes

The country’s internal security agency indicted a reservist and a civilian for security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice in connection with the bets.

451763725

Reposted by ellie quinlan

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Remarkable that officials are now rushing to rehire employees fired under Elon Musk's DOGE. Between this and all the tariff reversals, backpedaling is now becoming a policy norm. Which increases uncertainty more. On the pod, @kedseconomist.com is good on this dynamic newrepublic.com/article/1962...

newrepublic.com

Fox News Quietly Admits to Major Trump Failure amid Fresh DOGE Fiasco

As Fox hosts sharply question Trump officials about the latest signs of trouble for his tariffs, an economist explains why this and new revelations about the DOGE disaster reveal a much deeper set of ...

19475143

Reposted by ellie quinlan

Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If anyone is having trouble following my (increasingly long) thread tracking incidents where police assaulted journalists at protests in Los Angeles this weekend, it's also in spreadsheet form here. This is the more organized version I've been sending to lawyers, agency chiefs, electeds, etc.

docs.google.com

California Press Rights Tracking Doc (Consolidated)

311288613

Reposted by ellie quinlan

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

insane moment in world history right here

1294111970

Reposted by ellie quinlan

Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

Chart showing double the number of protests in 2025 than occurred during the same time period in 2017.

10961382674

Reposted by ellie quinlan

Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The migration of academia to Bluesky, in a graph. The problem is now that academics have moved here wholesale, but there are far fewer non-academics. So posting on Bluesky has far more academic impact than other platforms, but less scicomm value. A conundrum.

88011

Reposted by ellie quinlan

NewsGuild of New York @newsguildny.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Our New Republic members have unanimously ratified a new three-year contract! Highlights include strong no-layoff protections on AI, a $21,000 increase in the salary floor and an average of a nearly 20% raise for members over the life of the contract… nyguild.org/post/no-layo...

0103