iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Something I think about often is how the reward for promptly responding to emails is receiving more emails.

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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The calls for ‘regulation’ are the tell. They’re trying to impede their rivals and shut out the Chinese

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I’ve lived here 30 years and almost never hear it. But I love it! Have to work it in more :)

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fuckface "squeaky" from:me @skeet.best · 09/10/2026

an absolute pinnacle in everyone-is-twelve-now engineering

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The thing about all these freak AI execs constantly going "our machine may have gained sentience?!" is that they want slaves. That they are ok with slave labor. And *then* it always, always turns out their latest AI trick actually used slave labor somewhere in the global south. They're slavers.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Nice! That merperson is right out of the codex seraphinianus!

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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.

Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share

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THEE NWMagpie - I Don't Argue With Ppl John Brown Would've Shot @thenwmagpie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@support.bsky.team, please let us know you have plans to deal with this if it becomes a reality. This is not something we need to see, nor is it anything a civilized nation needs to normalize.

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wild. Big mil jet (galaxy?) just flew low over the house

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Let’s be clear: we have both wide-spread anecdotal & data driven, research level analysis that LLM use erodes cognitive skills faster than Alzheimer’s. Using it is literally bad for your brain, and bad for your ability to learn and retain new information. As a public health matter? It’s horrifying.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of my big takeaways from #MeToo was that the primary problem was never that men in positions of power didn’t believe victims. It was that they thought sexual violence is something women deserve.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

excited to see every catholic university in the US triple down on arts.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...

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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million

"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Marilyn Olmstead (d. #OTD in 2020) was an internationally renowned American chemist & leader in small-molecule X-ray #crystallography--notably of fullerenes, or "buckyballs." #WomenInSTEM Buckyballs are soccer-ball-shaped carbon cages that spin rapidly in crystals. Their spinning was an issue...🧵

A precise, high-contrast black-and-white scientific schematic illustrates a buckminsterfullerene molecule (C60), also known colloquially as a buckyball. The geometric structure is rendered as a clean ball-and-stick model, forming a hollow, spherical cage consisting of 60 carbon atoms arranged in a series of interlocking regular hexagons and pentagons that mirror the layout of a modern soccer ball. The structural bonds in the foreground are thick, bold, and black, while the bonds towards the back of the sphere are rendered in lighter shades of gray to create a distinct three-dimensional depth of field. The entire molecule is isolated against a stark, pure white background. The clean, calculated composition evokes a precise and analytical mood, emphasizing the historic structural stability of fullerenes that Marilyn Olmstead successfully anchored and mapped for the advancement of materials science.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sigh. There’s something charming about going to Burbank (and the old Long Beach) airport. I’m an architect and appreciate contemporary design but this just feels bland and corporate. I hope they don’t replace the old school mobile stairs and ramps with jetways.

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Christian slater third wheel?

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

War Games but it’s Dr Strangelove

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I seem to recall Iran having access to a calendar in 1980 also

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026

"Defund the police" in action

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm sorry but if you believe the AI people about being "genuinely frightened" by what they're doing you are a mark. They're roping you into the big show. You've got a big white chalk hand-print on your back. You forgot to bite the nickle to see if it was wood. You've been flim-flammed, friendo.

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Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dave @davebrowne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's sad. Even a basic pineapple hat cost almost $100 this year.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m aware this is an grumpy old man in a rocking chair chewing on a corncob pipe kind of opinion, but the teenagers don’t form terrible garage bands like they used to. And it’s because of those damn phones.

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Even the kids’ clothing is beige. All the markers are beige tones.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026

No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.

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Screenshot showing two sequential posts on X by journalist Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) discussing Texas politics:
* Top post: Text reads, "Paxton on Talarico: 'He wants to transition your kids!'" accompanied by an embedded video frame of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a podium in a dark suit and red tie.
* Bottom post: Text reads, "Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors," above a video thumbnail from Fox News Channel featuring a woman anchor in a red blazer, with lower-third banners reading "EXCLUSIVE," "SHIFTING THE REINS?", and "TALARICO STANCE DIFFERS FROM EARLIER COMMENTS."

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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland

A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.

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Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could

New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I think the sill is supposed to have that shape, it’s on other e36 bodies. Beautiful.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

""What did he study? “Philosophy and theology. A teacher in high school said, there’s no money in that, and I said: ‘Sir, that’s disrespectful. That’s insulting, because not everybody’s about money.’" he's one of us!

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‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T

He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?

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Lila Byock @lbyock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today, members of @schoolsbeyond.bsky.social showed up at the first meeting of the LAUSD AI Ad Hoc Committee to reiterate our demands for an immediate moratorium on student AI use. But District staff stunned us by announcing that all standalone AI products are now blocked on student devices TK-12!

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

not that they’re doing it correctly or well or rigorously or competently, but it is funny how these guys spend all their time doing gender studies

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(spo)okie 🎃 @okie.gay · 25/08/2026

Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

OK everybody remember, this "debate me on racism" thing has been tried before and people actually did debate the racists and all it ended up doing was elevating racist messaging. Also, that message was sown on Twitter to be bait for journalists in 2016 so maybe don't fall for it this time around 🥰

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Maybe it’s because the boom is only happening on Wall Street and Many Americans are actually experiencing something more like a recession? Or maybe they just see all the downsides and don’t think the boom is worth it?

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 22/08/2026

Just for historical context: Through out the Carter administration through the Regan years immigrants in California without documentation were regularly deported from emergency rooms. This moment is a return to an American cruelty baseline

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Emil Mertzel @emilmertzel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

He’s making a category error anyway. Copyright is required because people need to be paid for their work in order to survive. The fact that it is philosophically indefensible is irrelevant to this basic need. Take the need away and we can talk about originality, not before.

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