iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?

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James O’Loughlin @jamesoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I would like to be haunted by ghosts and not the decisions of billionaires, thank you

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Also ALSO some of y’all roux is TOO WATERY and you don’t wanna talk about that

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Please y’all, sitoplé, I am begging us not to use ai for our posters and art as LA Creoles. We are a culture of creation, we are artists and musicians, we are vibrant and living in every part of our endangered culture. We are also on the frontlines of the negative environmental impact of ai.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I heard only cutie patooties get Submittable rejections

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 30/08/2026

Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You can pry “y’all” from my cold dead hands

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Important to remember that most if not all the antivaxxers you ever see or hear are vaccinated against things like measles. Their whole movement is forcing children to take the risks that they never do (because they think children are property)

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17/08/2026

Every time someone says "but how will we afford it?" I want to ask them how we are affording it now, and in many cases, the answer is that we aren't.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I had a rigorous research plan for my summer that was NOT touched! I taught a summer session, rated AP essays, and did one revise and resubmit and the rest of summer was a wash (work-wise, it’s never a wash to be a good family member or support person).

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My summer began with my dad being hit by a car as a pedestrian (slow recovery ongoing), was followed by my dog getting an aggressive cancer (we will have to put him down in the next 2 weeks), and is ending with me and a hospital visit (I’m ok). I’m ready to put this Summer behind me!

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

People are SUFFERING. We have to stop acting like everything is okay. It’s not okay. The conditions under which we ALL are living are killing us.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I love a sky report! Beautiful! Here’s one in return: a lightning storm in Mississippi at night

A nighttime picture of the sky with shadowed trees in the foreground. Light reflects through clouds because of a lightning storm. Someone’s porch light shines in the distance.

Lightning brightens from behind trees in a night sky like a camera flash cascading light on the side of a house and trees.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Today we went to the ZAPP zine archive at the Seattle Public Library.

Oversized Zines on the shelf and my spouse in the background at the table.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

On the left here is the alligator stuck at the Hattiesburg Zoo (my photo) and on the right is Honey Island Swamp (my photo) where I have seen toooonsss of our alligators out and about

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

And that baby is ours!! (This photo pulled from the internet)

Alligator in shallow water. Water appears green. Alligators are distinguished by their rounded faces and lack of visible lower teeth.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Never a patriot until it’s time to talk about the American Alligator, the superior animal of the order Crocodilia

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This movie came out when I was 10 and I LOVED it! I watched it again and again. My sisters and I would quote it to each other! Now that I’m a Circum-Caribbean scholar, I would probably have different opinions if I saw it for the first time today… but young me? The biggest fan!

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I’ve already been drafted (was a barista in the 2010s) and I SERVED

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Threatening the pope is wild and very empire-before-their-downfall coded. But if you love genocide and want to commit more genocide, why wouldn’t you threaten the pope? If you can commit genocide, you can do anything to anyone.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

*Southern Evangelical Preacher voice* When I am trying to type “HELL” and spell check changes it to “HE WILL,” I am reminded that so many of our problems are created by patriarchy. We are in HELL, We are living the results of patriarchy’s power. It’s not called “shell,” after all. 🔥 AMEN

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

In other news, I am really excited to share some new initiatives we're launching at The Rumpus including increased pay, writing and editorial fellowships, and microgrants. therumpus.net/2026/03/31/e...

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Exciting New Rumpus Initiatives - The Rumpus

Debbie Millman and I are thrilled to share some exciting new initiatives we are launching with The Rumpus. Beginning on April 1, 2026, we are increasing

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Look I guess the thing is, if the ship is going down—we want to go down with it? These are our folk, half the state is our kin, and there’s nowhere in the world like it! Ey laba!

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

the public schools may suck (although they’ve increased in rank in the last five years), the health care may suck, the maternal mortality rate may be high, but 👆🏼 Louisianians don’t suck!

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

You can take the Louisianian out of Louisiana but you can’t take the Louisiana out of the Louisianian, especially if they’re Louisiana Creoles. Well, now it’s time to put these Creoles back in Louisiana 😂 The roads may suck, the pollution may suck, the traffic may suck, the government may suck, th

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I talk a big game about Louisiana, y’all know. I started working at a Louisiana university this past year but you know I love to put my money where my mouth is, so my spouse and I have decided to move to Louisiana for real. Davy and I will be back in Baton Rouge come August!

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Yes, I submit poems—if by “submit,” you mean “screenshot calls for submissions on my phone and never return to them”

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Maybe the legislation could focus on fixing that instead of naming bridges and trying to put the 10 commandments in classrooms

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I guarantee people move away from Baton Rouge solely because of the traffic

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

LSU women’s basketball just lost by one shot and I swear I lost years of my life 😭

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Watching LSU basketball tonight and I finally get why my dad was always yelling at the refs on TV growing up

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The post right above this one on my feed was, “The US is spending more than $1 trillion on the military for the first time in history. That apparently isn't enough. Now, the Pentagon wants $200 billion more for an illegal war in Iran.” So actually the post can lose money.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I just clued into the Afroman defamation lawsuit. Amazing. Absolutely amazing content. Actually, it surpasses mere content. It is art.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

32? Tracking your blood pressure and oxygen levels, getting more comfortable shoes, spending your birthday money on your critter of a dog who has terrible allergies (seriously a dropped half a stack at the vet)

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.

CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports
By Helen Regan
More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children.
More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported.
The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A reminder that white nationalism isn't just abhorrent, it's stupid.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

hug your people, fight for your neighbor, resist the oppression of anyone even if you think it doesn’t affect you, be kind, don’t give up! Together, we are powerful. Quitting is not an option.

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Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them) @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Excuse me, AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

"For three months after they cut it, her chest felt sunburned inside. She woke up, ate Ativan, and slept. The meat below her shoulders was red sore." This time last year, we published Selen Ozturk's CANCER. Find it in the archive: buff.ly/ged7zV5

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

"I freeze at the thought of choosing wrong, haunted by the memory of spending my most formative years having no control over my health.' Maria Lata's SURRENDER is in our FEBRUARY ISSUE & it's her first publication!! 🥳 Read this memoir now ✨️ buff.ly/gzUOyIn

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