iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

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Julian Bene @julianbene.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Georgia - with 2 Dem US senators - is not a Red State, dammit. What on earth is Dickens doing here? Raking in cash from the oligarchs to protect their interests from "extremists"??? #GApol

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't see the most effective method listed. Where is "eliminate poverty"?

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And Bluey!!! Bluey should honestly be #1.

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Where is Dark and where is Veronica Mars?????????

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Amy "Thunderjam" Chase @amythunderjam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I simply do not care what "small useful" purpose you've justified for using these chatbots. Extricate yourself from them. Ban them.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"you're gonna get left behind if you don't start using ai" oh thank god, please leave me behind, i'm good over here, i do not want to go to there

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Same in education for "rising test score". We end up celebrating/rewarding schools for their neighborhood's gentrification. Which of course only leads to more displacement and with It even more test score gains.

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And don't forget the American Library Association's new Outstanding Comics Awards. Publishers can still submit for Children's, YA, and Adult categories.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Library friends: you absolutely do not have to become AI users. Anyone telling you that you have to is either trying to sell you something or is preaching from a place of fear.

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Mitch Gerads @mitchgerads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Maybe we just pull the plug on all Ai and just go about our lives? There’s all this talk about you can’t stop technology and it’s bullshit. We actually can.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My latest for Knowledge Quest - come for the Princess Bride references, stay for the take-down of the "AI is inevitable" myth! knowledgequest.aasl.org/the-vizzini-... #TLsky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat #TLChat

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The Vizzini Problem; or, Why AI Is Anything But Inevitable | AASL Knowledge Quest

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When a YA fantasy could be under 300 pages.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Given the coverage in the New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, and several other venues on how TIFs mostly *divert* revenue from projects that would happen regardless (away from schools and basic services), the Atlanta Public Schools should reject Mayor Dickens' proposed 30 year TAD extension. 1/2

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Revenue or revitalization: Mayor’s legacy project hinges on school board

The Atlanta Board of Education will cast the deciding vote on Mayor Dickens’ idea to extend taxing districts, sacrificing revenue for revitalization. They are in no hurry.

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🫀nenetto [🌳 Deku edition ▿] @nenetto.com · 17/08/2026

By www.jwz.org/blog/2026/08...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/08/2026

All of the LLMs stole from me. Most of the big "A.i." billionaires are horrifying right wingers. Consumer-facing generative "A.i." "writing" and "art" tools deskill people, cheat kids out of real education, spread falsehoods and disinfo, and violate privacy. So no, I ain't using that shit.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Nah, Dickens is the epitome of centrist/neo liberalism. Giving him a win like this would be a slap in the face of every progressive in the country. The folks on the ground want true progress not the corporate hand outs (TAD extension) and pro-cop agenda of Dickens and his team

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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

AI is absolutely NOT inevitable. When enough people understand the many harms caused by AI, companies will have no choice but to concede that their rush to jam AI tools into every facet of digital life is a turn-off, not a lure. #AiIsTheProblem #TechLiteracy www.wired.com/story/the-ai...

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✨priya @ DICE Oct 3 @priyahuq.myatproto.social · 14/08/2026

quickly made up some posters you can print! i choose to believe that most HP fans are ignorant about jo rowling's hatred and if educated, would choose better. i don't think this education can be stretched further online. it's up to us to share our knowledge irl. left is letter, right is A4

handwritten/handwriting font black and white poster that says
"HARRY POTTER FUNDS TRANSPHOBIA. If you support the new HP show, you are directly harming trans people and helping destroy ALL of our human rights. J.K. Rowling hates trans people and funds efforts to criminalize our existence." with a QR code to an advocate article about it. 8.5x11", free to print and distribute

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The only comment any Democrat should make on locker rooms is "Republicans want to examine your children's genitals because they are weirdos who do the bidding of a rapist" and nothing else.

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Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you live in the city of Atlanta and want to join a grassroots movement to oppose the TAD extensions and shore up finances for our public schools then please sign up for our emails below Also I'm not in love with the name I came up with so if you have a better name lmk forms.gle/zHxWJ3eanfuF...

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A TAD Too Far

If you're interested in staying connected and possibly joining the effort to oppose the diversion of billions of dollars worth of property taxes away from Atlanta Public Schools, please put your conta...

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

resharing Charles' excellent piece in light of the new casting news

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 12/08/2026

The push for Harry Potter the TV show is going to be completely enormous—they're debuting it on fucking Christmas—and it is the responsibility of TV critics to contextualize this as rewarding the world's most transphobic billionaire (which is saying something) in everything we write about it.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Please vaccinate your kids. Please.

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Some of you

Cover of "I Really Like Slop" by Mo Willems

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What's fun about the guidance is if you take it seriously, there isn't a single AI product that aligns with library values

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

So no giant chess matches? Lame.

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Students whose teachers had access to the AI tool rated their classes as less enjoyable, less interesting and less important than students in the control group." 👀 This seems...important? hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

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Teachers save time with AI. Their students may pay the price

Students say AI-assisted classes feel less interesting, less enjoyable and less important

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I love this book! After reading it this spring, I would always reply to students who tell me it was their birthday, "you and 22 million others..."

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

There are STILL Democrats and Republicans who say we need ICE. Why? Why do we need this lawless, violent Gestappo that kills innocent people?

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Palliative care would be a safe assumption.

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Liliana Bakhtiari winning in 2021 was unsurprising considering the Kirkwood/EAV electorate but promising none the less. Unfortunately if the only way out of the Atlanta Way is gentrification then we're kind of damned if we do damned if we don't, right?

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sad I didn't snag a physical galley at ALA, but just flew through this stunning prequel. Just as good if not better than the originals. Loved every page. @ssedlib.bsky.social

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

FYI: This is not hyperbole. As someone who watched progressivism save lives, I can tell you regressive bullshit will eliminate lives.

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

@claratgreen.bsky.social a month after speaking very clearly about the danger of APS joining the TAD expansion/renewal during the forum you moderated, Lisa Bracken is now leaving APS for "a new professional opportunity". I sure hope I'm not reading too much into this....

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Can we at least get Librarians Against AI ribbons for our badges so all the AI exhibitors in the hall don't approach

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I know ALA doesn't give divisions or RTs scheduling input but to have the OCA event on Sunday night is a rough draw especially for the children's publishers and creators.

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I know the feeling. I'm seated on the dais at the Newbery, Caldecott, Legacy Banquet during the Outstanding Comic Awards presentation Sunday night.

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Eric Carpenter @ericcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Wordless and it's all stained glass (designed by myers but crafted by artisans in Mexico hence the eligibility piece). The f&g package even include a beautiful piece of stained glass.

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@kelseabondatl.bsky.social on FB: (link follows) "...we fought against a well-funded PR machine...we saw real estate interests, developers...speak out in favor of siphoning away money from our city, schools, and county general funds to subsidize private development under the guise of “equity”

Yesterday, I was one of two no votes against extending six of Atlanta’s tax allocation districts. For months, we fought against a well-funded PR machine, funded using our own tax dollars (including the Housing Trust Fund) and an effort to astroturf support for this scheme to make developers richer. For months, we saw real estate interests, developers, CEO’s, and business interests speak out in favor of siphoning away money from our city, schools, and county general funds to subsidize private development under the guise of “equity”. TADs are not an equity tool, they’re a development tool. I’m not just afraid that this administration has over promised what can be achieved using a tool limited to just capital projects and geography, but also that this tool may continue to subsidize the displacement of many residents in the same way we saw with the Beltline TAD.
We’re taught to identify scams when something is being sold to you in a rushed way, with unexplained urgency. Maybe they wanted us to rush so we forget that $8 billion is a lot of money? That we’d forget that with the increment returned back to APS they could fund universal pre-k for 3 and 4 years olds? That we’d start to wonder why so many businesses and developers seemed to have a vested interest in this initiative? That we’d catch on how many public commenters and keyboard warriors were PAID to be there? This admin has had four years to start this work.
No matter what, this proposal still requires approval from APS and Fulton. No bonds can be taken out without a redevelopment plan. The fight for transparency, accountability, and equity continue.
I want to thank all the regular, NON-PAID Atlanta residents who have taken the time to engage in this process, learn more about their local government and complex policy. Democracy should always mean mass participation from the start, not half-baked plans rammed through Council without deliberation.

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