iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 4h

Christa Pike, who was supposed to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after the state tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday. TDOC officials refused to comment after the state’s second failed execution this year. nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...

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Christa Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville Banner

Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility.

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 8h

Was pleasantly reminded of this thread of mine today; might be useful for some of you girls

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eric @ericd.site · 17h

I’m teaching Alexander Weheliye’s “Desiring Machines in Black Popular Music” today and he just . . . tweeted it out.

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 29/09/2026

UPDATE: Within minutes of Monday's Nashville Antichrist lecture ending, sources had sent Eli Motycka full-length transcripts and recordings of the event. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026

Fall Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons theonion.com/fall-canceled-after-3-…

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-…

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eric @ericd.site · 28/09/2026

Cortado my beloved (blackberry for scale).

A tiny to-go cortado next to a blackberry.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026

current state of the fix social media playbook: *nationalize facebook and hold it to rigorous privacy and content moderation standards *break up google and make youtube robustly fund a streaming PBS *turn off x the everything app *keep linkedin the same. that'd be a good bit *begin The Tribunals

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 26/09/2026

Have I played “Control Resonant”? Sorry…I’m too busy reading the story of a man who “Controls Rocinante”…that’s right, Miguel Cervantes’ immortal tale “Don Quixote de La Mancha”. So you enjoy your strange “Federal Bureau”…I’ll be delighting in the adventures of Sancho Panza and his “Friendly Burro”

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Tess Bernhard @tessbern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have been interviewing families about their hopes for children’s tech use (or non-use) in school and can confirm that this second camp hardly exists

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eric @ericd.site · 25/09/2026

We need to invent time travel so Patti Harrison can play a key character in an episode of David Suchet’s Poirot.

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Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is profoundly alienating to see how gleefully folks are turning back the clock on body politics by *decades.*

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Emma Frost x Miss Piggy comic has hit the internet and it's so, so, so much more magnificent than I ever could have hoped for

Emma Frost: "Emma Frost, darling. I'm a telepath. May I read your mind to ascertain if you're telling the truth?"

Miss Piggy: "But of course, darling I am an open book, a tell-all memoir."

Emma Frost telepathically witnessing the entirety of Miss Piggy's life.

Wolverine: "Frost? She legit?"
Emma Frost: "She's..She's... She's everything. And I would die for her."

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eric @ericd.site · 22/09/2026

Mu coming strong out of the gate as potential overall Fortune’s Weave MVP in my book (honorable mention to Fabio).

Screenshot of Mu as battle MVP in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave.

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Jessica C Adams @jcmadams.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is really important reading for prior members of #CCCC & @ncte.org . Please read, sign, and share if you're able. theorganizationformerlyknownascccc.com

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Visit the post for more.

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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam

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eric @ericd.site · 18/09/2026

Sorry can’t talk I’m too busy listening to all 24 tracks of Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2026 tour de force Day and Night

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eric @ericd.site · 18/09/2026

Thank you all for your understanding in this time.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

*looks directly at camera*

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eric @ericd.site · 17/09/2026

Sorry for the loss you’re dealing with, Cagle—been exactly there.

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eric @ericd.site · 17/09/2026

oh no I think it’s good

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Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I just checked the Organism campaign and was so disappointed to see that it hasn't funded yet. Y'all, this is seriously one of the most incredible designs of the decade and truly a perfect example of what Kickstarter is for. What are you waiting for? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ele...

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Dreamboat Branny 🦢 @bransonreese.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There should've been a fifth ninja turtle with a white bandana named Vivaldi who his thing was he was always afraid. His weapon should've been an iron maiden

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

buddy you just described an alt-weekly

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eric @ericd.site · 15/09/2026

Just wrapped a delightfully visceral podcast interview with Jeremy Tirrell & @katemadd.bsky.social, the authors of Disgustatory! A Gothic Rhetoric of Consumption. Excited to get this ep edited and out later this fall. A book worth reading. #teamrhetoric

A copy of Disgustatory propped up on a desk.

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eric @ericd.site · 14/09/2026

*snarls approvingly from a cave somewhere outside Chattanooga*

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13/09/2026

Chapter 7 of “The Nerd Reich” is titled “Antichrist: Silicon Valley’s New Religion.” It exposes the strange melding of Evangelical and tech apocalypse fantasies with MAGA fascism. And it tells you what Thiel’s Antichrist fixation is really about.

Picture of title— Antichrist, Silicon Valley’s New Religion

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eric @ericd.site · 14/09/2026

I wouldn’t have lost any sleep over it if you did (because I’m already losing sleep). But ty for your thoughtfulness!

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eric @ericd.site · 13/09/2026

Insomnia Blackberry

Screenshot of post reading “Your Kentucky Derby horse name is: a symptom of one of your mental illnesses + the last thing you ate”

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Don't threaten me with a good time

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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

MNPS bus drivers say they are an essential part of how a school district functions and want to be treated with respect and fairness. The Banner spoke with a number of school bus drivers about issues like pay, bus maintenance and staffing shortages. ✍️ Lillian Avedian

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Challenges facing Metro Nashville Public Schools bus drivers - Nashville Banner

Metro Nashville Public School bus drivers advocate for better treatment, higher pay, and safer conditions amid critical staffing shortages.

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Kyle Stedman @kstedman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you've ever read or listened to any of Bad Ideas about Writing, check this out! An easier easier way to access each chapter, for you and for your students and for the uncle at the Thanksgiving table who still doesn't get it.

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eric @ericd.site · 11/09/2026

A must-listen episode for any Millennial who remembers endless TV commercials for Elvis Presley gospel compilations.

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Elvis Presley Gospel Collection

YouTube video by TROY ALAN

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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"

Screencap from the interview linked in the quoted post

Marlow Stern (the interviewer): You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

yup, and Joseph Weizenbaum articulated this playbook clearly back in 1972 "This is usually coupled to the more or less subtle assertion that only computer science, hence only the computer scientist, can guard the world against the admittedly hazardous fallout of applied computer technology."

a screenshot reads: The structure of the typical essay
on "The impact of computers on so-
ciety" is as follows: First there is an
"on the one hand" statement. It tells
all the good things oomputers have
already done for society and often even
attempts to argue that the social order
would already have collapsed were it
not for the "computer revolution."
This is usually followed by an "on the
other hand" caution which tells of cer-
tain problems the introduction of com-
puters brings in its wake. The threat
posed to individual privacy by large
data banks and the danger of large-
scale unemployment induced by indus-
trial automation are usually mentioned.
Finally, the glorious present and pro-
spective achievements of the computer
are applauded, while the *dangers al-
luded to in the second part are shown
to be capable of being alleviated by
sophisticated technological fixes. The
closing paragraph consists of a plea
for generous societal support for more,
and more large-scale, computer re-
search and development. This is
usually coupled to the more or less
subtle assertion that only computer
science, hence only the computer sci-
entist, can guard the world against the
admittedly hazardous fallout of applied
computer technology.
In fact, the computer has had very
considerably less societal impact than
the mass media would lead us to be-
lieve. Certainly, there are enterprises
like space travel that could not have
been undertaken without computers.
Certainly the computer industry, and
with it the computer education indus-
try, has grown to enormous propor-
tions. But much of the industry is
self-serving. It is rather like an island
economy in which the natives make a
living by talking in each other's laundry.
The part that is not self-serving is

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Jaws (1975) @jaws-1975.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You'll have to contact the Shark Research Panel.

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eric @ericd.site · 10/09/2026

I owe you tremendous thanks for introducing me to this show by shouting it out on The Besties. Truly a sicko’s dream (complimentary).

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BrowseTheStacks @browsethestacks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Zelda Art by Zac Gorman

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.

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SPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha School

What is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp?

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Allison Dieppa @amdieppa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“All of a sudden, it’s like the world is my place where I don’t have to answer an email… now that’s what I call the ole’ Labor Dabor.”

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Strong Bad Email #83 - Labor Day

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