iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Packagist @packagist.com · 29/09/2026

Packagist turns 15, with more than 200 billion package installs 🎉 How Composer and Packagist started, 15 years of milestones, recent growth, and our plans for supply chain security and funding. blog.packagist.com/15-years-of... #php #phpc #composerphp

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Álvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro.com · 29/09/2026

The W3C released a new HTML element out of nowhere. It was the element of <surprise>.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Now that’s a lotta trees!”

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I took a picture of poison ivy so that you don't have to get up close to see how furry it is (zoom in). Is it felt? You better hope not! (Sorry, I had to throw in a dad joke) I also have a newfound appreciation for the Aculops rhois mites that blister the plant with galls.

Leaves of three, green with red bumpy galls all over their surface. Zoom in and you will see tiny hairs all over the leaves and stems of the poison ivy.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026

Many U S Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What are these tiny buttons on your pair of jeans for? 👖🔘 - by @fineasjackson "They look like decoration, but they're why jeans exist. Behind those weird buttons on your jeans..." #jeans #history #fashion

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I was adding some MIME-type guards to a file-upload form. That made me think of a château hiring mimes, armed with long baguettes, to guard the gates. While one is at attention & the other is peeling an invisible banana, the mimes hear an ominous rustle in the darkness. "Halt," they don't shout.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19/09/2026

"It’s a simple exchange introduced by German academics that dates back to the early nineteenth century. We’ll cover the complete cost of IVF to help you build your family—yes, really—and then, on your child’s first birthday, we might take your baby." buff.ly/stGSoST

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Rumpelstiltskin Isn’t Your Typical Fertility Startup

“Our founders took years of experience in casino design and timeshare sales and swaddled them together into a first-of-its-kind solution that asks: Do poor p...

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO

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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My #Smithsonian experience

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The king's adviser is actually a nice guy:

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season

This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today, I accidentally typed, "DevOops" and thought, "yeah, I've made quite a few of those, too." #Programming #DevOps

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

While watching this season's Ted Lasso, I think, "I wonder what Diamond Dames will be saying about this part." This week's DD episode should be 100x based on this week's TL episode. I cannot wait.

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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

She was the best of all us 🖤

Find out who you are and do it on purpose. Says Skeletor who is the saddest he’s been in a long time. RIP Dolly

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For those mourning the passing of Dolly Parton and for those not yet enamored with her, Dolly Parton's America is a lovely biography and tribute to one of the most amazing people to have walked this earth at the same time we did. I need to give it a re-listen www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...

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Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts

The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I took my kid to see the 25th anniversary showing of The Fast and the Furious at the theater. I expected rowdy fans. I wanted MST3K, Rocky Horror Picture Show. I wanted jeers when Brian's hair suddenly gets big when he's accused of being a cop and cheers when Dom says the line. Instead: crickets.

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Hacker: I've installed Doom, written in Java, in this cup

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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Jubilado0505 @jubilado251.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

He was the only president who received both the Medal of Honor (for Spanish/American War) and, as you point out, the Nobel Peace prize. Everyone who knew him remarked about his tremendous energy. A man in perpetual motion.

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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“You sure do read a lot” “Why are you reading in a bar” “Whatcha reading” “It’s so funny when women pretend to read in public to look smart” “I bet you don’t understand one third of that book” Things men who were strangers to me have said to me while I was reading. Why are men? Allowed to speak

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This hits hard, like hard hitting news should.

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Lara 'Challah Black Girl' M @blewishand.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"DEI hire." "DEI is discrimination." "Kill DEI." "Look at the DEI training." Watch how fast a term meant to describe fairness got turned into an insult. That did not happen by accident. Let us break down what is actually being done to this word, and why it matters. 🧵

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Reade to the ende of thys! From Oliver J. Rosten, "On functional representations of the conformal algebra" Theoretical Physics (2017):

The acknowledgements at the end of an academic article include the following: "This paper is dedicated to the memory of my friend, Francis Dolan, who died, tragically, in 2011. It is gratifying that I have been able to honour him with work which substantially overlaps with his research interests... I am firmly of the conviction that the psychological brutality of the post-doctoral system played a strong underlying role in Francis's death. I would like to take this opportunity, should anyone be listening, to urge those within academia in roles of leadership to do far more to protect members of the community suffering from mental health problems, particularly during the most vulnerable stages of their careers."

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDQB... Shit now this is fully free to watch. I am hiding my eyes.

youtube.com

The Best Chefs Will Do Anything For This Chocolate

YouTube video by Core Memory

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I photographed a neighbour’s colander (I did ask permission, I’m not an animal).

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Ryan Van Loan @ryanvanloan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Less a full review and more an exploration of the ancient texts around The Sea Peoples and concept of Xenia - adds some great nuance and complexity to Nolan's interpretation.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

right winger getting cancelled vs. trans person getting cancelled

4 panel comic titled Right Winger getting cancelled

Panel 1: Newspaper headline: I HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
Subheading: Bront Fondant speaks exclusively to the Times.

Panel 2: Bront Fondant speaking on BBC Radio: “…Forced into silence”

Panel 3: Bront Fondant talking to Sky News: “Unseen. Unheard.”

Panel 4: Bront Fondant giving a speech in front of a huge audience. He screams “CONDEMNED to live in OBSCURITY”

4 panel comic titled Trans Person Getting Cancelled

Panel 1: Is empty

Panel 2: Is empty

Panel 3: Is empty

Panel 4: Is empty

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

i better pick up some gatorade

Road sign reads “Virginia / 3 MILFS / 4 MINUTES.”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/08/2026

“According to our trials, squinting your eyes and dramatically stating, ‘Hey dickbreath, suck on this,’ produced a dramatic surge in overall ballistic capacity,” said the study’s lead author

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Study: Explosive Power Of Rocket Launcher Increased 35% By Shouting 'Suck On This'

BALTIMORE—Calling the study’s findings “revolutionary” for anyone currently staring down a henchman or terrorist, a study from Johns Hopkins University published Thursday found that the explosive powe...

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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 01/08/2026

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Polish the Polish furniture with Polish polish.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

finally, the Democratic party has a plan.

An email from Democrats.org that just says, "we're getting hammered"

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Schadenfreude is a portmanteau of "throwing shade" and "Freudian slip." It is that feeling you get when your nemesis, in a social media post, describes their own mother as a MILF.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The amount of joy the World Cup brought Americans seems like a great argument for reviving the World’s Fair. Technically it’s still going, but it’s a shadow of itself. The next one is going to be in Belgrade & the one after that is in Riyadh. We should kick off a new series starting in New York.

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Eric of the Poe People @ericpoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Dios mío, esto me hace tan feliz. Juanes es el mejor.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Went on a date with the devil

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I do think pinning this on specifically Taco Bell is weird since many confirmed cases aren’t people who ate at Taco Bell at all and we know the actual source—Taylor Farms—distributes lettuce and other produce to many, many other large food businesses

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026

Leave my boy Taco Bell out of it, it was bitch ass Taylor Farms, the world's largest salad processor. Fight the real enemy Big Salad

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