iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

i'm about to tell my children this and they are going to be heartbroken. :(

i'm thinking of organising a two day hackathon on 3/4 November 2026 (preceding https:// freebsdfoundation.org/news-and-events/event-calendar/november-2026-freebsd-vendor-summit/) - somewhere in the south bay. Who's up for a BSD focused hackathon/lightning talk thing?

freebsdfoundation.org

November 2026 FreeBSD Vendor Summit | FreeBSD Foundation

Join us for the November 2026 FreeBSD Vendor Summit. The event will take place November 5-6, 2026. The Summit provides commercial FreeBSD users with the unique opportunity to meet face-to-face with de...

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i wonder how many resources are required to run this america dot gov slash chat site. Like, i can't imagine it'd stand up to a proper wide scale information scraping attempt. You know, like AI companies do to the rest of the internet. Anyway, will be interesting to see it scale! Good luck team!

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was just starting to be able to support myself with my erotica and nonfiction sex-ed books when they disappeared from view on Amazon, FB, and search engines. Now almost *three dozen* of those books are in the Anthropic settlement because the same people who disappeared them stole them.

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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don’t own individual stocks, and I won’t own them as governor. The only thing I am invested in is lowering costs for Ohioans. Vivek Ramaswamy has over $5 million invested in the data center industry and millions more in many other industries that Ohio’s governor would be in charge of regulating.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The State Department's watchdog finds laws were broken when Kari Lake and Elon Musk silenced the Voice of America, ignoring reliable data and that their mistakes "severely diminished the nation’s ability" to counter disinformation and support democracy abroad. www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-a...

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

oh neat, github is randomly failing my ssh key for some reason right now with "permission denied (publickey)". Guess migrating their stuff to AI generated Rust isn't helping?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026

Andy Beshear is proof that you can win a red state without abandoning trans people.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

we're not allowed to attempt to unless we've gone and done the professional course / certification parts and they /made absolutely certain we knew this/ during undergraduate psychology! like, over and over and over and over. it was second only to "don't try and diagnose yourself" ( :-) )

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Like Mucas @mwl.io · 27/09/2026

When They say that the death of AI will "kill the Internet," they're wrong. It'll cut off the flow of algorithmic sewage. It'll cripple Meta, X, Google, and so on. Those of us who have our own web sites, who communicate independently? We'll be fine. Welcome to 1995. Here's your modem. Can't wait!

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

LOL you know hardware is getting pricey when howtogeek dot com has an article on "chips that aren't dying in 2026" and it's stuff like haswell and sandybridge. Like yeah of course if you're shoveling youtube videos or disk IO, they're just fine, but just .. lol. loooool lol.

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Joker Joker Deuce Deuce @afrosaxon7.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Mental Healthcare should be fully Funded and free for all, regardless of any diagnosis or none.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026

It is no coincidence that rationalists and EAs tend to be straight white guys from well-off families, because for everybody else, the world usually conspires to knock some sense into you about your inherent god-emperor genius by the time you’re old enough to drink.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here's my wall of text post explaining why expecting to switcharoo your raspberry PI DDR4 RAM and expecting it to always work isn't always such a hot idea (and kinda why I agree with the RPI foundation here, sorry y'all.) adrianchadd.blogspot.com/2026/09/why-...

adrianchadd.blogspot.com

Why just switcharoo'ing RAM on a RPI isn't guaranteed to work, or "wait, you have to do WHAT to get DDR to work?"

There's been some fun stuff lately in the maker community around Raspberry Pi and RAM upgrades. Specifically, a recentish (~ 2025) boot firm...

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of the annoying parts of working at a university is the realization that change only really happens when (a) money (a lot) is involved, or (b) those involved at the high levels age out. Since they typically don't retire at ~60, they just take longer sabbaticals, you can guess what this leads to

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

skill issue

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

en.wikipedia.org

Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

fuuuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck *remove*

facebook suggesting that i know eliezer yudkowsky, because i have three mutual friends

god damnit

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Politicians can support trans rights or they can climb in a dumpster. Those are the options. I don't make the rules.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection

Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.

Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.

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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TIE Fighter gave me my lifelong obsession with writing hardware-accelerated DOS 3D engines and space sims I never finish

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

hear me out tho, it should have been

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

is this why everyone is now "link in comments" now?

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

Aussies, it isn't One Nation seeking to legislate applying for asylum in Australia into damned near impossiblity; its Labor. Imagine fleeing a war zone with only a suitcase, & instead of seeking accommodation & food for family, & work/income; you get 30 days to fill in a mountain of paperwork?

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

Reminds me of the dictation test for the White Australia policy, where immigrants could be tested in ANY language; a measure designed to keep people OUT. And just as racist. Meanwhile, we're allied with 2 regimes displacing people with war and genocide.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"communist government" loooooooooololololol

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

i pledge my sword to the politician who just says: let’s leave trans people alone, i don’t know or care what a hasan piker is, and i condemn the genocide in gaza. stop hiring consultants that make you say weird stuff that nobody likes.

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

you cannot defeat fascism by ceding anyone’s bodily autonomy.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

✶ name: Adrian ✶ height: google me ✶ star sign: google me ✶ nicknames: google me (but it was "aids" as a kid, 80s were brutal) ✶ siblings: google me ✶ relationships: google me (ok yes) ✶ crushing on: google me ✶ fave season: google me ✶ pets: google me ✶ fav color: google me ✶ live: google me

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

miss 8yo just came over to me crying. it turns out her favourite/first youtuber said that they hate microsoft edge and that's what she uses. oh sweetie, alice, welcome to the browser wars. *sniff* they grow up so fast

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

this this this no full time or almost full time job (yes employers you can't get around this hiring people for "just enough hours to not have to pay benefits", fu etc) should afford to pay rent, bills and groceries and have money left over. jesus why/when did this become a radical position america

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/09/2026

Journalists reporting on people who reject AI like they're doing a piece on some weird cult rather than the mainstream opinion among the vast majority of young people around the world www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

abc.net.au

Young people pushing back against artificial intelligence

AI may be here to stay, but the generation that will inherit the results of the guidelines set for its use has something to say about that.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A very specific milestone - current and future freebsd core meeting minutes, once only sent to developers@, are now also being published public in github. github.com/freebsd/meet...

github.com

core: add core.14 public meeting minutes by erikarn · Pull Request #25 · freebsd/meetings

This has been agreed upon by core.14, and mirrors what is sent to developers@ .

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18/09/2026

Dear Silicon Valley cultists: We’re not getting paid to hate you. We hate you because of your *actions*. Perhaps someday you’ll realize that assuming everybody not in your circle is a moronic NPC is a key reason you’re in this mess in the first place.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Americans absorb so much economic and social abuse that most other places would've already set things on fire over. *reads history* oh wait

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

* VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SAYS STATE IS BANNING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS FOR DATA CENTERS, REQUIRING STRICTER PERMITTING AND CLEAN ENERGY MANDATES FOR THE SERVER WAREHOUSES @reuters.com

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

this btw is why i still worry about ai generated stuff. it's not trained on the best of the best. it's not graded on its performance doing the highest quality stuff. it's trained on the ... *waves hands* everything-st.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

i sold so many of these at dick smith electronics in 1995!

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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 16/09/2026

Republican Motto: Paid leave for me & not for thee

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚨 THE KAPOW HANDBOOK IS FINALLY DONE!!! 🚨 6 months, 5 authors, and 60 pages later, we’ve written a guide on how to integrate mutual aid and direct action into electoral politics. And we’re not gatekeeping this info either. Get a free digital copy on 9/21 at kapow.works/handbook !!!

Me, holding a spiral bound notebook that reads “how to KAPOW the system”

Two pages of the book, one is an FAQ asking why campaigns haven’t been doing this the whole time. The other is a black intro page for PART 1: INFRASTRUCTURE that reads “Cynicism is for losers. We can build the world we want to see.”

Two pages on how to make a mutual aid hub in your campaign office with loads of
Polaroids of our office and volunteers

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

yesterday the puppy went to the vet for dental work. she was very eepy when she came back home in the evening. i know she's feeling ok now because she woke me up at 3am to pee/poop outside and is now following me around everywhere. edit: and barked at the person at the door, she's all good now

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BUT THEN SOME NOBODY MIGHT WIN

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