iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Thanks @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov for making this possible.

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you may have noticed that animation has never been more in-demand & in the zeitgeist and yet, seemingly, never have media conglomerates been less willing to produce it. you may also notice these guys get multimillion dollar severance packages after they gut a studio. there is probably no connection

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 3h

This man needs to spend the rest of his life in prison.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 3h

The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 4h

The federal prison union is asking a judge to hold the BOP in contempt bc they say the agency ignored the court order to reinstate the union contract - and some of the things they're alleging in this motion are WILD

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14h

Simon Stålenhag is the best www.instagram.com/p/C3j9F6kq6p5/

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 12h

Still absolutely livid every time I watch @bart.gov pull away as we’re getting off Capitol Corridor to transfer at Richmond. Thanks again for adding another 10 minutes to my commute 🤬

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 12h

Accepting a bribe for voting is also a federal crime, FYI.

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · 12h

The concept of hell isn’t just used to terrorize little children into a lifetime of religious devotion . . . It also works well to desensitize people to the suffering of other humans and enable them to ignore or even cheer on genocidal actions.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20h

I despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is an important article. The authors argue: What we’ve seen is reversible—but only if we have two parties that commit to defending democracy.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He’s a grifter. He’s happy to cash in on the anti-Trump sentiment.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also make them have to carry professional liability insurance like doctors and architects. The bad ones will become uninsurable and be weeded out.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Check the temp forecast before you get too excited.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Looks like the impact on the East Coast could be just as significant as on the West Coast. Are they getting the alarm sounded anywhere near the level we are out here?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ohio, today is the last day to register to vote for November’s election. Register online or drop off your voter registration form at your county board of elections office TODAY by 9PM. For more information, head to iwillvote.com/OH.

iwillvote.com

I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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G @gpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sums up my feelings.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Zero is too many, go negative. More than a few current judges need impeachment.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote

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How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Raises the same fucking question we’ve been asking endlessly for the past decade”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Literally the Lord Farquaad meme

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Most Americans know this. It’s the billionaire owners and their corporate media subsidiaries trying to sell this who keep making these stupid claims. Watch all the town halls full of regular people standing up against data centers if you want to gain some hope.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sorry, I wasn’t trying to get in an argument about it. My frustration is with the state continually trying to make hydrogen happen when, in my opinion, it’s an expensive distraction from the work they should be doing.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hydrogen isn’t the answer to that problem. It would also require a ton of infrastructure that doesn’t currently exist.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hydrogen is a dead end tech. Electric trains are the future (really the present for the rest of the world).

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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Once again - the problem isn't "ooo AI models are too scary and powerful". It's that the developers of these products are irresponsible dolts, who have absolutely no intention of changing how they behave. Stop making excuses, use existing laws and make them responsible for their own actions.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Your decision to burn through the witches rather than stepping around them as outlined in our SOP was a contributing factor to the injury and we will therefore be denying payment.

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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i remain so alarmed by all the discourse about how people can use AI to get good deals / fight wage theft / counteract extractive insurance practices that doesn’t acknowledge that — if you accept this works — the companies on the other side … also can use it to do the opposite?

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Daniel J. Willis @bayareadata.press · 03/10/2026

It’s actually pretty impressive that someone in an ad who said surgery is being forced on Ohio children like her was wrong in literally every part of the statement, since when she had the procedure it was voluntary, she was 19, and it happened in Texas.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 04/10/2026

For contrast, the US process has taken WEEKS of form filling, emails, trying to get a hold of consulate staff, hundreds of dollars, and in the end, I can no longer proceed as not enough time to process visa should I miraculously get an appointement this week. Canada's visa came through in 12 mins.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh: I really can’t emphasize enough how useful it is to check — literally right now, do it. Likely, it’s peace of mind in a couple of minutes. At worst, you still have time (barely) to remedy it.

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Matt Seyfang @mseyfang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dems launching investigations of administration corruption has the potential to supercharge this headed into 2028. Voters might forgive some corruption in a successful administration, but they are terribly unforgiving of it in a failed one. Trump is personally raking in billions as millions suffer.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just one day after another of cartoonish villainy

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The most useful thing that a Democratic majority can do to the American people is explain how the Appropriation Pipes work because then we would understand how the last two years deserves an impeachment trial to remove the President.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why would that give any protection? He tore down the entire East Wing and nothing happened.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why did you just read? They are going to get more revenue from people sharing to ridicule than they are from actual readers.

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ERTBen @ertben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Stop sharing this nonsense. Hate clicks are still revenue for them.

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