iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is nicely put. The machine that subordinates all life to its own algorithm of self-expansion is already operating: It’s called capital. www.newyorker.com/science/anna...

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 4h

"[Readers are] often looking not just for a book, but for help slowing down, discovering something unexpected, and reconnecting with the pleasure of sustained attention. It’s our job to help them do that.” Great stuff all around

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 4h

I want to make a compilation of news headlines and ledes where the sentence keeps taking an unexpected turn all the way to the final word. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Kyrsten Sinema’s ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major U.S. artificial intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on.

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 6h

We've solved infinite personalized music. Make your own Bach. Make your own Jimmy Page. Make your own Fiona Apple. Live in a world of music all your own. Turn off the lights. Never leave. You are trapped. Make your own Stevie Nicks.

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 6h

Also the whole movie looks sick, never read the books but "Dark fantasy about woodland creatures in the forests outside Portland from the man who brought you The Decemberists" is just an obvious slam-dunk

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 18h

Sox the obvious fun choice, Padres and Rays for fun, Guardians for the upset of the century. Brewers fans have suffered through plenty of lost hope and as a Mets fan I can understand that. Astros annoying, Braves and Phillies really annoying, Yankees and Dodgers whatever and screw the Cubs

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 18h

OK here's who I'd like to win in MLB playoffs, from most to least: 1. White Sox 2. Padres 3. Guardians 4. Rays here's where it gets dicey 5. Brewers (I know, I'm sorry fellow yinzers) 6. Red Sox anything below this line is 😑 7. Astros 8. Braves 9. Phillies 10. Yankees 11. Dodgers 12. Cubs

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 29/09/2026

"Swed’s informed criticism was a life raft in a sea of slop. He told us why the music mattered — in its historical context, as it related to the modern landscape, and what it meant to him personally. He made us better listeners, and most importantly, he made us curious."

latimes.com

The last full-time classical music critic at a major U.S. newspaper retires: L.A. arts and culture this weekend

L.A. Times classical music critic Mark Swed has retired. He was the last full-time classical music critic at a major American newspaper.

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 29/09/2026

Bands today just aren’t writing prog folk albums about a shapeshifting fawn prince who makes a tragic deal with a raging river to rescue his lover

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 28/09/2026

I feel like a lot of the time even indie bookstores are highlighting the same bestsellers unfortunately

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 28/09/2026

Literally any thoughts on this would be helpful. I just don’t trust the major mags/newspapers/blogs to wade through the muck of what the publishers are pushing to find the gold

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 28/09/2026

Anyone who is also skeptical of the manufactured hype factory that is modern publishing industry — where are you going to find good, interesting new books?

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

God I love Darnell Washington

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

Unbelievable luck for the Steelers

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

Not “hands” as in skill — like, literally two hands with fingers

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

Turns out DK Metcalf does still have hands

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

JJ Watt earned himself another prime spot for sure but that pairing last year was amazing

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

Ian Eagle maybe the most underrated sportscaster in the country

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

First time the Steelers have scored more than 7 points in the first quarter since the 2022 season opener

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

Roman Wilson with …. another?? … clutch play??

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 27/09/2026

Finally, three weeks into the season, some offense from the Pittsburgh Steelers

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 26/09/2026

Humor that somehow interrogates human foibles while being deeply incurious about the human behind those foibles, maybe

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 26/09/2026

I don’t have the bandwidth or critical skill to articulate this exactly, but something about the cultural embrace of Tim Robinson/Nathan Fielder/et al conveys a widespread sense of nihilism and mean-spiritedness about the world that bums me out

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 26/09/2026

Very funny to hear John Cusack in High Fidelity describe Wicker Park as a neighborhood where no one goes to idly walk around and shop

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 26/09/2026

It is truly wild that this will only be the fourth year in history that both the White Sox and Cubs have made the playoffs

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

Protecting and restoring habitat is obviously good and important, but pretending like human-wildlife conflict is mainly a problem of human encroachment into habitat isn't helpful. We share a planet with billions of other species and (hopefully! ideally!) that isn't going to change

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

If you build forests into cities, bats will be living near people. If you draw a hard border between developed cities and forests, bats will still be living near people, just in a different geography.

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

Good thread here. Important to acknowledge that while much human-wildlife conflict stems from pressure on ecosystems, even in a world with vast wilderness reserves or wild spaces integrated into urban landscapes, there will always be potential for human-wildlife contact, and therefore conflict

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

*guy on roller blades voice* the Philip Glass Christmas episode alone should be somewhere on this liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

Very stoked to have this piece in Audubon magazine, about a local artist here in Chicagoland who's helping hundreds of volunteers craft a giant memorial to the birds killed by crashing into buildings here in the city

audubon.org

Thousands of Handmade Birds Spotlight a Deadly Migration Toll in Chicago

Through her citywide public workshops, artist Holly Greenberg aims to collect nearly 11,000 cloth birds to rally Chicagoans around the urgent need for bird-safe buildings.

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

I really love this idea –– and more than just engineers could benefit from this daily reminder.

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

What about a livestream of just me reading all of Moby Dick out loud

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

I’d want to stop and do commentary though so it could take me more like 30 hours theoretically

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 25/09/2026

Do you think I could raise awareness for a project by live-streaming me trying to stay awake for the entire 24 hours of the Moby Dick audiobook

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 23/09/2026

A story about modern citrus disease centered on a town literally called "Frostproof, Florida" is just too good of a metaphor, so many wonderful layers

wsj.com

The Race to Save Florida Orange Industry From Total Collapse

After groves were ravaged for decades by a disease, new EPA-approved genetic technologies are giving citrus growers a chance to rebuild.

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 23/09/2026

Is there anything better than a cup of coffee on a cool fall morning? Sorry to earnest-post, but there is just such a good feeling in the world this morning

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 23/09/2026

Chili crisp — what a concept

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 21/09/2026

True for anywhere imo — and, if I may speak from experience, what a joy it is to choose commitment to a new home

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 20/09/2026

I’ve endured a lot of sports disappointment in my life but nothing feels worse than losing to the New England Patriots

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 20/09/2026

They’re gonna make Boswell shoot for 55+ yarders all season huh

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 20/09/2026

I’ve endured a lot of sports disappointment in my life but nothing feels worse than losing to the New England Patriots

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 19/09/2026

Found this song from a recent @radiolab.bsky.social episode about the eponymous bird –– and it's truly a bop, has been on heavy repeat

youtube.com

Nigel the Gannet - The Burning Hell (Official Video)

YouTube video by BurningHellOfficial

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