iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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austin (e/accordion 🪗) @thebadcode.com · 12h

hot take: software people are going to regret not unionizing when we could

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love that the U.S. government now has ideas so dumb that the fact checks are simply “yeah this isn’t a parody, it’s real”

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 20h

"Imagine being the dumbest senator from your state when the other one is Josh Hawley." - @stevehofstetter.bsky.social

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

As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

By virtue of their needed expertise, engineers possess real power to determine the structure of much of everyday life To not understand that power within its political and historical context is to reduce oneself to a blind tool for use by whoever is willing to pay

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A systematic, critical understanding of history, especially the long history of technically skilled people either being used by elites or being blinded by their own high modernist ideology to do incredible harm, should in my opinion be a requirement of any technocratic profession

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stevempars.bsky.social @stevempars.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

fixation on vocational education is really a plague in this country. I would think especially in engineering, with technology accelerating, the ability to think. the ability to assess historical trends would actually be quite helpful vocationally. as well as making you a better human being.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Future utilitarians living in a solar punk utopia having anguished debates about the credit owed to President Trump for supercharging green transition.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And for the record, I don't think literal "apocalypse" is a likely outcome of either AI or CC, but the hyperfocus on that singular outcome in both realms makes far more plausible, and possibly still very bad, outcomes short of human extinction *more* likely, not less.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To a remarkable degree, it really does seem to be surfacing latent fears surrounding lack of control. I guess that makes the notion of "choosing your own apocalypse" appealing to many.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

if you are merely a dilettante that’s not cutting it. gotta be a camp-out-for-the-premiere, platinum tier bigot to care more about 8th grade sports than $8 diesel

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026

hi hello it is me "normal" guy in tech please go after the guys running my industry I am not alone, I promise you

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026

this isn't "these guys are annoyed at regulation and if we tone it down they'll go back to being on our side" this is "elon is now the single biggest GOP donor and everyone else has had their brains cooked by group chats and have gone full fash"

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am reflexively, enthusiastically, and even angrily supportive of every single Democrat on the general election ballot. At this point I cannot care about the candidate's position on any specific issue, even those that I care about the most - climate, LLMs, human rights, LGBTQ+, anything. 🧵

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

on occasion I might lack the best of taste but the message is real

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

for years I'd lost this meme and google had been failing me, and now with a friend's help I've found it again. If I ever did any sort of instagram crap (I have a face for radio, so likely not), I could do worse than to have this be the sort of theme for it.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

the comments are awesome my own: The gimmies: Bread Cream Meat Loaf Cake Red Hot Chili Peppers Bananarama Split Eagles* (Only During A Republican Administration) The Four Seasonings Peach Boys Boston Cream Pie Hall And Oatmeal Pear Jam

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bread Meat Loaf Eagles* (Only During A Republican Administration) The Four Seasonings

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I can't wait for this to spread to the whole world and watch how many Americans post online it's a hoax until they mysteriously go silent.

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The world’s major religions are of course Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Anthropic employee.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

1. Osama bin Laden deserves a certain amount of credit for ending whatever threat had necessitated plans for a nationwide space-based defense system againt ICBMs. The large-scale Star Wars programs and projects were all terminated, 25 years ago tomorrow. Underappreciated, imho.🧵

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After 6 years of the New Deal, 20,000 Nazis gathered at Madison Square Garden for a massive Bund rally. One of the most popular radio shows in America was a fascist Catholic priest. The New Deal didn’t neutralize the fascists - the war did

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is political, but also 🔭-related: I have a superstition. Fully understand it's baseless. Still think it. The last three flares of T CrB occurred in 1787, 1866, and 1946. Right after the USA survived its three prior existential crises. I think the star is waiting for something.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have to say "in any sane universe" preceding "manifested itself into a kaiju" is a very ... interesting thing to hear from a person whose literal job is defining the universe

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I work at an extremely successful company where some of the brightest people in the world also work. [I don't name it, and I certainly don't speak for it.] In the past two years, the coworkers with darker skin colors have been moving to other countries; generally the countries of their parents. 🧵

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Although Bernie Sanders, AOC and Zohran Mamdani use the democratic-socialist label, most policies they advocate would fit comfortably within European social democracy. American political terminology makes their economic programs sound further left than many of their policy proposals actually are.

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Ally Mac @allymac18.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The “Genocide Joe” lot , can’t admit they have more blood on their hands than Kamala and just keep doubling down to save face..

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Becky @beckymew.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Had a dream that Stephen Miller started a very one-sided beef with the rice truck guy, who then trolled him mercilessly, suggesting a dance-off for dominance as a joke. Miller then demanded the dance-off and posted prep videos 100% seriously while everyone laughed at him, which made him apoplectic.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 31/08/2026

I can no longer in good faith recommend anyone to study in the US, or stay stateside for work and further education after completing degree programs they had started during the Biden era. US higher ed is unrecognizable even compared to a year ago when ICE was kidnapping students from their homes

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I know we distrust stuff like this now, but it's a real photo, and kinda cool.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A death when it happens is saddening and even gutting, in the moment. But death waits for us all. Those were two lives well fucking lived. Both enriched humanity. Both got to grow old first. Both will be remembered fondly and with gratitude for what they shared with us.

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DJNebulous @djnebulous.northsky.social · 27/08/2026

The father, the son, the holy spirit, the witch, and the wardrobe.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There's such an intriguing symmetry in seeing my favorite band twice this year, June and December, reuniting with my oldest childhood friend and oldest college friend, at the band's first and last venues in North America, respectively. And having the best concert experiences of my life at age 60.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Do you think if we tell Trump that he will get as much attention after he dies as Dolly Parton is getting right now, it might convince him to?

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jeffries shows what leadership looks like: calm, prepared, and impossible to rattle. Meanwhile Kushner still has the energy of a haunted department store mannequin who accidentally wandered into foreign policy. Keep pressing them, Leader. Democracy needs spine, not cosplay.

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bobhudsonvalley.bsky.social @bobhudsonvalley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I will never as a rational thinking human being understand how this madness is being tolerated by people who know this is insane.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I know they're all gaslighting liars, but it's remarkable how thoroughly the "cancel culture" myth redefined "censorship" to mean "someone using their free speech to criticize me." Meanwhile, actual censorship is just fine for all these people.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We love and appreciate our Canadian neighbors and friends! The American majority!

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.lol · 22/08/2026

Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone who loves waking up in the morning wondering what the actual fuck.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Assuming we win majorities this November - which we have to do, and we will if we work our asses off - what is the plan for when ICE occupies Congress for the second time, on January 3rd, and prevents the swearing in of the new majority? They'll be armed this time.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It is often crazymaking to me to compare Reagan and Clinton popularities at equivalent times in their presidencies, and realize people think of the former as "popular" and latter as "controversial". Except for year 1, the Big Dog was as or more popular than the shit-shoveling master.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Have either National Guard or FEMA shown up yet on the Big Island after the hurricane?

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Any Democrat running against an incumbent Republican should find their old quotes about how great DOGE will be to hang around their neck. It’s a treasure just waiting to be dug up.

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Al Petterson @eyelessgame.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I beg people to understand that this is true.

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