iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What should be the equivalent of the Iron Ring for software engineers?

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wouldn't. It seems like a straightforward extension of the programmer-to-woodworker pipeline.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fun work quote: "We don't need to beat the enemy to everything having to do with AI; if they all kill themselves with AI, we can hold back on that."

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Any progress on this that I missed in the last year?

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today in "linguists are not kidding when they say that your capacity for language creativity enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before in the entirety of human history":

I don't know that. I don't doubt that some humans will get freaky with someone they can't talk to, though, and some bird girls might be the same.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Until today, did not know it was both possible and legal to rope a calf's butt instead of its legs, or that it was possible for a calf to run straight through a lasso before the cowboy could cinch it. #rodeo

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Everyone already knows about quartz. Visibility for asagiite!

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Downgrade a movie UN Peacekeeping Action Games

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Downgrade a movie The Antepenultimate Starfighter.

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Michael @shevekuk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Random question: where can I get vector format black and white (not greyscale) maps of a given area of Earth, in topographic format, with political labels? Think the kind of map in old textbooks when infographics were thought about hard and lazy colour bitmaps hasn't ruined everything

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I have realized thst I have degrees in the two fields that really need to be paired with other degrees. Ultimate academic efficiency!

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In response to the last @lingthusiasm.com bonus episode: 1. It is not literally true that all linguists secretly know each other... but the diameter of the social graph is small! 2. Maybe #linguistics is the Real Punk Rock.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You might read this and think "yeah, 'cause of axial precession", but no; the Appalachians formed before fusion started in the star Polaris.

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Wynn Thornton @northwind.myatproto.social · 30/08/2026

FWIW, one of the jobs for which I’ve recently interviewed (which has ghosted me since, thus far providing neither positive news nor a rejection) made a big deal about the fact they offer both in-office and telework and employees can choose either, and some employees prefer one while some the other.

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Wynn Thornton @northwind.myatproto.social · 29/08/2026

Once again throwing out there that I’m open to any leads on work. It’s basically September. I have a roof over my head until December, but if I don’t find sufficient work by October my time and energy is going to need to shift toward preparing for inevitable homelessness again.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Some great options here! Glad we get to vote one pair at a time, otherwise I'd have a hard time picking a favorite. "Sphalerite" is fun to say.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Masters of the Universe" was a good movie. I said what I said!

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Addendum: if it interacts with the strong force, it has a color charge, which means it *isn't* a neutrino!

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Re: today's episode of ST:SNW Lethal levels of neutrino radiation is... quite a lot of neutrinos. Like, the amount put out by a supernova!

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I am immensely pleased by all the comments remembering this book. Here I thought I was the only kid who ever read it! Good to know there are other fans out there.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Upon providing writing feedback, I have been both pleased and horrified to discover that I have better reading comprehension than most of my friend's friends.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Very disappointed that the latest episode of ST:SNW tried to use the "it was all a dream" shtick.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today I Learned: you can have low enough iron levels to impact mitochondrial function without ever testing as anemic. So if you have constant lethargy, nausea, and headaches for No Dang Reason, maybe get your serum iron tested.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So, I wrote a puzzle book a while ago.... a.co/d/0acnoFpW

a.co

Amazon.com

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Why is the prototypical "atom" icon always lithium?

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hot take: we shouldn't expect alien life to use a single universal solvent, and that vastly expands the places where life might exist. Even Earthlings don't use water exclusively: we are chock full of membrane solutes, biomolecular condensates and deep eutectic solvents. #worldbuilding #xenobiology

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Just read "The Potential Feasibility of Chlorinic Photosynthesis on Exoplanets" (2010), and I don't get how that doesn't equilibrate to an O2 atmosphere in the end. I do not understand chlorine chemistry nearly well enough... #worldbuilding

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Neat thing I learned, though: power reactors are actually sufficiently "bright" in neutrinos that they can be seen by neutrino observatories, which has geopolitical implications.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Because of where I work, I took a 3-hour "Nuclear Engineering 101" course this week, and I was shocked at how little #physics most of my coworkers know. No shade on them, there's no reason they would need to, but it was a real #XKCD #1053 moment.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thanks to comments on my blog, I have been inspired to start on several new Weird Worlds articles. Currently planned: Mefitis - a world with H2S seas. Chloris - a world with (small) HCl seas and Cl2 in the air. #worldbuilding 1/

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In work-related training. Get told "only 2 groups have ever successfully completed this evaluation". Spite activated. My group is now the third!

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I also got all 20, at least once. And I'm not that old.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I also got all 20, at least once. And I'm not that old.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I am very annoyed that I can't get compressive or tensile strength information for pyromorphite to compare with hydroxyapatite. Lead-boned aliens would be so cool!

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Sadly, I've always used electric, so I can't treat my kids' asthma by switching.

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

On one hand, one expects mutation in a translation relay. On the other hand, seeing that your hand-off didn't introduce significant mutations is very reassuring evidence that your weird language based on esoteric syntax and formal semantics theories actually works! #linguistics #conlang #lcc12

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LCC12 Conlang Relay Results

YouTube video by Language Creation Society

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m @mirative.moe · 11/07/2026

Windows XP, Windows X̅, Windows X

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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

COMIC: Notary Public

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Logan R. Kearsley @gliese1337.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I have now gone to $12 Tuesday often enough that the Papa Murphy's store manager recognizes me.

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Sai @s.ai · 29/06/2026

Dear everyone who cares about USPS handling of election mail or its Proposed Rule to refuse to deliver mail to/from anyone not on its list: I filed a petition to the Postal Regulatory Commission, prc.arkcase.com/portal/filin..., in 2 parts. If you care, please SHARE & PARTICIPATE. Info below. 1/15

prc.arkcase.com

Portal Prc

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