iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 7h

oh man, I just tried it and america.gov really does get REAL weird when you tell it to “play Minecraft”

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America.gov

Find answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov.

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peregrine @funguspotion.bsky.social · 11h

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

stuart little 2, press kit screenshot, playstation (2002) www.mobygames.com/game/60741/s...

stuart little, polygon mouse, riding his polygon skateboard, square cube wheels, off the edge of a 3d bench in a 3d environment. he is wearing a red top and light brown pants. his tail is long.

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jordan! @jordanjamboree.pittbert.gay · 17/09/2026

This one is called "I underexposed the fuck out of this one but that's why you buy the nice scans baybee" Kodacolor 100 on my absolutely cooked Pentax ME (RIP)

A shot of a building in New York with its many stacked layers highlighted by golden hour light

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Instagram decided to block my post from getting in front of the right people. Tut tut tut. Oh dear. That doesn’t look great does it?" Pugh wrote www.jezebel.com/florence-pug...

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the two big ai stories to kick off the week are - meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace - stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else

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Shallow @shallowva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Clicking Google's fun whimsical throwback logo today sends you to an AI chat pre-filled with a goofy prompt and immediately hits you with a warning that it is potentially dangerous to continue. You couldn't make a better commentary on how badly they have fucked up the internet if you tried.

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Cage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"why would I deceive you?"

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JLP @jlp.systems · 24/09/2026

I had to make this a jingle

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I thought this was just beautiful. Kurt Vonnegut takes a walk to mail a letter:

She calls out, “Where are you going?” And I say, “I am going out to get an envelope.” And she says, “Well, you’re not a poor man. Why don’t you buy a thousand envelopes? They’ll deliver them, and you can put them in a closet.” And I say, “Hush.”

I go next to the postal convenience center down the block at the corner of 47th Street and Second Avenue. The woman behind the counter says, “Thirty-nine cents for a stamp.” I say, “I only brought thirty-seven. When did that change?” She looked at me a long time. “Thirty-seven isn’t enough.” “Well that oughta be enough for one envelope,” I said. The line was getting longer.

The lady moved her hand into her coat. I knew this routine. I backflipped behind the man behind me in line, wrapping my elbow around his throat as I landed. By the time the stamp seller had unloaded her clip, I had full cover. The gentleman’s body dropped to the floor, six holes smoking. The package he was carrying fell to the floor with a heavy clunk. Whatever was in there, it would do.

I rolled my foot over the cardboard and did a “flick up” as they call it in soccer. I bounced the package once or twice on the back of my foot as the mail lady reloaded, then I launched it high and spun 360 to deliver my patented “Rising Phoenix kick”. The package caught fire as it shattered through the protective plexiglass window and struck the woman’s head with all the force and hatred I had learned to channel in my grueling tutelage under five fallen Wudang masters in my youth. The lady’s body exploded off of her bones, leaving just a blackened skeleton spinning in her office chair. “So it goes,” I said, but no one laughed. I guess they weren’t big readers.

And I go home. And I have had one hell of a good time.

We are dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something. We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.

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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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Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 23/09/2026

if nothing else, this does make everyone look exceedingly stupid for accepting the beyond embarrassing practice of giving the Vice President anonymity for a background briefing

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

So about that batshit insane AI millenarian Silicon Valley sex cult running much of big tech….from Sonia Joseph: siliconvalleynotes.substack.com/p/agi-cnc-an...

Sonia Joseph y @soniajoseph_
To the journalists contacting me about the AGI consensual non-consensual (cnc) sex parties—
During my twenties in Silicon Valley, I ran among elite tech/Al circles through the community house scene. I have seen some troubling things around social circles of early OpenAl employees, their friends, and adjacent entrepreneurs, which I have not previously spoken about publicly.
It is not my place to speak as to why Jan Leike and the superalignment team resigned. I have no idea why and cannot make any claims.
However, I do believe my cultural observations of the SF Al scene are more broadly relevant to the Al industry.
I don't think events like the consensual non-consensual (cnc) sex parties and heavy LSD use of some elite Al researchers have been good for women. They create a climate that can be very bad for female Al researchers, with broader implications relevant to X-risk and AGI safety. I believe they are somewhat emblematic of broader problems: a coercive climate that normalizes recklessness and crossing boundaries, which we are seeing playing out more broadly in the industry today. Move fast and break things, applied to people.
There is nothing wrong imo with sex parties and heavy LSD use in theory, but combined with the shadow of 100B+ interest groups, leads to some of the most coercive and fucked up social dynamics that I have ever seen. The climate was like a fratty LSD version of 2008 Wall Street bankers, which bodes ill for Al safety.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

On this day in 2009, Mad Men aired "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency."

blood splatters all over Paul, HArry, and two other Sterling Cooper employees

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the last decade, the IDF prosecuted one (1) soldier for unlawfully killing a Palestinian in the occupied territories. Elor Azaria served 9 months in prison. Today Israel's president, Yitzhak Herzog, pardoned him and expunged his criminal record. A clear message of 100% impunity.

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

alex trebek's wardrobe furnished by GUY MR GUY GUY GUY BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Imagining future digital archaeologists poring over boomer Facebook posts and attempting to use them to understand our culture and values the way we do tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal

Maynard Dubuisson
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Donald Trump I voted for you and I love you but we are not oil and gas
independent.We are having a hard time getting diesel fuel for the shrimp boats in alabama

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ms. Rachel: “I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza. Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.”

Ms. Rachel Instagram:

“I will match Macklemore's donation and I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza.
Over 20,000 precious Palestinian children have been killed and children continue to be killed every day.
We have a moral obligation to use our privilege and platforms to protect children and human rights.”

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woke stifler @yelix.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

YOUR FRIEND WHO LIVES IN LOS ANGELES, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK: Yeah I just saw Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever in 70mm,

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG

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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026

for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com

image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the background

black and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...

techcrunch.com

OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunch

There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.

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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

dig through the TINKER and burn through the TAILOR and slam in the back of my SOLDIER SPY

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charlee d. bryant (@ɢᴇᴛ.ᴠᴇɴᴛ) @getvent.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

soundscape of young green martian playing with PVC pipes (based on the original comic by dralphabet on tumblr)

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 24/08/2026

I am not speaking in hyperbole when I say that I genuinely believe that the world would be a better place if people had enough of a spine to treat bad actors in every community this way. However, with proximity to money and fame everyone’s descernment and morals just kinda evaporate.

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A New Color (1/5🧵)

Page 1: A man is walking home, smoking a cigarette, being quietly trailed by a UFO above him. As he enters his apartment, two aliens watch from inside the ship. Alien 1, who has a large head, says, “that’s him. Let’s move.”

Page 2: The man walks upstairs as the aliens watch from the entrance of the building. The man enters his apartment and greets his little dog. Suddenly there is a knock at the door.

Page 3: he peers through his peephole, and sees the two aliens standing in the hallway. Alien 1 is holding a briefcase. From behind him, the voice of alien one: “don’t scream.”

Page 4: The aliens are seated across the room on the man’s couch. Sadie is in her bed next to them. Alien 1 says, “you’re not in any danger. Have a seat.” The man looks at his dog and thinks, “sadie is unusually calm.” Alien 1: don’t scream, or it’s a problem.

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dillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 23/08/2026

dudes will always find a way to rock

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

LMAOOOOOOOOOO somebody finally asked the transphobes if they know any WNBA players besides and NOPE

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 22/08/2026

Tom of Gotchi

Black tamagotchi superimposed over a Tom of Finland drawing

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

For @aftermath.site: while the Xteink X4 got a windfall from the open source community, Seeed Studio has courted development with the reTerminal Sticky; a $50 magnetic e-ink display that beats Xteink on both features and price, and actively wants you to hack it. aftermath.site/reterminal-s...

aftermath.site

The ReTerminal Sticky Is An E-Paper Display Begging You To Hack It

While companies like Xteink have found an unlikely audience with hackers and tinkerers, Seeed Studio is actively cultivating one.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Brewers are up 22-0 over Seattle, and one of those runs came because Julio Rodríguez caught the second out and threw it into the stands thinking it was the third.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

According to CNN, Natalie Harp once jumped into the trunk of an SUV after getting into a screaming match with other Trump staffers after being denied a seat in the motorcade heading to a Trump trial appearance. www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/p...

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Meet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him | CNN Politics

Natalie Harp has become a main conduit between President Donald Trump and the outside world, sources say.

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Menswear Menagerie: Longing for Autumn

Ink and watercolor drawing of a fox wearing a dark green, donegal wool sport coat, wine striped shirt, tan trousers, green socks, and black tassel loafers.

Ink and watercolor drawing of a Llama wearing a yellow shawl-collar cardigan, blue oxford shirt, blue jeans, yellow socks, and burgundy tassel loafers.

Ink and watercolor drawing of a mouse wearing a dark blue tweed sport coat, yellow oxford shirt, green trousers, orange socks, and two-tone black penny loafers.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Put glass in the frozen fruit bars

Ed Harris from Truman Show running the show

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

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Hook and Squeeze

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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kasey @cartoondog.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

random new yorker: in order to stop the they/them spiritual invasion, the homosexual must purge the faglodyte parasite via crystalline glorbo energy transfusion and cerebellum jelqing subway takes guy: 100% agree

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Nessa Gray @nessagray.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

More little slide film gems shot with the Pentax 110. Something about 110 makes me want to include the borders and perforations and general messiness of these photos more. #believeinfilm #110film

A top down view of a woman taking pictures from the car deck of a Washington state ferry. In the photo only the woman’s back and the surface of the car deck are visible

Two men are silhouette in front of the Seattle waterfront ferris wheel

A sailboat approaches Harbour as photographed from the passenger deck of a Washington state ferry headed to Bainbridge Island

A sailboat leaves Seattle as photographed from the passenger deck of a Seattle ferry headed into downtown

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