iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Schyloe🎨🏳️‍🌈 @schyloe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The last company, AT&T that was forced to split due to monopolies was in 1982. 1982. There's like 5ish companies that owe all of the food market and alot of the entertainment market. Not to mention Amazon is literally in almost every field now it seems, medicine, groceries, online shopping etc.

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Guinevere Saenger @guincodes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My talk is available on YouTube! It's just five minutes. Go check it out, I'm really proud of it.

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Guinevere Saenger @guincodes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

there is nothing that makes me go nextdoor karen like leafblowers going off in my neighborhood. it is 2026 and it's so awful i'm about to become a single issue voter on this

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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take action now against two harmful initiatives that will be on the Washington ballot in November! You can help by sharing this video, donating to No Hate in Washington State, or telling someone the truth about these initiatives. nohateinwastate.org

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tonkimon.bsky.social @tonkimon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's insane that Pinehurst gets light rail and Ballard doesn't. Insane. Insane.

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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 27/09/2026

we're now on a multi-week cycle of talking about a.i. going rogue in environments with lowered guardrails and given the specific task of engaging in violations of federal law and are no longer talking about data centers nor examining why these corporations are not being prosecuted for hacking

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

i actually don't find this moral panic of a story funny bc i can see exactly where it will go: —"intolerent lesbians harm the masculine raw dogging of air" —"controlling bitches" —"disability accomodations = oppression" —"why are transwomen allowed in lesbian bars but not unmasked cis women?"

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

nothing like it

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Guinevere Saenger @guincodes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have entered my "AI; DR" phase. I'm too old and cranky to entertain walls of clanker text

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Guinevere Saenger @guincodes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The thing I love about ordering from my local bookstore is that they don't even blink twice when I spell out my first name. Anyway, support your local bookstore!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people.

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Guinevere Saenger @guincodes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just in time for cars to finally get some fun colors back, office tooling has entered its sad beige phase. Looking at you, @notion.com and Linear.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 15/09/2026

can't believe the guys who grew up reading dating manuals about negging women have turned that into their entire marketing strategy

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jess @jessachandler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Kitsap County Accessibility is hosting Bikes for All this Friday (Sep 18) 1500-1800 at Fairgrounds Sheep Barn -- showcases adaptive bikes for the community individuals who didn’t think they would ever be able to ride a bike to try one out in a fun, supportive outdoor setting

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This story buries the lede, but if you pull out a calculator and do the math, AAA found that the average American spends $15,031 a year for a single car! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...

cnbc.com

Car ownership costs an average of $5,851 a year on top of auto loan payments, analysis finds

The cost of insurance, gas, and maintenance or repairs can add thousands of dollars a year to the price of owning a car.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

p.s. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that all of this acceleration in the hype is a reaction to the succesful and broadening opposition to their wasteful, polluting, noisy data centers.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"Was it really this dumb in 2003" guys they renamed french fries

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WSFerrys @wsferrys.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

AHOY THERE! "Tech engineer tracks SEATTLE trains, ferries and more in real time with a post-layoff project" LINKY: www.geekwire.com/202...

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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Literally nothing Wilson could do to mollify them. They had higher crime rates under their last 2 handpicked mayors & they didn't pull little stunts like this. Also, the number one public safety concern among Seattleites is TRAFFIC SAFETY which is not mentioned in their little draconian grab bag

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gun violence in Seattle isn't a new problem, and my neighborhood has been hit especially hard by it. Weirdly, none of these companies had anything to say about it before we had a socialist mayor. I wonder what changed?

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Crime is down in Seattle. Violent crime is down in Seattle. Homicide is down in Seattle. That's compared to how things were under Bruce Harrell, who (by the logic of the business community, lazily laundered by outlets like this) oversaw higher crime. mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion...

mynorthwest.com

Jake: Business leaders wrote the plan — now read it, Madam Mayor - MyNorthwest.com

Seattle business leaders already handed Mayor Katie Wilson the public safety plan her new year-long task force was created to write.

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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every story on the “Quincy Miracle” data centers pre-date the AI boom and are smaller in size, scale, and impact than LLM data centers. But definitely no way KOMO would fail to mention that… right..? Right…?

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Updated to note that Baltimore—whose lower violent crime Rivera says resulted from work by the consultant she says the mayor must hire—actually stopped consulting with that group after two failed efforts. Their recent success included a different focused deterrence strategy from U Penn.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 03/09/2026

If you've been paying attention to the news recently, you may be wondering: what's going on in City Hall? What you might not have heard is that we are doing the work and getting real results for Seattle residents.

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dylan‽ @audhdylan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Our media ecosystem is so incredibly biased and toxic. Everyone should cancel their subscriptions to places like @seattletimes.com.

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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I love how @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social will take an idea from 3 CMs to spend $400,000 on an out of state public safety consultant as an ironclad plan that the entire council supports and the mayor needs to respond to and then just uncritically print false info that Erica has to fact check.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

And then the reporter faithfully reported Councilmember Rob Saka's claim that there has been a sustained, consistent increase in gun violence across the city over the last decade! That isn't true! (See my timeline for radily availabelcharts and stats, good lord I'm tired.)

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Seattle Times' crusade against Katie Wilson, and its stenography for council members who oppose everything she says or does before she says or does it, is getting out of hand.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In other words, the Seattle Times reporter just took Rivera's word that the John Jay College consultant she wants to hire for $440,000 is more "evidence-based" than the program Johns Hopkins offered for free because it excludes police "by design." But that's literally not true!

seattletimes.com

Seattle council members want new gun violence strategy; mayor’s plan TBD

It will be up to Mayor Katie Wilson to include $418,000 in the city’s next budget, for a two-year pilot program centered on "focused deterrence."

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 09/09/2026

This will get much less attention than the silliness last year, but this is actually a bigger story. The mayor reversed a bad decision and made this happen, and it’s working.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 09/09/2026

Today, Seattle's kindergartners took their very first steps into Seattle Public Schools, joining their fellow scholars for a brand new year! This year, every single one of them - from kindergarten through 12th grade - starts the year with something new: free breakfast and lunch for each student.

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Guinevere Saenger @guincodes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

cheat code to breezing through JBLM in the afternoon with no traffic: Amtrak Cascades 🚂 IYKYK

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It takes a real act of will to ignore the overwhelming evidence that SPD failed to put out information, despite the mayor's office asking them to do so, after the Bite of Seattle shooting, in order to blame the mayor for the lack of information. Nevertheless, the Seattle Times persisted.

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Former chief Barnes' interview adds urgency to answer Bite of Seattle questions | Editorial

Former police chief Shon Barnes' interview with the editorial board underscores the need to better understand what happened at Bite of Seattle shooting.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.

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Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)

The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

theverge.com

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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DevOpsDays PDX @devopsdayspdx.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great conversations, lovely humans, impressive tech, and overall good times.... We're sooooo close to kick off! Get your ticket ASAP! 🎟️ devopsdays.org/events/2026-...

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Tech 4 Housing @tech4housing.org · 01/09/2026

Students, Educators, and Families have a right to be outraged about the situation that Seattle Public Schools is in. But our anger is often misplaced. Establishment Democrats in the State Legislature are the reason our schools are underfunded.

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 01/09/2026

The state continues to violate WA Supreme Court rulings and initiatives by dramatically underfunding schools. Seattle has a massive special ed services need compared to all other districts in the state, and the state provides a fraction of money needed by law.

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.

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Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We aren't angry enough about this. bsky.app/profile/mark...

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Do you know how many schools are along Bloor St in old Toronto? Another attack on this city’s children.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that.

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Guinevere Saenger @guincodes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I don't even really play video games and every fiber of my being is enraged by this bullshit.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 01/09/2026

Nothing says "We respect the concerns of busy Seattle Public School parents" like sending them all a 42-minute youtube video message to watch. No captions, either, which is an odd choice when special ed is one of the big negotiating sticking points.

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Chris (Super Bowl LX enthusiast) @30acrefortress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SPS Superintendent Ben Shuldiner sent out a Bad Email last night that, if I were a member of the Teacher's Union, would basically guaranty I'm going to strike. The vibe is so smarmy, so contemptuous of the teacher's requests, and so patriarchal? Just sits really badly with me.

Every now and then the union has shared their opinions (once with a poop emoji) about the district's proposals, which you are probably not supposed to do, but in general, most of the correspondence the union has sent out, up until last week seems to have been fine.

Many people have asked me why we, as a district, don't also share information about how things are going. Typically, school district lawyers are pretty conservative and generally advise against any communication to make sure that it doesn't cross the line of "bargaining in public," or "direct dealing," or any other problematic or "bad faith" action.

However, as many folks know, by not addressing things in public, only one side is being heard from. I have negotiated many contracts in my time, and I have never responded publicly about any of them. But that is also because I have never had a union or association share so publicly as SEA does. That is certainly their prerogative. I would never tell a union how to negotiate.

Additionally, as part of their contract many SEA members get the equivalent of about an extra 15% of their salary for "TRI" days (Time, Responsibility, and Incentive), as well as payment for 4 tech days and 5 PD days.

I was a teacher many years ago. I got paid for my time in the school. I got a salary for showing up to work and teaching the kids. Lesson planning, grading papers, and planning with my co-teachers after school was never part of what I got. Here in Seattle, our teachers get the equivalent of around 27 days of pay for all of these "responsibilities."

So, when you think a teacher isn't being paid to prepare "for school opening, including preparation for the classroom or workspace before, after, and during the school year" it's in there. When you think a teacher isn't being paid for "conferencing/communicating with students or parents/guardians at a reasonable time," it's in there. When you think that teachers are not being paid for "preparing, revising, or replacing materials," it's in there. Attending SPS and/or school-connected meetings and governance such as PTSA, participating in the development of the school plan or other building activities or committees, participating in a reasonable number of IEP and Section 504 meetings and communicating with parents/guardians and students, work connected with conclusion of the school year or grading period with grades and related paperwork, it is all in there.

I have never seen anything like this outside of Washington. I am not saying the teachers don't deserve this. I am only saying I wish I got this when I was a teacher. I also want to make sure that the community knows that this is already in their contract.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

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