iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Breaking: Moral arc of universe hits snag.

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Jon Pennington @jonpennington.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think Deep Throat's quote from All The President's Men--"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand"--also applies here.

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day after day, month after month she stood up in public and lied for Trump. So now she’s going to “Tell all”? Is she going to tell all the lies again?

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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

amplifying this whole thread and adding my perpetual plea: create/buy/use/share actual ink-on-paper texts. use the public library and build your own to share. keep media out of the cloud. do things by hand, make things with your hands: cooking, sewing, gardening, art. these are soul-healing skills.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sure there's no transition? Check out global new car and light truck sales by powertrain. ICE vehicles have lost 1/3 of unit sales in the past decade. Dramatic decline, and quite obviously not about to reverse. Source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/a096b...

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Growing up? My first was an Apple IIe, and I was already pursuing my PhD.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For ere they drown, drowning things will twice rise to the surface; then rise again, to sink for evermore.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Court rooms are about the only place in the United States where the Trump gang can't blithely lie, cover up the truth, and feel confident there will be no repercussions.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 17/09/2026

“People feel at home with low moral standards. It is scruples that put them off.” Oh, that’s marvelous.

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Looking forward to seeing how science policy circles react to not being able to use China as a boogieman.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Tell Elon, he will be broke and spend the rest of his life in prison if that happens. It's simple!

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Create a Humanities makers space.

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medievalmvb @medievalmvb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

cutting this website a little more slack now that I see it’s just six people and some servers in the back of a windowless van

iPhone photo: white work truck with an enclosed backend that says BLUESKY on the back doors

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When will John Fetterman (PA) make it official that he will caucus with the GOP?

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I console myself regularly that my enemies are stupid as shit.

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When I reviewed 3 Body Problem many years ago I was impressed by how srsly it took hard science. But something Liu Xun really treats unrealistically is how the world responds to the threat of alien invasion. The aliens are coming and the world pulls together under the leadership of the U.N.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/09/2026

there’s a lot more nuance to it but as a basic principle you could do a lot worse than unions good, billionaires bad happy Labor Day, everyone

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Trump routinely accuses his political opponents of treason. We in the democratic opposition don't do this. But if you ask who comes closer to fitting the designation, this from John Harington seems apt: “Treason doth never prosper: what ’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Good morning, dumplings. I hope today that your coffee is hot and all your enemies drop dead.

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Tao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Every year, millions of people who qualify for food assistance never get it. The money exists and they meet the eligibility rules, but they don’t know that the program exists, or if they qualify… Public interest technology can fill gaps between what a policy promises and what a person experiences

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

guns are what turn small horrors into big horrors

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

in a group chat i called hegseth a “weekend cable news host” and autocorrect changed “weekend” to “weakened” and no notes autocorrect no notes

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 30/08/2026

Happy Mary Shelley's birthday!

Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley in The Bride of Frankenstein.

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Prayer vigil at ICE headquarters in Pittsburgh, last November. The vigil has gone on every Friday for more than a year.

Prayer vigil at ICE headquarters, last November. The vigil has gone on every Friday for more than a year.

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Way too many people see the distant past as a place to project their anxieties about the present. This is what I'm learning the last couple of days. (Remember Dudes! Deep Time doesn't care about your feelings!)

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Pasted handbill on Allegheny River Trail, South Shore, Pittsburgh

Handbill: Fuck work! Strike Sabotage Slack off!
Workers against work

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Let's go Brandon! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lead change: The Democrat, Brandon Dukes, is now up 105 votes. The count is drawing to a close — but not quite over. If Dukes pulls it off, it'd be the 6th flip this year in a legislative election for Democrats (and 31st over 2025-2026).

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Emily PhD 🎓 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I like doing so many of the things people use genAI to do. Writing? Gods, yes. Research? 1 of my greatest delights. Rote motor work? My daydream windows for freewheeling thought&creativity. Teaching (alleged)? Love it. Learning? Straight into my veins pls. I feel purposeful&alive doing these things.

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“We are living in fear in my own country.” Welcome to MAGA-land, buddy. You voted for this for other immigrants. Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...

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Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. (Gift Article)

The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Sign pasted to lamppost that I saw today as i was walking to the prayer vigil at ICE headquarters.

I have no patience for people who can watch the world burn and never wonder: "How do I become rain?"

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Truman’s Fair Deal would be a progressive core to a modern Dem candidate platform. But Truman was constantly undermined by his own party because half of them didn’t want his Fair Deal, the wanted segregation & earmarks

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Farah Bakaari @bakaari.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

you can tell truly stupid people are running things because whose grand idea was it that knowledge = summary? frankenstein is the story of a dimwit who accidentally creates a sentient being then freaks out and bounces. okay. that actually tells you nothing about the book. and, that’s also the bible.

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Can we somehow require them to stfu until they take a semester of literature classes? They should learn how to read

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here is the NYTimes headline (left) and the story that you find if you click on updates. Everything is going great.

Headline: Slow but streaky U.S. Jobs Market Faces Its Latest Test

Live Updates: U.S. Hiring Slumps, a Worrying Sign for the Economy

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JC_Spurlock @historiator.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sign that I passed on my way to the vigil outside ICE headquarters.

Fascism doesn't need your approval your silence will do.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

That fat, ugly, fuck wasted $15 million on a botched pool liner but he went all the way to the Supreme Court to make sure hungry kids couldn’t eat.

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The Girl of Lemongrab @mc-hesher.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Never ever ever forget this

"If the situation was hopeless, their propaganda would be unnecessary" over a picture of a tiny plant growing out of the soil.

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

USAID was rather like this. “Yeah we wanted it gone but, responsibly” alas! Once the rock is rolling it’s out of your control

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I feel like a lot of people are ideologically invested in a post American world that has yet to arrive Like no, sorry, this is it! This is the thing you’ve been waiting for! No returns or exchanges; feel free to leave a review though

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