iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 15h

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 17h

Beyond matters of taste and decency and whether or not you even believe in the death penalty due to moral reasons, livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan is a dumb idea because you're giving him his moment of public martyrdom.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 17h

fwiw if you want to make a strategic case for congressional democrats trying to impeach trump if they take majorities, i think the first step is impeaching hegseth, the bar is lower and the likelihood of success is probably much higher

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17h

Pete Hegseth remains undefeated in taking the action at any moment that the man least secure in his manhood in any room would take.

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Mike 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @notkissinger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lol incredible. I think the general public would have a more positive view of AI if it wasn’t developed and pushed by the weirdest creeps in the country

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

After two days of discourse over what Trump meant, he goes full Colonel Jessup "you're goddamn right I ordered the Code Red" tonight.

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Senator Stackhouse @senatorstackhouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The comforting lies of politics are: 1. Nonvoters share my preferences and just need the right candidate to inspire them 2. The obstacles to enacting my preferences are fecklessness, corruption, and apathy 3 (above). All failures are failures of will. If They wanted to succeed, They would have

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the eyes of both God and James Madison Mike Johnson turns back into a pumpkin at noon on 1/3, he has no powers apart from what the 120th Congress gives him

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sea turtles treat aquarium cleaning time like a visit to their reef cleaning station, gliding up for a shell scrub just like wild turtles do with cleaner fish.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Iran can't possibly blow up LA or San Diego, that's not a threat. The actual harmful part is Trump was negotiating. Trying to go "you don't have leverage over me, I don't care," as if that would alter the dynamic. Similar to when he pretended the Strait of Hormuz doesn't matter. It did not work.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Look, Trump welcoming the idea of a foreign enemy murdering millions of Americans isn't great, but at least it's nowhere near as bad as Obama saying economic dislocation can lead people to scapegoat others, or Hillary Clinton saying millions of Republicans are good, it's just the bigots who are bad.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026

one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In general, we Dems and left leaners more broadly tend toward sad sack-ism, like “I will not allow myself to hope because one time I hoped and it didn’t happen and it made me sad.” I don’t say this unkindly but please shut the fuck up.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a big deal for me and, as I've said a thousand times on here, I think the doomer-narrative of nothing being a win bc Trump and his people lie and cheat is dangerous. They lose. A lot. And rightfully so because they're doing illegal things. And taking those wins is important for democracy.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

... even in those areas, and others where the reality is bad, showing the wins is also reality. It also propels the story forward and shows — or reminds us — that a better way is possible. Insisting on doom is denying hope or the possibility of change. And I just fundamentally don't accept that.

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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 05/10/2026

Let's not linger on past suicides. Our best suicides are in front of us.

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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you want to call the unholy Likud/Kahanist Alliance a group of thugs who have committed war crimes it's very easy to do that. Calling instead for the abolition of Israel and only Israel kind of gives away the game.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026

NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...

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You Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine Maxwell

Ideapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Nvidie @dervine7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don't really see it as a failure of the *discipline*: there just wasn't much of an incentive for society to *support* work on this until it became a live issue, and the gap between it becoming a live issue and becoming a pressing issue has been extremely short

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Robert Paulett @robertpaulett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Imagine what we could create in a world where rage donations went to historical societies, libraries, and institutes instead of long-shot Senate bids.

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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 02/10/2026

Is AI sentient? No. Are we going to live out the cultists' worst sci-fi brained fever dreams? No. But it doesn't take superintelligence to cause chaos. All it takes is a bit of human malice, and the hacking equivalent of a machine gun.

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation”

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Beyond the anti-trans slur, which I’m sure makes him feel very naughty and manly every time he says it, I cannot emphasize enough how much of what Pete said is a parody of an early days racist white guy Grindr profile.” www.wonkette.com/p/pete-hegse...

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Pete Hegseth’s Big Speech Was Weirdest Village People Cover We’ve Ever Heard

No beardos! No weirdos! Testosterone cowboys! WHEEE!

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Remember: Darwin's note of "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything" was written on Oct 1 (1861). Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing

Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.

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Alice Campos @ok-sure.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These guys are three steps away from morlocks hunting eloi parties where people actually get eaten

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump and Hegseth have killed 230+ people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with no proof they did anything wrong, no congressional approval, no nothing. Just 2 unhinged fascists ordering our military to commit murder. Vote against all Republicans for the sake of all that is decent.

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Blake Tapper @blaketapper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Donald Trump is as damaging to tourism as COVID. Thank goodness we don't have a service economy.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As is the case in higher ed, calls for civility are actually demands for docility.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 30/09/2026

judging just by what i have seen in brief snaps on the TL today, republicans are catastrophically unprepared for what’s going to be coming at them

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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The only blueprint for depolarizing a fractured nation is to take power from the GOP and never give it back.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 29/09/2026

like, the reality is that a lot of members of congress, republicans in particular, have never had to run a race when there are enough voters paying attention that their answers are going to matter.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 30/09/2026

"stay at home mom" does not mean tradwife. "Person who cooks or does domestic chores" does not mean tradwife. It's a very specific set of fascist adjacent anti-feminist ideals that complement the fantasy of men's place in MAGA. It is toxic, harms women, and enables abuse of women and others.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 29/09/2026

"The mechanisms of DOGE’s destructive actions require real technical expertise to parse. This isn’t a knock on Congress. In order to assess a program, you need a solid understanding of how the machine delivering services works from multiple points of view." www.liberalcurrents.com/congress-nee...

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Congress Needs Its Tech Experts Back

If Congress is to tackle issues from DOGE sabotage to AI to social media, it needs to resurrect its Office of Technology Assessment.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

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

It is a core flaw of our growth obsessed economy that creation of new infrastructure outpaces our capacity to maintain the old. Taxing unrealized capital gains is essential step to bringing economy back down to earth.

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Dan Turner @ddt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Algorithmic agnotology: How systems manufacture and legitimize not-knowing" That's a brilliant lens and tool for looking at how systems of PR, CEO interviews, and white papers work to keep us shrugging in epistemic powerlessness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRJ...

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Algorithmic Agnotology: On AI, Ignorance, and Power – Alondra Nelson | IASEAI '26

YouTube video by International Association for Safe & Ethical AI

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For what would have been Wilford Brimley's 92nd birthday, my favorite role of his: "Here's your Abby one day, walking to the mailbox, anticipating the arrival of her Redbook or Sharper Image catalog. What does she find instead? She finds HEARTACHE, Mitch. The death of love and trust...."

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The Firm (5/9) Movie CLIP - Blackmail (1993) HD

YouTube video by Movieclips

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Absolutely terrific stuff at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie. Including a small bit really original exhibition on Berlin between the wars, far beyond usual Otto Dix etc. This little piece by Jeanne Mammen from 1931 is titled “Transvestite Bar.” Berlin had 170 specifically queer bars then.

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Some Random Susan @anysusan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have particular animus for autistic tech bros who suggest people should overlook their assholery as mere “quirkiness” and “part of their disability” The toxicity of their online spaces that encourage and reward edgelord shit makes a trap for this generation’s neurodivergent kids.

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