iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

1684: Leibniz “Novo methodus” 1687: Newton “Principia” Can we solve the calculus discovery controversy with a cookie tiebreaker? 1891: Leibniz cookies invented en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz... 1891: Fig Newtons invented en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtons... Unbelievable. STILL TIED.

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Leibniz-Keks - Wikipedia

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

"This chatbot could have been a questionnaire" is the new "this meeting could have been an email"

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Superbloom @superbloom.design · 08/10/2025

🚀 Up to €158K in funding for open-source software in the public interest! The Prototype Fund backs solo devs & small teams (max 4 ppl) working on civic tech, infrastructure, or infosec. 🗓️ Apply by Nov 30, 2025 🔓 Must be open source 🌍 EU-based teams welcome

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The Brick Hero Case is a lightweight travel case for Legos. Great details like no-spill mesh pocket, integrated baseplate, 2-way zipper. This genius thing fills a gap in any #lego family's life. It's my friend's invention, it's NOT a crowdfund, they're here and you can buy one! brickherocase.com

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Vibe coding has come to civic tech. And the problem isn't bad code: it's the assumptions that your average vibe coder is making. Read on @civictechguide.bsky.social mailchi.mp/civictech/vi...

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Vibe coding has come to civic tech

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This is a hell of a barely legal opt-out from ClaudeAI. First, you should not have to opt out, you should have to opt in. Second, that gray check is really trying its hardest to conceal that it's actually a "yes." #deceptivedesign #darkpatterns #uidesign #genaisucks

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I don’t even know how to describe the weight and joy and depth of human connection I feel when I hear the beep-beep of a high or low blood sugar alarm … and it’s actually NOT my kid, it’s someone else. Signals in space, a message that we aren’t alone. #diabetes #t1d

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

And “Good Week” this week goes to ME because I just joined @europeanspod.bsky.social on Patreon. You gotta check this one out: passionate, joyful, nerdy news and takes from all across Europe. The theme music (techno Götterfunken with sheep bleating) sets the tone - and that’s just the beginning.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number
Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"

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That Anonymous Coward @thatac.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

@anildash.com You brought this on yourself. Now when I come across Prince related things you get a ping... thems the rules.

Photograph of a meme.
The meme shows a printed sign with a rainbow border. Inside the border is a blue square with Prince's symbol in white, and the words "GENDER NEUTRAL" in black.
The text above the sign reads, "debating whether I should explain to my cis boss that this is in fact not the preferred symbol for trans inclusivity but very much the symbol representing the artist formerly known as Prince".
The text below the sign reads, "Me: Don't tell him."

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Everyone needs to know that this happened and understand why: if you ask an AI chatbot for a certain phone number, the only thing you're guaranteed is a phone-number-shaped object. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.com

‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number

Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 17/06/2025

(sliding out from under The Gyre on a mechanic's creeper, covered in grease) okay, bad news

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Dr. Kate Ward @thekateward.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Trinity Sunday on Father's Day, is there nothing that's just for men anymore 😭

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

When is it legal for CA law enforcement to use tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray for crowd control? A flowchart explainer from @afsc-org.bsky.social. Please share! afsc.org/california-s...

Visual flowchart showing when it is legal for California law enforcement to use "less lethal" weapons. I don't feel comfortable capturing flowchart legal advice in paragraph form - please check out the link and read the text there, thank you!

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

the AI companies made apps that trick dumb people into thinking the app is smart and creative, while smart people aren't fooled. this would have been a fatal mistake, if it weren't for the fact that every venture capital investor and every manager is a dumb guy

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

"AI makes me so much more efficient" - the least productive person you know

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

no it doesn't! falling sucks!!!!!!!

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

stateofaidesign.com/ I don't see anything in this whole damn 39 pages, even from Heads of Design, that says, "AI improves the ACTUAL QUALITY of our ACTUAL WORK." Isn't that weird???? I think that's super weird.

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State of AI in Design Report 2025

The State of AI in Design report is a collaboration between Foundation Capital and Designer Fund that explores how AI is changing the way design teams work, including adoption patterns, pain points, a...

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/05/2025

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

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Jason @jxsxpx.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

“Ethically rather mean-spirited” has aged like the finest wine as a critique of the material and its creator

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

anybody got a compilation of the worst of "New Journaling Suggestion"? I know I've seen a lot of them on here

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

newyorker.com

The Last Hospitals in Gaza

In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Flora (3): I’m tired. I need a break. (Starts hopping around rhythmically from side to side and touching the ground) Me: I thought you were tired? Flora: I am. I’m taking a break. So I’m break dancing.

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Me: What are you drawing? Flora: A sauna. Me: Oh! … Do you know what a sauna is? Flora: I do not.

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

My web searches like ohcrh ocrhr orhcr ohrcr ochcr UGHHH what are computers even FOR united nations human rights commissioner office website thing

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Don’t go read the @theguardian.com coverage of the recent UK Supreme Court ruling, or their JKR puff piece, unless you’re prepared to read raw hate. It’s so bad I can’t link because I care about my trans brothers’ & sisters’ mental health. DO NOT give them ANY money until they publish retractions.

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Christine Lemmer-Webber @dustyweb.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I can't choose between Earl Grey and Lady Grey tea because I don't know which way they transitioned and I don't want to drink their deadtea

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I told the 3yo that Spider-Man got his powers because he was bitten by a radioactive spider. I later heard her explain Batman was bitten by a radioactive bat, and Robin was bitten by a radioactive robin

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Question to anyone who reviews writing: What kinds of feedback do you give to LLM writing vs human writing? What do you notice heavily AI-written pieces tend to need "help" with vs human-written pieces? Trying to write a quick thing about how to effectively edit people vs machines.

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

When I say "our 5-year-old with type 1 has HbA1c 6.4" 99% of you will say "wha?" and 1% of you will jump out of your chair and yell HELL YES, GET IT MAMA

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Would you like to use US-based tech services less? EU Alternatives has massive categorized lists of, well, alternatives to help you say goodbye to some frenemies. (Americans, you can try these out too – why not!) european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

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European alternatives for popular services | European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Feeling really stylish this morning on the way to the pediatrician in my new handmade trousers, my Prototype Fund hoodie, red lipstick, high ponytail, thrifted denim jacket. People were staring at me! and then I realized it was probably because I was carrying a sterile cup of urine #yummymummy

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

our tickets to visit our American loved ones will be cheap this summer! Thanks…?

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I'm walking, eating, working, typing words, but the US is disappearing students off the streets and I'm not OK

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Signal @signal.org · 25/03/2025

Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/

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Signal @signal.org · 31/12/2024

A big heartfelt thank you from all of us at Signal to every person who has ever used Signal, gotten your friends to make the switch, and donated to support our work. It is truly an honor to build Signal for you. 💙

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/03/2025

TIL the one place that it's very clear cut tha tCPB cannot search your devices without a warrant is JFK

theverge.com

Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?

Know your rights, but also minimize your risk.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Here to tell you the stage we're at now is DISOBEY IN ADVANCE.

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Post a fictional character you think would have been an anti-vaxxer. Hard mode: no villains.

Four cartoon bears, coded as mom, dad, son, daughter, and baby. Captioned The Berenstain Bears

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

You can get ANYTHING printed on a lunchbox. Challenge accepted! Nell (3) wanted a "dragon on a beach". Easy. Clara (5) wanted a "fire department made of chickens". Sure? Flora (3) wanted a "lion eating a person". I vetoed that. She settled for a lion eating a pretzel. Ink by @juliaro.bsky.social.

Lunchbox that says NELL with a red/yellow dragon flying over a turquoise sea

Lunchbox that says CLARA. Scene of chickens dousing a fire in a trash can, colored chaotically by a five-year-old. For example, one chicken has purple wings, and the fire truck is brown and orange.

Lunchbox that says FLORA showing a lion gnawing on a pretzel, chaotically colored by a 3yo. The lion is maroon and yellow, the pretzel is pink, the grass is crimson.

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Making a quick presentation about UX design and security (hi @lukasz.bsky.social) and somehow it now has a slide about Tide Pods in it

Is “eating” an affordance?
➡️ they need to be made bigger so they don’t fit in your mouth

Is “eating” a perceived affordance?
➡️ they need to be redesigned so they don’t look tasty
Not on this list:
Put a warning label on the box
Launch a moral panic (as fun as it is)

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Molly Clare Wilson @itsmollyclare.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

User testing is superior to personas. QED

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