iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When some comics became intangible online, paper became *visible* to artists again, leading to beautiful new paper comics. Now, when some "art" becomes inhuman, *we* become visible to ourselves again. What beautiful new *human* art might be the result?

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026

The reduction of politics to voting is part of the 50 year neoliberal project whose foremost goal is to make you think of yourself as an atomized individual and not as a member of a polity.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The late great BOB HOSKINS with a brilliant story about how Brian De Palma passing on him to play Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’ led to Bob asking De Palma if there were any more films he didn’t want him to be in.

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jasonmehmel.bsky.social @jasonmehmel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

@adamroberts.bsky.social I recently saw an anecdote from a Wheel of Time reader; they had bought the newest book (in the 7 to 10 area) and after reading more than half, wondered why it seemed so familiar. They had already bought and read the same book months before. Reminded me of your essays.

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This first bit about the culture warriors having no impact on reality once the movie was out, is what I mean when I say "I worry folks might make the mistake of thinking the internet is real." As in, the rpg flame wars don't have anything to do with your table. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV3L...

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How The Odyssey Won The Culture War

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

anthropic and chatgpt

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Miami Mike @leather-peach.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Speaking of the odyssey this is the best post anyone's ever made about it

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

posts that could be about football or the paranormal

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My dad recently said, about something else, "You can't expect a pirate to plant," and I seethed with rage that he did not drop this insanely useful metaphor ten years ago.

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jasonmehmel.bsky.social @jasonmehmel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

When you see an AI image or wall of text, start asking the person who posted it the prompt was, and then start talking about that. They'll be drawn to the actual interest, and might eventually just start posting the thought itself instead of using it as a prompt.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I'm a history of ideas nerd, and a few years ago I gave a public lecture on the common link between "disclosure" (the aliens are here!) and the "singularity" (we will merge with machines!) I had a hunch there was some underlying connection, so I did a bit of research, and oh boy... 🧵

A poster for my talk. Alien Prophets and Machine Gods: Yearning for a Secular Heaven

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A Man Has No Name 🇺🇦 @manhasnoname.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

“No matter how many men you kill, Caesar, you will never kill your successor.” ~Philosopher Seneca to Emperor Nero (Seems topical)

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I bought my little niece this Paddington Bear toy which talks when you squeeze it, but now my sister's dog has got hold of it and is savaging it ruthlessly while it says things like 'I wonder what adventures I shall have today!' and 'I'm your friend!'

A lean brown and white dog absolutely menacing a Paddington Bear toy, hurling it into the air.

Again, the dog savaging the Paddington Bear toy, which is this time on the floor.

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

BEN: Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope. LUKE: Yoda spoke of another. BEN: Oh yeah he must’ve meant Ahsoka Tano, a fully trained warrior badass who’s alive just offscreen. She’s got two lightsabers LUKE: That’s badass. BEN: You only have one and you lost it

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Humpback Whale 'saves' biologist from shark - BBC News 2018

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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 27/04/2026

if you get enough push notifications do you fall over

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Finnegan's Baked.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

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Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost

“The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.

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Micah M. Carlson 🗃️ @micahcarlson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

History is not a settled field. We remain in discussion, debate, and research on every event in the past and are likely to forever remain uncommitted to one singular “true” version of the past.

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IGN @ign.com · 24/03/2026

OpenAI has shut down its controversial video generation app Sora, and as a result, Disney has exited the $1 billion investment deal it made last year with OpenAI that would have allowed Sora to license Disney-owned characters and content. bit.ly/4c2B2eC

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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Captain Kirk in Star Trek II saying, "I don't believe in the no-win scenario."

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 08/03/2026

Investors: "Anyway, we were so impressed that we invested the entire planets' economy in this, if it fails you're all cooked."

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alex block ⚽️ @alexblock.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Yeah man, I support Civic Transparency

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

one funny thing about learning spanish is it at first sounds like people talk REALLY FAST compared to english because the info density per phoneme is slightly lower in spanish than english, and people speak at a fairly constant rate of info density

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 14/01/2026

Psst. This is a lightning bolt. On fucking Jupiter.

A view from above of a large cyclonic storm that is mainly a grey colour, set against a swirling backdrop of more bluish smaller storms. At the 12 o'clock position in the large storm is a small point of green light, which is a lightning bolt. This scene is on Jupiter.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/01/2026

America isn’t supposed to have such trappings of dictatorship saturating their everyday lives, a lot of people think. Rogan’s latest broadside—“Are we really gonna be the gestapo?”—speaks to that intuition. trib.al/dacCfd8

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Joe Rogan’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump ICE Raids Hands Dems a Weapon

When a Trump supporter refers to ICE as the “gestapo,” a door has definitely opened. Will Democrats charge through it?

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/11/2025

evergreen

Tweet from @PPathole

Tech enthusiasts: my entire house is smart

Tech workers: the only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don’t recognize

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

mamdani is a maxed-out charisma level 20 bard with inspiring leader

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Living by the sword: yes, hahaha, this rules Dying by the sword: wtf is this shit

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/10/2025

OpenAI's new "AGI" criterion is actually quite simply and easy to understand: "Which Goal Post Position Will Make Everyone Give Us Money With Zero Oversight Or Responsibilities?" That's it. That's all it's ever been & the only way they've ever done it, even if they refuse to admit it to themselves

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/11/2025

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

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jasonmehmel.bsky.social @jasonmehmel.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I love my job! This time around, Olga and Oleks are giving us tools and ideas to deal with the constant turmoil of this current era: your permacrisis playbook. Coaching their talks has been a delight. You should come check it out! haskayne.ucalgary.ca/research-and...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10/10/2025

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight. Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I think we should establish an understanding in the United States that if you order the military to carry out a lethal strike against something that is not an imminent threat without congressional authorization, what you did was murder and the entire chain of command is guilty.

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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WIRED @wired.com · 23/09/2025

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23. A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2025

A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.” 🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...

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AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable

AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/09/2025

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services

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Fred Kennedy @fearlessfred.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

There is no more timely show than Andor.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 07/09/2025

A while back I got the chance to talk with @jasonmehmel.bsky.social about the intersections of "generative AI," magic, esoteric, and culture, and many of the dangers and possibilities in their components and conjunctions. Always be aware of what you bring into the Work— and what the tools bring, too

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[Talk Gnosis] Generative Glamour: Risks of Esoteric AI w/Damien P Williams

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 03/09/2025

It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

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Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer

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