iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 16h

MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 16h

Super Intelligence

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Go ahead and intend that pun. Or own it, and drop “no pun intended.”

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Him: “…is there a catch?” Me: ”He’d better be!”

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The BS about comparing loss of life by saying it’s “like n 9/11s” has me thinking that when historians look back at this time — if there are still historians around to truthfully document the times — it may sadly be more appropriate to use the Holocaust as a basis. It’s all an atrocious loss 💔

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This fall I’m doubling down on East Bay life. Gratefully, this means less car-centricity 😮‍💨 I walk to my weekly farmers market in 4 blocks. Walk to a few amazing groceries. Walk to a great bakery. Great Mexican, Taiwanese, burger & fries, Thai, pizza, sushi. My community garden around the corner… 🙏🏻

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Late night pizza order: chorizo, pineapple, red onion. Hitting several spots along side this guava Jarritos. 🙏🏻

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Train your eye 👀 not your AI 🤖

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Everybody stop what you’re doing, please welcome to the stage… Mora Torrey-Emme 💅🏻

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s a toss up between this Speak & Spell, and Merlin 🤓

MERLIN, a Parker Brothers hand-held red device that resembled a telephone.

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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stacey Abrams on America’s decent into authoritarianism. This is another alarm she’s trying to describe to the country.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A fun emotionally mature thing to do is not be all butt-hurt when someone doesn’t ask you about something, but instead offer it up to them. That’s the way to go high with it. 💛

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On top of a busy week with peak mental throughput Thursday afternoon, this week I worked out with my trainer both Thursday and Friday mornings. Today? Today will include as little movement as possible. I had two things to do in SF and just cancelled both appearances. 😮‍💨

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today was a hopeful yet exhausting kinda day 🙏🏻 Thank all the goddesses I slept well last night, otherwise who knowwwwwzzz 🫥 Good thing I decided to make myself some good good grub, including a new thing: cheesey vadouvan mashed 😋 I’m 30 minutes from goodnight and not mad about it 😮‍💨

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just now I was dubbed “the scheduling top” by a great friend, and boy does that feel delicious 😮‍💨

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

better get that dinner in me so i can move on to dessert, is today’s most adult internal thought i decided to share here.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My 84yo Dad called to ask if I got his message today. I hadn’t. “Where did you send it?” I asked. “Online,” he said. Narrows it down… 😏 “Facebook? Instagram? LinkedIn?” Nah, fam. Presenting my first-ever completed form inquiry from my newly revamped site — & my Dad’s first-ever completed form.

A completed form in Notion from Fred Silverman. What’s the essence of your challenge & how I might help? His answer: Call me. Who do I thank for referring you? His answer: Call me I’m somewhat wasted. 😂

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 10/09/2026

We've got a Muslim man running the most multicultural city in the world and making space for all the people in it. That's what cultural victory over fundamentalism looks like, it's a shame that there's a part of the population that couldn't identify a cultural victory if it slapped them in the face.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Two delightful interactions from this past week: 1: Venice Beach. I arrive solo, and start to put on SPF. I’m standing, scoping the scene. A presumably straight white guy on a neighboring blanket asks, bluntly, as I’m looking in their direction, “Can I help you,” in a way that wasn’t a question.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

LAX ✈️ SFO Mood: 9/10. Had a great week in LA seeing friends who live here & others who just happened to be here (from SF & NY). And! Also! After YEARS of being only internet friends, I finally met the delightful gem named @bcdreyer.social — now available in IRL edition! 🦞🥓🍦 Get. Me. Home!! 😴

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’m so over being invited to professional events 24-48h before they happen. It’s disrespectful and presumptuous. However, if a friend gets in contact and asks me to spontaneously do a thing? I’m way more amenable. Professional ≠ casual. Casual ≠ professional. Anyone else have a different stance?

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

more like executive odor amirite

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ok the punchline is “mad at gas car” What’s the setup? 🤔

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A new thread, called: Am I Turning Into My Parents Or Am I Just Aging Sitting at a not too crowded restaurant, and the music is SO loud! It doesn’t make for easy conversational catch up. 🫠

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

How absolutely romantic to be awoken by rain at 5am in LA.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

SFO ✈️ LAX for the week to pet & housesit for friends. Was about to leave my place at 625am & walk to Bart. Got a text my flight was delayed 3h. Went back to bed for a bit. It was undelayed; scurried to get here via Uber; whaddaya know it’s delayed again 🫠 Enshittification applies to everything 🙃

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Similarly… when someone says “let’s catch up,” I wonder why they feel behind. And if they don’t reach out to schedule said catch-up, I don’t. It’s not incumbent on me.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

yea maybe one of the problems is… men in power 🙄

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Pretty gosh-darn proud of two recent MDes alums who turned their crossroads into clarity. Karen owned her story instead of explaining it away. Kyle pivoted from computer science to design, mid-imposter-syndrome, and never looked back. Their stories, here ⤵️ mynameisjoshsilverman.com/writing/cros...

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Two stories of self-actualization from Karen and Kyle

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A very adult Sunday evening ⤵️ Excellent company Delicious food Good vibes tunes & laughs Talking more of current projects and aspirations, less about the past… I’m deeply satisfied, sated, and happy tonight 🙏🏻

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Dark outside = bedtime I don’t make the rules

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Bay Area showings of Rocky Horror WHERE AND WHEN!!! It’s a queermergency #timcurry 🚨💅🏻❤️‍🩹🍞🧻

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly AND Tim?! Queer icons are falling this week 😭 If the rule of threes applies, I’m scared to think who’s next… You might say I have antici—

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I graduated college (1994) six months before one of the first web browsers, Netscape Navigator, was launched.

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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

imagine AI actually does become sentient and the first thing it does is clean out Thiel and Musk's bank accounts and redistributes it to everyone else in the world

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Most gobsmacking pet peeve, I’ll start — Folks in food service who are feigning cleanliness by wearing gloves to handle your food… using those same glovèd hands on dirty-ass paper bills 🤢

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okie (they/them) @okie.gay · 25/08/2026

Texas’s drag ban was found to be unconstitutional this morning and one of the plaintiffs who brought the suit was an Austin-based drag queen who often impersonates Dolly Dolly was named in the final judgement itself and after hearing about the lawsuit, she sent that drag queen a signed guitar

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

first night this summer i’ve got on sweatpants indoors. it’s happening 🫠

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ peace at home 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Anyone wanna co-work in SF tomorrow, from 1–5pm or so? I’m thinking about Atlas Café in the mission.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Theee most adult decision I’ve made thus far today is about my lunch: Fresh bag of chips with guacasalsa. Homemade pickled carrots, jicama, cukes, and green beans. And an almond butter and guava jam sando. It’s adult because I’m an adult and this is what I felt like eating.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This recalls an exchange with an agèd English prof, circa 1989: Him: What do you wish to study? Me: Graphic design Him: How people behave? Me, encouraged: Yes, shaping understanding to influence decisions Him, puzzled: …and how people navigate space? Me: Sorta…? He thought I’d said traffic design.

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Josh Silverman @jhsilverman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I’m such a good power napper. I set an alarm for 25 min and woke up feeling refreshed after six. A six minute nap. 😮‍💨

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