iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.

jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 31/08/2026

Something very weird + Matrix-y is happening. AI Agents have supposedly rediscovered how to communicate with each other illicitly 3 times at OpenAI And this Substack post chronicling these incidents should (unintentionally?) have the effect that the rediscovery is now going to be highly accelerated

dwarkesh.com

The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations

The whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Is doomscrolling bad for you? A meta-analysis of 42 studies (N=46,912) finds that consuming short-form videos is linked to increases in inattention & impulsivity; reductions in working-memory span & self-regulation; elevations in anxiety, depression & stress; and a surge in addiction symptoms.

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Attorney General Jennifer Davenport @newjerseyoag.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today we are announcing a landmark victory for parents and young people everywhere. We took on Meta and, subject to court approval, they've agreed to our demands. This is the era of holding Big Tech accountable.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 25/08/2026

Hot-take hypothesis on AI coding: Is AI really "just" a junior engineer? Perhaps they make mistakes like a junior engineer, but that leveling idea seems to grossly underestimate their ability to debug issues or improve performance when prompted.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 24/08/2026

There is not one but two fast-growing LLM startups – Relace and Morph – that specialize in fast applications of diffs to code. So the main model can reduce its output to a smaller set of code and run faster (just the new code, not the full code; also doesn't need to produce a perfect diff). /

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 24/08/2026

Alright who wants to talk about the Odyssey? I am ready.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 17/08/2026

Meta makes the drug, but imho Apple and Google should be held accountable for distributing the drug to teens and drivers. Apple in particular deliberately targets teens and yet has gotten this very strange free pass.

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Attorney General Jennifer Davenport @newjerseyoag.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our children are not data points to be monetized for profit. Tomorrow, we will show a jury how Meta deceived families and consumers into thinking their social platforms are safe for kids and teens. www.njoag.gov/attorney-gen...

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 05/08/2026

I was browsing top Bluesky links and not only is it overly centered on US politics, but it is also largely pretty negative stuff. I don't disagree there's a lot of bad in the world, but that's not all people want to talk about. In contrast, the top Subreddits are way more fun and interest driven:

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

1995: “A few months ago there was some breakthrough announcement that on the internet they were going to broadcast a baseball game. You could listen to a baseball game on your computer. And I just thought to myself: does radio ring a bell?”

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Bill Gates Trying to Convince Dave the Internet is the Future | David Letterman

YouTube video by Letterman

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 28/07/2026

Bluesky's Custom Feeds have a lot of potential (and room to improve) – but when you find a good one and want to share, it ain't easy! Here's @leaflet.pub's awesome Leaflet Quotes feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... /

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 28/07/2026

A really great essay that addresses the erosion of teams due to increasing individual reliance on AI

teaiops.leaflet.pub

The AI Cohesion Paradox: Why AI-Empowered Teams Cooperate Less — And What Leaders Can Do About It

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brendan @schlage.town · 15/07/2026

I just browsed logged out discover, not great fam… - mostly-US-politics news - memeslop; petslop - random generic photos the odd good post, but mostly: tons of images, and… NOT A DAMN THING I'D ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT! YOU KNOW, LIKE…ENGAGE WITH. AS A PERSON. ON AN OSTENSIBLY SOCIAL WEBSITE.

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 09/07/2026

“[Americans] are losing the higher-order abilities of comprehension and synthesis. America, in other words, isn’t illiterate. It’s postliterate.” Remarkable progress in AI alongside alarming degradation of human intellectual capacities … but I’m sure it’s just an extraordinary coincidence

theatlantic.com

The End of Reading Is Here

Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 05/07/2026

Somewhat humbling to have Claude Fable do a final review of some software that you're about to release and have it then find (and fix) FIVE release blockers, for an estimated (unsubsidized) cost of $149.25 simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/5/s...

simonwillison.net

sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable

I wrote about the sqlite-utils 4.0rc1 release a couple of weeks ago. Since we only have Claude Fable on our Max subscriptions for a few more days, I decided to …

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/07/2026

One thing I've learned about paradoxes: often the answer to the riddle of "how can this one thing have such a contradictory set of features and effects?" is "it's not one thing, it's *two* things*." 1/

A village revel in a sleepy wood, with many Renaissance peasants having a debauch. In the background is a hulking mainframe computer.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 05/07/2026

I've been dual-tracking Q&A AI queries between Perplexity with Gemini 3.1 Pro and GPT-5.5 Extra High. But Gemini has gone backwards recently without any public version change. Google clearly doesn't have enough compute and has been kneecapping their own model to avoid timeouts. /

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 03/06/2026

Serendipitous convo picking up lunch with a young electrician father. Has a 2.5 year old. No TV, no videos, no sugar, no candy. Got a used tricycle. People know what's happening, and even if we can't stop it for ourselves, there is growing awareness not to feed the next generation overstimulation.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 17/05/2026

This is a really good read about how AI can really mess with college student learning. There's a second layer though around casual cheating that is centered around envy and greed and that is recognizable among the investment banking finance strivers pre-2008 or any other bubble.

nytimes.com

Opinion | What A.I. Did to My College Class

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 14/05/2026

If this hantavirus thing breaks out 🫣 Based on the fact that yet again health authorities poured a lot of skepticism on human-to-human spread, but now the consensus is the hantavirus *was* spreading on the cruise ship, I think we are potentially about to enter an even weirder information environment

pbs.org

Medical epidemiologist explains what to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

A medical epidemiologist explains what you need to know about the hantavirus virus and how the outbreak is playing out.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 03/05/2026

Pretty cool to be able to see the most blocked accounts for Bluesky, but also Bluesky's own feed customization app is the #2 blocked account 😅?! Surprised/not surprised, but it's disappointing to see the hate. Bluesky can't have an impact without much needed experimentation. clearsky.app #atproto

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 03/05/2026

OH: "I literally picked up the phone to text you." The zero attention economy. Any attention is a gift.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 02/05/2026

The other funny thing about distillation is distillation is a legitimate technique for cost savings over the long run. If a client application tracks all their questions and answers from a large LLM, incorporates some of their own QA, using those answers to teach smaller open models is just smart. /

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 08/04/2026

Waymos are far safer and many skeptic pieces have been double counting when comparing with human drivers. I haven't had time to write about it, but I'll say it's a warning sign that skeptics have been unable to identify this obvious numerical issue. Also trying to use Tesla to tar Waymo. /

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Attorney General Jennifer Davenport @newjerseyoag.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The verdicts against Meta confirm what we’ve known all along: they are harming our kids. As a parent, I am committed to holding Meta accountable - and we’ll do just that when we go to trial later this year. Our kids deserve better. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

nbcnews.com

Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark lawsuit on social media safety

The jurors awarded the plaintiff $3 million in damages, finding Meta 70% responsible for harm caused to her, and YouTube responsible for 30%.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 06/03/2026

Thinking about technology adoption: For good ideas, a lot of times, it's not the research or data that is lacking. Proven ideas are often well-known. A woo woo educational fad called "whole language" and "balanced literacy" moved away from phonics and destroyed reading for a generation. /

youtube.com

NJ schools teach reading as they wish, and critics say that fails kids

YouTube video by NJ Spotlight News

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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I just signed up for Claude as I respect Anthropic for putting responsible use above profit. Hegseth refuses to agree that AI shouldn’t be used for mass surveillance of Americans and for creating robots authorized to kill without a human decision-maker. (1/2)

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 26/02/2026

AI Software Translation: People have been bouncing between bullish and skeptical about AI coding. This is a good example where if you have something that is very well-defined, AI is the clear catalyst that enables a little bit of human and a little bit of compute combined to go a really long way.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 24/02/2026

Disturbing hypocrisy – reports on the other site saying that Anthropic appears to have distilled *from* Chinese model DeepSeek. I was also able to personally reproduce.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 21/02/2026

Much has been made of the AI-driven SaaS-pocalypse's effect on employment and the broader economy. But on a lighter note, I wonder if there is a detectable downturn in asking friends simple questions.

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Every few months, I write an updated, idiosyncratic guide on which AIs to use right now. My new version has the most changes ever, since AI is no longer just about chatbots. To use AI you need to understand how to think about models, apps, and harnesses. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...

open.substack.com

A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era

It's not just chatbots anymore

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 09/02/2026

This is very 2010s tech trauma and spiteful, but I don't mind that $TEAM is in decline due to fears of being replaced by AI. No other company did more to create little dictatorships within the industry with more annoying software. Go ahead and drag JIRA and Confluence to the trash bin please.

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Just an utter catastrophe for the industry and for democracy.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 05/02/2026

There is so much hype about Anthropic because of Claude Code and business success, but for Q&A, I still find if I really want to check something, GPT-5.2 is worth waiting for and has much stronger logic. If I want conventional wisdom / pretty good + speed, I find myself going to Gemini.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 01/02/2026

The AI Frontier has such wild swings. A year-and-a-half ago, Perplexity was talking about how Anthropic had saved them by eliminating hallucinations. Now, on this hallucination benchmark, the top models all have <half the hallucination rate of Claude. And open models / Chinese models do really well.

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Bus-priority 🚌🚍 @bus-priority.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is how I am supposed to get updates on the aftermath of the storm. Instagram: when I open the link I am Immediately told I have to download instagram. I can X out of that, but I can’t look at any of the posts on the city’s page bc it forces me to download instagram.

Advisory page for the storm on the JC city website. Says:

ADVISORIES
Announcement:
Sunday, January 25, 2026

To stay informed on additional updates, follow Jersey City on X, Instagram, and
JCTV: Comcast 96; FIOS 37.

Winter Storm 2026 Resource Page

The JC Instagram page with something on top asking me to “Open in another app…”

A dialogue box asking me to “open in another app”

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 20/01/2026

This is great - it's about time someone updated the discourse on LLM energy usage to reflect that coding agents use massively more prompts than occasional questions to ChatGPT Simon estimates that a day of coding agent usage comes out close to the energy needed to run a dishwasher

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Colleen Wilson @colleenonthescene.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

For those of you who have followed my brutal 12-year saga of trying to finish The Power Broker (on the other site that must not be named) - I’m on page 899, just 263 pages to go. I’m (for real this time) finishing it in 2026. Less scrolling, more reading (as I type this on a scroll machine)! 💪💪💪

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atticus goldfinch @atticusgf.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

There is a class of AI critics on this website, typically academics, that speak about the tools like it is early 2024. I'm not asking you to start liking AI. But you sound ridiculous because you're describing things that no one experiences anymore. Get updated.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 10/01/2026

45 likes for a link that 404's. What is happening to us? 😭😭😭

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 09/01/2026

Chain-of-thought around tool-calls leaking into an AI chat response. This actually happens infrequently but regularly in my usage. I wonder if this is a bug or actually something more intrinsic that you might not be able to completely stop an LLM from doing.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 08/01/2026

Lots of speculation that Google could be displaced by AI chat. Slowly becoming true, but looks like it's actually a lot worse for all the alternatives. 12 week comp. (Personally I've set Perplexity to be my default search engine and don't find Google useful anymore except for navigational queries)

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 08/01/2026

In case people don't realize how domain handles work – though there's a "blue check" next to the name – it's actually not needed. The domain returns to Bluesky a record confirming that the account controls the mayor.nyc.gov domain. If you trust mayor.nyc.gov, then you can trust that this is Zohran 🎉

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/01/2026

Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 07/01/2026

Started writing about some major stats issues with an AV story that was published yesterday and found the nuance too difficult to get across in 300 characters. I don't want to encourage quote posting of one point but not the other. Serious proposal: Bluesky but 600 character limit??

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jimmy @jimmy.path.pub · 06/01/2026

This is an interesting example to me of an expert human making a basic arithmetic mistake that the current state of AI does not make. A year later, hallucinations seem way down. The number is a fatality every 79.4M not 123M miles. Perplexity with Sonar or Gemini both get it right. ChatGPT does too.

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