iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jim Ray @jimray.net · 11h

Jim Ray @jimray.net · 7h

My equivalent is probably Iran-Contra and same.

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 9h

Every day Zuckerberg wakes up thankful that Elon exists to give his much, much worse apps culture war cover.

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If you’re under the age of about 35, weren’t yet of age for the 2000 election, and are constantly asking how we went from the happy go lucky Obama years to where we are today, this is a very succinct answer.

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James Haley @jhaley.com · 16h

“According to an engineer at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, he was instructed by senior management to allow more “borderline” harmful content, ranging from misogyny to conspiracy theories…” thegrio.com/2026/09/30/social-media…

thegrio.com

How social media algorithms are fueling the spread of racist and engagement-driven content

Studies and whistleblower claims have sparked new questions about whether social media platforms prioritize engagement over safety.

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 18h

Forcing nurses to *bid against each other* for an overtime shift is like the perfect amalgam of Uber-McKinsey braindead terrible and the people who profit off these systems will only accelerate it using AI www.theassemblync.com/news/health/...

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The Gig Is Up: UNC Health Does an About-Face on BidShift

UNC Health dropped the software Bidshift after a plan to make nurses bid against each other for extra shifts caused a social media firestorm.

It’s pretty natural to try to intellectualize it away, good lord I’ve tried. If we want to be better, more compassionate men who are the examples we set for our children, we gotta get out of our internally consistent minds and into the world as it is.

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None of this is easy to parse, especially since it doesn’t map to our lived experience. We literally don’t have the context, we don’t feel the world in our bodies the same way.

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Misandry, like reverse discrimination, is a classic example of discrimination without power. It can feel the same as misogyny at an individual level but zooming out to recognize how we truly are treated differently than women, misandry just isn’t comparable.

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Racism and sexism are classic examples of discrimination *paired with power*. They require a social context. Understanding that means we have to deal with some uncomfortable truths about society and our place in it, but the alternative is just lying to ourselves. We owe each other more than that.

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We can all be discriminated against, just like we all have biases. Recognizing our individual biases and working to countermand them is part of the project of being a better person.

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Understanding the intersection of discrimination and power reveals a lot about the world. Discrimination happens at an individual level and, alas, is pretty endemic to human nature.

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There are always times when we can listen and learn from the experience and pain of others, especially given our relative station. I post *a lot* and don’t hit send even more.

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JD (by way of Blacksky) @jdot.blacksky.team · 30/09/2026

Hey man seems like you’re going through it right now and also seems like we’ve got more in common than not (southern dad here too) so here are few bits I’ve picked up, mostly the hard way

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Another platform where Black folks and the sauce they bring are exploited, until they yet again become digital refugees fleeing from harassment and violence because of the lack of access to safety tools that prioritize them. Black folks deserve a culture of digital safety. It’s time for change.

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 30/09/2026

Jensen with the only non-psychopath John Hancock wtf

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Steve Farrugia @fasterandworse.com · 29/09/2026

These are not products of an effective design process. Instead of starting with a purpose and finding the best way to satisfy it they are starting with a behemoth existing material and desperately trying to find ways to make it useful. This is anti-design.

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 30/09/2026

Whenever I watch one of these demos it makes me think the end goal is a workforce whose entire raison d’etre is repeating “make the logo bigger”

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 30/09/2026

Alas stoicism has a bit of a Dave Matthews problem these days: just the worrrrrrrst fans

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Matt Kavanagh @mattkavanagh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My neighbor told me his AI company keep eating all his investors’ capital so I asked how much capital he has and he said he just goes to the market and gets more capital so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding institutional investors to AI then his CFO started crying.

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A conspiracy theory I absolutely believe is the .si TLD is Slovenia, Melania’s home country, and all of this is another stupid grift to enrich history’s dumbest family

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

We, being decent people, hate self-promotion because we are enlightened beings whose work speaks for itself and will surely be recognized in our lifetimes. Right? NO! And the assholes who are naturals at it are ruining the world, so learn how to get good at that part.

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“If Mark Zuckerberg is talking he is lying to” is the only safe assumption. If you are using Muse I am afraid you are getting suckered yet again, this time with personal consequences instead of just societal ones.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.

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🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

one of the disconcerting things about all this is finding out how many people appear to be desperately seeking someone to do their thinking for them. i sincerely don't get it.

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They're literally doing this

A classic New Yorker cartoon. In the middle is a campfire, in the background the wasteland of what appears to have been a thriving city.

To the left of the fire is a man, wearing a suit. The suit is ripped and shredded in places, as the apocalypse has not been kind; he remains committed to wearing the tie. Opposite the man are three small children, equally bedraggled, expressionless, cold and probably starving.

The man is telling a story and has an almost wistful look, recalling a halcyon time. It's clear the man was someone important, or at least rich, which to his mind is the same thing. The quote below the scene reads:

"Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."

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Hahahaha Though honestly I don’t even think it’ll go that far we’ll just get another round of Iowa diners but for HGH-swilling, too-online racist chuds

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Oh they’re definitely staying on Twitter!

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Buzz Andersen @andersen.buzz · 29/09/2026

I’m worried about what happens when all the radical centrists who claimed they “need to be on X because of the vibes shift towards MAGA” come rushing back to Bluesky, the website that was fucking right all along you fucking dipshits.

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I continue to feel good about boycotting all Meta products

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Tessa Brown @tessa.germnetwork.com · 29/09/2026

This is an exceptionally clear presentation of New Mexico’s exceptionally clear findings that Facebook wantonly and intentionally deceived the public in regards to the theft of their data and the incentives to promote and profit from hate speech on the platform. Tap in, scroll down.

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you @garbageday.email for *actually* explaining why nobody you know has heard “Choosin’ Texas,” yet it is paradoxically topping the charts www.garbageday.email/p/why-choosi...

garbageday.email

Why "Choosin' Texas" doesn't feel like a hit

Read to the end for FlubberLover01

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Jim Ray @jimray.bsky.team · 28/09/2026

Incredibly honored that the inimitable @danhon.com invited me to chat about work and also very nervous because all of his other guests are people of accomplishment and renown. calendly.com/verylittlegr...

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How People Work, Live! ... with Jim Ray - Dan Hon

How People Work, Live! -- the live show about how to people, based on the How People Work workshop that helps teams deliver better, faster.Join Dan, a very special guest, and any number of interesting...

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When I insist Instagram is the worst social network it's because they're still susceptible to the usual horrorshow and also this absolutely unhinged bullshit

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A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.

I wonder if hanging out with the All In chodes and constructing a media environment around your Twitter following has any deleterious effects.

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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026

Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev

atlas.jazco.dev

Atlas

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Unlike our tech doofus overlords she’s actually smart and funny and a decent person and yet.

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It would be my last episode before being summarily fired but man what a banger to go out on

I’m not optimistic about getting people to think ethically, or even critically, about their media environments but one would think a certain self preservation instinct would kick in at some point.

Jim Ray @jimray.net · 27/09/2026

I also feel like I am losing what's left of my mind when smart people who work in media use Facebook's apps and discourse about it on Twitter as if they have no theory of how media has worked for two decades or agency in the process.

Katie Notopoulos
@katienotopoulos
This makes me feel insane! This is faux-hallmark pap
and if you believe for 1 sec that he cares about
helping people "spending more time with family" or
"opening a bakery" you don't need to wait for Al to kill
us; you're stupid enough to drown from looking up at
the rain

Quote post from Alexandr Wang
@alexandr_wan • Sep 25
Here's to the wanting. Here's to the dreaming.
Here's to everyone.

Katie Notopoulos • @katienotopoulos
To be clear: I am very much enjoying using
Muse and find it helpful but I do not believe it
is born form some idealistic self-help dream of
empowering aspiring bakery operators

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 27/09/2026

It's not that surprising we're doing Discourse about mediocre country-inflected pop having a moment after twenty years of dominance by mediocre hip-hop-inflected pop, I suppose I am surprised it's coming from Rolling Stone not The Daily Caller.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some unintended consequences I suspect the rise of AI agents will create: 1. Restaurants that only take reservations by hand written letter, or more likely, don't take them at all. 2. Gigs where you can only buy tickets in person. 3. Businesses that operate without websites.

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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

you must destroy the cursed amulet it is the only way to save mankind

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Jim Ray @jimray.net · 27/09/2026

It's Wendell Berry by lamplight around the fire circle season.

A copy of The World Ending Fire site next to a battery operated lamp. In the background is a fire circle with the author’s feet perched nearby.