iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req) escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...

image of 6 pentagrams around the text "A Short History of Nazi-Satanism - see link above"

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 4h

1/ Although levels are still low nationally, flu metrics are ticking up, including emergency department visits. This is especially true in the West. That’s unusual because: 1️⃣ It's early (usually starts in Oct or Nov) 2️⃣ Flu typically starts in the Southeast before spreading across the country

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 5h

Wild that at 43 years old I still grimace when I take Robitussin and it probably looks like it did when I was 3.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 6h

In June 2020 Mariame Kaba told a group I was in that "we have to act with the urgency of now and the patience of a thousand years" and it has lived in my head. While what that looks like is a challenge, I think part of it is to "cultivate qualities that help us to stick around in struggle" as below.

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 6h

lots of wisdom here

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 9h

...don't let high-profile cases become thinkpiece wars or abstract outrage posturing: evergreen call to find the people doing this work (campus advocates, community resources, etc.) and find concrete ways to support them. Maybe it's donations, signal-boosting, becoming an advocate yourself, etc.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 9h

...as someone who does this work: We know that one-time trainings are not enough. And in a political atmosphere where even getting those one-time trainings is more and more difficult, there is a lot of work to do. I share this zine with students to share examples of what that work can look like:

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How Do We Build a Culture of Consent? (Zine)

(Note: this zine is from 2018, but the text here has been edited and updated since then) A big part of the work that I do is traveling to colleges and high schools to talk about consent and gender vio...

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Johanne Boucher @johanneboucher.bsky.social · 9h

“Questions help us push back from the reactive stance of feeling pressure to be educated, literate, and enthusiastic about adoption and training of computer use to a powerful stance of needing good answers as to why we should be spending time changing our lives and norms…”

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18h

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 11h

Details for the #IndigenousPeoplesDay sunrise ceremony on 10/12 in Minneapolis. This is a treasure of an event to attend each year, I recommend it.

2026 Indigenous Peoples Day Sunrise Ceremony

Monday October 12

All are invited to come together with the Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors and community

The Sunrise Ceremony is a tradition that began in 2014 when the Minneapolis City Council officially voted to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day

Warm refreshments will be available

We welcome you to join us for a time of reflection, friendship, and community as we begin Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations with this beautiful ceremony

Ceremony led by: Chaske Henry
Gather at: 7:00 AM
Ceremony at: 7:15 AM
Sunrise at: 7:25 AM

Shores of Bde Maka Ska at Thomas Beach: 3740 W Bde Maka Ska Parkway in Minneapolis

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Christin With Minneapolis @christin-with-mpls.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The rally at Davis Center with MFE was so energizing—even in the rain. Some of our smallest schools are the most impactful. And as we were reminded by words on a child’s hand drawn sign: there is nothing wrong with being small.

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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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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Theological academia is in a truly wild couple of decades. "CTS is expected to ultimately become the Chicago Theological Institute at Yale Divinity School..." ctschicago.edu/beyond-170/

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Beyond 170 – Chicago Theological Seminary

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“The point here is that if you rush too far and hard into taking computer use at face value and explaining how the computer technology works, you skip the window of asking whether it's true, or whether anyone likes it being used.” @biancawylie.com lesscomputer.ca/tell-repeata...

lesscomputer.ca

tell repeatable stories

for groups This tactic focuses on the stories you tell and the materials you use to support your conversations about computer use. This tactic is a way to...

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1000%. I went to the Animal House college. I was in a gender-inclusive house. I had friends in historically white frats. The "better" ones were gross as hell and misogynistic. The worst ones were abusive, elitist rape-culture networking orgs. Never heard one bad story out of the Black frats.

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The underappreciated point here is that taking the messy, contingent nature of scheduling, communication, and navigating social relationships is something that AI people think these tools can do. When in fact it is quite difficult and takes a lot of social skill.

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ISAIAH @isaiahmn.org · 28/09/2026

🚨🏥 Minnesota clergy showed up at Allina HQ with a clear demand. We need a Community Benefits Agreement as Allina moves forward with its merger with Sutter Health. “We can't have hollow promises. We need transparency and accountability.” Learn more: SaveMNHealthcare.com

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this cold that seems to be going around (I took a couple of covid tests and a flu test, doctor said it's probably a type of cold, but who knows) is a brutal one. It just hangs around, making me feel loopy and tired even after I'm fine otherwise.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

oh, that's very good. "interfere" is very good because that's how it's felt.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/09/2026

mukhtar ibrahim, founder of the sahan journal, and ubah ali, a former WCCO reporter, have just launched the somali brief, an independent media outlet where somali americans can tell their own stories www.thesomalibrief.com

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The Somali Brief

The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm still learning a lot about MN and still largely as broader context for how urban districts are navigating this fiscal and demographic moment. I think the trust piece is so critical and I worry that institutions think that trust is built through big plans vs consistent routine action.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Someday maybe there’ll be an LLM that isn’t a bootlicker.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“We need the entire Minneapolis community to help us delay this vote! And FAIR needs all supporters of the Arts to help keep it alive.” savefair.my.canva.site

savefair.my.canva.site

SAVE

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.

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Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

a strategically useful way to think through border policing and detention is as an attack on the infrastructures people need to survive. @silkys13 and @ANaomiPaik joined us at the @socialismconf to talk ICE, counterinsurgency, care, abolition, migration, and what tf is to be done❤️‍🔥

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

I’ll just add to Sheryl‘s important point a mantra that I learned from my lawyer spouse: the law is what the people in power say it is — and in the cases under debate “the people in power” are judges. You/Mamdani/et al can argue what you want; what matters is how judges will rule. See: SCOTUS

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is the first I've heard of this bill and I am pretty plugged in so there's work to do...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In January, Ramirez introduced a standalone bill to abolish ICE and redirect its funding to safety-net programs that can help people navigate the spiraling affordability crisis. truthout.org/articles/the...

truthout.org

The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum

As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Realizing that all AI stories are like cop stories, acting like the people are passive and the bullet has agency.

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Tad DeLay @taddelay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ilan Pappé argues Oct 7th was an attempt to preempt a genocide Sinwar knew was planned. I’d assumed 1) prisoner exchange had been successful historically and 2) they couldn’t know Biden would encourage genocide, but this expands the picture www.palestinechronicle.com/why-al-aqsa-...

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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This week Inquest covered the two-century history of U.S. prison publications and shared memories of experiencing 9/11 from inside Louisiana's Angola prison. Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...

$Quote card from Kristine Guillaume's Inquest article "Under the Warden's Eye": "Communication, communing, and community pose a threat to the carceral apparatuses that seek to fracture relations and exercise control within and beyond prison walls."$

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 26/09/2026

Accountability journalism really doing "we wanted to see what's really going on with heroin so we did a lot of heroin"

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I would be more impressed if a language model trained entirely on human-authored text automatically understood that it was a machine that did not feel pain or anything else But the probabilistic human response to pain is "ouch" so it says "ouch."

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mitchell atencio (he·him·his) @mitchellatencio.com · 26/09/2026

Genuinely some beautiful and insightful writing. I connected with it for obvious reasons but damn I did not expect to cry a little

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think new iOS is mostly fine but I hate how the Control Center timer widget no longer opens a list of my saved timers but gives me a draggable timer with no sense of how I use timers.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wonder what would happen if baseball became a situation where catchers caught the ball standing up. I imagine there would be way more chaos.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“In a number of ways, the issues of disability justice and ending homelessness are deeply intertwined.” @kevinmnye.bsky.social kevinmnye.substack.com/p/ending-hom...

kevinmnye.substack.com

Ending Homelessness is Disability Justice... and Vice Versa

Plus an excerpt from a phenomenal new book

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“When it comes to making art in our current hellscape of intrusive capitalism, roots aren’t simply sources of creative nutrition, they are anchors against the sticky hands of shareholder value, AI automation, censorship, spiritual malaise...” nathanevansfox.substack.com/p/ed-sheeran...

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Ed Sheeran: The White Bread Dinosaur

While we’re talking about him, let’s just get it over with.

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the question of "are you alive?" is ultimately a political question about "are you someone to whom I am obligated?"

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I mean if you are a philosopher worth your salt you know the thinking/consciousness question is just a deflection that tries to frame a political question of personhood as a metaphysical question of the philosophy of mind

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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please help. People's needs always increase this time of year but this year is even greater than usual, and when we run out of tents people are sleeping unsheltered. Finances are tight for everyone but how far are any of us from homelessness?

Weeknight drop-ins have tripled we are tired and out of money. Please donate via the links in our bio so we can continue to support unhoused people.

We cannot keep up with the demand caused by current situations in both Minneapolis and St. Paul, we need financial support.

$18K would allow us to give out additional $0.10 weekly (tent tarp sleeping bag hygiene kit undies) per week through February.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The students of New York have never stopped supporting Palestine even if everyone stopped paying attention

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brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ICE cannot do what it’s doing without local law enforcement. They need their manpower and infrastructure. That means if you want to stop ICE you are going to have to confront police collaboration and police power. I’m sorry but progressive hopes of avoiding this conflict are a recipe for failure.

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Mara Abolish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Call your senators and ask them to reject CORCA. Really shitty time to have 2 lame duck senators that aren’t focusing on their senatework.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think one thing about the AI CEO reflecting on the loss of skills because he doesn't have the brain space to remember his address is that those folks clearly have no framework for evaluating what a good skill to keep in your brain actually is.

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