iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

This is a really good overview of what will turn out to be a fatally flawed product from a fatally flawed company that offers you highly addictive products and profits from your dependency. Also: you should follow @karlbode.com if you don't already.

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Maybe, just maybe our culture and the attitudes, behaviors, and values it supports and glorifies needs to have a long, hard look taken at it and them.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to OK limits on transgender-related care for prisoners

Gender affirming care is OK if you're a cis-male in the US military. This is a travesty. Sexual violence is OK in the US. Sexual health is not.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This. The reemergence of both Ari and Rahm Emanuel after years of quiet reeks of an orchestrated PR campaign, which is a favored tool of the DC consultant cadre. Emanuel has done more harm to center and center left issues and politicians than all but a few on the right and far right. Say no.

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i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"A 'Rogue AI' is like a dog that bites somebody, so the dog owner gets properly punished" *Well, no. A proper Rogue AI is like a cyberwar computer-virus, where I round up a thousand stray dogs, give them all rabies, and then parachute them into your neighborhood. #plausiblydeniable #GrayWar

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This. Negotiation and diplomacy are skill that require *a lot* of discernment, education, and expertise to be undertaken successfully. Trump has none of them, nor do we have diplomats who are capable of doing them without real risk to the interests of the US and our allies.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 27/09/2026

The Trump administration has deported tens of thousands of immigrants to so-called "third countries" that they have no connections to. "This is extraordinary rendition all over again, in broad daylight," says Tutu Alicante, a human rights lawyer from Equatorial Guinea.

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“Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned

Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month, in apparent retaliation for speaking out about conditi...

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There's a reason that board membership has become homogenous and fewer people are responsible for making more bad decisions. "Not our kind, dear" has always been a real thing, and wealth and power have become the overriding determinants of "leadership."

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I did this ten years ago. It is a real cartoon by a real cartoonist, not the AI generated slop you see below Jesus

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Paul Lander @paullander.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Damn, if the East Coast were any more under water it’d be a Trump Casino.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hummingbird cake. Decoration and flavor upgrade inspired by the Great British Bake Off and Nigella Lawson's introduction as a judge. The flavor upgrade: freshly ground cinnamon and allspice, Lyon dark rum, crushed dried banana chips and toasted pecans.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yes, the proliferation of platforms and independent writers is challenging to keep up with. I'm offering up what little reach I have to recommend following and subscribing to @thomaszimmer.bsky.social. His knowledge and expertise is worth your time and money.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Between chasing unclaimed property (including bank accounts Wells Fargo improperly failed to close despite my agent letter and power of attorney) and submitting Medicare reimbursement claims for providers that won't submit for patients, my administrative burden bureaucratic paperwork is maxed out.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If the US government really ran like a corporation, and citizens were considered to be shareholders, we could sue the board and executives for the damages they caused due to their incompetence and failure to uphold a fiduciary responsibility. Take that, market capitalism.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not bad for almost 65. Gym evidence before minor surgery tomorrow.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Posted across social media platforms. Independent, expert review and oversight of grants has served an important role for both research and programmatic grants regardless of the source of funds. Yes, expert peer review isn't perfect -- but it's far less biased than most of the alternatives.

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Russ Vought’s Latest Scheme to Tighten His Grip on Federal Grants

Russ Vought Wants to Veto NIH Funding The White House’s attempts to...

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Dave @flowstateneworleans.com · 20/09/2026

The biggest threats from corporate LLMs are the same threats we’re already organizing against: monopolistic hyper capitalism and environmental destruction. I fully buy @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s criti-hype framing of the rest of it.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.

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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees

Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

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AI, Data Sharing Drive Adult Protective Service Reporting at HHS

So once upon a time I lead real and serious work using technology and data science. Do you know what made it work, and made the results understandable and repeatable? Oversight and direction from a multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts. 1/3

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The Administration for Community Living is training AI algorithms to deliver insight into adult mistreatment research and predictions.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you want to know about Matryoshka, the Russian disinformation operation targeting Dems in the midterms, read my piece in The Contrarian. If you want to know more than this, check out my new book, "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the FIght for America" at www.HowRussiaWon.com

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Putin Revives His War on American Elections

The Kremlin’s meddling has been most intense during presidential contests, but it has been aimed at off-year elections. This year is no exception.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.

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Idiocracy. Johnson's willingness to be a human centipede following and repeating Trump's cloacal utterances is a disgrace to the House of Representatives, the role of Speaker, and the State of Louisiana.

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@espiers.bsky.social reminds us constantly that being discerning and intellectually rigorous need not be pretentious, bloviating, or clout seeking. This essay is far more important that it appears. The contempt many Americans have for intellectualism puts us at risk for manipulation writ large.

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My brain has run me through all of the ADHD and cPTSD traps this week. It's been interesting. Do not recommend. I'm trying to reset, at least a little. Walking in the forest with no screens would be better. (And yes, I know how privileged I am to have the time and agency to do this. )

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Make Coffee
Clean and Straighten Kitchen
Do Yoga
Make List

Finish Laundry
Farmer’s Market
Prepare Pineapple
Get Claim Notarized

Walk Garden
Water and Tend Raised Beds and Containers
Plant Fig Tree and Cuttings
Plant Herbs

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New, at @techpolicypress.bsky.social, I discuss the problems with Dario Amodei's "We Must Pace the Frontier" proposal. (TL;DR version: The better angels of the AI industry's nature are never going to prevent the AI industry's worst potential harms.) www.techpolicy.press/who-should-p...

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Who Should Pace the Frontier? Not Dario Amodei

We should take Dario Amodei’s writing just seriously enough to stop entrusting him with so much power, writes Dave Karpf.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Normalizing bad faith actors has turned out to be very bad indeed.

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Scott Cory @jscottcory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Go along and get along" will never hit the same for me again.

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One of the many reasons to subscribe to the @washingtonsun.bsky.social.

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Read it and cry at the travesty of disinformation spewed from this man.

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What would stop the direction of the organizations developing frontier AI models? Independent, empowered boards of directors. Do you know what else would stop or slow down the current direction of frontier AI models? Responsible oversight from investors. The laws and rules to do both exist now

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mark Carney and Ursula van der Leyen are inviting others to join them in drafting a framework that extends the values of the EU to replace the leadership of the US. This is more than pulling back the UK into the EU and engaging Canada. This potentially pulls in some of the BRICS.

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BREAKING: We won! And we get discovery into this crazy demolition threat to boot. Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social and to my colleagues at DDF and WLG. Formal statement to follow.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Swam for 30 minutes/1000 yards for the first time in five years. Received replacement identification to apply for forgotten payments to me. Made an appointment for coronary calcium scan because I'm old and I have a fastidious primary care physician. What are my ADHD accomplishments for $800?

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Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on

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This isn't a good look for the prosecution.

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