iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Oh good we're doing the goldfish brain "why is everyone sick again all of a sudden what could this mystery virus possibly be" discourse, as every fall. Covid. Still. Exists.

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

German uni when you want to access an SAP tool for your vacation days: TWO FACTOR AUTHENTIFICATION THROUGH A VPN AND A TOKEN German uni when AI: why don’t you just use Gemini and ChatGPT and upload all your data and your colleagues’ data for a fun student exercise

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"we didn't have anything like as many people claiming to have ADHD back in the days when everyone carried around a pack of inhalable stimulant drugs and took between 20 and 40 doses every day"

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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 27/09/2026

"Der wohl hervorstechendste und auch erschreckendste Aspekt der deutschen Realitätsflucht liegt in der Haltung, mit Tatsachen so umzugehen, als handele es sich um bloße Meinungen." — Hannah Arendt

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 27/09/2026

You and me both, Duolingo. You and me both.

Screenshot of an app icon for the Duolingo app. The icon is a red, angry cartoon face with the words *screams internally*

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is like accusing someone of robbing a bank because they deposited money and never withdrew it

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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sadfact: Alle 3 Tankrabatte der letzten Jahre kosten den Staatshaushalt 7,5 Mrd. Euro Zum Vergleich: Das Deutschlandticket kostet den Bund jährlich 1,5 Mrd. Euro. Bedeutet: Für 8 Monate paar Cent billiger Tanke könnte der Bund das Deutschlandticket sage und schreibe 5 Jahre lang finanzieren🤯

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 24/09/2026

Eine Stunde verspätet wegen Streckensperrung. Dafür ist wenigstens das WiFi fast nicht zu gebrauchen. Hach, DB, wie ich dich vermisst habe… #commuterslament

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 24/09/2026

Eine Stunde verspätet wegen Streckensperrung. Dafür ist wenigstens das WiFi fast nicht zu gebrauchen. Hach, DB, wie ich dich vermisst habe… #commuterslament

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 24/09/2026

Einmal dabei sein und zuschauen wie sie entscheiden was bei der Tagesschau-App als einer "Eilmeldung" würdig ist.

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Dr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join @cjdenial.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and me for a free webinar on Resisting the Use of AI in Education on October 13, 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Register now! olemiss.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Announcing a live webinar on Resisting the Use of AI in Education: Taking a Stand for Our Students and Our Colleagues. Event takes place on October 13, 2026, at 1:00 pm ET. Speakers are Cate Denial (University of Minnesota Rochester), Joshua Eyler (University of Mississippi), Kevin Gannon (Queens University Charlotte), and Liz Norell (University of Mississippi).

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 21/09/2026

you think it's a coincidence that the most evil and corrupt people alive want you to believe that trans people are the real problem?

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 18/09/2026

"You exist here."

Captain Sisko from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine looking at a glowing Bajoran orb.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 18/09/2026

Obviously we must trust the people who can see billions of years into the future but who can't conceive of a time before the 1980s.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 15/09/2026

Microsoft Outlook: Making people wonder why no one is replying to their e-mail by saving messages to “Drafts” instead of sending them since 1997.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 13/09/2026

The End of Oak Street is great fun. It can't quite decide, though, if it wants to be a critique of Reagan-era suburbia and the individualism of the nuclear family (in which case the point gets lost among all the dinosaurs) or an—at least implicit—endorsement of the worldview of right-wing preppers.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 11/09/2026

Certainly looks like the shallow pop history interpretation of what happened in the 60s was extremely influential in a very unexpected way.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 11/09/2026

Millenniums continue to ruin everything

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 11/09/2026

25 years on, I remember how I thought that the U.S. president at the time was a bumbling fool who was in way over his head, and hopefully people would come to see that no one as incompetent should ever hold that office again.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 08/09/2026

Happy 60th, Star Trek! You've always been there when things have felt overwhelming, and that's no mean feat.

static.klipy.com

Star Trek

Alt: Star Trek's Captain Kirk amid a sea of fuzzy tribbles. He is not amused but in an amused way.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 08/09/2026

The future of education is apparently "what if you combined the maleficent rigor of Victorian boys schools with the handwavy pseudo-science of 1950s psychology experiments?"

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Why do you think historians need to look up things on microfiche

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Still tapping the sign

A tweet from me, Dave Vetter, which reads: "Nerds: we have invented a robot who can write stuff a dumb guy would say.
Everyone: this robot is the smartest guy I've ever heard of"
Posted on 16 Feb 2023.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/09/2026

Ah good to see -there is finally an AI slop moderation label; meaning you can block and mute it out of your feed

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Synthetic Media
IN 1856, EUNICE FOOTE DISCOVERED THAT CO2 TRAPS HEAT AND PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGE. MEN BLOCKED HER FROM PRESENTING HER WORK, AND HISTORY FORGOT HER FOR 150 YEARS. TODAY, WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE SHE WARNED US ABOUT
Did You Know?

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/09/2026

This is one of the objections I have when people talk about how useful LLMs can be for literature searches or for any kind of search, really. Even beyond the biases that inevitably (and, in some cases, intentionally) show up, part of a good literature search is seeing information *in context.*

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Andreas Frings @geschichtsadmin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Das 👇 ist ein Versagen von Wissenschaft. Der Kollege ignoriert die verfassungsrechtliche Einordnung dieser Fragen durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht mit Blick auf den Kern der freiheitlich-demokratischen Grundordnung, und das als Politikwissenschaftler an einer Universität.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 07/09/2026

Worst timeline, even the Star Trek Mirror Universe had color in it.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 07/09/2026

Wer ist eigentlich grade Bundeskanzler, normalerweise hört man ja von dem wenn eine Wahl war.

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The only historians I trust are those who could transition to work in comedy in case academia goes completely to shit

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

Everyone doing this just needs to understand that they are actively skipping the thinking step

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 07/09/2026

Accidentally created a financial windfall in my kitchen cabinet when I bought all that chocolate.

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Nadia Zaboura @nadiazaboura.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wer beisteuern möchte: Welche medialen Formate nach der Wahl und über die Wahl bezeugen die Unfähigkeit auch in Leit- und Massenmedien, sich journalistisch, strukturiert und machtkritisch mit den Ergebnissen auseinanderzusetzen? Gerne Links mit kurzer Begründung in die Kommentare und RT.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 07/09/2026

AI has solved the problem of white boomers having to self-reflect.

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Es ist nicht zu ertragen, wie wenig viele Medien auf diesen Moment vorbereitet sind.

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Anne Roth @anneroth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ich möchte nicht, dass mir Politiker*innen und Journalist*innen erklären, dass es nunmal Demokratie sei, wenn mehrheitlich Nazis gewählt werden. Ich erwarte, dass sie verstehen, dass die Demokratie demokratisch abgeschafft werden kann und dass das Grundgesetz davor schützen sollte.

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 06/09/2026

Es sind die Institutionen, die gerade versagen. Wenn die funktionierten, wie sie sollten, wäre die AfD verboten und nicht ihr faschistischer Spitzenkandidat in eine Kindernachrichtensedung eingeladen worden

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party.

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Glad to see people are still citing the book @spychalam.bsky.social and I edited (and @kathke.com's work in it!) substack.com/app-link/pos...

substack.com

A Star Trek Genre Experiment About Being a Star Trek Genre Experiment

The only way out is through.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 06/09/2026

As someone who loves to play on a title, I'm honored someone is playing on a title of mine.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 05/09/2026

Adorno commenting on/complaining about various types of media in part because he is an astute social critic but mostly because he is just that guy is my favorite genre of text.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 31/08/2026

I try to be generous when it comes to people expressing themselves on the internet . Also will block every single person I see comment on a Kelly Clarkson video that she didn't hit that note perfectly.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“The following tips will help you feel like you belong in the Ivory Tower, even when that little voice in your head says, ‘I’m not good enough,’ or ‘Nobody likes me,’ or ‘I’m actually half a dozen raccoons nestled inside an abandoned upscale Swedish jacket.’” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...

mcsweeneys.net

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Academia When You’re Six Raccoons Living in a Fjällräven Parka

“The following tips will help you feel like you belong in the Ivory Tower, even when that little voice in your head says, ‘I’m not good enough,’ or ‘Nobody l...

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 30/08/2026

I wonder if Trump got his penchant for renaming stuff from the tech oligarchs who randomly decided their companies are no longer called Google, Facebook, and Twitter because that would be too practical.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 29/08/2026

Managed to get out for a ParkRun and built an IKEA bathroom vanity and now my energy reserves for Saturday have completely run out. I am basically now sitting on a couch surrounded by shampoo bottles that glare at me disappointedly.

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 28/08/2026

I have seen this Kaurismäki movie

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 28/08/2026

I have found it, the internet argument final form.

Screenshot of a comments section. Someone replies: "shut up I search on Google more than you"

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