iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

This deep dive on XKCD's famous comic on all modern infrastructure manages to be important, fascinating and more than a little bit scary all at the same time. Worth a scroll. And massive kudos to Germany for their sovereign tech fund, all countries should have one sheets.works/data-viz/hol...

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The people holding up the internet

Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 21h

10/15 4 mile run = 57.25 October miles

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 22h

This is a fantastic analogy and not just because our family's laundry is my domain. Doing all the laundry helps me keep tabs on household needs, e.g. buying more socks before it's a crisis bc the kids have none without holes. Minimizing dryer use takes more of my time, but saves wear on items. Etc

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Kevin Klein @kevinkleinpdx.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

not even actual debt. the threat of debt (in the case of health coverage being tied to employer) is enough.

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Evil John 2: John By Dawn @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Holy crow this guy is good. I never ever want to hear again how "the Democrats" don't know how to communicate.

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

10/14 2.5 run + 1.5 walk makes 4 morning miles = 53.25 October miles

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I used to think the same, but over time I've come around on this--guy is providing a service rehoming the DVDs, keeping them out of the landfill and getting them to someone who wants them enough to pay and will presumably care for/enjoy em. I'm OK with him earning a commission as part of the process

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

10/13 6 miles! 5.75 run (mostly jog except for the last mile faster) along the canal plus a quarter mile cooldown = 49.25 October miles

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 13/10/2026

so while we're all fighting to get our money out of anthropic, publishers have been filing to claim their share of the settlement and then giving it right back to anthropic--not to solve problems they have, but to then demand the editors & employees create problems for it to solve.

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 12/10/2026

Just had a developer who shall remain nameless ask me to promise not to make bets on Kalshi or Polymarket if I get early review access to a game. That's a new one!

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

10/12 3.5 run, gorgeous weather = 43.25 October miles

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'm adding all of the books from the first article to my TBR!

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

10/11 2.5 run in the cold rain = 39.75 October miles

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

10/10 3.5 steep valley which is *worse* than a steep hill bc you go down first and then up, boo. I survived tho = 37.25 October miles

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026

Here is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is.

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10/9 3.5 dusk run after T's soccer game, barely made it home before dark...the October weather is my friend but not the shortening daylight hours = 33.75 October miles

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 09/10/2026

Now’s probably a good time to say that a couple years back I turned down a five-figure offer from HarperCollins because they refused to put in a clause prohibiting AI from touching any of my books at any point in the process. I was lucky to be able to walk away, and it was the right thing to do.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 09/10/2026

Oh this man is OVER IT over it, I hope a Dem consultant is having a stroke somewhere

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

10/8 3.5 sunset run, gorgeous! = 30.25 October miles

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 08/10/2026

I don't believe they are conscious but I also don't believe you should get to do interviews where you say "idk man our business model might be built on enslaving sentient creatures" and still get to be a business.

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

10/7 2.5 run = 26.75 October miles

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It was the only school dance I ever went to! No regrets, had a nominal date (we are still friends, I did a reading at his wedding) as part of a larger group, prom was fun but not earth-shattering. Cute pictures. I wore fancy beaded flip-flop sandals. :-)

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The dealerships (two) definitely tried HARD to talk us into anything-but-the-Bolt. We eventually did manage to buy one, barely, and it's been really great for us for 3 years now. Car buying is always an ordeal but this was truly, memorably, next-level awful.

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Punished Cat Guy (extra punished Cenobite version) @majima.space · 06/10/2026

I can smell this post and it smells like validation

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

10/6 6 mile canal trail walk w/friend = 24.25 October miles

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

10/5 3.5 run, mid = 18.25 October miles I'm aiming for 100 and want to give myself an early cushion in case of bad weather/off days

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

10/4 2.5 run w/12yo, mixed terrain = 14.75 October miles

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

10/3 3.5 run, mixed terrain = 12.25 October miles

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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As someone with a grant that was rated high priority (top bin) that wasn't funded this year, I'm appalled that NSF withheld 1/5th of their budget. @liccardo.house.gov @lofgren.house.gov

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

10/2 5.25 (probably ran 4.5+ of it), flat = 8.75 October miles

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

10/1 3.5 mile run, moderate hills

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I keep coming back to this. Can't unsee it etc just WHAT IF

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh yeah, Romanclandia is very 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️😒 e.g. bsky.app/profile/oliv...

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just for the record ALL of my kids' teachers use their preferred names instead of their legal names. This is as it should be. And also uncontroversial because their preferred names are fairly traditional nicknames but like. Just call people what they tell you to use! It's not a new concept!!

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Whitney Gegg-Harrison (she/they) @writerethink.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Should writing be the ONLY required class? Probably not! (It kind of is, at my university, though we’re actually the “writing, speaking, and argument” program; I’d love to add a greater focus on critical reading.) But I do think writing belongs as *a* requirement for a well-rounded education.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes, the precondition for regular AI agent use is changing your culture to speak in middle America white bureaucratic language to make it work. You can’t put “the good collards“ on an optimized shopping list, much less account for what some call familect: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/m...

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Every Family Has Its Own Private Language. What Does That Tell Us About Ourselves? (Gift Article)

“Familects” emerge out of in-jokes and mispronunciations, but they reveal something about how all language evolves.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Mx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

This shot/chaser lede by the writer is outstanding

Opening paragraph from the Wired article "Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros" by Elana Klein:

"Engaged in a flirtatious conversation at a bar in Manhattan, 23-year-old Gary stood with a Guinness in hand as he explained to a woman why he took an engineering job at Palantir, the data analytics company cofounded by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel. Raking in a $250,000 salary would allow him to help pay off his parents’ mounting medical bills, he explained."

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It sure would be helpful if I had more middle ground options for myself between "immediately" and "possibly never." 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 21/09/2026

"man I can't believe my friends aren't standing by me just because I let a billionaire tell me to throw ONE of my friends under the bus and I went along with it, where is their loyalty???"

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18/09/2026

a pretty good way to gauge the conversation is whether people are talking about harm or risk harm is about what's happening now already risk is about what could maybe happen in the future and basically the whole ai cult scene is in agreement that possible risks are more important than current harm

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Does no one test their own systems anymore? I guess this is also part of enshittification, it's easier to just wait for complaints. But as a would-be customer, sometimes I decide "fine, maybe I don't need that thing after all..." 🤷🏻‍♀️

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on

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