iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 3h

what the blue fuck is that second sentence. No remotely honest person would deny that Columbus brought genocide and colonization in his wake.

In more recent decades, the controversy
has been over Columbus himself. Indigenous groups and other activists have rejected the narrative that Christopher Columbus, the Italian navigator, was a great explorer, saying he brought genocide and
colonization in his wake.

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 4h

"Meeeowww!! Pet Me!!"

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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 6h

interesting—this article in the washington ghost claims the reason halloween isn’t scary anymore is because this latest clutch of zombies were all raised with too much screamtime

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 7h

And once again: every actual artist has stories about being hounded and pestered and micromanaged over individual pixels, by the very same people who ship absolute fucking slop that can't even spell the company's name right and which makes all the food look like it's made of bugs and worms etc.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 11/10/2026

huge bummer having a jewish website put your game on a listicle does not make you a zionist. a 5-min phonecall could have sorted this all out.

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Aspharon @asph.me · 10/10/2026

dont make me tap the sign

tumblr post by carbomcoco

"these researchers published a paper on something that literally any of us could have told you 🙄" ok well my supervisors wont let me write something in my thesis unless I can back it up with a citation so maybe it's a good thing that they're amplifying your voice to the scientific community in a way that prevents people from writing off your experiences as annecdotal evidence
they did the research in the first place because they believed you and wanted to tell people about it. they are not our enemies.

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people always go "Instead of spending all that time on a study they could have just listened to us when we said these thing happen"

they did listen, that's how studies work, they asked people about their experiences and put all the data together in a nice package that can be cited

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

In my mind, I picture wombats as badger or possum sized, but they're ... um ... not.

Patrick the Wombat, on the occasion of his 31st birthday.

Source: https://redtreetimes.com/2020/01/14/the-wombat/

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

gadgetreview.com

Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes

Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17h

Elon just blasted his home address to his 240 million followers along with his order number and last 4 of his Amex charge card while shilling grok bot. Someone else canceled his order.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Many people like to laugh at medieval illuminations of stag-snails, oh those funny medieval artists making up anim...

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Couldn’t help but be reminded of this Far Side strip:

A “The Far Side” comic. The illustration is a man with a paintbrush who has labeled his house, door, dog, cat, shirt, and pants with paint. The caption reads “Now!…. That should clear up a few things around here!”

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And the five-year-old boy who was in the car? His mom says he's "traumatized" and hasn't spoken since the shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/n...

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Morally fucked up how the rich get rewarded for making themselves richer and the world worse. You took out student loans and are still paying them off? You're financially irresponsible. Nearly run a multibillion dollar company into the ground? Here's your hundreds of millions in severance.

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ivyBONES @ivybricks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

mechtober 10: Purple/violet/reddish orange

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.

theguardian.com

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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ヤシン @inuinukawaiine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

スキマ時間にちょこちょこやってるパズルゲームのキャラが大変かわいいという話 #babaisyou

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think I had two of the Happy Meal ones (#3 and #4 in this image): static.wikia.nocookie.net/hotwheels/im...

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A fascinating editorial decision from the BBC, to make the headline a scaremongering “AUTISM AND ADHD ARE BEING OVERDIAGNOSED”, and then, four bullet points later, have the author of the report quoted as essentially saying “nah, that’s bullshit, actually”.

ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says report, as author warns of rise in mental ill health
Summary
• An official review in England finds there is a risk of people being over-diagnosed with
ADHD and autism - three key findings from the report
• As well as neurodevelopmental conditions, the review looks at mental ill health, particularly in younger people. Our health correspondent explains the difference
• It was commissioned earlier this year after Wes Streeting, then the health secretary, said there was an "over-diagnosis" of mental health conditions
• Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme earlier, review chair Prof Peter Fonagy said Streeting was "with respect, completely wrong"

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"helping distribute the product at fair market value instead of underpriced MSRP" is wild to me. Trying to frame overcharging customers as somehow beneficial to either the manufacturers or buyers

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026

just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 09/10/2026

A good time to remind people that Chris Van Hollen is the only Member of Congress to have ever called for European states to sanction the President and Secretary of State, in this case specifically in response to their attempts to destroy the ICC in order to protect Israel.

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've been checking this every now and then this morning and these wiggly little babies are cute every time.

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Love the Spider-Buggy and Thanos-copter around the Daily Bugle

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS.

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

check THIS out

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

given Annie Andrews' recent anti-trans ad, gonna re-up this recent essay/🧵:

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kc green @kcg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the lexicon of comicana by mort walker is THE text

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Coconut Octopuses (Amphioctopus marginatus) are known to use tools. They will carry around shells in order to deploy them as a mobile shelter. It's nice to have some armour when you're a soft and squishy mollusk They also are known to sometimes walk around on two limbs. Take that Plato! #OCTOtober

A Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) sitting in a horizontal bivalve shell on the sea floor, and it is lifting the top half of the shell with one arm. The octopus looks very annoyed, and is staring at the camera. The octopus is a dark brownish red, with light orange on the bottom of its arms and white suckers. The inside of the shell is white, and the outside of the shell has dark red or orange stripes alternating with white ridges.

A Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) inside a glass bottle trying to pull in a crab it has caught, but the crab is too big. The octopus has its arms outstretched and grabbing the sides of the bottle. The octopus is off white with some dark brown through its eyes. A lot of its suckers have a light blue tinge. There is a bivalve shell in the bottle. The crab is larger than the octopus. It appears to have a crack in its shell, probably where the octopus bit it. It is facing away from the camera. Its left arms and a small part of its body are pulled into the bottle. It has a mottled batter on its body with some blue at the ends of its arms. The sea floor is sandy.

A Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding in a glass jar lying in the seabed. The photo is taken facing the opening. The octopus is sticking its head and the top of its arms out of the jar. The suckers are clearly visible and the octopus is giving puppy dog eyes. The rest of its arms and body is in the jar.

A Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus trying to leave its collection of shells for a larger shell, which contains another coconut octopus. The first octopus is exposed, and is straddling between the two sets of shells. The original set appears to be three, smallish shells. Two arms are reaching into the new shell. The octopus is purple, with little beige bits breaking up the purple. Its sucked are visible. Its mantle is round. The second octopus is is sitting in two, large mismatched shells. It is quite snug, with its suckers holding on to both shells. It is purple, with a lavender colour around the eyes and white around the suckers.

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One of the many things I like about the live action version is making him more flirtatious-but-respectful instead of being as incapable of acting normal around women as he can be in the manga. I hope they stick with that characterization because it helps keep him a lot more likeable.

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Right? Even if you just wanted to keep it as a cool plastic statue/toy afterward, the fear of having to wash out buttery popcorn residue by hand (because no way would these sorts of things fit in a dishwasher) is enough to keep me from wanting one.

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"You don't get it... that's the Infinity Kernel from the comics. any fan would have to have that."

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Void-BOO!!! GAh!!!! (AKA Jess Voidburger) @voidburger.com · 08/10/2026

In case you thought "dude is the jerkoff hand gesture incarnate" wasn't a good enough reason to not buy the dude's games, get a load of this:

Blow is active on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and streaming service Twitch. His online activity includes both commentary about game development and expressing personal political opinions, including anti-vaccine rhetoric, support for the presidency of Donald Trump, and criticism of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which has drawn criticism from other game developers.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

they did the thing

an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling Dr Annie Andrews a transphobic slur this week, and her response is to ensure everyone knows she hates trans people too. Christ, the Democrats are fucking pathetic.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.

rollingstone.com

CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

read this to the tune of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Kaelyrhn 3³ ✅ @kaelyrhn.kayleighbourquin.com · 05/10/2026

Studies like this, that confirm the obvious, exist so policies can be built upon their foundation of documented evidence. Without them it can difficult to convince policy makers to give a shit, or even those unaffected to give a shit. In other words, it may seem obvious, but these are IMPORTANT

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For Your Amusement Life: GAME FREAK! GAME FREAK (Yep, that one) started off a life as a hand-printed arcade game tips and strategies zine in the early 80s. 📖: Game Freak Encyclopedia, 1984

A scan of the Encyclopedia issue on Internet Archive (Tiffany Yeatts) inside page with Game Freak in big calculator text and a drawing of an anime girl with short dark hair sitting on the ground with the tagline. She's wearing a Honey House t-shirt and pants,

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

here's the thing that stands out about Bagayoko's bravery to me: he may not be immediately legible as the mayor to cops. there's nothing stopping him from getting hurt but he's stepping into the breach anyway.

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Andrew Barnick (Lyichir) @lyichir.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Would be really funny to see him commentate a run at GDQ

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sky @theskywaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

echoes of wisdom fan art

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