iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13h

The campaign of educational censorship sweeping Texas and other GOP-governed states in the name of “free speech” and “diversity of viewpoint” in many ways exceeds the worst of the McCarthy Era (gift link obvs) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

12935316

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Haven’t read it yet but if this description doesn’t get it added to your TBR pile, I don’t know what will. (Ordered!)

000

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 10/10/2026

My favorite kind of Saturday: cool enough to sleep with the windows open, wake up and it’s light out (compared to the week when I wake up and it’s dark), kids/dog still sleeping, hot cup of coffee, alone with my thoughts to post on a social platform. May we all be blessed with more of these days.

01015

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Spent a few hours this morning sharing this thread with my family so we could all enjoy a laugh. Special recognition to the bible jokes (for mom) Grandpa stubbed his toe, Jabba, & Bond (dad) The Music Man & Herzog (me) Hector/Paris and stream-salmon-poop (10 yr old)

000

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85

1771493458

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wow! Texts are super rare for the Hittites, basically there’s just one archive and it’s 95% lists of prayer sacrifices to mountain gods, so this is really, really exciting!

201642403

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

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”

253162103707

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Tavern Brawl, after Gillis Van Tilborgh, 17th c, 📸 by @HagyPhoto

71069190

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

*That’s* a headline.

221868

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Emma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That is not true. There is a court case about exactly this, involving specifically the NYPD, called Lozito vs City of New York. They did not intervene to stop a stabbing spree, and the court ruled that they have "no special duty" to protect anyone from violent crime.

en.wikipedia.org

Maksim Gelman stabbing spree - Wikipedia

1252

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

hey all, just a heads up to my artist peers- this is all AI slop, I would avoid this. It isn't adobe code, it's just vibecoded to emulate their features.

15920459

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Gyms for our brains," you say?

Don Draper meme showing him presenting with the words "Hear me out...We call it 'The University'."

14666126

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Sharon "Screams in Perimenopause" Z @sharonz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In honor of Anti-Prime Day and Bookshop offering free shipping, I made a short affiliate list of books that help you write more good. It's the "AI sucks, here's how to write it yourself list". bookshop.org/lists/ai-suc...

bookshop.org

AI Sucks. Here's how to write it yourself

Turning to the books that helped me to write more, write better, and to write with more clarity. There are the books that shaped my writing.

26217

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

bex @blueraccoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Posting because this was really good whole wheat flour with a great concept and I'm very sad it's been retired.

a picture of a wheat field with an open green bag of "whole wheat flour blend" from King Arthur Baking. The label on the bag says "regeneratively-grown climate blend that can help restore soil health"

2203

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Woot woot! Yay IceCube! Yay Francis!

2679

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And the NYT is so proud of its both-sidesing the article is leading the website. Readers are offended, as well they should be. Most recommended comment:

dhk3
D
NY • 6h ago
The headline refers to "exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as a drunk"; the article then spends a lot of time detailing a single incident, which has been widely exaggerated beyond all proportion and recognization, and finally turns to Ramaswamy's career exploits, which are by no measure being exaggerated beyond defensible arguments as to their social impact. Why couldn't this article be accurately headlined: In Ugly Fight For Ohio Governor, Exaggeration of Single Personal Incident Is Pitted Against a Plutocrat's Career and Its Consequences. Concerned readers are eager to know.
599 Recommend Reply
• • •

10542112

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Mad Bastard @madbastard-v2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am reminded of the Discworld bit about "What if he's a good king?"

A selected quote from "Men at Arms" by Terry Pratchett

“But that’s not right, see? One man with the power of life and death.”

“But if he’s a good man—” Carrot began.

“What? What? OK. OK. Let’s believe he’s a good man. But his second-in-command—is he a good man too? You’d better hope so. Because he’s the supreme ruler, too, in the name of the king. And the rest of the court…they’ve got to be good men. Because if just one of them’s a bad man the result is bribery and patronage.”

0186

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏

532763529

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 05/10/2026

King Darius looking down at Daniel in the pit:

243368

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love libraries, but I’m a little sad that all of the books are Building and Engineering and such and none are novels or poetry or philosophy any other less directly practical topics. It feels like the same fight we are still in, trying to get Power to see value in beauty for beauty’s sake.

020

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t wanna go to work today. I want to go take pictures with my camera and read a book and drink tea and write in my notebook and daydream. Can Bluesky just write me an excuse note?

030

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026

If basic human rights are predicated on whether someone committed crimes (see the "except as punishment for a crime" clause in the Thirteenth Amendment), then you create perverse incentives for those in power to create as many "criminals" out of the opposition as possible. Prisoners are humans.

3767114

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He isn’t old. He isn’t out of touch. He isn’t confused. He is choosing who will rule. Men — even those who love men — are citizens and everyone else isn’t. Thats it.

6838114

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It was extremely touch-and-go, and still was when play wrapped up, with one player downed and two more pretty hurt, but lots of minions cleared. Unfortunately, the big boss has loads of health and a very nasty attack, so whether I will preside over my own children’s TPK remains to be seen.

030

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yesterday’s weekly D&D game with the kids was more exciting than initially planned. Ina classic blunder, the party divided, with two players choosing the route I’m pretty sure the module writers intended (the door was open!), and the rest of the party flinging themselves directly into the big boss.

110

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I held back from starting T. Kingfisher’s Astarion after reading so much vitriol from the Reddit crowd and then seeing a content warning at the beginning that gave me pause. I shouldn’t have worried. I’m 3/4 through and it’s charming, as I should have known. Astarion remains a dastardly delight.

061

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I used to have a running joke with my children that I was so proud of them I should walk around the neighborhood and go pick them up from school wearing a t-shirt with a giant photo of them. It was a joke because the mortifying implications are as obvious as the behavior is unbalanced.

010

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A week for a snooze in front of a warm range. 🥶 Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Watercolour and pencil drawing of a collie sleeping in front of a Stanley range, surrounded by items from a rural farm kitchen.
#art #drawing #irishart

2135454

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Zee (missing life's little cues) @miscue.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oo, I've never seen a smoke dance. Look at her! She is fantastic!

0113

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

Oh my living and breathing WORD 😭 (H/T religiverse on Threads: "10/10 headline from Christianity Today. No notes.") www.christianitytoday.com/2026/10/ai-c...

christianitytoday.com

How Great Is Our Claude - Christianity Today

Worship leaders have built new AI tools to help create setlists and score songs on qualities like scriptural grounding and clarity.

7287

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

KKSliderVEVO @weaselingaround.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dracula is about being obsessed with train schedules, actually

0365

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

GUYS a Nashville warbler just hopped up to me and decided to use my legs as shelter to fall asleep under 😭🪶🌿

271117182

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A huge thanks for the reminder. My registration was good but my 19 year old’s wasn’t. Trying to fix it by Monday!

0532

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

2921561957

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Amaranth M @jazzelves.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bro! Tell me we still know how to speak about drivers! In the old days, everyone knew what men were; Fast, Furious, glory-bound. Only stories now, but I'll sound the Family's song, hoarded for hungry times.

25914

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The primary objective of journalism is supposed to be telling the truth. It is a DECISION on the part of USA Today to know that new details have emerged about this case and to refuse to update an old story that is still circulating and still shaming Jane Doe.

22428236

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 03/10/2026

Busan has a new resident named Bukangi, a shark who started chilling in the canals near the train station a couple weeks ago. The city has been trying all sorts of schemes to gently lead her back to the ocean but she foils every attempt and swims back and forth being admired by crowds of fans.

3419143

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Gemma Sharpe @gemmasharpe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Honey, wake up, the new Council of Trent just dropped."

Nicolò Dorigati, Opening session of the Council of Trent in 1545. Painting showing figures in a high room with a blue arched ceiling. Paintings of saints on the walls and an altar with crucifix at the center of the image. This is flanked by bright orange/red seats with bishops who continue towards the foreground of the painting. At the very foreground and background observers in darker clothes/robes congregate. Several look back towards the painter/viewer.

0124

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Educational corruption is a parasite that is killing public education. Students are lured away to experimental models that pay teachers less, make big promises, and have few to no regulations to keep them in check. You should hear some of the stories about what’s going on in these charter schools.

000

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes! Our district in Texas is asking for a bond to pay teachers’ salaries for the first time EVER this year, because so much money has been siphoned off to private and charter schools that the state is no longer providing enough funds to just pay our highly-qualified, dedicated staff.

101

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a light last week in the forest near my house

1246477

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*whispers* stunt on these hos

329770

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, which leads … you get the idea. H/t UKHE

216330

Magpie Is Learning @magpielaughs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Y’all! My little community newsletter came back from the Printers today and it is so! pretty! Sometimes I can’t believe that I somehow tricked the universe into letting me get a job where I publish my little local news stories and my little pictures and people read what I write. Feels awesome.

020

Reposted by Magpie Is Learning

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????

1455011469