iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a wonderful model of leadership: “leadership is based on service to the community, not personal power. Authority is earned through demonstrating responsibility, wisdom, and integrity. Decision-making is collective.” -Aimee Roberson, Cultural Survival

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The word “scientist“ dates from 1840, less than 200 years ago? That’s wild to think about. So much room for change in such a new idea!

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I just watched 100 kids dance traditional European folk dances and the social cohesion it suggested was really life affirming. I’m so glad there are kids still taking the time to learn to do that together.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026

Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/

The giant head of the Statue of Liberty. Around it are many medieval machines, tended by little medieval rude mechanicals. In the background is a crosshatched architectural drawing of some classical arches and such.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Is AI unethical? If it’s centralized in giant buildings, powered by burning gas, to drive more exploitation by the already powerful, yes. If it’s math, built on collective knowledge, powered by distributed renewables, empowering everyone including change agents for good, then no. Inherently: neither

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Todd @toddbarnard.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Unclear if CATL came to the same conclusion independently or if they read a pre-print of the paper and just went with it. Amazing, huge breakthrough either way. interestingengineering.com/energy/new-l...

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New metal oxide composite boosts efficiency in next-generation batteries

Shibaura Institute of Technology researchers develop a cheap, platinum-free catalyst for lithium–oxygen batteries.

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Todd @toddbarnard.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"How quickly the Earth continues to warm ultimately depends on how rapidly we reduce global CO2 emissions from gasoline cars to zero."

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It's so f'ing hot I cannot imagine working outside on a farm. Government is unhelpful, so this consortium of companies, labor groups, and others teamed up to make their own standards. Now including mandatory electrolytes! Awesome. More like this please. www.fastcompany.com/91584914/far...

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Farmworkers across 22 states will get free access to electrolytes to combat dangerous heat stress

The Fair Food Program, whose buyers include major retailers like Walmart, McDonald's, and Trader Joe's, will now mandate electrolytes for workers.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Cool principle: the Antidoom system notices when an AI is in a doom loop, records what the first token of the loop is, and then introduces multiple equally compelling alternatives to that token, so the LLM can take a different fork in the road and break the loop! www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/07/l...

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Liquid AI Open-Sources Antidoom: A Final Token Preference Optimization (FTPO) Method that Reduces Doom Loops in Reasoning Models

Liquid AI open-sources Antidoom, a Final Token Preference Optimization (FTPO) method that reduces doom loops in reasoning models.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I recently canceled my ChatGPT subscription, because I primarily use Claude and Perplexity. I just tried asking the free version of ChatGPT about Mythos and Fable and it said “never heard of them.” Truly, the gap between what is possible and what free level users of these services see is big.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

There are now 80 "non-human identities" online for every 1 human online, says Palo Alto Networks. Bots, agents, IoT devices, often authorized to act on our behalf. There are a lot of caveats one could raise about this, but I still think it's a pretty big deal. www.youtube.com/shorts/N8ADU...

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There are now 80 machines for every human online

YouTube video by World Economic Forum

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If you’d told my 16 year old self I’d be listening to Nirvana 33 years later on a tunable algorithm, while chatting with an AI analysis of my “electronic mail” from hundreds of job applicants, while I drink a beer, fold laundry, and my partner makes frittatas… I would not have understood.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Don't tell me "now anyone can code anything, so what's the moat?" I am pretty sure the cognitive capacity, creativity, and problem solving I'm sweating over is a set of unusually strong muscles, thank you very much.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Among a million other things, I really hope a Democrat retakes the White House ASAP so it’s easier for me to get a COVID vaccine regularly! Omg

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

COOL: Virtual power plants from Tesla, Sun Run & Renew Home to power data centers without disrupting the grid or spew huge emissions. NOT COOL: Data centers powered by Chevron or Space X burning gas all day and night. www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...

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Tesla, Sunrun, Renew Home team up on massive 16GW virtual power plant

The clean energy giants are uniting their home batteries and smart thermostats to help tech giants power booming, AI-driven data centers without crushing…

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

One of the biggest joy-killers of US cycling infrastructure is how narrow it is. Forcing everyone into a single-file line ruins the experience. Cycling is social, and our paths need to be wide enough to actually enable that.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“Green” aviation fuel can be super disruptive of communities near where it’s produced, says this big new report from Brazil. Black & indigenous communities disrupted in particular, of course. reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/06/quil...

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Quilombola Communities report losing access to land due to ‘green’ fuel production

Mudabala Capital is promoting macaúba plantations to produce renewable diesel, but traditional communities complain about impacts

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I tend to look askance at "Influencer Marketing" but I just read that the circus used to send their most popular clowns ahead to the next town, to put up posters with their faces on them and stir up excitement. So who am I to argue with that?

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It's 2026 and I wrote one application that hits one of my other applications by API every time it runs. That was not what my life was like before Claude Code.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Somebody told me today that humans, as social animals, evolved to conform to the thinking of the group, that when considering ideas inconsistent with other peoples', most peoples' brains send them signals that something is wrong. That makes me more sympathetic to conformists than ever.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Great case study of a high-leverage distributed network: Dignity Alliance Massachusetts. 1. ID key leverage people & host public Zoom calls with them 2. Share global movement updates in an email digest for peers & legislators 3. Tap retired pro's compound knowledge marshallk.com/case-study-o...

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Case study of a high-leverage distributed network: Dignity Alliance Massachusetts – Marshall Kirkpatrick's thoughts

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Reading Claude-heavy text can be annoying, but if I think of it just as infrastructure that enables people to communicate about things they might not have written about before, I can even be thankful for it.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Fable did some really good work for me before it got taken away. Two big projects today that I’m so glad I prioritized doing!

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Interestingly boring look inside scam call centers. No surprise, but it's interesting (to me) to hear it anyway! www.youtube.com/shorts/LJMCb...

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Inside a Scam Call Centre

YouTube video by Organized Crime Dispatch (by GI-TOC)

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Equations are great for thinking through things, but when you want to communicate with other people, diagrams are what works best. So I read in Donut Economics this morning; led me to write my own schedule for the day in pictograms. Quite satisfying.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Palantir earnings call just said "tokens are the new coal." One more weird thing to say, I guess.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Claude is pronounced like CLOHd in most of the world, not like CLAWd. I just learned that and I think I'm going to change how I say it.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I usually do NOT like AI music but this... this is cracking me up. via Jerry Michalski www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Oy...

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Claude Opus 4.7: A Song and Advice from AI

YouTube video by AI Simplified

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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Democracy dies when power is centralized, integrated with control, and managed through deep hierarchies. Change becomes impossible, because individuals are disempowered and caged into strict buckets. They stop trying. This is not how we will survive. open.substack.com/pub/engagedo...

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How People and Organizations Change

People Change All the Time, But Hate Being Told to Change

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Growing up in a conservative family, I was taught there were two roles available to me: 1. The Unchanging Patriarch 2. The Hero Who Saves Us From the Degradation of Change But I choose instead: 3. Person who sees the world changing & supports the best parts of that change.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Hard to post online about anything else when things like this are happening.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Is Hegseth thinking he’s going to help Jesus return tonight?

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Knocking off work a little early tonight in case the world ends.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

In all seriousness this is a huge issue with the subsidized right wing bullshit machine. Articles written by well-funded news “foundations” are syndicated out with no paywalls. This is subsequently rewarded in several ways.

Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel cofounded the Daily Caller News Foundation for two primary reasons. First, to train, mentor and launch the next generation of reporters, all the while providing full-time salary and benefits. We nurture a group of journalists committed to the guiding principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and pledged to produce trustworthy news reporting. Second, to investigate and tell stories that are overlooked or intentionally ignored due to media bias. Then we push those stories through our licensed media network partners to reach millions of Americans.
We strive to be the most innovative, successful, results-driven training ground for up-and-coming journalists in America through our flagship program, the American Journalism Institute.
We are also one of the most impactful news organizations in the world. We are the go-to newswire service for conservative media outlets wishing to publish the national news. Our goal is to prompt policy changes for the better, hold public officials accountable and educate the public on relevant issues with facts, not opinions.
All content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact Thomas Phippen.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

“Journal gems” is what I call notes I record from reviewing old journal entries. They make me so happy to come back to and be reminded of.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Free right now? Come drop in on our Community Call for What's Up With That my research power tool. So far we've got 13 people registered, it's 30 mins long. Fun times, you're invited: luma.com/njv7tyhj

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Friday Community Call: What's Up With That? · Zoom · Luma

Want to learn some tips and tricks about how other people use What's Up With That? Whether you're already using it or are just curious, come see this…

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Newest little tool I made for myself: grab all the people and orgs mentioned in a really good call transcript, look up their websites, find or create RSS feeds for their updates. Boom I’m subscribed in perpetuity to the ecosystem I’m hearing discussed.

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Well this was a big honor and fun! The AI show from This Week in Tech, Intelligent Machines, had me on as a guest!

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Marshall Kirkpatrick @marshallk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

They say "now anyone can code, so what's your moat?" But I consistently think of things that make me say "damn, I'm smart to have thought of that. Claude Code didn't think of that, i did." So I don't want to show off my fancy complex app and hear "yeah well anyone can fall off a turnip truck now!"

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