iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Job alert! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hiring a tenure-track digital archivist. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. Please share widely! This is a great collection, full of hidden gems, in an academic library committed to students. apply.interfolio.com/184021

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

What NZ activist group can I join that is like the absolute opposite of Destiny Church? There must be some way to balance out their passionate intensity.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Any agreement to end the war in Ukraine that does not restore Ukraine’s borders and freedom is pro-war, as it would reward Russia’s aggression.

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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 21/10/2025

I work in the tech industry, specifically human-AI interaction. The personal data they collect from you is worth more than your out-of-pocket expense for that "smart" mattress, home assistant, security camera, dishwasher, etc.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

So we have this mantage of Frieren just ... doing solo walking around for 50 years ... she is still best friends wih those adventures she und out with for 10 years ... but she is doing her thing. This is very similar to how many Autistic people socialize ... bonded without upkeep.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I have been told if you have nothing nice to say it is better for you to say nothing at all, and so all I shall say is that in these dark times we must take care of each other. (though I recognize that those making these times dark will not think this is a nice thing to say).

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Personally I hope we find out that what Gollum was doing while wandering about looking for the ring was either solving a series of cozy murders (Precious We Wrotes) or performing in an incompetent hobbit amateur dramatic troupe (The Ring that Goes Wrong)

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I imagine that after they removed everything that could implicate Trump from the Epstein Files there wasn’t much left to release.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13/07/2025

Their aesthetics help to reinforce a system of gender where everyone fits in a pink box or a blue box, where the highest status people in the pink box are the pinkest and the highest status people in the blue box are the bluest, and where the whole pink box is lower status than the blue.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Peaceful protests are not a threat to our country. They don’t need to be “quelled.” They’re what free people do in a healthy society. They should be welcomed.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Here I am in NZ, just hoping for an influx of very clever, very weird, very fun people who tragically no longer feel welcome or safe in the US. We aren’t perfect, but we would love to add your distinctiveness to our own.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/05/2025

When you’re used to being the center of the universe, equality feels like oppression—and accountability feels like persecution. Republican panic.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Due to the English language’s inadequacy and imprecision regarding sex and gender descriptors, I’d like to propose the following. Born with gonads on outside “BWGOO” for those previously described as male or AMAB. Born with gonads on inside “BWGOI” for those previously described as female or AFAB.

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Lucy V @lucyvilchis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Judge Reyes is asking if the DoD cited a Beyonce album in their anti-trans policy, would the attorney demand she ignore common sense and just listen to the album. DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The new US leaders seem to have failed to realise “run the government as a business” really means “run the country as a business”. A business must train its employees to to their job. A country needs to educate everyone, often for roles that aren’t paid and jobs that don’t exist yet.

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FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This timely reminder from Carole Cadwalladr. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Possible fundraiser opportunity / opportunity for some good natured hilarity. My Captain's Hat is dying. I have a lot of field work coming up. I will wear (almost) any hat, provided you: A) Send me the hat B) Donate to an ocean conservation charity. Interested? Let's chat. DMs open.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Conservatives prefer the past. Progressives have hope the future. The political contest used to be over the majority in the centre, who were broadly okay with how things are right now. That centre has diminished, because folks are sad or angry about the now, whether or not it’s actually terrible.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

He’s going to pay Egypt to take the Palestinians, repair the walls around Gaza, and build his own Monaco to rule. A new Age of Colonialism is upon us. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

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Donald Trump vows US will 'take over' Gaza, says Palestinians should leave

Trump said Palestinians should leave Gaza for good "in nice homes and where they can be happy and not be shot, not be killed".

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Hey Canada, here’s an idea. Agree to join the USA under two conditions: 13 states, not one; and require that a formal method to leave the Union is added to the Constitution before you join. Then withdraw at the last minute (blame Quebec) and watch California and Texas secede.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Crazy #skeletoncrew idea - all the kids’ parents pull out red lightsabers and it all turns #runaways for S2

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Those last scenes of C3 E118 felt like they were deciding the fate of Campaign 4 Exandria in real time. Obviously the deities, but maybe also the system? The fungal species on Ruidus have a Daggerheart vibe.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Imagine: gun owners pay a tax for treating gunshot wounds; car owners pay a tax for treating injuries from traffic accidents; smokers pay for respiratory illnesses for everyone around them; schools pay for mental illnesses of kids who don’t learn the way the curriculum teaches.

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Talky McTalkerson @blarghyblargh.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Chess players gonna end up on a potential regicide watch list.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

But how will they remember their heritage?

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Janine Paynter @janinepaynter.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

At the recent international conference on influenza (OPTIONS) they specifically said we are limited in our ability to control infectious diseases because we need more social science. It's no good having tip top tech eg mRNA vaccines if people don't use them

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 04/12/2024

Billionaire isn't actually a competency

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

i've sobered up and the cold is getting to me so I may have to retreat from history

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

NZ is out of step from our peer countries in not having Capital Gains or Inheritance Taxes. Both target the asset-wealthy and should be a good match for traditional labour values. But getting out the youth vote is vital, as they are the ones who should benefit. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Labour lays groundwork for election-year capital gains tax

Analysis - Labour's all but confirmed it'll campaign on a capital gains tax next election and could announce the details as early as mid-next year.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Every time conservatives say “centralising is more cost effective”, what they really mean is “my golf buddy has a catering business and he says he’ll do it cheaper”. They ignore the local employment benefits entirely. www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/02/f...

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Free school lunches making a difference for Māori — report

Teachers reported that reducing hunger reduced aggression and improved behaviour and engagement.

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Subtitles aren’t just for deaf or hard of hearing players. They’re important for players in loud environments (who can’t use headphones), non-native speakers who rely on text to follow dialogue, and many neurodivergent folks who struggle to focus or process audio quickly. Just to mention few.

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theheg @theheg.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

National and the Coalition's plan for New Zealand #nz #nzpol #atlas #privatisation So it can be "privatised" and the public can be sharecroppers for the corporations.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

We all think plastic pollution is a problem, and it is. In the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of plastic. But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Some people think the world should neatly divide into the little boxes they learned in childhood. Dude: the universe just isn’t that simple, and it will not bend to your will.

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Imagine the world if we’d been willing to learn from COVID… What if we’d embraced WFH to slow climate change? What if we’d installed filtration systems in public buildings to reduce the spread of illness? What if we’d demanded disability justice re long COVID? A better world is still possible.

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ConradH @masterofdev.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Given the chance, I’d spend the next 5 years researching the role of Tricksters across history and what they say about the society they emerge from. As an agent of change, they are reviled by autocrats and admired by the oppressed.

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