iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

before Trump all news was like this all the time

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying.

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Agreed. An actually novel and moving yet not flashily contemporary meta take

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

❗Attention, union supporters ❗ We're asking Wizards and Hasbro to voluntarily recognize our union—and you can help! Sign our petition today and show our leadership that you want change in the gaming industry. actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026

It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.

X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ah yes, I remember when Trotsky wrote about how Russian workers should be replaced by low wage immigrants from China so that strong Russian boys would have more time to play girls ice hockey. It's right there in the manuscript.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I thought Mamdani's statement today about Oct. 7 was fine. Just saying that because man, a lot of people today apparently feel very free to announce to journalists how upset and angry "Jews in New York City" are, and I'm one, and I'm not.

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Genuinely the best synopsis of Strange Days i’ve ever read

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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wonder how hard the executive ranks will get hit Ha ha ha just kidding

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Joshua Keating @joshuakeating.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hey, I'm on Substack! If you enjoy my work, please subscribe and share. The first installment features an unrecognized country turning the Mideast's crisis into opportunity and an alarming new warning about military AI. joshuakeating.substack.com/p/coastlines...

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 04/10/2026

Diva Down: A U Street Corridor Story

A pair of sparkly, silver and gold with a butterfly accent around the toe straps and a circular ankle strap that goes up the calf sitting in the mud and grass adjacent to the sidewalk, as if this person gently placed in their hoping their owner would come back for them

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 04/10/2026

"He's an investor, not an inventor." Filmmaker @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Musk, like Trump, built his name on work he didn't do. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/this-filmm...

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today, @wired.com is publishing Choke Points, an 18-month investigation into how Israel’s network of checkpoints, gates, and roadblocks is reshaping daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A thread on the reporting, and what we found:

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The number of adults who tried to get us to self-identify the smart one versus the pretty one, and those are the least objectionable stories lol😂

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There’s an interesting twist added to this whole thing when you’re an identical twin 😵‍💫

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026

NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.

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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Greed quite literally the mind-killer here.

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love it when I hear advice to sleep well, get a solid 8 hours every night. Oh great. Thanks. Should I go ahead and dunk a basketball too? Be a virtuoso violinist while I’m at it? Are there any other results you’d like me to spontaneously achieve?

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This entire situation is beyond disgusting, but thank the Goddess for the stellar fucking work of student journalists. Truly. CW: rape, sexual assault www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

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Resident Evil Victoria @vqnerdballs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Start by offering little miniature vans to warhammer enthusiasts and then slowly give them bigger ones over time

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

AbsoLUTELY insane 😵‍💫😡

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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

as a bookstore owner, we cannot do the work or offer the benefits which public libraries do—fund libraries and everyone, including bookstores, will thrive

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of things make me feel kind of dumb, including how to take at face value the logic of “we are a multibillion dollar transnational industry building a vengeful elder god, and we definitely won’t stop unless you regulate us the way we want, which is a secret.”

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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

this is my favorite fantasy novel to press on readers since Jedediah Berry's The Naming Song, Melinda Taub's The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennett, Witch, & Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires—it ought to win all the awards, but more importantly, all of y'all should pick up a copy

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reader, they were pretty sure this would fool everyone.

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Love all these elements. Maybe to strengthen, specify the genre more explicity? #PreDV

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This sounds super-fun! My question is: aren't the princess and the healer working for the same goal, a cure? Or is the healer healing something else #PreDV

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm really impressed with this. These kids are mostly class of '29 and this thing has methodology, style, balance, clarity, brevity...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Ryan Murphy Lizzie Borden joint seems bad, but since it apparently takes a jaunt to a Countess Elizabeth Báthory flashback, it *does* give me the opportunity to shout to anyone who will listen that Elizabeth Báthory WAS TOTALLY INNOCENT. www.bloomsbury.com/us/blood-cou...

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18/09/2026

Clarification here: bsky.app/profile/anja...

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Maxine Kaplan @maxinegkaplan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ah yes! That longtime American dream — and perennial midterms edge issue — curbing international investment in Greenland. So important that he address this. I’m also sure this will really help with military morale!

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i support the first amendment but bari deserves this

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/09/2026

Presidents with nothing to hide don’t ban reporters. But this President is historically corrupt—so he has a LOT to hide. Stand up for the Free Press. Every leader should condemn this.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

it's funny but also a reminder that the fundamental premise here is that a Black man can't be objective when talking about race while a white man can because Black people do identity politics and white people do facts and this my friends is what I have named "white empiricism"

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