iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now

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I don’t use the MacOs Photos app but holy shit trying to help someone with their setup moving some photos to a different place is a revelation in utterly atrocious UX. Psychotically bad. It is crazy that people still think Apple is good at this.

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cowsarejustfood @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social · 6h

the (videos on) beavis and butthead rewatch continues to deliver overlooked / forgotten 90s gems youtube.com/watch?v=-DcA...

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Mike Watt - Piss-Bottle Man

YouTube video by MikeWattVEVO

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 6h

In an interview, Firefox's head says it like it is—Google deprecated its old extension system just to sabotage ad blockers arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

Text that reads: "So some examples—Chrome went through with their deprecation of Manifest V2. Manifest V2 is basically a much more powerful extension system. And people were like, well, why did this decrease? Why didn’t they just fix the security vulnerabilities in Manifest V2? And it’s very clearly because of ad blockers. That was the reason to deprecate it. Whereas, Mozilla, we’re not maximizing for profits, we’re maximizing for user experience and browser experience, and we want people to have powerful extensions. So we noticed when that shutoff moment happened, there was a moment where people said, do you want the power of an engine to be able to dictate how I control my experience? Because once Chromium shut it off, Edge shut it off, all the Chromium browsers then shut off Manifest V2 support. We still support it, and so we saw a big surge of actual users who started using us."

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Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social · 6h

Again, this is a horrible, easily preventable tragedy. A longtime anti-vax zealot has been systematically dismantling our public health infrastructure, which should be a major scandal. Vaccines save lives. Disinformation kills. Why are we still pretending that this is in any way normal? 🧪

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404 Media @404media.co · 13h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned

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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 15h

👀 MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research. "Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, issued a public espionage alert accusing a Chinese state-linked organization of funding academic research in the UK to benefit China’s intelligence services."

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MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research

Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026

just another day in a country too corrupt to pass a privacy law, regulate data brokers, or adequately fund its regulators things are going to get wild

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026

Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him

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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess

Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable

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Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 10h

"The explosive addition of thermal energy, which was almost 40 times greater than all the energy humanity used that year, comes amid far-reaching changes to the deep water bodies fundamental to life on Earth."

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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 15h

Meta is using a radical interpretation of a tax credit for “research and experimentation” to get billions of dollars off GPUs for its A.I. data centers. My latest with Jesse Drucker, @elitan.bsky.social and @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...

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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 15h

Today In 1972: Pittsburgh #Pirates legend Roberto Clemente collects his 3,000th hit, which sadly would be the last regular season hit of his amazing major league career. ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #History #RobertoClemente

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Dan | Commissions Open @danximenes.bsky.social · 15h

I was thinking about how fast the video games industry went from "dudes in a basement" to "bigger than cinema" to "a giant carcass being picked at by capital" and how the speed of this growth and decline is INSANE. It took ~50 years.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
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Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 16h

I asked the DoD to comment on the fact one of the Pentagon's influencers had: • Praised dictators • Called women a "pestilence" • Said only people with children should be allowed vote Its response? "We are proud" to have worked with someone like this www.wired.com/story/a-pent...

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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.

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Allen Orr @allenorr.bsky.social · 15h

Trump did not retreat on mass deportation. He refined it. There are outsourced arrests, rushed hearings, and hidden cruelty. In darkness is the new strategy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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From mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump’s strategic ICE pivot

After switching tactics, federal agents are detaining and deporting record numbers of people from the US

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CNN @cnn.com · 15h

Reports of comments made by Jane Doe to Cornell University police in 2024 when she first went to school officials with allegations she was gang raped are raising new questions about what law enforcement knew at the time. cnn.it/4y4tFeE

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BILL GATES SAYS THE ONLY QUESTION IN HIS MIND IS WHETHER 'WE WAIT UNTIL A CYBERATTACK CAUSES MASSIVE DAMAGE AND A BIOATTACK CAUSES MASSIVE DAMAGE' BEFORE MONITORING SAFEGUARDS ARE REQUIRED IN THESE MODELS, 'OR CAN WE BE WISE ENOUGH TO PUT THESE THINGS IN... BEFORE MILLIONS OF DEATHS'.

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If we are serious about dismantling patriarchy and rape culture, we would stop calling it Cornell 7. It's the Cornell 57. Passive bystanders are a pillar of misogyny. Men must actively intervene in shifting social norms & refuse to participate in rape *culture* Its the Cornell 57, not Cornell 7.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 30/09/2026

Breaking: The FBI today cracked the giant antique safe left behind at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong's former HQ, now the offices of adult film company Kink dot Com. And within it: missionlocal.org/2026/09/fbi-...

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FBI cracks giant safe discovered at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong's former HQ

Antique safe, discovered after a tip from Mission Local, is popped open in 15 minutes by ‘certified master safe-cracker’ as federal agents look on.

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Dr. Anca Wilkening @historianca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Back in 2017 I co-organized an event collecting stories of sexual and gender-based misconduct and violence at Yale Divinity School. Several of the submitted stories concerned abusers being able to graduate without penalty etc. despite leadership knowing. Nothing changed. No one really cared.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 30/09/2026

Twitch is using AI to decide which streamers can make money off ads aftermath.site/twitch-ads-ai-...

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cowsarejustfood @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

the dinosaur jr reformation is one of the few successes the 21st century has brought

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026

Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jesus Christ dude

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In this Ohio diner, the Hawks still means Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm. But they do know this: it makes no difference to Senator Eric Schmitt.

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

reminder that we are talking about this

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"gas prices have risen more in red states"

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is so important. They’ve broken the economic models that fund journalism is because they recognize the *purpose* of journalism threatens their bullshit-based valuations, ie, the sources of their wealth and power. Yet actual-existing journalists were instead crucial for creating their myths.

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Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the past week reminds me of this @lopatto.bsky.social piece about *just how much* of the past several years has been shaped by powerful men dismantling the court of public opinion, because it was the last court they might face any consequences in

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How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo

The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026

A retired Army colonel who has worked with the Pentagon to promote Pete Hegseth’s agenda has a history of praising dictators, denigrating women and minorities, and suggesting that only people with children should be allowed to vote.

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A Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western Civilization

Kurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What terrible news. “The announcement comes after the organization said they didn’t have enough money on hand to sustain operations at their current level. In addition to suspending the season, the organization is reportedly furloughing 27 full-time employees and all 77 orchestra members.”

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Nashville Symphony suspending 2026-2027 season due to ‘financial emergency’

Amid a financial emergency, the Nashville Symphony is suspending the 2026-2027 season, officials announced Monday.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dada perfection

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Etta James recording at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. #blues #bluesmusic Photo by Michael Ochs Archive

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