iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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the hills have vrunt @vrunt.social · 19/09/2026

sure yeah, can't even make a stick figure without fucking up and no one at the company gives enough of a shit to even give it another pass but go ahead and take my money so i can use this lazy shit technology every day too

ad for some AI company called evenfall
copy says "meet derek. ai every day. always hitting a wall. then he found evenfall"
the only graphic is a stick figure holding... a tablet maybe? he's missing an arm

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

mathandai.org

Declaration — Math and AI

Read the declaration and add your name.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Apple announced two always-listening features for Apple Watch: - Siri Recap summarizes conversations you had throughout the day. - Live Rewind shows a transcript of the previous 15 seconds of conversation. Quite a shift for a company that has made privacy a core part of its brand.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Been busy with AI. I get the hate, too much wastefulness, pushing it where it shouldn’t, but at the same time there are specific applications where it’s very useful. Interesting times we live in

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The events in Ceuta are obviously dramatic and require rapid action, but politicians in other countries collecting points is disgusting. For example Denmark suggesting Schengen closures, what do they think, that 10000 people are going to hop on a plane to Copenhagen? Help Spain, don’t be a populist

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I buy professionally capacity from data centers and I live nowhere near them. Neither do the people I buy from, nor the owners of the data centers. But expect only rosy stories from politicians

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

digitaldigging.org

How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran

The question is: what on earth is Google doing?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Manosphere grifters have figured out that some men are easily manipulated by making them feel insecure about their masculinity. The GOP has turned this sales pitch into both an ideology and a campaign strategy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Any man who goes online today is apt to come across content telling him that he will never find a partner who will earn him the respect of other men if he lacks money and connections, if he is not bodybuilder-fit with a full head of hair, if he is not more than six feet tall. Online influencers who push this narrative have products to sell. They want you to buy their workout apps, their advice sessions, their investment plans. That’s just how a lot of advertising works: It makes you insecure so you’ll pay for a product in hopes of temporarily silencing your gnawing sense of inadequacy.

Just as the manosphere and its galaxy of hucksters want you to fork over your cash so you can feel better about yourself as a man, Republicans want to make you feel insecure about your masculinity so that you vote Republican. Masculinity, in this sense, is a lifestyle product: one that comes with a set of political beliefs predicated on the subjugation of women, minority groups, and anyone else who men are told are their inferiors.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I’m not a military guy, but this metric that Russian authorities use is hilariously similar to a classic business challenge: they measure output, not outcome. Is the air defense effort good enough that the damage is manageable? They won’t say, they just list what they claim to have done 😂

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Apple has had to raise iPhone prices because of rising costs of memory chips given competing demand from AI data centers. Apple wants to start buying chips from Chinese chip companies but this will collapse the revenue & stock of companies like Micron who’ve been price gouging on memory chips.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

All the preconceptions that there’s no AC in Europe, but the stadium in New Jersey doesn’t seem to have a sunroof, what’s up with that

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Watching the World Cup final, I feel that some commentary on outfits from @dieworkwear.bsky.social would have been good

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Google is really pushing their AI summaries in search results, but they’re so riddled with errors that it’s just negative value. Have to start trying other searches now, the value of Google search keeps dropping

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I find it hilarious that tech CEOs are simultaneously claiming that employees cannot be trusted to work from home and must take Zoom calls from the office but can be trusted to work without supervision or guidance from middle managers.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of management and ICs/workers particularly in tech, but also all white collar fields as AI comes everywhere. It’s an interesting transformation of work, but I see the same patterns as with previous automation: low impact roles are under threat 1/2

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Reminds me of people buying toilet paper at the beginning of Covid: need to do something, have no idea what. Retail is a low margin industry and shoplifting needs to be compensated for somehow. The public isn’t too sympathetic on making their life harder. Better to ask where the big impact lies

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

So @dieworkwear.bsky.social has often mentioned how much and why quality clothing costs and how the reason for manufacturing going to low labor cost countries is because people expect to pay very little. Now we get an interesting social experiment 1/n

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The take from a Google manager is wild: usually corporate types recommend education about their own short term needs, but agentic oversight is pretty niche. And last time I checked Google was employing plenty of people with actual CS chops

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14/04/2026

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The party that claims to be bravely defending “Western Civilization” from its supposed imminent destruction by barbarian hordes, has empowered a guy who eats roadkill to shut down research on one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in decades.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The thing I wonder is that if Ukraine would have had nukes, would they have been used? Or would it be reasonable to expect that existence alone would have deterred Russia. For the latter to be true, there would have needed to be a real belief in MAD. The former question is much harder

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This raises a very relevant question in Europe: can the US be depended on provide weapons if a conflict were to occur? Local production of key systems would provide insurance

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. “All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”

brusselstimes.com

Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work

One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/04/2026

"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

If Trump would stop selling weapons to Ukraine it would lead to a messy situation trying to scramble for replacements. But it could backfire big if replacements are found and American defense contracts would take a permanent hit due to loss of trust and competitive alternatives

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I keep telling that reducing fossil fuel dependency is the only viable path forward for Europe even if only from a strategic perspective. Incidentally, the same goes for China

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ESO @eso.org · 27/03/2026

Soon we may see 1 million more satellites in Earth's orbit. The consequences to astronomy would be devastating. Fighting for a fair & sustainable use of space for astronomy and humanity — that's Betty Kioko's job as ESO’s Institutional Affairs Officer 👉 www.eso.org/public/blog/... 🔭 🧪 #DarkSkies

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Going through the second big fossil fuel crisis of the decade and North America experiencing exceptional heat waves due to climate change. Maybe, just maybe it would be smart to significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels and move largely to renewables

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

There is no solar power crisis. No wind power crisis. No insulation crisis. No heat pump crisis. No e-bike crisis. No electric bus crisis. But there is a #fossilfuel crisis. And a #climatecrisis.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

2006 internet: RSS feeds, forums, communities of hobby blogs, where people post about interior design, fashion, and music for free 2026 internet: sponsored content, paid partnership, buy my merch, try my supplements, invest in my crypto, click link in bio to unlock the secrets of life for $30

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Indeed the “renewals caused it” lobby is either ignorant about tech or have ulterior motives. Electrical grids are complex and require careful engineering and healthy investment, but that is expected when building new and consumer needs change

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Can’t make this up: tried to create a Meta Messenger account (I have no FB account) and after a moment it locked up, saying they need additional info. I provided the info and 2 hours later they inform me that my account doesn’t meet community standards and the decision can’t be repealed. 1/2

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Since Iran was supporting Russia, sponsoring terrorist actions in the Middle East and Europe, involved in nuclear proliferation and seriously suppressing human rights, no wonder EU countries are reluctant to argue for the Iranian regime on principle; it’s a thorny matter

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

forbes.com

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World

Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Living in a natural resource poor country, Sunday morning is pretty uneventful

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

For years I’ve thought that Chomsky is skilled with the pen and offers some interesting viewpoints. But do I trust him? Not at all, there’s something too self righteous, too black and white about him. Thus, the newly surfaced photo doesn’t surprise me one bit

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

One particularly annoying example of a bad chatbot is the one that a large international courier company with the brand colors brown and yellow has

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Oskar @millenialuser.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The Atlas browser got me thinking: that if the browser would start to filter social media feeds for users instead of just accepting what platforms present? Could be interesting, just promote actually followed accounts and move everything else aside

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o... With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:

nytimes.com

Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator

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