iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

those 85 schoolgirls will never kill again

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

ICE is out of control. They are the source of the violence and can never be its remedy. In the short term, the only answer is for them to cease operations in Minnesota and leave. Immediately. In the slightly longer term, ICE must be dismantled and abolished. They cannot be reformed.

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

YOu cannot protest peacefully enough to stop violence from people who don't want peace

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quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

So not only are they shooting our citizens they are setting the city on fire. #MFD did respond. Someone get an Air Quality check in #Minneapolis with the volume of Flash Bangs & Chemical Irritants.

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 06/11/2025

This is tremendous reporting, i highly recommend reading the thread and following Heather. The judge says federal agents have lied under oath and one hopes she’s in her windup now to throw the goddamn book at them

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 06/11/2025

This judge may be the angriest person in America. This thread blew my hair back.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It’s 10pm and the sky is still light; the western edge of the time zone is crazy

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I just got carded at the grocery store & I’m honestly shocked to learn that pointing to your prominent gray streak “isn’t an acceptable form of ID”???

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Coworker: Did you ever hear about the woman who couldn’t understand how small dogs & big dogs could be the same species until she realized they all had the same nose? Dog noses are unique. Me: What about bears? Coworker: What? Me: Bears have dog noses. Coworker: *googles* Coworker: Dammit Molly.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Raven is a beloved member of the #UglyDogs community and a lovely soul. Please help if you can. 💜

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Attention: Musk’s staffers are now seeking access to a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown on undocumented immigrants. DOGE was never about saving the U.S. money—it’s about building a government-run machine to weaponize personal data.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

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Stephanie Austin @stephanieaustin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

My friend @kenbrosky.bsky.social who lives and teaches in Wisconsin, made a film about the dismantling of the community colleges (by state GOP) there, mostly affecting rural areas. This is well worth your time, and possibly a test case for other states. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIc...

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CLOSURE: The Dismantling of Wisconsin's Colleges

YouTube video by Delavan Films

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Kate @k8c.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Just read the whole thread.

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"We are the guardrails now" – the Raging Grannies (including my mom!) - at Hands Off protest in Madison

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Andy Karl-Son of Wolfman @andykarlson.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The #HandsOff Rally in Madison was GARGANTUAN and ELECTRIC. Heartening and energizing!!!

HUGE protest crowd at the Capitol Square in Madison.

Statue of Miss Forward draped in a pride flag.

The march down State St packed the entire street, from the Capitol to the UW campus.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

RIP, National Endowment for the Humanities

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Today, all staff at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were placed on administrative leave, raising questions about how the agency will disperse congressionally appropriated funds to museums and libraries across the US. Just how much of the federal budget goes to IMLS? 0.0046%

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AAM Statement on the Placing of IMLS Staff on Administrative Leave

For Immediate Release On March 31, the entire Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) staff was placed on administrative leave. Placing the entire staff on administrative leave raises quest…

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 29/03/2025

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies. In Denmark: - Health care and college are free. - The starting wage is $22/hr. - Paid parental leave is 1 year. - Paid vacation is 6 weeks. - All workers get pensions.

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Scott Mendelson @scottmendelson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The real Best Picture winner in our hearts...

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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior. We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

February 1 marks the end of the hunting season in Spain, which means that thousands of galgos—Spanish greyhounds bred for hunting—will be abandoned on the streets today… if they’re lucky. 🧵

Alfie the white galgo gazes serenely at the viewer

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Buy your favorite non-profit employee a drink today. They’ll need it.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Please send this information to any trans writer you know. We need their voices now more than ever.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

My mother: “The meteorologist said we’re supposed to get 6-8 inches of snow, but you know men, they say 6-8 inches when they mean 3-4.”

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I referenced the gif of “that giggling cartoon dog” and none of my friends knew who I meant. Rotten little millennials, how dare you not get my pop culture reference from… *quick google*… 1968???

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a cartoon dog is making a funny face and covering his mouth

ALT: a cartoon dog is making a funny face and covering his mouth

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Writing alt text makes me feel like a Martian. “A human creature wraps its limb around another human. They experience joy?”

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The ratio of Days I Am Getting a Massage to Days I Am Not Getting a Massage is really out of whack.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Overheard at the airport: “I wish I could find a red-headed au pair!”

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

What a gift that one of my favorite authors is also one of my favorite people. Can’t wait to get my hands on the finished version of this!

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Oh no I just googled Lady Miss Kier and somehow she’s sixty American years old ☠️

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

This is the worst sentence I’ve read since I stopped teaching freshman comp.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

Me: After you die, you can send me two dollar bills to let me know you’re still around. My dad: Okay, but how will I send them to you? Me: I don’t know, use your ghost powers!

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Alfie tried to use his witchy powers to bring all the children to our house but the cold seems to have kept them away ☹️

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Okay I redeemed myself by identifying a child as a Gryffindor. (The parent called “you’re the first person who’s gotten that right!” & I said “hi Mrs. Weasley!”)

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Oh geez, I just called a kid a shark but I think he was actually a pterosaur. I RUINED HALLOWEEN!

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

“Quokkumentary” was RIGHT THERE

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Spending my one wild and precious life trying to wrap my head around the Monty Hall problem

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

The other night I left my mom alone with my boyfriend for less than five minutes and when I came back she was telling him about sneaking pot brownies into a 3D porn theatre in the 70s

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Saw the Oppenheimer sequel tonight. I had no idea that guy put a band together. Good for him.

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Molly Backes @mollybackes.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Anyway what I wanted to tell you is that a teenager at the pet store let me hold a ferret & somehow I never fully understood that ferrets are just weasels that live in your house.

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