iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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George @hannahtempler.com · 22/09/2026

hey artists, i recommend reading this in full for the next time a shiny company comes along to steal your IP

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Ash @fishyash.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm also noticing fewer trans writers being published at book-length in the UK this year, or announced for early next year. Fewer writers of colour as well, fewer picture books with non-white characters, a decrease in translation of non-European writers.

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muura karu @muura.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

URGENT CALL OUT FOR HELP — SPAM CALL ICE IN NEWARK, USA, TO SEARCH FOR JACE. We cannot locate him, or get through to his phone, and his last text to his husband Lehto was 'Ask for ER' Numbers: open 8-4pm NJ TIME) +1 (973) 645-3666 +1 (862) 445-9200

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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Jomana is a mother of four, she's pregnant, she needs vitamins... Please help her if you can, any contribution can make a big difference. 💔🙏 chuffed.org/project/1843... Her campaign is also on @lifeline4gaza.bsky.social ✅ ll4g.link/7kWZ

Jomana sitting on a rug with her four children aged between 1 and 9 approximately.

Jomana sitting with her 2 little daughters, all three wearing abayas, looking at the camera/photographer

Jomana sitting among her 4 children, standing next to her, outside a tent.

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Cåråbine à Citron 🍋 @carabinacitron.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

Samaa is a mother of two girls, and donations have become very low while their needs are constant. Your contribution, no matter how small, can make a big difference in their lives. Please don't leave them alone. 🙏❤️ chuffed.org/project/1575...

Samaa with baby Talia in a devastated area

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US

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Strawberry Juliet @beamposter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Car repairs just wound up costing over $1000 more dollars than I expected so I am now in extremely dire straits financially and have lost almost all of my financial cushion for surgery recovery. Please keep sharing this around Im sorry to keep pushing this.

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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 15/09/2026

The problem is that "while you weren't looking the tech industry was comprehensively taken over by a cult based around a piece of Harry Potter fanfic" is self-evidently an absolutely ridiculous claim that can't possibly have happened, which is a real problem given that it 100% did happen.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026

The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:

Erin Redwing
@realizingerin
I went to an rationalist/EA Al doomer event last night with the goal of meeting someone who could calmly explain to me the argument for how they get to the conclusion that Al will kill everyone.
Because these are rationalists, I expected to find people who could lay out a serious extinction pathway, walk through the assumptions and intermediate steps, identify choke points where negative pathways could potentially be regulated, and entertain disagreement about where their assumptions might break down.
My experience was the exact opposite.
The people I spoke to seemed psychologically unable to entertain the possibility that their conclusion (that Al literally kills everyone, which was a point that many would not even budge on) might be wrong.
Their most extreme conclusion was treated as an axiom.
I had multiple people walk out of conversations with me when I questioned their inevitable extinction premise.
At one point during a panel, the moderator asked everyone in the audience who was still skeptical of Al doom to raise their hands. About half the room did. He then told all of the skeptics to leave the panel and go with one of the speakers, who would answer their questions separately. They filtered out all the skeptics, and continued the panel only with the subset who accepted their extreme position.
I genuinely felt like a heretic just for questioning whether superintelligent Al inevitably leads to the extinction of humanity, or entertaining the possibility that the future might actually turn out well.
That does not mean Al safety is fake. Obviously there are serious questions about rapidly advancing Al systems and what happens as they become much more capable. Those are exactly the conversations I went there hoping to have.
But what I encountered was an apocalyptic death cult. These people are not rational. They are deeply afraid, they reinforce that fear in one another, and they have become so emotionally committed to apocalypse

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay

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Cheez 🖤 comms closed! @ricecakehomie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Took a small day off but we have a big bill coming on the 21st so anything helps :(!!

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Garden photo shoot. From a glass plate negative in my collection, no date/info.

black and white photo of a young light skinned woman with her hair up in a neat bun. She's wearing a striped blouse with puffy sleeves and long skirt. I am not an expert but her style seems Edwardian to me. She is sitting on a grass lawn holding a shorthaired ginger tuxedo tabby cat in her lap. She is also looking down at a black cat sitting in what appears to be a cat bed made of rags beside her. Like a rag rug but small and round and cat-sized.

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026

btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at.

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Six Dettmar @sixdettmar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’M AT THE URGENT CARE I’M AT THE TACO BELL I’M AT THE COMBINATION URGENT CARE AND TACO BELL

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

we need more bats on here

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Jester ⭐️ @dinnerburger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One more bump. Just need to get through this weekend. Anything helps

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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

D&D is the breezy improv game about running a coffee shop with a witch in the alps and her cat, and that's why we need a game that centers on tracking HP, spells per day, X/day abilities, special points of various sorts, and of any of those run critically low everybody has to stop and take a nap

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"One more thing Miss Barlow... you were about 14 in 2001, and you grew up in the UK, so why did they dismiss your school at noon on 9/11, when the attacks would have happened around 2 pm your time? I just don't understand how the school knew the attacks would be happening later"

Columbo (Peter Falk) asking one more question

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sarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

hey why is no one talking about the licensing situation with this A24/SCP thing? are they releasing it under the same cc-by-sa license every SCP project is required to have? are they betting creative commons won't hold up in court? seems like the kind of question a journalist should look into idk

deadline.com

SCP Foundation Movie Coming To Theaters In 2027 With A24 Distributing

An SCP Foundation movie is coming to theaters in 2027 via A24. Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios announced the project earlier this year.

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sarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

UPDATE: SCP Foundation have posted a statement saying they were not consulted or contacted about the A24 SCP project. scp-wiki.wikidot.com/statement-on...

Statement On V/H/S SCP Foundation Film

The staff and authors of the SCP Foundation Wiki (the real-life writing project behind the SCP Foundation universe and its official home) were not consulted or contacted regarding this film. We have been attempting to contact the filmmakers but haven't yet been successful. To be clear: we have not had any communication with the filmmakers, producers, or distributors for this project, despite our best efforts, and to the best of our knowledge they have not made any efforts to contact us. Furthermore, A24 does not and cannot have any exclusive rights to anything related to the SCP Foundation, including any films that Spooky Pictures or anyone else may choose to create.

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🌈miski🌦️ @miski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I cannot overstate the power of sharing and gushing about art you like. it is *everything*

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Pika, Beartooth Plateau at close to 11,000 feet, Wyoming. These small fluffballs are not rodents, but related to rabbits. They don't hibernate, despite the brutal winters at high elevation. They gather plants in the brief alpine summer then live on the dried "hay" all winter. Also, they are cute. 🌿📷

A photo of a cute hamster-esque looking animal (but actually related to rabbits, not rodents) called a pika, sitting atop lichen covered boulders.

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Masuke🐶+rocogirl👩 @rocogirl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm Masuke, and I'm 17. I took advantage of a break in the rain to go for a walk for about 10 minutes. Every now and then, I stop in my tracks.

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Onix, Vector's spouse @onixhope.myatproto.social · 08/09/2026

My apologies, I would like to delete the post but the doctor's appointment stuck me with a $370 charge for a medication, I will need to keep the post up a while longer unfortunately

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ancient Chinese MF DOOM: These eunuchs rockin tunics no green to be seen, the Jade Masquerade Links up behind emperor screens Mollusk Drake: You Used To Call Me On My Snail Phone

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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.

theguardian.com

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hamlet, by the great Eric Fraser, 1951.

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Elena Kononenko @kononenko.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fall raspberries 🍂

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Your annual reminder that the Act did not fully abolish slavery, and it continued to be legal in parts of the British Empire such as St Helena and Ceylon, and the massive territories under EIC control.

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chess!! Hhalloween october @videochess.world · 28/08/2026

early access bread. improvement through community engagement. bread 1.0 roadmap

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♡Scary Kate 🇵🇸 🍂 @katespeace.northsky.social · 29/08/2026

Metal Gear Solid creator and game designer Hideo Kojima wants people to watch the film The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025). 🇵🇸 Here's what he said about the film in english:

Those who have been browsing online news may already know the "ending." I still want you to watch it. A 6 year old girl continues to cry out for help. The adults desperately try to help her. It's only an 8-minute ambulance ride away. However, permission for rescue operations was not granted. The obstacles that stand in your way are because it's a battlefield.
Impatience. Frustration. Anger. Despair This world is insane. But this is reality. That's why
want people all over the world to hear her (Hind's) screams mixed with gunshots.

Words by Hideo Kojima, game creator

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Judith slaying Holofernes — Harry Clarke, early 20th century

Black and white art ink drawing. A naked Judith, a big sword in her hand, stands over the headless corpse of Holofernes who is sprawled out dead on an elaborate couch

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Masuke🐶+rocogirl👩 @rocogirl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I'm Masuke, and I'm 17 years old. This morning, I waited for the rain to stop before going for a walk. Since I went to a chiropractor yesterday, I've even been doing a little jogging.

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Death @insatiableone.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Adesperate mother plea amidst genocide My baby disappearing into darkness💔 Every second we wait,her tiny body fades into gloom.We have one last chance to save her life,but we cant do it alone.Please dont letme lose my baby Be miracle we pray for Every help gives us hope🥹🙏 tinyurl.com/save-my-baby...

Ghazal is a beautiful baby held in pink blankets

Ghazal is a beautiful baby with a bandaged foot laying on a torn mattress next to a tent

Same beautiful baby at a different angle

Close-up of Ghazal, a beautiful sleeping baby

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arnaerr 🦭⭑｡ @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

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