iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 19h

A sleeping antelope incised on rock up to 10,000 years ago at Tin Taghirt, Tassili n'Ajjer in Algeria

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026

In other words, the current, "theory-free AI" finds all the instances in which A seems to cause B, but has no internal representation of *why* A causes B. This is true even when we know why A causes B!

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026

I can’t emphasize this enough — “AI” wasn’t born corrupt and toxic. For ~75 years, it was mathematicians and scientists doing interesting, thoughtful work and trying to solve problems, making only the usual human mistakes. What “AI” did to machine learning is as tragic as what it did to artists.

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Neovagina Evangelion @gammarae.design · 05/10/2026

Scientific method calls for a truck. And to reproduce it afterwards again to verify the first observation.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026

Rahm Emanuel represents the last vestiges of dying, corporate do-nothing foolishness. He’s not a Democrat. He’s a wealthy, status quo strongly-worded letter in a suit. Anyone who listens to him is digging their own political grave.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't remember Steve Jobs telling us that early iPhones might murder a bunch of us and we'll just have to accept it because smartphones are inevitable. Beta test that shit, motherfucker.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still remember getting my first email address as a freshman in college. It was the coolest thing ever and no one was screaming YOU BETTER ADOPT THIS OR WE’RE ALL DEAD.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/10/2026

Every time I think I’ve hit the bottom of my outrage, they find a new pocket…

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

50 years from Goldwater, Scott, & Rhodes to this guy & this position, & yet somehow we've spent the last decade talking about "polarization" as the problem & how it is <checks notes> the Democrats who have moved further from the political center than the now-far right authoritarian party.

Hugh Scott, Barry Goldwater, John Rhodes, 1973

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This one is doing the rounds

A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice.

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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They wanted him back. The way that changes is to change the media considered reputable. That goes for a lot of institutions in the US. They leaned on their reputations long after they quit taking their responsibilities seriously. It didn't start with her, but I always think back to Judith Miller.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Neuroscientist here. I have studied the brain for 40 years. I make serious use of machine learning and AI in my research. Sam Altman is full of shit. These machines are not conscious, any more than a movie of a train coming out of the screen is a train. AI does remarkable things but isn’t real.

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fcrouter.bsky.social @fcrouter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I keep thinking about what a Boomer woman said recently. Something like, “we were for Civil Rights, the environmental movement, first wave feminism. Don’t lump us in with the rest of our generation—we’ve been fighting these same fuckers since high school.” As Alternative GenXers, yeah. I feel that.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller September 28,1967

P1- NANCY IS AT THE LIBRARY AND IS WALKING PAST SEVERAL SECTIONS OF BOOK TITLES
NANCY WALKS PAST THE BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL AND HISTORY SECTION
P2- NANCY APPROACHES THE SCIENCE FICTION SECTION AND IS SURPRISED TO SEE A ROBOT READING A SCIENCE FICTION BOOK

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I long for a back-to-basics web: Markdown for text, JPEG images, no video, no Javascript or other client-side scripting, writable by a human being with a text editor. Make it as advertising/corporate hostile as possible. And above all keep it *small*. In other words, web like it's 1996 again.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As a reminder, she’s the Secretary of Education not the Secretary of Labor

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Punch Cartoons @punchbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Careful now... PUNCH cover by the inimitable Norman Thelwell 1958 #cartoon #canals #boats #painting #painters #art #water

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sigh...

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Diogenes of Santa Cruz @hoplit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Recycling By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social Read more cartoons! —> #Policartoon Support the cartoons! —>patreon.com/barry

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels, each showing a different period of history.

PANEL 1
Present day. A close-up of a hand holding a smartphone. The phone’s screen shows a talk show called "The JAQ Off." Large letters on the front of the desk say "JUST ASKING QUESTIONS." The host is interviewing a blonde woman in a red dress.

BLONDE: I don’t hate transgenders — I’m just against radical gender ideology.

PANEL 2
The 2000s. Two thin women are talking in the plus-size exercise-clothing section of a store. There are two fat mannequins dressed in exercise clothes, and a sign on the wall announces a sale on XL exercise clothes.

WOMAN: I’ve got nothing against fat people! But I hate it when they glorify obesity.

PANEL 3
Three white people dressed in 1940s clothing stand on a lawn, holding protest signs. The man in the center is speaking.

MAN: I have dear friends who are Jews! But the INTERNATIONAL JEWISH CABAL will destroy America!

The woman’s sign says: I DID NOT RAISE MY BOY TO DIE FOR UNCLE SHYLOCK

The man's sign says: HITLER HAS NOT ATTACKED US. WHY ATTACK HITLER?

The third protester’s sign says: AMERICA FOR AMERICANS*

PANEL 4
A man in nineteenth-century clothing, wearing a huge stovepipe hat and a long blue coat, strides down a street while confronting a startled woman in an enormous hoop skirt. He carries a large sign.

TOP HAT: Understand I bear no ill will for the GOOD Catholics. But I abhor papist Romanist conspiracies!

CAPTION AT BOTTOM OF STRIP: RECYCLING

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

every day it seems a brand new sentence is written to describe the state of the world

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lucille Ball is the Godmother of #StarTrek. As head of Desilu Studios, she overrode her own board of directors to finance the show & convinced network executives to greenlight a second pilot after the first one failed. That second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," first aired #OTD in 1966. 🖖

A digital portrait of Lucille Désirée Ball (1911–1989), the legendary Emmy-winning actress, studio mogul, and "Godmother of Star Trek" whose decisive studio leadership famously saved the franchise from cancellation. This artwork is an AI-adjusted version of an original piece by artist Jamie Fay—which initially depicted her in Captain Janeway’s uniform—now modified to show her in an Original Series Starfleet uniform. Ball sits confidently in a prominent command chair on a starship bridge, legs elegantly crossed at the knee and hands resting on the armrests. She wears a form-fitting, gold command-division tunic featuring a classic black collar, rank braids on the cuffs, and the iconic Starfleet delta insignia pinned to her chest, paired with sharp black trousers and low-heeled black boots. Her signature red hair is styled into an elegant upward coiffure, framing a poised, contemplative expression as she gazes slightly away from the viewer. The background features a sweeping, cinematic view of a colorful interstellar nebula glowing with purple, green, and blue cosmic stardust. The overall composition blends mid-century Hollywood glamour with classic sci-fi iconography, evoking an empowering, authoritative mood that celebrates her immense historical impact on television history.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 22/09/2026

Europe was right to worry about Big Tech, writes Enrique Dans, a professor of innovation at IE Business School, Madrid. "The harder question is how long it will take for everyone else to catch up."

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Three reasons Europe learned to distrust Big Tech before America did

European attitudes toward digital privacy and technology regulation are dismissed in the US as technophobia. But there are distinct, historically grounded reasons why Europe has moved further and…

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Ohio Todd @lettucewrangler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Okay, someone said "You couldn't make BIRTH OF A NATION today!" in the context of political correctness or some nonsense and... Yes, it could be made today. It was independent and self-financed. It was essentially a Daily Wire production of its day. Don't test me, I know more than you do.

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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Steve Ferra @abpow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

my pinned Tweet from March 2016

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's definitely some kind of id-gratification, "oh biden isn't giving us what we want, this is so boring and horrible" vs "YES trump is abusing us, this is so THRILLING and EXCITING" Not pictured: any concept of duty to their readers or public at large

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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

👍 🧶 #knit

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This this this this this. #BurnTheLifeboats

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Joshfrai @joshfrai.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am very glad to see the idea spreading widely that A) “AI” is not in any way, shape or form “conscious” and acting with free will, B) so if AI isn’t sentient, we need to look for the components in the system that are. bsky.app/profile/josh...

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 18/09/2026

I swear I'd like to be posting about books and movies rather than chronicling the rise of xenophobia and fascism but as someone once said you do not get to choose the times you are born in

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

31 years ago Newt Gingrich shut down the office of Explaining Computer to Congress and ever since we've had money pour into tech while Congress abdicates regulatory responsibility and now the leading industry in the country is engineers making machines that operate online wihout any guardrails.

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Hal Sparks @halsparks.com · 16/09/2026

Anthropic could stop creating models today if they wanted to. If they were really worried they could absolutely stop and just work on harnesses and tools. They aren’t. So they aren’t. It’s marketing They have turned Chris Hayes and Ari Melber into the ShamWow guy.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 16/09/2026

Paul Verhoeven: “When [the Trump administration] talks about Starship Troopers, they should be aware that it’s based on the style of Leni Riefenstahl. I don’t know if this president is aware that the movie says these [characters] are fascists without knowing that they’re fascists. That’s the point.”

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Paul Verhoeven on U.S. Space Force’s ‘Starship Troopers’-Inspired Uniforms: “It’s Based on Leni Riefenstahl”

The director of the 1997 sci-fi film, which has often been misunderstood, says the gung-ho soldiers who are its heroes "are fascists without knowing that they’re fascists. That’s the point.”

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When you see it

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Cwnidog @cwnidog.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So not only must universities host speakers who are hostile to their mission and members, but they've got to guarantee their safety while doing so? Kirk made a career off the Professor Watchlist, leading many academics to fear for their safety. Do they get to send TPUSA a bill for their troubles?

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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
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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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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

AI Is Going To Kill Us All, Say People Trying To Sell Us On AI www.wonkette.com/p/ai-is-goin... By Brooke Binkowski @brooklynmarie.bsky.social

wonkette.com

AI Is Going To Kill Us All, Say People Trying To Sell Us On AI

Techbro dipshits with God complexes are crashing out on main, news at 11.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

GEFILTE PHISHING

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patricklinnen.bsky.social @patricklinnen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A very readable 🧵 on the "Look Over There!" side show marketed as 'AI Doom'

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It is maddening that "Russiagate was a BlueAnon feverdream" has become conventional wisdom across much of the political spectrum when the public record all but confirms the maximalist interpretation of Russiagate.

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