iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

So…with sufficiently accurate instrumentation and a large amount of storage it’s possible to digitally encode a sound…perfectly? Maybe I’m naive but that’s kind of a big deal.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

OSSOFF: Mike Collins called for killing immigrants by throwing them to their deaths out of helicopters. I'd like to hear if Mike Collins stands by that statement. Do you still believe in the extrajudicial killing of immigrants? MIKE COLLINS: *changes topic*

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 14h

I don't know that it makes him presidential material but Ossoff's ability to just be honest about how much of a pile of shit these people really are should be a model to the party.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

Sen. Ossoff: "Congress is full of congressmen's sons who are only in Congress because their daddies were congressmen, just like Mike Collins, who are perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in a war. How is this war a success, Mike?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Ossoff: "You stand here and say you're gonna be a champion for Black Georgians when you elevate to positions of leadership in your political organization people with ties to the Ku Klux Klan."

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14h

I’m sorry, did a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate just ‘Won’t somebody think of the neo-Nazis?’ during a live TV debate?

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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

collins is worth tens of millions of dollars, if his daughter and son-in-law feel like they’ve been forgotten, maybe collins should reconsider how he approaches his responsibilities as a father

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 15h

I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 15h

"it's against the law for you to not love me" is the prevailing attitude among most people with actual power, and thus they beclown themselves at every opportunity

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 15h

The modern Republican party is like a specialized island species where they have no known predators. They are completely unprepared for a hostile environment. They have designed their own simulacrum and no longer how to live among us here, in the Real.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Troy Jackson: "She is the chair of appropriations. If she wants to stop the war, she could cut the funding off for the war, but she's not she is not willing to do that because Donald Trump wants this."

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 19h

Let's go, Sam Forstag! That's how you stand up for trans people on the national stage. If congressional candidates in western Montana—one of the most competitive House races in the entire country—can stand up for trans folks in every aspect of our lives, democrats everywhere should take note.

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 9h

Martin Wolf on fire: “In less than seven years, the global economy has been subjected to an exceptional sequence of events.” All but one of these shocks, the exception being the pandemic, are man-made — or perhaps “strongman-made.”

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11h

the biggest reason republicans are eating shit in every single debate is that their president is terrible and his policies are terrible and there’s no way to defend any of it that comes across in a credible manner and it couldn’t be happening to a more deserving group of candidates

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11h

girl please be so serious, how do you “vet” someone for the masked secret police murder and kidnapping squad designed to terrorize people of color that they want the job at all is disqualifying

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 13h

I want to make a few things clear: Trans rights are human rights. Cis gays must stand up for our trans siblings because the bigots are coming for us next. Prominent Democrats’ recent squishiness on trans rights is unacceptable.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13/10/2026

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 9h

So, to me, the people talking about why they need to go back to X, even if I understand their reasoning, come across as scabs. And I have no respect for scabs crossing the picket line. Have some self respect and stand for something.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 9h

You can't build a better internet if no one participates. And, so the people loudly announcing they're going back to X, strike me the same way that scabs crossing the picket line do: the rest of us our out here holding the line to create a better world. And you're just deciding "fuck it, too hard."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12h

Fair enough. It’s time to stop the bots!

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

i never expected the O to endorsement me, and I’m not surprised they only discussed the headlines they’ve chosen to make about me. but, i’m pissed about how they’ve reduced Tiffany’s contributions. she’s done more than anyone in our races to build a functioning council.

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Sameer Kanal @kanalforportland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Start with Mitch's thread. The Oregonian ed board reduced Tiffany to the equivalent of a background player with no lines or name. Our first unanimous vote on City Council was electing her our first VP. That unity was mirrored back in the work she took on in 2025 - bringing Council together.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8h

now obviously the creator of “Sinners” can be trusted to nail monster of the week episodes, and the creator of “Black Panther” can be trusted to nail sci-fi ones; but let’s not forget that no one is better equipped to deliver FBI fuckery episodes than the creator of “Judas and the Black Messiah”

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Paul @paulatkinsonpdx.bsky.social · 13h

So...they can listen in on anything they want, but other people can't? Tell me again who cops protect. All cats are beautiful.

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 13h

Spies and thieves are mad that they are being spied on and stolen from?

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Spy Vs Spy Mirror Gun Trick

ALT: Spy Vs Spy Mirror Gun Trick

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14h

can’t believe OpenAI had someone on staff who thought it was appropriate to record everything that people around him said

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13h

"The last thing we want is to make anyone in positions of authority reflect on their privilege, let alone confront their willingness to extinguish an entire social category they are incapable and unwilling to bend to their will." buff.ly/hjUfwPr

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Please Do Not Offend the Pro-Genocide Members of the College Board of Trustees

“We need to maintain an environment of fairness, collegiality, and blind deference to the state-appointed men and woman who somehow have unlimited leverage o...

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Truthout @truthout.org · 15h

The average retiree will soon see average cuts of over $2,000 to their annual Social Security benefits if the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is continued, according to a new report on the widespread economic consequences of the president’s inhumane agenda.

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Trump’s Mass Deportation Push May Cut Retirees’ Social Security By $2k Annually

The program’s insolvency date was already pushed up to 2032, partly as a result of mass deportations.

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Paul @paulatkinsonpdx.bsky.social · 15h

Okay I’ve got a bow here. We can do this.

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Manfred @nocoursewalks.bsky.social · 16h

The founders already exited *2 years ago*. khaby.ai/deals/charac... The thing people are missing about this story is that Google raided the company of talent and left a husk that was doomed to failure. It's a selective acquihire that skipped the acquisition of anything inconvenient to Google.

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Character.AI $2.7B Google Deal: The New Template for AI Company Exits

Analysis of Character.AI's $2.7B licensing deal with Google, creating a new exit structure for AI companies and talent.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

the company's total revenue in 2025 was $23 million. it was spending $18.5 million per month before legal fees (and it has been sued in a suicide case + is facing tons of regulatory scrutiny). it could barely cover one month of expenses with its revenue for the entire year

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

Character is still losing $9 million a month AFTER - laying off employees - making its model worse on purpose to be cheaper - moving to open source models - adding usage limits - spamming ads in its product - adding new in-app paid products

26. At all times, Character has struggled with profitability and its operational
expenditure has been high. For example, in the second half of 2024, following the 2024
Transaction, Character’s operating expenses (excluding legal fees) averaged approximately $21.9
million per month, including monthly compute costs of approximately $13.8 million. In fiscal year
2025, operating expenses (excluding legal fees) averaged approximately $18.5 million per month,
including monthly compute costs of approximately $10.0 million.
27. Character has, however, taken significant steps to reduce its operating burn,
including transitioning inference workloads to lower-cost GPU capacity and post-training openweight
models rather than developing proprietary foundation models. At the same time, Character
reduced its employee headcount and consolidated its facilities. As a result, operating expenses
(excluding legal fees) had declined to approximately $13.3 million by August 2026, a reduction of
approximately 39% from the second half of 2024 monthly average and approximately 28% from
the 2025 monthly average. Finally, net cash burn per month had declined to approximately $8.2
million by August 2026, compared with monthly averages of approximately $21.5 million in the
second half of 2024 and approximately $17.6 million in 2025

Character has also worked to build and diversify revenue, which it primarily derives
from subscriptions and in-app advertising. Monthly subscription revenue was approximately $0.6
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million in January 2024, but due to increased marketing and other efforts, by August of 2026, this
revenue stream was $2.8 million. In mid-2025, Character launched in-app advertising and
partnered with multiple advertising networks to generate additional revenue sources. In March
2026, Character entered into an amended programmatic revenue-share and incentive arrangement
with a leading online advertisement provider. Monthly advertising revenue grew from
approximately $0.5 million in July 2025, its first full month, to approximately $2.5 million in
August 2026. In early 2026, Character also introduced in-app purchases. As a result of all these
efforts, total revenue grew from approximately $7.4 million in fiscal year 2024 to approximately
$23.6 million in fiscal year 2025.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

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Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.

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Flatcap Goalkeeper @flatcapgoalkeeper.bsky.social · 15h

If you think this is bad, oh boy, wait till Open AI & Anthropic AI file their respective S-1 forms & have to show us their financials - financials that must meet US GAAP and PCAOB accounting standards.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/10/2026

Seeing a little wave of "oh I gotta go to X to see posts from my niche community" and you know what if you're concerned about the CSAM and fascism Nazis and whatnot you could MOVE your niche community over HERE! We've got starter packs and everything that make it easy! It's a thing that you can try!

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Paul @paulatkinsonpdx.bsky.social · 15h

This is the moderate position. The bare minimum. A strong position would include prosecution.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 17h

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

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Rep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBP

The Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

that’s right

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Ms . Penny Oaken @skywitchy.bsky.social · 16h

I want to enjoy the original spirit (not the Military Industrial Complex's twisted perversion) of The Right To Be Secure In My Person, Papers, and Effects and to not be Maliciously Defamed / Stochastically Stasi'd by Roko's Basilisk Made Manifest and much, much more

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Paul @paulatkinsonpdx.bsky.social · 16h

Ok. Good. Yes. Me too. <quietly starts disassembling the scaffold>

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Paul @paulatkinsonpdx.bsky.social · 16h

Are we at guillotines yet?

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Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 13/10/2026

Eli Arnold says he didn't personally hurt anyone in 2020, but he was a riot cop. Marching, standing and in that line - while his colleagues chased, yelled at, and injured protesters is still participation. Individual actions don't erase systemic compliance.

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Kat Mahoney @kmahoneylaw.com · 16h

Just want to drive this point home - there were about 85 RRT cops - not all of them were named in lawsuits or had their name in the news for hurting someone. But some did like Helmet 78, Casey McLeod - who is now a detective - ID 100488 He was the cop who shoved @soupmuse.bsky.social & her father

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