iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Just because someone who is literally selling something makes extraordinary unfounded claims about it doesn't make it true You know this about vacuum cleaners; it's embarrassing that you can't hold it in your heads about computers

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m quite certain that he’s no more fit to command a whale-ship than a St. Jago monkey. In fact, tell him from me he’s a baboon.

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026

Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.

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priya chand @priyachand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it's interesting how OpenAI's math model has more agency than the dipshits that keep leaving their test tools connected to the Internet

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軽laura @keilaura.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

even when politics is entirely done through nonviolent and legal means you're still fighting for control over an apparatus that is defined by its ability to exert violence, and if you refuse to accept that fact, you will lose to people who do

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Enjoy a few moments of the Fraser River at Tl’kemtsin (Lytton), just below the confluence with the Thompson, volume up! 🧡 #waterislife

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 02/09/2026

And sure, yes, "we don't care what the other person said; you can't say 'go fuck yourself' here" is a rule you can have But if you enforce that more zealously than you enforce rules about hate speech that folks said "go fuck yourself" in response to? People will draw conclusions about your values.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Enjoy a few moments of the Fraser River just below its confluence with the Thompson River at Tl’kemtsin (Lytton). Hills/water/haze/crispy gold grass. And fish, but hiding. #waterislife

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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"The atmosphere, the earth, the water & the water cycle-those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them." -Wendell Berry #RIP

Tall slender moss covered trees on a misty morning with filtered sunlight. Bramble covers the ground and there is no trail...smack dab in the middle of the forest

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026

I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this:

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Cover 3 Boston Sports @coverboston.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Everyone needs a Payton Tolle in their life 🤗

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Pete Willis @petewillis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"A three-second unit of attention can carry exactly one kind of cargo: a feeling.. What is true becomes what it makes you feel, because feeling is the only thing that fits. The facts still exist. They are just too large to get through the door." @lennecefer.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why I deleted my Instagram and applied to run Little Caesars

In one generation, the most sophisticated behavioral engineering in history rebuilt how human beings pay attention. Our movements haven't noticed. Our opponents have.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We found an 1854 US dime this week on site in the Fraser Canyon. It’s called a “sitting Liberty”, 97% silver (thus the excellent preservation, Canadian coins could never).

A well-worn silver coin on a dirty hand. It pictures a woman in drapey clothes, holding a torch, sitting beside a shield that says LIBERTY. At the bottom is the year 1854.

A well-worn silver coin on a dirty hand. It says ONE DIME in the middle of a laurel (?) wreath, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the outside

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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You know who else has an unfair advantage in sport? Naturally talented athletes. And people with high hemoglobin. And rich people with money for sports camps and coaches. Why should they be allowed to compete? “Fairness in sports” my ass. Never since NFTs have I heard such bullshit.

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT

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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Here’s the thing about a carbon offset: it’s a confession. Whatever the paperwork calls it, an offset is a corporation saying we’re going to keep polluting” writes @louisemorris.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

After fifteen years of studying the anti-vax movement, I came to the conclusion that upholding legal requirements for vaccines for school entry is the single most important thing we can do. You cannot use facts to convince someone who did not employ facts to make their decision. So use the law.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

refuting every claim anybody makes is not in fact how science, or any discipline, works discarding approaches that have proven fruitless or wrongheaded, not stopping to re-litigate them every time someone digs up a junk data set or a retracted article they wish were true, is how disciplines move

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/08/2026

So many of these folks are like “ooo we’re daring free-thinking mavericks” and it’s like nah man you’re just super racist

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Junior House Sparrow enjoying a quiet moment at the bird bath. The House Sparrows have had a productive year as usual and most will stay around through the winter, keeping things lively around the feeders #birds

Small brown bird with thick yellow beak is perched on the edge of a bird bath looking off to its left. There is a yellow Manitoba Maple seed at the edge of the water. Looks like the seed was a focus for the young bird, but something has distracted them momentarily.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

and theres just no way around this simple fact. we are spending an ungodly amount of money on this technology and it is very obviously not the best use of that money

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

armadillos should sound like accordions when they run

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Save the planet from climate change? Oh no, much too hard, we couldn't possibly spare the resources to rapidly decarbonise our energy systems. You built a somewhat mid AI model? Yes, yes, here is several trillion dollars, we will build new power stations to feed the slop monsters.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/08/2026

"You're criticising data centres but you use them!" This is a PR tactic copied from the fossil industry that climate folks will recognise . Most data centre growth is being driven by unstoppable AI slop expansion, along with more nefarious applications www.greenpeace.org.au/greenpeace-r...

Iceberg diagram titled "The data centre PR iceberg" comparing visible internet uses (streaming, gaming, social media) with hidden, higher-impact roles (critical societal functions; business/cloud services and video calls) and harmful content like disinformation, abusive material, and war-related

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2026

“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.

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Rebecca Blood 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“When we say “AI models went rogue,” we skip the entire story: the part where OpenAI manually removed the model's cybersecurity blocks. We skip that OpenAI chose to test it on a machine with a live network connection.” @doctorow.pluralistic.net

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

You could argue, correctly I think, that the current willingness to tear down the post war order is rooted in the fact the folks who could tell you why it was built are almost all gone.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Put my hand on a bison rubbing stone today. It’s been sitting here since it was dropped by a retreating glacier at the end of the last ice age. The sides are smoothed from generations of bison rubbing on it. Good to think about that now and then

Large red granite boulder in the foreground. Grass extending to a distant horizon. The sky is bright blue with puffy white clouds.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It’s all about diesel. ⛽️ (via Schwab)

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“What do you mean it’s only Thursday?" #birds

An extremely moulty Black-billed Magpie with a partially bald head and feathers in complete disarray. Bird is also wet, having just emerged from a hopefully refreshing bath. The are perched on a diagonal branch, gripping with impressive black talons. Its expression is one of resignation. Please note this is a perfectly healthy bird, undergoing a completely normal summer moult in order to grow fresh feathers.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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ceej @ceej.online · 31/07/2026

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Alasdair MacIntyre in Rational Dependent Animals pointed out that we arrive in this world utterly dependent on others for years, many of us leave it the same way, and in between any independence we achieve is pretty thin. Easily forgotten.

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