iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026

i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest

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Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mary Oliver be like

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026

GOAT OR BIRD????

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Sam King @samcking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope everyone has a Hussein

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1 in 8 students experiences sexual violence in college, incl 1 in 4 undergrad women (26%)+ 1 in 14 undergrad men (7%) University administrators: "Imagine if we had to refund all that tuition! Could you imagine!?!" Everyone else: "Imagine if you made systemic fucking changes to prevent rape!"

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Mad Dr Chaos @professchaos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Saw some Elizabeth Holmes apologia on FB and goddamn. just because you defrauded some richos doesn’t make you a working class hero.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I wonder what it would be like to write the same column, over and over again, endlessly. Seems like it’d be boring. But maybe it brings one comfort, like having your parents read you the same story every night before you go to bed.

Opinion
Opinion by Megan McArdle
The Great Awokening is over.
This lesbian bar shows why.
A meltdown over masking shows where cancel culture is now.
Today at 07:00 ET

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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2026

The Klingons are great when you realize they're not really a warrior race as much as they are a bunch of theater people with knives

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👻 L.T. Vargus, undead and still disgraced author 👻 @ltvargus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I AM AN ADULT and by that I mean I shake some ibuprofen on top of my ice cream sundae instead of sprinkles

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺

A translucent blue glass vessel shaped like a boat, with a curved hull, upturned ends, and small protruding feet for support. The surface has visible cracks. A soft shadow is cast beneath the object on a neutral background.

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"If we had a normal federal government, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would be maximally cooperating with states and laying the groundwork to prevent future outbreaks." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

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Opinion | Kennedy Keeps Finding New Ways to Undermine Trust in Vaccines

Four are dead in Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak. But the C.D.C. isn’t yet convinced.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 26/09/2026

alt-text: headline reading "Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher" subhead: "The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care"

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not everybody knows this, and everybody should. On Sept. 26, 1983, a Soviet nuclear warning system alerted Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov that the U.S. had launched a missile attack. He did not retaliate, preventing WWIII. This is a post about AI. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

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Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is one of those stories that drives home just how horrifying the current administration and its immigration policies / enforcement tactics are. It’s heartbreaking and stomach turning.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’ve been reporting on the CDC for years, and have written about many of its troubles over the past year. I was still shocked by the extent of the staff losses and political interference I found when reporting this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

yeah I very much think they are inventing robot wife-servants because they’re mad human women have better options than wife-servant now I think all the time about that guy who said male clients kept flirting with his automated scheduler because the software defaulted to a female name

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Paul Franz @paulfranz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People who have not experienced it are often not aware of just how vicious hiring processes are to the disabled. "When do I tell them about my disability?" is an agonizing tactical conversation my partner and I have had too many times. Hirers will absolutely use it to disqualify people summarily.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 25/09/2026

Every day we get closer to this:

Cartoon by the human artist Twonks, showing George Jetson vacuuming the floor while Rosie the robot paints a picture

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 25/09/2026

Bug: It is very romantic to eat the head of your mate Bug: Bug: Bug: Bug: I mean after or during the deed, it doesn't really matter Bug: Bug: Or before is fine if he's boring :)

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 25/09/2026

i heard woke is trying to do same-sex bathrooms now... they want our sons pissing next to each other to turn them gay

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Miranda Miller (fastest Mario) @randymiller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we spent the last 30 years propping up a bunch of really stupid people as geniuses because they were white and worked near a computer

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PocketParas 🦕🦴 Twitch Partner VTUBER @pocketparas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m raising money to support the Academy of Natural Sciences. This 200yr old museum deserves protection, or we risk losing the collection for future generations! SAVE THE MUSEUM! 📆Saturday, September 26th ⏰12pm CST www.twitch.tv/pocketparas #vtuber #dinosaur #VtuberEN #dinotuber

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"I’m saying that I would personally mouth-pipette a solution of pure chloroform right now, today, in front of God and the NIH Director and the entire Office of Research Safety, if it meant a young scientist in my department could get a payline above 20%." substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Opinion: I Miss When The NIH Payline Was 40% And We All Mouth-Pipetted Phenol

By Dr. Douglas R. Waverly, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Yale University

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Madisyn Parisi (they/them) @madisyn-writes.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

You can’t Protestant-work-ethic your way out of a chronic illness. Disease doesn’t care if you’re pure of heart. This seems like a great time to point people towards other outlets like @thesicktimes.org, which is dedicated to reporting on the impacts of long COVID. I’d love to see more like them.

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Mad Dr Chaos @professchaos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So part of me is like, if I’m having this much trouble finding a job in industry, fuck it, maybe I should apply for some faculty positions too. It’s not like I can get any more demoralized and maybe I’ll learn something.

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ceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026

impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey Siri: What do straight women find attractive? (Hint: Men in suits who can dance will get way more interest from most of us than muscle bros in tanks.)

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Once again, the man is an open white supremacist who is promoting a global movement in support of the ideology and he’s already denied resources to millions of people in service of it.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've spent almost my entire life having to choose a candidate from a selection of people who think my people are disposable or outright hate us. You do not convince people to bite the bullet and make the pragmatic choice by treating their SURVIVAL as a superficial side issue.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)

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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...

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ered @ered.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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A scribbled four panel comic. In panel one, a person is showing off a hand puppet, saying ”I made this! It’s really powerful! Gonna gain sentience any day now!”
Panel two has a close up of the puppet with someone saying ”I’m alive!” from outside the panel. In panel three, the puppet maker is freaking out. ”Aaa! It’s gonna kill us all!!!” he screams.
In panel four, another person asks, ”Can’t you just take it off your hand?”
”No, it was really expensive,” the puppet maker replies.

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🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You know, I'm seeing a lot of blame?? placed on webcomic creators for using Tapas instead of their own hosting site, and I'm just saying like...can we not? Small artist v corporation, guess which one always wins Anyway, let's work on options for READERS to build their own reading list, maybe

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026

kalshi and polymarket should be banned altogether, not allowed to encourage users to start margin trading

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lauren Boebert is *literally* Councilman Dexhart

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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is right and just to constantly talk about how much things were *supposed* to cost if AI shitheads weren't constantly making everything worse

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There are some convoluted workarounds, if you don't mind using Terminal. I'd rather Apple recognize people hate Windows for just this kind of 🐂💩, and give people an easy opt out. www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/...

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