iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"A crucial aspect of our strategy has been moving away from the traditional, and often counterproductive, expectation that scientists must personally drive technology transfer while carrying out cutting-edge research. "

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It wasn't the leftovers that was the problem. It was that my grandmother didn't ever wash her hands.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm a millennial, and I grew up with this thing, unfortunately.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Well this makes me feel better about some of my papers.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Judge Dale Drozd ruled on 16 September that the Fish and Wildlife Service broke the Endangered Species Act by inventing its own legal test to refuse critical habitat for the endangered Sierra Nevada red fox. The agency must now redo the assessment. buff.ly/DZ1IoR6 #ShareGoodNewsToo

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Court Rejects Government’s Refusal to Protect Sierra Nevada Red Fox Habitat

Center for Biological Diversity: SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A federal judge ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act when it refused to designate critical…

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matty @mattio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...

an XKCD comic showing a precariously assembled tower of blocks. much is labelled "all modern digital infrastructure." a thin leg down at the bottom is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I posted this last week without comment, but I'm going to comment now. The people who established the system of museums in the West had a very specific reason for doing so: they thought that having an appreciation for the wonders of the world was absolutely necessary for being a good citizen.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have a kanban board where I track my papers: WIPs, submitted, needs edits after review, forthcoming, etc. Right now, I have six papers waiting on collaborators. This feels much healthier than where I was a year ago, when most were solo papers. Working with others makes the work better.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I looked up the lyrics to "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by John Mayer. I'm confused, it looks like they were 100% written by @themountaingoats.bsky.social. Slow dancing next to really nicely rearranged deck chairs on the Titanic.

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Buttercup Festival @buttercupfestival.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sauce: Buttercup Festival 3-401

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hug. I have a similar need to understand abstractions before beginning - but I've noticed that this need is scoped. It doesn't apply indiscriminately, which means I can avoid it. This has changed how I view LLMs. Don't know if that helps.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Otherwise known as my apartment.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Maybe there's a difference between trying and leading people on. I dunno, I'm always wary of statements that exclude people who are learning. That's how our species grows.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I had a fantastic time over the weekend. I bug fixed and updated much of birdinginvermont.com, which now is the resource I wanted it to be for birders there. I also wrote a fresh Case for the ICZN on types in Acanthis. Oh and I sat around and tried to ignore lingering effects of my vasectomy.

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Birding in Vermont

Tools to help Vermonters bird better

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gotta leave room for change and understanding. No one has a perfect lens on themselves.

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Justin (randoneering) @justin.randoneering.dev · 03/10/2026

This was a fantastic episode, as always. I really look forward to these as my work in open source continues to grow. Many of the pros/cons brought up in this chat are relevant to what Kaneo is experience right now.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@willingc.bsky.social and @hugobowne.bsky.social join host @richlitt.bsky.social to explore AI, maintainer challenges, community-driven models, and the future of open source. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/294

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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 01/10/2026

Attention everyone I know! Perfectly accurate, no notes. (Forwarded to me; ultimate source unclear.)

Image headlined "WHAT YOUR FAVORITE OBSOLETE ENGLISH LETTER SAYS ABOUT YOU", with thumbnails of MSS focusing on thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ash, insular G, and long S; each one has the label "You are a nerd."

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CURIOSS @curiossorg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌍 How can academic OSPOs help deliver the #SDGs? We asked the room at #UNOpenSourceWeek 2026. The answers: open source literacy, real-world projects, sustaining what we build... and having fun! 📖 curioss.org/news/curioss-at-un-open-source-week-2026/ #AcademicOSPOs #AcademicSky

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CURIOSS at UN Open Source Week 2026

Learning from UN Open Source Week 2026

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This also applies to, in no particular order, the urge to suddenly engage in: Age of Empires, Pokémon Go, and cigarettes.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If you get a sudden and overwhelming urge to write and read papers on taxonomic nomenclature, your brain has unfortunately probably learned that this is an acceptable procrastination technique. Do the other thing instead.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Life Saving Tip for Young Academics When searching for a job position, do not judge potential senior collaborator by the way he presents himself publicly among his peers. Ask how he treats people below him, behind the closed doors, especially women and minorities.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Daniel (@danielroe.dev) and Matias (@patak.cat) of npmx (npmx.dev) join host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) explores community, governance, inclusion, burnout, and sustainability beyond nonstop productivity. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/293

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I was told in a meeting of seabird luminaries in 2016 to "work on something that actually mattered" and that "plastic doesn't affect populations; stop wasting your time". Well guess what. Open access paper in PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #ornithology #PlasticPollution

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I support your post. People have a blind eye to cat damage.

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

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Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Alas, not Springer-Nature. 🙄

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

@neuroclef.bsky.social I did not know I had done that. Thanks for pointing it out. Re-enabled. Email also available in footer www.burntfen.com

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Betsy Sneller @betsysneller.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Okay, buckle up bsky, it's time for the Tale of the Bunny Paper. Here's the imported thread from twitter where the search all started: bsky.app/profile/bets... (1/n)

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

You're trying your best and you should be proud! Sleep is also important, hope you're able to find some.

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It is wild to me that my most recent paper on open practices in Nature Human Behaviour has infinite more engagement than my previously published paper, "The Oregon Dark-Eyed Junco Should Be Called *Junco Hyemalis Oregana*" in Western Birds. Dark-eyed Juncos deserve more. #birds #research

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

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Bad Guitar Player @nzstever.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Erica Stamford, one of the main contenders for Luxon's job yesterday, and re-writer of school curriculums without the input from actual educators, has presided over the removal of climate change altogether from the new syllabus. Get these clowns out of here! #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/14/c...

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Climate change omitted from new science and social science curriculums

The Ministry of Education drops all mentions of climate change and fossil fuels from new school curriculums, sparking alarm from an academic and educator

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Open Technology Research @opentechresearch.org · 05/08/2026

We're pleased to announce that the preliminary agenda for the first Open Technology Research Symposium is now live! We want to thank everyone who submitted. (more info ⬇️) Explore the agenda and register now: symposium.opentechresearch.org

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Brooke @curly.kiwi · 13/08/2026

Just a reminder that the FSU's attempted takeover of InternetNZ has been motivated entirely by anti-Māori racism InternetNZ has been moving in a more progressive direction in that respect lately, and the Racism and Transphobia Council simply won't stand for it

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Kate Pearce @handle.invalid · 13/08/2026

Let this remind you that what matters in democracy is. - enrolling to become eligible to vote - turning up to vote - casting a valid and effective vote

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Brooke @curly.kiwi · 13/08/2026

Sure enough, as expected we have one FSU person (Douglas Brown) and one non-FSU person (Bianca Grizhar) elected to the InternetNZ board The institutional takeover crept further along tonight. Dispiriting, yes, but let it be galvanising. We'll all be here next year, won't we ❤️

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Richard Littauer @richlitt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I am talking more about grassroots posts about how important it is to show up to vote down the jerks, really. It's harder for InternetNZ to do that easily.

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